cram
/kɹæm/ verb B2- To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity. · to cram fruit into a basket; to cram a room with people
- To fill with food to satiety; to stuff. · The boy crammed himself with cake
- To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination. · A pupil is crammed by his tutor.
- To study hard; to swot.
- To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself.
He/she/it crams · Past crammed · Past participle crammed · -ing form cramming
Verb forms
- Base form
- cram
- He/she/it
- crams
- Past
- crammed
- Past participle
- crammed
- -ing form
- cramming
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But I suppose you’ll have to cram in the evenings.”
Prissy Andrews told me that she sat up half the night every night of her Entrance week and crammed for dear life; and I had determined to sit up _at least_ as long as she did.
I couldn’t ‘cram’ because I’d promised Miss Stacy not to, but it was as hard to keep from opening my history as it used to be to keep from reading a story before my lessons were learned.
I don’t believe in girls going to college with the men and cramming their heads full of Latin and Greek and all that nonsense.”
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