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1. Crowd or pack to capacity
   "the theatre was crammed"
   - jam, jampack, ram, chock up, wad
    
2. Put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled
   "cram books into the suitcase"
    
3. Study intensively, as before an exam
   "I had to cram on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
   - grind away, drum, bone up, swot [Brit], get up, mug up [Brit], swot up [Brit], bone, revise [Brit]
    
4. Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam

Derived forms: crammed, crams, cramming

See also: crammer

Type of: fix, gear up, hit the books, lay, place, pose, position, prepare, put, ready, set, set up, study, stuff

Encyclopedia: Cram Cram, Ralph Adams Cram, Steve