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Definition of Cram
Pronunciation: krăm | v. t. | 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. | | v. i. | 1. | To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff. | | 2. | To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study. | | n. | 1. | The act of cramming. | | 2. | Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination. | | 3. | (Weaving) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. |
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