ropes

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (form-of, plural) plural of rope
2. (in-plural) Basic skills of a job.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rope

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rope

• Noun
• Verb

Lees meer

Sinonieme

cordage

cord

hold fast

knack

wire ropes

Vertalings

cable

Seile

corda

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حبال

Seil

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funi

cuerdas

Schnur

cordage

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الحبال

cable métallique

corde

cavi metallici

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɹoʊps/

Etimologie (Engels)

In the sense of skills, a now figurative use that originally referred to literal ropes.
The phrase “he knows the ropes” written on a seaman’s discharge meant that he was inexperienced and only familiar with a ship’s principal ropes.