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What does belay mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word belay? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To surround; environ; enclose.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
  5. (transitive) To make (a rope) fast by turning it round a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.
  6. (transitive) To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person.
  7. (transitive) To lay aside; stop; cancel.
  8. (intransitive, nautical) The general command to stop or cease.
  9. (intransitive, nautical) To make a line fast by turns around a cleat, pin, or bitt.
Noun
  1. (climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
  2. (climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
  3. (climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.
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