rope

«rope» in Mova's school dictionary: a strong, thick cord made of twisted strands, used for… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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 →
• 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

• 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.
• Ropes, scarves and hoodie cords can catch on equipment and strangle, so they never go near climbing frames.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rope» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.