noun

ram

RAM

noun

An adult male sheep.

"The farmer kept a single ram for breeding with the ewes."

"The ram butted the fence post with its curled horns."

A heavy tool or device used to batter, force, or strike something, or the act of striking with such force.

"Firefighters used a battering ram to break down the door."

"The truck took a hard ram from the vehicle behind it."

verb

To crash into something forcefully, or to force something into place by pushing or pounding.

"The getaway car rammed straight through the barricade."

"She rammed the last box into the overstuffed suitcase."

How to Use Ram

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAs a noun, a male sheep or a heavy battering tool; as a verb, to crash or force something into place hard.

Common mistake

Don't confuse with RAM the computer memory, which is an unrelated acronym (Random Access Memory).

Common pairings

ram a door ram into something battering ram

more ram comparative, rammed past tense, rams plural, Rams plural, rams singular, most ram superlative

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The farmer kept a single _____ for breeding with the ewes.

From Old English ramm, "male sheep" — a very old Germanic word, related to similar words in Dutch and German for the same animal.

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