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ramp

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɹæmp/
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  • Rhymes: -æmp

Etymology 1Edit

From French rampe, back-formation of Old French ramper, from Frankish *rampōn, *hrampōn (“to contract oneself”), akin to Old English hrimpan (“to wrinkle, rimple, rumple”), Old High German rimpfan (German rümpfen (“to wrinkle up”)). Compare Danish rimpe (“to fold" (archaic), "to baste”), Icelandic rimpa. More at rimple.

NounEdit

ramp (plural ramps)

  1. An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
  2. A road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
  3. (aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport
  4. (aviation) A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron)
  5. (skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
  6. A speed bump. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  7. (obsolete) A leap or bound.
  8. A concave bend at the top or cap of a railing, wall, or coping; a romp.
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ramp (third-person singular simple present ramps, present participle ramping, simple past and past participle ramped)

  1. To behave violently; to rage.
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XII, p. 196, [1]
      Mick raged and ramped at the barred door till his voice failed,
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
    • Spenser
      Their bridles they would champ, / And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp.
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
    • Ray
      With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, […] and so ramping upon trees, they mount up to a great height.
  4. (obsolete, intransitive) To stand in a rampant position. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  5. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate.
    • 2007, Sean Meyn, Control Techniques for Complex Networks (page 285)
      If Q(t) < qp then primary generation ramps up at maximal rate, subject to the constraint that Q(t) does not exceed this threshold.
    • 2011, Sheng Liu, Yong Liu, Modeling and Simulation for Microelectronic Packaging Assembly
      The forces are ramped down gradually to ensure that element removal has a smooth effect on the model.
  6. To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate.
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Etymology 2Edit

 
ramp - Allium tricoccum

See ramson.

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ramp (plural ramps)

  1. An American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion; a wild leek.
    • 2006, Su Clauson-Wicker, Off the Beaten Path West Virginia, volume 6‎:
      A ramp is a potently flavored wild scallion, a vegetable with staying power.
  2. (Appalachia) A promiscuous man or woman; a general insult for a worthless person.
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DutchEdit

 
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch ramp (“misfortune”). Related to rimpel (“wrinkle”). In the 19th century, the grammatical gender of the word was a matter of debate. It was finally standardized as feminine, departing from its historical masculine gender.

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ramp f (plural rampen, diminutive rampje n)

  1. disaster, catastrophe
    • Mensen wensen geluk en welvaart en verafschuwen ongeluk en rampen
      People wish happiness and prosperity and abhor mishap and disasters
  2. an accident
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Etymology 2Edit

From French rampe, back-formation of Old French ramper, from Frankish *rampōn, *hrampōn (“to contract oneself”).

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ramp f (plural rampen, diminutive rampje n)

  1. a ramp
  2. a driveway
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Etymology 3Edit

From English ramp.

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ramp m (plural ramps, diminutive rampje n)

  1. (skating) A construction to do skating tricks, usually in the form of one half of a pipe, a half-pipe.

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ramp

  1. indefinite accusative singular of rampur

Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to rimpel (“wrinkle”).

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ramp m

  1. epilepsy, (human) cramp
  2. bird claw disease, bird cramp
  3. disaster, misfortune

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Further readingEdit

  • “ramp”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
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