different between jammed vs crushed

English

Adjective

jammed

1. Stuck.

   The window is jammed shut.

   How to treat a jammed finger or toe.

   The printer is still jammed. Make sure that all the jammed paper is removed.

   The ship was jammed between two rocks.

2. Overcrowded; congested

   Certain routes of the city are heavily jammed.

   These roads are hopelessly jammed with cars and mobile homes during holidays.

   A jammed Oktoberfest beer tent.

Translations

Verb

jammed

1. simple past tense and past participle of jam

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *j?m?t?k.

Verb

jammed

1. die

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???t/

Verb

crushed

1. simple past tense and past participle of crush

Adjective

crushed (comparative more crushed, superlative most crushed)

1. Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
2. Broken, saddened, depressed.
3. (not comparable, textiles) Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.

Derived terms

• crushed sugar
• crushed velvet

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