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jam

/ jam /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
preserve of crushed fruit
Type of:
conserve preserve conserves
Kinds of:
strawberry jam strawberry preserves
verb Sense 2
interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
"Jam the Voice of America"
"block the signals emitted by this station"
Type of:
interrupt disrupt break up
Kinds of:
barrage jam point jam spot jam blanket jam
Derived:
jamming electronic jamming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
push down forcibly
"The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
Type of:
push force
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
crush or bruise
"jam a toe"
Type of:
bruise contuse
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
crowd or pack to capacity
"the theater was jampacked"
Type of:
stuff
Derived:
batch deal flock good deal great deal
Verb group:
cram
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody Adjective/Noun
verb Sense 6
get stuck and immobilized
"the mechanism jammed"
Type of:
malfunction misfunction
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
noun Sense 7
a dense crowd of people
Type of:
crowd
Kinds of:
traffic jam snarl-up
Derived:
press jampack ram chock up cram
noun Sense 8
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
Type of:
electronic countermeasures ECM
Kinds of:
barrage jamming spot jamming selective jamming
Derived:
block
noun Sense 9
informal terms for a difficult situation
"he got into a terrible fix"
"he made a muddle of his marriage"
Type of:
difficulty
Kinds of:
dog's breakfast dog's dinner
verb Sense 10
block passage through
"obstruct the path"
Opposites:
free disengage
Type of:
impede hinder
Kinds of:
blockade block off barricade barricado suffocate
Derived:
blocking block interference blockage closure
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 11
press tightly together or cram
"The crowd packed the auditorium"
Type of:
crowd crowd together
Derived:
batch deal flock good deal great deal
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
65
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

conserve preserve conserves strawberry jam strawberry preserves interrupt disrupt break up barrage jam point jam spot jam blanket jam