"hydraulic ram" meaning in English

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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hydraulic, ram."
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        "A water pump in which a flow of water is intermittently halted by a valve so that the flow is forced upward through an open pipe, usually into a reservoir."
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          "sense": "water pump",
          "word": "hydram"
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          "ref": "1961 October, “Car carriage by rail - at home and abroad: 1. New B.R. \"covered wagons\"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 596:",
          "text": "The lifts are operated by means of a hydraulic ram with wire ropes, which derives its pressure from a small pump driven by an electric motor.",
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        "A hydraulic cylinder with a piston activated by pumping hydraulic fluid into the cylinder."
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        "A water pump in which a flow of water is intermittently halted by a valve so that the flow is forced upward through an open pipe, usually into a reservoir."
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