RAM
\ɹˈam], \ɹˈam], \ɹ_ˈa_m]\
Definitions of RAM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
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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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force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
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strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
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a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
By Princeton University
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(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
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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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force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
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strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
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a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
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Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.
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The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.
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An engine of war used for butting or battering.
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In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram.
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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.
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A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.
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The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.
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The plunger of a hydraulic press.
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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.
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To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
By Oddity Software
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The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
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Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.
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The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.
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An engine of war used for butting or battering.
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In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram.
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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.
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A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.
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The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.
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The plunger of a hydraulic press.
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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.
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To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
By Noah Webster.
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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.
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To strike or butt against in order to crush; to press or force into something.
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Rammed.
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Ramming.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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..
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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.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To strike; butt; batter.
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Rammer.
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A male of the sheep.
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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.
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An instrument for raising water by pressure of compressed air; called also hydraulic ram.
By James Champlin Fernald
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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.
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To drive with violence; to force in; to cram.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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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.
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To strike like a ram with his head; to thrust in with much force; to drive hard down or together.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, German & Dutch, Icelandic] The male of the sheep and allied animals ; a tup :-in astronomy, Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March; -the constellation Aries or group of fixed stars in the imagined figure of a ram ;-an ancient engine of war used for butting or battering ; a battering-ram ;-the hammer of a pile-driving machine ;-an iron or iron-plated vessel with a strong pointed beak for cutting or running down other vessels.
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