Definition of Cram. Meaning of Cram. Synonyms of Cram

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Cram. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Cram and, of course, Cram synonyms and on the right images related to the word Cram.

Definition of Cram

Cram
Cram Cram (kr[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crammed (kr[a^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Cramming.] [AS. crammian to cram; akin to Icel. kremja to squeeze, bruise, Sw. krama to press. Cf. Cramp.] 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. Their storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak. He will cram his brass down our throats. --Swift. 2. To fill with food to satiety; to stuff. Children would be freer from disease if they were not crammed so much as they are by fond mothers. --Locke. Cram us with praise, and make us As fat as tame things. --Shak. 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.
Cram
Cram Cram, v. i. 1. To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff. Gluttony . . . . Crams, and blasphemes his feeder. --Milton. 2. To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study. [Colloq.]
Cram
Cram Cram, n. 1. The act of cramming. 2. Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination. [Colloq.] 3. (Weaving) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.

Meaning of Cram from wikipedia

- Look up cram in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cram may refer to: Cram (surname), a surname, and list of notable persons having the surname Cram.com, a...
- A cram school (colloquially: crammer, test prep, tuition center, or exam factory) is a specialized school that trains its students to achieve particular...
- Stephen Cram, CBE (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was...
- Donald James Cram (April 22, 1919 – June 17, 2001) was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles...
- Ralph Cram may refer to: Ralph Adams Cram (1863–1942), American architect Ralph W. Cram (1869–1952), American journalist and newspaper editor This disambiguation...
- Cram is an application for Apple's OS X and iOS developed by Patrick Chukwura and Ashli Norton of SimpleLeap Software. The software is a flashcard application...
- Michael Cram (born July 11, 1968) is a Canadian actor and singer-songwriter. He grew up in Ottawa, Ontario, and attended Hillcrest High School before studying...
- Cram is a surname, and may refer to Alastair Cram (1909–1994), Scottish mountaineer, lawyer and Second World War British Army officer Allen Gilbert Cram...
- Cram Motorsport (formerly known as Cram Competition) is an auto racing team based in Italy. Cram started in 1994 out of the Tatuus racing department. It...
- Mildred Cram (October 17, 1889 – April 4, 1985) was an American writer. Her short story "Stranger Things" was included in the O. Henry Award story collection...