1. Strike or drive against with a heavy impact
   "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "ram down the gate with a sledgehammer";
   - ram down, pound
    
2. Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
   "She rammed her mind into focus";
   - force, drive
    
3. Undergo damage or destruction on impact
   "the plane rammed into the ocean";
   - crash
    
4. Crowd or pack to capacity
   "the theatre was rammed";
   - jam, jampack [informal], cram, wad

1. Uncastrated adult male sheep
   "The ram was separated from the ewes until breeding season";
   - tup [Brit]
    
2. A piston powered by hydraulic pressure
   "The hydraulic ram was used to lift heavy loads in the construction site"
    
3. A tool for driving or forcing something by impact
   "The construction workers used a hydraulic ram to break through the concrete"

1. The first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19
   - Aries, Aries the Ram
    
2. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
   - Aries

1. 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
   "The computer needed more RAM to run the demanding software";
   - random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, read/write memory

Derived forms: rammed, ramming, rams

See also: beat in

Type of: actor, clash, collide, doer, house, jumbuck [Austral], mansion, planetary house, sheep, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign, stuff, thrust, tool, volatile storage, worker

Encyclopedia: Ram, Robert