Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jam"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jam \Jam\, n. (Mining)
See {Jamb}.
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. An injury caused by jamming. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jam \Jam\, n. [Per. or Hind. j[=a]mah garment, robe.]
A kind of frock for children.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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; as,
raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
{Jam nut}. See {Check nut}, under {Check}.
{Jam weld} (Forging), a butt weld. See under {Butt}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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 forcibly, as of brakes: "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}, {pack}]
7: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: {obstruct},
{obturate}, {impede}, {occlude}, {block}, {close up}]
[ant: {free}]
8: eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey" [syn: {fill
up}, {fill}, {stuff}, {cram}]
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