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tape
[ teyp ]
noun
- a strip of cloth, paper, or plastic with an adhesive surface, used for sealing, binding, or attaching items together; adhesive tape or masking tape.
- a long, narrow strip of fabric used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- a long, narrow strip of paper, metal, etc.
- a magnetic tape carrying recorded sound or images:
I made a digital copy of that tape of Grandpa playing the violin.
- a string stretched across the finishing line in a race and broken by the winning contestant on crossing the line.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with a tape or tapes.
- to tie up, bind, or attach with tape.
- to measure with or as if with a tape measure.
- to record or prerecord on magnetic tape.
verb (used without object)
- to record something on magnetic tape.
tape
/ teɪp /
noun
- a long thin strip, made of cotton, linen, etc, used for binding, fastening, etc
- any long narrow strip of cellulose, paper, metal, etc, having similar uses
- a string stretched across the track at the end of a race course
- slang.military another word for stripe 1
verb
- Alsotape-record also intr to record (speech, music, etc)
- to furnish with tapes
- to bind, measure, secure, or wrap with tape
- informal.usually passive to take stock of (a person or situation); sum up
he's got the job taped
Derived Forms
- ˈtaper, noun
- ˈtapeˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- tapeless adjective
- tapelike adjective
- pre·tape verb (used with object) pretaped pretaping
- re·tape verb (used with object) retaped retaping
- un·taped adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of tape1
Word History and Origins
Origin of tape1
Idioms and Phrases
see red tape .Example Sentences
He said the government's 25-year plan would see more focus on food production, profitability and clearing planning red tape for farmers.
As a tape recording of the White House gathering demonstrated, however, the president made no such comment.
The idea was to capture the excitement of their live show direct to tape – with an audience of family and friends to stop them obsessing over the technicalities of recording.
In 2015, Hogan was embroiled in controversy after a tape was released of him using a racial slur to describe his daughter’s then boyfriend.
Have gloves, goggles, duct tape and plastic sheeting in case of something like a falling tree branch breaking a window.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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