rope
/ɹoʊp/ verb C2- To tie (something) with rope. · The robber roped the victims.
- To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something). · The cowboy roped the calf.
- To climb by means of a rope or ropes.
- To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
- To pull or restrain (the horse one is riding) to prevent it from winning a race.
- To commit suicide, particularly by hanging. · My life is a mess; I might as well rope.
He/she/it ropes · Past roped · Past participle roped · -ing form roping
Verb forms
- Base form
- rope
- He/she/it
- ropes
- Past
- roped
- Past participle
- roped
- -ing form
- roping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“A nobility of the rope!” said Château-Renaud phlegmatically.
The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and set him free, exclaiming:
A FARMER, who bore a grudge against a Fox for robbing his poultry yard, caught him at last, and being determined to take an ample revenge, tied some rope well soaked in oil to his tail, and set it on fire.
The remaining Monkeys threw pieces of stout rope around the Lion and wound many coils about his body and head and legs, until he was unable to bite or scratch or struggle in any way.
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