English noun: jam | |||
1. | jam (food) preserve of crushed fruit | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conserve, conserves, preserve, preserves | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | strawberry jam, strawberry preserves | ||
2. | jam (state) informal terms for a difficult situation | ||
Samples | He got into a terrible fix. He made a muddle of his marriage. | ||
Synonyms | fix, hole, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle | ||
Broader (hypernym) | difficulty | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dog's breakfast, dog's dinner | ||
3. | jam (group) a dense crowd of people | ||
Synonyms | crush, press | ||
Broader (hypernym) | crowd | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | snarl-up, traffic jam | ||
4. | jam (act) deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems | ||
Synonyms | electronic jamming, jamming | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ECM, electronic countermeasures | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | barrage jamming, selective jamming, spot jamming | ||
English verb: jam | |||
1. | jam (motion) press tightly together or cram | ||
Samples | The crowd packed the auditorium. | ||
Synonyms | mob, pack, pile, throng | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | crowd, crowd together | ||
2. | jam (motion) push down forcibly | ||
Samples | The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | force, push | ||
3. | jam (contact) crush or bruise | ||
Samples | Jam a toe. | ||
Examples | Did he jam his foot? | ||
Synonyms | crush | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bruise, contuse | ||
4. | jam (communication) interfere with or prevent the reception of signals | ||
Samples | Jam the Voice of America. Block the signals emitted by this station. | ||
Synonyms | block | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | barrage jam, blanket jam, point jam, spot jam | ||
5. | jam (contact) get stuck and immobilized | ||
Samples | The mechanism jammed. | ||
Examples | They want to jam the doors | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | malfunction, misfunction | ||
6. | jam (contact) crowd or pack to capacity | ||
Samples | The theater was jampacked. | ||
Examples | They jam the books into the box | ||
Synonyms | chock up, cram, jampack, ram, wad | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stuff | ||
Verb group | cram | ||
7. | jam (contact) block passage through | ||
Samples | Obstruct the path. | ||
Synonyms | block, close up, impede, obstruct, obturate, occlude | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hinder, impede | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | asphyxiate, back up, bar, barricade, barricade, barricade, barricado, block, block off, block off, block out, block up, blockade, blockade, choke, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, dam, dam up, earth up, foul, land up, screen, stifle, stop, suffocate, tie up | ||
Antonyms | disengage, free | ||