ramp
/ræmp/
verb
- To increase in amount, level, or intensity (often used with 'up').
- The company plans to ramp production next quarter.
- Tensions began to ramp as the deadline approached.
- We need to ramp our efforts to meet the goal.
- To behave in a threatening or aggressive way, often by rearing up (used especially of animals).
- The angry bull ramped and snorted in the field.
- In the medieval tapestry, a dragon ramped on its hind legs.
- The lion ramped at the sight of the hunter.
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noun
- A sloping surface connecting two different levels, used for walking, driving, or moving things.
- She pushed the stroller up the ramp to enter the building.
- The warehouse has a ramp for loading trucks.
- The skateboarder performed tricks on the concrete ramp at the park.
- A movable staircase used to enter or exit an aircraft.
- Passengers walked down the ramp onto the tarmac.
- The airline staff rolled the ramp up to the plane's door.
- We waited at the top of the ramp before boarding.
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