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rope

touw

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rope

1. touw

Engels > Engels

rope

1. n. Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.

Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.

2. n. An individual length of such material.

The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes.

3. n. A cohesive strand of something.

The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée.

4. n. (dated) A continuous stream.

5. n. (baseball) A hard line drive.

He hit a rope past third and into the corner.

6. n. (ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.

7. n. (computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.

8. n. (Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.

9. n. (jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.

10. n. (nautical) Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.

11. n. (archaic) A unit of length equal to 20 feet.

12. n. (slang) Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.

13. n. (slang) A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.

14. n. (in the plural) The small intestines.

the ropes of birds

15. v. To tie (something) with something.

The robber roped the victims.

16. v. To throw a rope around (something).

The cowboy roped the calf.

17. v. (intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.

18. v. (slang) To commit suicide.

My life is a mess, I might as well rope.

Nederlands > Engels

touw

1. n-n. rope

Hang de was op aan het touw. - Hang the laundry on the rope.

Ik heb een sterk touw nodig voor deze klus. - I need a strong rope for this task.

Ze bonden de lading vast met touwen. - They tied down the cargo with ropes.

2. n-n. (chiefly diminutive) string

Het touwtje van mijn schoen is gebroken. - The string of my shoe has broken.

Ze gebruikte een dun touwtje om het cadeau te verpakken. - She used a thin string to wrap the gift.

Ik heb een touwtje nodig om dit label te bevestigen. - I need a string to attach this tag.

3. n-n. shortening of getouw, loom.

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

He cut the rope with his teeth.
    Hij sneed het touw met zijn tanden.
The two children pulled at the rope until it broke.
    De twee kinderen trokken aan het touw tot het brak.
What do I do with this piece of rope?
    Wat moet ik met dit stuk touw aanvangen?

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