cragfast

9.9

Stuck on a steep cliff and unable to climb up or down

adjective

Jargon

: atrapado en una roca

She remained cragfast, unable to ascend or descend the narrow ledge.

Examples

The hiker became cragfast halfway up the sheer cliff and called for help.
Rescuers arrived quickly to assist several cragfast climbers on the mountain.
He felt cragfast on the cliff edge.
The climber was cragfast and couldn't move.
Rescuers arrived quickly to assist several cragfast climbers on the mountain.
The hiker became cragfast halfway up the sheer cliff and called for help.
She remained cragfast, unable to ascend or descend the narrow ledge.

Antonyms

free

∞ 1.0

Able to act as you want without limits

mobile

191 2.7

Able to change or move easily

How Trapped

cragfast

Jargon

9.9

stranded

147 4.0

stuck

690 1.0

hesitant

72 3.2

mobile

191 2.7

Surface Forms

cragfast positive

Morphology

cragfast = crag + fast (transparent) = crag + fast

The meaning is a straightforward compound of 'crag' (steep rock) + 'fast' (firmly fixed), so the sense 'fixed to a crag' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Cragfast comes from crag, meaning 'steep rock' or 'cliff', and fast, meaning 'fixed' or 'firm', the same idea in steadfast. So, to be cragfast is to be 'fixed' on a rock face—stuck on a cliff and unable to move.