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поро́ть — meaning in English

porot

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English meaning

  • flagellate verb To hit someone with a whip.
  • flog verb To whip or beat someone as a punishment.
  • lash noun A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
  • whip noun A flexible rod or braided cord, often of leather, used to strike an animal or person, or to make a sharp cracking noise.

Senses

поро́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • flagellate (transitive) To whip or scourge.
  • flog (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
  • lash (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
  • unstitch (transitive) To take out stitches from.
  • whip (transitive) To hit with a whip.

flagellate — full definition

  1. verb To hit someone with a whip.
  2. verb To scold someone severely.
  3. verb (biology) Of sperm, to swing its tail from side to side.

flog — full definition

  1. verb To whip or beat someone as a punishment.
  2. verb To sell something, especially informally or cheaply.
  3. verb To use or promote something relentlessly.
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