Conserve vs. Jam

To protect from loss or harm; preserve

To drive or wedge forcibly into a tight position

To use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste

To activate or apply (a brake) suddenly. Often used with on

To keep (a quantity) constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes.

To cause to become unworkable because a part is stuck

To preserve (fruits) with sugar.

To cause (moving parts, for example) to lock into an unworkable position

To economize

To pack (items, for example) to excess; cram

A jam made of fruits stewed in sugar.

To fill (a container or space) to overflowing

Wilderness where human development is prohibited.

To block, congest, or clog

A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.

To crush or bruise

(obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.

(Electronics) To interfere with or prevent the clear reception of (broadcast signals) by electronic means.

(obsolete) A conservatory.

(Baseball) To throw an inside pitch to (a batter), especially to prevent the batter from hitting the ball with the thicker part of the bat.

(transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.

To become wedged or stuck

(transitive) To protect an environment, heritage, etc.

To become locked or stuck in an unworkable position

To remain unchanged during a process

To force one's way into or through a limited space

To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.

(Music) To participate in a jam session.

To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.

(Basketball) To make a dunk shot.

Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.

The act of jamming or the condition of being jammed.

A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.

A crush or congestion of people or things in a limited space

A conservatory.

A trying situation.

Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

See jam session.

Keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change;

A preserve made from whole fruit boiled to a pulp with sugar.

Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction;

A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.

Use cautiously and frugally;

(countable) A difficult situation.

Preserve with sugar;

(countable) A blockage, congestion, or immobilization.

An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.

A song; a track.

An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.

That which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.

A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.

A forceful dunk.

A play during which points can be scored.

Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.

(AU) The tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber.

Luck.

Balls, bollocks, courage, machismo

(slang) Sexual relations or the contemplation of them.

(dated) A kind of frock for children.

To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.

To brusquely force something into a space; to cram, to squeeze.

To render something unable to move.

To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".

To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.

(baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.

(basketball) To dunk.

(music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).

To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.

(roller derby) To attempt to score points.

To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.

To give up on a date or some other joint endeavour; to stand up, chicken out, jam out.

A kind of frock for children.

See Jamb.

A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.

An injury caused by jamming.

A difficult situation; as, he got himself into a jam.

A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; also called jelly; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.

To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in; to cram; as, rock fans jammed the theater for the concert.

To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.

To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.

To block or obstruct by packing too much (people or objects) into; as, shoppers jammed the aisles during the fire sale.

To interfere with (a radio signal) by sending other signals of the same or nearby frequency; as, the Soviets jammed Radio Free Europe broadcasts for years during the cold war.

To cause to become nonfunctional by putting something in that blocks the movement of a part or parts; as, he jammed the drawer by putting in too many loose papers; he jammed the lock by trying to pick it.

To become stuck so as not to function; as, the copier jammed again.

To play an instrument in a jam session.

To crowd together; - usually used with together or in; as, fifty people jammed into a conference room designed for twenty.

Preserve of crushed fruit

Informal terms for a difficult situation;

A dense crowd of people

Deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

Press tightly together or cram;

Push down forcibly;

Crush or bruise;

Interfere with or prevent the reception of signals;

Get stuck and immobilized;

Crowd or pack to capacity;

Block passage through;