Ripe vs. Rope

Ripeadjective

(of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature

Ripeadjective

(of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow

Ripeadjective

(figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected

Ripeadjective

(archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.

Ripeadjective

Ready for action or effect; prepared.

Ripeadjective

Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.

Ripeadjective

(obsolete) Intoxicated.

Ripeadjective

(legal) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.

Ripeadjective

Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.

Ripenoun

(agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.

Ripenoun

The bank of a river.

Ripeverb

To ripen or mature

Ripenoun

The bank of a river.

Ripeadjective

Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; - said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.

Ripeadjective

Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.

Ripeadjective

Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.

Ripeadjective

Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; - said of sores, tumors, etc.

Ripeadjective

Ready for action or effect; prepared.

Ripeadjective

Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.

Ripeadjective

Intoxicated.

Ripeverb

To ripen; to grow ripe.

Ripeverb

To mature; to ripen.

Ripeadjective

fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;

Ripeadjective

fully prepared or eager;

Ripeadjective

most suitable or right for a particular purpose;

Ripeadjective

at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge;

Ripeadjective

far along in time;

Ropenoun

(uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. t

Ropenoun

(countable) An individual length of such material.

Ropenoun

A cohesive strand of something.

Ropenoun

(dated) A continuous stream.

Ropenoun

(baseball) A hard line drive.

Ropenoun

(ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.

Ropenoun

(computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.

Ropenoun

(Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.s

Ropenoun

(jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.

Ropenoun

(nautical) Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.

Ropenoun

(archaic) A unit of length equal to 20 feet.

Ropenoun

(slang) Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.

Ropenoun

A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.

Ropenoun

(in the plural) The small intestines.

Ropeverb

(transitive) To tie (something) with something.

Ropeverb

(transitive) To throw a rope around (something).

Ropeverb

(intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.

Ropeverb

(slang) To commit suicide

Ropenoun

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.

Ropenoun

A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.

Ropenoun

The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.

Ropeverb

To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.

Ropeverb

To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods.

Ropeverb

To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope.

Ropeverb

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.

Ropeverb

To lasso (a steer, horse).

Ropeverb

To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters.

Ropeverb

To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing.

Ropenoun

a strong line

Ropenoun

street names for flunitrazepan

Ropeverb

catch with a lasso;

Ropeverb

fasten with a rope;

Rope

A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibers or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have tensile strength and so can be used for dragging and lifting.