| VERB | contact | ram, ram down, pound | strike / strike or drive against with a heavy impact |
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| contact | ram, force, drive | force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | |
| contact | ram, crash | undergo damage or destruction on impact | |
| contact | ram, jam, jampack, chock up, cram, wad | crowd or pack to capacity | |
| NOUN | artifact | RAM, random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, read/write memory | the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on |
| person | Ram, Aries | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries | |
| location | Ram, Aries, Aries the Ram | the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox | |
| artifact | ram | a tool for driving or forcing something by impact | |
| animal | ram, tup | uncastrated adult male sheep |
| Sounds | rae'm | |
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| Rhymes | Abraham ... yam: 73 rhymes with aem... | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, read/write memory | |
| Parts | RAM disk | (computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors |
| buffer, buffer storage, buffer store | (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device | |
| core, magnetic core | (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data | |
| Narrower | magnetic core memory, core memory | (computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores |
| Broader | volatile storage | computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off |
| Spanish | memoria de acceso aleatorio, RAM | |
| Catalan | RAM | |
| Meaning | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries. | |
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| Synonym | Aries | |
| Category | astrology, star divination | A pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Catalan | Aries | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | Aries, Aries the Ram | |
| Instance of | sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house | (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided |
| Spanish | Aries | |
| Catalan | àries | |
| Meaning | A tool for driving or forcing something by impact. | |
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| Parts | head | The striking part of a tool |
| Narrower | battering ram | A ram used to break down doors of fortified buildings |
| rammer | A tool for driving something with force | |
| Broader | tool | An implement used in the practice of a vocation |
| Verbs | ram | force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically |
| ram | strike / strike or drive against with a heavy impact | |
| Meaning | uncastrated adult male sheep. | |
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| Synonym | tup | |
| Parts | horn | One of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates |
| Broader | sheep | woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat |
| Spanish | morueco, tup | |
| Catalan | marrà, tup | |
| Meaning | strike / strike or drive against with a heavy impact. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "ram the gate with a sledgehammer" | |
| Synonyms | ram down, pound | |
| Broader | thrust | Push forcefully |
| Spanish | apisonar, aporrear | |
| Catalan | pitjar | |
| Nouns | ram | a tool for driving or forcing something by impact |
| rammer | a tool for driving something with force | |
| Meaning | Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "She rammed her mind into focus" | |
| Synonyms | force, drive | |
| Narrower | toe, toenail | Drive obliquely |
| Broader | thrust | Push forcefully |
| See also | ram down | teach by drills and repetition |
| Similar to | drive | compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment |
| drive | To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly | |
| Spanish | dirigir, forzar | |
| Nouns | ram | a tool for driving or forcing something by impact |
| Meaning | Undergo damage or destruction on impact. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | crash | |
| Broader | collide, clash | crash together with violent impact |
| Spanish | chocar, estrellarse | |
| Catalan | estavellar-se, topar, xocar | |
| Meaning | crowd or pack to capacity. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s something with something | |
| Model | They ram the books into the box | |
| Synonyms | jam, jampack, chock up, cram, wad | |
| Broader | stuff | Cram into a cavity |
| Similar to | cram | put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled |
| Spanish | abarrotar, apiñar, apretar, apretujar, embutir, empacar | |
| Catalan | abarrotar, apinyar, atapeir, embotir, empacar, entaforar, estrènyer, farcir, ficar, masegar | |
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