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james

 
Noun james has 7 senses
  1. James, Jesse James - United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882)
    --1 is a kind of criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
  2. James, William James - United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)
    --2 is a kind of psychologist; philosopher
  3. James, Henry James - writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916)
    --3 is a kind of writer, author
  4. James, Saint James, St. James, Saint James the Apostle, St. James the Apostle - (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament
    --4 is a kind of Apostle; saint
  5. James, James River - a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads
    --5 is a kind of river
    --5 is a part of Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA
  6. James, James River - a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri
    --6 is a kind of river
    --6 is a part of
     North Dakota, Peace Garden State, ND; South Dakota, Coyote State, Mount Rushmore State, SD
  7. Epistle of James, James - a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle
    --7 is a kind of book
    --7 is a part of New Testament
Verb jam has 7 senses
  1. throng, mob, pack, pile, jam - press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
    --1 is one way to crowd, crowd together
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. jam - push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
    --2 is one way to
    push, force
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. jam, crush - crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
    --3 is one way to bruise, contuse
    Sample sentence:
    Did he jam his foot?
  4. jam, block - interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
    --4 is one way to interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
    Derived forms: noun jam4, noun jamming1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  5. jam - get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"
    --5 is one way to
    malfunction, misfunction
    Sample sentence:
    They want to jam the doors
  6. jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad - crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
    --6 is one way to stuff
    Derived form: noun jam3
    Sample sentence:
    They jam the books into the box
  7. obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up - block passage through; "obstruct the path"
    --7 is one way to impede, hinder
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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