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")