belay
To make fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleatTo make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
» Belaid Ait Ali is the founder of the written Kabyle literature.
Meaning
8 senses(ambitransitive)To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
закріпи́тиzakripýty
(transitive)To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.
He would need an experienced partner to belay him on the difficult climbs.
I could only hope the remaining piton would belay his fall.
sichern
страхова́тьstraxovátʹ, подстрахо́выватьpodstraxóvyvatʹ, подстрахова́тьpodstraxovátʹ
страхува́тиstraxuváty, підстрахо́вуватиpidstraxóvuvaty
(transitive)To lay aside; to stop; to cancel.
Belay that order!
(intransitive)The general command to stop or cease.
beenden
отставитьotstavitʹ
відста́витиvidstávyty
(obsolete, transitive)To surround; to environ; to enclose.
(obsolete, transitive)To overlay; to adorn.
(obsolete, transitive)To besiege; invest; surround.
(obsolete, transitive)To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
- fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat
- turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or them
Examples
1 sentencesBelaid Ait Ali is the founder of the written Kabyle literature.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English beleggen, bileggen, from Old English beleċġan (“to cover, invest, surrFrom Middle English beleggen, bileggen, from Old English beleċġan (“to cover, invest, surround, afflict, attribute to, charge with, accuse”), From Proto-West Germanic *bilaggjan, equivalent to be- (“about, around”) + lay. Cognate with Dutch beleggen (“to cover, overlay, belay”), German belegen (“to cover, occupy, belay”), Swedish belägga (“to pave”).
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Forms
belays, belaying, belayed, belayedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle