Definition of rams Rams
/ɹæˈmz/ - [ratmz] -
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What does rams mean?
Wiktionary 
- rams (Noun)
Plural of ram.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
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| ram - a tool for driving or forcing something by impact | ||
| tool an implement used in the practice of a vocation | ||
| battering ram a ram used to break down doors of fortified buildings | ||
| head a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle" | ||
| ram - uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'" | ||
| tup | ||
| sheep woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat | ||
| ram - the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible | ||
| random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, RAM, read/write memory | ||
| volatile storage computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off | ||
| buffer storage, buffer store, buffer a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact | ||
| magnetic core, core a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil | ||
| core memory, magnetic core memory (computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories | ||
| ram - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries | ||
| Aries, Ram | ||
| mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
| ram - the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19 | ||
| Aries, Aries the Ram, Ram | ||
Verb |
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| ram - strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door" | ||
| ram down, pound | ||
| thrust push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward" | ||
| ram - force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad" | ||
| force, drive | ||
| drive move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" | ||
| thrust push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward" | ||
| beat in, drill in, hammer in, ram down teach by drills and repetition | ||
| drive in, screw cause a run or runner to be scored; "His line double drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run" | ||
| toenail, toe touch with the toe | ||
| drive move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" | ||
| ram - crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" | ||
| jam, jampack, chock up, cram, wad | ||
| cram prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam | ||
| stuff fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers" | ||
| ram - undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" | ||
| crash | ||
| clash, collide disagree violently; "We clashed over the new farm policies" | ||
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Wiktionary
- ram (Noun)
A male sheep. - ram (Noun)
A battering ram ; a heavy object used for breaking through doors. - ram (Noun)
A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them. - ram (Noun)
A piston powered by hydraulic pressure. - ram (Verb)
To intentionally collide with a ship with the intention of damaging or sinking it. - ram (Verb)
To strike something hard, especially with an implement.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ram (n.)
The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup. - ram (n.)
Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March. - ram (n.)
The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name. - ram (n.)
An engine of war used for butting or battering. - ram (n.)
In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram. - ram (n.)
A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak. - ram (n.)
A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic. - ram (n.)
The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like. - ram (n.)
The plunger of a hydraulic press. - ram (v. t.)
To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc. - ram (v. t.)
To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A male sheep. -
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Non gelded male sheep. -
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To strike against with a heavy impact. -
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The first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19. -
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A person who is born while the sun is in Aries. -
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Computer component where data are quickly stored and retrieved from any point (i.e. with no need for the data to be written or read from the beginning of the storing space) but disappear when the computer is turned off.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ram, n. a male sheep, a tup: (astron.) Aries (q.v.), one of the signs of the zodiac: an engine of war for battering, with a head like that of a ram: a hydraulic engine, called water-ram: a ship-of-war armed with a heavy iron beak for running down a hostile vessel.—v.t. to thrust with violence, as a ram with its head: to force together: to drive hard down:—pr.p. ram′ming; pa.t. and pa.p. rammed.—n. Ram′-head, an iron lever for raising great stones: a cuckold. [A.S. ram, rom; Ger. ramm.] -
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ram, adj. strong-scented: (used as a prefix) very.—n. Ram′-cat, a tom-cat.—adj. Ram′mish, strong-scented: lewd.—n. Ram′mishness.—adj. Ram′my. [Ice. ramr, strong, as Ice. ramliga, strongly.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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A long spar, iron-hooped at the ends, used for driving out blocks from beneath a vessel's keel, and for driving planks an end while only wedged to the ship's side. Also, a new rating in the navy. (See STEAM-RAM.)
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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To push home the charge of a gun; also, the corresponding word of command.
