Belay vs. Delay

Belayverb

To surround; environ; enclose.

Belayverb

To overlay; adorn.

Belayverb

To besiege; invest; surround.

Belayverb

To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.

Belayverb

To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.

Belayverb

(transitive) To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person.

Belayverb

(transitive) To lay aside; stop; cancel.

Belayverb

The general command to stop or cease.

Belaynoun

(climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.

Belaynoun

(climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.

Belaynoun

(climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.

Belayverb

To lay on or cover; to adorn.

Belayverb

To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel.

Belayverb

To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.

Belaynoun

something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured

Belayverb

turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him

Belayverb

fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat

Delaynoun

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

Delaynoun

(music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.

Delayverb

To put off until a later time; to defer.

Delayverb

To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.

Delayverb

(obsolete) To allay; to temper.

Delayverb

(obsolete) To dilute, temper.

Delayverb

(obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.

Delaynoun

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

Delayverb

To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.

Delayverb

To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.

Delayverb

To allay; to temper.

Delayverb

To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

Delaynoun

time during which some action is awaited;

Delaynoun

the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

Delayverb

cause to be slowed down or delayed;

Delayverb

act later than planned, scheduled, or required;

Delayverb

stop or halt;

Delayverb

slow the growth or development of;

Delayverb

make (someone or something) late or slow

Delayverb

be late or slow; loiter

Delayverb

postpone or defer (an action)

Delaynoun

a period of time by which something is late or postponed

Delaynoun

the action of delaying or being delayed

Delaynoun

the time interval between the propagation of an electrical signal and its reception.

Delaynoun

an electronic device which introduces a delay, especially in an audio signal.