ram
Betekenis (English)
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- 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.
- An act of ramming.
- A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill.
Concepten
Synonyms
male sheep
ram down
ram tight
ram into
chock up
stick into
poke in
ram attack
steam-hammer
bang into
make a hole
tamping bar
butterfly cichlid
thump out
ice ram
horned ram
dwarf cichlid
repair and maintenance
lifting-machine
pushing device
roentgen-equivalent-man
hammer block
ram in
R and M
Hitsuji
battering-ram
impinge on
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɹæm/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
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”).
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