Rope

What “Rope” means

Noun

1. Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
2. An individual length of such material.
3. A cohesive strand of something.
4. A continuous stream.
5. A hard line drive.

Verb

1. To tie (something) with rope.
2. To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
3. To climb by means of a rope or ropes.
4. To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
5. To pull or restrain (the horse one is riding) to prevent it from winning a race.

Noun

1. The small intestines.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English rop, rope, from Old English rāp (“rope, cord, cable”), from Proto-West Germanic *raip, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz, *raipą (“rope, cord, band, ringlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁roypnós (“strap, band, rope”), from *h₁reyp- (“to peel off, tear; border, edge, strip”). Cognates Cognate with Scots rape, raip (“rope”), Saterland Frisian Roop (“rope”), West Frisian reap (“rope, cord”), Dutch roop, reep (“rope, cord, ring, strip, bar”), German Low German Reep (“rope”), German Reif (“ring, hoop”), Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish rep (“rope”), Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk reip (“rope”), Danish reb (“rope”), Icelandic reipi (“rope”), Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”).

From Middle English ropen, rope (“to form ropes”), from rop (“rope”); see above.

From Middle English rop (“gut, intestine”), from Old English rop, ropp; compare Middle Dutch rop, roppe (“fish guts”). The modern pronunciation results from phonological assimilation to Etymology 1.

Business name ideas with “Rope”

Industries where “Rope” fits

We suggest this word for 1 business types and industries, including:

• Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills