ram
v.
break force or crush with a battering ram
n.
male sheep; battering ram, heavy device used to crush or force something (such as a locked door)
Rams
ram
Noun
1. a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
(hypernym) tool
(hyponym) battering ram
(part-meronym) head
(derivation) force, drive
2. uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'"
(synonym) tup
(hypernym) sheep
(part-meronym) horn
Verb
1. strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
(synonym) ram down, pound
(hypernym) thrust
2. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
(synonym) force, drive
(hypernym) thrust
(hyponym) toe, toenail
(see-also) hammer in, drill in, ram down, beat in
(verb-group) drive
3. undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
(synonym) crash
(hypernym) collide, clash
4. crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
(synonym) jam, jampack, chock up, cram, wad
(hypernym) stuff
(verb-group) cram
RAM
1. <
storage>
Random Access Memory.
2. Rarely Adequate Memory.
A humorous reference to the fact that programs and data expand to fill the memory available.
(1995-04-22)
(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe
Elim
the rams; the strong; stags
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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