Meaning

7 senses
  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

    But you still need to check in with the Arch Linux community now and then to make sure that none of their crazy shit is going to be crammed down your throat the next update.

    stopfen, vollpacken

    вти́скиватьvtískivatʹ, вти́снутьvtísnutʹ, набива́тьnabivátʹ

  2. (transitive)To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.

    The boy crammed himself with cake

    mästen, vollstopfen

    отка́рмливатьotkármlivatʹ, откорми́тьotkormítʹ, наеда́тьсяnajedátʹsja

  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.

    büffeln, pauken

    зубри́тьzubrítʹ, вы́зубритьvýzubritʹ

  4. (intransitive)To study hard; to swot.

    study intensively, as before an exam

  5. (intransitive)To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself.

    пожира́тьpožirátʹ, сожра́тьsožrátʹ

  6. (British, dated, intransitive, slang)To lie; to intentionally not tell the truth.

  7. (British, dated, slang, transitive)To make (a person) believe false or exaggerated tales.

Examples

42 sentences
  1. He spent all night cramming for the test.

    Він всю ніч зубрив відповіді на екзаменаційні білети.

    ruВсю ночь перед тестом он зубрил.

    deEr büffelte die ganze Nacht für den Test.

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  2. Tom crammed everything into his suitcase.

    ruТом всё впихнул в свой чемодан.

    deTom stopfte alles in seinen Koffer.

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  3. Tom is cramming for a test.

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  4. Tom is now cramming for the finals.

    ruТом сейча́с зубри́т для ито́говых экза́менов.

    deTom paukt gerade für die Abschlussklausuren.

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  5. The boy crammed all his clothes into the bag.

    ruМальчик запихал в сумку всю свою одежду.

    deDer Junge stopfte seine ganze Kleidung in die Tasche.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another:
to fill with food to satiety; to stuff:
to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study:
to eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another:
to fill with food to satiety; to stuff:
to put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study:

Origin

From Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian (“to cram; stuff”), from Proto-West

From Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian (“to cram; stuff”), from Proto-West Germanic *krammōn, from Proto-Germanic *krammōną, a secondary verb derived from *krimmaną (“to stuff”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to assemble; collect; gather”). Compare Old English crimman (“to cram; stuff; insert; press; bruise”), Icelandic kremja (“to squeeze; crush; bruise”).

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Forms

crams, cramming, crammed, crammed
Base formcram · to cram
3rd person singularcrams
Present participlecramming
Past simplecrammed
Past participlecrammed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycram
he, she, itcrams

Past simpleLesson

all personscrammed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave crammed
he, she, ithas crammed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cram

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

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