North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers
"The white ramp growing in the forest shade is a delicious spring vegetable harvested by local chefs."
a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft
"The flight attendant directed passengers to line up at the ramp before boarding the plane."
An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
"The hikers found ramps growing in abundance along the shaded forest floor."
An American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion; a wild leek.
In plain English: A ramp is a sloped surface that lets you walk up to something without climbing stairs.
"The truck pulled up to the ramp at the highway entrance."
Usage: Use "ramp" as a noun to describe any sloped pathway connecting different heights, such as those found at building entrances or highways. Do not confuse this common architectural term with the plant wild leek or the verb meaning to become violent.
stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing
"The large cat began to ramp when it sensed a mouse approaching its territory."
To behave violently; to rage.
"The crowd began to ramp when they realized their tickets were fake."
In plain English: To ramp something means to make it go up quickly, often by using an inclined surface.
"The dog will ramp to catch any ball thrown into his direction."
From French rampe, from Middle French rampe, deverbal of ramper, from Old French ramper ("to crawl, climb, scale up"), from Frankish hrampōn ("to contract oneself, wrinkle, rumple, crumple, curve"), from Proto-Germanic hrimpaną ("to shrivel, shrink"). Cognate with German Rampf ("retraction, curvature, shrinkage, spasm"). Doublet of romp. Akin also to Old English ġehrimpan ("to wrinkle, rimple, rumple"), Old High German rimpfan (German rümpfen ("to wrinkle up")).