belay

Meaning

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
2. (transitive) To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.
3. (transitive) To lay aside; to stop; to cancel.
4. (intransitive) The general command to stop or cease.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To surround; to environ; to enclose.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To overlay; to adorn.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To besiege; invest; surround.
8. (obsolete, transitive) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.

Noun

1. The securing of a rope to a rock or other sturdy object.
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.

belie

1. (archaic, transitive) To tell lies about.
2. (transitive) To give a false representation of.
3. (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
4. (rare, transitive) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood.
5. (rare, transitive) To fill with lies; to lie to.
6. (transitive) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
7. (transitive) To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
8. (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.

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Synonyms

stake

secure

attach

hang on

stop

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balk

band

belaying pin

bind

bond

bracket

brooch

catch

cease

chain up

cheese

🧀

clasp

detain

dowel

enchain

fasten

fix

fixate

frame

frame up

frap

halt

hitch

hog-tie

indent

indenture

infix

join

knock off

moor

mortgage

mount

nog

pause

peg

pin

pinion

post

quit

reeve

rig

rope up

shackle

sign on

stall

Translations

legare

festmachen

δένω

ρεμιζάρω

assicurare con una scotta

demoror

στραγγαλίζω

παίρνω βόλτα

περιδένω

assurer

attacher

lier

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beleggen

estacar

atar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪˈleɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: beleggen

Inherited from Old English: beleċġan

Cognate with Dutch: beleggen

Cognate with German: belegen

Cognate with Swedish: belägga

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”).