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Ramp - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Ramp : (noun)
1: an inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one
level to another [syn: incline]
2: North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish
flowers [syn: wild leek, Allium tricoccum]
3: a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an
aircraft
(verb)
1: behave violently, as if in state of a great anger [syn: rage,
storm]
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
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
--Spenser.
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. --Ray.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ramp : \Ramp\, n.
1. A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.
The bold Ascalonite Fled from his lion ramp.
--Milton.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ramp : Remote Access Maintenance Protocol
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Ramp |
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