Definitions for the word "rope" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To lasso (a steer, horse).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
1 a stout cord made by twisting together strands of hemp, wire, etc. B piece of this. 2 (foll. By of) quantity of onions, pearls, etc. Strung together. 3 (prec. By the) a halter for hanging a person. B execution by hanging. v. (-ping) 1 fasten, secure, or catch with rope. 2 (usu. Foll. By off, in) enclose with rope. 3 mountaineering connect with or attach to a rope. know (or learn or show) the ropes know (or learn or show) how to do a thing properly. Rope in persuade to take part. Rope into persuade to take part in (roped into washing up). [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
12. slang
to lose a race of any kind purposely, to swindle one’s backers
or the public by means of a “cross” or pre-arranged race, in which the
best man or best horse is made to ROPE, or run behind.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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