JAM
\d͡ʒˈam], \dʒˈam], \dʒ_ˈa_m]\
Definitions of JAM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
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press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
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preserve of crushed fruit
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interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
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get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"
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push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
By Princeton University
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eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
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press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
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preserve of crushed fruit
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interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
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push forcibly, as of brakes; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.
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To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.
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To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
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A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.
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An injury caused by jamming.
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A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
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A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc.
By Oddity Software
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To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.
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To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.
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To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
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A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.
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An injury caused by jamming.
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A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
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A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc.
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A kind of frock for children.
By Noah Webster.
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A thick, sweet, fruit preserve; a squeeze; block; crush.
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To squeeze or crush; press in tightly; block up.
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Jammed.
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Jamming.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A conserve of fruit.
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To press into a tight place; crush; crowd.
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To become immovable from being crowded.
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A number of people or objects crowded together.
By James Champlin Fernald