Could you splice these two pieces of rope together for me?
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Splice
Synonyms for "splice" (199 found)
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82 translations across 19 languages.
Bashkir
4 entries- ялғау noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- ялғау noun (electrical and mechanical connection between wires)
- ялғау verb (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands)
- ялғау verb (to unite by lapping two ends together)
Bulgarian
4 entries- свързване noun (electrical and mechanical connection between wires)
- снадка noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- сплитане noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- снаждам verb (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands)
Catalan
4 entries- enllaç noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- enllaç noun (electrical and mechanical connection between wires)
- empalmar verb (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands)
- empalmar verb (to unite by lapping two ends together)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 剪接 verb (to unite by lapping two ends together)
- 拼接 verb (to unite by lapping two ends together)
Czech
4 entries- propojení noun (electrical and mechanical connection between wires)
- spoj noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- spoj noun (electrical and mechanical connection between wires)
- spojení noun (electrical and mechanical connection between wires)
Finnish
4 entries- pleissi noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- pujos noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- liittää verb (to unite by lapping two ends together)
- liittää verb (to unite as if splicing)
French
3 entries- épissure noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- épisser verb (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands)
- épisser verb (genetics)
German
2 entries- Verbindung noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- spleißen verb (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands)
Macedonian
3 entries- пре́плет noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- препле́тува verb (to unite as if splicing)
- преплетува verb (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands)
Māori
4 entries- rangitāmiro noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- rangitāmiro verb (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands)
- uhono verb (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands)
- uhono verb (to unite by lapping two ends together)
Norman
1 entries- êpisseuse noun (junction or joining of ropes)
Norwegian
2 entries- spleis noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- spleise verb (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دیكیش noun (junction or joining of ropes)
Polish
4 entries- splot noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- złącze noun (electrical and mechanical connection between wires)
- połączyć verb (to unite as if splicing)
- splatać verb (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands)
Portuguese
2 entries- emendar verb (to unite by lapping two ends together)
- misturar verb (to unite as if splicing)
Russian
3 entries- свя́зывание noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- сплесень noun (junction or joining of ropes)
- сращивание noun (junction or joining of ropes)
Spanish
4 entries- empalme noun (electrical and mechanical connection between wires)
- ayustar verb (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands)
- ayustar verb (to unite by lapping two ends together)
- empalmar verb (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands)
Swedish
4 entries- fog noun (electrical and mechanical connection between wires)
- förbindning noun (electrical and mechanical connection between wires)
- kontakt noun (electrical and mechanical connection between wires)
- splits noun (junction or joining of ropes)
Turkish
1 entries- ek yeri noun (junction or joining of ropes)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
After his colonoscopy, Tom learned that he had cancer. The surgeon cut out and removed the part of his sigmoid colon in which a tumour had been growing, and with staples she fashioned a new splice from the two shorter and cut-through ends. Because of his good health, he healed quickly and after only three days was discharged from the hospital.
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Before pouring cement mixture into forms for a foundation, the work crew securely place an armature of steel bars at a predetermined spacing in order to reinforce the finished building's hardened concrete. If a piece of steel is not long enough to span the required distance, the workers will overlap two pieces and tie them together to form a strong splice.
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It's hard to splice the two fragments together.
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