ramp
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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)
- An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
- A road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
- (aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport
- (aviation) A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron)
- (aviation) A surface inside the air intake of a supersonic aircraft which adjusts in position to allow for efficient shock wave compression of incoming air at a wide range of different Mach numbers.
- (skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
- A speed bump. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete) A leap or bound.
- 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)
- 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,
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XII, p. 196, [1]
- (obsolete, intransitive) To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book I, canto V, stanza 28:
- Their bridles they would champe, / And trampling the fine element would fiercely rampe.
- 1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Sign of the Broken Sword”, in 'The Innocence of Father Brown':
- I’ve seen a ramping equestrian statue of General St. Clare on the Embankment.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
- 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], OCLC 1179804186:
- With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, […] and so ramping upon trees, […] they mount up to a great height.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To stand in a rampant position. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (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.
- 2007, Sean Meyn, Control Techniques for Complex Networks (page 285)
- To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate.
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Etymology 2Edit
See ramson.
NounEdit
ramp (plural ramps)
- 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.
- (Appalachia) A promiscuous man or woman.
- (Appalachia, derogatory) A worthless person.
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- Allium tricoccum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Allium tricoccum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Allium tricoccum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- ramp at USDA Plants database
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DutchEdit
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)
- disaster, catastrophe
- Mensen wensen geluk en welvaart en verafschuwen ongeluk en rampen
- People wish happiness and prosperity and abhor mishap and disasters
- Mensen wensen geluk en welvaart en verafschuwen ongeluk en rampen
- an accident
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Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed 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)
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Etymology 3Edit
Borrowed from English ramp, from French rampe.
PronunciationEdit
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /rɛmp/, [ɹæmp]
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: ramp
- Rhymes: -ɛmp
NounEdit
ramp m (plural ramps, diminutive rampje n)
- (skating) A construction to do skating tricks, usually in the form of one half of a pipe, a half-pipe.
IcelandicEdit
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- Rhymes: -am̥p
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ramp
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Related to rimpel (“wrinkle”).
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ramp m
- epilepsy, (human) cramp
- bird claw disease, bird cramp
- disaster, misfortune
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
DescendantsEdit
- Dutch: ramp
Further readingEdit
- “ramp”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek[2], 2000