cram
IPA: krˈæm
noun
- The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something).
- Information hastily memorized.
- (weaving) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.
- (dated, British slang) A lie; a falsehood.
- (uncountable) A mathematical board game in which players take turns placing dominoes horizontally or vertically until no more can be placed, the loser being the player who cannot continue.
- A small friendship book with limited space for people to enter their information.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.
- (transitive) To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
- (transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.
- (intransitive) To study hard; to swot.
- (intransitive) To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself.
- (intransitive, dated, British slang) To lie; to intentionally not tell the truth.
- (transitive, dated, British slang) To make (a person) believe false or exaggerated tales.
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