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Overview of noun james

The noun james has 10 senses


  • James, James IV -- (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, James II -- (the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701))

  • James, James I, King James, King James I -- (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, 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))

  • James, William James -- (United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910))

  • James, Henry James -- (writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916))

  • 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)

  • James, James River -- (a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads)

  • James, James River -- (a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri)

  • Epistle of James, James -- (a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle)


Overview of verb jam

The verb jam has 7 senses


  • throng, mob, pack, pile, jam -- (press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium")

  • jam -- (push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor")

  • jam, crush -- (crush or bruise; "jam a toe")

  • jam, block -- (interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station")

  • jam -- (get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed")

  • jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad -- (crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked")

  • obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -- (block passage through; "obstruct the path")