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   Rope

   /rōp/

   

   noun

   • 1. a length of strong cord made by twisting together strands of natural fibers such as hemp or artificial fibers such as polypropylene: "there was no way down, even with a rope"
   • ▪ a lasso. North American
   • ▪ used in reference to execution by hanging: "executions by the rope continued well into the twentieth century"
   • ▪ the ropes enclosing a boxing or wrestling ring.
   • 2. a quantity of roughly spherical objects such as onions or pearls strung together: "a rope of pearls"
   • 3. the established procedures in an organization or area of activity: informal "I want you to show her the ropes"

   verb

   • 1. catch, fasten, or secure with rope: "the calves must be roped and led out of the stockade"
   • ▪ enclose or separate an area with a rope or tape: "police roped off the area"
   • ▪ (of a party of climbers) connect each other together with a rope: "we stopped at the foot of the ridge and roped up"
   • ▪ climb down or up using a rope: "the party had been roping down a hanging glacier"

   Word Origin Old Englishrāp, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch reep and German Reif.

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   What is a rope used for?

   • A rope, cord, etc. fastened to something to prevent drifting, escape, etc.; specif., a rope or chain fastened to an animal so as to keep it within certain bounds. A similar ropelike restraint used as a safety measure, as for a young child or an astronaut outside a spacecraft.

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   What does it mean if a person was roped in?

   • He had rope in the stores, two-inch nylon that they could run the length of the big rooms. He stood at the corner of the deckhouse, a coiled rope in one hand, and said nothing. If you say that you were roped in to do a particular task, you mean that someone persuaded you to help them do that task. Visitors were roped in to help pick tomatoes.

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   What is laid rope?

   • Laid rope, as opposed to braid rope, is made traditionally by twisting three or more strands of twisted fibre together. You'll find polypropylene rope like this one rather stiff, and it doesn't hold a knot very well, so it's a real benefit to learn how to braid it and then it becomes quite versatile and can be used any number of different ways.

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   3 days ago · This tension calculator will help you determine the tension forces acting in a rope, string, or any tension members that undergo pulling or stretching forces. You can calculate for tension forces in ropes pulling objects on a frictionless surface as well as tension forces in ropes that are suspending an object.

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   4 days ago · Manila rope I feel that Manila is the natural fibre rope for general outdoor use. It is made from the leaves of the plant Musa Textilis. As a rule of thumb Manila may last up to 10 years though it can be 5 years, it weathers from the initial mid-brown you can see in the picture to a brown/grey. Sisal rope

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   5 days ago · Yet it was the introduction of "pantalettes" or "pantaloons" (the loose pants worn under dresses seen in this illustration) that enabled girls to make the game of jumping rope their own. Elsewhere in the U.S. and around the world the game has had different methods and meanings (e.g., Chinese jump rope).

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   2 days ago · Definitions of hank. noun. a coil of rope or wool or yarn. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Hank." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/hank. Accessed 28 May. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles. loading examples... Word Family. hank. the "hank" family.

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   2 days ago · Instead of attempting to implement a “best guess” of future harms or continuing the tug-of-rope disagreements with patients over risks of treatment, a patient-centered approach to harmonizing views of benefit will set up patients and clinicians to move towards what we all want: improved lives for our patients who are suffering.

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   2 days ago · The Four of Us Are Dying. A personal favorite episode (Fun fact: The first demo for My Chemical Romance’s Welcome to the Black Parade was named The Five of Us Are Dying in honor of this episode) and one of the better early instances of how Serling and company would use the supernatural to intersect lives of people that normally may not cross.

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   5 days ago · Definitions of rope-a-dope. noun. a boxing tactic: pretending to be trapped against the ropes while your opponent wears himself out throwing punches. see more.