rope
a strong line
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,280 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,657 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a strong line
- street names for flunitrazepan also: R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, roofy, roach, forget me drug
verb
- catch with a lasso also: lasso rope cows
- fasten with a rope also: leash rope the bag securely
rope in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He was learning to make a lanyard knot with a bit of an old rope.
The nigger of the "Narcissus" · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1
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He tied them all three with a rope, and drove them away till he came to a mill.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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I tried to keep from seeing his horrible face as the rope began to slip through his fingers.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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I made signs to them to draw near it with a rope, and then gave it them to hale on shore.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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To this pole a rope, of some dozen feet in length, and having a noose at one end, was firmly secured.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1