Rope

Russian Meaning

English Meaning

1. A flexible heavy cord of tightly intertwined hemp or other fiber.
2. A string of items attached in one line by or as if by twisting or braiding: a rope of onions.
3. A sticky glutinous formation of stringy matter in a liquid.
4. A cord with a noose at one end for hanging a person.
5. Execution or death by hanging: to die by the rope.
6. A lasso or lariat.
7. Sports Several cords strung between poles to enclose a boxing or wrestling ring.
8. Informal Specialized procedures or details: learn the ropes; know the ropes.
9. To tie or fasten with or as if with rope.
10. To enclose, separate, or partition with or as if with a rope: rope off the scene of the crime.
11. To catch with a rope or lasso.
12. Informal To trick or deceive: An unscrupulous salesperson roped us into buying worthless property.
13. To become like a cord or rope.
14. on the ropes Sports Knocked against the ropes that enclose a boxing ring.
15. on the ropes On the verge of defeat or collapse; hopeless or powerless.
16. the end of (one's) rope The limit of one's patience, endurance, or resources: After six months on strike, the workers were at the end of their rope.