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# belay

«belay» in Mova's school dictionary: **to wind it round a post or pin so that it holds fast** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (belays, belayed, belaying); also a sailor's call (interjection: «belay!»); sailors' word

### meaning for a pupil

1) To belay a rope is to wind it round a post or pin so that it holds fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belay/#m1)

2) («Belay!») Stop! Stop what you are doing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belay/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in pirate songs and sea stories, a sailor's word for «stop» or «hold fast»

### examples

- Belay that rope, lads! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belay/#x1)
- «Avast, belay!» the captain shouted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belay/#x2)
- We belayed the sail so it would not blow loose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belay/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «belay» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belay/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.