The meaning of Jam

noun

A large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side.

Usage examples:

A block of marble

verb

Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.

Usage examples:

The narrow roads were blocked by cars

verb

Obstruct

verb

Intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).

Usage examples:

She threw the bottle into the air and caught it again

noun

An act of catching something, typically a ball.

Usage examples:

I saw myself fumbling easy catches and looking clumsy.

verb

Take hold of so as to seize or stop the motion of

noun

A shoe with a thick wooden sole.

Usage examples:

Traditional footwear is sandals or wooden clogs with a thong that passes between the big toe and th…

verb

Block or become blocked with an accumulation of thick, wet matter.

Usage examples:

The gutters were clogged up with leaves

verb

To become blocked or filled so that movement or activity is slowed or stopped, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] during rush hour, downtown streets are clogged with commuters., [ m ] too much cholesterol cl…

verb

Flatten by pressure; squeeze or press.

Usage examples:

The skirt can be folded and compressed into a relatively small bag

noun

A pad of lint or other absorbent material pressed on to part of the body to relieve inflammation or stop bleeding.

Usage examples:

A cold compress

verb

To press something into a smaller space

Usage examples:

Snow in the crater compresses into a fastest-growing glacier., firmly compress the dirt in the pot …

noun

An elaborate sweet dish or delicacy.

Usage examples:

A fruit confection

noun

A sweet food, especially one that is unusual or complicated

Usage examples:

This moist, beautifully decorated confection is perfect for a special birthday., she makes 25 varie…

verb

Keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time).

Usage examples:

He does not confine his message to high politics

noun

The borders or boundaries of a place, especially with regard to their restricting freedom of movement.

Usage examples:

Within the confines of the hall escape was difficult

verb

To keep someone or something within limits

Usage examples:

The animals were confined in a large pen., harris does not confine her stage work to broadway., can…

noun

A preparation made by preserving fruit with sugar; jam or marmalade.

Usage examples:

Raspberry confiture

noun

A soft food made by cooking fruit or vegetables with sugar and water to preserve them

Usage examples:

I don’t throw away all the white membrane from the oranges as it contains pectin, which thickens th…

verb

Crowd (a road or place) so as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement.

Usage examples:

Uncontrolled development will congest our streets

verb

To make something blocked or crowded in a way that causes difficulties, or to become blocked or crowded

Usage examples:

There is no need for us to congest the city with traffic.

verb

Protect (something, especially something of environmental or cultural importance) from harm or destruction.

Usage examples:

The funds raised will help conserve endangered meadowlands

noun

A preparation made by preserving fruit with sugar; jam or marmalade.

Usage examples:

Pork tenderloin with onion and raisin conserve

verb

Keep in safety and protect from harm, loss, or destruction

verb

Completely fill (a place or container) to the point of overflowing.

Usage examples:

The ashtray by the bed was crammed with cigarette butts

verb

Crowd or pack to capacity

verb

Cause severe and disabling damage to; deprive of the ability to function normally.

Usage examples:

Developing countries are crippled by their debts

noun

A person with a severe limitation of a specified kind.

Usage examples:

An emotional cripple

verb

Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

noun

A large number of people gathered together in a disorganized or unruly way.

Usage examples:

A huge crowd gathered in the street outside

verb

(of a number of people) fill (a space) almost completely, leaving little or no room for movement.

Usage examples:

The dance floor was crowded with revellers

noun

A large group of people who have gathered together

Usage examples:

A crowd formed outside the club., crowds of people watched the fireworks., i don’t know many people…

verb

Make (something) inactive by disconnecting or destroying it.

Usage examples:

The switch deactivates the alarm

verb

To cause something to be no longer active or effective

Usage examples:

All chemical weapons facilities will be deactivated.

noun

The state or condition of being difficult.

Usage examples:

Guy had no difficulty in making friends

noun

The fact of not being easy, or of being hard to do or understand

Usage examples:

[ u ] he has some difficulty hearing people when they speak softly., [ c usually pl ] in 1986 he ex…

noun

A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable.

Usage examples:

He wants to make money, but he also disapproves of it: den's dilemma in a nutshell

State of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options

noun

A situation in which a choice has to be made between possibilities that will all have results you do not want

Usage examples:

The dilemma was over how to protect a charming little island and at the same time allow economic de…

verb

(of a disease, injury, or accident) limit (someone) in their movements, senses, or activities.

Usage examples:

It's an injury that could disable somebody for life

verb

To make something or someone unable to act in the correct or usual way

Usage examples:

Thieves disabled the museum’s alarm system.

verb

To turn off a part of a computer system, or stop it from working in the normal way

Usage examples:

To disable a program or device, right-click its listing under the appropriate category and choose '…

noun

A sweet food, originally from latin america, made from milk that has been caramelized (= cooked slowly with sugar) until it becomes sweet and brown

Usage examples:

These biscuits are filled with dulce de leche and dusted with icing sugar., the dessert was a dulce…

verb

Cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full.

