tapes

• bandages
• bands
• begirds
• belts
• chains
• circles
• cords
• dvds
• enchains
• engirdles
• engirds
• enswathes
• enwinds
• enwreathes
• girdles
• girds
• girths
• girts
• laser discs
• lashes
• loops
• ropes
• shackles
• swathes
• tape recordings
• ties up
• trusses
• videocassettes
• videodiscs
• videodisks
• videos
• videotapes
• vids
• winds
• wires
• wraps
• wreathes

• unbinds
• ungirds
• unlashes
• unshackles
• unties
• unwinds
• unwraps

• noun
  1. Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
  2. Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
  3. Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
  4. Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
  5. (by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
  6. An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
  7. (from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
  8. The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick.
  9. A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.
• verb
  1. To bind with adhesive tape.
  2. To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.
  3. (passive) To understand, figure out.

• She carefully tapes the poster to the wall to avoid wrinkles.
• The old tapes contain recordings of his childhood memories.
• He tapes the box shut before sending it through the mail.
• The detective reviewed the security tapes for clues about the suspect.
• She tapes her notes to the mirror as a reminder for the exam.

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