Ramp - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers
- a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft
verb
- furnish with a ramp
Extra examples
Ramps are needed at exits and entrances for wheelchair users.
Take the Lake Drive ramp at Charles Street.
They missed the off-ramp to Manhattan.
The ramped auditorium
The roses ramped over the wall
Exit the highway, take a right off the ramp, then continue down the street until you get to the first traffic light.
The new ramp permits easier access to the highway.
You can adjust the slope of the ramp.
He scrambled up the ramp.
...the ramp was set at a low diagonal to make it easier for physically challenged patrons...
You can adjust the incline of the ramp.
Unions do a bang-up job on wheelchair ramp
One of our students was unable to propel her wheelchair up the ramp.
...turn off at the third exit and follow the ramp to your left...
...an old, potbellied cat that now needs a ramp just to get on the sofa...
Word forms
I/you/we/they: ramp
he/she/it: ramps
present participle: ramping
past tense: ramped
past participle: ramped
singular: ramp
plural: ramps
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