'CRAM' definitions:
Definition of 'cram'
(from WordNet)
verb
Crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [syn: jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad]
verb
Put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase"
verb
Study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone]
verb
Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
Definition of 'Cram'
From: GCIDE
- Cram \Cram\, v. i.
- 1. To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff. [1913 Webster]
- Gluttony . . . . Crams, and blasphemes his feeder. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cram'
From: GCIDE
- Cram \Cram\, n.
- 1. The act of cramming. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Weaving) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cram'
From: GCIDE
- Cram \Cram\ (kr[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crammed (kr[a^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Cramming.] [AS. crammian to cram; akin to Icel. kremja to squeeze, bruise, Sw. krama to press. Cf. Cramp.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Their storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He will cram his brass down our throats. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fill with food to satiety; to stuff. [1913 Webster]
- Children would be freer from disease if they were not crammed so much as they are by fond mothers. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Cram us with praise, and make us As fat as tame things. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cram'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- concentrate,
- condense,
- congest,
- consolidate,
- cram in,
- cram up,
- cram with facts,
- crowd,
- crowd in,
- crush,
- densen,
- densify,
- devour,
- dig,
- drench,
- drive,
- drive in,
- elbow,
- engorge,
- fill,
- fill to overflowing,
- fill up,
- force,
- force in,
- freight,
- get up,
- get up on,
- glut,
- gluttonize,
- goad,
- gobble,
- gorge,
- gormandize,
- grind,
- gulp,
- gulp down,
- guttle,
- guzzle,
- heap,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- impact,
- ingurgitate,
- jab,
- jade,
- jam,
- jam in,
- jam-pack,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- knock in,
- lade,
- live to eat,
- load,
- lucubrate,
- nudge,
- overburden,
- overcharge,
- overdose,
- overeat,
- overfeed,
- overfill,
- overgorge,
- overlade,
- overload,
- oversaturate,
- overstuff,
- overweight,
- pack,
- pack in,
- pad,
- pall,
- pang,
- pile drive,
- plunge in,
- poke,
- poke in,
- polish up,
- pound in,
- press,
- press in,
- prime,
- prod,
- punch,
- push,
- push in,
- ram,
- ram down,
- ram in,
- rattle,
- raven,
- read up on,
- review,
- rub up,
- run,
- run against,
- run in,
- sate,
- satiate,
- satisfy,
- saturate,
- shake,
- shoulder,
- shove,
- slake,
- slop,
- soak,
- solidify,
- squash,
- squeeze,
- squeeze in,
- stress,
- study,
- study up,
- study up on,
- stuff,
- stuff in,
- stuff with knowledge,
- supercharge,
- supersaturate,
- surcharge,
- surfeit,
- swot,
- tamp,
- tamp in,
- thrust,
- thrust in,
- top off,
- tutor,
- wad,
- wedge,
- wedge in,
- weight,
- wolf,
- wolf down
Acronyms for 'cram'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Cache RAM (RAM)
- Card Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)