rope

Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.

(uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.

The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes.

(countable) An individual length of such material.

The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée.

Jimmy began to scream and ropes of spit shot from his mouth.

2003, Dennis Lehane, Mystic River, →ISBN, page 138:

(slang, vulgar) A shot of semen released during ejaculation.

The principle of any such device should be to pull on the vessel by a rope of water passing in at the bow and out at the stern.

1852, John Bourne, A Treatise on the Screw Propeller: With Various Suggestions of Improvement, page 38:

He hit a rope past third and into the corner.

(ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.

(computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.

(military, uncountable) A kind of chaff (material dropped to interfere with radar) consisting of foil strips with paper chutes attached.

The central strip of the loka, the Middle World, represents its smallest area, being only one rope wide and one hundred thousand leagues high, […]

2001, “Review of Metaphysical Teaching”, in Nagendra Kr. Singh, editor, Encyclopaedia of Jainism, →ISBN, page 7522:

(Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.

(jewelry) A necklace of at least one meter in length.

(nautical) Cordage of at least one inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.

(archaic) A unit of length equal to twenty feet.

shooting ropes

(slang, usually in the plural) Semen being ejaculated.

The murderer was sentenced to the rope.

en-noun

rope (countable and uncountable, plural ropes)

ropes (plural)
roap (alternative)
roape (alternative)

give him enough rope and he'll hang himself

you'd complain if you were hung with a new rope

→ Irish: rópa

Tok Pisin: rop

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”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots rape, raip (“rope”), Saterland Frisian Roop (“rope”), West Frisian reap (“rope, cord”), Dutch roop, reep (“rope, cord, ring, strip, bar”), German Low German Reep (“rope”), Swedish rep (“rope”), Danish reb (“rope”), Icelandic reipi (“rope”), Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”).


rope

The robber roped the victims.

(transitive) To tie (something) with rope.

The cowboy roped the calf.

(transitive) To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).

We roped down to the platform selected for the bivouac; set up our bags and brewed a reasonable meal.

1984, G. F. Dutton, The Ridiculous Mountains, page 153:

(intransitive) To climb by means of a rope or ropes.

Let us not hang like roping icicles / Upon our houses' thatch.

1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:

(intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.

In figure 71, the poster Brahcel notes that he “almost roped” because he could not find the community […]

2019, anonymous, quoted in Julia Rose DeCook, "Curating the Future: The Sustainability Practices of Online Hate Groups", dissertation submitted to Michigan State University, page 153

ToxicAlcoholSyndrome explains that his, “dreams are all really depressing and vivid, so… I’m constantly in a bad mood and know in the back of my brain, I need to rope.”

2020, Joshua A. Segalewitz, "'You Don't Understand... It's Not About Virginity': Sexual Markets, Identity Construction, and Violent Masculinity on an Incel Forum Board", thesis submitted to the University of Dayton, page 36

Another man wrote that the only reason he hasn't “roped” (incel terminology for death by suicide) is he didn't want to ruin his family's Christmas.

2021, Laura Bates, From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All, unnumbered page:

My life is a mess; I might as well rope.

(Internet slang, intransitive) To commit suicide, particularly by hanging.

en-verb

rope (third-person singular simple present ropes, present participle roping, simple past and past participle roped)

ropes (present singular third-person)
roping (participle present)
roped (participle past)
roped (past)

punoutua

to be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread

From Middle English ropen, rope (“to form ropes”), from rop (“rope”); see above.


rope

the ropes of birds

ropes (plural)
rop (alternative)
rap (alternative)

From Middle English rop (“gut, intestine”), from Old English rop, ropp; compare Middle Dutch rop, roppe (“fish guts”).
The modern pronunciation results from phonological assimilation to Etymology 1.


rope

(gaming) Clipping of roolipeli (“RPG, role-playing game”).

