rope

(Engels)

Noun

1. (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
2. (countable) An individual length of such material.
3. (countable, uncountable) A cohesive strand of something.
4. (countable, dated, uncountable) A continuous stream.
5. (countable, uncountable) A hard line drive.
6. (countable, uncountable) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
7. (countable, uncountable) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
8. (uncountable) A kind of chaff (material dropped to interfere with radar) consisting of foil strips with paper chutes attached.
9. (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.
10. (countable, uncountable) A necklace of at least one meter in length.
11. (countable, uncountable) Cordage of at least one inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
12. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A unit of length equal to twenty feet.
13. (countable, slang, uncountable) Rohypnol.
14. (countable, plural-normally, slang, uncountable) Semen being ejaculated.
15. (countable, uncountable, with-definite-article) Death by hanging.
16. (countable) An apparatus, currently with limited use by the senior contestants and not used in world-wide tournaments.
17. (countable, metonymically, uncountable) An apparatus, currently with limited use by the senior contestants and not used in world-wide tournaments.

Verb

1. (transitive) To tie (something) with rope.
2. (transitive) To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
3. (intransitive) To climb by means of a rope or ropes.
4. (intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
5. (transitive) To pull or restrain (the horse one is riding) to prevent it from winning a race.
6. (Internet, intransitive) To commit suicide, particularly by hanging.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɹəʊp/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: rop

Overgenomen van Oudengels: rāp

Verwant aan Schots: rape

Verwant aan Saterfries: Roop

Verwant aan Fries: reap

Verwant aan Nederlands: roop

Verwant aan Zweeds: rep

Verwant aan Deens: reb

Verwant aan IJslands: reipi

Verwant aan Albanees: rrip

Overgenomen van Middelengels: ropen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: rop

Verwant aan Middelnederlands: rop

In summary

From 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”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots rape, raip (“rope”), Saterland Frisian Roop (“rope”), West Frisian reap (“rope, cord”), Dutch roop, reep (“rope, cord, ring, strip, bar”), German Low German Reep (“rope”), Swedish rep (“rope”), Danish reb (“rope”), Icelandic reipi (“rope”), Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”).

Concepten

touw

🪢

koord

🪢

snoer

lijntje

koorde

lijn

zeel

🪢

reep

repetitie

sim

snaar

🪢

strik

tros

tui

springtouw

lijn

lijntje

touwtjespringen

garen

🧶

galgenstrop

hengelsnoer

kabel

kring

⭕

loop

lus

➿

pees

Synoniemen

string

🪢

cord

cable

line

thread

🧵

twine

hawser

tether

vine

halter

lasso

tie

wire

belt

lariat

hemp

band

leash

chain

roofy

chaff

rophy

R-2

Mexican valium

forget me drug

sling

circle

⭕

roach

strand

cable wire

clothes-line

fishing line

yarn

🧶

fibre

fasten

window

🪟

strap

root

steel cable

bar

rigging

chord

lanyard

fetter

wire rope

charge

block

catch

bindle

bale

Vertalingen

corde

🪢

corda

🪢

Seil

🪢

cuerda

soga

🪢

Tau

corda

🪢

corda

🪢

lina

sznur

fune

🪢

cavo

funis

🪢

Schnur

σκοινί

Zinnen

It is wrapped around the waist and secured with a kafa rope .

Het is om de taille gewikkeld en beveiligd met een Kafa -touw.