rope /rōp/

1. A stout twist of fibre, wire, etc, technically over 1 inch round
2. A string of pearls, onions, etc
3. A glutinous stringy formation
4. A local lineal measure, 20 feet
5. A climbing party roped together

1. To fasten, bind, enclose, mark off, or (US and Aust) catch with a rope
2. To hold back to avoid winning (horse-racing)

To form into a rope

ropˈable or ropeˈable adjective (Aust and NZ slang; of cattle or horses)

1. Wild, unmanageable
2. Very angry

roped /rōpt/ adjective

rōˈper noun

1. A rope-maker
2. A person who ropes a horse
3. A decoy (also rōˈper-inˈ)

rōpˈery noun

1. Ropework
2. Trickery, knavery (archaic)

rōpˈily adverb

rōpˈiness noun

rōpˈing noun and adjective

rōˈpy or rōˈpey (rōˈpier; rōˈpiest) adjective

1. Stringy
2. Glutinous
3. Wrinkled like loops of rope
4. Bad of its kind (slang)
5. Slightly unwell (slang)

rope dance noun

A tightrope performance

rope dancer noun

ropeˈ-drilling noun

Boring by a drill alternately raised by a rope and then dropped

rope house noun

1. A storehouse for ropes
2. A house where salt is crystallized from brine trickling along ropes

rope ladder noun

A ladder of ropes

rope machine noun

ropeˈ-maker noun

ropeˈ-making noun

ropeˈ-ripe adjective

Deserving to be hanged

rope's end noun (historical)

1. The end of a rope used for flogging
2. A hangman's noose

rope'sˈ-end transitive verb (historical)

To beat with a rope's end

ropeˈ-soled adjective

Having a sole of rope

rope stitch noun

Satin stitch worked in stitches laid diagonally side by side

rope trick noun

1. A disappearing trick with a rope
2. Poss a rhetorical figure, or, according to some, a trick deserving the gallows (Shakespeare)

ropeˈ-walk noun

A long narrow shed or alley for twisting strands into rope

ropeˈ-walker noun

A tight-rope performer

ropeˈ-walking noun

ropeˈway noun

A means of transmission by ropes

ropeˈwork noun

1. A rope-walk or rope factory (ropeˈworks singular noun)
2. A system of ropes

• ear-piercing
• earplug
• earplugs
• earring
• earrings
• ears
• ear-shell
• ear-shells
• earshot
• earshots
• ear-splitting
• earst
• earth
• earth-bag
• earth-bags
• earth-bath
• earth-baths
• earth-board
• earth-boards
• earthborn
• earthbound
• earth-bred
• earth-chestnut
• earth-closet
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