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- Dictionaryramp/ramp/
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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a short road on which vehicles join or leave a main road.
: to speed up, expand, or increase especially quickly or at a constant rate used with up. ramping up to full speed. The backlash is a sign of tensions that could intensify as the governor ramps up for reelection next year. Josh Burek. The raisin giant ramps up for Halloween by selling bags of 14 half-ounce raisin boxes. Bruce Horovitz.
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.
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.
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.
