rope
/ษนoสp/IPA: /R OW1 P/
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Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
โNylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.โ
- 2
An individual length of such material.
โThe swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes.โ
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A cohesive strand of something.
โThe duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirรฉe.โ
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A continuous stream.
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A hard line drive.
โHe hit a rope past third and into the corner.โ
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A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
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A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
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A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.
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(jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.
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Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
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A unit of length equal to 20 feet.
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Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.
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A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.
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(in the plural) The small intestines.
โthe ropes of birdsโ
Synonyms
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To tie (something) with rope.
โThe robber roped the victims.โ
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To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
โThe cowboy roped the calf.โ
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To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
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To commit suicide.
โMy life is a mess; I might as well rope.โ
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