Found 5 items, similar to jam.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: jam
asak, berasak-asak, cepit, kemacetan lalu lintas, selai
Indonesian → English (Kamus Landak)
Definition: jam
hour
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: jam
clock, hour, o'clock
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: jam
jam
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]
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]
[also:
jamming,
jammed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Jam
Jam
\Jam\, v. i.
2. To become stuck so as not to function; as, the copier
jammed again.
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2. (Music) To play an instrument in a jam session.
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3. To crowd together; -- usually used with together or in;
as, fifty people jammed into a conference room designed
for twenty.
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Jam
\Jam\, n.
1. A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the
pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a
jam of logs in a river.
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2. An injury caused by jamming. [Colloq.]
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3. A difficult situation; as, he got himself into a jam.
[informal]
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Jam
\Jam\ (j[a^]m), n. [Per. or Hind. j[=a]mah garment, robe.]
A kind of frock for children.
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Jam
\Jam\, n. (Mining)
See
Jamb.
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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.]
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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.
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The ship . . . jammed in between two rocks. --De
Foe.
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2. To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a
door. [Colloq.]
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3. (Naut.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half
her upper sails are laid aback. --W. C. Russell.
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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.
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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.
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Jam
\Jam\, n. [Prob. fr. jam, v.; but cf. also Ar. jamad ice,
jelly, j[=a]mid congealed, jamd congelation, ice.]
A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; also called
jelly; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
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Jam nut. See
Check nut, under
Check.
Jam weld (Forging), a butt weld. See under
Butt.
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