Usage examples:

I filled the bottle with water

noun

An amount of something which is as much as one wants or can bear.

Usage examples:

We have eaten our fill

verb

Make full, also in a metaphorical sense

noun

Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.

Usage examples:

He was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion

verb

Make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.

Usage examples:

The back door of the bank was forced

noun

A waterfall.

Usage examples:

At the village of west burton, two miles distant, is a fine force

noun

An extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation.

Usage examples:

The abdication imbroglio of 1936

noun

An unwanted, difficult, and confusing situation, full of trouble and problems

Usage examples:

The soviet union became anxious to withdraw its soldiers from the afghan imbroglio.

verb

Prevent (something or someone) from moving or operating as normal.

Usage examples:

The car had been immobilized by a wheel clamp

verb

To prevent a company, country, or economy from using money or other assets

Usage examples:

Underdeveloped financial markets limit the availability of credit, immobilizing large amounts of ca…

verb

Place, fit, or push (something) into something else.

Usage examples:

Claudia inserted her key in the lock

noun

A loose page or section in a magazine or other publication, typically one carrying an advertisement.

Usage examples:

Tedious glossy magazine inserts to lure advertisers with inflated readership claims don't compensat…

verb

Introduce

noun

A fruit-flavoured dessert made by warming and then cooling a liquid containing gelatin or a similar setting agent in a mould or dish so that it sets into a semi-solid, somewhat elastic mass.

Usage examples:

A bowl of jelly and custard

verb

Set (food) as or in a jelly.

Usage examples:

The eels are stewed and jellied

adjective

Jealous.

Usage examples:

I'm so jelly that you were at the show

noun

A preserve made from citrus fruit, especially bitter oranges.

noun

A soft food made by cooking fruit, esp. oranges, with sugar

Usage examples:

She spread marmalade on her toast.

noun

A dirty or untidy state of things or of a place.

Usage examples:

She made a mess of the kitchen

verb

Make untidy or dirty.

Usage examples:

She scratched her head, messing her hair still further

noun

A stretch of swampy or boggy ground.

Usage examples:

Acres of land had been reduced to a mire

verb

Cause to become stuck in mud.

Usage examples:

Sometimes a heavy truck gets mired down

noun

An area of deep, wet, sticky earth, or fig. any messy situation

Usage examples:

The cart’s wheels sank in the red mire., fig. at the time the country was mired in the great depres…

noun

A large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence.

Usage examples:

A mob of protesters

verb

Crowd round (someone) or into (a place) in an unruly way.

Usage examples:

He was mobbed by autograph hunters

noun

A large group of people gathered together who are often uncontrollable or violent

Usage examples:

He arrived at the airport to find a mob of adoring fans waiting for him., she was mobbed by her fan…

verb

Bring into a disordered or confusing state.

Usage examples:

I fear he may have muddled the message

noun

An untidy and disorganized state or collection.

Usage examples:

The finances were in a muddle

noun

A messy and confused state

Usage examples:

Her life was in a muddle.

verb

Block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of.

Usage examples:

She was obstructing the entrance

verb

Reside or have one's place of business in (a building).

Usage examples:

The rented flat she occupies in hampstead

verb

Live in (a certain place)

verb

(of an army or group of people) to move into and take control or possession of a place

Usage examples:

Nationalist forces now occupy more than 70% of the country., a large couch occupies most of the spa…

verb

Fill (accommodation or a space) beyond what is comfortable, safe, or desirable.

Usage examples:

Employees were assigned to make sure people didn't overcrowd the escalators

verb

Put more into (a container) than it either should or can contain.

Usage examples:

Jean led the way slowly, balancing her teacup, which she had overfilled

noun

A small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it.

Usage examples:

A pack of cigarettes

verb

Fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel.

Usage examples:

I packed a bag and left

verb

Fill (a jury, committee, etc.) with people likely to support a particular verdict or decision.

Usage examples:

His efforts to pack the supreme court with men who shared his ideology

verb

Cause (a person or part of the body) to become partly or wholly incapable of movement.

Usage examples:

Mrs burrows had been paralysed by a stroke

verb

To cause a person, group, or organization to stop working

Usage examples:

The fuel protesters have threatened to try to paralyse the country again on november 13., the compa…

noun

A heap of things laid or lying one on top of another.

Usage examples:

He placed the books in a neat pile

verb

Place (things) one on top of the other.

Usage examples:

She piled all the groceries on the counter

verb

Strengthen or support (a structure) with piles.

Usage examples:

An earlier bridge may have been piled

noun

A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.

