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ram

1. ram \'ram\ n [ME, fr. OE ramm; akin to OHG ram] 1: a male sheep  2a: 
   BATTERING RAM  2b: a warship with a heavy beak at the prow for piercing an 
   enemy ship  3: any of various guided pieces for exerting pressure or for 
   driving or for cing something by impact : as 3a: the plunger of a 
   hydrostatic press or force pump  3b: the weight that strikes the blow in a 
   pile driver 
2. ram vb or rammed;  or ram.ming [ME rammen] 1: to strike with violence : 
   CRASH  2: to move with extreme rapidity  1: to force in by driving  2a: to 
   make compact (as by pounding)  2b: CRAM, CROWD  3: to force passage or 
   acceptance of {~ home an idea}  4: to strike against violently  - ram.mer n