Ram

Word RAM
Character 3
Hyphenation ram
Pronunciations /ɹæm/

Definitions and meanings of "Ram"

What do we mean by ram?

A male sheep. noun

Any of several devices used to drive, batter, or crush by forceful impact, especially. noun

A battering ram. noun

The weight that drops in a pile driver or steam hammer. noun

The plunger or piston of a force pump or hydraulic press. noun

A hydraulic ram. noun

A projection on the prow of a warship, used to batter or cut into enemy vessels. noun

A ship having such a projection. noun

To strike or drive against with a heavy impact; butt. transitive verb

To force or press into place. transitive verb

To cram; stuff. transitive verb

To force passage or acceptance of. transitive verb

The male of the sheep, Ovis aries, and other ovine quadrupeds; a tup. See cuts under Ovis and quadricornous. noun

Strong; as a prefix, very: used as a prefix in ramshackle, rambustious, etc.

Strong-scented; stinking: as, ram as a fox.

To strike with a ram; drive a ram or similar object against; batter: as, the two vessels tried to ram each other.

To force in; drive down or together: as, to ram down a cartridge; to ram a charge; to ram piles into the earth.

To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ram

The word "ram" in example sentences

I bet FOX "news" and See Nearly Nothing don't use the phrase "ram it down our throats" to describe this measure. ❋ Karoli (2011)

She killed a huge, full-curl mountain ram a couple years back. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The sight of a Dall sheep ram is enough to haunt a hunter: It conjures visions of the long, grueling stalks ahead of you. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The ram is generally a conventional double acting cylinder for positioning purposes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Most do-it-yourself hunters operating on a limited budget, however, will agree that any legal ram is a trophy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Say a 4 Socket Opteron server with 64GB/128GB of ram is pretty cheap now (under 10K). ❋ Unknown (2008)

My GOH liaison, the lovely Laura, came to the con with a cage of bats, which was pretty cool as well, and I met a couple of readers from Bulgaria who told me that in my Bulgarian editions, "battering ram" is translated with the word for a male sheep. ❋ Grrm (2007)

My database will soon pass 100GB and no doubt 500GB by the end of next year … I need to keep as much of it in ram as possible and also spread it out over other machines. ❋ Unknown (2006)

That is because the main ram and video ram are linked together so it can be allocated to whatever needs it more. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Heck … not even the system ram is perhaps correct. ❋ Unknown (2006)

A gigantic ram is also to be constructed; and, lastly above two millions and a half of money are to be expended on a fleet of ordinary iron ships. ❋ Unknown (1862)

This server does serve 10’s of millions of image requestsdirectly, but most of those images are in ram so its not much of a load. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Google stores stuff in ram, but the problem is you can’t store a database in ram. ❋ Unknown (2006)

When I used this word with a neighbor who was looking to buy one of my lambs, he corrected me and explained that a female sheep is a "borrega", just as a ram is a "borrego". ❋ Unknown (2009)

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