ram vs shoulder

ram

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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. 

shoulder

noun
  • The part of a key between the cuts and the bow. 

  • The part of a wave that has not yet broken. 

  • An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber. 

  • The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face. 

  • A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency. 

  • A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle. 

  • A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic. 

  • The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body. 

  • The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. 

  • The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments. 

  • The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge. 

  • The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak. 

  • The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck. 

  • That which supports or sustains; support. 

  • A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain. 

  • Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder. 

  • The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed. 

  • The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body. 

verb
  • To move by or as if by using one's shoulders. 

  • To bear a burden, as a financial obligation. 

  • To put (something) on one's shoulders. 

  • To place (something) against one's shoulders. 

  • To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail. 

  • To accept responsibility for. 

  • To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder. 

  • To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave. 

  • To form a shape resembling a shoulder. 

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