What part of speech is rams?

Rams can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. rams is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of ram (infinitive).
  • 2. rams is a noun, plural of ram.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does rams mean?

Definitions

Verb

ram - strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
ram - force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
ram - crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
ram - undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"

Noun

ram - a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
ram - uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'"
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
ram - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
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

Examples of rams

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1. noun But now their gratitude and joy were extravagant; they sprang about, like young dogs just let loose from their kennels; they piped, they sang; and they wrestled together in imitation of their goats and rams.
2. noun Whereas some ascetics and Brahmins remain addicted to attending such shows as dancing, singing, music, displays, recitations, hand-music, cymbals and drums, fairy-shows, acrobatic and conjuring tricks, combats of elephants, buffaloes, bulls, goats, rams, cocks and quail, fighting with staves, boxing, wrestling, sham-fights, parades, manoeuvres and military reviews, the ascetic Gotama refrains from attending such displays.
3. noun And he separated the same day the she-goats, and the sheep, and the he-goats, and the rams of divers colours, and spotted; and all the flock of one colour, that is, of white and black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons.
4. noun And Jacob separated the flock, and put the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams; and all the white and the black were Laban's, and the rest were Jacob's, when the flocks were separated one from the other.
5. noun So when the ewes went first to ram, Jacob put the rods in the troughs of water before the eyes of the rams, and of the ewes, that they might conceive while they were looking upon them.
6. noun Have I therefore been with thee twenty years? thy ewes and goats were not barren, the rams of thy flocks I did not eat; neither did I shew thee that which the beast had torn; I made good all the damage: whatsoever was lost by theft, thou didst exact it of me.
7. noun And when he had slept there that night, he set apart, of the things which he had, presents for his brother Esau: two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and twenty bulls, twenty she-asses, and ten of their foals.
8. noun How many rams are there in the flock?
9. noun The police used a battering ram to break down the door.
10. noun Then Abraham looked immediately behind and saw a ram between the brambles, caught by the horns, and he lifted up the ram to the offering, and he slaughtered it there as a sacrifice to God instead of his son Isaac.
11. noun The twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac come from eleven types of animals we find in nature: the rat, the ox, the tiger, the hare, the snake, the horse, the ram, the monkey, the rooster, the dog, the pig, and the mythological dragon; they're used as a calendar.
12. noun Tom's number plates were stolen and used in a ram raid.
13. noun The SWAT team broke down the front door with a battering ram.
14. noun This isn't a ram, it's a goat!
15. noun Sami bought a ram to sacrifice for Eid.
16. verb Ram the gate with a sledgehammer.
Sentence  
noun
But now their gratitude and joy were extravagant; they sprang about, like young dogs just let loose from their kennels; they piped, they sang; and they wrestled together in imitation of their goats and rams.
Whereas some ascetics and Brahmins remain addicted to attending such shows as dancing, singing, music, displays, recitations, hand-music, cymbals and drums, fairy-shows, acrobatic and conjuring tricks, combats of elephants, buffaloes, bulls, goats, rams, cocks and quail, fighting with staves, boxing, wrestling, sham-fights, parades, manoeuvres and military reviews, the ascetic Gotama refrains from attending such displays.
And he separated the same day the she-goats, and the sheep, and the he-goats, and the rams of divers colours, and spotted; and all the flock of one colour, that is, of white and black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons.
And Jacob separated the flock, and put the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams; and all the white and the black were Laban's, and the rest were Jacob's, when the flocks were separated one from the other.
So when the ewes went first to ram, Jacob put the rods in the troughs of water before the eyes of the rams, and of the ewes, that they might conceive while they were looking upon them.
Have I therefore been with thee twenty years? thy ewes and goats were not barren, the rams of thy flocks I did not eat; neither did I shew thee that which the beast had torn; I made good all the damage: whatsoever was lost by theft, thou didst exact it of me.
And when he had slept there that night, he set apart, of the things which he had, presents for his brother Esau: two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and twenty bulls, twenty she-asses, and ten of their foals.
How many rams are there in the flock?
The police used a battering ram to break down the door.
Then Abraham looked immediately behind and saw a ram between the brambles, caught by the horns, and he lifted up the ram to the offering, and he slaughtered it there as a sacrifice to God instead of his son Isaac.
The twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac come from eleven types of animals we find in nature: the rat, the ox, the tiger, the hare, the snake, the horse, the ram, the monkey, the rooster, the dog, the pig, and the mythological dragon; they're used as a calendar.
Tom's number plates were stolen and used in a ram raid.
The SWAT team broke down the front door with a battering ram.
This isn't a ram, it's a goat!
Sami bought a ram to sacrifice for Eid.
verb
Ram the gate with a sledgehammer.

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