English verb: rope down | |||
1. | rope down (motion) lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | abseil, rappel | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | come down, descend, fall, go down | ||
Entail | mountaineer | ||
Domain category | athletics, sport | ||