Cram

  • 41cram — 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 > …

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  • 42CRAM — Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism (Computing » Security) * Challenge Response Authorization Mechanism (Computing » Security) * Cultivating Relationships Among Managers (Business » General) * Cram Really Ain t Mathematica (Computing »&#8230; …

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  • 43cram — [[t]kræm[/t]] v. crammed, cram•ming, n. 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) inf to prepare (a person,&#8230; …

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  • 44cram in — phr verb Cram in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bag, ↑suitcase …

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  • 45cram — [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&#8230; …

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  • 46Cram — Before a big exam you would be expected to cram. This simply means to study hard in the period running up to the exam …

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  • 47cram it — exclam. be quiet; shut up. Oh, cram it. No one wants to hear about it anymore …

    English slang

  • 48cram — in. to study hard at the last minute for a test. □ She spent the night cramming for the test. □ If you would study all the time, you wouldn’t need to cram …

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  • 49cram — [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&#8230; …

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  • 50Cram (surname) — Cram is a surname, and may refer to Allen Gilbert Cram, (1886 1947), an American painter Bobby Cram (1939 2007), an English professional footballer. Cleveland Cram, an American CIA station chief and CIA historian Donald J. Cram, a Nobel prize&#8230; …

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