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потапям — meaning in English

potapyam

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English meaning

  • douse verb To drench something thoroughly with liquid.
  • drown verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
  • dunk verb To dip something briefly into a liquid.
  • founder noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
  • immerse verb To put something completely under the surface of a liquid.
  • plunge verb To jump or dive suddenly into water or another substance.
  • sink verb To go down below the surface of water or another liquid, or to cause something to do so.
  • sop verb To dip or soak something, especially bread, in a liquid.
  • steep adj Rising or falling at a sharp angle, close to vertical.
  • submerge verb To go completely under the surface of water or another liquid.

Senses

потапям is used for these senses in English:

  • douse (ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
  • drown (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
  • dunk (transitive) To submerge briefly in a liquid.
  • founder (transitive, archaic, nautical) To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.
  • immerse (transitive) To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas).
  • plunge (transitive) To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
  • sink (ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
  • sop (transitive) To steep or dip in any liquid.

douse — full definition

  1. verb To drench something thoroughly with liquid.
  2. verb To put out a flame or light.

drown — full definition

  1. verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
  2. verb To overwhelm or completely cover, often used figuratively.

Related Bulgarian words