I
n.
1) to jump, skip rope
2) to ease up on; tighten a rope
3) a loose, slack; tight rope
4) a length; piece of rope
5) by a rope (to lower smt. by a rope)
6) (misc.) (boxing and fig.) on the ropes ('in a weak, vulnerable position')
II
v. (colloq.) (d; tr.) to rope into ('to induce') (to rope smb. into doing smt.)