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Jammed
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jammed
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stuck fast |
| Synonyms: | barred, blocked, caught, clogged, fast, fastened, fixed, frozen, immovable, lodged, malfunctioning, obstructed, out of order, sandwiched, stiff, swollen, trammeled, unworkable, warped, wedged |
| Antonyms: | clear, loose, operating |
| Main Entry: | jam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | squeeze in; compress |
| Synonyms: | bear, bind, block, cease, clog, congest, cram, crowd, crush, elbow, force, halt, jam-pack, jostle, obstruct, pack, press, push, ram, squash, squish, stall, stick, stuff, tamp, throng, wad, wedge |
| Notes: | jam is a thick mixture made from fruit pulp and sugar; jelly is made from fruit juice boiled with sugar; preserves are fruit preserved whole or in large pieces and cooked with sugar; marmalade is boiled fruit pulp, rinds, and sugar |
| Main Entry: | brimming/brimful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overflowing; up to the top |
| Synonyms: | awash, chock-full, crammed, crowded, filled, flush, full, full to the top, jammed, level with, loaded, overfull, packed, running over, stuffed, topfull |
| Antonyms: | empty, unfilled |
| Main Entry: | congested |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blocked, clogged |
| Synonyms: | chock-full, choked, closed, crammed, crowded, filled, glutted, gorged, gridlocked, jam-full, jam-packed, jammed, massed, mobbed, obstructed, occluded, overcrowded, overfilled, overflowing, packed, packed like sardines, plugged, stopped, stoppered, stuffed, stuffed-up, teeming, up to the rafters |
| Antonyms: | clear, free, open, unblocked, unclogged, uncongested, uncrowded |
| Main Entry: | crowded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | busy, congested |
| Synonyms: | SRO, awash, brimful, brimming, chock-full, clean, close, compact, crammed, cramped, crushed, dense, elbow-to-elbow, filled to the rafters, fit to bust, full, full house, full up, huddled, jam-packed, jammed, loaded, lousy with, massed, mob scene, mobbed, overflowing, packed, populous, sardined, sold out, standing room only, stiff with, stuffed, swarming, teeming, thick, thickset, thronged, tight, topped off, up to here, up to the hilt, wall-to-wall |
| Antonyms: | empty, uncongested, uncrowded, unfilled |
| Main Entry: | dense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compressed, thick |
| Synonyms: | close, close-knit, compact, condensed, crammed, crowded, heaped, heavy, impenetrable, jam-packed, jammed, massed, opaque, packed, packed like sardines, piled, solid, substantial, thickset |
| Antonyms: | open, scattered, sparse, thin, uncompressed |
| Main Entry: | full |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brimming, filled |
| Synonyms: | abounding, abundant, adequate, awash, big, bounteous, brimful, burdened, bursting, chock-full, chockablock, competent, complete, crammed, crowded, entire, extravagant, glutted, gorged, imbued, impregnated, intact, jam-packed, jammed, jammed full, laden, lavish, loaded, overflowing, packed, packed like sardines, padded, plenteous, plentiful, plethoric, profuse, replete, running over, sated, satiated, satisfied, saturated, stocked, stuffed, sufficient, suffused, surfeited, teeming, voluminous, weighted |
| Antonyms: | empty, incomplete, void |
| Main Entry: | late |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not on time |
| Synonyms: | backward, behind, behind time, behindhand, belated, blown, delayed, dilatory, eleventh-hour, gone, held up, hung up, in a bind, in the lurch, jammed, lagging, last-minute, missed the boat, out of luck, overdue, postponed, put off, remiss, slow, stayed, strapped, tardy, too late, unpunctual |
| Antonyms: | early, on time, prompt, punctual |
| Main Entry: | overdue |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | late, behind schedule |
| Synonyms: | behind time, behindhand, belated, delinquent, due, held up, hung up, jammed, long delayed, mature, not punctual, outstanding, owing, payable, tardy, unpaid, unpunctual, unsettled |
| Notes: | overdo means to do something to an excessive degree, while overdue means not paid at the scheduled time or past due |
| Antonyms: | early, paid |
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