tape — OET · Shobdo

tape

noun

1 she produced a package wrapped in white linen, tied with tape:

band, strip, strap, belt, binding, string, ribbon, stripe, braid.

2 secure the bandage with tape:

adhesive tape, sticky tape, insulating tape, masking tape, parcel tape;

trademark Sellotape.

3 they listened to tapes throughout the journey:

recording, cassette, tape recording;

audiotape, audio cassette;

reel, spool;

videotape, videocassette, video.

verb

1 there was a card taped to the box:

bind, tie, strap, fasten, stick, seal, secure, fix, join, attach, tether;

trademark Sellotape.

2 they taped off an area around the scene of the explosion:

cordon, seal, close, shut, mark, fence;

form a ring around, put a cordon sanitaire around, isolate, segregate;

quarantine.

3 police taped his confession:

record, make a recording of, tape-record, video-record, video, put on tape/video/cassette.

□ have someone taped

I had him taped from the start:

understand fully, know all about, have all the details of, know the ins and outs of;

informal have someone's number.

tape Oxford Dictionary of English