What (who) is rope - definition
LINEAR COLLECTION OF PLIES, YARNS OR STRANDS WHICH ARE TWISTED OR BRAIDED TOGETHER
Ropemaker; Togey; Sennet whip; Togie; Bellrope; ROPES; Rope twister; Rope-making; Log-line; Fiber rope; Rope-maker; Fibre rope; Cable-laid; Cordage (rope); Synthetic rope; Ropes; Ropemaking
![[[Ancient Egypt]]ians were the first to document tools for ropemaking](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ancient Egypt rope manufacture.jpg?width=200 "[[Ancient Egypt]]ians were the first to document tools for ropemaking")
![A rope [[braiding machine]] at the Arbetets Museum (Museum of Work) in Norrköping, Sweden](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Braiding machine arbetes museum.jpg?width=200 "A rope [[braiding machine]] at the Arbetets Museum (Museum of Work) in Norrköping, Sweden")
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.jpg?width=200 "Hawser-laid rope (Seaman's Pocket-Book, 1943)")
![Dynamic]] [[kernmantle]] rock climbing rope with its braided sheath cut to expose the twisted core yarns and core yarn plies](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kernmantle climbing rope dynamic Sterling 10.7mm internal yarns and plies.jpg?width=200 "Dynamic]] [[kernmantle]] rock climbing rope with its braided sheath cut to expose the twisted core yarns and core yarn plies")
![A piece of preserved rope found on board the 16th century [[carrack]] ''[[Mary Rose]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MaryRose-rope fragment.JPG?width=200 "A piece of preserved rope found on board the 16th century [[carrack]] ''[[Mary Rose]]''")
![A ropewalk in [[Karlskrona]], Sweden](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Repslagarbanan 1-Karlskrona.JPG?width=200 "A ropewalk in [[Karlskrona]], Sweden")
rope
To vomit.
Don't rope in my car, Zak.
Don't rope in my car, Zak.
Rope
·vt To lasso (a steer, horse).
II. Rope ·noun The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
III. Rope ·vt To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing.
IV. Rope ·vt To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods.
V. Rope ·vt To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope.
VI. Rope ·noun A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, ·etc.; as, a rope of onions.
VII. Rope ·vi To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.
VIII. Rope ·vt To draw, as with a rope; to Entice; to Inveigle; to Decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters.
IX. Rope ·vt To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd.
X. Rope ·noun A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. ·see Cordage.
rope
I. v. a.
1.
Draw as by a rope, fasten, tie.
2.
Pull, curb in, restrain.
II. v. n.
Be ropy or viscous.
Wikipedia
Rope
A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibres, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have tensile strength and so can be used for dragging and lifting. Rope is thicker and stronger than similarly constructed cord, string, and twine.
Pronunciation examples for rope
1. rope.
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2. Rope!
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3. rope-work, technical rope-work
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4. They're pulling the rope, and this rope
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5. with rope.
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Examples of use of rope
1. She gives him a bit of rope, but he respects that bit of rope.
2. The rope is not a normal gallows rope but the stem of an opium poppy.
3. "This alligator starts wrapping himself up in the rope and I‘m running out of rope to hold on to.
4. Amit grabs the rope, tugs it once and then starts crawling up, his legs wrapped around the rope as he inches up.
5. He said Araujo was later tied up and he saw Magidson start pulling a rope toward her neck and later heard Magidson talk about twisting the rope.