n. - A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.
n. - A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
v. t. - To furnish with tape; to fasten, tie, bind, or the like, with tape;
v. t. - to cover (a wire) with insulating tape.
v. t. - 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.