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noun

• The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something).

• Information hastily memorized.

  Example: a cram from an examination

• A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.

• (British slang) A lie; a falsehood.

• A mathematical board game in which players take turns placing dominoes horizontally or vertically until no more can be placed, the loser being the player who cannot continue.

• A small friendship book with limited space for people to enter their information.

verb

• To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.

  Example: to cram fruit into a basket; to cram a room with people

• To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.

  Example: The boy crammed himself with cake

• To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.

  Example: A pupil is crammed by his tutor.

• To study hard; to swot.

• To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself.

• (British slang) To lie; to intentionally not tell the truth.

• (British slang) To make (a person) believe false or exaggerated tales.