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ram

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"Computer memory, briefly"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ɹæm/Part of speech verb, nounSorted amrStarts with REnds with M4 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • The solid oak door—he fingered it again—was as though made to resist a ram, the walls built to withstand a siege, and every stone and brick in wall, bench, or floor was as immovable as the face of a rock.
  • About a couple of miles out lay an ironclad very low in the water, almost, to my brother's perception, like a water-logged ship. This was the ram Thunder Child.
  • The man, driving an SUV, then rammed the gate, according to police.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01Computer memory, briefly3 letters
02Headbutting sheep3 letters
03Horned male sheep3 letters
04Male sheep with horns3 letters

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