Roped vs Ropeable - What's the difference?
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(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
Able to be roped and so restrained.
(Australia, New Zealand) Angry to the point of needing to be restrained from violent action.
* 1903 , Tom Collins ( , 2004,
* 2003 , Dal Stivens, Jimmy Brockett: Portrait of a Notable Australian ,
* 2009 , Sean Dooley, Cooking with Baz ,
* 2009 , Roberta Williams, Roberta Williams: My Life ,
* 2011 , Christopher Green, New Toddler Taming ,
As a verb roped
is (rope).As an adjective ropeable is
able to be roped and so restrained.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.
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- 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.
Synonyms
* (to tie something) tie, bind, secure * (throw a rope around) lassoDerived terms
* ropable, ropeable * rope-a-dope * roped * roper * rope togetherAnagrams
* * ----ropeable
English
Alternative forms
* ropableAdjective
(en adjective)page 19,
- ?On?t ole Martin be ropeable when he sees that fence!
page 115,
- As soon as I hit the cold air I got even more ropeable . The garage door caught when I was dragging it back and I gave it a God-almighty heave. There was a sharp crack and it came off the hinges.
- I wanted to smash something, tear something apart with my bare hands, aet fire to the bloody house.
page 115,
- The phone rang a couple of hours later and it was Di. I have never heard her more ropable in my life; it is the only tongue-lashing I ever remember getting from her and it was excoriating.
unnumbered page,
- I was already angry that he had gone out and left me to clean all his shit up but to then find out he had gone off to see his little tart got me even more ropeable .
page 2,
- As the weeks wore on and the toddler?s tantrums continued, the mother reached her wits? end and the father became ropeable .