Ramped vs Tramped - What's the difference?
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(ramp)
An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
A road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
(aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport
(aviation) A place where an aircraft parks, next to a terminal, for loading and unloading (see also apron)
(skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
A speed bump
To behave violently; to rage.
To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
* Spenser
To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
* Ray
To stand in a rampant position. (rfex)
To change value, often at a steady rate
* 2007 , Sean Meyn, Control Techniques for Complex Networks (page 285)
* 2011 , Sheng Liu, Yong Liu, Modeling and Simulation for Microelectronic Packaging Assembly
An American plant, , related to the onion; a wild leek.
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(Appalachia) A promiscuous man or woman; a general insult for a worthless person.
(tramp)
(pejorative) A homeless person, a vagabond.
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(pejorative) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
* 1888 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), :
* 1919 , Charles Fort, :
* 1924 , George Sutherland, :
* 1960 , (Lobsang Rampa), :
(Australia, New Zealand) A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
* 1968 , John W. Allen, It Happened in Southern Illinois ,
* 2005 , Paul Smitz, Australia & New Zealand on a Shoestring , Lonely Planet,
* 2006 , Marc Llewellyn, Lee Mylne, Frommer?s Australia from $60 a Day ,
, especially a very small one.
To walk with heavy footsteps.
To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).
To hitchhike
To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
To travel or wander through.
(Scotland) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
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As verbs the difference between ramped and tramped
is that ramped is (ramp) while tramped is (tramp).ramped
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*ramp
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) rampe, back-formation of (etyl) ramper, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* boat rampVerb
(en verb)- Their bridles they would champ, / And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp .
- With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, and so ramping upon trees, they mount up to a great height.
- If Q(t)'' < ''qp'' then primary generation ramps up at maximal rate, subject to the constraint that ''Q(t) does not exceed this threshold.
- The forces are ramped down gradually to ensure that element removal has a smooth effect on the model.
Derived terms
* ramp upEtymology 2
See ramson.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (Allium triococcum) ramps, rams, ramson, ramsons, wild leekSee also
* buckramExternal links
* (Allium tricoccum) * (Allium tricoccum) * (Allium tricoccum) *Anagrams
* ----tramped
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Verb
(head)tramp
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Noun
(en noun)- She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp .
- "I can't believe you'd let yourself be seen with that tramp ."
- "Claudia is such a tramp ; making out with all those men when she has a boyfriend."
- I was so happy on board that ship, I could not have believed it possible. We had the beastliest weather, and many discomforts; but the mere fact of its being a tramp -ship gave us many comforts; we could cut about with the men and officers, stay in the wheel-house, discuss all manner of things, and really be a little at sea.
- Then I think I conceive of other worlds and vast structures that pass us by, within a few miles, without the slightest desire to communicate, quite as tramp vessels pass many islands without particularizing one from another.
- Some of these are regular ocean liners; others are casual tramp ships.
- “Hrrumph,” said the Mate. “Get into uniform right away, we must have discipline here.” With that he stalked off as if he were First Mate on one of the Queens instead of just on a dirty, rusty old tramp ship.
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- The starting place for the tramp is reached over a gravel road that begins on Route 3 about a mile south of Gorham spur.
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- Speaking of knockout panoramas, if you?re fit then consider doing the taxing, winding, 8km tramp' up ' Mt Roy (1578m; five to six hours return), start 6km from Wanaka on Mt Aspiring Rd.
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- The 1½-hour tramp passes through banksia, gum, and wattle forests, with spectacular views of peaks and valleys.
Synonyms
* (homeless person) bum, hobo, vagabond ** See also * (disreputable woman) See also * (type of ship) see * (long walk) bushwalk, hike, ramble, trekDerived terms
* tramp ant * tramp stampVerb
(en verb)- We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again.
- to tramp the country
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