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ROPE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Street names for flunitrazepan

Synonyms:

circle; forget me drug; Mexican valium; R-2; roach; roofy; rope; rophy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rope" is a kind of...):

flunitrazepan; Rohypnol (a depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault; legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A strong line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rope" is a kind of...):

line (something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible)

Meronyms (parts of "rope"):

bight (the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends))

Meronyms (substance of "rope"):

hemp (a plant fiber)

jute (a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks)

sisal; sisal hemp (a plant fiber used for making rope)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rope"):

trip line (a light rope used in lumbering to free a dog hook from a log at a distance)

tightrope (tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground)

tier (something that is used for tying)

small stuff (any light rope used on shipboard)

prolonge (a rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage)

lariat; lasso; reata; riata (a long noosed rope used to catch animals)

lashing (rope that is used for fastening something to something else)

jump rope; skip rope; skipping rope (a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it)

hawser (large heavy rope for nautical use)

harpoon line (a strong rope for making the catch fast to the harpooner's boat)

halter; hangman's halter; hangman's rope; hemp; hempen necktie (a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging)

halliard; halyard (a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag)

guide rope (a rope used to guide the movement of the load of a crane)

cordage (the ropes in the rigging of a ship)

cable (a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire)

bungee; bungee cord (an elasticized rope)

brail (a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in)

brace (a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it)

bola (a rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin)

Derivation:

rope (fasten with a rope)

rope (catch with a lasso)

ropey; ropy (of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fasten with a rope

Example:

rope the bag securely

Synonyms:

leash; rope

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "rope" is one way to...):

bind; tie (fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Also:

rope in (draw in as if with a rope; lure)

Derivation:

rope (a strong line)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Catch with a lasso

Example:

rope cows

Synonyms:

lasso; rope

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "rope" is one way to...):

capture; catch; get (succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

rope (a strong line)

roper (a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses)

roper (a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game))

roping (capturing cattle or horses with a lasso)

Credits

 Context examples: 

“How about this rope?” he asked.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I tied it to a rope, brought it home, dogs took it.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Two of the bars, slung in a rope's end, made a good load for a grown man—one that he was glad to walk slowly with.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

But Lip-lip was no longer leader—except when he fled away before his mates at the end of his rope, the sled bounding along behind.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

First of all, under our directions, he undid the rope from the tree-stump and threw one end of it across to us.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, one day I went up in a balloon and the ropes got twisted, so that I couldn't come down again.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I have seen him do the summerset several times together, upon a trencher fixed on a rope which is no thicker than a common packthread in England.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

You may not know how close you are to the end of your rope, but this new moon might give you a clue.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Two rope handles, nailed on by Martin, had technically transformed it into a trunk eligible for the baggage-car.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

On the ground it was a real team effort to lower the drill by hand to the seabed on nearly 1,000 meters of rope.

(West Antarctica's largest glacier may have started retreating as early as the 1940s, NSF)