zostawać — meaning in English

English meaning

• become verb To start being something different; to change into.
• grow verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
• remain verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.
• stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.

Senses

zostawać is used for these senses in English:

• become (transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]
• grow (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
• remain (mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
• stay (intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.

become — full definition

1. verb To start being something different; to change into.
2. verb To suit or look attractive on someone (formal/literary).

grow — full definition

1. verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
2. verb To develop or mature, physically or personally.
3. verb To cultivate plants or cause them to develop.
4. verb To gradually come to have a quality or feeling.

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