Wheelchair Definition–noun | a chair mounted on wheels for use by persons who cannot walk. |
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Ramp Definition–noun | 1. | a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline. |
| 2. | a short concave slope or bend, as one connecting the higher and lower parts of a staircase railing at a landing. |
| 3. | any extensive sloping walk or passageway. |
| 5. | Also called boarding ramp. a movable staircase for entering or leaving a cabin door of an airplane. |
–verb (used without object) | 7. | (of animals) to stand or move with the forelegs or arms raised, as in animosity or excitement. |
| 8. | (of a lion or other large quadruped represented on a coat of arms) to rise or stand on the hind legs. |
| 9. | to rear as if to spring. |
| 10. | to leap or dash with fury (often fol. by about). |
| 11. | to act violently; rage; storm: ramping and raging in a great fury. |
–verb (used with object) | 12. | to provide with a ramp or ramps: Entrances will be ramped to accommodate those in wheelchairs. |
—Verb phrase| 13. | ramp along, Nautical. to sail on a tack with all sails filled. |
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ABC 4 - Found Sep. 20, 2008
... winding wheelchair ramp that leads from the driveway to the basement door. The side and back yards were graded to lessen the slope of the ramp.
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A ramp to the wider world
Lowell Sun - Found Sep. 20, 2008
Betty Mae Rollins, a wheelchair-bound woman in her 60s living alone, was virtually a prisoner in her own home. Without a handicap ramp to...
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Disabled OAP's wheelchair stuck in Betty's lift
Whitby Gazette - Found Sep. 13, 2008
... for the ramp to be brought for my electric wheelchair about a dozen people pushed past us in the queue.'When a waitress tried to fix the ramp...
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Bids Opened For Shelby Curb And Ramp Project
WMFD - Found Sep. 11, 2008
... and ramp project. Shelby Project Coordinator Joe Gies told the commissioners the $92,000 project will consist of rehabilitating 40 wheelchair...
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No ramp for post office users
Edinburgh Evening News - Found Aug. 25, 2008
The post office does not have a wheelchair ramp as a result of planning and space constraints.It means that disabled customers have to ring a...
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No ramp for post office users
The Scotsman - Found Aug. 25, 2008
The post office does not have a wheelchair ramp as a result of planning and space constraints.It means that disabled customers have to ring a...
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Ramp ceremony held for three fallen Cdn. soldiers killed in ...
News 1130 - Found Sep. 4, 2008
... one of five soldiers injured in the attack, carefully lifted himself out of a wheelchair and slowly made his way up the ramp to say his final...
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Ramp ceremony held for three fallen Cdn. soldiers killed in ...
790 CIGM Sudbury's News Leader - Found Sep. 4, 2008
... one of five soldiers injured in the attack, carefully lifted himself out of a wheelchair and slowly made his way up the ramp to say his final...
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Ramp ceremony held for three fallen Cdn. soldiers killed in ...
CJAD 800 - Found Sep. 4, 2008
... one of five soldiers injured in the attack, carefully lifted himself out of a wheelchair and slowly made his way up the ramp to say his final...
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Stoplight to return to intersection The reconstruction requires a ...
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Found Aug. 11, 2008
The reconstruction requires a wheelchair ramp to be built, which means the city needed additional right of way.
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