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tape /teɪp /noun [mass noun]1A narrow strip of material, typically used to hold or fasten something: a reel of tape [count noun]: a dirty apron fastened with thin tapes...- Fasten it there with tape, and then watch it day after day.
- Indoors, you may need some tape or thumbtacks to fasten your background to a wall.
- The petals were then placed carefully in their original position, and the calyx was closed and held in place with a narrow strip of cellophane tape.
Synonyms band, strip, strap, belt, binding, string, ribbon, stripe, braid 1.1 (also adhesive tape or British sticky tape) A strip of paper or plastic coated with adhesive and sold in a roll, used to stick things together: secure the bandage with tape double-sided sticky tape...- For those not familiar with the TUFO tape, it is double-sided tape with a plastic strip covering each sticky side.
- Five leaves per plant were removed from the first and second whorls and carefully stuck to filter paper with a small strip of double-sided adhesive tape.
- Fix two strips of double sided tape lengthwise on the back of the black card.
Synonyms adhesive tape, sticky tape, insulating tape, masking tape, parcel tape trademark Sellotape 1.2 [count noun] A strip of material stretched across the finishing line of a race, to be broken or dislodged by the winner.As the race nears the tape they are both on their feet, hollering....- In three ‘A’ Finals I have finished fourth, fallen off twice and touched the tapes in a semi-final.
- Safety measures were taken during the protest with a cordon put around the children, in the shape of a ribbon which had been used during the school's sports day as a finishing tape.
1.3A strip of material used to mark off an area or form a notional barrier.I could see the yellow police tape inside marking out the space where the jumper had landed, somewhere near the middle of the lobby....- Slowly, they gathered at a boundary line marked with yellow tape.
- Forensic teams sealed off the area with tape and scoured the street for clues as uniformed officers carried out door-to-door inquiries.
1.4 [count noun] A tape measure.Measure the distance with a tape....- The joint is next measured with a tape, snugly passing round the foot.
- Using the clinometer, the spot on the trunk that is at eye level is identified and the distance from the eye to the level point on the trunk is measured with a tape or laser rangefinder.
2 [often with modifier] Long, narrow flexible material with magnetic properties, used for recording sound, pictures, or computer data: they put four songs on tape...- No, it was just an audition that I did on tape and the tape got sent away.
- This process functions much like early computers that used data tape to give yes or no responses.
- From the 1950s until the end of the 1990s radio programmes were stored on large reels of tape which were kept in bulky boxes.
2.1 [count noun] A cassette or reel containing magnetic tape for recording: he inserted a tape in the recorder...- A mini-DV cassette is of similar dimensions to an audio cassette and about half the size, with tapes priced from around $10 each.
- So I meticulously took spare batteries, spare film for the camera and spare tapes for the mini tape recorder.
- We bought records, tapes and later CDs to amass a song collection the old-fashioned way.
Synonyms recording, cassette, tape recording; audiotape, audio cassette; reel, spool; videotape, videocassette, video 2.2 [count noun] A recording on a cassette or reel: a tape of a radio talk...- ‘We went to the radio and recorded a tape,’ says Shabalala.
- Most of the time I would listen to the radio rather than tapes.
- The talking tapes were first produced in the area seven years ago.
verb [with object]1Record (sound or pictures) on audio or video tape: it is not known who taped the conversation...- Also taken was a DVD recorder, which tapes the ultra sound scan.
- There's a half decent line up on the TV tomorrow night, with so much on we're going to have to dust the cobwebs off the video recorder to tape Doctor Who.
- We went out to dine last night, so I set the video to tape Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love.
Synonyms record, make a recording of, tape-record, video-record, video, put on tape/video/cassette 2Fasten or attach (something) with adhesive tape: a note taped to the fridge...- Hurrying back inside, he wrote his phone number on a sticky note and taped it to the fridge.
- We are waiting for the guys to come and finish off the room: taping the joints and sealing the plasterboard.
- When we were first married, I would tape them to the fridge door on scraps torn out of a spiral bound notebook.
Synonyms bind, tie, strap, fasten, stick, seal, secure, fix, join, attach, tether trademark Sellotape 2.1 ( tape something off) Seal or mark off an area or thing with tape: they taped off an area round the scene of the explosion...- I went out later and saw that the area had been taped off by police.
- Police taped the road off while a forensic team was brought in and a cordon remained in place until Friday morning.
- Unplug the drier, open up the console area, disconnect the wires to the buzzer, and tape them off.
Synonyms cordon, seal, close, shut, mark, fence; form a ring around, put a cordon sanitaire around, isolate, segregate; quarantine Phrasesbreast the tape have (or get) someone/thing taped OriginOld English tæppa, tæppe; perhaps related to Middle Low German teppen 'pluck, tear'. Rhymesagape, ape, cape, chape, crape, crêpe, drape, escape, gape, grape, jape, misshape, nape, rape, scrape, shape ticker |