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осажда́ть — meaning in English

osazhdat

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English meaning

  • beleaguer verb To besiege; to surround with troops.
  • beset verb To trouble or threaten from many directions at once, especially with difficulties or dangers.
  • besiege verb To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
  • sediment noun Solid particles, such as sand or silt, that settle at the bottom of a liquid or body of water.

Senses

осажда́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • beleaguer To besiege; to surround with troops.
  • beleaguer To vex, harass, or beset.
  • beset (transitive, sometimes, figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
  • besiege (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
  • besiege (transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
  • sediment (transitive) To deposit material as a sediment.

beleaguer — full definition

  1. verb To besiege; to surround with troops.
  2. verb To vex, harass, or beset.

beset — full definition

  1. verb To trouble or threaten from many directions at once, especially with difficulties or dangers.
  2. verb To surround or hem something in on all sides.

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