rope (nominative singular)
ropet (nominative plural)
rope (accusative nominative singular)
ropet (accusative nominative plural)
ropen (accusative genitive singular)
ropet (accusative genitive plural)
ropen (genitive singular)
ropejen (genitive plural)
ropea (partitive singular)
ropeja (partitive plural)
ropessa (inessive singular)
ropeissa (inessive plural)
ropesta (elative singular)
ropeista (elative plural)
ropeen (illative singular)
ropeihin (illative plural)
ropella (adessive singular)
ropeilla (adessive plural)
ropelta (ablative singular)
ropeilta (ablative plural)
ropelle (allative singular)
ropeille (allative plural)
ropena (essive singular)
ropeina (essive plural)
ropeksi (singular translative)
ropeiksi (plural translative)
ropetta (abessive singular)
ropeitta (abessive plural)
ropein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
ropeni (nominative singular)
ropeni (nominative plural)
ropeni (accusative nominative singular)
ropeni (accusative nominative plural)
ropeni (accusative genitive singular)
ropeni (accusative genitive plural)
ropeni (genitive singular)
ropejeni (genitive plural)
ropeani (partitive singular)
ropejani (partitive plural)
ropessani (inessive singular)
ropeissani (inessive plural)
ropestani (elative singular)
ropeistani (elative plural)
ropeeni (illative singular)
ropeihini (illative plural)
ropellani (adessive singular)
ropeillani (adessive plural)
ropeltani (ablative singular)
ropeiltani (ablative plural)
ropelleni (allative singular)
ropeilleni (allative plural)
ropenani (essive singular)
ropeinani (essive plural)
ropekseni (singular translative)
ropeikseni (plural translative)
ropettani (abessive singular)
ropeittani (abessive plural)
ropeineni (comitative plural)
ropesi (nominative singular)
ropesi (nominative plural)
ropesi (accusative nominative singular)
ropesi (accusative nominative plural)
ropesi (accusative genitive singular)
ropesi (accusative genitive plural)
ropesi (genitive singular)
ropejesi (genitive plural)
ropeasi (partitive singular)
ropejasi (partitive plural)
ropessasi (inessive singular)
ropeissasi (inessive plural)
ropestasi (elative singular)
ropeistasi (elative plural)
ropeesi (illative singular)
ropeihisi (illative plural)
ropellasi (adessive singular)
ropeillasi (adessive plural)
ropeltasi (ablative singular)
ropeiltasi (ablative plural)
ropellesi (allative singular)
ropeillesi (allative plural)
ropenasi (essive singular)
ropeinasi (essive plural)
ropeksesi (singular translative)
ropeiksesi (plural translative)
ropettasi (abessive singular)
ropeittasi (abessive plural)
ropeinesi (comitative plural)
ropemme (nominative singular)
ropemme (nominative plural)
ropemme (accusative nominative singular)
ropemme (accusative nominative plural)
ropemme (accusative genitive singular)
ropemme (accusative genitive plural)
ropemme (genitive singular)
ropejemme (genitive plural)
ropeamme (partitive singular)
ropejamme (partitive plural)
ropessamme (inessive singular)
ropeissamme (inessive plural)
ropestamme (elative singular)
ropeistamme (elative plural)
ropeemme (illative singular)
ropeihimme (illative plural)
ropellamme (adessive singular)
ropeillamme (adessive plural)
ropeltamme (ablative singular)
ropeiltamme (ablative plural)
ropellemme (allative singular)
ropeillemme (allative plural)
ropenamme (essive singular)
ropeinamme (essive plural)
ropeksemme (singular translative)
ropeiksemme (plural translative)
ropettamme (abessive singular)
ropeittamme (abessive plural)
ropeinemme (comitative plural)
ropenne (nominative singular)
ropenne (nominative plural)
ropenne (accusative nominative singular)
ropenne (accusative nominative plural)
ropenne (accusative genitive singular)
ropenne (accusative genitive plural)
ropenne (genitive singular)
ropejenne (genitive plural)
ropeanne (partitive singular)
ropejanne (partitive plural)
ropessanne (inessive singular)
ropeissanne (inessive plural)
ropestanne (elative singular)
ropeistanne (elative plural)
ropeenne (illative singular)
ropeihinne (illative plural)
ropellanne (adessive singular)
ropeillanne (adessive plural)
ropeltanne (ablative singular)
ropeiltanne (ablative plural)
ropellenne (allative singular)
ropeillenne (allative plural)
ropenanne (essive singular)
ropeinanne (essive plural)
ropeksenne (singular translative)
ropeiksenne (plural translative)
ropettanne (abessive singular)
ropeittanne (abessive plural)
ropeinenne (comitative plural)
ropensa (nominative singular)
ropensa (nominative plural)
ropensa (accusative nominative singular)
ropensa (accusative nominative plural)
ropensa (accusative genitive singular)
ropensa (accusative genitive plural)
ropensa (genitive singular)
ropejensa (genitive plural)
ropeaan (partitive singular)
ropeansa (partitive singular)
ropejaan (partitive plural)
ropejansa (partitive plural)
ropessaan (inessive singular)
ropessansa (inessive singular)
ropeissaan (inessive plural)
ropeissansa (inessive plural)
ropestaan (elative singular)
ropestansa (elative singular)
ropeistaan (elative plural)
ropeistansa (elative plural)
ropeensa (illative singular)
ropeihinsa (illative plural)
ropellaan (adessive singular)
ropellansa (adessive singular)
ropeillaan (adessive plural)
ropeillansa (adessive plural)
ropeltaan (ablative singular)
ropeltansa (ablative singular)
ropeiltaan (ablative plural)
ropeiltansa (ablative plural)
ropelleen (allative singular)
ropellensa (allative singular)
ropeilleen (allative plural)
ropeillensa (allative plural)
ropenaan (essive singular)
ropenansa (essive singular)
ropeinaan (essive plural)
ropeinansa (essive plural)
ropekseen (singular translative)
ropeksensa (singular translative)
ropeikseen (plural translative)
ropeiksensa (plural translative)
ropettaan (abessive singular)
ropettansa (abessive singular)
ropeittaan (abessive plural)
ropeittansa (abessive plural)
ropeineen (comitative plural)
ropeinensa (comitative plural)


rope

instrumental/vocative singular of rópė (“turnip”)


rope

Alternative form of ropen (“to form ropes”)


rope

Alternative form of ropen (“to cry out”)


rope

head

rope (imperative rop, present tense roper, simple past ropte, past participle ropt)

rop (imperative)
roper (present)
ropte (past)
ropt (participle past)

From Old Norse hrópa, from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną.


rope

rope (imperative rop, present tense ropar or roper, simple past ropa or ropte, past participle ropa or ropt, present participle ropande)

rop (imperative)
ropar (present)
roper (present)
ropa (past)
ropte (past)
ropa (participle past)
ropt (participle past)
ropande (participle present)