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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cram \Cram\ (kr[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crammed} (kr[a^]md);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Cramming}.] [AS. crammian to cram; akin to
Icel. kremja to squeeze, bruise, Sw. krama to press. Cf.
{Cramp}.]
1. To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in
thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to
fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket;
to cram a room with people.
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Their storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
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He will cram his brass down our throats. --Swift.
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2. To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
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Children would be freer from disease if they were
not crammed so much as they are by fond mothers.
--Locke.
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Cram us with praise, and make us
As fat as tame things. --Shak.
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3. To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing
or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a
pupil is crammed by his tutor.
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