ram-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: Strike or drive against with a heavy impact.

Commentary:
NOTE: Agent may be destroyed or damaged by impact.

Examples:
The killer rammed against the gate with a sledgehammer.
We rammed on the door as hard as possible.
The car rammed into the lightpost.

Mappings:
VerbNet: bump-18.4-1
FrameNet: Cause_impact
PropBank: ram.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3

Sense Number 2: Force into or from an action or state, either physical or metaphorical.

Examples:
She rammed her mind into focus.
I rammed the project into Phase 2.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: ram.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: RAM DOWN: Strike or drive against with heavy impact, displacing the object rammed down.

Examples:
We rammed down the door and gained entry.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Cause_impact
PropBank: ram.01
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
ram_down 1

Sense Number 4: RAM HOME: make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something.

Examples:
I thought I rammed home that point earlier in the discussion.
The instructor always tries to ram home a few basic ideas each lecture.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
ram_home 1

Sense Number 5: Crowd or pack into, possibly to capacity.

Examples:
The company is ramming into a smaller headquarters.

Mappings:
VerbNet: funnel-9.3-1-1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 6: RAM HOME: teach by drills and repetion.

Commentary:
NOTE: Compare to Sense 4: In Sense 6, repetition is implied whereas in Sense 4, implication is only of emphasis.

Examples:
Sergeants ram home the message through repetition.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
ram_home 1