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/ rĂŠm /PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun
a male sheep.
Aries, Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign of Aries.
any of various devices for battering, crushing, driving, or forcing something,
especially a battering ram.
(formerly) a heavy beak or spur projecting from the bow of a warship for
penetrating the hull of an enemy's ship.
(formerly) a warship so equipped, especially one used primarily for ramming
enemy vessels.
the heavy weight that strikes the blow in a pile driver or the like.
a piston, as on a hydraulic press.
a reciprocating part of certain machine tools, as the toolholder of a slotter or
shaper.
hydraulic ram.
SEE MORESEE LESS
verb (used with object), rammed, ram·ming.
to drive or force by heavy blows.
to strike with great force; dash violently against: The car went out of control
and rammed the truck.
to cram; stuff: They rammed the gag into his mouth.
to push firmly: to ram a bill through the Senate.
to force (a charge) into a firearm, as with a ramrod.
SEE MORESEE LESS
OTHER WORDS FOR RAM
10 jam, thrust, beat, hammer.
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ORIGIN OF RAM
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First recorded before 900; Middle English noun ram, ram(m)e âmale sheep, machine
for ramming,â Old English ramm, romm; cognate with Dutch, Low German ram, German
Ramme; the verb is derivative of the noun
OTHER WORDS FROM RAM
ramlike, adjectiveun·rammed, adjective
WORDS NEARBY RAM
rallyist, rallymaster, rally round, ralph, Ralph Roister Doister, ram, Rama,
Ramachandra, ramada, Ramadan, ramage
OTHER DEFINITIONS FOR RAM (2 OF 5)
ram2
[ ram ]SHOW IPA
/ rĂŠm /PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun Australian, Now Rare.
a confidence man's associate who acts as a decoy; confederate; shill.
ORIGIN OF RAM
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First recorded in 1940â45; origin obscure; possibly from British criminal argot
ramp âswindleâ
OTHER DEFINITIONS FOR RAM (3 OF 5)
RAM
[ ram ]SHOW IPA
/ rĂŠm /PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun
random-access memory; computer memory available to the user for creating,
loading, or running programs and for the temporary storage and manipulation of
data, in which time of access to each item is independent of the storage
sequence. As a storage medium, RAM is volatile, so its contents are lost when
the power fails or is turned off.
Compare ROM.
ORIGIN OF RAM
r(andom)-a(ccess)m(emory)
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH RAM
RAM , ROM
OTHER DEFINITIONS FOR RAM (4 OF 5)
RAM
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abbreviation
reverse annuity mortgage.
OTHER DEFINITIONS FOR RAM (5 OF 5)
R.A.M.
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abbreviation
Royal Academy of Music.
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Random House, Inc. 2023
WORDS RELATED TO RAM
cram, crash, run into, sink, slam, smash, stab, thrust, beat, butt, crowd, dash,
dig, drive, drum, force, hammer, hit, hook, impact
HOW TO USE RAM IN A SENTENCE
* The laptop is slower, thicker, and heavier than last year's, with less
storage, fewer cameras, and less RAM.
Samsung backtracks on $1,000 Chromebooks with cheaper Galaxy Chromebook 2|Ron
Amadeo|January 7, 2021|Ars Technica
* In most modern implementations, this means for every 64-bit word stored in
RAM, there are eight checking bits.
Why donât PCs use error correcting RAM? âBecause Intel,â says Linus|Jim
Salter|January 6, 2021|Ars Technica
* The Pixelbook Go Chromebook can be upgraded with larger RAM and larger
internal storage depending upon your needs.
Best Chromebooks: Five things to consider|Eric Alt|December 9,
2020|Popular-Science
* Taylor was shot eight times in her home after three officers used a battering
ram to enter it under the authority of a no-knock warrant.
The policing reforms in the Breonna Taylor settlement, explained|Fabiola
Cineas|September 17, 2020|Vox
* Android Central lists the OnePlus 8T with a 120Hz OLED panel, 8GB of RAM, and
128GB of storage.
