belay

Oznaczający (Angielski)

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

Częstotliwość

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/bɪˈleɪ/

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”).

Pokrewny z niderlandzki

beleggen

Pokrewny z niemiecki

belegen

Nowy

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.