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 | ||