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   Ram

   /ram/

   

   noun

   • 1. an uncastrated male sheep.
   • ▪ the zodiacal sign or constellation Aries.
   • 2. short for battering ram
   • ▪ a beak or other projecting part of the bow of a warship, for piercing the hulls of other ships. historical
   • 3. the falling weight of a pile-driving machine.
   • 4. a hydraulic water-raising or lifting machine.
   • ▪ the piston of a hydraulic press.
   • ▪ the plunger of a force pump.

   verb

   • 1. roughly force (something) into place: "he rammed his stick into the ground" Similar forcethrustplungestabpushsinkdigstickcramjamstuffpackcompresssqueezewedgepresstamppounddrivehammerbang
   • ▪ (of a vehicle or vessel) be driven violently into (something, typically another vehicle or vessel) in an attempt to stop or damage it: "their boat was rammed by a Japanese warship"
   • ▪ crash violently against something: "the stolen car rammed into the front of the house" Similar hitstrikecrash intocollide withbe in collision withmeet head-onrun intoslam (into)smash intodash againstcrack into/againstbump (into)bang (into)knock intobuttimpact
   • ▪ beat (earth) with a heavy implement to make it hard and firm: "in former times, earth was rammed manually"
   • 2. be very crowded: informal British "the bar was rammed with United supporters"

   Word Origin Old Englishram(m), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ram.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rammer noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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