cram
1. crowd or pack to capacity (Freq. 1)
- the theater was jampacked
• Syn:
jam, jampack, ram, chock up, wad
• Derivationally related forms:
wad (for: wad), jam (for: jam)
• Hypernyms:
stuff
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s something with something
- They cram the books into the box
2. put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled
- cram books into the suitcase
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Hyponyms:
stuff
• Verb Group:
jam, jampack, ram, chock up, wad
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They cram the books into the box
3. study intensively, as before an exam
- I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
• Syn:
grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up,
mug up, swot up, bone
• Derivationally related forms:
swot (for: swot), crammer
• Hypernyms:
study, hit the books
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
• Derivationally related forms:
crammer
• Hypernyms:
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
• Verb Group:
grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up,
mug up, swot up, bone
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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