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потуши́ть — meaning in English

potushit

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English meaning

  • braise noun A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.
  • douse verb To drench something thoroughly with liquid.
  • extinguish verb To put out a fire or light.
  • quench verb To satisfy thirst, or more broadly, a strong desire.
  • smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
  • stew noun A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly together in liquid.

Senses

потуши́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • braise (cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.
  • douse (transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
  • extinguish To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
  • put out To extinguish (fire).
  • quench (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
  • smother (transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
  • smother (transitive, cooking) To cook in a close dish.
  • stew (transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

braise — full definition

  1. noun A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.
  2. noun A sauce used for braising.

douse — full definition

  1. verb To drench something thoroughly with liquid.
  2. verb To put out a flame or light.

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