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крепить — meaning in English

krepit

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English meaning

  • bolster noun A long cylindrical pillow or cushion.
  • constipate verb To cause constipation in, render costive.
  • fasten verb To attach or close something securely.
  • moor noun A wide stretch of open, often hilly land covered in heather and rough grass, with poor, boggy soil.

Senses

крепить is used for these senses in English:

  • bolster (transitive, often, figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.
  • constipate (ambitransitive) To cause constipation in, render costive.
  • fasten (ambitransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.
  • moor (transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.
  • moor (transitive) To secure or fix firmly.

bolster — full definition

  1. noun A long cylindrical pillow or cushion.
  2. verb To support, strengthen, or reinforce something.

constipate — full definition

  1. verb To cause constipation in, render costive.
  2. verb To constrict, contract (tissues, the body, fibres, etc.); to make firm and compact by pressing together.
  3. verb To pack or crowd together.

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