ram
(răm)
[Middle English, from Old English ramm.]
noun
- A male sheep.
- Any of several devices used to drive, batter, or crush by forceful impact, especially:
- A battering ram.
- The weight that drops in a pile driver or steam hammer.
- The plunger or piston of a force pump or hydraulic press.
- A hydraulic ram.
- A projection on the prow of a warship, used to batter or cut into enemy vessels.
- A ship having such a projection.
- See Aries
transitive verb: rammed, ram·ming, rams.
- To strike or drive against with a heavy impact; butt: rammed the door with a sledgehammer until it broke open.
- To force or press into place.
- To cram; stuff: rammed the clothes into the suitcase.
- To force passage or acceptance of: rammed the project through the city council despite local opposition.
derivatives
- raḿmer
- noun
RAM
(răm)
[r(andom-)a(ccess) m(emory).]
noun
Computer Science- A memory device in which information can be accessed in any order.
Ar·ies
(âŕēz, âŕē-ēź)
[Middle English, zodiacal sign Aries, from Latin ariēs, ram, zodiacal sign Aries.]
noun
- A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Taurus and Pisces.
- The first sign of the zodiac in astrology.
- pl., Aries. One who is born under this sign.
