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— English words —

• belay v. (Transitive, intransitive, nautical) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
• belay v. (Transitive, climbing) To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.
• belay v. (Transitive) To lay aside; stop; cancel.
• belay v. (Intransitive, nautical) The general command to stop or cease.
• belay v. (Transitive, obsolete) To surround; environ; enclose.
• belay v. (Transitive, obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
• belay v. (Transitive, obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
• belay v. (Transitive, obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
• belay n. (Climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
• belay n. (Climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
• belay n. (Climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.
• belay v. Simple past tense of belie (“encompass”).
• Belay prop.n. A surname.

— English words, defined in German —

• belay V. Etwas beenden, mit etwas aufhören.
• belay V. Bergsport: sichern.

— English words, defined in French —

• belay v. Entourer.
• belay v. Décorer, ajouter.
• belay v. Entourer, assiéger.
• belay v. Assurer (en parlant d’escalade).

— In Spanish —

• Belay s. Apellido.

76 English words from 13 English definitions

adorn anchor and around aside attack belie besiege block block␣up builds cancel cease cleat climber climbing command enclose encompass environ falling fast fastening for from general ground handle in␣order in␣order␣to intransitive invest lay lay␣aside lie lie␣in lie␣in␣wait location make nautical object obsolete obstruct of␣a order other overlay partner past past␣tense point prevent projection rock rope secure secured securing Simple Simple␣past stop stops such such␣as surname surround tense the their to␣the Transitive turning wait wait␣for which with

2 English words from 7 foreign definitions

Assurer escalade

12 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

ajouter Apellido assiéger aufhören beenden Bergsport Décorer Entourer etwas mit parlant sichern

11 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

belays Belays belayed belayer belayers belaying belay␣device belaying␣pin belay␣my␣last belay␣devices belaying␣pins

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

bel Bel Ela ELA E-la lay Lay

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ale Ale Leb LEB Leb. yale Yale

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Baley Bayle Leyba

54 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Aldeby badley Badley baetyl Bagley bailey Bailey Baleys barely barley Barley basely basyle Batley bawley Baxley Baylee Bayles baylet Bayley bearly Beauly beflay belady belays Belays Belyea blakey Blakey blamey Blamey Blaney Blayre bleaky bleary bleaty Braley byelaw bye-law bylane Dalbey dyable Kabyle labefy lay-bye lay␣bye Leybas lyable Maybel Tealby +4 words

39 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Abel abey Abey able Able -able ably -ably abye albe Alby aley Aley ayel ayle bael bale Bale Baye beal Beal bely beya blay Blay blea Blea bley Bley Blye Ealy eBay Ebla Elba laye Laye Yael yale Yale

16 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bebay begay belah Belah belam belap belar belly belty beray besay beway delay Delay relay re-lay

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

bely blay Blay

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

beflay belady

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