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# cram

verb (cram, crams, crammed, cramming)

«cram» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To cram is to push too many things or people into a small space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cram/#m1)
2. To cram is to study a lot in a short time just before a test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cram/#m2)
3. To cram food is to eat it very fast, stuffing your mouth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cram/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it describes full bags, cupboards and buses. In school it describes last-minute studying, which works worse than revising a little every day. Phrases: «cram into», «cram for a test», «crammed with», «crammed full».

### Examples

- He crammed all his clothes into one small bag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cram/#x1)
- Twenty people crammed into the tiny lift. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cram/#x2)
- Don't cram for the test the night before; revise a bit each day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cram/#x3)
- The cupboard was crammed with old toys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cram/#x4)
- She crammed the whole sandwich into her mouth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cram/#x5)
- We crammed into the car for the trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cram/#x6)
- The shelves were crammed full of books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cram/#x7)
- Hansel bent down and filled his pocket with as many of them as he could cram in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cram/#x8)

### Note

Double «m»: crammed, cramming. Past and adjective «crammed» means very full. Safety: cramming food into your mouth can make you choke. In a maths problem, «crammed into» tells that the space is overfull — more than fits comfortably.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cram» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cram/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cram» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cram.html) on Mova free.