[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rope/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / rope # rope noun (rope, ropes); verb (rope, ropes, roped, roping) «rope» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A rope is a strong, thick cord made of twisted strands, used for pulling, tying or climbing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#m1) 2. A skipping rope (jump rope in the USA) is a rope you jump over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#m2) 3. To rope is to tie with a rope, or to catch an animal with a loop of rope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#m3) 4. «Learn the ropes» means learn how to do a job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#m4) 5. «On the ropes» means in trouble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#m5) ### In the lessons In maths: a length cut into pieces or joined; jump rope counts jumps; ropes tied together add lengths. In PE: climbing ropes, tug-of-war, skipping. In science: twisting many thin strands makes a strong rope; ropes and pulleys lift heavy things. In stories: cowboys roping cattle; «learn the ropes». ### Examples - A rope is 20 meters long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#x1) - He cuts the rope into 4 equal pieces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#x2) - She skipped rope 50 times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#x3) - They tied two ropes of 6 m and 9 m together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#x4) - We climbed the rope in PE. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#x5) - Both teams pulled hard in the tug-of-war rope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#x6) - The cowboy roped the calf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#x7) - A pulley and a rope can lift heavy loads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#x8) - It took her a week to learn the ropes at her new school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#x9) - Now tie the rope round my body." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/#x10) ### Note Cutting is division or subtraction, joining is addition. Trap: the number of cuts is one less than the number of pieces. A knot uses up some rope, so tied ropes may be a little shorter than the sum. Safety: never put a rope around anyone's neck, even in play. ## In Jewish tradition Ropes bind Samson, and "cords" and cart ropes are a picture of how people drag sin along with them. In the primary lessons: In maths: a length cut into pieces or joined; jump rope counts jumps; ropes tied together add lengths. In PE: climbing ropes, tug-of-war, skipping. In science: twisting many thin strands makes a strong rope; ropes and pulleys lift heavy things. In stories: cowboys roping cattle; «learn the ropes». ### Examples - Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope, (Prophets ISA.5.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rope/#x1) - So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him: 'The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.' And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. (Prophets JDG.16.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rope/#x2) - And he said unto her: 'If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as any other man.' (Prophets JDG.16.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rope/#x3) ### Note Cutting is division or subtraction, joining is addition. Trap: the number of cuts is one less than the number of pieces. A knot uses up some rope, so tied ropes may be a little shorter than the sum. Safety: never put a rope around anyone's neck, even in play. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «rope» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rope/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«rope» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rope.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «rope» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rope/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«rope» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rope.html) on Mova free.