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  1. 1. 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, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To fill with food to satiety; to stuff. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. The act of cramming. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. Source: opted
  9. 9. v. crowd or pack to capacity Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. study intensively, as before an exam Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam Source: wordnet

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