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JCDenton Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

The meaning of the word "Jam"

Hi guys,

pls what's the right meaning of the word "jam" in the title of the following article?

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3976714.html

Does it mean simply "Homeless jam" = Place where homeless people are jammed in? Or does it have another meaning?

thanks in advance

Tomas.
  

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JCDenton Hi guys, pls what's the right meaning of the word "jam" in the title of the following article? Homeless jam shelters to flee frosty weather Does it mean simply "Homeless jam" = Place where homeless people are jammed in? No, "jam" is a verb there.

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  • JCDenton Hi guys, pls what's the right meaning of the word "jam" in the title of the following article?
  • Homeless jam shelters to flee frosty weather Does it mean simply "Homeless jam" = Place where homeless people are jammed in?
  • No, "jam" is a verb there.
  • 'Homeless (people)' is the subject.
  • com/dictionary/jam
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JCDentonHi guys, pls what's the right meaning of the word "jam" in the title of the following article?

Homeless jam shelters to flee frosty weather

Does it mean simply "Homeless jam" = Place where homeless people are jammed in? No, "jam" is a verb there. 'Homeless (people)' is the subject.
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Thanks for the answer, but I still don't know the meaning of it in that context...Emotion: sad

I'm guessing, the right meaning in that co
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JCDentonThanks for the answer, but I still don't know the meaning of it in that context...

I'm guessing, the right meaning in that context...jam = the pressure or congestion of a crowd...???
Yes. They're crowding the shelters due to the cold weather.

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JCDentonThanks for the answer, but I still don't know the meaning of it in that context...
I'm guessing, the right meaning in that context...jam = the pressure or congestion of a crowd...??? No, the underlined is a noun phrase. The "jam" you are asking about is a verb meaning 'to fill to a too-full or to
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Thanks to all of you for help!

Sorry for my late thanks. Couldn't answer earlier.

T.
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