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noun
- 1. a sloping surface joining two different levels, as at the entrance or between floors of a building: "a wheelchair ramp"
- 2. an upward bend in a stair rail.
verb
- 1. provide with a ramp: "we have purposefully ramped the entrance to make it easier access"
- 2. drive up the price of (a company's shares) in order to gain a financial advantage: British "they're trying to ramp the share price"
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How to use ramp in a sentence. a sloping way or plane: such as; a sloping floor, walk, or roadway leading from one level to another; a slope for launching boats… See the full definition
a short road on which vehicles join or leave a main road.
noun. a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline. a short concave slope or bend, as one connecting the higher and lower parts of a staircase railing at a landing. any extensive sloping walk or passageway. the act of ramping. Also called boarding ramp. a movable staircase for entering or leaving a cabin door of an airplane.
A ramp is a slope or an incline, a surface that tilts from one level to another. Someone using a wheelchair might need a ramp to get from the doorway of a building down to its parking lot. A skateboarder might use a ramp to gather speed, while a man pushing a stroller uses it to push his baby onto the sidewalk after crossing the street.
1. An inclined surface or roadway connecting different levels. 2. A mobile staircase by which passengers board and leave an aircraft. 3. A concave bend of a handrail where a sharp change in level or direction occurs, as at a stair landing. Phrasal Verbs: ramp down.
noun. 1. a sloping floor, path, etc, that joins two surfaces at different levels. 2. a movable stairway by which passengers enter and leave an aircraft. 3. the act of ramping. 4. British slang. a swindle, esp one involving exorbitant prices. 5. another name for speed bump. verb. 6. (intr; often foll by about or around)
RAMP definition: 1. a sloping surface that joins two places that are at different heights: 2. a short road that is…. Learn more.
Definition of ramp noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. A ramp is a sloping surface between two places that are at different levels. [...] 2. An entrance ramp is a road which cars use to drive onto a major road, and an exit ramp is a road which cars use to drive off a major road. [US] [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'ramp' British English: ræmp American English: ræmp. More.
noun. ramps. A sloping, sometimes curved, surface, walk, road, etc. joining different levels. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A means for boarding or leaving a plane, as a staircase on wheels rolled up to the door. Webster's New World. A mobile staircase by which passengers board and leave an aircraft. American Heritage.
