Rope : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Rope	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Rope
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rope n a strong line street names for flunitrazepan Synonym(s): R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle v catch with a lasso; "rope cows" Synonym(s): lasso, rope fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely" Synonym(s): rope, leash
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rope \Rope\, n. [AS. r[be]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}. 2. A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions. 3. pl. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Let us not hang like ropingicicles Upon our houses' thatch. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drag line \Drag line\ [or] rope \rope\ . (A[89]ronautics) A guide rope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snub \Snub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snubbing}.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba, Icel. snubb[omac]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.