rope - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • skip: If you have a skipping rope, then you have a complete CV gym.
  • tie: We tied ropes onto a circle ring to hook bomb.
  • attach: Men are stood around a winch they have made from tree trunks, holding ropes attached to it.
  • untie: Then I went down and untied the rope, holding it tightly to ensure a slow descent of the bricks.
  • climb: I have fitted a traverse line here, of good quality climbing rope.
  • pull: After reaching the floor we tried to pull the ropes through from the abseil point at the top of the crag.

Adjective modifier

  • knotted: Here the loop has moved around - twisting with the twister if you like - giving it the appearance of a knotted rope... .
  • 60m: Tackle 60m rope; 15m rope; 40m rope; 10m rope; and a boat!
  • fixed: To descend steep ground rapidly by a controlled slide down a fixed rope.
  • 40m: Tackle 60m rope; 15m rope; 40m rope; 10m rope; and a boat!
  • thick: Mark out the shape of your pond using a thick rope or hosepipe for smooth curves.
  • 50m: At the end of the 50m rope I told myself that it was much quicker than sit-stand.

Modifies a noun

  • ladder: The Lady Awoken by strange noises, he saw Isabel being helped down a rope ladder, by a figure in Highland costume.
  • haulage: Trained volunteers are in short supply for rope haulage, and there are vacancies in all operating departments.

Noun used with modifier

  • tow: The aim is to keep the tow rope taut.
  • hemp: Marks are made on hemp ropes with tape which correspond to a known height of a flown item.
  • abseil: A thread belay beneath the north-eastern side of the obelisk enables an abseil rope to be led through the saddle to seaward.
  • polypropylene: Weather resistant polypropylene rope can be adjusted for var... .
  • mooring: At 1850 GMT, four robbers armed with crowbars boarded a bulk carrier, gaining access via the forward mooring ropes.
  • wire: Drop Wire A small vertical steel wire rope used for rigging an object from.

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