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Search phrase: ramp

Plays

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All's Well That Ends WellAW IV.iii.282any lackey; marry, in coming on he has the cramp.any Lackey; marrie in comming on, hee ha's the Crampe.
As You Like ItAYL IV.i.94Hellespont and being taken with the cramp was drowned,Hellespont, and being taken with the crampe, was droun'd,
CymbelineCym I.vii.134Whiles he is vaulting variable ramps,Whiles he is vaulting variable Rampes
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.i.147A couching lion and a ramping cat,A couching Lyon, and a ramping Cat,
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.57Away, you scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian!Away you Scullion, you Rampallian, you Fustillirian:
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.i.203The rampant bear chained to the ragged staff,The rampant Beare chain'd to the ragged staffe,
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.ii.13Under whose shade the ramping lion slept,Vnder whose shade the ramping Lyon slept,
King JohnKJ III.i.122A ramping fool, to brag and stamp and swearA ramping foole, to brag, and stamp, and sweare,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.ii.87jealousy man – she leads a very frampold life with him,iealousie-man; she leads a very frampold life with him,
Richard IIR2 III.ii.17Which with usurping steps do trample thee.Which with vsurping steps doe trample thee.
Richard IIR2 III.iii.157May hourly trample on their sovereign's head,May howrely trample on their Soueraignes Head:
The TempestTem I.ii.325For this, be sure, tonight thou shalt have cramps,For this be sure, to night thou shalt haue cramps,
The TempestTem I.ii.369What I command, I'll rack thee with old cramps,What I command, Ile racke thee with old Crampes,
The TempestTem IV.i.261With aged cramps, and more pinch-spotted make themWith aged Cramps, & more pinch-spotted make them,
The TempestTem V.i.287cramp!Cramp.
Timon of AthensTim V.iv.47Against our rampired gates and they shall ope,Against our rampyr'd gates, and they shall ope:
Troilus and CressidaTC III.iii.163O'errun and trampled on. Then what they do in present,Ore-run and trampled on: then what they doe in present,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.ii.112Trampling contemptuously on thy disdain.Trampling contemptuously on thy disdaine.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.v.58Now to be frampold, now to piss o'th' nettle!Now to be frampall, now to pisse o'th nettle,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.i.110To put life into dust; the aged crampTo put life into dust, the aged Crampe
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.iv.56Did rather tell than trample, for the horseDid rather tell, then trample; for the horse

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.856 Is plagued with cramps and gouts and painful fits, Is plagu'd with cramps, and gouts, and painefull fits,
Venus and AdonisVen.261 Adonis' trampling courser doth espy, Adonis trampling Courser doth espy:

Glossary

 19 result(s).
barricadobarricade, rampart, barrier
bulwarkrampart, fortification
convulsioncramp, spasm, contraction
cramprheumatic, arthritic
frampolddisagreeable, bad-tempered, moody
fretrage, rampage
rampwhore, brazen woman
rampallianruffian, villain, scoundrel
rampingrampant, rearing up
rampiredfortified by ramps of earth, strengthened against attack
ribrampart, protective wall
ruffianrage, bluster, rampage
straitnarrow, cramped, confined
straitcramped passage, confined path
treadtrample on, crush, repress
trudge[of menials] walk about, tramp round
unyokedunbridled, unrestrained, rampant
violentrage with violence, seethe, rampage
work(plural) fortifications, defences, ramparts

Thesaurus

 17 result(s).
crampconvulsion
crampedstrait
cramped passagestrait
fortified by ramps of earthrampired
passage, crampedstrait
rampagefret
rampageruffian
rampageviolent
rampantramping
rampantunyoked
rampartbarricado
rampartbulwark
rampartrib
rampartwork
ramps of earth, fortified byrampired
tramp roundtrudge
trample ontread

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Words Families

 10 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CRAMPBASICcramp n
FRAMPOLDBASICframpold adj
RAMPBASICramp n, rampant adj, ramping adj, rampired adj
RAMPPEOPLEramp n, rampallian n
TRAMPLEBASICtrample v, trampling adj

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