as in to fasten
to attach (a rope) to something so that it is secure
The climber belayed the rope.
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Recent Examples of belay
The ship’s resting place deep underwater helped preserve key features, like bow clamps and belaying pins, by limiting the growth of invasive quagga mussels, as noted in the release.
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Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Drinking should happen after you’re done belaying for the day.
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Outside Editors,
Outside Online,
3 July 2025
So the climbers who found the elk helped rig him up to belay the creature to the base of the wall, officials said.
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Brooke Baitinger,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Jan. 2025
Born as a design concept to give climbers a shoe to wear for quick access to the crag, comfort when belaying and recovery after a climb, the Kragg fills a need.
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Tim Newcomb,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2024
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Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Drinking should happen after you’re done belaying for the day.
—
Outside Editors,
Outside Online,
3 July 2025
So the climbers who found the elk helped rig him up to belay the creature to the base of the wall, officials said.
—
Brooke Baitinger,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Jan. 2025
Born as a design concept to give climbers a shoe to wear for quick access to the crag, comfort when belaying and recovery after a climb, the Kragg fills a need.
—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belay
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The top featured a corset bodice with lace fastening in the back in red, blue and white stripes.
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Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
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One group counts $25 million in support from OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, alongside $100 million tied to one of Silicon Valley’s biggest venture capital firms, which holds a large stake in OpenAI.
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That might be a tall order on the field after Lionel Messi’s record-tying hat trick against Algeria led Argentina to victory on Tuesday.
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Pinch-hitter Jose Tabata fouled off a pair of 2-2 pitches before Scherzer clipped him on the elbow with a breaking ball.
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At least some of Mahajan's family managed to jump out safely, but Mahajan was still inside when the carriage clipped another horse carriage and overturned.
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Senegal hasn't quite clinched a spot in the knockout round just yet.
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Out of the top 100 metro areas, ranked for their business, residential and tourist appeal, Philadelphia managed to clinch a Top 20 spot.
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Zayn kicked Gunther’s hands off the rope, allowing Rhodes to pin him.
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The success of Citadel, which manages $68 billion in its hedge fund and has a huge securities-trading operation, has always been hard to pin on any one thing, as The New Yorker’s Gary Sernovitz teases out in a profile out this week that observed how Griffin fits none of Wall Street’s archetypes.
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As the ball landed safely on the other side of the left field fence at Nationals Park on Monday, Dylan Crews clenched his fists and let out a scream.
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An accompanying photograph shows Glimcher holding the viewer’s gaze, his right hand outstretched on the desk, clenched in a tight fist.
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Grey has been pegged as the future of NXT and giving her the title would certainly strap a rocket to her back.
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Companies run teleoperation farms where people strap into VR rigs and exoskeletons and pilot robots through the same dull tasks over and over, logging every motion as training data.
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“Belay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belay. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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