ramp

noun

An inclined surface or roadway connecting different levels.

noun

A mobile staircase by which passengers board and leave an aircraft.

noun

A concave bend of a handrail where a sharp change in level or direction occurs, as at a stair landing.

phrasal verb

To decrease in volume, amount, or rate.

phrasal verb

To increase in volume, amount, or rate.

intransitive verb

To rush around or act in a threatening or violent manner.

intransitive verb

To assume a threatening stance, as in rearing up on hindlegs.

intransitive verb

To stand in the rampant position.

noun

A plant (Allium tricoccum) of the eastern United States having small bulbs and young leaves that are edible and have a pungent onionlike flavor.

Ramping; leaping; furiously swift or rushing.