Kam vs. Ram

(obsolete) crooked, awry

Crooked; awry.

A male sheep.

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

A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.

A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.

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

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

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

Example: ‘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]’;

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

Example: ‘Rammed earth walls’;

(slang) To penetrate sexually.

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.

An engine of war used for butting or battering.

A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.

The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.

The plunger of a hydraulic press.

To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc.

Example: ‘[They] rammed me in with foul shirts, and smocks, socks, foul stockings, greasy napkins.’;

To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

Example: ‘A ditch . . . was filled with some sound materials, and rammed to make the foundation solid.’;

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

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries

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

a tool for driving or forcing something by impact

uncastrated adult male sheep;

Example: ‘a British term is `tup'’;

strike or drive against with a heavy impact;

Example: ‘ram the gate with a sledgehammer’; ‘pound on the door’;

force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;

Example: ‘She rammed her mind into focus’; ‘He drives me mad’;

undergo damage or destruction on impact;

Example: ‘the plane crashed into the ocean’; ‘The car crashed into the lamp post’;

crowd or pack to capacity;

Example: ‘the theater was jampacked’;

an uncastrated male sheep.

the zodiacal sign or constellation Aries.

a battering ram.

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

the falling weight of a piledriving machine.

a hydraulic water-raising or lifting machine.

the piston of a hydrostatic press.

the plunger of a force pump.

roughly force (something) into place

Example: ‘he rammed his stick into the ground’;

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

Example: ‘their boat was rammed by a Japanese warship’;

crash violently against something

Example: ‘the stolen car rammed into the front of the house’;

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

Example: ‘the walls are made of rammed earth’;

(of a place) be very crowded

Example: ‘the club is rammed to the rafters every week’;