1
a
: a male sheep
b
capitalized
: aries
2
a
b
: a warship with a heavy beak at the prow for piercing an enemy ship
3
: any of various guided pieces for exerting pressure or for driving or forcing something by impact: such as
a
: the plunger of a hydrostatic press or force pump
b
: the weight that strikes the blow in a pile driver
rammed; ramming
1
: to force in by or as if by driving
3
: to force passage or acceptance of
ram home an idea
4
: to strike against violently
rammer
noun
: a computer memory on which data can be both read and written and on which the location of data does not affect the speed of its retrieval
especially
: RAM that acts as the main storage available to the user for programs and data
called also random-access memory
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Examples of ram in a Sentence
Verb
They deliberately rammed my car from behind.
The car slid and rammed against the wall.
He deliberately rammed his car into mine.
She rammed her fist against the wall in anger.
She rammed the cork into the barrel.
He opened the chute and rammed the clothes down.
Noun (2)
My computer is slow because it needs more RAM.
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Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2024
Restoration workers made an impression of the ram's head pieces for a silicone mold, which allowed the casting of final pieces in plaster, Barbossa said.
—Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2024
Steve Forbes, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
On the night of August 1, 1943, a Japanese destroyer rammed into John’s boat, PT-109, knocking its crew into the water and ripping the starboard side clean off.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
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Noun
The major upgrade rumored to be in the iPhone 16 is a new A18 chip with 8GB of ram to enable the support of Apple Intelligence, the company's artificial intelligence software.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2024
Restoration workers made an impression of the ram's head pieces for a silicone mold, which allowed the casting of final pieces in plaster, Barbossa said.
—Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2024
Verb
Recently, Beijing has turned up the heat, including ramming Philippine ships in Philippine waters.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
On the night of August 1, 1943, a Japanese destroyer rammed into John’s boat, PT-109, knocking its crew into the water and ripping the starboard side clean off.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Ram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ram. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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ram
1 of 3 noun1
: a male sheep
2
ram
2 of 3 verb
rammed; ramming
1
: to strike or strike against with violence : crash
2
: to force in, down, or through by or as if by driving or pressing
rammer
noun
Medical Definition
ram
noun
: a male sheep
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