| VERB | motion | abseil, rappel, rope down | lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside |
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| NOUN | act | abseil, 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 |
| 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. | |
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| Synonym | rappel | |
| Category | mountain climbing, mountaineering | The activity of climbing a mountain |
| Broader | descent | The act of changing your location in a downward direction |
| Spanish | abseil, descenso en rápel, descenso por cuerda, rapel, rápel, rappel | |
| Catalan | ràpel | |
| Meaning | lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing" | |
| Synonyms | rappel, rope down | |
| Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
| Entails | mountaineer | climb mountains for pleasure as a sport |
| Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
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