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jam definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb jam 1 of 8 senses of jam Sense 7 obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up => blockade, block off => barricade, barricado => barricade => suffocate, asphyxiate, choke => tie up => dam, dam up => screen, block out => land up earth up => barricade, block, blockade, block off block up bar => clog, choke off clog up back up congest, choke, foul Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb jam 1 of 8 senses of jam Sense 7 obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up => blockade, block off => barricade, barricado => barricade => suffocate, asphyxiate, choke => tie up => dam, dam up => screen, block out => shade => land up earth up => barricade, block, blockade, block off block up bar => shut off block off close off => close => clog, choke off clog up back up congest, choke, foul => gum up => crap up => stuff, lug, choke up block => silt up silt Entailment of verb jam Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb jam 8 senses of jam Sense 1 throng, mob, pack, pile, jam => crowd, crowd together Sense 2 jam => push force Sense 3 jam, crush => bruise, contuse Sense 4 jam, block => interrupt, disrupt, break up cut off Sense 5 jam => malfunction, misfunction Sense 6 jam, jampack, ram, chock up cram, wad, pack => stuff Sense 7 obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up => impede, hinder Sense 8 fill up fill, stuff, jam, cram => gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out satiate, scarf out Familiarity of verb jam jam used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 8) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb jam Sense 1 throng, mob, pack, pile, jam => crowd, crowd together -------------- Sense 2 jam => push force -------------- Sense 3 jam, crush => bruise, contuse -------------- Sense 4 jam, block => interrupt, disrupt, break up cut off -------------- Sense 5 jam => malfunction, misfunction -------------- Sense 6 jam, jampack, ram, chock up cram, wad, pack => stuff -------------- Sense 7 obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up => impede, hinder -------------- Sense 8 fill up fill, stuff, jam, cram => gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out satiate, scarf out -------------- Grep of noun jam jam jam session jamaica jamaica apple jamaica bayberry jamaica caper tree jamaica dogwood jamaica honeysuckle jamaica quassia jamaica rum jamaica shorts jamaica sorrel jamaican jamaican capital jamaican cherry jamaican dollar jamais vu jamb jambalaya jambeau jamberry jambon jamboree jambos jambosa james james a. garfield james abbott mcneill whistler james abraham garfield james agee james alfred van allen james augustine aloysius joyce james augustus henry murray james augustus murray james barrie james bay james bernoulli james bond james boswell james bowie james branch cabell james buchanan james buchanan brady james butler hickock james byron dean james cagney james clark ross james clerk maxwell james cleveland owens james cook james crichton james dean james dewey watson james douglas morrison james earl carter james earl carter jr james edmund scripps james edward meade james fenimore cooper james francis thorpe james franck james garfield james george frazer james grover thurber james hargreaves james harold doolittle james harvey robinson james henry leigh hunt james hogg james howard meredith james hutton james i james ii james ives james jerome hill james john corbett james joseph tunney james joyce james k. polk james knox polk james langston hughes james leonard farmer james madison james maitland stewart james marshall hendrix james mason james matthew barrie james meredith james merritt ives james mill james monroe james murray james naismith james neville mason james parkinson james polk james prescott joule james riddle hoffa james river james scott connors james thomas farrell james thomas harris james thurber james usher james ussher james watson james watt james whitcomb riley james william fulbright james wilson james wyatt jamesonia jamestown jamestown weed jamison jamjar jammer jammies jamming jampan jampot logjam strawberry jam traffic jam Overview of noun jam The noun jam has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) jam -- (preserve of crushed fruit) 2. fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish -- (informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage") 3. crush, jam, press -- (a dense crowd of people) 4. jamming, electronic jamming, jam -- (deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems) Overview of verb jam The verb jam has 8 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (1) throng, mob, pack, pile, jam -- (press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium") 2. (1) jam -- (push forcibly, as of brakes: "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor") 3. (1) jam, crush -- (crush or bruise; "jam a toe") 4. (1) jam, block -- (interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station") 5. jam -- (get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed") 6. jam, jampack, ram, chock up cram, wad, pack -- (crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked") 7. obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -- (block passage through "obstruct the path") 8. fill up fill, stuff, jam, cram -- (eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey") Grep of adj jam jam-packed jamaican jammed Overview of noun jam The noun jam has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) jam -- (preserve of crushed fruit) 2. fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish -- (informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage") 3. crush, jam, press -- (a dense crowd of people) 4. jamming, electronic jamming, jam -- (deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems) Overview of verb jam The verb jam has 8 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (1) throng, mob, pack, pile, jam -- (press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium") 2. (1) jam -- (push forcibly, as of brakes: "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor") 3. (1) jam, crush -- (crush or bruise; "jam a toe") 4. (1) jam, block -- (interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station") 5. jam -- (get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed") 6. jam, jampack, ram, chock up cram, wad, pack -- (crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked") 7. obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -- (block passage through "obstruct the path") 8. fill up fill, stuff, jam, cram -- (eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey")
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