Dictionary Entry
belay
belay is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lay on or cover; to adorn. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To lay on or cover; to adorn.
- 2transitive verb
To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel.
- 3transitive verb
To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.
- 4noun
something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured
- 5verb
fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat
- 6verb
turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him
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