застыва́ть — meaning in English
zastyvat
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English meaning
- congeal verb To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
- freeze verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
- set verb To put something in a particular place or position.
- solidify verb To become solid, or to make something firm and solid.
Senses
застыва́ть is used for these senses in English:
- congeal (transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
- freeze (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
- set (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
- set up (intransitive) To gel or harden.
- solidify (intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.
congeal — full definition
- verb To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
- verb To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid such as gel or jelly.
- verb To make rigid or immobile.
- verb To become congealed, solidify.
freeze — full definition
- verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
- verb To suddenly become motionless, often from fear or surprise.
- verb Of a machine, program, or system, to stop responding.
- verb To stop something, such as prices, wages, or assets, from changing or moving.
- noun A period of very cold weather, or an official halt on something changing.