Rope is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ROPE in dictionary:

VERB:
• to bind with thick twisted fibre
• catch, fasten, or secure with rope
• enclose or separate an area with a rope or tape
• (of a party of climbers) connect each other together with a rope
• climb down or up using a rope
• persuade someone, despite reluctance, to take part in (an activity)
• To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.
• To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods.
• To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope.
• 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.
• To lasso (a steer, horse).
• To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters.
• To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing.
• catch with a lasso
• fasten with a rope
• bind or fasten with rope
NOUN:
• a length of thick strong cord made by twisting together strands of hemp, sisal, nylon, or similar material
• a lasso.
• used in reference to execution by hanging
• the ropes enclosing a boxing or wrestling ring.
• a quantity of roughly spherical objects such as onions or beads strung together
• the established procedures in an organization or area of activity
• thick cord
• 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.
• A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.
• The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
• a strong line
• street names for flunitrazepan
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to bind with a rope (a thick line of twisted fibers)

Words related to ROPE

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How to use ROPE in a sentence

• It appeared that Germany was nearing the end of her rope.
• A dreadful peal of thunder broke overhead as he raised the rope again, whilst the rats kept running up and down the rope as though working against time.
• Experience had taught him that it was futile to jump and tug at the end of his leash, and now he fell to chewing at the rope.
• If this be so, the Confederacy is a rope of sand, to be penetrated and dissolved by the first adverse wave of public opinion in any of the States.
• Bob had an idea they might tie him to a rope, throw him overboard and duck him.
• It was not surprising that a piece of rope, old and frayed, which someone had carelessly thrown on a hedge by a cemetery that I sometimes passed, had for me great significance.
• At last they fell asleep, and, just before daybreak, he managed to slip out of his rope and escape, entirely naked.
• Thus the cause of the mysterious noise was discovered, and the man was hauled up with a rope.
• If you will let down the rope ladder, I can climb up.
• When she finished, the older man nodded, the younger one ran back up the stairs, and returned with a rope ladder.
• The wooden handle of the hammer was secured to the rope, which, in its turn, was tightly fastened to the raft.
• He then put a stone round his neck and, tying a rope, the end of which he held in his hand, round his leg, he gave him a sudden push and threw him into the water.
• The legislators who decreed that henceforth the rope should be reserved for the ultimate crime of murder were inspired with a proper sense of humour and proportion.
• Then he gave all his attention to the rope that controlled the end of the swinging boom.
• So he had got a rope from the cabin of an old miner and was on his way back to the falls.
• They left the rope where it hung, and crept forward along the narrow ledge.
• This will keep the rope from slipping off when the rings and swing are raised and lowered.
• Quickly he fashioned a noose and got his rope ready for a throw.
• One of the men on the top of the rock is then lowered down in a sling tied to a strong rope, which is made fast by his companions above to a tree or boulder.

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