ropenoun
uk/rəʊp/us/roʊp/B2 [ C or U ] (a piece of) strong, thick string made of long twisted threads:
A sailor threw a rope ashore and we tied the boat to a post.
a coil of rope
[ C ] several of one type of object connected together on a string:
a rope of garlic
a rope of pearls
the ropes [ plural ]
thick rope which surrounds an area used for boxing (= sport in which two people hit each other) or wrestling:
The middleweight boxing champion had his opponent up against the ropes.
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- A coil of rope lay on the beach.
- We anchored ourselves to the rocks with a rope.
- He caught the rope and knotted it around a post.
- There's too much slack in these ropes.
- The builders worked on wooden platforms, suspended by ropes from the roof of the building.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cords, ropes, cables & string
- bell pull
- bungee
- cable
- catgut
- chain
- cord
- flex
- gut
- halter
- harness
- iron
- lasso
- leash
- rein
- string
- stringy
- tether
- tow rope
- twine
- wireless
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Things collected in lines or rings
Fighting sports
Idiom(s)
learn/know the ropes
on the ropes
show/teach sb the ropes
ropeverb [ T usually + adv/prep ]
uk/rəʊp/us/roʊp/to tie things together with rope:
I'll rope my horse to your car and pull you out of the ditch.
The climbers roped themselves together.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fastening and tying
- attach
- be locked together idiom
- board sth up
- bolt
- bound
- bow 1
- buckle
- buckle up
- hobble
- ligature
- mount
- nail
- put sth up
- reef knot
- rivet
- screw
- tie
- truss
- tying
- yoke
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Phrasal verb(s)
rope sb in
rope sth/somewhere off