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English

Etymology

Old English tæppe

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides, adhesive tape.
  2. : Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.
  3. Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll, video tape or audio tape.
  4. : Did you get that on tape?
  5. Unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus
  6. : Old couples sometimes will play tapes at each other during a fight.
  7. Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
  8. : After the party there was tape all over the place.
  9. (trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
  10. : Don’t fight the tape.
  11. The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of hockey stick
  12. : His pass was right on the tape.


Derived terms

Translations

Verb

{{en-verb|tapes|taping|taped}}

  1. To bind with adhesive tape.
  2. : Can you tape that together, please?
  3. To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.
  4. : You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.


Related terms


Anagrams


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French

Pronunciation


Noun

tape

  1. a gentle touch
  2. a pat


Category:French nouns

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Guaraní

Noun

tape

  1. path
  2. way
  3. street


Category:Guaraní language

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Norwegian

Noun

  1. Alternative spelling of teip


Verb 1

  1. to lose


Verb 2

  1. Alternative spelling of teipe


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tape \Tape\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Taping.]
1. To furnish with tape; to fasten, tie, bind, or the like,
with tape; specif. (Elec.), to cover (a wire) with
insulating tape.

2. to record on audio tape or video tape; -- either directly,
at the scene of the action tape, or indirectly, as from a
broadcast of the action. "I was busy when that episode was
on TV, but I taped it and watched it later."
[PJC]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tape \Tape\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppe a fillet. Cf. Tapestry,
Tippet.]
1. A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven
fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied
with tape.
[1913 Webster]

2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve
as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
[1913 Webster]

Red tape. See under Red.

Tape grass (Bot.), a plant (Vallisneria spiralis) with
long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish
water; -- called also fresh-water eelgrass, and, in
Maryland, wild celery.

Tape needle. See Bodkin, n., 4.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet tape
n 1: a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or
fastening; "he used a piece of tape for a belt"; "he
wrapped a tape around the package"
2: a recording made on magnetic tape; "the several recordings
were combined on a master tape" [syn: tape recording, taping]
3: the finishing line for a foot race; "he broke the tape in
record time"
4: measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or
metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for
measuring lengths; "the carpenter should have used his
tape measure" [syn: tapeline, tape measure]
5: memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated
with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or
to store computer information; "he took along a dozen
tapes to record the interview" [syn: magnetic tape, {mag
tape}]
v 1: fasten or attach with tape; "tape the shipping label to the
box"
2: record on videotape [syn: videotape]
3: register electronically; "They recorded her singing" [syn: record]
[ant: erase]
Moby Dictionary
Ace bandage , Band-Aid , Mystik tape , Scotch tape , accouple ,
accumulate , adhesive tape , agglutinate , amass , application ,
articulate , assemble , associate , band , bandage , bandaging , batten ,
belt , bind , binder , bond , book , brace , bracket , bridge ,
bridge over , bulletin board , calendar , card , cartridge , carve ,
cassette , cast , catalog , catalog card , cataplasm , cellophane tape ,
cement , chain , chalk , chalk up , check in , chronicle , clap together ,
cloth tape , collect , combine , compress , comprise , concatenate ,
conglobulate , conjoin , conjugate , connect , copulate , cotton ,
couple , court plaster , cover , cravat , cut , disc , docket , dressing ,
elastic bandage , electrical transcription , embrace , encompass ,
engrave , enroll , enscroll , enter , epithem , fascia , file ,
filing card , fill out , fillet , film , four-tailed bandage ,
friction tape , gather , gauze , girdle , glue , grave , impanel , incise ,
include , index , index card , inscribe , insert , join , jot down , knot ,
lath , lay together , league , library catalog , ligula , ligule , link ,
lint , list , log , lump together , magnetic tape , make a memorandum ,
make a note , make an entry , make out , mark down , marry , marshal ,
masking tape , mass , matriculate , merge , microcard , microdot ,
microfiche , microfilm , minute , mobilize , motion-picture film , note ,
note down , pair , phonograph record , piece together ,
place upon record , plank , plaster , plaster cast , plastic tape ,
platter , pledget , poll , post , post up , poultice , put down ,
put in writing , put on paper , put on tape , put together , record ,
recording , reduce to writing , reel , register , ribband , ribbon ,
roll into one , roller , roller bandage , rubber bandage , scoreboard ,
scorecard , scoresheet , seal , set down , shred , slat , sling , slip ,
solder , span , spill , splice , spline , splint , sponge , spool , stick ,
stick together , strake , strap , strip , stripe , strop , stupe ,
tabulate , taenia , take down , take in , tampon , tape cartridge ,
tape cassette , tape measure , tape recording , tape-record , tapeline ,
tent , ticker tape , tie , tourniquet , transcription ,
triangular bandage , unify , unite , video , videotape , wax , weld ,
wire recording , write , write down , write in , write out , write up ,
yoke


FOLDOC tape

1. magnetic tape.

2. paper tape.

(1996-05-25)


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