ramp

CEFRB2

/ɹæmp/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A sloping surface connecting two different levels.

  2. 02

    verb

    To increase something quickly or strongly.

Examples

  • I'm near the on ramp to 25 north.

  • Three men jumped out, rolled an old mower down the ramp.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles.

  2. An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.

  3. An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.

More examples

In context

  • He hit three ramps in a row to push his team near the opponents total.

  • We have created a volume ramp. Play the section in the Timeline and listen to the volume change.

  • The RGB model uses the color component of light sources in order to produce more realistic and pleasant results. Internal color representations are always based on a palette-based color ramp.

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Origin

noun

From French rampe, from Middle French rampe, deverbal of ramper, from Old French ramper (“to crawl, climb, scale up”), from Frankish *hrampōn (“to contract oneself, wrinkle, rumple, crumple, curve”), from Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to shrivel, shrink”). Cognate with German Rampf (“retraction, curvature, shrinkage, spasm”). Doublet of romp. Akin also to Old English ġehrimpan (“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.