"jam" | Definition and Related Words

jam

Noun

Preserve of crushed fruit (synset 107658542)
is a type of: conserve, conserves, preserve, preserves - fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

subtypes: strawberry jam, strawberry preserves - made with strawberries
Informal terms for a difficult situation (synset 114432893)
"he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"

is a type of: difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

subtypes: dog's breakfast, dog's dinner - a poor job; a mess

same as: fix, hole, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle
A dense crowd of people (synset 108200316)
is a type of: crowd - a large number of things or people considered together

subtypes: snarl-up, traffic jam - a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move

same as: crush, press
Deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems (synset 101255966)
is a type of: ecm, electronic countermeasures - electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum
subtypes:
- barrage jamming - electronic jamming over a wide range of frequencies simultaneously
- selective jamming, spot jamming - electronic jamming of a specific channel or frequency
same as: electronic jamming, jamming

Verb

Press tightly together or cram (synset 202068059)
"The crowd packed the auditorium"

is a type of: crowd, crowd together - to gather together in large numbers

same as: mob, pack, pile, throng
Push down forcibly (synset 201997700)
"The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"

is a type of: force, push - move with force
Crush or bruise (synset 201495601)
"jam a toe"

is a type of: bruise, contuse - injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

same as: crush
Interfere with or prevent the reception of signals (synset 201058906)
"Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"

is a type of: break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt - make a break in
subtypes:
- barrage jam - jam an entire frequency spectrum
- point jam - jam a narrow band of frequencies
- spot jam - jam a single frequency
- blanket jam - jam a broad spectrum of frequencies to affect all communications in the area except for directional antenna communications
same as: block
Get stuck and immobilized (synset 201527965)
"the mechanism jammed"

is a type of: malfunction, misfunction - fail to function or function improperly
Crowd or pack to capacity (synset 201527086)
"the theater was jampacked"

is a type of: stuff - cram into a cavity

same as: chock up, cram, jampack, ram, wad

verb group: cram - put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled
Block passage through (synset 201479113)
"obstruct the path"

is a type of: hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to
subtypes:
- block off, blockade - obstruct access to
- barricade, barricado - block off with barricades
- barricade - prevent access to by barricading
- asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- tie up - restrain from moving or operating normally
- dam, dam up - obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
- block out, screen - prevent from entering
- earth up, land up - block with earth, as after a landslide
- bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop - render unsuitable for passage
- back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul - become or cause to become obstructed
same as: block, close up, impede, obstruct, obturate, occlude

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