Ram vs. Rum

Ramnoun

A male sheep.

Ramnoun

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

Ramnoun

A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.

Ramnoun

A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.

Ramnoun

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

Ramverb

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

Ramverb

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

Ramverb

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

Ramverb

(slang) To penetrate sexually.

Ramnoun

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

Ramnoun

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

Ramnoun

An engine of war used for butting or battering.

Ramnoun

A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.

Ramnoun

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

Ramnoun

The plunger of a hydraulic press.

Ramverb

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.

Ramverb

To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

Ramnoun

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

Ramnoun

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

Ramnoun

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

Ramnoun

a tool for driving or forcing something by impact

Ramnoun

uncastrated adult male sheep;

Ramverb

strike or drive against with a heavy impact;

Ramverb

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

Ramverb

undergo damage or destruction on impact;

Ramverb

crowd or pack to capacity;

Ramnoun

an uncastrated male sheep.

Ramnoun

the zodiacal sign or constellation Aries.

Ramnoun

a battering ram.

Ramnoun

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

Ramnoun

the falling weight of a piledriving machine.

Ramnoun

a hydraulic water-raising or lifting machine.

Ramnoun

the piston of a hydrostatic press.

Ramnoun

the plunger of a force pump.

Ramverb

roughly force (something) into place

Ramverb

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

Ramverb

crash violently against something

Ramverb

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

Ramverb

(of a place) be very crowded

Rumnoun

(uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

Rumnoun

(countable) A serving of rum.

Rumnoun

(countable) A kind or brand of rum.

Rumnoun

A queer or odd person or thing.

Rumnoun

A country parson.

Rumnoun

Any odd person or thing.

Rumnoun

(rare) The card game rummy.

Rumadjective

(obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable.

Rumadjective

Strange, peculiar.

Rumnoun

A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.

Rumnoun

A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson.

Rumadjective

Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow.

Rumnoun

distilled from fermented molasses

Rumnoun

a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards

Rumadjective

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;

Rum

Rum is a liquor made by fermenting then distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice. The distillate, a clear liquid, is usually aged in oak barrels.