ram
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
strike or drive against with a heavy impact
ram the gate with a sledgehammer
Types & categories
- thrust hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
She rammed her mind into focus
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
undergo damage or destruction on impact
the plane crashed into the ocean
Types & categories
- clash hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
Types & categories
- tool hypernym
- battering ram hyponym
- rammer hyponym
Parts & wholes
- head part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
crowd or pack to capacity
the theater was jampacked
Types & categories
- stuff hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
uncastrated adult male sheep
a British term is `tup'
Types & categories
- sheep hypernym
Parts & wholes
- horn part meronym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hammering |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ram |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rammer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | thrust |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | hammer in |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | screw |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crusade |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ram |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | drive |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | drive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | thrust |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | toenail |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crash |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | clash |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ram |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ram |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | head |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | tool |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | battering ram |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rammer |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | crush |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lot |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | cram |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | stuff |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | horn |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | sheep |