ram

ram
I UK [ræm] / US verb
Word forms "ram":
present tense I/you/we/they ram he/she/it rams present participle ramming past tense rammed past participle rammed
1) [intransitive/transitive] if a vehicle or boat rams something, it hits it very hard, usually when it is moving fast

The truck was rammed from behind by a sports car on a busy highway.

ram into:

A high-speed passenger train rammed into a stationary train.

2) [transitive] to push something into a place with great force
ram something into something:

She quickly rammed some clothes into a suitcase and left.

See:
throat

II UK [ræm] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "ram":
singular ram plural rams
1) a male sheep. A female sheep is called a ewe.
3) a part of a machine that pushes something into a position by hitting it with great force

a hydraulic ram


English dictionary. 2014.

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