Jam (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Synonyms

• Mob
• Pile
• Pack
• Throng

Hypernyms

• Crowd Together
• Crowd

Meaning ²

Push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Hypernyms

• Force

Meaning ³

Crush or bruise; "jam a toe".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Crush

Hypernyms

• Contuse

Meaning ⁴

Crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Chock Up
• Wad
• Jampack
• Cram
• Ram

Related Words

• Jam (noun)

Meaning ⁵

Block passage through; "obstruct the path".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Close Up
• Obturate
• Impede
• Block
• Obstruct
• Occlude

Hypernyms

• Impede
• Hinder

Hyponyms

• Dam
• Stop
• Block Up
• Foul
• Stifle
• Clog Up
• Block Out
• Dam Up
• Barricado
• Asphyxiate
• Bar
• Land Up
• Choke
• Earth Up
• Back Up
• Barricade
• Blockade
• Block
• Suffocate
• Choke Off
• Block Off
• Tie Up
• Screen
• Clog

Meaning ⁶

Interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

• Block

Hypernyms

• Disrupt
• Cut Off
• Break Up

Related Words

• Jam (noun)
• Jamming (noun)

Meaning ⁷

Get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Hypernyms

• Misfunction