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Cram Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Cram?
[v] prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
[v] study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" [v] eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey" [v] crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [v] put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase" Synonyms | Synonyms for Cram: bone | bone up | chock up | drum | fill | fill up | get up | grind away | jam | jam | jampack | mug up | pack | ram | stuff | swot | swot up | wad Related Terms | Find terms related to Cram: allay | assault | batten | bear | bear upon | bolt | bolt down | bone up | boost | brim | brush up | buck | bull | bulldoze | bump | bump against | bunt | butt | butt against | charge | chock | choke | cloy | coach | compact | compress | concentrate | condense | congest | consolidate | cram in | cram up | cram with facts | crowd | crowd in | crush | densen | densify | devour | dig | drench | drive | drive in | elbow | engorge | fill | fill to overflowing | fill up | force | force in | freight | get up | get up on | glut | gluttonize | goad | gobble | gorge | gormandize | grind | gulp | gulp down | guttle | guzzle | heap | hurtle | hustle | impact | ingurgitate | jab | jade | jam | jam in | jam-pack | jog | joggle | jolt | jostle | knock in | lade | live to eat | load | lucubrate | nudge | overburden | overcharge | overdose | overeat | overfeed | overfill | overgorge | overlade | overload | oversaturate | overstuff | overweight | pack | pack in | pad | pall | pang | pile drive | plunge in | poke | poke in | polish up | pound in | press | press in | prime | prod | punch | push | push in | ram | ram down | ram in | rattle | raven | read up on | review | rub up | run | run against | run in | sate | satiate | satisfy | saturate | shake | shoulder | shove | slake | slop | soak | solidify | squash | squeeze | squeeze in | stress | study | study up | study up on | stuff | stuff in | stuff with knowledge | supercharge | supersaturate | surcharge | surfeit | swot | tamp | tamp in | thrust | thrust in | top off | tutor | wad | wedge | wedge in | weight | wolf | wolf down See Also | binge | englut | engorge | gear up | glut | gorge | gormandise | gormandize | gourmandize | hit the books | ingurgitate | lay | overeat | overgorge | overindulge | pig out | place | pose | position | prepare | put | ready | satiate | scarf out | set | set | set up | study | stuff Cram In Webster's Dictionary \Cram\ (kr[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crammed} (kr[a^]md);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Cramming}.] [AS. crammian to cram; akin to
Icel. kremja to squeeze, bruise, Sw. krama to press. Cf.
{Cramp}.]
1. To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in
thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to
fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket;
to cram a room with people.
Their storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
He will cram his brass down our throats. --Swift.
2. To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
Children would be freer from disease if they were
not crammed so much as they are by fond mothers.
--Locke.
Cram us with praise, and make us As fat as tame
things. --Shak.
3. To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing
or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a
pupil is crammed by his tutor.
\Cram\, v. i. 1. To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff. Gluttony . . . . Crams, and blasphemes his feeder. --Milton. 2. To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study. [Colloq.] \Cram\, n. 1. The act of cramming. 2. Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination. [Colloq.] 3. (Weaving) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. |
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