| rope-a-dope | a boxing tactic: pretending to be trapped against the ropes while your opponent wears himself out throwing punches |
| jump rope | a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope |
| construction | drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem, the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem |
construction
building | the act of constructing something, during the construction we had to take a detour, his hobby was the building of boats |
| road construction | the construction of roads |
| construction building | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones, their main business is home construction, workers in the building trades |
anchor chain
anchor rope | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel |
| guide rope | a rope used to guide the movement of the load of a crane |
guy
guy cable
guy wire
guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
hangman's rope
hangman's halter
halter hemp
hempen necktie | a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging |
jump rope
skip rope
skipping rope | a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it |
R-
Mexican valium
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rope roofy
roach forget me drug
circle | street names for flunitrazepan |
| ridge rope | either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship |
| rope | a strong line |
| rope bridge | a bridge consisting of ropes |
| rope ladder | a ladder with side pieces of rope |
| rope tow | a ski tow offering only a moving rope to hold onto |
ropewalk
rope yard | workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made |
| rope yarn | the strands out of which ropes are made |
structure
construction | a thing constructed, a complex entity constructed of many parts, the structure consisted of a series of arches, she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons |
towline
towrope
towing line
towing rope | (nautical) a rope used in towing |
construction
mental synthesis | the creation of a construct, the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
construction grammatical construction
expression | a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit, I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner |
construction
twist | an interpretation of a text or action, they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct |
construction industry
housing industry | an industry that builds housing |
construction worker
hard hat | a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. |
ropemaker
rope-maker
roper | a craftsman who makes ropes |
| rope burn | abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope |
| construction paper | paper suitable for drawing and making cutouts |
| rope in | draw in as if with a rope, lure, The agent had roped in several customers |
rope
leash | fasten with a rope, rope the bag securely |
| rope up | attach to one another, for safety, The mountaineers roped up when they started the final ascent |
rope in
rope off
cordon off | divide by means of a rope, The police roped off the area where the crime occurred |
lasso
rope | catch with a lasso, rope cows |
rappel
abseil
rope down | lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside, The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous, You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing |