Jam

Jam

(1): ( n.) A kind of frock for children.

(2): ( n.) An injury caused by jamming.

(3): ( n.) 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.

(4): ( v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.

(5): ( v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.

(6): ( n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.

(7): ( n.) See Jamb.

(8): ( v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.