Definition of "ram" in İngilizce

noun

1. (zoology, agriculture) A male sheep, typically uncastrated.

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

3. (military, nautical, chiefly historical) A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.

4. (military, nautical, chiefly historical) A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.

5. A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.

6. An act of ramming.

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

verb

1. (ambitransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.

   • The man, driving an SUV, then rammed the gate, according to police.

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

   • To build a sturdy fence, you have to ram the posts deep into the ground.

3. (transitive) To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking.

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

4. (transitive, also figuratively) To force, cram or thrust (someone or something) into or through something.

   • I quickly rammed another charge down the barrel and took aim.

5. (transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

   • They rammed the earth walls to make them more compact

6. (slang) To thrust during sexual intercourse.

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adjective

1. (Northern England) Rancid; offensive in smell or taste.