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Definition of belay verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

belay

verb

verb [intransitive, transitive] belay (something/somebody) (technology)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they belay

he / she / it belays

past simple belayed

-ing form belaying

(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

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