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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

  1. verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
  2. verb To become infected with an illness.
  3. verb To notice, understand, or hear something.
  4. noun A hidden difficulty or drawback in an otherwise appealing deal or plan.
  5. noun Something captured, especially fish.

fish — full definition

  1. noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
  2. noun The flesh of such an animal, eaten as food.
  3. verb To try to catch fish.
  4. verb To search for or try to obtain something indirectly, often through hints or probing questions.

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