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English verb: cram | |||
| 1. | cram (contact) crowd or pack to capacity | ||
| Samples | The theater was jampacked. | ||
| Examples | They cram the books into the box | ||
| Synonyms | chock up, jam, jampack, ram, wad | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stuff | ||
| Verb group | cram | ||
| 2. | cram (contact) put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled | ||
| Samples | Cram books into the suitcase. | ||
| Examples | They cram the books into the box | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | stuff | ||
| Verb group | chock up, cram, jam, jampack, ram, wad | ||
| 3. | cram (cognition) study intensively, as before an exam | ||
| Samples | I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam. | ||
| Synonyms | bone, bone up, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit the books, study | ||
| Verb group | cram | ||
| 4. | cram (change) prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up | ||
| Verb group | bone, bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up | ||
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