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ram
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, General American) enPR: r?m, IPA(key): /?æm/
- Rhymes: -æm
Etymology 1
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”).
Noun
ram (plural rams)
- A male sheep, typically uncastrated
- A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
- A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
- A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English rammen, from the noun (see above). Compare Old High German rammen.
Verb
ram (third-person singular simple present rams, present participle ramming, simple past and past participle rammed)
- (transitive, intransitive) 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.
- Two snatch thieves who snatched a woman’s bag experienced swift karma when their victim accidentally rammed into their motorcycle.
- (transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
- After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod.
- To build a sturdy fence, you have to ram the posts deep into the ground.
- (transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
- Rammed earth walls
- (slang) To thrust during sexual intercourse.
- 1999, Mr.Web, Size Matters review by mr. web review Group: rec.arts.movies.erotica
- like feel a soft butt against their pelvis or ram a girl really hard with piston-like speed while she begs and screams for more
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Translations
See also
- Wikipedia article on sheep
- ewe
- hog
- shearling
- teg
- wether
Etymology 3
Likely from Old Norse ramr, rammr (“strong, rank, bitter”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong, overbearing; acrid, rank”), perhaps ultimately related to Etymology 1 above. Compare Scots ram (“a rank odour”). Compare also Middle English rammish (“rank, offensive in smell”).
Adjective
ram (comparative more ram, superlative most ram)
- (Northern England) Rancid, offensive in smell or taste.
Anagrams
- -mar-, AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MAR, MRA, Mar, Mar., RMA, arm, mar, mar-
Catalan
Etymology
Latin r?mus
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?ram/
Noun
ram m (plural rams)
- bouquet, bunch
- (architecture) flight of stairs
- (figuratively) branch (area in business or of knowledge, research)
Derived terms
- ramegall
- ramejar
- ramell
Further reading
- “ram” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “ram” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ram” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?m/
- Hyphenation: ram
- Rhymes: -?m
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), from Old Dutch *ram, of West-Germanic origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate to English ram (“a male sheep”).
Noun
ram m (plural rammen, diminutive rammetje n, feminine ooi)
- ram (male sheep)
- male rabbit
- battering ram
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
ram
- first-person singular present indicative of rammen
- imperative of rammen
Anagrams
- arm
Elfdalian
Adjective
ram
- hoarse
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Friulian
Etymology 1
From Latin r?mus.
Noun
ram m (plural rams)
- branch
Related terms
- rame
Etymology 2
From Vulgar Latin *arame(n), from Late Latin aer?men, from Latin aes (“copper”). Compare Italian rame.
Noun
ram m
- copper
Gerka
Alternative forms
- ?am
Etymology
Related to Ngas am (“water”).
Noun
ram
- water
References
- Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 201:
- […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-? "water" [GT]:
- (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *h?m) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: Gerka ram [?am, ref. < *ham] [Ftp. 1911, 221] = ?àm "Wasser" [Jng. 1965, 174], […]
Haruai
Noun
ram
- house
Further reading
- Dicky Gilbers, John A. Nerbonne, J. Schaeken, Languages in Contact (2000, ?ISBN), page 84: "Examples of basic vocabulary items that are shared by Haruai and Kobon but not by Hagahai (on the basis of the lists in Davies and Comrie (1984)) include, for instance: Haruai ram, Kobon ram 'house';"
Kobon
Noun
ram
- house
Further reading
- Bernard Comrie, Switch Reference in Huichol, in Switch-reference and Universal Grammar, edited by John Haiman, Pamela Munro, page 29 (in notes):
- hol b? kaj pak-ul ram ud ar-bul
- we-two man pig strike SS-1DU house take go I-1DU
- 'we two killed a pig and took it home'
- Dicky Gilbers, John A. Nerbonne, J. Schaeken, Languages in Contact (2000, ?ISBN), page 84: "Examples of basic vocabulary items that are shared by Haruai and Kobon but not by Hagahai (on the basis of the lists in Davies and Comrie (1984)) include, for instance: Haruai ram, Kobon ram 'house';"
Maltese
Etymology
From Italian rame (“copper”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ram m
- copper
Middle English
Alternative forms
- rame, ramme, rom, rem
Etymology
From Old English ramm, from Proto-Germanic *rammaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ram/, /ra?m/, /r?m/
Noun
ram (plural rams)
- male sheep, ram
- (astrology) Aries
- pile driver, battering ram
Descendants
- English: ram
- Scots: ram
References
- “ram, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
ram
- imperative of ramme
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin r?mus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French raim.
Noun
ram m (oblique plural rams, nominative singular rams, nominative plural ram)
- branch (of a tree, etc.)
Related terms
- ramel
Descendants
- Catalan: ram
- Occitan: ram
References
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “r?mus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 100, page 39
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin r?mus, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh?ds (“root”).
Noun
ram n (plural ramuri)
- (rare) branch, bough
Synonyms
- creang?
- ramur?
Related terms
- d?râma
- ramur?
- r?muros
Romansch
Etymology 1
From Latin r?mus.
Noun
ram m (plural rams)
- (Puter) branch (of tree, river, etc.)
- (Puter, education) subject
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom
Synonyms
- (branch): (Puter) manzina
Etymology 2
Germanic borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ram? (“frame”).
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Noun
ram m (plural rams)
- (Puter) frame, framework
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom
- (Sursilvan) rama
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
ram f (plural rams)
- (Puter) knot, gnarl
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse ramr, from Proto-Germanic *ram? (“frame”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r??m/
Noun
ram c
- frame (e.g. around a painting)
- frame, boundaries (the set of options for actions given)
- frame (a context for understanding)
- paw (of a bear)
- bicycle frame
Declension
Descendants
- ? Finnish: raami
Anagrams
- arm, mar
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English rum.
Noun
ram
- rum
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [za?m??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [?a?m??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [?a?m??]
Noun
ram
- (Central Vietnam) spring roll
Synonyms
- nem
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thrust
English
Etymology
From Old Norse þrysta, from Proto-Germanic *þrustijan?, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
thrust (countable and uncountable, plural thrusts)
- (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
- A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
- The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
- (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
Synonyms
- (push, stab, or lunge forward): break, dart, grab
- (force generated by propulsion): lift, push
- (primary effort or goal): focus, gist, point
Translations
Verb
thrust (third-person singular simple present thrusts, present participle thrusting, simple past and past participle thrust or thrusted)
- (intransitive) To make advance with force.
- (transitive) To force something upon someone.
- (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
- Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
- (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
- (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero
- And thrust between my father and the god.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero
- To stab; to pierce; usually with through.
Synonyms
- (advance with force): attack, charge, rush
- (force upon someone): compel, charge, force
- (push out or extend rapidly and powerfully): dart, reach, stab
Translations
Anagrams
- 'struth, Hurtts, struth, thurst, truths
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