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бро́сить — meaning in English

brosit

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English meaning

  • abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  • break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
  • cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  • dash verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
  • desert noun A large, dry area of land with little rainfall, vegetation, or water, often sandy or rocky.
  • ditch noun A long narrow trench dug in the ground, often for drainage.
  • drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
  • dump noun A site where waste or garbage is disposed of.
  • fling verb To throw something suddenly and with force.
  • flip verb To turn something over quickly, often with a snapping motion.
  • give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
  • hurl verb To throw something with great force.
  • jilt noun A woman who readily casts aside her lover.
  • leave verb To go away from a place or person.
  • pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  • quit verb To resign from a job or position.
  • strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
  • throw verb To send an object through the air using force from your hand or arm.

Senses

бро́сить is used for these senses in English:

  • abandon (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
  • break (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
  • cast To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
  • cast To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
  • dash (transitive) To throw violently.
  • desert To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
  • ditch (transitive) To discard or abandon.
  • drop (transitive, ergative, also, figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). [from 14th c.]

abandon — full definition

  1. verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  2. verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
  3. noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".

break — full definition

  1. verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
  2. verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
  3. verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
  4. verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
  5. noun A short pause or rest from an activity.

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