Battering-ram
41ram — ram1 [ ræm ] verb 1. ) intransitive or 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… …
42ram — ram1 [ræm] v past tense and past participle rammed present participle ramming [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from RAM2] 1.) [I and T] to run or drive into something very hard ▪ In the latest raid, thieves used his van to ram a police car. ram …
43ram — [[t]ræ̱m[/t]] rams, ramming, rammed 1) VERB If a vehicle rams something such as another vehicle, it crashes into it with a lot of force, usually deliberately. [V n] The thieves fled, ramming the policeman s car... [V n] They used a lorry to ram… …
44ram — [OE] Ram is a general West Germanic word for ‘male sheep’, now shared only by Dutch (although German has the derivative ramme ‘rammer’). It may be related to Old Norse ramr ‘strong’, the allusion being to the ram’s strength in butting. This is… …
45ram — {{11}}ram (n.) O.E. ramm male sheep, also battering ram, earlier rom male sheep, a West Germanic word (Cf. M.L.G., M.Du., Du., O.H.G. ram), of unknown origin. Perhaps connected with O.N. rammr strong, O.C.S. ramenu impetuous, violent. {{12}}ram… …
46ram — [OE] Ram is a general West Germanic word for ‘male sheep’, now shared only by Dutch (although German has the derivative ramme ‘rammer’). It may be related to Old Norse ramr ‘strong’, the allusion being to the ram’s strength in butting. This is… …
47ram — 1 verb rammed, ramming (T) 1 to run or drive into something very hard: I was waiting at the traffic lights when a car rammed me from behind. 2 (always + adv/prep) to push something into a position using great force: ram sth into/down: First, you… …
48ram — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ramm; akin to Old High German ram Date: before 12th century 1. a. a male sheep b. capitalized Aries 2. a. battering ram b. a warship with a heav …
49ram — [[t]ræm[/t]] n. v. rammed, ram•ming 1) mam a male sheep 2) astron. astrol. (cap.) Aries 3) any of various devices for crushing, driving, or forcing something, as a battering ram 4) (formerly) a heavy beak or spur projecting from the bow of a… …
50ram — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. butt, batter, bump; pound, drive, tamp; cram, stuff. See impulse. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An object used to deliver a thrust] Syn. plunger, pump, beam, prow, hammerhead, arm piece, weight, pole,… …
