rope
part of speech
noun (rope, ropes); verb (rope, ropes, roped, roping)
meaning for a pupil
1) A rope is a strong, thick cord made of twisted strands, used for pulling, tying or climbing. tree →
2) A skipping rope (jump rope in the USA) is a rope you jump over. tree →
3) To rope is to tie with a rope, or to catch an animal with a loop of rope. tree →
4) «Learn the ropes» means learn how to do a job. tree →
5) «On the ropes» means in trouble. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- A rope is 20 meters long. tree →
- He cuts the rope into 4 equal pieces. tree →
- She skipped rope 50 times. tree →
- They tied two ropes of 6 m and 9 m together. tree →
- We climbed the rope in PE. tree →
- Both teams pulled hard in the tug-of-war rope. tree →
- The cowboy roped the calf. tree →
- A pulley and a rope can lift heavy loads. tree →
- It took her a week to learn the ropes at her new school. tree →
- Now tie the rope round my body." tree →
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 the corpora
- Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope,
- Big cats play with balls, ropes and barrels, especially young ones, because play trains the moves they need for hunting.
- New climbing frames, ropes, branches and hiding places are enrichment too, because new paths keep animals active and curious.
- A tightrope walker carries a long pole because it helps her keep her centre of gravity over the rope.
- Leave a campsite as you found it, and walk carefully between tents because ropes and pegs trip people up.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rope» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.