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jam
Found in thesaurus: preserve, conserve, crowd, ecm, force, contuse, disrupt, interrupt, misfunction, stuff, impede
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jam
v.
crowd, cram together; pack in; become crowded together; become stuck; cause to be stuck; disrupt, block, interfere (as in radio signals); play music in a free and improvisational manner
n.
sweetened fruit preserve, jelly; state of being crowded together; large number of objects that are crowded together and unable to move freely (as in cars or people); awkward situation
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Epistle of James
The Epistle of James , the Book of James, or simply James, is one of the twenty-two epistles (didactic letters) in the New Testament.
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Jam (disambiguation)
Jam!
Standard Test and Programming Language
JAM / STAPL ("Standard Test and Programming Language") is an Altera-developed standard for JTAG in-circuit programming of programmable logic devices which is defined by JEDEC standard JESD-71.
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jam
Noun
1. preserve of crushed fruit
(hypernym) conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves
(hyponym) strawberry jam, strawberry preserves
2. informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
(synonym) fix, hole, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish
(hypernym) difficulty
(hyponym) dog's breakfast, dog's dinner
3. a dense crowd of people
(synonym) crush, press
(hypernym) crowd
(hyponym) traffic jam, snarl-up
(derivation) jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad
4. deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
(synonym) jamming, electronic jamming
(hypernym) electronic countermeasures, ECM
(hyponym) barrage jamming
(derivation) block
Verb
1. press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
(synonym) throng, mob, pack, pile
(hypernym) crowd, crowd together
2. push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
(hypernym) push, force
3. crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
(synonym) crush
(hypernym) bruise, contuse
4. interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
(synonym) block
(hypernym) interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
(hyponym) barrage jam
(derivation) jamming, electronic jamming
5. get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"
(hypernym) malfunction, misfunction
6. crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
(synonym) jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad
(hypernym) stuff
(verb-group) cram
(derivation) crush, press
7. block passage through; "obstruct the path"
(synonym) obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, block, close up
(hypernym) impede, hinder
(hyponym) blockade, block off
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jam (de)
n.
jam, jelly, sweetened fruit preserve
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jam
v.
nacpat koho/co kam; zaseknout (se); nacpat co (kým/čím); rušit; jamovat
n.
džem; zácpa; brynda; jam
