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`[ramp]
`Examples
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`noun
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`Word Origin
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`1.
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`a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
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`2.
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`a short concave slope or bend, as one connecting the higher and lower parts of a staircase
`railing at a landing.
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`3.
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`any extensive sloping walk or passageway.
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`4.
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`the act of ramping.
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`Also called boarding ramp. a movable staircase for entering or leaving a cabin door of an
`airplane.
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`5.
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`6.
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`7.
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`verb (used without object)
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`Also called parking ramp. apron (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/apron) (def 6).
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`(of animals) to stand or move with the forelegs or arms raised, as in animosity or
`excitement.
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`[ramp]
`Examples
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`noun
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`Word Origin
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`1.
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`a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
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`2.
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`a short concave slope or bend, as one connecting the higher and lower parts of a staircase
`railing at a landing.
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`3.
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`any extensive sloping walk or passageway.
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`4.
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`the act of ramping.
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`Also called boarding ramp. a movable staircase for entering or leaving a cabin door of an
`airplane.
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`5.
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`6.
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`7.
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`verb (used without object)
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`Also called parking ramp. apron (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/apron) (def 6).
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`(of animals) to stand or move with the forelegs or arms raised, as in animosity or
`excitement.
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`8.
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`(of a lion or other large quadruped represented on a coat of arms) to rise or stand on the
`hind legs.
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`9.
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`to rear as if to spring.
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`10.
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`to leap or dash with fury (often followed by about).
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`11.
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`to act violently; rage; storm:
`"ramping and raging in a great fury."
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`verb (used with object)
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`12.
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`to provide with a ramp or ramps:
`"Entrances will be ramped to accommodate those in wheelchairs."
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`Verb phrases
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`13.
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`ramp along, Nautical. to sail on a tack with all sails filled.
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`Origin
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`French
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`Middle English
`Old French
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`1350-1400
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`1350-1400; (v.) Middle English rampen < Old French ramper to creep, crawl, climb; (noun) <
`French rampe, derivative of ramper
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`Related forms
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`rampingly, adverb
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`unramped, adjective
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`[ramp]
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`noun, Usually, ramps
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`1.
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`a wild onion, Allium tricoccum, of the amaryllis family, of eastern North America, having
`flat leaves and rounded clusters of whitish flowers; eaten raw or used as a flavoring in
`cooked foods.
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`Also called wild leek.
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`Origin
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`1530-40; back formation from ramps ramson, variant (with intrusive p) of rams, earlier
`rammys, orig. the singular of ramson (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ramson)
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`Belle is attempting to leap over a double-wide ramp that leads to an underground parking
`garage.
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`The ramp is enclosed by cinder-block walls, about three feet high.
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`The students filed onstage, and a gaggle of movers lugged the piano up a metal ramp.
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`British Dictionary definitions for ramp
`ramp
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`/ræmp/
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`noun
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`1.
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`a sloping floor, path, etc, that joins two surfaces at different levels
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`2.
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`a movable stairway by which passengers enter and leave an aircraft
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`3.
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`the act of ramping
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`4.
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`(Brit, slang) a swindle, esp one involving exorbitant prices
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`5.
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`another name for sleeping policeman (/browse/sleeping policeman)
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`Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
`verb
`© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
`Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
`(intransitive; often foll by about or around) (esp of animals) to rush around in a wild
`6.
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`excited manner
`Word Origin and History for ramp
`to act in a violent or threatening manner, as when angry (esp in the phrase ramp and
`7.
`rage)
`n.
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`8.
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`(transitive) (finance) to buy (a security) in the market with the object of raising its price
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`1778, "slope," from French rampe, back-formation from Old French verb ramper "to climb,
`scale, mount;" see ramp (/browse/ramp) (v.). Meaning "road on or off a major highway" is
`from 1952, American English.
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`"rude, boisterous girl or woman," mid-15c., perhaps from ramp (/browse/ramp) (v.). Cf. romp
`in Johnson's Dictionary (1755): "a rude, awkward, boisterous, untaught girl."
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`v.
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`c.1300, "to climb; to stand on the hind legs" (of animals), from Old French ramper "to climb,
`scale, mount" (12c., in Modern French "to creep, crawl"), perhaps from Frankish *rampon "to
`contract oneself" (cf. Old High German rimpfan "to wrinkle," Old English hrimpan "to fold,
`wrinkle"), via notion of the bodily contraction involved in climbing [Klein], from Proto-
`Germanic *hrimp- "to contract oneself." Related: Ramped; ramping.
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`Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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`Related Abbreviations for ramp
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`RAMP
`Rural Abandoned Mine Program
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