Ram

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1. Noun

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

2. Noun

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

3. Noun

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

4. Noun

An engine of war used for butting or battering.

5. Noun

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

6. Noun

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.

7. Noun

A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.

8. Noun

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

9. Noun

The plunger of a hydraulic press.

10. Verb

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.

11. Verb

To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

12. Noun

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
Vocabulary classified under Computing and technology

13. Noun

uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is ‘tup’"
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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