From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ramp \Ramp\ (r[a^]mp), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Ramped} (r[a^]mt; 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 as 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: an inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another [syn: {incline}]
2: North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers [syn: {wild leek}, {Allium tricoccum}]
3: a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft
verb
1: behave violently, as if in state of a great anger [syn: {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
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
223 Moby Thesaurus words for "ramp": acclivity, arise, ascent, assault, attack, back stairs, ballot-box stuffing, bank, barbarize, batter, be angry, be excitable, beat, beguile of, bellow, bevel, bezel, bilk, blow a gasket, blow up, bob, bounce, bristle, brutalize, bunco, burn, butcher, caper, capriole, caracole, cardsharping, carry on, catch fire, catch the infection, cavort, cheat, cheating, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, chute, clamber, clamber up, climb, climb over, climb up, cock up, cog, cog the dice, come apart, companion, companionway, con, cozen, cozenage, crib, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, declivity, defraud, descent, destroy, diddle, diddling, dip, dishonesty, do in, do out of, dodge, easy slope, escalade, escalier, euchre, excite easily, explode, finagle, fire escape, fire up, fishy transaction, flam, flame up, flare up, flash up, fleam, fleece, flight of steps, flimflam, flip, flounce, fob, fraud, fraudulence, fraudulency, frisk, fudge, gambado, gambol, gentle slope, gerrymandering, get excited, get up, glacis, go into hysterics, go on, gouge, grade, gradient, graft, grift, gull, gyp, gyp joint, hammer, hanging gardens, have, have a tantrum, helicline, hocus, hocus-pocus, illicit business, imposition, imposture, inclination, incline, inclined plane, jump about, jump up, landing, landing stage, launching ramp, lay waste, loot, maul, mount, mug, mulct, pack the deal, perron, pigeon, pillage, pitch, practice fraud upon, prance, racket, rage, rampage, rant, rant and rave, rape, rave, rear, rear up, riot, rise, rise up, roar, romp, rook, ruin, run a temperature, sack, savage, scale, scale the heights, scam, scarp, scrabble up, scramble up, screw, seethe, sell gold bricks, shave, shelving beach, shin, shin up, shinny, shortchange, side, sit bolt upright, sit up, skip, slaughter, slope, smolder, sow chaos, spiral staircase, stack the cards, staircase, stairs, stairway, stand up, steep slope, stepping-stones, steps, stick, stick up, stiff climb, stile, sting, storm, struggle up, surmount, swindle, take a dive, take fire, talus, tear, tear around, terrorize, thimblerig, throw a fight, treads and risers, trip, turn a hair, upclimb, upheave, uprear, uprise, vandalize, victimize, violate, wreck
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