Rope definition
A string of items attached in one line, especially by twisting or braiding.
A rope of onions.
noun
To tie, fasten, or attach with a rope or other cord.
verb
A sticky glutinous formation of stringy matter in a liquid.
noun
Rope is defined as to connect or restrict.
An example of rope is tying multiple items together on a line.
An example of rope is to put a lasso around the neck of a horse to constrict its movement.
verb
The definition of a rope is a strong and thick line made of twisted fibers.
An example of a rope is what a cowboy uses for making a lasso.
noun
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A lasso or lariat.
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(sports) Several cords strung between poles to enclose a boxing or wrestling ring.
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(informal) Specialized procedures or details.
Learn the ropes; know the ropes.
noun
(baseball) A line drive.
noun
A cord with a noose at one end for hanging a person.
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Execution or death by hanging.
To die by the rope.
noun
To enclose, separate, or partition with a rope or other cord.
Rope off the scene of the crime.
verb
To catch with a rope or lasso.
verb
(informal) To persuade or manipulate (someone).
My boss roped me into attending the ceremony.
verb
A thick, strong cord made of intertwisted strands of fiber, thin wires, leather strips, etc.
noun
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Such cords strung between posts to enclose a boxing ring.
noun
A ropelike, sticky formation in a liquid, as in wine.
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Such a cord, or a noose made of it, for hanging a person.
noun
Death by hanging.
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A length, esp. a thick, flexible length, of something.
A rope of taffy, a rope of hair.
noun
A ropelike string of things put together by or as by twisting, twining, braiding, or threading.
noun
To fasten, tie, or confine with or as with a rope.
verb
To connect or tie together (esp. mountain climbers) by a rope.
verb
To separate, mark off, or enclose with a rope.
verb
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To catch or throw with a lasso.
verb
To become ropelike and sticky.
To cook candy until it ropes.
verb
(countable) An individual length of such material.
The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes.
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(baseball) A hard line drive.
He hit a rope past third and into the corner.
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(Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second. syn.
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(in the plural) The small intestines.
The ropes of birds.
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To tie (something) with something.
The robber roped the victims.
verb
To throw a rope around (something).
The cowboy roped the calf.
verb
(intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
verb
A flexible heavy cord of tightly intertwined hemp or other fiber.
noun
on the ropes
- Knocked against the ropes that enclose a boxing ring.
- On the verge of defeat or collapse; hopeless or powerless.
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give someone (enough) rope
- to allow someone freedom of action in the expectation that that person will overreach himself or herself
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on the ropes
- knocked against the ropes
- near collapse or ruin
idiom
rope in
- to entice or trick into doing something
idiom
the end of one's rope
- the end of one's endurance, resources, etc.
idiom
the ropes
- the details or procedures of somethingA new employee learning the ropes.
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of rope
- Middle English from Old English rāp
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old English rāp. Cognate with Albanian rrip (“belt,rope").
From Wiktionary