Ram vs. Rom

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  • Ram (noun)

    A male sheep.

  • Ram (noun)

    A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.

  • Ram (noun)

    A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.

  • Ram (noun)

    A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.

  • Ram (noun)

    A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, a steam hammer, a stamp mill.

  • Ram (verb)

    To intentionally collide with (a ship) with the intention of damaging or sinking it.

  • Ram (verb)

    To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.

    “After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod.”

    “[http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/12/29/snatch-thieves-rammed-by-victim-accidentally/ Snatch thieves rammed by victim accidentally]”

  • Ram (verb)

    To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

    “Rammed earth walls”

  • Ram (verb)

    To penetrate sexually.

Wiktionary
  • Ram (noun)

    an uncastrated male sheep.

  • Ram (noun)

    the zodiacal sign or constellation Aries.

  • Ram (noun)

    a battering ram.

  • Ram (noun)

    a beak or other projecting part of the bow of a warship, for piercing the sides of other ships.

  • Ram (noun)

    the falling weight of a piledriving machine.

  • Ram (noun)

    a hydraulic water-raising or lifting machine.

  • Ram (noun)

    the piston of a hydrostatic press.

  • Ram (noun)

    the plunger of a force pump.

  • Ram (verb)

    roughly force (something) into place

    “he rammed his stick into the ground”

  • Ram (verb)

    (of a vehicle or vessel) be driven violently into (another vehicle or vessel) in an attempt to stop or damage it

    “their boat was rammed by a Japanese warship”

  • Ram (verb)

    crash violently against something

    “the stolen car rammed into the front of the house”

  • Ram (verb)

    beat (earth) with a heavy implement to make it hard and firm

    “the walls are made of rammed earth”

  • Ram (verb)

    (of a place) be very crowded

    “the club is rammed to the rafters every week”

Oxford Dictionary

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