noun🔗ShareThick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line."Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers."materialnauticalutilitytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn individual length of such material."The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes."materialnauticalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA cohesive strand of something."The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée."materialnauticalitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA continuous stream."The heavy rain came down in ropes, making it difficult to see the road. "waynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA hard line drive."He hit a rope past third and into the corner."sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand."The art student carefully rolled out thin ropes of clay to decorate the edge of her ceramic bowl. "materialitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character."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. "computingstructuretechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second."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." "mythologyastronomyspaceunitChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length."The jewelry store had many beautiful ropes of pearls. "appearancestyleitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage."The construction crew used thick ropes to lift the heavy beams into place. "nauticalmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA unit of length equal to 20 feet."The surveyor measured the property line and found it to be exactly five ropes long, meaning it was 100 feet. "nauticalunitChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFlunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol."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." "medicinesubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.sexbodyphysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(in the plural) The small intestines."the ropes of birds"anatomyphysiologyorganbodymedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo tie (something) with rope."The robber roped the victims."materialnauticalactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something)."The cowboy roped the calf."actionsportnauticaltechnicalagriculturemilitaryindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread."The taffy machine slowly ropes the warm candy into long, swirling strands. "materialactionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo commit suicide."My life is a mess; I might as well rope."mindactionsufferingemotionpersonhumannegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading