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Antonyms for ramped

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ramp
Phonetic Transcription : ræmp

Definition of ramped

Origin :
  • 1778, "slope," from French rampe, back-formation from Old French verb ramper "to climb, scale, mount;" see ramp (v.). Meaning "road on or off a major highway" is from 1952, American English.
  • As in upraise : verb elevate
  • As in uprear : verb elevate
  • As in elevate : verb lift up
Example sentences :
  • He ramped about the room like a wild beast in a confined cage.
  • Extract from : « The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories » by Ivn Turgnieff
  • I ramped and I stamped; I banned and I bellowed like desperation.
  • Extract from : « The Provost » by John Galt
  • As the chain swung we saw the crate was really a clumsy cage in which ramped a huge and tawny form.
  • Extract from : « Where the Pavement Ends » by John Russell
  • There was a dusky room hung with blue stuffs where dragons black and gold crawled and ramped.
  • Extract from : « Where the Pavement Ends » by John Russell
  • He ramped through the scenes of the romance, said Clarke, like a young horse turned into a spring meadow.
  • Extract from : « Life of John Keats » by William Michael Rossetti
  • The place was swarming with creatures—animal forms wilder and more grotesque than ever ramped in nightmare dream.
  • Extract from : « The Princess and Curdie » by George MacDonald
  • Increasing speed, he swung outward to the ramped juncture between floor and smooth, circular walls.
  • Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • He rose to his feet and ramped up and down the room savagely, like a wild animal in a cage.
  • Extract from : « The Divine Fire » by May Sinclair
  • The molding is the same; there is the same upward sweep of the ramped rail, and it is also capped with dark wood.
  • Extract from : « The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia » by Frank Cousins
  • There is the similar ramped balustrade and paneled wainscot with ramped surbase and dark wood cap rail along the wall opposite.
  • Extract from : « The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia » by Frank Cousins

Synonyms for ramped

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