tape
/teɪ̯p/ verb B1- To bind with adhesive tape. · Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it.
- To record, originally onto magnetic tape. · You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.
- To understand, figure out. · I've finally got this thing taped.
He/she/it tapes · Past taped · Past participle taped · -ing form taping
Verb forms
- Base form
- tape
- He/she/it
- tapes
- Past
- taped
- Past participle
- taped
- -ing form
- taping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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As he spoke, he whipped a tape measure and a large round magnifying glass from his pocket.
For twenty minutes or more he continued his researches, measuring with the most exact care the distance between marks which were entirely invisible to me, and occasionally applying his tape to the walls in an equally incomprehensible manner.
This done, he appeared to be satisfied, for he replaced his tape and his glass in his pocket.
I could see that it was already a third full of bundles of paper tied up with red tape into separate packages.
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