Definitions of ram
-
To
drive
with
violence;
to
force
in;
to
cram.
-
To
strike;
butt;
batter.
-
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.
-
To
fill
or
compact
by
pounding
or
driving.
-
To
strike
or
butt
against
in
order
to
crush;
to
press
or
force
into
something.
-
To
thrust
with
violence,
as
a
ram
with
its
head:
to
force
together:
to
drive
hard
down:-
pr.
p.
ramming;
pa.
t.
and
pa.
p.
rammed.
-
To
thrust
with
violence.
-
force
into
or
from
an
action
or
state,
either
physically
or
metaphorically; "
She
rammed
her
mind
into
focus"; "
He
drives
me
mad"
-
strike
or
drive
against
with
a
heavy
impact; "
ram
the
gate
with
a
sledgehammer"; "
pound
on
the
door"
-
To
strike
like
a
ram
with
his
head;
to
thrust
in
with
much
force;
to
drive
hard
down
or
together.
-
Ramming.
-
(
astrology)
a
person
who
is
born
while
the
sun
is
in
Aries
-
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
-
a
tool
for
driving
or
forcing
something
by
impact
-
The
male
of
the
sheep
and
allied
animals.
In
some
parts
of
England
a
ram
is
called
a
tup.
-
Aries,
the
sign
of
the
zodiac
which
the
sun
enters
about
the
21st
of
March.
-
The
constellation
Aries,
which
does
not
now,
as
formerly,
occupy
the
sign
of
the
same
name.
-
An
engine
of
war
used
for
butting
or
battering.
-
In
ancient
warfare,
a
long
beam
suspended
by
slings
in
a
framework,
and
used
for
battering
the
walls
of
cities;
a
battering-
ram.
-
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.
-
A
hydraulic
ram.
See
under
Hydraulic.
-
The
weight
which
strikes
the
blow,
in
a
pile
driver,
steam
hammer,
stamp
mill,
or
the
like.
-
The
plunger
of
a
hydraulic
press.
-
A
male
sheep;
a
military
engine
for
battering,
or
crushing
by
heavy
blows;
a
battering-
ram;
an
engine
for
raising
water;
an
ironclad
war
vessel
with
a
steel
beak
designed
to
cut
into
an
enemy
ship.
-
A
male
sheep: (
astr.)
Aries (
L.,
the
ram),
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..
-
A
male
sheep;
hydraulic
engine;
sign
of
the
zodiac.
-
Rammer.
-
A
male
of
the
sheep.
-
An
instrument
for
driving,
forcing,
battering,
or
crushing,
as
a
projection
from
the
bow
of
a
war -
vessel;
also,
a
war -
vessel
constructed
for
ramming.
-
An
instrument
for
raising
water
by
pressure
of
compressed
air;
called
also
hydraulic
ram.
-
The
male
of
the
sheep
or
ovine
genus;
Aries,
the
sign
of
the
zodiac;
an
engine
formerly
used
for
demolishing
walls,
called
a
battering-
ram;
an
ironclad
steam
warship
armed
under
water
with
a
steel
beak;
a
hydraulic
engine.
-
A
male
sheepcalled
also
a
tup;
an
anc.
warlike
instrument
for
batering
walls;
Aries,
a
sign
of
the
ecliptic;
a
steam
war-
ship
armed
with
a
heavy
steel
or
iron
beak
for
driving
against,
and
so
destroying
other
vessels;
a
machine
for
raising
water
by
the
moving
force
of
part
of
the
water
to
be
raised;
the
hammer
of
a
pile-
driver;
the
piston
of
a
hydraulic
press.
-
Rammed.
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