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cram

  [kram] verb, crammed, cram⋅ming, noun
Use crammed in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to fill (something) by force with more than it can easily hold.
2. to force or stuff (usually fol. by into, down, etc.).
3. to fill with or as with an excessive amount of food; overfeed.
4. Informal.
a. to prepare (a person), as for an examination, by having him or her memorize information within a short period of time.
b. to acquire knowledge of (a subject) by so preparing oneself.
5. Archaic. to tell lies to.
–verb (used without object)
6. to eat greedily or to excess.
7. to study for an examination by memorizing facts at the last minute.
8. to press or force accommodation in a room, vehicle, etc., beyond normal or comfortable capacity; crowd; jam: The whole team crammed into the bus.
–noun
9. Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
10. a crammed state.
11. a dense crowd; throng.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME crammen, OE crammian to stuff, akin to crimman to put in

Related forms:
cram⋅ming⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. crowd, pack, squeeze, compress, overcrowd. 3. glut. 6. gorge.
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cram   (krām)   
v.   crammed, cram·ming, crams

v.   tr.

  1. To force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space; stuff.

  2. To fill too tightly.

    1. To gorge with food.

    2. To eat quickly and greedily.

  4. Informal To prepare (students) hastily for an impending examination.

v.   intr.

  1. To gorge oneself with food.

  2. Informal To study hastily for an impending examination: was up all night cramming for the history midterm.

n.  

  1. A group that has been crammed together; a crush.

  2. Informal Hasty study for an imminent examination.


[Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian; see ger- in Indo-European roots.]
cram'mer n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
cram

  1. in.
    to study hard at the last minute for a test. : If you would study all the time, you wouldn't need to cram.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

cram 
O.E. crammian "press something into something else," from P.Gmc. base *kram-/*krem-. Meaning "study intensely for an exam" is British student slang first recorded 1803.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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