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RAPPEL
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Irregular inflected forms: rappelled , rappelling
I. (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
Synonyms:
abseil; rappel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rappel" 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)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they rappel ... he / she / it rappels
Past simple: rappelled
Past participle: rappelled
-ing form: rappelling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Descend by means of a rappel
Example:
You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing
Synonyms:
abseil; rappel; rope down
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "rappel" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
"Rappel" 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
