noun Download 🔗Share Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. Examples : "Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers." material nautical utility technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An individual length of such material. Examples : "The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes." material nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cohesive strand of something. Examples : "The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée." material nautical item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A continuous stream. Examples : "The heavy rain came down in ropes, making it difficult to see the road. " way nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A hard line drive. Examples : "He hit a rope past third and into the corner." sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand. Examples : "The art student carefully rolled out thin ropes of clay to decorate the edge of her ceramic bowl. " material item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character. Examples : "Instead of directly manipulating a very long string, the text editor uses ropes to efficiently handle insertions and deletions by rearranging the underlying tree structure. " computing structure technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second. Examples : "The ancient texts described the vast distance between planets not in miles, but in "ropes," emphasizing the god's unimaginable speed and the sheer size of the cosmos: "The journey to the Andromeda Galaxy was estimated to be several thousand ropes." " mythology astronomy space unit Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length. Examples : "The jewelry store had many beautiful ropes of pearls. " appearance style item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage. Examples : "The construction crew used thick ropes to lift the heavy beams into place. " nautical material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A unit of length equal to 20 feet. Examples : "The surveyor measured the property line and found it to be exactly five ropes long, meaning it was 100 feet. " nautical unit Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol. Examples : "Context: A discussion about drug awareness and dangers. Sentence: "The presenter warned students about the dangers of date rape drugs, including "ropes," also known as Rohypnol." " medicine substance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation. sex body physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in the plural) The small intestines. Examples : "the ropes of birds" anatomy physiology organ body medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To tie (something) with rope. Examples : "The robber roped the victims." material nautical action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something). Examples : "The cowboy roped the calf." action sport nautical technical agriculture military industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread. Examples : "The taffy machine slowly ropes the warm candy into long, swirling strands. " material action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To commit suicide. Examples : "My life is a mess; I might as well rope." mind action suffering emotion person human negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading