ram
Pronunciation: /ɹæm/
The English word “ram” has 14 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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 reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.
- A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.
- An act of ramming.
- A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill.
verb
- To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.
- To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
- To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking.
- To force, cram or thrust (someone or something) into or through something.
- To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
- To thrust during sexual intercourse.
adjective
Etymology
From Middle English ram, rom, ramme, from Old English ramm (“ram”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“ram”), possibly from *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rom (“ram”), Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), German Ramm, Ramme (“ram”). Possibly akin also to Danish ram (“sharp; acrid; rank”), Swedish ram (“strong; perfect”), Faroese ramur (“strong; competent”), Icelandic rammur (“strong;…
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