Definition of crams Crams

/kɹæˈmz/ - [kratmz] -

We found 3 definitions of crams from 2 different sources.

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What does crams mean?

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  • crams (Noun)
    Plural of cram.

Part of speech

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  • crams, verb, present, 3rd person singular of cram (infinitive).
  • crams, noun, plural of cram.

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

crams, cramming, crammed  

cram - prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
  gear up, ready, prepare, fix, set up, set to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
cram - study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
  grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone
  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"
cram - put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase"
  position, lay, pose, put, place, set cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
  chock up, jampack, wad, cram, ram, jam prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
  stuff fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"
cram - crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
  jam, jampack, ram, chock up, wad
  stuff fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"
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  • cram (Noun)
    The act of cramming.
  • cram (Noun)
    Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.
  • cram (Noun)
    A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.
  • cram (Verb)
    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.
  • cram (Verb)
    To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
  • cram (Verb)
    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.
  • cram (Verb)
    Study hard, swot.
  • cram (Verb)
    To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff.
  • cram (Verb)
    To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • cram (v. t.)
    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.
  • cram (v. t.)
    To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
  • cram (v. t.)
    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.
  • cram (v. i.)
    To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff.
  • cram (v. i.)
    To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study.
  • cram (n.)
    The act of cramming.
  • cram (n.)
    Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.
  • cram (n.)
    A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • cram
    To study intensively, as before an exam.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • cram
    kram, v.t. to press close: to stuff: to fill to superfluity: (slang) to make believe false or exaggerated tales: to teach for a special examination, only giving instruction useful for passing that examination.—v.i. to eat greedily: to get up a subject by cram:—pr.p. cram′ming; pa.p. crammed.—n. a crush: (slang) a lie: information that has been crammed: the system of cramming.—adjs. Cram′-full; Cram′mable; Crammed.—n. Cram′mer, one who prepares students for examination by cramming them. [A.S. crammian; Ice. kremja, to squeeze; Dan. kramme, to crumple.]

Part of speech

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  • cram, verb, present, 1st person singular of cram (infinitive).
  • cram, verb (infinitive).
  • cram, noun, singular of crams.

Pronunciation

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