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ABSEIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abseil mean?
• ABSEIL (noun)
The noun ABSEIL has 1 sense:
1. (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
Familiarity information: ABSEIL used as a noun is very rare.
• ABSEIL (verb)
The verb ABSEIL has 1 sense:
1. descend by means of a rappel
Familiarity information: ABSEIL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
abseil; rappel
Hypernyms ("abseil" is a kind of...):
descent (the act of changing your location in a downward direction)
Domain category:
mountain climbing; mountaineering (the activity of climbing a mountain)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: abseiled
Past participle: abseiled
-ing form: abseiling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Descend by means of a rappel
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
Context example:
You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing
Hypernyms (to "abseil" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
"Abseil" entails doing...:
mountaineer (climb mountains for pleasure as a sport)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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