Definitions for the word "ram" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
An engine of war used for butting or battering.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
The plunger of a hydraulic press.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. abbr.
1 royal academy of music. 2 random-access memory.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
13. n.
1 uncastrated male sheep. 2 (the ram) zodiacal sign or constellation aries. 3 hist. = *battering-ram. 4 falling weight of a pile-driving machine. 5 hydraulically operated water pump. v. (-mm-) 1 force or squeeze into place by pressure. 2 (usu. Foll. By down, in, etc.) Beat down or drive in by heavy blows. 3 (of a ship, vehicle, etc.) Strike violently, crash against. 4 (foll. By against, into) dash or violently impel. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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