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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Jam \Jam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jammed (j[a^]md); p. pr. & vb.
     n. Jamming.] [Either fr. jamb, as if squeezed between
     jambs, or more likely from the same source as champ See
     Champ.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to
        squeeze; to wedge in; to cram; as, rock fans jammed the
        theater for the concert.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The ship . . . jammed in between two rocks. --De
                                                    Foe.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a
        door. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Naut.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half
        her upper sails are laid aback. --W. C. Russell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To block or obstruct by packing too much (people or
        objects) into; as, shoppers jammed the aisles during the
        fire sale.
        [PJC]
  
     5. (Radio) To interfere with (a radio signal) by sending
        other signals of the same or nearby frequency; as, the
        Soviets jammed Radio Free Europe broadcasts for years
        during the cold war.
        [PJC]
  
     6. To cause to become nonfunctional by putting something in
        that blocks the movement of a part or parts; as, he jammed
        the drawer by putting in too many loose papers; he jammed
        the lock by trying to pick it.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  jammed \jammed\ adj.
     filled to capacity or overfilled; as, the auditorium was
     jammed to the rafters.
  
     Syn: full, jam-packed, packed.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Jam \Jam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jammed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Jamming.] [Either fr. jamb, as if squeezed between jambs,
     or more likely from the same source as champ See Champ.]
     1. To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to
        squeeze; to wedge in.
  
              The . . . jammed in between two rocks. --De Foe.
  
     2. To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a
        door. [Colloq.]
  
     3. (Naut.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half
        her upper sails are laid aback. --W. C. Russell.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  jammed
       See jam

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  jam
       n 1: preserve of crushed fruit
       2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a
          terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: fix,
           hole, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish]
       3: a dense crowd of people [syn: crush, press]
       4: deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy
          for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic
          devices or systems [syn: jamming, electronic jamming]
       v 1: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the
            auditorium" [syn: throng, mob, pack, pile]
       2: push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to
          the floor"
       3: crush or bruise; "jam a toe" [syn: crush]
       4: interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the
          Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this
          station" [syn: block]
       5: get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"
       6: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [syn:
           jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad]
       7: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct,
           obturate, impede, occlude, block, close up]
          [ant: free]
       [also: jamming, jammed]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  jammed
       adj : filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes";
             "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater" [syn:
              jam-pawncked, packed]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  jammed
     Ter Sami vb.
     die

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  jammed
     a.
     1 stuck.
     2 overcrowded; congested.
     vb.
     (infl of en jam  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  jammed
     a.
     1 stuck.
     2 overcrowded; congested.
     vb.
     (infl of en jam  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  jammed
     a.
     1 stuck.
     2 overcrowded; congested.
     vb.
     (infl of en jam  ed-form)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  jammed
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en jam ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb jam)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Jammed /dʒˈamd/
  مسدود

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  jammed /dʒˈamd/ 
  zaseknutý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  jammed /dʒˈamd/ 
  ucpaný