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Rope
Rope Rope, v. t.
1. 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.
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.
4. To lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.]
5. To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy;
as, to rope in customers or voters. [Slang, U.S.]
6. To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or
curbing. [Racing Slang, Eng.]
rope
Drag line Drag line or rope
ope . (A["e]ronautics)
A guide rope.
ropeSnub Snub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snubbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snubbing.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba,
Icel. snubb[=o]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.]
1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the
growth of; to nop.
2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or
remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster.
3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or
pretentious person; to slight designedly.
To snub a cable or rope (Naut.), to check it suddenly in
running out. --Totten.
Meaning of rope from wikipedia
- A
rope is a
group of yarns, plies, fibres, or
strands that are
twisted or
braided together into a
larger and
stronger form.
Ropes have
tensile strength...
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Abseiling (/ˈæbseɪl/ AB-sayl or /ˈɑːpzaɪl/ AHP-zyle; from
German abseilen 'to
rope down'), also
known as
rappelling (/ˈræpɛl/ RAP-pell or /rəˈpɛl/ rə-PELL;...
- A
skipping rope or jump
rope is a tool used in the
sport of skipping/jump
rope where one or more parti****nts jump over a
rope swung so that it p****es...
-
Rope jumping, also
known as
rope free-flying,
falling is the
extreme sport of
jumping off a
cliff while anc****d to a
highline system with a
rope. This...
- Tug of war (also
known as tug o' war, tug war,
rope war,
rope pulling, or
tugging war) is a
sport that pits two
teams against each
other in a test of strength:...
-
rope stretcher (or harpedonaptai) was a
surveyor who
measured real
property demarcations and
foundations using knotted cords,
stretched so the
rope did...
- The
Rope (French: La Corde) is a
French thriller miniseries created by
Dominique Rocher, and Éric Forestier. The
story follows a
group of
scientists at...
- by Chillingo, Cut the
Rope:
Holiday Gift (2010), Cut the
Rope:
Experiments (2011), Cut the
Rope: Time
Travel (2013), Cut the
Rope 2 (2013 iOS; 2014 Android)...
-
Roper is a
craftsman who
makes ropes; a ropemaker. It may also
refer to:
Roper,
North Carolina, USA
Roper River,
Northern Territory,
Australia Roper (surname)...
- Wire
rope is
composed of as few as two solid,
metal wires twisted into a
helix that
forms a
composite rope, in a
pattern known as laid
rope.
Larger diameter...