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Ramped
(gcide) | Ramp \Ramp\ (r[a^]mp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ramped (r[a^]mt;
215); p. pr. & vb. n. Ramping.] [F. ramper to creep, OF.,
to climb; of German origin; cf. G. raffen to snatch, LG. & D.
rapen. See Rap to snatch, and cf. Romp.]
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1. To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to
become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
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2. To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly
or with violence.
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Their bridles they would champ,
And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp.
--Spenser.
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3. To climb, as a plant; to creep up.
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With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch
hold, . . . and so ramping upon trees, they mount up
to a great height. --Ray.
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cramped
(mass) | cramped
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cramped
(encz) | cramped,nacpaný adj: Zdeněk Brožcramped,omezený adj: Zdeněk Brožcramped,přecpaný adj: Zdeněk Brožcramped,přeplněný adj: místnost ap. Pinocramped,sevřený adj: Zdeněk Brožcramped,stísněný adv: místnost ap. Pino |
cramped
(gcide) | cramped \cramped\ adj.
inconveniently small; restricting movement; -- of living
quarters or workspace; as, cramped quarters; a cramped
office.
Syn: constricted, inconvenient, uncomfortably small.
[WordNet 1.5]Cramp \Cramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cramped (kr[a^]mt; 215); p.
pr. & vb. n. Cramping.]
1. To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and
contract; to hinder.
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The mind my be as much cramped by too much knowledge
as by ignorance. --Layard.
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2. To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.
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3. Hence, to bind together; to unite.
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The . . . fabric of universal justic is well cramped
and bolted together in all its parts. --Burke.
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4. To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.
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5. To afflict with cramp.
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When the gout cramps my joints. --Ford.
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To cramp the wheels of wagon, to turn the front wheels out
of line with the hind wheels, so that one of them shall be
against the body of the wagon.
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Cramped
(gcide) | cramped \cramped\ adj.
inconveniently small; restricting movement; -- of living
quarters or workspace; as, cramped quarters; a cramped
office.
Syn: constricted, inconvenient, uncomfortably small.
[WordNet 1.5]Cramp \Cramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cramped (kr[a^]mt; 215); p.
pr. & vb. n. Cramping.]
1. To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and
contract; to hinder.
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The mind my be as much cramped by too much knowledge
as by ignorance. --Layard.
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2. To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.
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3. Hence, to bind together; to unite.
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The . . . fabric of universal justic is well cramped
and bolted together in all its parts. --Burke.
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4. To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.
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5. To afflict with cramp.
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When the gout cramps my joints. --Ford.
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To cramp the wheels of wagon, to turn the front wheels out
of line with the hind wheels, so that one of them shall be
against the body of the wagon.
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Tramped
(gcide) | Tramp \Tramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tramped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tramping.] [OE. trampen; akin to LG. trampen, G. trampeln,
LG. & D. trappen, Dan. trampe, Sw. & Icel. trampa, Goth.
anatrimpan to press upon; also to D. trap a step, G. treppe
steps, stairs. Cf. Trap a kind of rock, Trape, Trip, v.
i., Tread.]
1. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
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2. To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.
[Colloq.]
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3. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
[Scot.] --Jamieson.
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cramped
(wn) | cramped
adj 1: constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring
children up in cramped high-rise apartments" |
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