rope
English
/ɹəʊp/, /ɹoʊp/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
- (countable) An individual length of such material.
- A cohesive strand of something.
- (dated) A continuous stream.
- (baseball) A hard line drive.
- (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.
- (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 1 meter in length.
- (nautical) Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
- (archaic) A unit of length equal to 20 feet.
- (slang) Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.
- (slang) A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.
- (in the plural) The small intestines.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rope inherited from Old English rāp (rope, cord, band, cable, strap) inherited from Proto-Germanic *raipaz (rope, cord, band, strap, string, ringlet) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁roypnós (rope, strap, band).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁roypnós
Gloss
rope, strap, band
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- band English
- breast English
- breastrope English
- catch English
- catch-rope English
- crack English
- crack-rope English
- dancer English
- dancing English
- fish English
- foot English
- footrope English
- goat English
- goat-rope English
- hand English
- handrope English
- head English
- headrope English
- hobble English
- hobblerope English
- loft English
- maker English
- making English
- man English
- manrope English
- mast English
- mastrope English
- mate English
- outroper English
- ridge English
- ridgerope English
- ripe English
- rope dancer English
- rope-ripe English
- rope-worthy English
- ropeable English
- ropeband English
- ropedancing English
- ropefish English
- ropeless English
- ropelike English
- ropeloft English
- ropemaker English
- ropemaking English
- ropeman English
- ropemate English
- roper English
- ropery English
- ropesman English
- ropewalk English
- ropewalker English
- ropewalking English
- ropeway English
- ropework English
- ropeworker English
- ropish English
- ropishness English
- stirrup English
- stirrupless English
- sty English
- tight English
- tightrope English
- top English
- toprope English
- tow English
- towrope English
- unrope English
- wain English
- wainrope English
- walk English
- walker English
- walking English
- way English
- worker English
- worthy English
- chocoladereep Dutch, Flemish
- reep Dutch, Flemish
- snoepreep Dutch, Flemish
- valreep Dutch, Flemish
- *h₁reyp- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁roypnós Proto-Indo-European
- *roypnós Proto-Indo-European
- *raipaz Proto-Germanic
- *raipijaną Proto-Germanic
- *raipą Proto-Germanic
- hopprep Swedish
- rep Swedish
- replokal Swedish
- repmånad Swedish
- rap Old English
- rāp Old English
- *mast-roop Middle English
- rope Middle English
- stirop Middle English
- rópa Irish
- rópadóir Irish
- reipi Icelandic
- rhaff Welsh
- rep Middle Dutch
- ròpa Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Reef Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- rrip Albanian
- rripkë Albanian
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍀𐍃 Gothic
- *raip gmw-pro
- reip Old Dutch
- *raippa Proto-Finnic
- rāp Old Frisian
- rop Tok Pisin
- Roop Saterland Frisian
- *wrīpa Proto-Albanian
- lope Chinook Jargon
- way
- top
- tow
- sty
- man
- ripe
- band
- wain
- walk
- foot
- loft
- goat
- head
- mate
- fish
- mast
- hand
- maker
- ridge
- catch
- tight
- roper
- crack
- ropery
- making
- breast
- dancer
- walker
- unrope
- worthy
- worker
- ropish
- hobble
- walking
- manrope
- ropeman
- toprope
- towrope
- ropeway
- stirrup
- dancing
- ropeband
- ropeable
- footrope
- wainrope
- ropeloft
- headrope
- ropemate
- handrope
- ropesman
- ropewalk
- ropeless
- outroper
- ropework
- mastrope
- ropelike
- ropefish
- ridgerope
- tightrope
- ropemaker
- rope-ripe
- goat-rope
- ropishness
- ropewalker
- crack-rope
- hobblerope
- breastrope
- catch-rope
- ropeworker
- ropemaking
- ropedancing
- rope-worthy
- rope dancer
- stirrupless
- ropewalking