пристава́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• accost verb To walk up to someone and speak to them in a forceful or unwelcome way.
• importune verb To annoy or trouble someone.
• solicit verb To ask for or try to obtain something, often persistently or formally.

Senses

пристава́ть is used for these senses in English:

• accost (transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.
• give someone a hard time (informal, idiomatic) To cause difficulty or make trouble for someone.
• hit on (transitive, slang) To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc.
• importune (transitive) To harass with persistent requests.
• solicit (transitive) To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.

accost — full definition

1. verb To walk up to someone and speak to them in a forceful or unwelcome way.
2. verb To lie right next to something else, touching its edge.
3. verb To sail close along the coastline or edge of something.
4. verb To come close to someone or something.

importune — full definition

1. verb To annoy or trouble someone.
2. verb To keep pestering someone with requests.
3. verb To approach someone to offer sex for money, or to make other indecent suggestions.
4. verb (archaic) To mean or signify something.

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