Cram

Quick meaning: Cram is a verb meaning (transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.

Meaning

(transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
2. (transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.
3. (intransitive) To study hard; to swot.
4. (intransitive) To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself.
5. (intransitive, dated, British slang) To lie; to intentionally not tell the truth.
6. (transitive, dated, British slang) To make (a person) believe false or exaggerated tales.
7. The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something).

Example Sentences

a cram from an examination

A pupil is crammed by his tutor.

The boy crammed himself with cake

to cram fruit into a basket; to cram a room with people

Word Forms

• crams
• cramming
• crammed

Synonyms for cram

Depending on context, synonyms include anti-fact, invention, bluff, bollocks, bullshit, canard.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fill up, fill, get up, wad, stuff, jampack.

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