rope
Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are…Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
» Don't let go of the rope.
Lass das Seil nicht los.
Не отпускай верёвку.
Не отпускайте верёвку.
Не відпускай мотузку.
Не відпускайте мотузку.
Meaning
18 senses(uncountable)Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.
Seil, Tau, Schnur
верёвкаverjóvka, тросtros, кана́тkanát
вірьо́вкаvirʹóvka, моту́зкаmotúzka, шво́ркаšvórka
(countable)An individual length of such material.
The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes.
All at once, let’s heave on the rope!
(countable, uncountable)A cohesive strand of something.
The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée.
(countable, dated, uncountable)A continuous stream.
(countable, uncountable)A hard line drive.
He hit a rope past third and into the corner.
a strong line
(countable, uncountable)A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
(countable, uncountable)A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
(uncountable)A kind of chaff (material dropped to interfere with radar) consisting of foil strips with paper chutes attached.
(Jainism, countable, uncountable)A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.
(countable, uncountable)A necklace of at least one meter in length.
(countable, uncountable)Cordage of at least one inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
Seil, Tau
верёвкаverjóvka
(countable, slang, uncountable)Rohypnol.
Examples
445 sentencesDon't let go of the rope.
Не відпускай мотузку. — deniko
ruНе отпускай верёвку. — afyodor
deLass das Seil nicht los. — Wolf
I let go of the rope.
Я відпустив мотузку. — Anjy
ruЯ отпустил верёвку. — afyodor
deIch ließ das Seil los. — Lars224
He let go of the rope.
Він відпустив мотузку. — deniko
ruОн отпустил верёвку. — marafon
deEr ließ das Seil los. — Wolf
Tom is looking for the rope.
Том шукає мотузку. — deniko
He cut the rope with his teeth.
Він перегриз мотузку. — deniko
ruОн перегрыз верёвку. — Biga
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English rop, rope, from Old English rāp (“rope, cord, cable”), from Proto-WestFrom Middle English rop, rope, from Old English rāp (“rope, cord, cable”), from Proto-West Germanic *raip, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz, *raipą (“rope, cord, band, ringlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁roypnós (“strap, band, rope”), from *h₁reyp- (“to peel off, tear; border, edge, strip”).
From Middle English rop (“gut, intestine”), from Old English rop, ropp; compare Middle Dutch rop, roppe (“fish guts”).
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Forms
plural: ropesSynonyms
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Word family
123 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- cut the rope
- of the rope
- piece of rope
- the rope with
- jumping rope
- rope ladder
- a rope ladder
- grabbed the rope
- onto the rope
- held the rope
- pulled the rope
- rope with both