English Explanatory Dictionary

RAM

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Acronym of random-access memory.
  2. Acronym of random-access machine.
  3. Acronym of relative atomic mass; sometimes styled r.a.m..
  4. Acronym of responsibility assignment matrix.
  5. Acronym of reliability availability maintainability.
  6. Acronym of radar-absorbent material, a material which absorbs radar.
name
  1. Initialism of Royal Academy of Music.
  2. Initialism of Rise Above Movement.
noun
  1. A male sheep, typically uncastrated.
  2. A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
  3. A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
  4. A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.
  5. A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.
  6. An act of ramming.
  7. A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill.
verb
  1. To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.
  2. To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
  3. To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking.
  4. To force, cram or thrust (someone or something) into or through something.
  5. To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
  6. To thrust during sexual intercourse.
adj
  1. Rancid; offensive in smell or taste.
name
  1. The constellation and zodiac sign Aries.
  2. Someone connected with Derby County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
name
  1. The father of Amminadab and the son of Hezron.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A surname
  4. One of the two progenitors of the second generation of humans in Mandaeism.
noun
  1. A US Korean War anti-tank weapon.
name
  1. Alternative form of Rāma (“an incarnation of the god Vishnu in Hinduism”).

Pronunciation

/ɹæm/ en-us-ram.ogg răm

Word forms

RAM RAMs ramming rammed more ram most ram the Ram

Etymology

From Middle English ram, rom, ramme, from Old English ramm (“ram”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“ram”), possibly from *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rom (“ram”), Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), German Ramm, Ramme (“ram”). Possibly akin also to Danish ram (“sharp; acrid; rank”), Swedish ram (“strong; perfect”), Faroese ramur (“strong; competent”), Icelandic rammur (“strong; sturdy”).

Related words

ewe hog shearling teg wether ram-don

Derived words

RAM-like hydraulic ram ram air ram air turbine ram bow ram-cat ram cichlid ramhood ramjet ramlike ramline rammy ram-pack ram-packed ram press ram pressure ramraid ramrod ramshorn ramskin tunnel ram water ram overram ram home ram-jam rammable rammed earth rammer ram something down someone's throat unram Ram Ram
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