| 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: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | secure, usually with a length of material |
Synonyms: |
barricade, block, blockade, bolt, caulk, clog, close, dam, deadbolt, dike, fasten, fence, jam, latch, lock, plug, seal, secure, trammel, wall |
Antonyms: |
loosen, open, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | clog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | block, hinder |
Synonyms: |
burden, choke, close, congest, curb, dam up, encumber, entrammel, fetter, fill, glut, hamper, impede, jam, leash, obstruct, occlude, plug, seal, shackle, stop up, stopper, stuff, tie, trammel |
Antonyms: |
clear, free, open, unblock, unclog, unencumber, unstop |
| Main Entry: | cram |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cram, press into area |
Synonyms: |
bear, bunch, bundle, chock, cluster, congest, congregate, crush, deluge, elbow, flock, gather, huddle, jam, jam-pack, justle, mass, muster, overcrowd, pack, pack 'em in, pack like sardines, pile, push, ram, sardine, shove, squash, squeeze, squish, stream, surge, swamp, swarm, throng, top off, troop |
Antonyms: |
abandon, leave, retreat |
| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compress, smash |
Synonyms: |
beat, bray, break, bruise, buck, comminute, contriturate, contuse, crease, crowd, crumble, crunch, embrace, enfold, express, hug, jam, kablooey, mash, pound, powder, press, pulverize, push, romp, rumple, squash, squeeze, squish, total*, trample, tread, triturate, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
let go, release, uncompress, unwrinkle |
| Main Entry: | extemporaneous/extemporary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrehearsed, improvised |
Synonyms: |
ad hoc, ad lib, at first glance, automatic, by ear, casual, expedient, extempore, free, immediate, impromptu, improv, improvisatory, improviso, informal, jamming, made-up, makeshift, off the cuff, off the top of head, offhand, on impulse, on-the-spot, snap, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, taking for ride, thought out loud, tossed off, tossed out, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unstudied, winging it |
Antonyms: |
planned, prepared, read, rehearsed, written |
| Main Entry: | fasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make secure; join together |
Synonyms: |
adhere, affix, anchor, attach, band, bar, batten, belt, bind, bolt, bond, brace, button, catch, cement, chain, cleave, close, cohere, connect, couple, embed, establish, fix, freeze to, girth, glue, grip, hitch, hitch on, hold, hook, hook up, implant, infix, jam, knot, lace, leash, link, lock, lodge, make firm, moor, mortise, nail, rivet, rope, screw, seal, set, settle, solder, stay put, stick, strengthen, string, tack on, tag, tie, tighten, truss, unite, wedge, weld |
Antonyms: |
detach, disconnect, loosen, open, release, unchain, unfasten, unlink, unlock |
| Main Entry: | foul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become dirty |
Synonyms: |
befoul, begrime, besmear, besmirch, block, catch, choke, clog, contaminate, defile, desecrate, discolor, ensnare, entangle, fill, jam, pollute, profane, smear, smudge, snarl, soil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist |
Antonyms: |
clean, purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | gorge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat voraciously |
Synonyms: |
blimp out, bolt*, cloy, congest, cram, devour, eat like a horse, feed, fill, glut, gobble, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, hoover, jade, jam, make a pig of, overeat, overindulge, pack, sate, satiate, stuff*, surfeit, swallow, wolf* |
| Notes: | a canyon is a narrow chasm with steep cliff walls formed by running water; a gorge is a deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides formed by running water; a ravine is a deep narrow steep-sided valley formed by running water |
Antonyms: |
abstain, diet, fast |