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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 bodyplay

  Familiarity information: ABSEIL used as a noun is very rare.


ABSEIL (verb)
  The verb ABSEIL has 1 sense:

1. descend by means of a rappelplay

  Familiarity information: ABSEIL used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABSEIL (noun)


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)


ABSEIL (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they abseil  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it abseils  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: abseiled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: abseiled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: abseiling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Descend by means of a rappel

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

abseil; rappel; rope down

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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