cram

v., crammed, cram·ming, crams.

v.tr.

1. To force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space; stuff.
2. To fill too tightly.
3. 1. To gorge with food.
   2. To eat quickly and greedily.
4. Informal. To prepare (students) hastily for an impending examination.

v.intr.

1. To gorge oneself with food.
2. Informal. To study hastily for an impending examination: was up all night cramming for the history midterm.

n.

1. A group that has been crammed together; a crush.
2. Informal. Hasty study for an imminent examination.

[Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian.]

crammer cram'mer n.

The unauthorized addition of services to your telephone bill such as an 800 number that you never ordered. The charges are usually noted on the bill, but are identified in a cryptic manner and/or are printed in a place that is easy to overlook. See slamming.

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verb

1. To fill to excess by compressing or squeezing tightly: crowd, jam, load, mob, pack, stuff. Informal jam-pack. See full/empty/capacity, tighten/loosen.
2. To study or work hard, especially when pressed for time: Informal bone (up), grind. Idioms: burn the midnight oil. See work/play.

v

Definition: fill to overflowing; compress
Antonyms: let out, open, release

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IN BRIEF: To stuff or force. Also: to study facts in a hurry for a test.

It is not a good idea to cram for tests, but rather to study a little bit at a time so you will really know the information.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - stoppe, proppe, stuve, tvangsfodre, terpe med, proppe i sig
v. intr. - terpe, manuducere, proppe sig
n. - trængsel, stopfodring, indterpning

idioms:

• cram for    terpe til

Nederlands (Dutch)
volproppen, blokken, schrokken, vetmesten, geblok, gedrang

Français (French)
v. tr. - fourrer ou enfoncer qch dans, bourrer (qch) de, se gaver de, se gorger de nourriture
v. intr. - s'empiler ou s'entasser dans, (École) bachoter (pour) (arch)
n. - surcharge

idioms:

• cram for    (École) bachoter pour

Deutsch (German)
v. - büffeln, pauken, vollstopfen, vollpacken
n. - (ugs.) Gedränge, (ugs.) Einpauker

idioms:

• cram for    vor einer Prüfung so viel wie möglich lernen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - υπερπληρώνω, παραγεμίζω, στουμπώνω, στοιβάζω, παραδίδω ή παρακολουθώ υπερεντατικά μαθήματα, (καθομ.) μελετώ πυρετωδώς την τελευταία στιγμή

idioms:

• cram for    προετοιμάζομαι εντατικά, μελετώ πυρετωδώς για

Italiano (Italian)
sgobbare, ingozzarsi, stipare

idioms:

• cramming for    sgobba per

Português (Portuguese)
v. - abarrotar, fartar-se

idioms:

• cram for    preparar-se para uma prova em pouco tempo

Русский (Russian)
зубрить, жрать, запихивать

idioms:

• cramming for    натаскивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - cebar, hartar, abarrotar, atestar
v. intr. - dar clases intensivas, estudiar a última hora, atiborrarse
n. - atestamiento, empacho, apretamiento

idioms:

• cram for    estudiar intensamente para un examen

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - proppa full med, pressa ned, proppa mat i, plugga med, drilla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
塞满, 猛吃, 填满, 贪吃, 死记硬背功课, 吃得过饱, 拥挤, 死记硬背

idioms:

• cram for    为...临时死记硬背

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 塞滿, 猛吃, 填滿
v. intr. - 貪吃, 死記硬背功課, 吃得過飽
n. - 擁擠, 死記硬背

idioms:

• cram for    為...臨時死記硬背

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 억지로 쑤셔넣다, 벼락치기 공부를 하다
v. intr. - 잔뜩 먹다, 당일치기 하다, 거짓말하다
n. - 주입식 공부, 책벌레, 엄격한 강좌, 북적임

idioms:

• cram for    벼락치기 시험준비를 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 詰め込む, がつがつ食う, 腹いっぱい食う, 詰め込み勉強をする
n. - クラム, すし詰め

idioms:

• cramming for    短期間に詰め込む事

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) حشر, كدس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮דחס, פיטם, למד הרבה לבחינה‬
v. intr. - ‮התפטם, זלל, למד הרבה לבחינה‬
n. - ‮התכוננות מאומצת לבחינה‬

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