"jam up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: jams up [present, singular, third-person], jamming up [participle, present], jammed up [participle, past], jammed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} jam up (third-person singular simple present jams up, present participle jamming up, simple past and past participle jammed up)
  1. (transitive) To cause (something) to become blocked or clogged; to clog up. Tags: transitive Derived forms: jammed up, jam-up
    Sense id: en-jam_up-en-verb-F7~lEG5J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 7 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 81 6 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 5 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 4 8
  2. (intransitive) To become blocked or clogged. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-jam_up-en-verb-TbRB5-bj
  3. (transitive, figurative) To cause trouble; to stop or inhibit (someone, something). Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-jam_up-en-verb-vNCqR0Mh

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jammed up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
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  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "_dis": "88 4 8",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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        },
        {
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        "To cause (something) to become blocked or clogged; to clog up."
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      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
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        ],
        [
          "become",
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        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "clog",
          "clog"
        ],
        [
          "clog up",
          "clog up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause (something) to become blocked or clogged; to clog up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The traffic jammed up on the boulevard.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To become blocked or clogged."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "become",
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        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "clog",
          "clog"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become blocked or clogged."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To cause trouble; to stop or inhibit (someone, something)."
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        [
          "trouble",
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        ],
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ],
        [
          "inhibit",
          "inhibit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figurative) To cause trouble; to stop or inhibit (someone, something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jam up"
}
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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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    {
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "jamming up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jammed up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jammed up",
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        "past"
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  ],
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    {
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (something) to become blocked or clogged; to clog up."
      ],
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        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ],
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        [
          "clog",
          "clog"
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          "clog up"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To cause (something) to become blocked or clogged; to clog up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become blocked or clogged."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "clog",
          "clog"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become blocked or clogged."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause trouble; to stop or inhibit (someone, something)."
      ],
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        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ],
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ],
        [
          "inhibit",
          "inhibit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figurative) To cause trouble; to stop or inhibit (someone, something)."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jam up"
}

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