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abseil

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Noun, Verb (intransitive)
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ab=seil

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun abseil has 1 sense

  • abseil(n = noun.act) rappel - (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;
  • is a kind of descent

Verb abseil has 1 sense

  • abseil(v = verb.motion) rappel, rope down - lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"
  • is one way to come down, descend, fall, go down
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s

OXFORD DICTIONARY

abseil, v. & n. Mountaineering
--v.intr. descend a steep rock-face by using a doubled rope coiled round the body and fixed at a higher point.
--n. a descent made by abseiling.

Etymology
G abseilen f. ab down + Seil rope
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