- a strip of cloth, paper, or plastic with an adhesive surface, used for sealing, binding, or attaching items together; adhesive tape or masking tape.
- a long, narrow strip of fabric used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- a long, narrow strip of paper, metal, etc.
- tape measure.
- magnetic tape.
- a magnetic tape carrying recorded sound or images: I made a digital copy of that tape of Grandpa playing the violin.
- a string stretched across the finishing line in a race and broken by the winning contestant on crossing the line.
- ticker tape.
- to furnish with a tape or tapes.
- to tie up, bind, or attach with tape.
- to measure with or as if with a tape measure.
- to record or prerecord on magnetic tape.
- to record something on magnetic tape.
- a long thin strip, made of cotton, linen, etc, used for binding, fastening, etc
- any long narrow strip of cellulose, paper, metal, etc, having similar uses
- a string stretched across the track at the end of a race course
- military slang, mainly British another word for stripe 1 (def. 3)
- See magnetic tape, ticker tape, paper tape, tape recording
- to record (speech, music, etc)
- to furnish with tapes
- to bind, measure, secure, or wrap with tape
- to take stock of (a person or situation); sum up
