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Definition of 'tape'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) tape
a long, narrow strip of fabric, as for tying garments or binding seams or edges.

2.  tape
a long, narrow strip of paper, metal, etc.

3.  tape
a strip of material with an adhesive surface, used for sealing, binding, etc.; adhesive tape or masking tape.

4.  tape
a magnetic tape, esp. an audiotape or a videotape.

5.  tape
a string stretched across the finish line of a race and broken by the winner on crossing the line.

6. (v.t.) tape
to tie up, bind, or attach with tape.

7.  tape
to record on magnetic tape.

8.  tape
to measure with or as if with a tape measure.

9.  tape
to furnish with a tape or tapes.

10. (v.i.) tape
to record something on magnetic tape.

11. (adj.) tape
of, for, or recorded on magnetic tape.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; unexplained alter. of tappe, OE tæppe strip (of cloth), lit., part torn off; akin to MLG teppen to tear)

Definition of 'tape'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) tape
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. (noun) tape, tape recording, taping
a recording made on magnetic tape
"the several recordings were combined on a master tape"

3. (noun) tape
the finishing line for a foot race
"he broke the tape in record time"

4. (noun) tape, tapeline, tape measure
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"

5. (verb) magnetic tape, mag tape, tape
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"

6. (verb) tape
fasten or attach with tape
"tape the shipping label to the box"

7. (verb) videotape, tape
record on videotape

8. (verb) record, tape
register electronically
"They recorded her singing"

Definition of 'tape'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) tape
a long, thin strip of plastic that sound or images can be recorded onto

2.  tape
a long strip of plastic that is sticky on one side, used for attaching things
Use tape to stick the two pieces of paper together.

3.  tape
a long, thin strip of material, plastic, etc.
Police had put tape around the crime scene.

4. (verb) tape
to record sound or images onto tape
We taped the whole concert.

5.  tape
to attach sth using tape
Tape a label onto the front of the box.

Definition of 'tape'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) tape
a narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape

2. (noun) tape
a tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape

Translation of 'tape'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (a piece of) a narrow strip or band of cloth used for tying etc bundles of letters tied with tape.
Afrikaans: band, lint	Arabic: شَريط	Bulgarian: лента
Brazilian: fita	Czech: stuha, tkanice	German: das Band
Danish: tape; klisterbånd	Greek: ταινία	Spanish: cinta
Estonian: pael	Farsi: تسمه	Finnish: nauha
French: ruban, bande	Hebrew: סֶרֶט	Hindi: फीता
Croatian: vrpca, traka	Hungarian: szalag	Indonesian: pita
Icelandic: borði, band	Italian: nastro	Japanese: テープ
Korean: (문서 등을 묶는) 끈	Lithuanian: juostelė	Latvian: lentīte
Malay: pita	Dutch: lint	Norwegian: bånd, lisse
Polish: taśma	Portuguese: fita	Romanian: bandă; sfoară
Russian: тесьма	Slovak: stuha,šnúra	Slovenian: trak
Serbian: vrpca	Swedish: band	Thai: สายรัด
Turkish: şerit, bant	Taiwanese: 帶	Ukrainian: тасьма
Urdu: ٹيپ، پٹي	Vietnamese: dây, dải băng	Chinese: 带
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