ram

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To crash into something hard and on purpose, usually to damage it.

   The truck rammed the gate at full speed.

2. 2
   verb

   To push or force something firmly into a tight space.

   He rammed the posts deep into the ground to build the fence.

3. 3
   noun

   A heavy object swung or driven to break through a door or wall.

   The soldiers used a heavy ram to smash through the castle door.

4. 4
   noun

   A male sheep.

   The farmer kept one ram with the flock of ewes.

From Middle English ram, rom, ramme, from Old English ramm (“ram”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“ram”), possibly from *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rom (“ram”), Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), German Ramm, Ramme (“ram”). Possibly akin also to Danish ram (“sharp; acrid; rank”), Swedish ram (“strong; perfect”), Faroese ramur (“strong; competent”), Icelandic rammur (“strong; sturdy”).

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