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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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