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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Scott Phillips, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Another important observance is the blowing of the shofar, or a curved ram’s horn.
—Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the owner and operator of the container ship that rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, seeking $100 million in damages for the structure's collapse, which killed six construction workers and led to massive economic losses.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024
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Noun
When Jack finds a couple of Michael’s rams have wandered onto his family’s land, Jack keeps them and attempts to sell them at a local auction.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Another important observance is the blowing of the shofar, or a curved ram’s horn.
—Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
Verb
Related Articles Driver rams his car into crowd in China, killing 35.
—Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the owner and operator of the container ship that rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, seeking $100 million in damages for the structure's collapse, which killed six construction workers and led to massive economic losses.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Ram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ram. Accessed 24 Nov. 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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