1 [U] a long narrow strip of MAGNETIC material that is used for recording sounds, pictures or information:
His albums are available on tape and CD.
seealsoMAGNETICTAPE, VIDEOTAPE
2 [C] a cassette that contains sounds, or sounds and pictures, that have been recorded:
a blank tape (= a tape that has nothing recorded on it) * I lent her my Bob Marley tapes. * Police seized various books and tapes.
3 [U] a long narrow strip of material with a sticky substance on one side that is used for sticking things together:
adhesive / sticky tape
seealsoINSULATINGTAPE, MASKINGTAPE, SCOTCHTAPE, SELLOTAPE
4 [C,U] a narrow strip of material that is used for tying things together or as a label:
The papers were in a pile, tied together with a tape.
seealsoREDTAPE, TICKERTAPE
5 [C] a long narrow strip of material that is stretched across the place where a race will finish:
the finishing tape
6 [C] = TAPEMEASURE
verb [VN]
1 to record sb/sth on MAGNETIC tape using a special machine:
Will you tape 'Friends' for me tonight? * Private conversations between the two had been taped and sent to a newspaper. * a taped announcement
2 ~ sth (up) to fasten sth by sticking or tying it with tape:
Put it in a box and tape it up securely.
3 [+adv./prep.] to stick sth onto sth else using sticky tape:
Someone had taped a message on the door.
4 (AmE) ~ sth (up) to tie a BANDAGE firmly around an injury or a wound:
That's a nasty cut-come on, we'll get it all taped up.
IDIOMS
have (got) sb/sth taped (BrE, informal) to understand sb/sth completely and to have learned how to deal with them/it successfully:
He can't fool me-I've got him taped. * It took me a while to learn the job, but I think I've got it taped now.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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