Ram

Definition of Ram

Pronunciation: rămd
n.1.The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
2.(Astron.) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.
3.An engine of war used for butting or battering.
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
b - (Paleon.) An ammonite.
- Farrow.
v. t.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.
[imp. & p. p. Rammed (rămd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ramming.]
[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.

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