Word Meanings - RAM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. 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. The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of

Additional info about word: RAM

1. 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. The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name. 3. An engine of war used for butting or battering. Specifically: In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering- ram. A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak. 4. A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic. 5. The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like. 6. The plunger of a hydraulic press. Ram's horn. A low

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RAM)

• Cram
• Stuff
• choke
• squeeze
• ram
• pack
• gorge

Related words: (words related to RAM)

• GORGEOUS
  Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent. Cloud-land, gorgeous land. Coleridge. Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. Shak. -- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n. (more info) luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff,
• CHOKECHERRY
  The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
• GORGET
  A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal. Gorget hummer , a humming bird of the genus Trochilus. See Rubythroat. (more info) 1. A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of
• SQUEEZE
  1. To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship. 2. Fig.: To oppress with hardships,
• STUFFING
  Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing. 3. A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather. Stuffing box, a device for rendering a joint
• CHOKER
  1. One who, or that which, chokes. 2. A stiff wide cravat; a stock.
• CHOKEDAR
  A watchman; an officer of customs or police.
• STUFFINESS
  The quality of being stuffy.
• CHOKEBERRY
  The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.
• CHOKEBORE
  1. In a shotgun, a bore which is tapered to a slightly smaller diameter at a short distance to the rear of the muzzle, in order to prevent the rapid dispersion of the shot. 2. A shotgun that is made with such a bore.
• STUFFER
  One who, or that which, stuffs.
• CHOKE PEAR
  1. A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth. 2. A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered. S. Richardson.
• GORGELET
  A small gorget, as of a humming bird.
• GORGE
  A concave molding; a cavetto. Gwilt. (more info) abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. gurgea whirlpool, gulf, abyss; cf. 1. The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach. Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain. Spenser.
• CHOKE-FULL
  Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full.
• CHOKE
  1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. Shak. 2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block
• STUFFY
  1. Stout; mettlesome; resolute. Jamieson. 2. Angry and obstinate; sulky. 3. Ill-ventilated; close.
• CHOKE-STRAP
  A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
• SQUEEZER
  1. One who, or that which, squeezes; as, a lemon squeezer. A machine like a large pair of pliers, for shingling, or squeezing, the balls of metal when puddled; -- used only in the plural. A machine of several forms for the same purpose; -- used
• STUFF
  A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication. Ham. Nav. Encyc. 8. Paper stock ground ready for use. Note: When partly ground, called half stuff. Knight. Clear stuff. See
• REGORGE
  1. To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back. Hayward. 2. To swallow again; to swallow back. Tides at highest mark regorge the flood. DRyden.
• ARTICHOKE
  word as carciofo; cf. older spellings archiciocco, archicioffo, carciocco, and Sp. alcachofa, Pg. alcachofra; prob. fr. Ar. al- 1. The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The
• COUPE-GORGE
  Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces. Farrow.
• DISGORGEMENT
  The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged. Bp. Hall.
• ENGORGE
  Etym: 1. To gorge; to glut. Mir. for Mag. 2. To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour. Spenser.
• BREADSTUFF
  Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.
• DEMIGORGE
  Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the center of the bastion.
• CHOKY; CHOKEY
  1. Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate. 2. Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion. "A deep and choky voice." Aytoun. The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey. T. Hughes.
• INGORGE
  See MILTON
• ENGORGED
  Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested. (more info) 1. Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.
• ENGORGEMENT
  An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion. Hoblyn. (more info) 1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
• DYESTUFF
  A material used for dyeing.