What (who) is Cram - definition
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Cramming; CRAM; CRAM (disambiguation); Cram (disambiguation); Cramming (disambiguation)
cram
v.
1) (D; intr.) ('to study hastily') to cram for (to cram for an exam)
2) (d; tr.) ('to jam') to cram into (to cram one's things into a suitcase)
cram
(crams, cramming, crammed)
1.
If you cram things or people into a container or place, you put them into it, although there is hardly enough room for them.
While nobody was looking, she squashed her school hat and crammed it into a wastebasket...
I crammed my bag full of swimsuits and T-shirts and caught the sleeper down to Beziers...
She crammed her mouth with caviar.
= stuff
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n full of n, V n with n
2.
If people cram into a place or vehicle or cram a place or vehicle, so many of them enter it at one time that it is completely full.
We crammed into my car and set off...
Friends and admirers crammed the chapel at the small Los Angeles cemetery where Monroe is buried.
= pack
VERB: V prep, V n
3.
If you are cramming for an examination, you are learning as much as possible in a short time just before you take the examination.
She was cramming for her Economics exam...
VERB: V for n
• cramming
It would take two or three months of cramming to prepare for Vermont's bar exam.
N-UNCOUNT
cram
¦ verb (crams, cramming, crammed)
1. force too many (people or things) into a room or container.
fill to the point of overflowing.
2. study intensively just before an examination.
Origin
OE crammian, of Gmc origin.
Wikipedia
Cram
Cram may refer to:
- Cram (surname), a surname, and list of notable persons having the surname
- Cram.com, a website for creating and sharing flashcards
- Cram (Australian game show), a television show
- Cram (game show), a TV game show that aired on the Game Show Network
- Cram (game), an impartial mathematical game similar to domineering
- Cram (software), a flashcard application for Apple devices
- Cram Motorsport, an auto racing team based in Italy
CRAM may refer to:
- NCR CRAM, Card Random-Access Memory, a computer memory technology developed by NCR
- Chalcogenide RAM, Chalcogenide random access memory, a phase-change computer memory technology
- Challenge–response authentication mechanism, a computer security procedure
- Counter-RAM, Counter-Rockets, Artillery and Mortars, a weapons system
- MS-CRAM, also known as Microsoft Video 1, a codec
- CRAM diet, the Cereal, Rice, And Milk diet
- CRAM (file format), a compressed genome sequence alignment file
Pronunciation examples for Cram
1. And I'll cram.
Brad Paisley Album & Tour Interview _ Talks at Google
2. ...and cram it." That's my name.
Gran Torino
3. She has cram school and ballet classes
Fitness Couple Goals _ Akiko & Ryutaro Yamamoto _ Talks at Google
4. And, like, try to cram it.
Language Hacking _ Benny Lewis _ Talks at Google
5. that we're going to cram in.
The Hu - Live Performance and Q&A _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Cram
1. "We made the decision to cram in everybody," Provenzano said.
2. Under her watchful eye, Zhou began to cram again.
3. On the other hand, if 1' boys can cram into a four–seater, then expect 200 to cram into a Metro car.
4. Hundreds cram the sun–dappled grassy divider of its main thoroughfare.
5. Thousands of people were turned away after 14,065 others managed to cram into El Zocalo square.