ramp 
ramp (ramp)
noun
- a sloping, sometimes curved, surface, walk, road, etc. joining different levels
- ☆ a means for boarding or leaving a plane, as a staircase on wheels rolled up to the door
- a concave bend or curve where a handrail or coping changes its direction, as at a staircase landing
- a sloping runway for launching boats, as from trailers
Etymology: Fr rampe < OFr ramper: see ramp
ramp up
Informal to increase or augment to ramp up factory production
ramp (ramp)
intransitive verb
- to stand upright on the hind legs
- Heraldry to be depicted rampant
- to assume a threatening posture
- to move or rush threateningly, violently, or with fury; rampage
Etymology: ME rampen < OFr ramper, to climb, clamber < Frank *rampon, to cramp together < Gmc *rampa, claw, akin to MDu ramp, cramp < IE *(s)kremb-, var. of base *(s)kerb(h)-, to twist, curve > shrimp, harp
noun
the act of ramping
ramp (ramp)
noun
a wild leek (Allium tricoccum) having a pair of broad basal leaves in spring, followed by a naked flower stalk: its strongly flavored bulbs are edible
Etymology: taken as sing. of ramps, var. of dial. rams, wild garlic < ME < OE hramsa, wild garlic < IE base *krem- > Gr kremyon, MIr crem, Lith kermùšė
Object
- fumitory: Specific action has also been undertaken by English Nature to survey and promote the importance of purple ramping fumitory among arable farmers and landowners.
- sinusoid: Human listeners judge ramped sinusoids to sound more like an unmodulated sinusoid than damped sinusoids.
- wimax: Intel Corp.âs mobile platforms group is ramping WiMAX faster than originally thought.
- walkway: To get there you can use the ramped walkway.
Preposition: with
- handrail: There is a ramp with a handrail down to the Sports Hall area.
Adjective modifier
- stern: She was of drive through design, with an enclosed open-plan car deck, bow visor and bow and stern ramps.
- vert: In Bellingham park there is also a vert ramp!
- sloping: A sloping ramp provides easy access to the entrance foyer which is a few steps below car park level.
- portable: At many stations, staff can arrange to provide portable ramps for wheelchair users.
- steep: Climbing down a steep boulder ramp we reached the side of a large stream.
- inclined: Green ' speed ' , or more correctly distance rolled, by a golf ball was measured using an inclined ramp.
Converse of object
- install: The work might entail installing access ramps or replacing a bath with a shower, for example.
- ascend: Here the traction engine puts on a spectacular display as it ascends the steep ramp off the site.
- descend: In fairly high water conditions the four descended the ramp whilst Peter Rose snapped photos and bid us a final farewell.
Noun used with modifier
- skateboard: Scale the climbing wall or work out to aerobics, play five-a-side football, brave the skateboard ramp, orienteer or have a massage.
- skate: The new skate ramp has been very well used.
- wheelchair: Wheelchair ramps must be etched with the Hackney Carriage Vehicle License Number.
- loading: A loading ramp can be fitted at the front.
- spiral: The spiral ramp to allow vehicle access to all three levels of the complex the blast door is behind the photographer.
- bow: The watercraft then transits to the beach, lowers the bow ramp, and the vehicles drive forward off the watercraft onto the beach.
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