tape
noun
a strip of cloth, paper, or plastic with an adhesive surface, used for sealing, binding, or attaching items together; adhesive tape or masking tape.
taped
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past participleof tape.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof tape.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
tapenouna strip of cloth, paper, or plastic with an adhesive surface, used for sealing, binding, or attaching items together; adhesive tape or masking tape.
Example Sentences
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There was a small kitchen, with a sign taped to the fridge: “Please clean up after yourself no maid service here!!!”
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
Mr. Adams had also been struck by the fliers taped up around New York in which relatives and friends of the missing at the World Trade Center sought information about their loved ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Across the French capital, where few homes have air conditioning, desperate locals had taped foil survival blankets over their windows, hoping to keep out the fierce sun.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
He taped the unfeeling fingers to the functioning ones so that he could grip a baseball, then, resembling “a little boy throwing against the steps of his back porch,” threw against a wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The silver elevator doors are sealed shut across from them, each taped with “Out of Order” signs.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
