Roled vs Roped - What's the difference?
roled | roped |
Having a role.
* 1995 , Penny A. Weiss, Gendered Community: Rousseau, Sex, and Politics (page 56)
(rope)
(uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
(countable) An individual length of such material.
A cohesive strand of something.
* {{quote-book, 2003, (Dennis Lehane), Mystic River, page=138
, passage=Jimmy began to scream and ropes of spit shot from his mouth.}}
(dated) A continuous stream.
* {{quote-book, 1852, John Bourne, 3=
, passage=The principle of any such device should be to pull on the vessel by a rope of water passing in at the bow and out at the stern. }}
(baseball) A hard line drive.
(ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
(computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
(Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.(jump)
* {{quote-book, 2001, , editor=Nagendra Kr. Singh, chapter=Review of Metaphysical Teaching, Encyclopaedia of Jainism,
, passage=The central strip of the loka , the Middle World, represents its smallest area, being only one rope wide and one hundred thousand leagues high,
(jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.
(nautical) Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
(archaic) A unit of length equal to 20 feet.
(slang) Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.
(in the plural) The small intestines.
To tie (something) with something.
To throw a rope around (something).
To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
* Shakespeare
As an adjective roled
is having a role.As a verb roped is
(rope).roled
English
Adjective
(-)- Despite the obvious contradictions in and objections to Rousseau's model of the sex-roled family, I hope to offer an interpretation of it that can incorporate, explain, and surpass some of the incompatible interpretations
roped
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *rope
English
Alternative forms
* (all obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia rope)- Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.
- The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes .
citation
A Treatise on the Screw Propeller: With Various Suggestions of Improvement, page=38
- He hit a rope past third and into the corner.
citation
- the ropes of birds
Synonyms
* twine, line, cord; see also * (jump) rajju, infinitudeDerived terms
* jump rope * know the ropes * learn the ropes * money for old rope * on the ropes * rope ladder * Rope Monday * rope tow * rope-band * rope-dancer * rope-dancing * rope-end * ropefull * rope-house * rope-like * rope-maker * ropemanship * rope-over * ropery * rope-ripe * rope's end * rope-sick * rope-tide * ropewalk, rope-walk * ropework, rope-work * ropey, ropy * rope-yard * show one the ropes * teach one the ropes * skipping rope * wire ropeVerb
(rop)- The robber roped the victims.
- The cowboy roped the calf.
- Let us not hang like roping icicles / Upon our houses' thatch.