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   Cram

   /kram/

   

   verb

   • 1. completely fill (a place or container) to the point that it appears to be overflowing: "the ashtray by the bed was crammed with cigarette butts" Similar stuffpackjamfillcrowdthrongoverfillfill upfill to overflowingstuff to the gillsfill to the brimovercrowdoverload
   • ▪ force (people or things) into a place or container that is or appears to be too small to contain them: "it's amazing how you've managed to cram everyone in" Similar forceramthrustplungepushpilestickjampackcompresssqueezewedgepresstamppounddrivehammerbanginformal:shovestuff
   • ▪ (of a number of people) enter a place or space that is or seems to be too small to accommodate all of them: "they all crammed into the car" Similar crowdcrushpackjamsquashwedge oneselfshovepushjostlethrongforce one's waythrust
   • 2. study intensively over a short period of time just before an examination: "lectures were called off so students could cram for finals" Similar study intensivelyreviseinformal:swotbone upmug up

   Word Origin Old Englishcrammian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krammen ‘to cramp or clamp’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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