ram /ram/

1. A male sheep, a tup
2. (with cap and the) Aries
3. A battering-ram
4. A ship's beak, a pointed device on a warship's prow for striking holes in an enemy ship's hull
5. A warship with such a beak
6. A water ram or hydraulic ram (see hydraulic)
7. The falling weight of a pile-driver
8. The striking head of a steam-hammer
9. A piston applying pressure, operated by hydraulic or other power
10. A machine with such a piston
11. A rammer
12. An act of ramming

1. To thrust roughly, cram (also figurative)
2. To block up
3. To beat hard
4. To drive hard down
5. To strike, batter or pierce with a ram
6. To strike or dash into violently

rammˈer noun

A person or thing that rams, esp a tool for compressing earth before paving, etc

rammˈish adjective

1. Rank in smell or taste (now dialect)
2. Lecherous, lustful (obsolete)

ram-air turbine noun

A small turbine driven by air used as an emergency power source for aircraft, etc, or to provide power in guided weapons

ramˈcat noun

A male cat

ramˈjet or ramjet engine noun

A simple form of aero-engine, consisting of forward air-intake, combustion chamber and rear expansion nozzle, in which thrust is generated by compression due solely to forward motion

ramˈ-raid noun

The action of smashing into shop windows, etc with a stolen car and subsequent stealing of the goods inside

intransitive verb and transitive verb

To perform such a raid (on)

ramˈ-raider noun

ramˈ-raiding noun

ramˈrod noun

1. A rod for ramming down a charge into, or for cleaning, a gun-barrel
2. A stern, inflexible person
3. A strict disciplinarian

adjective

1. Rigid, inflexible
2. Stern

transitive verb (ramˈrodding; ramˈrodded)

To push or drive with great force

ram'sˈ-horn noun

1. The horn of a ram
2. Any article made of or resembling this, eg a trumpet or snuff-box

adjective

Made of ram's-horn

ramshorn snail noun

A freshwater snail (Planorbis) often kept in aquariums

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