ramp /ɹæmp/noun 18verb 8forms 3phrases 3 noun18 •An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline. •(US, Canada) An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway. •A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles. •A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport. •A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe. •Any of species Allium tricoccum of plants related to the onion; a wild leek.A ramp is a potently flavored wild scallion, a vegetable with staying power. — 2006 •A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron and tarmac). •A speed bump. •A way of hitting a boundary by facing the bat face front and pushing with force to launch the ball. 100% of it done against pace.He hit three ramps in a row to push his team near the opponents total. •(slang) A deliberate swindle or fraud. •A scale of values.The RGB model uses the color component of light sources in order to produce more realistic and pleasant results. Internal color representations are always based on a palette-based color ramp. — 2003 •(slang) An act of violent robbery. •(Australia, slang) A search, conducted by authorities, of a prisoner or a prisoner's cell. •A surface inside the air intake of a supersonic aircraft which adjusts in position to allow for efficient shock wave compression of incoming air at a wide range of different Mach numbers. •A concave bend at the top or cap of a railing, wall, or coping; a romp. •(Appalachia, offensive) A worthless person. •(no longer used) A leap or bound. •(disapproving, no longer used) A promiscuous man or woman.And yet in the very next Canto she appears an arrant Ramp and a Tomrigg;[…] — 1728 verb8 •To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate.If Q(t)lt;qᵖ then primary generation ramps up at maximal rate, subject to the constraint that Q(t) does not exceed this threshold. — 2007 •To behave violently; to rage.Mick raged and ramped at the barred door till his voice failed, — 1938 •(slang) To swindle or rob violently.In English slang, to ramp was to swindle or rob. — 2002 •(Australia, slang) To search a prisoner or a prisoner's cell. •To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate. •(no longer used) To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.Their bridles they would champe, / And trampling the fine element would fiercely rampe. — 1590 •(no longer used) To stand in a rampant position.And that lyon gaped wyde and came vpon hym raumppynge to haue slayne hym. — 1889 •(no longer used) To climb, like 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. — 1691 formsramped · ramping · ramps Phrases with ramp on-rampA segment of roadway that directs vehicular traffic from local roads onto a freeway. ramp alongTo sail on a tack that as all sails filled. ramp upTo increase rapidly to a new value.
