ramp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ramp	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ramp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ramp n an inclined surface connecting two levels [syn: ramp, incline] North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers Synonym(s): ramp, wild leek, Allium tricoccum a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft v behave violently, as if in state of a great anger [syn: ramp, rage, storm] furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium" be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction" creep up -- used especially of plants; "The roses ramped over the wall" stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.