TAPE

tape

(noun) 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”

tape, tape recording, taping

(noun) a recording made on magnetic tape; “the several recordings were combined on a master tape”

tape, tapeline, tape measure

(noun) 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”

tape

(noun) the finishing line for a foot race; “he broke the tape in record time”

record, tape

(verb) register electronically; “They recorded her singing”

videotape, tape

(verb) record on videotape

tape

(verb) fasten or attach with tape; “tape the shipping label to the box”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

tape (countable and uncountable, plural tapes)

Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.

Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.

Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.

Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.

(informal, by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.

(informal) An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.

(trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.

(ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick

(printing, historical) A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.

Verb

tape (third-person singular simple present tapes, present participle taping, simple past and past participle taped)

To bind with adhesive tape.

To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.

(informal, passive) To understand, figure out.

Anagrams

• PETA, Paet, Pate, Peat, Peta, epta-, pate, peat, peta-, pâté, tepa

Source: Wiktionary

Tape, n. Etym: [AS. tæppe a fillet. Cf. Tapestry, Tippet.]

1. 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. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape. Red tape. See under Red.

– Tape grass (Bot.), a plant (Vallisneria spiralis) with long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish water; -- called also fresh-water eelgrass, and, in Maryland, wild celery.

– Tape needle. See Bodkin, n., 4.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition