empty vs ram

empty

adj
  • Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language. 

  • Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value). 

  • Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season. 

  • Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial. 

  • Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy. 

  • Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain. 

  • Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. 

  • Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened. 

verb
  • To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of. 

  • Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination. 

noun
  • A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty. 

ram

adj
  • Rancid; offensive in smell or taste. 

verb
  • To thrust during sexual intercourse. 

  • To fill or compact by pounding or driving. 

  • To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement. 

  • To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function. 

  • To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking. 

noun
  • A piston powered by hydraulic pressure. 

  • A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill. 

  • A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships. 

  • An act of ramming. 

  • A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors. 

  • A male sheep, typically uncastrated. 

  • A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them. 

How often have the words empty and ram occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )