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cram
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As a verb, cram means press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another. As a noun, it means the act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something).
Meanings of cram
17 meaningsverb
To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.
“to cram fruit into a basket; to cram a room with people”
To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
“The boy crammed himself with cake”
To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.
“A pupil is crammed by his tutor.”
To study hard; to swot.
To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself.
Put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled
“cram books into the suitcase”
Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
Older and rare meanings (2)
datedbritish slangTo lie; to intentionally not tell the truth.
datedbritish slangTo make (a person) believe false or exaggerated tales.
noun
The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something).
Information hastily memorized.
“a cram from an examination”
weavingA warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.
A mathematical board game in which players take turns placing dominoes horizontally or vertically until no more can be placed, the loser being the player who cannot continue.
A small friendship book with limited space for people to enter their information.
Older and rare meanings (1)
datedbritish slangA lie; a falsehood.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).