Definitions for CRAM

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CRAM cram

Spelling: [kram]

IPA: /kræm/

Cram is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in CRAM (acmr).

Definitions for CRAM

noun

1. Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
2. a crammed state.
3. a dense crowd; throng.
4. Ralph Adams, 1863–1942, U.S. architect and writer.

verb (used with object)

1. to fill (something) by force with more than it can easily hold.
2. to force or stuff (usually followed by into, down, etc.).
3. to fill with or as with an excessive amount of food; overfeed.
4. Informal. to prepare (a person), as for an examination, by having him or her memorize information within a short period of time. to acquire knowledge of (a subject) by so preparing oneself.
5. Archaic. to tell lies to.

verb (used without object)

1. to eat greedily or to excess.
2. to study for an examination by memorizing facts at the last minute.
3. to press or force accommodation in a room, vehicle, etc., beyond normal or comfortable capacity; crowd; jam:

Origin of CRAM

before 1000; Middle English crammen, Old English crammian to stuff, akin to crimman to put in

Examples for CRAM

They were in the midst of a cold and muddy winter in another Turkish camp, where the family had been forced to cram into a tent.

I'm going driving, sir, with Captain cram's own team and road-wagon.

Trying to cram that down into 250 words is fun and challenging.

So was every person who possibly could cram through the doors of the big room.

If you cram that many scantily-clad people onto a beach in hot weather, things are likely to get ugly at some point.

So she tried to cram me—that it was Glenwilliam persuaded her against me.

Families of four and five cram into one-room shares without running water or reliable electricity.

Collins said that most of her knowledge is from “here and there,” so there was no need to cram before the tournament.

I houp ye're no gaen to cram stuff like that into the heeds o' the twa laddies.

At that time it was the custom to cram children rather unmercifully.