From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tape \Tape\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppe 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.
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2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve
as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tape \Tape\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Taping.]
1. To furnish with tape; to fasten, tie, bind, or the like,
with tape; specif. (Elec.), to cover (a wire) with
insulating tape.
2. to record on audio tape or video tape; -- either directly,
at the scene of the action tape, or indirectly, as from a
broadcast of the action. "I was busy when that episode was
on TV, but I taped it and watched it later."
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