belay
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured
Types & categories
- outcrop hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him
Types & categories
- fasten hypernym
Related & opposite
- belay derivation
Sense 3 verb
fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat
Types & categories
- fasten hypernym
Related & opposite
- belay derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | belay |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | belay |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | outcrop |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | belay |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | belay |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fasten |