rope
rope is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.
- 2.pl. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds. Rope ladder, a ladder made of ropes. -- Rope mat., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope. -- Rope of sand, something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble union or tie; something not to be relied upon. -- Rope pump, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion to the rope. -- Rope transmission (Mach.), a method of transmitting power, as between distant places, by means of endless ropes running over grooved pulleys. -- Rope's end, a piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash in inflicting punishment. -- To give one rope, to give one liberty or license; to let one go at will uncheked.
- 3.To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality. Let us not hang like ropingicicles Upon our houses' thatch. Shak.
- 4.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.
- 5.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.
- 6.To lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.]
- 7.To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters. [Slang, U.S.]
- 8.To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing. [Racing Slang, Eng.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ample
- amplitude
- and
- anguilliform
- band
- beard
- become
- bore
- breadth
- broad
- caliber
- calibrate
- capillament
- capillary
- capilliform
- cilia
- cilium
- cord
- corpulence
- cotton
- crassitude
- diameter
- dilation
- discous
- dumpy
- expand
- expansion
- extent
- fanlike
- fascia
- fiber
- fibril
- fibrillous
- fibrous
- filaceous
- filament
- filamentous
- filiform
- fillet
- flagelliform
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is rope.
- What is a row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions called?
- What is to be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality. Let us not hang like ropingicicles Upon our houses' thatch. Shak called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is to lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.] called?
- What is to draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters. [Slang, U.S.] called?
- What is to prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing. [Racing Slang, Eng.] called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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