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The Meaning of cram

  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff.
  • (v. i.) To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study.
  • (n.) The act of cramming.
  • (n.) Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.
  • (n.) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.

Synonyms

crash , mob , wad , pile , get up , swot , bone , force , obturate , pack , drive , swot up , crush , chock up , close up , grind away , block , impede , obstruct , bundle , jampack , ram down , ram , mug up , throng , bone up , pound , drum , compact , jam , occlude , prink , rise , prepare , stand up , fancy up , deck out , elevate , uprise , trick up , rig out , tog up , lift , deck up , arise , gussy up , attire , dress up , tog out , organise , beat , thrum , raise , work up , trick out , turn out , bring up , devise , fig out , organize , overdress , debone , machinate , fig up , stuff

Homophones

kram

Rhymes

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