cram

cram

verb

Definition of CRAM

1

to fit (people or things) into a tight space <tried to cram one more book into the backpack>

Synonyms cram, crush, jam, ram, sandwich, shoehorn, squeeze, stuff, wedge

Related Words fill, heap, jam-pack, load, pack

2

to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained <crammed his mouth with candy>

Synonyms brim, charge, cram, heap, jam, jam-pack, load, pack, stuff

Related Words drench, flood, glut, swamp; bloat, bulk; crowd, crush, mat, press, ram, shove, squash, squeeze; refill, refresh, reload, repack, replenish; overcharge, overfill, overflow, saturate; honeycomb, penetrate

Near Antonyms lighten; deplete, drain, eliminate, exhaust; bleed, draw (off); clean, flush, purge, scour, sweep

Antonyms clear, empty, evacuate, vacate, void

3

to fill with food to capacity <one of those eating contests in which competitors attempt to cram themselves with as many hot dogs as they can in three minutes>

Synonyms cram, glut, sate, stuff, surfeit

Related Words gobble, gormandize, pig out; gulp, guzzle; cloy, fill; banquet, feast, regale

Near Antonyms diet, fast

4

to swallow or eat greedily <the thoughtless guest crammed a dinner that had taken hours to prepare>

Synonyms bolt, cram, devour, glut [archaic], gorge, gormandize, gulp, ingurgitate, inhale, raven, scarf, scoff, slop, wolf

Related Words overeat, pig out, swill

Near Antonyms nibble, peck, pick