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# jammed

«jammed» in Mova's school dictionary: **Stuck so it cannot move or work (the door is jammed)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form and adjective (jam, jams, jammed, jamming); adjective jammed

### meaning for a pupil

1) Stuck so it cannot move or work (the door is jammed). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jammed/#m1)

2) Packed very tightly; very full (the bus was jammed with people). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jammed/#m2)

3) Pushed hard into a small space (he jammed his clothes into the bag). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jammed/#m3)

4) Hurt by being squashed (I jammed my finger). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jammed/#m4)

5) (informal) Played music together without planning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jammed/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday life: a jammed door, drawer, zip or printer. Safety: never put fingers in a jammed machine; a jammed fire exit is dangerous. Traffic: roads jammed with cars. Phrases: jammed shut, jammed with, paper jam, traffic jam, jammed my finger.

### examples

- The window is jammed and will not open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jammed/#x1)
- The printer jammed again, so Mum pulled out the paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jammed/#x2)
- The road was jammed with cars after the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jammed/#x3)
- I jammed my finger in the car door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jammed/#x4)
- He jammed all his toys into one box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jammed/#x5)
- The hall was jammed with parents at the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jammed/#x6)
- The band jammed in the garage all afternoon (informal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jammed/#x7)
- They plunged forward in the mud, and managed somehow to run their yoke on the pole of an ammunition wagon, where it jammed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jammed/#x8)

### note

Past form of "jam": double m (jammed, jamming). Same word as "jam" the fruit spread — different meaning. Never put your hand into a jammed machine while it is switched on.

### In the corpora

- [Well might the ferrets rush wildly for the fireplace and get hopelessly jammed in the chimney!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/15/)
- [A jammed finger should not be pulled hard; one that looks bent or will not straighten needs an X-ray.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/3-sprains-strains-and-bruises/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jammed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jammed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.