The difference between Rope and Secure
When used as verbs, rope means to tie (something) with something, whereas secure means to make safe.
Rope is also noun with the meaning: thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
Secure is also adjective with the meaning: free from attack or danger.
check bellow for the other definitions of Rope and Secure
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Rope as a noun (uncountable):
Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
Examples:
"Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers."
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Rope as a noun (countable):
An individual length of such material.
Examples:
"The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes."
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Rope as a noun:
A cohesive strand of something.
Examples:
"The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée."
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Rope as a noun (dated):
A continuous stream.
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Rope as a noun (baseball):
A hard line drive.
Examples:
"He hit a rope past third and into the corner."
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Rope as a noun (ceramics):
A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
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Rope as a noun (computer science):
A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
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Rope as a noun (Jainism):
A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.
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Rope as a noun (jewelry):
A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.
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Rope as a noun (nautical):
Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
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Rope as a noun (archaic):
A unit of length equal to 20 feet.
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Rope as a noun (slang):
Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.
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Rope as a noun (slang, vulgar):
A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.
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Rope as a noun (in the plural):
The small intestines.
Examples:
"the ropes of birds"
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Rope as a verb (transitive):
To tie (something) with something.
Examples:
"The robber roped the victims."
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Rope as a verb (transitive):
To throw a rope around (something).
Examples:
"The cowboy roped the calf."
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Rope as a verb (intransitive):
To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
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Rope as a verb (slang):
To commit suicide.
Examples:
"My life is a mess, I might as well rope."
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from attack or danger; protected.
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from the danger of theft; safe.
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
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Secure as an adjective:
Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
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Secure as an adjective:
Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
Examples:
"secure of a welcome"
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Secure as an adjective:
Overconfident; incautious; careless.
Examples:
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Secure as a verb:
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
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Secure as a verb:
To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
Examples:
"to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage"
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Secure as a verb:
To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
Examples:
"to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship"
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Secure as a verb:
To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
Examples:
"to secure an estate"