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crammed

crammed is the simple past and past participle of cram.

Meaning of cram

Verb

cram (third-person singular simple present crams, present participle cramming, simple past and past participle crammed)

  1. (transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.
    • to cram fruit into a basket; to cram a room with people
  2. (transitive) To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
    • The boy crammed himself with cake
  3. (transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.
    • A pupil is crammed by his tutor.
  4. (intransitive) To study hard; to swot.
  5. (intransitive) To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself.
  6. (British, dated, intransitive, slang) To lie; to intentionally not tell the truth.

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Words formed from crammed

Phrases with crammed

Questions about crammed

What is crammed the simple past and past participle of?
Crammed is the simple past and past participle of cram.

Words near crammed in the dictionary

  1. cramful
  2. cramfull
  3. Cramlington
  4. Cramm
  5. crammable
  6. crammed
  7. crammed together
  8. crammer
  9. crammers
  10. crammest
  11. crammeth

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