1. Crowd or pack to capacity
   "the theatre was crammed";
   - jam, jampack [informal], ram, wad
    
2. Put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled
   "cram books into the suitcase"
    
3. [informal] Study intensively, as before an exam
   "I had to cram on my Latin verbs before the final exam";
   - grind away, bone up [informal], swot [Brit, informal], mug up [Brit, informal], swot up [Brit, informal], bone [informal], revise [Brit]
    
4. [informal] Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
   "The tutor crammed the students for their final exams"

Derived forms: crams, crammed, cramming

Type of: fix, gear up, hit the books [informal], lay, place, pose, position, prepare, put, ready, set, set up, study, stuff

Encyclopedia: Cram, Paul