Meaning & use

ram

noun·Academic

An adult male sheep, especially one kept for breeding.

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The ram butted heads with a rival during the autumn breeding season.

Farmers keep one ram for every group of ewes on the property.

A note on using this word

"Ram" refers only to male sheep; a goat is a different species, and its male is properly called a "buck" or "billy," not a ram.

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