cram (kr?m)v. crammed, cram·ming, crams v.tr.1. To force, press, or squeeze (something) into an insufficient or barely sufficient space; stuff.2. a. To feed a large amount of food to (an animal).b. To fill (oneself or one’s stomach, for example) with food.v.intr.1. To move into and fully occupy a space: The students crammed into the tiny classroom.2. To study hastily for an impending examination: was up all night cramming for the history midterm.n. Hasty study for an imminent examination.[Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian; see ger- in Indo-European roots.]cram?mer n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.cram (kræm) vb, crams, cramming or crammed1. (tr) to force (people, material, etc) into (a room, container, etc) with more than it can hold; stuff2. to eat or cause to eat more than necessary3. (Education) informal to study or cause to study (facts, etc), esp for an examination, by hastily memorizingn4. the act or condition of cramming5. a crush[Old English crammian; related to Old Norse kremja to press]Cram (kræm) n (Biography) Steve. born 1960, English middle-distance runner: European 1500 m champion (1981, 1986); world 1500 m champion (1983)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014cram (kræm) v. crammed, cram?ming, n. v.t. 1. to fill by force with more than it can easily hold. 2. to force or stuff (usu. fol. by into, down, etc.). 3. to fill with or as if with an excessive amount of food; overfeed. 4. to prepare (a person, class, etc.) for an examination within a short period of time. v.i. 5. to eat greedily. 6. to study for an examination by memorizing facts at the last minute. 7. to crowd; jam: A mob crammed into the hall. n. 8. the act of cramming for an examination. 9. a crammed state; crush. [before 1000; Middle English crammen, Old English crammian to stuff, c. Old Norse kremja] cram?mer, n. Cram (kræm) n. Ralph Adams, 1863?1942, U.S. architect and writer. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.Cram a dense crowd; a crush; a squeeze, 1858.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.cramPast participle: crammedGerund: crammingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativecramcramPresentI cramyou cramhe/she/it cramswe cramyou cramthey cramPreteriteI crammedyou crammedhe/she/it crammedwe crammedyou crammedthey crammedPresent ContinuousI am crammingyou are cramminghe/she/it is crammingwe are crammingyou are crammingthey are crammingPresent PerfectI have crammedyou have crammedhe/she/it has crammedwe have crammedyou have crammedthey have crammedPast ContinuousI was crammingyou were cramminghe/she/it was crammingwe were crammingyou were crammingthey were crammingPast PerfectI had crammedyou had crammedhe/she/it had crammedwe had crammedyou had crammedthey had crammedFutureI will cramyou will cramhe/she/it will cramwe will cramyou will cramthey will cramFuture PerfectI will have crammedyou will have crammedhe/she/it will have crammedwe will have crammedyou will have crammedthey will have crammedFuture ContinuousI will be crammingyou will be cramminghe/she/it will be crammingwe will be crammingyou will be crammingthey will be crammingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been crammingyou have been cramminghe/she/it has been crammingwe have been crammingyou have been crammingthey have been crammingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been crammingyou will have been cramminghe/she/it will have been crammingwe will have been crammingyou will have been crammingthey will have been crammingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been crammingyou had been cramminghe/she/it had been crammingwe had been crammingyou had been crammingthey had been crammingConditionalI would cramyou would cramhe/she/it would cramwe would cramyou would cramthey would cramPast ConditionalI would have crammedyou would have crammedhe/she/it would have crammedwe would have crammedyou would have crammedthey would have crammedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011cramTo study intensively for an examination or to prepare students intensively for an examination.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited