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How to pronounce “belay”
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Pronunciation guide for belay
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of belay with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- The Ecstasy of Eskista, an Ancient Ethiopian Dance
Melaku Belay: (Speaking in Amharic)
- Definition summary
- (ambitransitive, nautical) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
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How to pronounce belay
The Ecstasy of Eskista, an Ancient Ethiopian Dance
Melaku Belay: (Speaking in Amharic)
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “belay”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (ambitransitive, nautical) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
- (transitive, climbing) To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.
- (transitive) To lay aside; to stop; to cancel.
- (intransitive, nautical) The general command to stop or cease.
- (transitive, obsolete) To surround; to environ; to enclose.
- (transitive, obsolete) To overlay; to adorn.
- (transitive, obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
- (transitive, obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
- [Noun]
- (climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other sturdy object.
- (climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
- (climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.
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