BELAYED Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

belayed

verb

past tense of belay

as in fastened

to attach (a rope) to something so that it is secure The climber belayed the rope.

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Pilots still ask passengers to keep their seat belts fastened while seated, and no one doubts the captain for saying so.

— Amanda Connelly, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
At the textile factory, Periyasaamy was folding and packing aprons with a GoPro fastened to her head.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of fastened

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Worth Girvan and Gaspar were virtually tied on election night Tuesday, but on Thursday Worth Girvan began pulling ahead as more mail-in ballots were counted.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Wear them around your neck, in your hair, or simply tied onto the handle of your bag.

— Kate Donovan, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of tied

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Rhodes hit Orton with multiple Cross Rhodes and Orton’s head clipped the side of the steel steps that Rhodes had pushed into the ring.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
In second-half stoppage time, Maiara Niehues clipped Cooper’s heel and knocked off her cleat.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

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Soto, who has Puerto Rican heritage, likely would have clinched his re-election bid easily in his formerly Hispanic-majority district.

— Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
Abdul El-Sayed may have clinched a historic victory in Michigan, but his tense exchange with a Sky News reporter on election night is not winning him supporters in the UK.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of clinched

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Parents rushing to a reunification center, hearts clenched with the hope of finding their children among the survivors.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
All of the grandeur and energy of Pollock’s looping brambles and cords are clenched in Krasner’s versions.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of clenched

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With two 30-point performances among his initial seven games, Lendeborg joined Hall of Famers Wilt Chamberlain and Rick Barry as the only other Warriors to do so.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
The public member of the joint review board, Jim Kucienski, who serves as chairman of the village’s economic development commission, joined the six other board members in attendance in voting to support approval of the TIF district, Hammel said.

— Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

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