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   rope

   /rəʊp/

   noun

   • 1. a length of thick strong cord made by twisting together strands of hemp, sisal, nylon, or similar material: "there was no way down, even with a rope"
   • ▪ a lasso. North American
   • ▪ used in reference to execution by hanging: "executions by the rope continued well into the twentieth century"
   • ▪ the ropes enclosing a boxing or wrestling ring.
   • 2. a quantity of roughly spherical objects such as onions or beads strung together: "a rope of pearls"
   • 3. the established procedures in an organization or area of activity: informal "I want you to show her the ropes"

   verb

   • 1. catch, fasten, or secure with rope: "the calves must be roped and led out of the stockade"
   • ▪ enclose or separate an area with a rope or tape: "police roped off the area"
   • ▪ (of a party of climbers) connect each other together with a rope: "we stopped at the foot of the ridge and roped up"
   • ▪ climb down or up using a rope: "the party had been roping down a hanging glacier"

   Word Origin Old Englishrāp, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch reep and German Reif.

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   Rope is a strong, thick string made of long twisted threads or several of one type of object connected together on a string. Learn how to use rope as a noun and a verb, see idioms and phrasal verbs with rope, and explore its pronunciation and translations.

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   A rope is made by twisting strands of fiber together into a single, sturdy length. Use a rope to make a swing, tie a hog, or keep people out of your tree house.

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   The rope broke and she fell 50 metres onto the rocks. We tied his hands together with rope. The anchor was attached to a length of rope. Coils of rope lay on the quayside. I tripped over the guy rope of the tent in the dark. One of the bouncers lifted the velvet rope to let us enter the club. a rope bridge/swing/ladder (= made from rope)

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   What is a rope used for?

   • A rope, cord, etc. fastened to something to prevent drifting, escape, etc.; specif., a rope or chain fastened to an animal so as to keep it within certain bounds. A similar ropelike restraint used as a safety measure, as for a young child or an astronaut outside a spacecraft.

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   What does it mean if a person was roped in?

   • He had rope in the stores, two-inch nylon that they could run the length of the big rooms. He stood at the corner of the deckhouse, a coiled rope in one hand, and said nothing. If you say that you were roped in to do a particular task, you mean that someone persuaded you to help them do that task. Visitors were roped in to help pick tomatoes.

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   What is laid rope?

   • Laid rope, as opposed to braid rope, is made traditionally by twisting three or more strands of twisted fibre together. You'll find polypropylene rope like this one rather stiff, and it doesn't hold a knot very well, so it's a real benefit to learn how to braid it and then it becomes quite versatile and can be used any number of different ways.

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