| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To have fixed, secured, clenched or settled.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To have shifted or relayed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have braced, clamped or bonded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have anchored or berthed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have lashed, connected or joined. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have pinned or tacked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have gripped, clipped or hooked.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb belay.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (belay) | 1. Turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him.[Wordnet]. 2. Fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat.[Wordnet]. 3. To lay on or cover; to adorn.[Websters]. 4. To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel.[Websters]. 5. To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: belaying, belayed, belays, belayer, belayers, belayingly and belayedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Expression | 1. Of Belay.[Websters]. | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BELAYED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1726. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BELAYED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Obstructed; ambushed; made fast.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of belay. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
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| Belay device | 13 | Belay device | 13 | |
| Self belay | 3 | Self belay | 3 | |
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