to ramp

Examples

• All

• The fragile seedlings will ramp up the side of the garden wall, seeking sunlight.

• So here I'm just going to ramp, put that back on.

• Ramp, ramp, ramp.

  12 Strong (2018)

• It ramps at 85 mm.

  Blog text (33)

• Cars fill the suburban streets below, choking the parking lots of the supermarkets, ramped onto the pavements.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The vines began to ramp over the trellis, creating a beautiful green canopy.

Synonyms

C

to creep

vsto ramp

54 4.2

To grow or spread slowly until it covers a surface, like moss on rocks

spreads by climbing or trailing along things not only slowly

G

to grow over

vsto ramp

4 3.5

To spread over something and cover it, as moss or vines do

spreads by creeping or climbing along surfaces rather than only covering them

V

to vine

vsto ramp

1 5.4

To grow and spread by climbing or trailing along fences and walls

spreads by creeping along surfaces rather than mainly winding

Antonyms

R

to recede

29 4.8

To move back or become less strong

Phrasal Verbs

R

to ramp up

47 4.1

To increase something, especially its amount or speed

R

to ramp production

• Specialized

3 5.0

To increase production to make more goods when demand rises

How Much

to overrun

38 4.8

to ramp

8.9

to creep

54 4.2

Surface Forms

Etymology