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ramper

crawl, creep

verb rahm-PEH Less Common

Also means

grovel

Usage Note

Ramper describes movement close to the ground (soldiers crawling under barbed wire, babies crawling) but also figuratively means to grovel or fawn on someone (ramper devant son patron = 'to grovel before one's boss'). A creeping plant is une plante rampante, and une rampe is a handrail or ramp.

Examples

"Le bébé commence à ramper sur le tapis."

Natural Translation

The baby is starting to crawl on the rug.

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