belay

Meaning of belay

noun
  1. The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
  2. The object to which a rope is secured.
  3. A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.
verb
  1. To surround; environ; enclose.
  2. To overlay; adorn.
  3. To besiege; invest; surround.
  4. To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
  5. To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.
  6. To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person.
    He would need an experienced partner to belay him on the difficult climbs.
  7. To lay aside; stop; cancel.
    Belay that order!
  8. The general command to stop or cease.

Information about belay

  • The plural form of belay is: belays.
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Hyphenation of belay

be-lay

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
  • belay is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of belay

Bayle, bayle, eably

Words that rhyme with belay

delay, gondelay, predelay, prodelay, redelay, roundelay, underlielay, rockelay, rokelay, Bellelay, Relay, forelay, owrelay, pcrelay, relay, virelay

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