ramp

[ UK /ɹˈæmp/ ]
[ US /ˈɹæmp/ ]
VERB
  1. stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing
  2. be rampant
    the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction
  3. creep up -- used especially of plants
    The roses ramped over the wall
  4. furnish with a ramp
    The ramped auditorium
  5. behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
NOUN
  1. a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft
  2. North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers
  3. an inclined surface connecting two levels
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How To Use ramp In A Sentence

  • Not everyone was so lucky, and a lot of people, as always, took the off-ramp from Life. Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses
  • Rampant Victoriana tends to be a bit too fussy for me, but there were some lovely bits of jet and marcasite jewelry that called my name. Runaway, Jersey-style
  • My dad, despite his rampant hypochondria, had always been healthy.
  • He was trampled to death by a runaway horse.
  • Speed ramps along College Road, put in to try and dissuade boy racers who use the road to cut from one side of the town to the other, have been branded useless.
  • ‘There were many times when I felt faint at matches because of menstrual cramps,’ Susan says.
  • Other numerous species include the yellowbilled diver Gavia adamsii, whooper swan Cygnus cygnus, lesser whitefronted goose Anser erythropus, slatybacked gull Larus Schistisagus, Kamchatka tern Sterna camtschatica, guillemot Uria aalge, thickbilled guillemot Uria lomvia, pigeon guillemot Cepphus columbs, ancient murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus, horned puffin Fratercula Corniculata and tufted puffin Lunda cirrhata. Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russian Federation
  • But physical discomforts during the third trimester, such as heartburn, leg cramps, fetal movement, shortness of breath and sinus congestion, can again interfere with sleep.
  • Appropriately, he spends most of his days on tramp steamers, skiffs and barges.
  • Staff vehicles enter at the rear of the building by means of a ramp that leads down to a subterranean car park.
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