cramverb
uk/kræm/us/kræm/-mm-cram verb (FIT A LOT IN)
[ T usually + adv/prep ] informal to force a lot of things into a small space:
Eight children were crammed into the back of the car.
The room was packed and we were crammed against the door.
[ T usually + adv/prep ] informal to do many things in a short period of time:
I had to cram three countries into a week's business trip.
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Inserting and forcing things into other things
- dig (sth) into sb/sth
- embed
- embedded
- imbed
- in
- insert
- inset
- interlace
- interpolate
- interpose
- intersperse
- interspersed
- jam
- let
- let sth into sth
- lodge
- squash
- stick
- thread
- wedge
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cram verb (LEARN)
[ I ] to try to learn a lot very quickly before an exam:
She's cramming for her history exam.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Learning & knowing
- assimilate
- audit
- autodidact
- blended learning
- bone up
- brain training
- by-heart
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- mug (sth) up
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- tell
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Phrasal verb(s)
cram sth down