Rope
noun
A long, thick string made from twisted threads.
He tied a knot in the rope.
Often appears as...
- jump rope
- tug of war
verb
To bind, fasten, or tie something with a rope.
They roped the boxes together.
Often appears as...
- rope off
- rope in
noun
A notable quantity or amount of something.
He has a rope of pearls.
Often appears as...
- rope of pearls
- rope of diamonds
verb
To trick or force someone into a particular situation.
They roped him into helping with the move.
Often appears as...
- rope into helping
- rope into doing
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A long, thick string made from twisted threads.
He tied a knot in the rope.
Often appears as...
- jump rope
- tug of war
verb
To bind, fasten, or tie something with a rope.
They roped the boxes together.
Often appears as...
- rope off
- rope in
noun
A notable quantity or amount of something.
He has a rope of pearls.
Often appears as...
- rope of pearls
- rope of diamonds
verb
To trick or force someone into a particular situation.
They roped him into helping with the move.
Often appears as...
- rope into helping
- rope into doing
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Uses
Rope is commonly used for practical tasks involving strength, like pulling or lifting.
The sailors used a rope to hoist the sail.
Pro Tip 2/3Climbing Aid
'Rope' can signify safety equipment in activities like climbing and rappelling.
Climbers secure their ropes before ascending the cliff.
Pro Tip 3/3Sporting Equipment
Rope is used in sports, for example in 'jump rope' or 'tug of war'.
Kids love playing jump rope during recess.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Uses
Rope is commonly used for practical tasks involving strength, like pulling or lifting.
The sailors used a rope to hoist the sail.
Pro Tip 2/3Climbing Aid
'Rope' can signify safety equipment in activities like climbing and rappelling.
Climbers secure their ropes before ascending the cliff.
Pro Tip 3/3Sporting Equipment
Rope is used in sports, for example in 'jump rope' or 'tug of war'.
Kids love playing jump rope during recess.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Uses
Rope is commonly used for practical tasks involving strength, like pulling or lifting.
The sailors used a rope to hoist the sail.
Pro Tip 2/3Climbing Aid
'Rope' can signify safety equipment in activities like climbing and rappelling.
Climbers secure their ropes before ascending the cliff.
Pro Tip 3/3Sporting Equipment
Rope is used in sports, for example in 'jump rope' or 'tug of war'.
Kids love playing jump rope during recess.
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How to raise a Black son...
might be the reason you don't wake up in the morning. But this cannot be what defines us. Because we have parents who raised us to understand that our bodies weren't meant for the backside of a bullet, but for flying kites and jumping rope, and laughing until our stomachs burst. We had teachers who taught us how to raise our hands in class, and not just to signal surrender, and that the only thing we should give up
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How I climbed a...
I had to trust my life to the friction between my climbing shoes and the smooth granite. I carefully balanced my way upward, shifting my weight back and forth between the small smears. But then I reached a foothold that I didn't quite trust. Two days ago, I'd have just stepped right up on it, but that would have been with a rope on. Now it felt too small and too slippery.
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My glacier cave...
so we could tie off ropes and repel down into the hole. This is me looking into the entrance crevasse. At the end of this hole, we found a huge tunnel going right up the mountain underneath thousands of tons of glacier ice. We followed this cave back for about a half mile until it came to an end. And then with the help of our survey tools,
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Spotting the World's...
and immediately comes back and starts photosynthesizing, bringing them back to life an incredible drought resistant plant. That's amazing how quickly they they do that. Amazing. That's really coming back in a matter of seconds, and it's perfectly adapted to these kind of stark habitats. Do you know what this is? It looks like a rope.
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Moral behavior in...
And if you pull on this side of the rope, the rope disappears on the other side. So two elephants need to pick it up at exactly the same time, and pull. Otherwise nothing is going to happen and the rope disappears. The first tape you're going to see is two elephants who are released together arrive at the apparatus.
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What's hidden among the...
pulled himself up and scurried upwards. He was free climbing without ropes or a harness, one misstep meant death. But up he went, and when he reached the peak, he swayed and leapt across the gap of space onto a branch of the target tree and into a world never seen before. His buddy Marwood followed him up,
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Unsung Heroes of Everest...
that was left on the summit. The family had paid this company to try to go back and retrieve it. One of their main jobs, besides carrying these heavy loads above base camp is also essentially the herding of the human cattle. You know, we've got these big lines of people going up these ropes and
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Expanding our definition...
about to spring a surprise on second which makes me deeply happy we thought that we should pay tribute to the man with twenty five million views are all star of all stars if you will and so to do that we roped in someone who knows a
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How I responded to...
We roped in tons of women from different gaming communities to talk about issues of sexism within gaming. But the entire panel's point was to raise awareness in a way that did not shame male gamers. As a woman, I was sexist,
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Alex Honnold Rappels...
really easily, especially if we start bouncing on this thing as we're descending. So I reckon if we put over the top of that. That is a very improvised rope protector. I think it's good. It's going to run through that.
Video examples
How to raise a Black son...
might be the reason you don't wake up in the morning. But this cannot be what defines us. Because we have parents who raised us to understand that our bodies weren't meant for the backside of a bullet, but for flying kites and jumping rope, and laughing until our stomachs burst. We had teachers who taught us how to raise our hands in class, and not just to signal surrender, and that the only thing we should give up
Video examples
How I climbed a...
I had to trust my life to the friction between my climbing shoes and the smooth granite. I carefully balanced my way upward, shifting my weight back and forth between the small smears. But then I reached a foothold that I didn't quite trust. Two days ago, I'd have just stepped right up on it, but that would have been with a rope on. Now it felt too small and too slippery.
