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ram noun [ ram ]

• an uncastrated male sheep.
• a battering ram.
• the falling weight of a piledriving machine.
• a hydraulic water-raising or lifting machine.

ram verb

• roughly force (something) into place.
• "he rammed his stick into the ground"
Similar: force, thrust, plunge, stab, push, sink, dig, stick, cram, jam, stuff, pack, compress, squeeze, wedge, press, tamp, pound, drive, hammer, bang,
• be very crowded.
• "the bar was rammed with United supporters"
Origin: Old English ram(m), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ram .

RAM abbreviation

• random-access memory.
• (in the UK) Royal Academy of Music.

ram through

• force something through an approval process.
"the bill was rammed through the parliament with unusual haste"



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