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• cram — [v1] fill to overflowing; compress charge, chock, choke, compact, crowd, crush, devour, drive, force, gobble, gorge, guzzle, heap, ingurgitate, jam, jam pack*, load, overcrowd, overeat, overfill, pack, pack ‘em in*, pack in, pack it in*, pack… …   New thesaurus

• Jam — Jam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jammed} (j[a^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Jamming}.] [Either fr. jamb, as if squeezed between jambs, or more likely from the same source as champ See {Champ}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To press into a close or tight position; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• jam — [n] troublesome situation bind, box, corner, difficulty, dilemma, fix, hole, hot water*, pickle*, plight, predicament, problem, quandary, scrape, spot, strait, trouble; concept 674 Ant. benefit, boon jam [v] squeeze in; compress bear, bind, block …   New thesaurus

• jam — vb crowd, squeeze, *press, bear, bear down Analogous words: *crush, squash: *pack, cram, stuff, ram, tamp jam n *predicament, plight, fix, dilemma, quandary, scrape, pickle Analogous words: *difficulty, vicissitude: pinch, strait, exigency (see …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• cram — vb *pack, crowd, stuff, ram, tamp Analogous words: *press, squeeze, jam: compress (see CONTRACT): *compact, consolidate: *force, compel …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• cram — v. 1) (D; intr.) ( to study hastily ) to cram for (to cram for an exam) 2) (d; tr.) ( to jam ) to cram into (to cram one s things into a suitcase) * * * [kræm] (D;intr.) ( to study hastily ) to cramfor (to cram for an exam) (d; tr.) ( to jam ) to …   Combinatory dictionary

• cram — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• jam — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. crowd, press, crush; blockage, impasse; jelly, preserve; slang, predicament. See food, difficulty. v. crowd, press, crush; wedge, shove, push, cram; block. See hindrance, impulse. II (Roget s IV) n. 1 …   English dictionary for students

• jam — I 1. verb 1) he jammed a finger in each ear Syn: stuff, shove, force, ram, thrust, press, push, stick, squeeze, cram 2) hundreds of people jammed into the hall Syn: crowd …   Thesaurus of popular words

• jam — jam1 [dʒæm] n ↑butter, ↑jam ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(cars/people)¦ 3¦(machine)¦ 4¦(difficult situation)¦ 5¦(music)¦ 6 kick out the jams 7 jam tomorrow ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(FOOD)¦ [U and C] …   Dictionary of contemporary English