ramp

[Ramp]

A ramp is a slope or an incline, a surface that tilts from one level to another. Someone using a wheelchair might need a ramp to get from the doorway of a building down to its parking lot.

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To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.

Noun
an inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another

Noun
a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft

Noun
North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers

Verb
stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing

Verb
creep up -- used especially of plants; "The roses ramped over the wall"

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Verb
be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction"

Verb
furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium"

Verb
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

v. i.
To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.

v. i.
To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.

v. i.
To climb, as a plant; to creep up.

n.
A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.

n.
A highwayman; a robber.

n.
A romping woman; a prostitute.

n.
Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.

n.
A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction.

n.
An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.

Ramp

Ramp , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ramped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Ramping.] [F. ramper to creep, OF., to climb; of German origin; cf. G. raffen to snatch, LG. & D. rapen. See Rap to snatch, and cf. Romp.] 1. To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp. 2. To move by leaps, or by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.

Their bridles they would champ,
And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp.
3. To climb, as a plant; to creep up.
With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, . . . and so ramping upon trees, they mount up to a great height.

Ramp
Ramp, n. 1. A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.
The bold Ascalonite Fled from his lion ramp.
2. A highwayman; a robber. [Prov. Eng.] 3. A romping woman; a prostitute. [Obs.] Lyly. 4. [F. rampe.] (Arch.) (a) Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase. (b) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction. 5. [F. rampe.] (Fort.) An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.
To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.

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Usage Examples

Switching over to a hybrid car is one of those right things, but, unfairly or not, it still has a reputation among car enthusiasts as something you have to pedal really fast when you're on the ramp merging into traffic on the 401.

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Other Usage Examples

I wanted to end my life so bad and was in my car ready to go down that ramp into the water, and I did go part way, but I stopped. I went again and stopped. I then got out of the car and stood by the car a nervous wreck.