отбивам — meaning in English

English meaning

• avert verb To prevent something bad from happening.
• discount noun A reduction in the usual price of something.
• parry verb To block or deflect a blow, attack, or difficult question.
• repel verb To drive back or fight off an attack or attacker.
• repulse verb To drive back an attack or attacker.
• wean verb To gradually stop a baby or young animal from feeding on milk, switching it to other food.

Senses

отбивам is used for these senses in English:

• avert (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
• discount (rare) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.
• repel (transitive) To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.). [from 15th c.]
• repulse (transitive) To repel or drive back.
• wean (transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.

avert — full definition

1. verb To prevent something bad from happening.
2. verb To turn one's eyes or attention away from something.

discount — full definition

1. noun A reduction in the usual price of something.
2. verb To reduce the price of something.
3. verb To dismiss or treat something as unimportant or unlikely to be true.

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