Usage examples:

We must direct our efforts towards relieving the plight of children living in poverty

verb

Pledge or solemnly promise (one's faith or loyalty).

Usage examples:

Men to plighted vows were faithful

noun

An unpleasant condition, esp. a serious, sad, or difficult one

Usage examples:

My problems aren’t much compared with the plight of the storm victims.

noun

A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation.

Usage examples:

The club's financial predicament

noun

An unpleasant or confusing situation that is difficult to get out of or solve

Usage examples:

With no money and no job, he found himself in a real predicament.

verb

Maintain (something) in its original or existing state.

Usage examples:

All records of the past were zealously preserved

noun

A foodstuff made with fruit preserved in sugar, such as jam or marmalade.

Usage examples:

A jar of cherry preserve

verb

Move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force.

Usage examples:

He pressed his face to the glass

noun

A device for applying pressure to something in order to flatten or shape it or to extract juice or oil.

Usage examples:

A flower press

noun

A forcible enlistment of men, especially for the navy.

Usage examples:

Any english-speaking, able-bodied, man on leave in a port might find himself swept up in the press.

noun

A matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome.

Usage examples:

They have financial problems

adjective

Denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others.

Usage examples:

Practitioners help families develop strategies for managing problem behaviour in teens

noun

Something that causes difficulty or that is hard to deal with

Usage examples:

Financing the camp’s athletic program is a problem., he has a serious health problem., i’m having p…

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

verb

Cause (someone) to feel confused because they cannot understand something.

Usage examples:

She was puzzled by the doctor's manner

noun

A game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge.

Usage examples:

Those who solve this puzzle in the shortest time are eligible for awards

noun

Something that is difficult to understand

Usage examples:

Their son is a puzzle to them., the police are trying to solve the puzzle of who sent them the lett…

noun

A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.

Usage examples:

Torrential rain turned the building site into a quagmire

noun

A situation that can easily trap you so that you become involved with problems from which it is difficult to escape

Usage examples:

When i tried to get my tax situation straightened out with the government, i ran into a bureaucrati…

noun

A state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation.

Usage examples:

Kate was in a quandary

noun

A state of not being able to decide what to do about a situation in which you are involved

Usage examples:

I’ve had two job offers, and i’m in a real quandary about/over which one to accept.

noun

An uncastrated male sheep.

Usage examples:

Mr watkinson, from constable burton, near leyburn, won best male with his aged ram.

verb

Roughly force (something) into place.

Usage examples:

He rammed his stick into the ground

abbreviation

Random-access memory.

noun

An item of food consisting of two pieces of bread with a filling between them, eaten as a light meal.

Usage examples:

A ham sandwich

verb

Insert or squeeze (someone or something) between two other people or things, typically in a restricted space or so as to be uncomfortable.

Usage examples:

The girl was sandwiched between two burly men in the back of the car

noun

Slices or pieces of meat, cheese, salads, etc., put between two pieces of bread that are held together by the person who picks them up when ready to eat

Usage examples:

A bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich, my kids always eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lu…

verb

Push (someone or something) roughly.

Usage examples:

They started pushing and shoving people out of the way

noun

A strong push.

Usage examples:

She gave him a hefty shove and he nearly fell

verb

Come into rough contact with while moving

verb

Firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers.

Usage examples:

Kate squeezed his hand affectionately

noun

An act of squeezing something.

Usage examples:

A gentle squeeze of the trigger

Press firmly

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

noun

Matter, material, articles, or activities of a specified or indeterminate kind that are being referred to, indicated, or implied.

Usage examples:

I prefer to buy stuff in sales

verb

Fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something.

Usage examples:

An old teapot stuffed full of cash

verb

The tangible substance that goes into a physical object

noun

A large, densely packed crowd of people or animals.

Usage examples:

He pushed his way through the throng

verb

(of a crowd) fill or be present in (a place or area).

Usage examples:

A crowd thronged the station

noun

A large group of people

Usage examples:

A huge throng had gathered around the speaker., [ t ] the narrow streets were thronged with tourist…

verb

Push suddenly or violently in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

She thrust her hands into her pockets

noun

A sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part.

Usage examples:

He drove the blade upwards with one powerful thrust

verb

To push suddenly and strongly

Usage examples:

[ t ] she thrust the money into his hand., [ i ] he thrust at me with a stick., [ c ] a sword thrus…

noun

A piece of wood, metal, etc. having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them.

Usage examples:

The door was secured by a wedge

verb

Fix in position using a wedge.

Usage examples:

The door was wedged open

verb

Prepare (pottery clay) for use by cutting, kneading, and throwing down to homogenize it and remove air pockets.

Usage examples:

The photo shows this as if you are facing the person wedging the clay.