ram Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
    read/write memory; random memory; random access memory; random-access memory.
  2. noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
    Aries.
  3. noun 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
    Aries the Ram; Aries.
  4. noun a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
  5. noun uncastrated adult male sheep
    tup.
    • a British term is `tup'
  6. verb strike or drive against with a heavy impact
    pound; ram down.
    • ram the gate with a sledgehammer
    • pound on the door
  7. verb force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
    force; drive.
    • She rammed her mind into focus
    • He drives me mad
  8. verb undergo damage or destruction on impact
    crash.
    • the plane crashed into the ocean
    • The car crashed into the lamp post
  9. verb crowd or pack to capacity
    wad; jampack; jam; chock up; cram.
    • the theater was jampacked

WordNet

Ram noun
Etymology
AS. ramm, ram; akin to OHG. & D. ram, Prov. G. ramm, and perh. to Icel. ramr strong.
Definitions
  1. The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
  2. (Astron.) (a) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March. (b) The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.
  3. An engine of war used for butting or battering. Specifically: (a) In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram. (b) 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.
  4. A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.
  5. The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.
  6. The plunger of a hydraulic press.
Ram transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Rammed ; present participle & verbal noun Ramming
Definitions
  1. 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.
    [They] rammed me in with foul shirts, and smocks, socks, foul stockings, greasy napkins. Shak.
  2. To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
    A ditch . . . was filled with some sound materials, and rammed to make the foundation solid. Arbuthnot.

Webster 1913