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Verb: cram (crammed,cramming)  kram
  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], get up [informal], mug up [Brit, informal], swot up [Brit, informal], bone [informal], revise [Brit]
     
  4. [informal] Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam

Derived forms: crammed, crams, cramming

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

Encyclopedia: Cram, Ralph