Dictionary entry details
• RAM (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
read/write memory; random-access memory; random memory; random access memory; RAM
Hypernyms ("RAM" is a kind of...):
volatile storage (computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off)
Meronyms (parts of "RAM"):
buffer; buffer storage; buffer store ((computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system)
RAM disk ((computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors)
Meaning:
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Aries; Ram
Hypernyms ("Ram" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Domain category:
astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Aries the Ram; Aries; Ram
Instance hypernyms:
house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)
Meaning:
A tool for driving or forcing something by impact
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ram" is a kind of...):
tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)
Meronyms (parts of "ram"):
head (the striking part of a tool)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ram"):
battering ram (a ram used to break down doors of fortified buildings)
rammer (a tool for driving something with force)
Meaning:
Uncastrated adult male sheep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
tup; ram
Context example:
a British term is 'tup'
Hypernyms ("ram" is a kind of...):
sheep (woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat)
Meronyms (parts of "ram"):
horn (one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates)
• RAM (verb)
Meaning:
Strike or drive against with a heavy impact
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
ram; ram down; pound
Context examples:
ram the gate with a sledgehammer / pound on the door
Hypernyms (to "ram" is one way to...):
thrust (push forcefully)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
ram; drive; force
Context examples:
She rammed her mind into focus / He drives me mad
Hypernyms (to "ram" is one way to...):
thrust (push forcefully)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ram"):
toe; toenail (drive obliquely)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Also:
ram down (teach by drills and repetition)
Meaning:
Undergo damage or destruction on impact
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
crash; ram
Context examples:
the plane crashed into the ocean / The car crashed into the lamp post
Hypernyms (to "ram" is one way to...):
clash; collide (crash together with violent impact)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Crowd or pack to capacity
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
chock up; cram; jampack; wad; ram; jam
Context example:
the theater was jampacked
Hypernyms (to "ram" is one way to...):
stuff (fill completely)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something
Sentence example:
They ram the books into the box
