RAPPEL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected forms: rappelled , rappelling

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)

Present simple: I / you / we / they rappel ... he / she / it rappels

Past simple: rappelled

Past participle: rappelled

-ing form: rappelling

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:

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