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ram

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1. ram - Noun

2. ram - Adjective

3. ram - Verb

4. Ram - Proper noun

Meaning

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.

The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.

An engine of war used for butting or battering.

In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram.

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.

A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.

The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.

The plunger of a hydraulic press.

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.

To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Do not worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you will to ram them down people´s throats. Howard H. Aiken

You ain't worth a greased lack pin to ram you into hell. John Steinbeck

The kingdoms represented by the second and third Beasts, or the Bear and Leopard, are again described by Daniel in his last Prophecy written in the third year of Cyrus over Babylon, the year in which he conquered Persia. For this Prophecy is a commentary upon the Vision of the Ram and He-Goat. Isaac Newton

It is possible for a ram to kill a butcher. Danish Proverb

Lickle bit a ram goat have beard an' big dull noh have nun. Jamaican Proverb

He is in search of a ram with five feet. Italian Proverb

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