rope

/ษนoสŠp/

IPA: /R OW1 P/

noun
  1. 1

    Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.

    โ€œNylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.โ€

  2. 2

    An individual length of such material.

    โ€œThe swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes.โ€

  3. 3

    A cohesive strand of something.

    โ€œThe duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirรฉe.โ€

  4. 4

    A continuous stream.

  5. 5

    A hard line drive.

    โ€œHe hit a rope past third and into the corner.โ€

  6. 6

    A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.

  7. 7

    A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.

  8. 8

    A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.

  9. 9

    (jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.

  10. 10

    Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.

  11. 11

    A unit of length equal to 20 feet.

  12. 12

    Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.

  13. 13

    A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.

  14. 14

    (in the plural) The small intestines.

    โ€œthe ropes of birdsโ€

verb
  1. 1

    To tie (something) with rope.

    โ€œThe robber roped the victims.โ€

  2. 2

    To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).

    โ€œThe cowboy roped the calf.โ€

  3. 3

    To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.

  4. 4

    To commit suicide.

    โ€œMy life is a mess; I might as well rope.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rope