abseil

ab·seil

A0025350 (äp′zīl′, -sīl′, ăb′-) intr.v. ab·seiled, ab·seil·ing, ab·seils To rappel.

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[German abseilen : ab, down, off; see ablaut + Seil, rope (from Middle High German seil, from Old High German; akin to Dutch zeel and Old English sāl).]

abseil

(ˈæbseɪl) vb (intr) 1. (Mountaineering) mountaineering to descend a steep slope or vertical drop by a rope secured from above and coiled around one's body or through karabiners attached to one's body in order to control the speed of descent2. (Aeronautics) to descend by rope from a helicoptern (Mountaineering) an instance or the technique of abseiling Also called: rappel [C20: from German abseilen to descend by a rope, from ab- down + Seil rope]

ab•seil

(ˈɑp saɪl, ˈæb seɪl)
n., v.i. Chiefly Brit. rappel. [1930–35; < German abseilen=ab- down + seilen to rope]

abseil

Past participle: abseiled
Gerund: abseiling

Imperative
abseil
abseil

Present
I abseil
you abseil
he/she/it abseils
we abseil
you abseil
they abseil

Preterite
I abseiled
you abseiled
he/she/it abseiled
we abseiled
you abseiled
they abseiled

Present Continuous
I am abseiling
you are abseiling
he/she/it is abseiling
we are abseiling
you are abseiling
they are abseiling

Present Perfect
I have abseiled
you have abseiled
he/she/it has abseiled
we have abseiled
you have abseiled
they have abseiled

Past Continuous
I was abseiling
you were abseiling
he/she/it was abseiling
we were abseiling
you were abseiling
they were abseiling

Past Perfect
I had abseiled
you had abseiled
he/she/it had abseiled
we had abseiled
you had abseiled
they had abseiled

Future
I will abseil
you will abseil
he/she/it will abseil
we will abseil
you will abseil
they will abseil

Future Perfect
I will have abseiled
you will have abseiled
he/she/it will have abseiled
we will have abseiled
you will have abseiled
they will have abseiled

Future Continuous
I will be abseiling
you will be abseiling
he/she/it will be abseiling
we will be abseiling
you will be abseiling
they will be abseiling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been abseiling
you have been abseiling
he/she/it has been abseiling
we have been abseiling
you have been abseiling
they have been abseiling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been abseiling
you will have been abseiling
he/she/it will have been abseiling
we will have been abseiling
you will have been abseiling
they will have been abseiling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been abseiling
you had been abseiling
he/she/it had been abseiling
we had been abseiling
you had been abseiling
they had been abseiling

Conditional
I would abseil
you would abseil
he/she/it would abseil
we would abseil
you would abseil
they would abseil

Past Conditional
I would have abseiled
you would have abseiled
he/she/it would have abseiled
we would have abseiled
you would have abseiled
they would have abseiled

abseil

rappel

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	abseil - (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 bodyrappelmountain climbing, mountaineering - the activity of climbing a mountaindescent - the act of changing your location in a downward direction
Verb	1.	abseil - 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"rappel, rope downathletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competitioncome down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

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