1. An inclined surface connecting two levels
   "The wheelchair user easily navigated the gentle ramp";
   - incline
    
2. A movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft
   "Passengers descended the ramp as they exited the plane"
    
3. North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers
   "Foragers searched the woods for early spring ramps";
   - wild leek, Allium tricoccum

1. Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
   "The toddler ramped around the room during his tantrum";
   - rage, storm
    
2. Provide with a ramp
   "They ramped the entrance to the auditorium"
    
3. (heraldry) be rampant
   "The lion ramps on the coat of arms"
    
4. Creep up — used especially of plants
   "The roses ramped over the wall"
    
5. [archaic] Stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing
   "The lion ramped up on its hind legs"

Derived forms: ramps, ramped, ramping

Type of: acquit, act, alliaceous plant, ascend, bear, behave, carry, climb, climb up, comport, conduct, deport, do, furnish, go up, inclined plane, model, mount, offer, pose, posture [archaic], provide, render, sit, staircase, stairway, stand, stand up, supply

Encyclopedia: Ramp, West Virginia