v. t. | 1. | To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people. |
| 2. | To fill with food to satiety; to stuff. |
| 3. | To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor. |
v. i. | 1. | To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff. |
| 2. | To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study. |
n. | 1. | The act of cramming. |
| 2. | Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination. |
| 3. | (Weaving) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. |