Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, same as
rampant . 4.
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- verb Present participle of
ramp .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I am not particularly interested in ramping up the number of mangoes I slice, primarily because I do not like the motivation behind the extra slicing.
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I haven't seen the show yet, but I am fearful when entertainment TV drama tries to tackle complex topics, because in ramping up the drama to keep the audience engaged, important facts sometimes get left out.
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The first factor had to do with the difficulty IBM was having in ramping up the performance of the PowerPC chip at the price-level Apple could afford.
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"We desert activists felt the club had abandoned the desert in the name of ramping up utility-scale renewable energy projects," Taylor said.
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And ambulance "ramping" -- when vehicles have to wait until paramedics 'patients are handed to the hospital -- has been highlighted with an industrial campaign.
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It was less of a handover, more of a crash course in ramping-up my html skills, and getting the ultimate outsiders insider’s guide to my employer, interspersed with some scrumptious Chinatown and Soho lunches and lots of hilarity.
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It was less of a handover, more of a crash course in ramping-up my html skills, and getting the ultimate outsiders insider’s guide to my employer, interspersed with some scrumptious Chinatown and Soho lunches and lots of hilarity.
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Still, he hesitates at the idea of ramping up the program as well.
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Plus the man loves the idea of ramping up government and paying for it at the same time, which is the 'moderate' position only if you like big government.
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One proposal that seems to be gaining momentum -- despite sometimes incoherent arguments of proponents -- is the idea of ramping up the taxes on gasoline to encourage the development and use of alternative energy sources.
mollusque commented on the word ramping
Esther was untouched by the fret and fury of life; she had lived in sunshine and rain among her silly sheep, and been refined instead of coarsened, while her touching patience with a ramping old mother, stung by the sense of defeat and mourning her lost activities, had given back a lovely self-possession, and habit of sweet temper.
--Sarah Orne Jewett, 1899, A Dunnet Shepherdess
January 28, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word ramping
Collecting ramps, a wild leek found from the SE U.S. to Canada. Prominent in folk recipes in West Virginia (US) and Quebec (Canada).
January 28, 2010
gangerh commented on the word ramping
Unable to fly.
September 10, 2010