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RAM
ram, tup
(noun) uncastrated adult male sheep; âa British term is âtupââ
ram
(noun) a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
Aries, Aries the Ram, Ram
(noun) the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19
Aries, Ram
(noun) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
force, drive, ram
(verb) force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; âShe rammed her mind into focusâ; âHe drives me madâ
jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad
(verb) crowd or pack to capacity; âthe theater was jampackedâ
crash, ram
(verb) undergo damage or destruction on impact; âthe plane crashed into the oceanâ; âThe car crashed into the lamp postâ
ram, ram down, pound
(verb) strike or drive against with a heavy impact; âram the gate with a sledgehammerâ; âpound on the doorâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
RAM (plural RAMs)
(electronics, computing) Acronym of random access memory.
(project management) Responsibility assignment matrix.
(risk management) Reliability availability maintainability.
(military) Radar-absorbent material, a material absorbent to radar.
Proper noun
RAM
Royal Academy of Music.
Anagrams
• -mar-, AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MAR, MRA, Mar, Mar., RMA, arm, mar, mar-
Proper noun
the Ram
The constellation Aries.
Noun
Ram (plural Rams)
(UK, soccer) someone connected with Derby County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Variant of RÄma
Anagrams
• -mar-, AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MAR, MRA, Mar, Mar., RMA, arm, mar, mar-
Etymology 1
Noun
ram (plural rams)
A male sheep, typically uncastrated
A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.
A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, a steam hammer, a stamp mill.
Etymology 2
Verb
ram (third-person singular simple present rams, present participle ramming, simple past and past participle rammed)
(ambitransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.
(transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
(transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
(slang) To thrust during sexual intercourse.
Etymology 3
Adjective
ram (comparative more ram, superlative most ram)
(Northern England) Rancid, offensive in smell or taste.
Anagrams
• -mar-, AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MAR, MRA, Mar, Mar., RMA, arm, mar, mar-
Source: Wiktionary
Ram, n. Etym: [AS. ramm, ram; akin to OHG. & D. ram, Prov. G. ramm, and perh. to Icel. ramr strong.]
1. The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
2. (Astron.) (a) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March. (b) The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.
3. An engine of war used for butting or battering. Specifically: (a) In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering- ram. (b) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak.
4. A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.
5. The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.
6. The plunger of a hydraulic press. Ram's horn. (a) (Fort.) A low semicircular work situated in and commanding a ditch. [Written also ramshorn.] Farrow. (b) (Paleon.) An ammonite.
Ram, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ramming.]
1. To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc. [They] rammed me in with foul shirts, and smocks, socks, foul stockings, greasy napkins. Shak.
2. To fill or compact by pounding or driving. A ditch . . . was filled with some sound materials, and rammed to make the foundation solid. Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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