» james
Noun (10 meanings)
1. a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513).
james is an instance of:
- king, male monarch, Rex (noun) - a male sovereign
james is a member of:
- Stuart (noun) - the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714
2. the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701).
james is an instance of:
- King of England, King of Great Britain (noun) - the sovereign ruler of England
james is a member of:
- Stuart (noun) - the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714
3. the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625).
james is an instance of:
- King of England, King of Great Britain (noun) - the sovereign ruler of England
james is a member of:
- Stuart (noun) - the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714
4. 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).
james is an instance of:
- criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor (noun) - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
5. United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910).
james is an instance of:
- philosopher (noun) - a specialist in philosophy
- psychologist (noun) - a scientist trained in psychology
6. writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916).
7. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament.
James, Saint James, St. James, Saint James the Apostle, St. James the Apostle
james is an instance of:
- Apostle (noun) - (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel
- saint (noun) - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- New Testament (noun) - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation
8. a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads.
james is an instance of:
- river (noun) - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
james is a part of:
- Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA (noun) - a state in the eastern United States
9. a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri.
james is an instance of:
- river (noun) - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
james is a part of:
- North Dakota, Peace Garden State, ND (noun) - a state of north central United States bordering on Canada
- South Dakota, Coyote State, Mount Rushmore State, SD (noun) - a state in north central United States
10. a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle.
james is an instance of:
- Epistle (noun) - a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle
james is a part of:
- New Testament (noun) - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation
» jam
Words people most associate with “jam”:
- jelly,
- strawberry,
- jar,
- toast,
- butter
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Noun (4 meanings)
1. preserve of crushed fruit.
jam is a type of:
types of jam:
- strawberry jam, strawberry preserves (noun) - made with strawberries
Examples:
- “he got into a terrible fix”,
- “he made a muddle of his marriage”
jam is a type of:
- difficulty (noun) - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
types of jam:
- dog's breakfast, dog's dinner (noun) - a poor job
jam is a type of:
- crowd (noun) - a large number of things or people considered together
types of jam:
- traffic jam, snarl-up (noun) - a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move
jam is derivationally related to:
4. deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems.
jam is a type of:
- electronic countermeasures, ECM (noun) - electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum
types of jam:
- barrage jamming (noun) - electronic jamming over a wide range of frequencies simultaneously
- spot jamming, selective jamming (noun) - electronic jamming of a specific channel or frequency
jam is derivationally related to:
Verb (7 meanings)
Example:
- “The crowd packed the auditorium”
to jam is a way to:
- to crowd, crowd together (verb) - to gather together in large numbers
to jam is derivationally related to:
- batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad (noun) - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- mob, rabble, rout (noun) - a disorderly crowd of people
- multitude, throng, concourse (noun) - a large gathering of people
- pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus (noun) - a collection of objects laid on top of each other
2. push down forcibly.
to jam
Example:
- “The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor”
Example:
- “jam a toe”
Examples:
- “Jam the Voice of America”,
- “block the signals emitted by this station”
to jam is a way to:
ways to jam:
- to barrage jam (verb) - jam an entire frequency spectrum
- to blanket jam (verb) - jam a broad spectrum of frequencies to affect all communications in the area except for directional antenna communications
- to point jam (verb) - jam a narrow band of frequencies
- to spot jam (verb) - jam a single frequency
to jam is derivationally related to:
- jamming, electronic jamming, jam (noun) - deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
5. get stuck and immobilized.
to jam
Example:
- “the mechanism jammed”
to jam is a way to:
- to malfunction, misfunction (verb) - fail to function or function improperly
Example:
- “the theater was jampacked”
to jam is a way to:
- to stuff (verb) - cram into a cavity
to jam is derivationally related to:
- batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad (noun) - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- crush, jam, press (noun) - a dense crowd of people
Verb group:
- to cram (verb) - put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled
Example:
- “obstruct the path”
to jam is the opposite of:
to jam is a way to:
ways to jam:
- to barricade, barricado (verb) - block off with barricades
- to barricade (verb) - prevent access to by barricading
- to barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar (verb) - render unsuitable for passage
- to blockade, block off (verb) - obstruct access to
- to clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul (verb) - become or cause to become obstructed
- to dam, dam up (verb) - obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
- to land up, earth up (verb) - block with earth, as after a landslide
- to screen, block out (verb) - prevent from entering
- to suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke (verb) - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- to tie up (verb) - restrain from moving or operating normally
to jam is derivationally related to:
- blockage, closure, occlusion (noun) - the act of blocking
- blocking, block (noun) - the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructive (adjective) - preventing movement
- obstruction (noun) - the act of obstructing
- obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta (noun) - any structure that makes progress difficult