inclination of ramp

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• ramp —    to rob, cheat, or overcharge    Originally, to snatch. The overcharging use may owe something to the upward inclination.    A ramp usually refers to cheating or overcharging, not robbery …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• inclination — [n1] tendency, bent affection, appetite, aptitude, aptness, attachment, attraction, bias, capability, capacity, cup of tea*, desire, disposition, drift, druthers*, fancy, fondness, groove*, idiosyncrasy, impulse, leaning, liking, mind, movement,… …   New thesaurus

• ramp — [n] incline access, adit, grade, gradient, hill, inclination, inclined plane, rise, slope; concepts 443,757 …   New thesaurus

• inclination — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. propensity, leaning, bent, predisposition; fondness, liking; predilection; slope, slant, ramp. See tendency, will, obliquity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A tendency] Syn. bent, bias, propensity,… …   English dictionary for students

• inclination — inclinational, adj. /in kleuh nay sheuhn/, n. 1. a disposition or bent, esp. of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign. 2. something to which one is inclined: In sports his inclination is… …   Universalium

• inclination — Synonyms and related words: a thing for, affection, affinity, aim, an ear for, an eye for, angle, angularity, animus, appetence, appetency, appetite, aptitude, aptness, ardor, attitude, azimuth, bag, bank, bearing, bend, bending, bending the knee …   Moby Thesaurus

• ramp — Synonyms and related words: acclivity, arise, ascent, assault, attack, back stairs, ballot box stuffing, bank, barbarize, batter, be angry, be excitable, beat, beguile of, bellow, bevel, bezel, bilk, blow a gasket, blow up, bob, bounce, bristle,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• ramp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. incline, slant, slope. See obliquity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. incline, slope, grade; see grade 1 , inclination 5 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. slope, incline, rise, grade …   English dictionary for students

• inclination — n 1. proclivity, propensity, leaning, bent, turn, cast, inclining, Biol. tropism; tendency, tending, bearing, verging, gravitation, drift; proneness, subjectability, aptness, liableness, likeliness, susceptibility, weakness, openness; disposition …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Intake ramp — An intake ramp is a rectangular, plate like device within the air intake of a jet engine, designed to generate a shock wave to aid the inlet compression process at supersonic speeds. The ramp sits at an acute angle to deflect the intake air from… …   Wikipedia

• slope — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. slant, tilt, pitch, inclination; incline, grade, gradient, ramp, ascent, rise. See obliquity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A hillside] Syn. rising ground, incline, grade; see hill . 2. [Inclination] Syn.… …   English dictionary for students