ramp

1. 1.

   an inclined surface connecting two levels

   Synonymsincline

   Broaderinclined plane

   Narrowerski jump
2. 2.

   North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers

   Synonymswild leekAllium tricoccum

   Broaderalliaceous plant
3. 3.

   a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft

   Broaderstairway

Other forms of ramp

plural

ramps·

past tense

ramped·

present participle

ramping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ramp

What does ramp mean?

ramp means "behave violently, as if in state of a great anger". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ramp?

ramp has 1 syllable: ramp. In IPA it is /ˈɹæmp/.

What is another word for ramp?

Close synonyms include rage, storm, incline, wild leek, Allium tricoccum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ramp a common word?

ramp is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.