rope
noun
- linear collection of plies, yarns or strands which are twisted or braided together
- apparatus used in rhythmic gymnastics
- data structure composed of smaller strings that is used to efficiently store and manipulate a very long string
verb
- to bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord
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.
- The small intestines.
“the ropes of birds”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English ropen, rope (“to form ropes”), from rop (“rope”); see above.
- To tie (something) with rope.
“The robber roped the victims.”
- To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
“The cowboy roped the calf.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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 […]”