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1. jam - noun

· preserve of crushed fruit

Hypernym(s): conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves




2. jam - noun

· informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"

Synonym(s): fix, hole, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle_of_fish

Hypernym(s): difficulty




3. jam - noun

· a dense crowd of people

Synonym(s): crush, press

Hypernym(s): crowd




4. jam - noun

· deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

Synonym(s): jamming, electronic_jamming

Hypernym(s): electronic_countermeasures, ECM




5. jam - verb

· press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"

Synonym(s): throng, mob, pack, pile

Hypernym(s): crowd, crowd_together




6. jam - verb

· push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"

Hypernym(s): push, force




7. jam - verb

· crush or bruise; "jam a toe"

Synonym(s): crush

Hypernym(s): bruise, contuse




8. jam - verb

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

Synonym(s): block

Hypernym(s): interrupt, disrupt, break_up, cut_off




9. jam - verb

· get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"

Hypernym(s): malfunction, misfunction




10. jam - verb

· crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"

Synonym(s): jampack, ram, chock_up, cram, wad

Hypernym(s): stuff




11. jam - verb

· block passage through; "obstruct the path"

Synonym(s): obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, block, close_up

Hypernym(s): impede, hinder





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