cram
verb (used with object)
to fill (something) by force with more than it can easily hold.
crams
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present tense formof cram (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Grubin, chief executive of product-sampling firm SoPost, said he’d rather have a functional room than one that crams all the bathroom stuff in a separate space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
These missions are incredibly expensive, so Isobel crams in experiments night and day as the scientists work in 12-hour shifts.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025
They spoke on a recent day in their Berlin studio as they giggled and tripped over their own stanzas — which exploit a feature of German grammar that crams nouns together into strings of syllables.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
The influx crams even more people into one of Gaza’s most densely populated areas.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
Molly crams the bag o’ socks into one end of a duffel, rounding it nicely.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
