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abseil

 
Dictionary: ab·seil
(äp'zīl', -sīl', ăb'-) pronunciation
intr.v., -seiled, -seil·ing, -seils.
To rappel.

[German abseilen, to descend at the end of a rope : ab, down, off; see ablaut + Seil, rope (from Middle High German , from Old High German).]


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Brit.  to descend a rock face using a double rope: rappel
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point


The verb abseil has one meaning:

Meaning #1: lower oneself with a double rope coiled aroound the body from a mountainside
  Synonyms: rappel, rope down


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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - abseile, fire sig ned
n. - nedfiring

Français (French)
v. intr. - descendre en rappel
n. - rappel

Deutsch (German)
v. - abseilen
n. - Abseilen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (για ορειβάτες) κατεβαίνω με σχοινί
n. - κάθοδος (ορειβάτη) με σχοινί

Italiano (Italian)
calarsi in, a corda doppia, discesa a corda doppia

Português (Portuguese)
v. - descer com corda
n. - descida (f) com corda (Esp.)

Русский (Russian)
спускаться с крутого склона горы канатом

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - hacer rappel, descender a soga doble
n. - descenso a soga doble, rappel

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fira sig ner
n. - nedfirande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
沿绳滑下, 沿绳滑下法

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 沿繩滑下
n. - 沿繩滑下法

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 현수 하강하다
n. - 현수하강(머리 위의 돌출부에 맨 로프를 몸에 감고 내려오는 하강법)

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 懸垂下降する
n. - 懸垂下降

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮ירד מצוק תלול בעזרת חבל, ירד בחבל‬
n. - ‮ירידה בחבל‬


 
 
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