ramp
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1.6
- noun
- /ræmp/
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rampa
- John slides his bike down the service ramp faster than he's ever done it before.
- wheelchair ramp
- off-ramp
- boat ramp
I intended them to be an on ramp for left brainers.
- I intended them to be an on ramp for left brainers.
- Am I going to slide off of this on ramp, you know, in some way?
- We got to tug it back to the boat ramp, but mission complete.
- Behind that, there's actually an exit ramp to our Interstate.
- I mean, maybe build a ramp, maybe scope out some houses.
- But the whole thing, yeah, but the whole thing was a ramp, like a circular ramp.
- Probably this ramp will survive the rest of the trailer.
Examples
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And they had a system of ramps and pulleys.
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You could have had a ramp installed.
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Is that the on ramp and the off ramp?
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Aircraft on ramp, did you file a flight plan?
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Within two months, the ramp to the fortress was complete.
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We got to tug it back to the boat ramp, but mission complete.
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Guys, this is a ramp for wheelchairs.
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It was aimed directly at the boat ramp across the lake.
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And this incident occurred on the ramp to the expressway or on the avenue itself.
Fiction book (1990) -
The contractor designed a new ramp to make the building accessible for people with disabilities.
Synonyms
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1.4
A part of land that goes up or down like the side of a hill
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4.2
A sloping surface that connects different levels
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3.9
A flat sloping surface that helps move heavy things up or down
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Ramp comes from an old word meaning 'to rise' or 'climb', and you can see the same idea in rampant, which shows something rising up, so a ramp is simply a sloping surface that helps you go up or down.