belay
Significado (Inglés)
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- To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
- To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.
- To lay aside; to stop; to cancel.
- The general command to stop or cease.
- (obsolete) To surround; to environ; to enclose.
- (obsolete) To overlay; to adorn.
- (obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
- (obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
Sinónimos
stick on
Frecuencia
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/bɪˈleɪ/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)
In summary
From 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”).
Novo
belie
- To tell lies about.
- To give a false representation of.
- To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
- To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood.
- To fill with lies; to lie to.
- To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
- To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
- (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.
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