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Noun ram has 5 senses
- random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, RAM, read/write memory - 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
--1 is a kind of volatile storage
--1 has parts: buffer, buffer storage, buffer store; RAM disk
- Aries, Ram - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
--2 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
- Aries, Aries the Ram, Ram - the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19
--3 is a kind of sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house
- ram - a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
--4 is a kind of tool
--4 has part: head
--4 has particulars: battering ram; rammer
- ram, tup - uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'"
--5 is a kind of sheep
--5 has parts: horn
Verb ram has 4 senses
- ram, ram down, pound - strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
--1 is one way to thrust
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- force, drive, ram - force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
--2 is one way to thrust
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
- crash, ram - undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
--3 is one way to collide, clash
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad - crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
--4 is one way to stuff
Sample sentence:
They ram the books into the box
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