Belay

//bɪˈleɪ//

Synonyms for "belay" (60 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Verb(2 words)

abandon abort affix anchor annex attach batten batten down cancel cease

Strong matches (18)

cement chain cinch clamp clinch cramp cut it out desist discontinue drop it end engraft fasten fasten down fix give over graft grapple

Related words (30)

halt have done with hold knit knock it off lay off leave off make fast make secure make sure moor put to quit refrain relinquish renounce screw up scrub secure set

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set to stay stop terminate tether tie tighten trice up trim

Verb(1 words)

vitiate

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

8 entries

climbing equipment fasten fix outcrop outcropping rock outcrop rock-climbing equipment secure

derived

3 entries

belay device belay my last belayer

derived from

1 entries

lay

has context

2 entries

climbing nautical

is a

1 entries

outcrop

manner of

1 entries

fasten

related to

22 entries

adorn anchor besiege block up cancel cleat climber enclose environ fast invest lie in wait object obstruct overlay piton

Showing 16 of 22 words.

Translations

30 translations across 12 languages.

Bulgarian

4 entries

навивам verb (to make fast by turning around a fastening point)
притягам verb (to make fast by turning around a fastening point)
стига verb (general command to stop)
стоп verb (general command to stop)

Czech

2 entries

jistit verb (to handle a climbing rope)
připevnit verb (to make fast by turning around a fastening point)

Dutch

1 entries

zekeren verb (to handle a climbing rope)

Finnish

1 entries

kiinnittää verb (to make fast by turning around a fastening point)

French

1 entries

assurer verb (to handle a climbing rope)

German

2 entries

beenden verb (general command to stop)
sichern verb (to handle a climbing rope)

Italian

3 entries

assicurare verb (to make fast by turning around a fastening point)
assicurare verb (to handle a climbing rope)
dare volta verb (to make fast by turning around a fastening point)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

مانداللامق verb (to make fast by turning around a fastening point)

Russian

4 entries

отставить verb (general command to stop)
подстрахо́вывать verb (to handle a climbing rope)
подстрахова́ть verb (to handle a climbing rope)
страхова́ть verb (to handle a climbing rope)

Spanish

4 entries

amarre de seguridad noun (Translations)
amarrar verb (to make fast by turning around a fastening point)
anclar verb (to make fast by turning around a fastening point)
anular verb (general command to stop)

Swedish

1 entries

säkra verb (to handle a climbing rope)

Ukrainian

4 entries

відста́вити verb (general command to stop)
закріпи́ти verb (to make fast by turning around a fastening point)
підстрахо́вувати verb (to handle a climbing rope)
страхува́ти verb (to handle a climbing rope)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Belay that order.

Source: tatoeba (11911775)

Belay that.

Source: tatoeba (11911776)

Belay that order!

Source: tatoeba (12486780)

Belay that!

Source: tatoeba (12486787)

Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.