rope

rope is a 4-letter English word with 14 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.
2. noun. A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.
3. noun. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
4. intransitive verb. To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.
5. transitive verb. To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods.
6. transitive verb. To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope.
7. transitive verb. To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd.
8. transitive verb. To lasso (a steer, horse).
9. transitive verb. To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters.
10. transitive verb. To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing.
11. noun. street names for flunitrazepan

    Synonyms: circle, roach, roofy, rophy

12. noun. a strong line
13. verb. fasten with a rope

    "rope the bag securely"

    Synonyms: leash

14. verb. catch with a lasso

    "rope cows"

    Synonyms: lasso

Synonyms

circle, roach, roofy, rophy, leash, lasso

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rope:

pore, repo

Common word forms

roped, roper, ropes, roping, ropeable

Words from these letters

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