- crammian
- \crammian1 wv/t2 to cram, stuff
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Cram — (kr[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crammed} (kr[a^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cramming}.] [AS. crammian to cram; akin to Icel. kremja to squeeze, bruise, Sw. krama to press. Cf. {Cramp}.] 1. To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crammed — Cram Cram (kr[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crammed} (kr[a^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cramming}.] [AS. crammian to cram; akin to Icel. kremja to squeeze, bruise, Sw. krama to press. Cf. {Cramp}.] 1. To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cramming — Cram Cram (kr[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crammed} (kr[a^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cramming}.] [AS. crammian to cram; akin to Icel. kremja to squeeze, bruise, Sw. krama to press. Cf. {Cramp}.] 1. To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cram — I. verb (crammed; cramming) Etymology: Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian; akin to Old Norse kremja to squeeze Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to pack tight ; jam < cram a suitcase with clothes > … New Collegiate Dictionary
ger- — To gather. Oldest form *ə₂ger . 1. Extended form *grem . cram, from Old English crammian, to stuff, cram, from Germanic *kramm . 2. Reduplicated form *gre g . gregarious; aggregate, congregate, egregious … Universalium
cram — crammingly, adv. /kram/, v., crammed, cramming, n. v.t. 1. to fill (something) by force with more than it can easily hold. 2. to force or stuff (usually fol. by into, down, etc.). 3. to fill with or as with an excessive amount of food; overfeed.… … Universalium
cram — [kræm] v past tense and past participle crammed present participle cramming [: Old English; Origin: crammian] 1.) [T always + adverb/preposition] to force something into a small space cram sth into/onto etc sth ▪ Jill crammed her clothes into the … Dictionary of contemporary English
cram — [OE] Prehistoric Germanic had a base *kram , *krem which denoted ‘compression’ or ‘bending’. Among its descendants were Old Norse kremja ‘squeeze, pinch’, German krumm ‘crooked’ (source of English crumhorn [17], a curved Renaissance musical… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cram — O.E. crammian press something into something else, from P.Gmc. *kram /*krem (Cf. O.H.G. krimman to press, pinch, O.N. kremja to squeeze, pinch ), from PIE root *ger to gather (Cf. Skt. gramah heap, troop, O.C.S. gramota heap, L. gremi … Etymology dictionary
