to ram
1
5.5
- verb
- /ræm/
:
embutir
- "Pour in one pound of shot or balls. Ram it down tight."
Examples
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He then throws the bat-thing on the bar, turns it over, grabs a pencil in a cup next to the register, and rams it in the bat-thing's heart.
Fiction book (1996) -
He pulls off his earphones and rams them around the patient's head, dropping the set onto the bed.
Fiction book (1996) -
"She cuts a piece of fish for herself and rams it into her mouth.
Fiction book (1996) -
And rams it into the blower.
Fiction book (1997) -
Ram it.
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Hawkeye wets it to make a tighter gas seal and rams it home.
Fiction book (1992) -
She suddenly stampedes to the bedroom again and comes rushing back with a mass of old coarse-knitted sweaters and rams them down on my face, wrenching my chicken-bone arms out of their sockets.
Fiction book (2001) -
The workers had to ram the packed materials into the container to make everything fit.
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He continued to ram the clothes into the suitcase until there was no more space left.
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To secure the insulation, you need to ram it tightly into the gaps between the walls.
Synonyms
278
2.3
To press things together so they take less space
243
2.0
To fill something tightly with things
57
5.8
Pack things tightly into a small space to save room
46
3.2
Push people or things together so they cannot move easily
16
3.2
Push things or people into a small space until nothing fits
14
7.0
To press or pack something down tightly
4
4.2
To put too many items into a bag or case
1
4.5
Fill a place or container until there is no room left
1
6.3
To push people or things tightly into a small space
To fill a space so full that nothing more can be added
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
1
8.9
Force someone to accept ideas or opinions without their choice
Compounds
5
6.0
A heavy tool used to break open doors, or a person who gets past problems with force
- Specialized
A device that uses flowing water to lift water to a higher place without electricity
- Specialized
A fast virtual drive using computer memory that can lose data when power stops
How Tight
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ram meaning 'to fill tightly' comes from the idea of forcing things in by pushing hard, like shoving clothes into a full bag, so to ram things into a space is to pack them very tightly.