Rope vs. Cord

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.

Cordnoun

A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); uncountable such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.

Cordnoun

A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper (US vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.

Cordnoun

A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.

Cordnoun

(figuratively) Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.

Cordnoun

(anatomy) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.

Cordnoun

dated form of chord|nodot=1: musical sense.

Cordnoun

misspelling of chord|nodot=1: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.

Cordverb

To furnish with cords

Cordverb

To tie or fasten with cords

Cordverb

To flatten a book during binding

Cordverb

To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

Cordnoun

A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

Cordnoun

A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; - originally measured with a cord or line.

Cordnoun

Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.

Cordnoun

Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.

Cordnoun

See Chord.

Cordverb

To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.

Cordverb

To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

Cordnoun

a line made of twisted fibers or threads;

Cordnoun

a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet

Cordnoun

a light insulated conductor for household use

Cordnoun

a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton

Cordverb

stack in cords;

Cordverb

bind or tie with a cord