belay
verb /ˈbiːleɪ/, /bɪˈleɪ/
/bɪˈleɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they belay | /bɪˈleɪ/ /bɪˈleɪ/ |
| he / she / it belays | /bɪˈleɪz/ /bɪˈleɪz/ |
| past simple belayed | /bɪˈleɪd/ /bɪˈleɪd/ |
| past participle belayed | /bɪˈleɪd/ /bɪˈleɪd/ |
| -ing form belaying | /bɪˈleɪɪŋ/ /bɪˈleɪɪŋ/ |
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they belay | |
| he / she / it belays | /ˈbiːleɪz/, /bɪˈleɪz/ /bɪˈleɪz/ |
| past simple belayed | /ˈbiːleɪd/, /bɪˈleɪd/ /bɪˈleɪd/ |
| past participle belayed | /ˈbiːleɪd/, /bɪˈleɪd/ /bɪˈleɪd/ |
| -ing form belaying | /ˈbiːleɪɪŋ/, /bɪˈleɪɪŋ/ /bɪˈleɪɪŋ/ |
- /ˈbiːleɪ/, /bɪˈleɪ//bɪˈleɪ/[intransitive, transitive] belay (something/somebody) (specialist) (in climbing) to attach a rope to a rock, etc; to make a person safe while climbing by attaching a rope to the person and to a rock, etc.
- /bɪˈleɪ//bɪˈleɪ/[transitive] (used especially in orders on a ship) belay something (informal) to stop doing something; to cancel an instruction that has been given
- Belay that order.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally in nautical use): from be- + the verb lay, on the pattern of Dutch beleggen.