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"word": "banker's ramp"
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"word": "boat ramp"
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"word": "exit ramp"
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"word": "jump ramp"
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"word": "moving ramp"
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"word": "off-ramp"
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"word": "on-ramp"
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"word": "ramp ceremony"
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"word": "rampie"
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"word": "rampless"
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"word": "ramp travel index"
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"word": "ramp-up"
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"word": "ski-ramp nose"
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"word": "ski ramp nose"
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"word": "spine ramp"
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"word": "vert ramp"
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"word": "wheelchair ramp"
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"sense": "inclined surface",
"word": "აღმართი"
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"sense": "inclined surface",
"tags": [
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"sense": "inclined surface",
"word": "ランプ"
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"sense": "inclined surface",
"word": "tanjakan"
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"word": "rampă"
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"roman": "sʺjezd",
"sense": "inclined surface",
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"word": "съезд"
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"word": "па́ндус"
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"word": "па́ндус"
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"A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles."
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"A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport."
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"roman": "xiántī",
"sense": "aviation: mobile staircase",
"word": "舷梯"
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"sense": "aviation: mobile staircase",
"word": "タラップ"
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"word": "pasarelă"
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"word": "трап"
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"A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron and tarmac)."
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"(aviation) A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron and tarmac)."
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"A surface inside the air intake of a supersonic aircraft which adjusts in position to allow for efficient shock wave compression of incoming air at a wide range of different Mach numbers."
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"(aviation) A surface inside the air intake of a supersonic aircraft which adjusts in position to allow for efficient shock wave compression of incoming air at a wide range of different Mach numbers."
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"A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe."
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"(skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe."
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"topics": [
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"ref": "2003, Julio Sanchez, Maria P. Canton, The PC Graphics Handbook, page 915",
"text": "The RGB model uses the color component of light sources in order to produce more realistic and pleasant results. Internal color representations are always based on a palette-based color ramp.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2013, Sam Kauffmann, Ashley Kennedy, Avid Editing: A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users, page 40",
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"A scale of values."
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"A speed bump."
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"An act of violent robbery."
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"(slang) An act of violent robbery."
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"ref": "1819, Steven Poole, Steven Poole's word of the week",
"text": "We are surely not meant to think of the sense of “ramp” (from 1819) that means a deliberate swindle or fraud, such as announcing that you have done more tests than you actually have because a third were just posted out.",
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"A deliberate swindle or fraud."
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"(slang) A deliberate swindle or fraud."
],
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"A search, conducted by authorities, of a prisoner or a prisoner's cell."
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"(Australia, slang) A search, conducted by authorities, of a prisoner or a prisoner's cell."
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"To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate."
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ɹæmp/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æmp"
},
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"audio": "en-us-ramp.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/En-us-ramp.ogg",
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"US"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "behave violently; rage",
"word": "riehua"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neístovstvovatʹ",
"sense": "behave violently; rage",
"word": "неи́стовствовать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "buševátʹ",
"sense": "behave violently; rage",
"word": "бушева́ть"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stand in a rampant position",
"word": "ramper"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "of animals, to stand on hind paws",
"roman": "stojátʹ na zádnix lápax",
"sense": "stand in a rampant position",
"word": "стоя́ть на за́дних ла́пах"
}
],
"word": "ramp"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/æmp",
"Rhymes:English/æmp/1 syllable",
"en:Alliums",
"en:Roads",
"en:Spices and herbs"
],
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"1": "Allium tricoccum",
"2": "species"
},
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"name": "taxfmt"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ramson"
},
"expansion": "ramson",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "]\nSee ramson.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ramps",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ramp (plural ramps)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "buckram"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2006, Su Clauson-Wicker, Off the Beaten Path West Virginia, volume 6, page 61",
"text": "A ramp is a potently flavored wild scallion, a vegetable with staying power.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion; a wild leek."
],
"links": [
[
"American",
"American"
],
[
"plant",
"plant"
],
[
"Allium tricoccum",
"Allium tricoccum#Translingual"
],
[
"onion",
"onion"
],
[
"wild leek",
"wild leek"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Appalachian English"
],
"glosses": [
"A promiscuous man or woman."
],
"links": [
[
"promiscuous",
"promiscuous"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Appalachia) A promiscuous man or woman."
],
"tags": [
"Appalachia"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Appalachian English",
"English derogatory terms"
],
"glosses": [
"A worthless person."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"worthless",
"worthless"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Appalachia, derogatory) A worthless person."
],
"tags": [
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"derogatory"
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}
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{
"ipa": "/ɹæmp/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æmp"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-ramp.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/En-us-ramp.ogg/En-us-ramp.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/En-us-ramp.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
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{
"sense": "Allium tricoccum",
"word": "ramps"
},
{
"sense": "Allium tricoccum",
"word": "rams"
},
{
"sense": "Allium tricoccum",
"word": "ramson"
},
{
"sense": "Allium tricoccum",
"word": "ramsons"
},
{
"sense": "Allium tricoccum",
"word": "wild leek"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oignon sauvage"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ail des bois"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poireau sauvage"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puerro salvaje"
}
],
"word": "ramp"
}
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