ramp
To behave violently; to rageTo behave violently; to rage.
» They have paved the on-ramp.
Sie haben die Auffahrt gepflastert. — Yorwba
Они замостили въезд на шоссе. — odexed
Они замостили въезд на главную дорогу. — odexed
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8 sensesTo behave violently; to rage.
неи́стовствоватьneístovstvovatʹ, бушева́тьbuševátʹ
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
(slang, transitive)To swindle or rob violently.
(Australia, slang, transitive)To search a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
(ambitransitive)To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate.
To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate.
(intransitive, obsolete)To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
(intransitive, obsolete)To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
creep up — used especially of plants
(intransitive, obsolete)To stand in a rampant position.
стоя́ть на за́дних ла́пахstojátʹ na zádnix lápax
be rampant
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Origin
From French rampe, from Middle French rampe, deverbal of ramper, from Old French ramper (“From French rampe, from Middle French rampe, deverbal of ramper, from Old French ramper (“to crawl, climb, scale up”), from Frankish *hrampōn (“to contract oneself, wrinkle, rumple, crumple, curve”), from Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to shrivel, shrink”). Cognate with German Rampf (“retraction, curvature, shrinkage, spasm”). Doublet of romp.
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Forms
ramps, ramping, ramped, rampedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle