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Rope
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.]
rope
Drag line Drag line or rope
ope . (A["e]ronautics)
A guide rope.
ropeSnub 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...
-
erotically to BDSM. A
number of
bondage positions and
methods are used in
rope bondage and
other BDSM activities.
Ropes are a
common element of
these positions...
- Look up
rope in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Rope is a
length of
fibers that are
twisted or
braided together Rope may also
refer to: Wire
rope, a length...
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Abseiling (/ˈæbseɪl/ AB-sayl or /ˈɑːpzaɪl/ AHP-zyle; from
German abseilen 'to
rope down'), also
known as
rappelling (/ˈræpɛl/ RAP-pell or /rəˈpɛl/ rə-PELL;...
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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 single-
rope techniques (SRT) are a set of
methods used to
descend and
ascend on the same
single rope. Single-
rope techniques are used in caving, potholing...
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Rope trick is the term
given by
American nuclear physicist John
Malik to the
curious lines and
spikes which emanate from the
fireball of
nuclear explosions...
- The
Ropers is an
American sitcom television series that
aired on ABC from
March 13, 1979, to May 15, 1980. It is a spin-off of Three's
Company and loosely...
- A
prayer rope is a loop made up of
complex woven knots formed in a
cross pattern,
usually out of wool or silk. The
typical prayer rope has thirty-three...
- A
rope may
refer to any of
several units of
measurement initially determined or
formed by
ropes or
knotted cords. The Greco-Roman schoenus, supposedly...
