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Ramp has 11 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

an inclined surface connecting two levels

"The wheelchair user carefully navigated the ramp to reach the second floor of the museum."

2

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."

3

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."

4

An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.

"The hikers found ramps growing in abundance along the shaded forest floor."

5

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.

Verb
1

behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

"After hearing the news, he began to ramp through the room, smashing everything in his path."

2

furnish with a ramp

"The ramped auditorium"

3

be rampant

"the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction"

4

creep up -- used especially of plants

"The roses ramped over the wall"

5

stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing

"The large cat began to ramp when it sensed a mouse approaching its territory."

6

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."

Example Sentences
"The truck pulled up to the ramp at the highway entrance." noun
"The car struggled to climb up the steep ramp leading to the garage door." noun
"After the rainstorm, water pooled at the bottom of the wooden ramp near the driveway." noun
"We had to unload our groceries while waiting for the elevator and pushing them down the service ramp." noun
"The dog will ramp to catch any ball thrown into his direction." verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
inclined plane alliaceous plant stairway act supply model climb stand
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
ski jump

Origin

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")).

Rhyming Words
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