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'jam' - used as a noun
1. preserve of crushed fruit
2. informal term for a difficult situation
3. a dense crowd of people
4. deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

'jam' - used as a verb
5. press tightly together or cram
6. push down forcibly
The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor
7. crush or bruise
jam a toe
8. interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
Jam the Voice of America
9. get stuck and immobilized
the mechanism jammed
10. crowd or pack to capacity
11. block passage through

derived forms
1. Jam / Plural
jams
2. Jam / Past
jammed
3. Jam / Third Person
jams
4. Jam / Present Participle
jamming
Variations of 'jam'
 
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