cram
verb
[ kram ]
• completely fill (a place or container) to the point of overflowing.
• "the ashtray by the bed was crammed with cigarette butts"
Similar:
stuff,
pack,
jam,
fill,
crowd,
throng,
overfill,
fill up,
fill to overflowing,
stuff to the gills,
fill to the brim,
overcrowd,
overload,
• study intensively over a short period of time just before an examination.
• "lectures were called off so students could cram for the semester finals"
Similar:
study intensively,
revise,
swot,
bone up,
mug up,
Origin:
Old English crammian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krammen ‘to cramp or clamp’.
