Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
ramsch .
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- noun Plural form of
ram . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ram .
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Examples
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The Star Trek hype train rams the station next week and Vince Horiuchi of The Salt Lake Tribune laments the lack of good movies made from TV shows.
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The Star Trek hype train rams the station next week and Vince Horiuchi of The Salt Lake Tribune laments the lack of good movies made from TV shows.
April 2009 2009
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Five of the best battering-rams, that is, of the biggest of them, were placed upon Mount
The Holy War 2001
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"In the short-term rams fed excessive amounts of cereal based feeds prior to sale are likely to be infertile, usually for two to three months.
FWi - All News 2009
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The seizure of the rams was a serious blow to the Confederate cause.
Chapter VII 1917
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The "Southern party," however, had not quite given up hope, and the agitation to prevent the sailing of the rams was a keen spur to its flagging zeal.
The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South 1901
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The man looked and looked, but he could not tell which of the rams was his son, for they all looked alike to him, so he had to go home without him.
Tales of Folk and Fairies Katharine Pyle 1900
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And this with the incense of rams, that is, with the fat of rams, which being burnt upon the altar, the smoke of it would ascend like the smoke of incense.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Five of the best battering-rams, that is, of the biggest of them, were placed upon Mount Hearken, a mount cast up hard by Ear - gate, with intent to break that open.
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The devices are required to include several "rams" that can be activated to close off sections of the pipe if oil or gas were to come up the hole suddenly.
Gulf spill a reminder of the value of redundant safety systems 2010
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