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verb | noun ramram1 /ræm/ ●○○ verb (rammed, ramming) ETYMOLOGYram1Origin: 1300-1400 Probably from ➔ RAM2 VERB TABLEram |
Present | I, you, we, they | ram | | he, she, it | rams | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | rammed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have rammed | | he, she, it | has rammed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had rammed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ram | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have rammed |
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Present | I | am ramming | | he, she, it | is ramming | | you, we, they | are ramming | Past | I, he, she, it | was ramming | | you, we, they | were ramming | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been ramming | | he, she, it | has been ramming | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been ramming | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be ramming | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been ramming |
THESAURUSmake somebody/something move► push to make someone or something move by pressing with your hands, arms, shoulders, etc.: It’s still stuck – you’ll have to push harder. Her father was pushing the wheelchair. ► roll to push a round object so that it moves forward: He rolled the tire over to the car. ► poke to push someone or something with your finger or something sharp: He poked the snake with a stick but it was dead. ► shove to push someone or something roughly and in one big movement: Tom shoved the suitcase under the bed. ► thrust formal to push something somewhere quickly and roughly. Used especially in literature: She thrust a letter into my hand. ► stuff informal to push something quickly into a small space: Martha stuffed the money into her pocket. ► ram to push something very forcefully into a small or tight space: He rammed the bolt shut on the gate. ► nudge to push someone gently with your elbow, hand, etc., usually to get his or her attention: My wife nudged me and said, “Let’s go.” 1[intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive] to run or drive into something very hard: Hancock tried to ram the police car.ram into The truck rammed into her car.2[transitive always + adv./prep.] to push something into a position using great force: ram something into something Ram the posts into the ground.► see thesaurus at push13ram something down somebody’s throat disapproving to try to make someone accept an idea or opinion by repeating it again and again4ram something home (also ram home something) to make sure someone fully understands something by emphasizing it and by providing a lot of examples, proof, etc.: We’ve got to ram this message home. verb | noun ramram2 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYram2Origin: Old English ramm 1 science, biology an adult male sheep → ewe2a battering ram3technical a machine that hits something again and again to force it into a position |