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jam


 
  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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