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болеть — meaning in English

bolet

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English meaning

  • ache verb To feel a dull, ongoing pain rather than a sharp, sudden one.
  • ail verb To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
  • cheer noun A shout of approval, encouragement, or celebration.
  • hurt verb To cause physical pain or injury.
  • root noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.
  • sting noun A sharp pain, or the puncture and injection of venom by an insect or animal.

Senses

болеть is used for these senses in English:

  • ache (intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
  • ail (intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
  • be sick (informal) To vomit.
  • cheer (ambitransitive) To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.
  • hurt (intransitive, stative) To be painful.
  • root (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.) [late 19th century]
  • root for (transitive, informal) To support (a favored person, team, or result).
  • sting (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).

ache — full definition

  1. verb To feel a dull, ongoing pain rather than a sharp, sudden one.
  2. verb To feel emotional pain or a strong longing for something.
  3. noun A steady, dull pain, or a deep emotional hurt.

ail — full definition

  1. verb To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
  2. verb To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.

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