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rope

noun

  1. linear collection of plies, yarns or strands which are twisted or braided together
  2. apparatus used in rhythmic gymnastics
  3. data structure composed of smaller strings that is used to efficiently store and manipulate a very long string
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verb

  1. to bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹəʊp/ / /ɹoʊp/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English rop (“gut, intestine”), from Old English rop, ropp; compare Middle Dutch rop, roppe (“fish guts”). The modern pronunciation results from phonological assimilation to Etymology 1.

  1. The small intestines.

    the ropes of birds

verb

Etymology: From Middle English ropen, rope (“to form ropes”), from rop (“rope”); see above.

  1. To tie (something) with rope.

    The robber roped the victims.

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

    The cowboy roped the calf.

  3. To climb by means of a rope or ropes.

    We roped down to the platform selected for the bivouac; set up our bags and brewed a reasonable meal.

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

    Let us not hang like roping icicles / Upon our houses' thatch.

  5. To pull or restrain (the horse one is riding) to prevent it from winning a race.

    Others, a shade more advanced, have been known to bribe a jockey to "hold," "rope" a horse, or a stableman to poison or stupefy him.

  6. To commit suicide, particularly by hanging.

    My life is a mess; I might as well rope.

    In figure 71, the poster Brahcel notes that he “almost roped” because he could not find the community […]