Ram (Verb)
Meaning 1
Crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The small nightclub was rammed with people eager to see their favorite band perform.
- The bus was rammed full of commuters during rush hour, making it difficult to move.
- The party planners worked hard to ram the tables into the overcrowded room.
- The restaurant was rammed to the rafters with hungry diners during the holiday season.
- The hotel rooms were rammed with luggage as guests prepared for the annual convention.
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Meaning 2
Undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The speeding car rammed into the concrete wall, causing extensive damage to the front end.
- The rival football player rammed into my teammate, knocking them to the ground.
- A truck rammed into the parked vehicles, creating a huge pileup on the highway.
- The malfunctioning drone rammed into the side of the building, shattering the windows.
- A runaway boat rammed into the dock, causing significant damage to the structure.
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Meaning 3
Strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The rhino will ram its opponents with its powerful horns during a territorial dispute.
- The protesters began to ram the police barricades in an attempt to break through the line.
- The battering ram was used to ram the castle gates and gain access to the inner courtyard.
- The angry driver attempted to ram the car that cut them off on the highway.
- The firefighters used a heavy object to ram the door open and enter the burning building.
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Meaning 4
Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The car crashed and his leg was rammed under the wreckage.
- She rammed her mind into focus to finish the project on time.
- His words rammed into her and hit her to the core.
- The authorities attempted to ram the bill through the parliament.
- The noise and lights from outside rammed into her quiet evening.