лови́ть — meaning in English
lovit
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English meaning
- catch verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
- fish noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
- hunt verb To chase and kill wild animals for food or sport.
- receive verb To be given, sent, or handed something.
- trammel noun Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.
Senses
лови́ть is used for these senses in English:
- fish (intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.
- go after To pursue in attempt to catch another.
- hunt (transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
- receive (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
- trammel To entangle, as in a net.
catch — full definition
- verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
- verb To become infected with an illness.
- verb To notice, understand, or hear something.
- noun A hidden difficulty or drawback in an otherwise appealing deal or plan.
- noun Something captured, especially fish.
fish — full definition
- noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
- noun The flesh of such an animal, eaten as food.
- verb To try to catch fish.
- verb To search for or try to obtain something indirectly, often through hints or probing questions.