[
US
/ˈkɹæm/
]
[ UK /kɹˈæm/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈæm/ ]
VERB
-
put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled
cram books into the suitcase -
crowd or pack to capacity
the theater was jampacked - prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
-
study intensively, as before an exam
I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
How To Use cram In A Sentence
- The engine on the X-51, called a supersonic-combustion ramjet, or "scramjet," pulls off a couple of especially tricky tasks. When Supersonic Is Just Too Slow
- Eight children were crammed into the back of the car.
- Keeping specific goals and metrics for testing in mind not only helps track status and results, but also avoids the last-second scramble to pull together necessary reports.
- ‘There were many times when I felt faint at matches because of menstrual cramps,’ Susan says.
- But up to one in four students are said to use it when cramming for exams. The Sun
- She learned to scramble around and even run sideways, but not forward.
- But physical discomforts during the third trimester, such as heartburn, leg cramps, fetal movement, shortness of breath and sinus congestion, can again interfere with sleep.
- The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid.
- I was madly scrambling into my drysuit while Bill got the details from the divers, who had been drifting with this group for an hour or so.
- Love for others, concern for justice and the poor are not so much a question of social morals as the expression of a sacramental conception of Christian morality because, through priestly ministry, the spiritual sacrifice of all the faithful is accomplished, in union with the sacrifice of Christ, the only mediator. Pope on the Essential Elements of Priestly Ministry