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Another word for cram

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Verb

  1. To fill to excess by compressing or squeezing tightly

    See also:

    tighten

    full

  2. To study or work hard, especially when pressed for time

    Idioms:
    See also:

    work

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Another word for cram

Verb

  1. To stuff

    See also:

    press

    pack

    fill

    compress

  2. *To eat greedily

    See also:

    eat

  3. To study hurriedly

    See also:

    study

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Sentence Examples

  • It held all the weapons she could cram in there.

  • Cram, American Animals (New York, 1902); E.

  • Cram, ?

  • from one subject to another, good health, are necessary for success, though not tested directly, and these qualities are valuable in any kind of work (this appears to be incontrovertible); (xix.) examination records show that success in examinations is generally followed by success in after-life, and the test is therefore efficient (it does not follow that certain rejected candidates may not be extremely efficient); (xx.) as a plea for purely " external examinations," teachers cannot be trusted to be impartial and it is better for a boy to " cram " than to curry favour with his teacher (Latham).

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