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rope out

rope out verb: of a tornado funnel, to narrow and lengthen and perhaps curl into complex, rope-like shapes, usually during dissipation.

Verb

rope out (third-person singular simple present ropes out, present participle roping out, simple past and past participle roped out)

  1. Of a tornado funnel, to narrow and lengthen and perhaps curl into complex, rope-like shapes, usually during dissipation.

Forms of rope out

third-person singular presentropes out
present participleroping out
past participleroped out
pastroped out

Origin of rope out

From rope (verb) + out (adverb).

Questions about rope out

What does rope out mean?
Rope out means of a tornado funnel, to narrow and lengthen and perhaps curl into complex, rope-like shapes, usually during dissipation.
What part of speech is rope out?
Rope out is a verb.
What is the past tense of rope out?
The past tense of rope out is roped out.

Words near rope out in the dictionary

  1. rope lines
  2. rope machine
  3. rope machines
  4. rope of sand
  5. rope off
  6. rope out
  7. rope porter
  8. rope porters
  9. rope pulling
  10. rope pump
  11. rope pumps

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