OnePlus 8T reportedly launches in October with 120Hz OLED, Snapdragon
865+|Ron Amadeo|September 4, 2020|Ars Technica
* In 2012, A. Dilligaf, a Swiss resident who asked that I not use his real
name, says he bid on a 2004 Dodge Ram.
He Bullies Kids and Calls It News|Brandy Zadrozny|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
* Where and when and why did Russ meet Ram Dass, for goodness sakes?
The Great Russ Hemenway|Michael Tomasky|March 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
* The Los Angeles Times called him âthe most valuable Ram of all time.â
The Deaths You Missed This Year|Malcolm Jones, Jimmy So, Michael Moynihan,
Caitlin Dickson|December 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
* And then the ram is caught by its horns in the bush and is sacrificed
instead.
The American Prophet of Delusion: Robert Stone in Conversation|David
Samuels|November 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
* They wanted to ram that fact down the throat of would-be rivals, like the
Russians, and even longtime friends, like the French.
How to Stop Iran: Obama's War By Other Means|Christopher Dickey|September 28,
2013|DAILY BEAST
* Cleopatra's coffin, head of the Theban ram, and other Egyptian curiosities,
arrived in England.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
* It is the chief cereal, and the inhabitants say it originated in Ha-ram,
China, nearly five thousand years ago.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
* And he shall offer the sacrifice of an ephi for every calf, and an ephi for
every ram: and a hin of oil for every ephi.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
* And the sacrifice of all ephi for a ram: but for the lambs what sacrifice his
hand shall allow: and a hin of oil for every ephi.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
* When at close range, it pierced the "Cumberland" with its iron ram causing it
to sink.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
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BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR RAM (1 OF 5)
ram
/ (rĂŠm) /
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noun
an uncastrated adult sheep
a piston or moving plate, esp one driven hydraulically or pneumatically
the falling weight of a pile driver or similar device
short for battering ram
Also called: rostrum, beak a pointed projection in the stem of an ancient
warship for puncturing the hull of enemy ships
a warship equipped with a ram
slang a sexually active man
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verb rams, ramming or rammed
(tr usually foll by into) to force or drive, as by heavy blowsto ram a post into
the ground
(of a moving object) to crash with force (against another object) or (of two
moving objects) to collide in this waythe ships rammed the enemy
(tr ; often foll by in or down) to stuff or cram (something into a hole, etc)
(tr ; foll by onto, against etc) to thrust violentlyhe rammed the books onto the
desk
(tr) to present (an idea, argument, etc) forcefully or aggressively (esp in the
phrase ram (something) down someone's throat)
(tr) to drive (a charge) into a firearm
SEE MORESEE LESS
DERIVED FORMS OF RAM
rammer, noun
WORD ORIGIN FOR RAM
Old English ramm; related to Old High German ram ram, Old Norse ramr fierce,
rimma to fight
BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR RAM (2 OF 5)
Ram
/ (rĂŠm) /
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noun
the Ram the constellation Aries, the first sign of the zodiac
BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR RAM (3 OF 5)
RAM1
/ (rĂŠm) /
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n acronym for computing
random access memory: semiconductor memory in which all storage locations can be
rapidly accessed in the same amount of time. It forms the main memory of a
computer, used by applications to perform tasks while the device is operating
BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR RAM (4 OF 5)
RAM2
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abbreviation for
Royal Academy of Music
BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR RAM (5 OF 5)
r.a.m.
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abbreviation for
relative atomic mass
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition ©
William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998,
2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
SCIENTIFIC DEFINITIONS FOR RAM
RAM
[ rÄm ]
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Short for random access memory. The main memory of a computer, in which data can
be stored or retrieved from all locations at the same (usually very high) speed.
See also dynamic RAM static RAM.
The American HeritageŸ Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
CULTURAL DEFINITIONS FOR RAM
RAM
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Acronym for random access memory, which is a type of memory in which a reader
can go to a specific item without having to start at the beginning. Random
access memories can often be altered once an item is found. (See computer memory
and magnetic memory storage; compare ROM.)
NOTES FOR RAM
hard drives on a computer are an example of RAM.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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