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cram  (krm)

v. crammed, cram·ming, crams

v.tr.

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

2. To fill too tightly.

3.

a. To gorge with food.

b. 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.

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[Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian; see ger- in Indo-European roots.]

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crammer n.

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cram

Verb

[cramming, crammed]

1. to force (more people or things) into (a place) than it can hold

2. to eat or feed to excess

3. Chiefly Brit to study hard just before an examination [Old English crammian]

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Cram a dense crowd; a crush; a squeeze, 1858.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	cram - crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" chock up, jampack, wad, ram, jam stuff - cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets" cram - put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase"
	2.	cram - put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase" lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" chock up, cram, jampack, wad, ram, jam - crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" stuff - cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets"
	3.	cram - study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" bone, bone up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up, drum, get up cram - prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam hit the books, study - learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"
	4.	cram - prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix, set up - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" bone, bone up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up, cram, drum, get up - study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

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cram

verb 1. stuff, force, jam, ram, shove, compress, compact

verb 2. pack, fill, stuff

verb 3. squeeze, press, crowd, pack, crush, pack in, fill to overflowing, overfill, overcrowd

verb 4. study, revise, swot, bone up (informal) grind, swot up, mug up (slang)

Translations

cram [kræm] vt (= fill): to cram sth with → llenar algo (a reventar) de (= put): to cram sth into → meter algo a la fuerza en

vi (for exams) → empollar

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cram [kræm] vt (= fill);

to cram sth with → bourrer qch de (= put);

to cram sth into → fourrer qch dans vi (for exams) → bachoter

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cram [kræm] vt → vollstopfen

vi → pauken (inf) → büffeln (inf);

to cram with → vollstopfen mit;

to cram sth into → etw hineinstopfen in +acc

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cram [kræm] vt (= fill): to cram sth with → riempire qc di (= put): to cram sth into → stipare qc in

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cram

v cram [krӕm]

1 to fill very full The drawer was crammed with papers. volstop يَحْشو натъпквам (се) nacpat, přecpat proppe; overfylde vollstopfen παραγεμίζω, παραφουσκώνω atestar, abarrotar, atiborrar täis toppima چپاندن؛ پر کردن sulloa bourrer לִדחוֹס ठूंसना, मुहा मुंह भरना prenapuniti teletöm memenuhi troða riempire 詰め込む 꽉 채워넣다 prikimšti, prigrūsti piebāzt; pieblīvēt dipenuhi volproppen stappe, proppe, stue napychać apinhar a ticsi набивать битком prepchať natlačiti prepuniti fullproppad อัด; ยัดเข้าไป tıka basa doldurmak 塞滿 переповнювати; запихати لبالب يا كهچا كهچ بهرنا nhồi nhét 塞满

2 to push or force He crammed food into his mouth. instop يُدخِلُ بالقُوَّه، يَحْشو нагъвам nacpat, cpát stoppe stopfen μπουκώνω, σπρώχνω με τη βία a la fuerza meter toppima پر خوری کردن tunkea fourrer לִדחוֹס बहुत अधिक भरना silom ugurati (bele)zsúfol, töm memaksakan troðfylla cacciare がつがつ食べる 밀어넣다 grūsti, kimšti piestūķēt menyumbatkan (vol)proppen proppe, stappe wpychać, pakować, wciskać forçar a îndesa запихивать pchať basati natrpati proppa, stoppa full กินอย่างตะกละ tıkmak, tıkıştırmak 擠,塞 втискувати; напихати ٹ‍ھ‍ونسنا nhồi 贪婪地吃（食物）

3 to prepare (someone) in a short time for an examination He is being crammed for his university entrance exam. blok, dril يَحْشو دماغ الطالِب بِالمَعْلومات готвя някого за изпит nabiflovat, nahustit manuducere einpauken προετοιμάζω κπ. για εξετάσεις preparar(se) apresuradamente para un examen (kellelegi) pähe tuupima با شتاب برای امتحان آماده کردن päntätä jonkun päähän potasser לְהַלעִיט परीक्षा के लिए बहुत शीघ्रता से तैयारी करना učiti za ispit vkinek a fejébe ver mempersiapkan troða fræðslu í preparare ガリ勉させる 벼락공부를 하다［시키다］ intensyviai ruošti(s), mokyti(s), kalti iemācīt; iekalt; sagatavot eksāmenam pulun klaarstomen sprenglese, pugge, på kort føre noen opp til eksamen tid wkuwać preparar a (se) pregăti de zor натаскивать nabifľovať naguliti se bubati plugga, plugga med, slå i sig (ngn) คร่ำเคร่ง alelacele sınava hazırlamak 臨時準備應試 натаскувати до іспитів مختصر وقت مي‍ں كسى امتحان ك‍ے ل‍ۓ تيار كرنا học gạo 临时准备应试