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TAPED
taped
(adjective) secured or held in place by tape; “carefully taped pieces of glass served as a windowpane”
taped, tape-recorded
(adjective) recorded on tape
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
taped
simple past tense and past participle of tape
Anagrams
• adept, pated
Source: Wiktionary
TAPE
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
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