GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Tape , n. [AS. tæppe a fillet. Cf. Tapestry, Tippet.]
    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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   A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
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   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.
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   Tape , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Taping.]
   To furnish with tape; to fasten, tie, bind, or the like, with tape; specif. (Elec.), to cover (a wire) with insulating tape.
   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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