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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAMP, v.i. [See Ramble and Romance.]
1. To climb, as a plant; to creep up.
Plants furnished with tendrils catch hold, and so ramping on trees, they mount to a great height.
2. To spring; to leap; to bound; to prance; to frolic.
Their bridles they would champ - and trampling the fine element, would fiercely ramp.
Sporting the lion ramp'd.
[In the latter sense, the word is usually written and pronounced romp; the word being originally pronounced with a broad.]
RAMP, n. A leap; a spring; a bound.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an inclined surface connecting two levels [syn: ramp, incline]
2: North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers [syn: ramp, wild leek, Allium tricoccum]
3: a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft v
1: behave violently, as if in state of a great anger [syn: ramp, rage, storm]
2: furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium"
3: be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction"
4: creep up -- used especially of plants; "The roses ramped over the wall"
5: stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ramper to crawl, climb, rear, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rimpfan to bend, wrinkle — more at rumple Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to stand or advance menacingly with forelegs or with arms raised b. to move or act furiously 2. to creep up — used especially of plants 3. to speed up, expand, or increase especially quickly or at a constant rate — used with up <ramping up to full speed> transitive verb [ramp (IV) (electrical waveform)] to increase, expand, or decrease especially quickly or at a constant rate — usually used with up or down <ramp up production> II. noun Date: 1671 the act or an instance of ramping III. noun Etymology: back-formation from ramps, alteration of rams, from Middle English, from Old English hramsa; akin to Old High German ramusia ramp, Greek krommyon onion Date: 1826 any of various alliums used for food IV. noun Etymology: French rampe, from ramper, from Middle French Date: 1779 1. a sloping way or plane: as a. a sloping floor, walk, or roadway leading from one level to another b. a slope for launching boats 2. apron 2h

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a slope or inclined plane, esp. for joining two levels of ground, floor, etc. 2 movable stairs for entering or leaving an aircraft. 3 an upward bend in a stair-rail. 4 Brit. a transverse ridge in a road to control the speed of vehicles. --v. 1 tr. furnish or build with a ramp. 2 intr. a assume or be in a threatening posture. b (often foll. by about) storm, rage, rush. c Heraldry be rampant. 3 intr. Archit. (of a wall) ascend or descend to a different level. Etymology: ME (as verb in heraldic sense) f. F rampe f. OF ramper creep, crawl 2. n. & v. Brit. sl. --n. a swindle or racket, esp. one conducted by the levying of exorbitant prices. --v. 1 intr. engage in a ramp. 2 tr. subject (a person etc.) to a ramp. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ramp Ramp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ramped (?; 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.] 1. To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp. 2. To move by leaps, or by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence. Their bridles they would champ, And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp. --Spenser. 3. To climb, as 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. --Ray.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ramp Ramp, n. 1. A leap; a spring; a hostile advance. The bold Ascalonite Fled from his lion ramp. --Milton. 2. A highwayman; a robber. [Prov. Eng.] 3. A romping woman; a prostitute. [Obs.] --Lyly. 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. 5. [F. rampe.] (Fort.) An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ramps) A ramp is a sloping surface between two places that are at different levels. Lillian was coming down the ramp from the museum. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Leap, spring, bound. II. v. n. 1. Climb, creep up. 2. Spring, bound, leap, prance, gambol, frolic, sport, play, romp. 3. Spring violently, rage, bound wildly.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To snatch, or tear any thing forcibly from the person.

Moby Thesaurus

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