Definition of rope. Meaning of rope. Synonyms of rope

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Definition of rope

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Rope Rope, v. t. 1. To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods. Hence: 2. To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope. 3. 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. 4. To lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.] 5. To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters. [Slang, U.S.] 6. To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing. [Racing Slang, Eng.]
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Drag line Drag line or rope ope . (A["e]ronautics) A guide rope.
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Snub Snub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Snubbing.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba, Icel. snubb[=o]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.] 1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop. 2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster. 3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly. To snub a cable or rope (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out. --Totten.

Meaning of rope from wikipedia

- 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...
- Tug of war (also known as tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport that pits two teams against each other in a test of strength:...
- Rope is a 1948 American psychological crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitch****, based on the 1929 play of the same title by Patrick Hamilton. The...
- The Rope (French: La Corde) is a French drama miniseries created by Dominique Rocher, and Éric Forestier. The story follows a group of scientists at a...
- Rope jumping, also known as rope free-flying, falling is the extreme sport of jumping off a cliff while anc****d to a highline system with a rope. This...
- Kernmantle rope (from German kern 'core' and mantel 'sheath') is rope constructed with its interior core protected by a woven exterior sheath designed...
- A skipping rope or jump rope is a tool used in the sport of skipping/jump rope where one or more parti****nts jump over a rope swung so that it p****es...
- Wire rope is composed of as few as two solid, metal wires twisted into a helix that forms a composite rope, in a pattern known as laid rope. Larger diameter...
- rope stretcher (or harpedonaptai) was a surveyor who measured real property demarcations and foundations using knotted cords, stretched so the rope did...
- a rope is a bar of toilet soap that is molded around a small loop of rope. The user is meant to place the rope loop over their wrist. Soap on a rope was...