Cram

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æm

Full definition of cram

Noun

1. The act of cramming.
2. Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.
3. A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.

Verb

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.
2. To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
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.
4. Study hard, swot.
5. To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff.
6. To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study.

Derived terms

• cram school

Anagrams

• marc, Marc
• mrca, MRCA