'RAMP' definitions:
Definition of 'ramp'
(from WordNet)
noun
An inclined surface connecting two levels [syn: ramp, incline]
noun
North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers [syn: ramp, wild leek, Allium tricoccum]
noun
A movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft
verb
verb
Furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium"
verb
Be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction"
verb
Creep up -- used especially of plants; "The roses ramped over the wall"
verb
Stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing
Definition of 'Ramp'
From: GCIDE
- Ramp \Ramp\ (r[a^]mp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ramped (r[a^]mt; 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence. [1913 Webster]
- Their bridles they would champ, And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To climb, as a plant; to creep up. [1913 Webster]
- With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, . . . and so ramping upon trees, they mount up to a great height. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ramp'
From: GCIDE
- Ramp \Ramp\, n.
- 1. A leap; a spring; a hostile advance. [1913 Webster]
- The bold Ascalonite Fled from his lion ramp. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A highwayman; a robber. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. A romping woman; a prostitute. [Obs.] --Lyly. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. [F. rampe.] (Fort.) An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ramp'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclivity,
- arise,
- ascent,
- assault,
- attack,
- back stairs,
- ballot-box stuffing,
- bank,
- barbarize,
- batter,
- be angry,
- be excitable,
- beat,
- beguile of,
- bellow,
- bevel,
- bezel,
- bilk,
- blow a gasket,
- blow up,
- bob,
- bounce,
- bristle,
- brutalize,
- bunco,
- burn,
- butcher,
- caper,
- capriole,
- caracole,
- cardsharping,
- carry on,
- catch fire,
- catch the infection,
- cavort,
- cheat,
- cheating,
- chisel,
- chouse,
- chouse out of,
- chute,
- clamber,
- clamber up,
- climb,
- climb over,
- climb up,
- cock up,
- cog,
- cog the dice,
- come apart,
- companion,
- companionway,
- con,
- cozen,
- cozenage,
- crib,
- curvet,
- cut a dido,
- cut capers,
- declivity,
- defraud,
- descent,
- destroy,
- diddle,
- diddling,
- dip,
- dishonesty,
- do in,
- do out of,
- dodge,
- easy slope,
- escalade,
- escalier,
- euchre,
- excite easily,
- explode,
- finagle,
- fire escape,
- fire up,
- fishy transaction,
- flam,
- flame up,
- flare up,
- flash up,
- fleam,
- fleece,
- flight of steps,
- flimflam,
- flip,
- flounce,
- fob,
- fraud,
- fraudulence,
- fraudulency,
- frisk,
- fudge,
- gambado,
- gambol,
- gentle slope,
- gerrymandering,
- get excited,
- get up,
- glacis,
- go into hysterics,
- go on,
- gouge,
- grade,
- gradient,
- graft,
- grift,
- gull,
- gyp,
- gyp joint,
- hammer,
- hanging gardens,
- have,
- have a tantrum,
- helicline,
- hocus,
- hocus-pocus,
- illicit business,
- imposition,
- imposture,
- inclination,
- incline,
- inclined plane,
- jump about,
- jump up,
- landing,
- landing stage,
- launching ramp,
- lay waste,
- loot,
- maul,
- mount,
- mug,
- mulct,
- pack the deal,
- perron,
- pigeon,
- pillage,
- pitch,
- practice fraud upon,
- prance,
- racket,
- rage,
- rampage,
- rant,
- rant and rave,
- rape,
- rave,
- rear,
- rear up,
- riot,
- rise,
- rise up,
- roar,
- romp,
- rook,
- ruin,
- run a temperature,
- sack,
- savage,
- scale,
- scale the heights,
- scam,
- scarp,
- scrabble up,
- scramble up,
- screw,
- seethe,
- sell gold bricks,
- shave,
- shelving beach,
- shin,
- shin up,
- shinny,
- shortchange,
- side,
- sit bolt upright,
- sit up,
- skip,
- slaughter,
- slope,
- smolder,
- sow chaos,
- spiral staircase,
- stack the cards,
- staircase,
- stairs,
- stairway,
- stand up,
- steep slope,
- stepping-stones,
- steps,
- stick,
- stick up,
- stiff climb,
- stile,
- sting,
- storm,
- struggle up,
- surmount,
- swindle,
- take a dive,
- take fire,
- talus,
- tear,
- tear around,
- terrorize,
- thimblerig,
- throw a fight,
- treads and risers,
- trip,
- turn a hair,
- upclimb,
- upheave,
- uprear,
- uprise,
- vandalize,
- victimize,
- violate,
- wreck
Acronyms for 'ramp'
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