packing like sardines

Main Entry:	cram [kram] Show IPA/kræm/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fill to overflowing; compress
Synonyms:	charge, chock, choke, compact, crowd, crush, devour, drive, force, gobble, gorge, guzzle, heap, ingurgitate, jam, jam-pack, load, overcrowd, overeat, overfill, pack, pack 'em in, pack in, pack it in, pack like sardines, press, ram, sardine, satiate, shove, slop, slosh, squash, squeeze, stive, stuff, tamp, thrust, wedge, wolf*
Antonyms:	let out, open, release

* = informal/non-formal usage

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Main Entry:	fill
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	to put in and occupy the whole of
Synonyms:	block, blow up, brim over, bulge out, charge, choke, clog, close, congest, cram, crowd, distend, fulfill, furnish, glut, gorge, heap, impregnate, inflate, jam-pack, lade, load, meet, overflow, overspread, pack, pack like sardines, permeate, pervade, plug, puff up, pump up, ram, ram in, replenish, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, shoal, stock, stopper, store, stretch, stuff, supply, swell, take up, top, top off
Antonyms:	deplete, drain, empty, exhaust, spend, take, use, void

Main Entry:	stow
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	reserve, store
Synonyms:	bundle, deposit, load, pack, pack like sardines, put away, secrete, stash, stuff, top off, tuck, warehouse*
Antonyms:	throw overboard, use, waste

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	jam-pack
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	crowd
Synonyms:	bear, bunch, bundle, chock, cluster, congest, congregate, cram, crush, deluge, elbow, flock, gather, huddle, jam, justle, load, mass, mob, muster, overcrowd, pack, pack like sardines, pack ‘em in, pile, push, ram, sardine, shove, squash, squeeze, squish, stream, stuff, surge, swamp, swarm, throng, top off, troop

* = informal/non-formal usage
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