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abseils

abseils is the third-person singular simple present indicative of abseil.

abseils is the plural of abseil.

Meaning of abseil

Verb

abseil (third-person singular simple present abseils, present participle abseiling, simple past and past participle abseiled)

  1. (intransitive) To descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body.
    • Although only five miles north of Winchester, the tunnel is in a rural location with no road access. Contractors were only able to reach the site after cutting through thick vegetation and abseiling down the slope on ropes.2020 September 9, Paul Clifton, “Heavy rainfall causes landslip in Hampshire”, in Rail, page 11
    Synonyms:
    rappel

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Questions about abseils

What is abseils the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Abseils is the third-person singular simple present indicative of abseil.

Words near abseils in the dictionary

  1. abseiled
  2. abseiler
  3. abseilers
  4. abseiling
  5. abseilings
  6. abseils
  7. absement
  8. absements
  9. absence
  10. absence makes the heart fonder
  11. absence makes the heart go yonder

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abseils (page history and authors); abseil (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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