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rope
English
Alternative forms
- roap, roape (all obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English rope, rape, from Old English r?p (“rope, cord, cable”), from Proto-West Germanic *raip, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz, *raip? (“rope, cord, band, ringlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?roypnós (“strap, band, rope”), from *h?reyp- (“to peel off, tear; border, edge, strip”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: r?p, IPA(key): /???p/
- (US) enPR: r?p, IPA(key): /?o?p/
- Rhymes: -??p
Noun
rope (countable and uncountable, plural ropes)
- (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
- Synonyms: twine, line, cord; see also Thesaurus:string
- (countable) An individual length of such material.
- A cohesive strand of something.
- (dated) A continuous stream.
- (baseball) A hard line drive.
- (ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
- (computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
- (Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.
- Synonyms: rajju, infinitude
- (jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.
- (nautical) Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
- (archaic) A unit of length equal to 20 feet.
- (slang) Rohypnol.
- (slang, vulgar) A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.
- (in the plural) The small intestines.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
rope (third-person singular simple present ropes, present participle roping, simple past and past participle roped)
- (transitive) To tie (something) with rope.
- The robber roped the victims.
- (transitive) To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
- The cowboy roped the calf.
- (intransitive) To climb by means of a rope or ropes.
- 1984, G. F. Dutton, The Ridiculous Mountains (page 153)
- We roped down to the platform selected for the bivouac; set up our bags and brewed a reasonable meal.
- 1984, G. F. Dutton, The Ridiculous Mountains (page 153)
- (intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
- (slang, intransitive) To commit suicide.
- My life is a mess; I might as well rope.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Synonyms
- (tie with rope): tie, bind, secure
- (throw a rope around): lasso
Derived terms
Further reading
- Rope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rope (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Pero, oper, pore, reop, repo
Finnish
(index r)
Noun
rope
- (gaming, slang) Abbreviation of roolipeli (“RPG (role-playing game)”).
Anagrams
- Repo, pore, repo
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
rope (imperative rop, present tense roper, simple past ropte, past participle ropt)
- to shout
Derived terms
- utrope
References
- “rope” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
rope (imperative rop, present tense ropar or roper, simple past ropa or ropte, past participle ropa or ropt, present participle ropande)
- Alternative form of ropa
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mecate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mecate, from a Nahuan language; c.f. Classical Nahuatl mecatl.
Noun
mecate (plural mecates)
- (US, Southwestern US) A rope of hair or maguey fibre, for tying horses, etc.
Anagrams
- McAtee, acteme
Ladino
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mecate, from a Nahuan language; c.f. Classical Nahuatl mecatl.
Noun
mecate m (Latin spelling)
- (Hekatia) a thick cord
References
- Bendayán de Bendelac, Alegría (1995) Diciconario del judeoespañol de los sefardíes del norte de Marruecos (Jaquetía tradicional y moderna), Caracas, page 464
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; c.f. Classical Nahuatl mecatl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me?kate/, [me?ka.t?e]
Noun
mecate m (plural mecates)
- (Central America, Mexico, Venezuela, Philippines) rope, cord
- Synonyms: cuerda, soga, cordel
Related terms
- zacamecate
Further reading
- “mecate” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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