rope
Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
Noun 4 meanings
Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
“Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.”
An individual length of such material.
“The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes.”
A cohesive strand of something.
“The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée.”
A continuous stream.
Verb 4 meanings
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.
To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
Etymology
From Middle English rop, rope, from Old English rāp (“rope, cord, cable”), from Proto-West Germanic *raip, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz, *raipą (“rope, cord, band, ringlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁roypnós (“strap, band, rope”), from *h₁reyp- (“to peel off, tear; border, edge, strip”).
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ROPE at a glance
ROPE has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (R 1 + O 1 + P 3 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,415 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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