rope (general) / chord / chord (of a string instrument) / chord (vocal chord) / line (washing line, for hanging clothes to dry)

inflection of corder:
/ inflection of corder:

(chiefly in the plural, anatomy) vocal cord

(countable) skipping rope, skip rope, jump rope (item for play or physical exercise consisting of a length of rope with a handle attached to each end) / (uncountable) jump rope (the activity itself)

rope ladder

clothesline

to jump rope, to skip rope

jump rope, skip rope (the game)

(informal, figuratively) to abuse of a situation, to take advantage of someone, of a service that someone offers / (informal, figuratively) to overdo it, to burn the candle at both ends, to push one's luck

(figuratively) to hit a raw nerve, to touch a nerve