extend vs ram

extend

verb
  • To straighten (a limb). 

  • To reenlist for a further period. 

  • To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions. 

  • To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. 

  • Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class. 

  • To increase in extent. 

  • To cause to increase in extent. 

  • To cause to last for a longer period of time. 

  • To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space. 

  • To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply. 

ram

verb
  • To fill or compact by pounding or driving. 

  • To thrust during sexual intercourse. 

  • 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. 

adj
  • Rancid; offensive in smell or taste. 

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