7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ram  \Ram\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Rammed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Ramming}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ram  \Ram\,  n.  [AS.  ramm,  ram;  akin  to  OHG.  &  D.  ram,  Prov.  G. 
  ramm,  and  perh.  to  Icel.  ramr  strong.] 
  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's  horn}. 
  a  (Fort.)  A  low  semicircular  work  situated  in  and 
  commanding  a  ditch.  [Written  also  {ramshorn}.] 
  --Farrow. 
  b  (Paleon.)  An  ammonite. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  RAM 
  n  1:  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  [syn:  {random-access 
  memory},  {random  access  memory},  {random  memory},  {RAM}, 
  {read/write  memory}] 
  2:  a  tool  for  driving  or  forcing  something  by  impact 
  3:  uncastrated  adult  male  sheep:  "a  British  term  is  `tup'" 
  [syn:  {tup}] 
  v  1:  strike  or  drive  against  with  a  heavy  impact;  "ram  the  gate 
  with  a  sledgehammer"  [syn:  {ram  down},  {pound}] 
  2:  physical  or  metaphorical,  as  in  "She  rammed  her  mind  into 
  focus"  [syn:  {force},  {run},  {drive}] 
  3:  undergo  damage  or  destruction  on  impact;  "the  plane  crashed 
  into  the  ocean";  "The  car  crashed  into  the  lamp  post" 
  [syn:  {crash}] 
  4:  crowd  or  pack  to  capacity;  "the  theater  was  jampacked"  [syn: 
  {jam},  {jampack},  {chock  up},  {cram},  {wad},  {pack}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  RAM 
 
  1.    {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) 
 
 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Ram 
  exalted.  (1.)  The  son  of  Hezron,  and  one  of  the  ancestors  of  the 
  royal  line  (Ruth  4:19).  The  margin  of  1  Chr.  2:9,  also  Matt. 
  1:3,  4  and  Luke  3:33,  have  "Aram." 
 
  (2.)  One  of  the  sons  of  Jerahmeel  (1  Chr.  2:25,  27). 
 
  (3.)  A  person  mentioned  in  Job  32:2  as  founder  of  a  clan  to 
  which  Elihu  belonged.  The  same  as  Aram  of  Gen.  22:21. 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Ram,  elevated;  sublime 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  RAM 
  Random  Access  Memory  (RAM,  IC) 
 
 

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