ropes

/ɹəʊps//ɹoʊps/

noun

1
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.”
2
An individual length of such material.
“The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes.”
3
A cohesive strand of something.
“The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée.”
4
A continuous stream.
5
A hard line drive.
“He hit a rope past third and into the corner.”
6
A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
7
A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
8
A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.
9
(jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.
10
Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
11
A unit of length equal to 20 feet.
12
Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.
13
A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.
14
(in the plural) The small intestines.
“the ropes of birds”

1
To tie (something) with rope.
“The robber roped the victims.”
2
To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
“The cowboy roped the calf.”
3
To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
4
To commit suicide.
“My life is a mess; I might as well rope.”

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