Cram — Defs

01 v. t. To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as,…

imp. & p. p. Crammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Cramming

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.
“Their storehouses crammed with grain.” — Shak.

“He will cram his brass down our throats.” — Swift.
2.
To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
“Children would be freer from disease if they were not crammed so much as they are by fond mothers.” — Locke.

“Cram us with praise, and make us As fat as tame things.” — Shak.
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.

02 v. i. To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff.

1.
To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff.
“Gluttony . . . . Crams, and blasphemes his feeder.” — Milton.
2.
To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study.[Colloq.]

03 n. The act of cramming.

1.
The act of cramming.
2.
Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.[Colloq.]
3.
A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.(Weaving)