noun

• (electronics, computing) Acronym of random-access memory.
  "Looking for the best RAM for your PC in 2023 has gotten a little bit more complicated than before. With the advent of DDR5, you can now choose between a newer standard, and an older one. DDR4 has a differently keyed connector, and you’re also going to have to check that the RAM is compatible with your CPU in the first place. So, what should you buy?"
• (computer science) Acronym of random-access machine.
• (physical sciences) Acronym of relative atomic mass; sometimes styled r.a.m..
• (project management) Acronym of responsibility assignment matrix.

noun

• (zoology, agriculture) A male sheep, typically uncastrated.
• (military, nautical, chiefly historical) A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
  "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."
• (military, nautical, chiefly historical) A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.

verb

• (ambitransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.
  "The man, driving an SUV, then rammed the gate, according to police."
• (transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
  "To build a sturdy fence, you have to ram the posts deep into the ground."
• (transitive) To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking.
  "After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod."
• (transitive, also figuratively) To force, cram or thrust (someone or something) into or through something.
  "Again: great to take lessons in ethics from a guy currently trying to ram through a policy of freighting refugees off to cuddly Rwandan president Paul Kagame."

adj

• (Northern England) Rancid; offensive in smell or taste.