TAPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tape mean? 

• TAPE (noun)
  The noun TAPE has 5 senses:

1. a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening

2. a recording made on magnetic tape

3. the finishing line for a foot race

4. measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths

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

  Familiarity information: TAPE used as a noun is common.

• TAPE (verb)
  The verb TAPE has 3 senses:

1. fasten or attach with tape

2. record on videotape

3. register electronically

  Familiarity information: TAPE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he wrapped a tape around the package

Hypernyms ("tape" is a kind of...):

slip; strip (artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tape"):

adhesive tape (tape coated with adhesive)

inkle (a linen tape used for trimming as a decoration)

webbing (a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts)

Derivation:

tape (fasten or attach with tape)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A recording made on magnetic tape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tape; tape recording; taping

Context example:

the several recordings were combined on a master tape

Hypernyms ("tape" is a kind of...):

recording (a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tape"):

audiotape (a tape recording of sound)

videotape (a video recording made on magnetic tape)

Derivation:

tape (register electronically)

tape (record on videotape)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The finishing line for a foot race

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

he broke the tape in record time

Hypernyms ("tape" is a kind of...):

finish line; finishing line (a line indicating the location of the finish of a race)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tape; tape measure; tapeline

Context example:

the carpenter should have used his tape measure

Hypernyms ("tape" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mag tape; magnetic tape; tape

Context example:

he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview

Hypernyms ("tape" is a kind of...):

memory device; storage device (a device that preserves information for retrieval)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tape"):

audiotape (magnetic tape for use in recording sound)

cassette tape (a cassette that contains magnetic tape)

magnetic stripe (a short strip of magnetic tape attached to a credit card or debit card; it contains data that will tell a reading device who you are and what your account number is, etc.)

videotape (a relatively wide magnetic tape for use in recording visual images and associated sound)

Derivation:

tape (register electronically)

tape (record on videotape)

• TAPE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they tape    ... he / she / it tapes   
Past simple: taped   
Past participle: taped   
-ing form: taping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fasten or attach with tape

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

tape the shipping label to the box

Hypernyms (to "tape" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tape"):

scotch tape; sellotape (fasten or attach with sellotape)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

tape (a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Record on videotape

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

tape; videotape

Hypernyms (to "tape" is one way to...):

enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Domain category:

film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue tape the movie

Derivation:

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)

tape (a recording made on magnetic tape)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Register electronically

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

record; tape

Context example:

They recorded her singing

Hypernyms (to "tape" is one way to...):

enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tape"):

save; write (record data on a computer)

tape record (record with a tape recorder)

prerecord (record before presentation, as of a broadcast)

cut (record a performance on (a medium))

cut (make a recording of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They will tape the duet

Derivation:

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)

tape; taping (a recording made on magnetic tape)

 Context examples 

Treatments for heel problems might include rest, medicines, exercises, taping, and special shoes.

(Heel Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

When I was a very young man one might learn to handle his twenty yards of tape here as well as elsewhere.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The tubing is then taped to the skin to hold it in place.

(Peripheral venous catheter, NCI Dictionary)

A device around which thread, tape, or other flexible material can be wound.

(Bobbin Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A container designed to hold film or magnetic tape.

(Cassette Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A measuring tape frequently used to measure head circumference in newborns.

(Lasso-O Measuring Tape, NCI Thesaurus)

A common way to collect the eggs is with a sticky piece of clear tape.

(Pinworms, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

The ears are usually cropped and then taped for a couple of months to make them stand up.

(Doberman Pinscher, NCI Thesaurus)

She said "Good morning, Miss," in her usual phlegmatic and brief manner; and taking up another ring and more tape, went on with her sewing.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

At last we exposed that monstrous torso (fifty-four inches, by the tailor's tape).

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)