English > rope: 4 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A strong line. |
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| Parts | bight | The middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends) |
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| Narrower | bola | A rope with weights attached to the ends |
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| brace | A rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it |
| brail | A small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in |
| bungee, bungee cord | An elasticized rope |
| cable | A very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire |
| cordage | The ropes in the rigging of a ship |
| guide rope | A rope used to guide the movement of the load of a crane |
| halyard, halliard | A rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag |
| hangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hemp, hempen necktie | A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging |
| harpoon line | A strong rope for making the catch fast to the harpooner's boat |
| hawser | large heavy rope for nautical use |
| jump rope, skip rope, skipping rope | A length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it |
| lashing | rope that is used for fastening something to something else |
| lasso, lariat, riata, reata | A long noosed rope used to catch animals |
| prolonge | A rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage |
| small stuff | Any light rope used on shipboard |
| tier | Something that is used for tying |
| tightrope | tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground |
| trip line | A light rope used in lumbering to free a dog hook from a log at a distance |
| Broader | line | Something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible |
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| Substances | hemp | A plant fiber |
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| jute | A plant fiber used in making rope or sacks |
| sisal, sisal hemp | A plant fiber used for making rope |
| Spanish | corda, cuerda gruesa, cuerda, maroma, soga |
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| Catalan | corda gruixuda, corda, maroma, soga |
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| Adjectives | ropy, ropey | of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong |
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| Verbs | rope | fasten with a rope |
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| rope | catch / catch with a lasso |