Video examples
My glacier cave...
so we could tie off ropes and repel down into the hole. This is me looking into the entrance crevasse. At the end of this hole, we found a huge tunnel going right up the mountain underneath thousands of tons of glacier ice. We followed this cave back for about a half mile until it came to an end. And then with the help of our survey tools,
Video examples
Spotting the World's...
and immediately comes back and starts photosynthesizing, bringing them back to life an incredible drought resistant plant. That's amazing how quickly they they do that. Amazing. That's really coming back in a matter of seconds, and it's perfectly adapted to these kind of stark habitats. Do you know what this is? It looks like a rope.
Video examples
Moral behavior in...
And if you pull on this side of the rope, the rope disappears on the other side. So two elephants need to pick it up at exactly the same time, and pull. Otherwise nothing is going to happen and the rope disappears. The first tape you're going to see is two elephants who are released together arrive at the apparatus.
Video examples
What's hidden among the...
pulled himself up and scurried upwards. He was free climbing without ropes or a harness, one misstep meant death. But up he went, and when he reached the peak, he swayed and leapt across the gap of space onto a branch of the target tree and into a world never seen before. His buddy Marwood followed him up,
Video examples
Unsung Heroes of Everest...
that was left on the summit. The family had paid this company to try to go back and retrieve it. One of their main jobs, besides carrying these heavy loads above base camp is also essentially the herding of the human cattle. You know, we've got these big lines of people going up these ropes and
Video examples
Expanding our definition...
about to spring a surprise on second which makes me deeply happy we thought that we should pay tribute to the man with twenty five million views are all star of all stars if you will and so to do that we roped in someone who knows a
Video examples
How I responded to...
We roped in tons of women from different gaming communities to talk about issues of sexism within gaming. But the entire panel's point was to raise awareness in a way that did not shame male gamers. As a woman, I was sexist,
Video examples
Alex Honnold Rappels...
really easily, especially if we start bouncing on this thing as we're descending. So I reckon if we put over the top of that. That is a very improvised rope protector. I think it's good. It's going to run through that.
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Phoebe Snow
American Musician
With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such a hit, I was terribly spoiled and I thought I couldn't do anything wrong. I was also desperate to make tons of money because of my responsibility to my daughter. And there was no longer any joy in making music.
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Adam Conover
American Comedian
It's only when you get towards the top that people start throwing you down a rope. It's like a law of nature, and it makes me think a lot about what my responsibility is to folks who are further down the hole where I was - how I can offer them help and how I can try to help change the structure of American society.
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Bobby Bowden
American Coach
A guy's who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won't have any character. But when you've had it tough and you've had it rough and you thought you were at the end of the rope and you work your way out of it, that's the way you build character.
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George Foreman
American Boxer
They call it the rope-a-dope. Well, I'm the dope. Ali just laid on the rope and I, like a dope, kept punching until I got tired. But he was probably the most smart fighter I've ever gotten into the ring with.
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Miguel McKelvey
American Businessman
People can connect in different ways. If you do a rope course with someone you otherwise wouldn't meet and you share this incredible challenge, then you have perhaps formed a bond that could last forever.
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Shawn Michaels
American Wrestler
The part inside the ropes, the part where people decide if it's a good match or a bad match, that's the part that I take very, very, very, very, very seriously and that I respect the most.
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Tim McGraw
American Musician
I mean, I grew up riding. I can't ever remember not being able to ride or rope and all that stuff. It was part of my life growing up, so it was fun for me.
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Willard Wigan
English Sculptor
At home, when the heating pipes made noises, I imagined a tiny person was in there skipping with a rope. The fantasy world of tiny things became my escape.
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Norman Cousins
American Author
A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.
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Edward Albee
American Dramatist
He that has been bitten by a snake is afraid of a rope.
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Phoebe Snow
American Musician
With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such a hit, I was terribly spoiled and I thought I couldn't do anything wrong. I was also desperate to make tons of money because of my responsibility to my daughter. And there was no longer any joy in making music.
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Adam Conover
American Comedian
It's only when you get towards the top that people start throwing you down a rope. It's like a law of nature, and it makes me think a lot about what my responsibility is to folks who are further down the hole where I was - how I can offer them help and how I can try to help change the structure of American society.
Quote examples
Bobby Bowden
American Coach
A guy's who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won't have any character. But when you've had it tough and you've had it rough and you thought you were at the end of the rope and you work your way out of it, that's the way you build character.
Quote examples
George Foreman
American Boxer
They call it the rope-a-dope. Well, I'm the dope. Ali just laid on the rope and I, like a dope, kept punching until I got tired. But he was probably the most smart fighter I've ever gotten into the ring with.
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Miguel McKelvey
American Businessman
People can connect in different ways. If you do a rope course with someone you otherwise wouldn't meet and you share this incredible challenge, then you have perhaps formed a bond that could last forever.
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Shawn Michaels
American Wrestler
The part inside the ropes, the part where people decide if it's a good match or a bad match, that's the part that I take very, very, very, very, very seriously and that I respect the most.
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Tim McGraw
American Musician
I mean, I grew up riding. I can't ever remember not being able to ride or rope and all that stuff. It was part of my life growing up, so it was fun for me.
Quote examples
Willard Wigan
English Sculptor
At home, when the heating pipes made noises, I imagined a tiny person was in there skipping with a rope. The fantasy world of tiny things became my escape.
Quote examples
Norman Cousins
American Author
A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.
Quote examples
Edward Albee
American Dramatist
He that has been bitten by a snake is afraid of a rope.
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