Jam
[dʒæm]
Definition
(noun.) preserve of crushed fruit.
(verb.) interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; 'Jam the Voice of America'; 'block the signals emitted by this station'.
(verb.) crush or bruise; 'jam a toe'.
(verb.) crowd or pack to capacity; 'the theater was jampacked'.
(verb.) get stuck and immobilized; 'the mechanism jammed'.
(verb.) push down forcibly; 'The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor'.
Typed by Eugenia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A kind of frock for children.
(n.) See Jamb.
(v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.
(v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.
(v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
(n.) A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.
(n.) An injury caused by jamming.
(n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
Editor: Noreen
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Press, crowd, squeeze tight.
n. [1]. Conserve (boiled in mass), thick preserve.[2]. Pressure (from a crowd), crowding.[3]. Crowd, throng, mass of people (crowded together).
Edited by Aaron
Definition
n. a conserve of fruit boiled with sugar.
v.t. to press or squeeze tight:—pr.p. jam′ming; pa.p. jammed.—n. a crush squeeze.
Typist: Nadine
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of eating jam, if pure, denotes pleasant surprises and journeys. To dream of making jam, foretells to a woman a happy home and appreciative friends.
Typed by Hiram
Unserious Contents or Definition
A pantry composition in A minor.
Checker: McDonald
Examples
- Well, it'll stand, if it only keeps jam up agin de wall! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Gooseberry jam, and the same home-made cake with too much soda in it! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I'm always in a jam. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He was a little ahead in the jam. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Still, gooseberry jam was good, and one so rarely got it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We found an immense crowd of men and boys there and in the adjoining streets--a perfect jam. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- An ice-jam had broken the light telegraph cable laid in the bed of the river across to Sarnia, and thus communication was interrupted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Here is a packed and jammed city enclosed in a massive stone wall which is more than a thousand years old. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I had reached the area of eternal ice when my port propeller jammed, and I dropped to the ground to make repairs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And what's more,--with t'other scull jammed in the thowels and broke short off. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- New Street, as well as Broad Street, was jammed with excited people. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As I like sweets, and jams, and comfits, and conservatory flowers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- To prevent the pressure-force of the deep sea from jamming the joints, roller bearings are so arranged about them that freedom of action is constantly maintained. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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