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Noun
S:
(n)
jam
(preserve of crushed fruit)
S:
(n)
fix
,
hole
,
jam
,
mess
,
muddle
,
pickle
,
kettle of fish
(informal terms for a difficult situation)
"he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
S:
(n)
crush
,
jam
,
press
(a dense crowd of people)
S:
(n)
jamming
,
electronic jamming
,
jam
(deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
Verb
S:
(v)
throng
,
mob
,
pack
,
pile
,
jam
(press tightly together or cram)
"The crowd packed the auditorium"
S:
(v)
jam
(push down forcibly)
"The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
S:
(v)
jam
,
crush
(crush or bruise)
"jam a toe"
S:
(v)
jam
,
block
(interfere with or prevent the reception of signals)
"Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
S:
(v)
jam
(get stuck and immobilized)
"the mechanism jammed"
S:
(v)
jam
,
jampack
,
ram
,
chock up
,
cram
,
wad
(crowd or pack to capacity)
"the theater was jampacked"
S:
(v)
obstruct
,
obturate
,
impede
,
occlude
,
jam
,
block
,
close up
(block passage through)
"obstruct the path"