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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
rope
    n 1: a strong line
    2: street names for flunitrazepan [syn: R-2, Mexican valium,
       rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug,
       circle]
    v 1: catch with a lasso; "rope cows" [syn: lasso, rope]
    2: fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely" [syn: rope,
       leash]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rope \Rope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roped; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Roping.]
   To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament
   or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.
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         Let us not hang like ropingicicles
         Upon our houses' thatch.                 --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rope \Rope\, n. [AS. r[=a]p; akin to D. reep, G. reif ring hoop,
   Icel. reip rope, Sw. rep, Dan. reb, reeb Goth. skaudaraip
   latchet.]
   1. A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in
      circumference, made of strands twisted or braided
      together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in
      its size. See Cordage.
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   2. A row or string consisting of a number of things united,
      as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.
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   3. pl. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
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   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.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rope \Rope\, v. t.
   1. To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a
      bale of goods. Hence: 
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   2. To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain
      climbers, with a rope.
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   3. 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.
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   4. To lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.]
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   5. To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy;
      as, to rope in customers or voters. [Slang, U.S.]
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   6. To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or
      curbing. [Racing Slang, Eng.]
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5. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
ROPE, n.  An obsolescent appliance for reminding assassins that they
too are mortal.  It is put about the neck and remains in place one's
whole life long.  It has been largely superseded by a more complex
electrical device worn upon another part of the person; and this is
rapidly giving place to an apparatus known as the preachment.


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