Definition of Rope

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Definition of Rope

Rope

A guide rope.

A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.

A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.

The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.

To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.

To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods.

To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope.

To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd.

To lasso (a steer, horse).

To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters.

To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing.

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Rope Quotations

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
Thomas Jefferson

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.
Friedrich Nietzsche

When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.
Joseph Stalin

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.
George Burns

Support by United States rulers is rather in the nature of the support that the rope gives to a hanged man.
Nikita Khrushchev

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
Charlotte Bronte

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.
Nikos Kazantzakis

Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self.
Guru Nanak

If I do hit that rope and do a hop, skip and a jump and get up as high as I can, I'm just going to hold my breath, because I know i'm going to hear all kinds of scar tissue popping.
Hulk Hogan

Rope Translations

rope in Danish is reb, snor
rope in Dutch is lijntje, koord, snoer, koorde, lijn
rope in French is funiculaire, corde
rope in German is Seil, Tau, Seil
rope in Latin is funis, funis -is
rope in Norwegian is tau, reip
rope in Portuguese is corda
rope in Spanish is cuerda, soga

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