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пропи́тывать — meaning in English

propityvat

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English meaning

  • drench verb To soak someone or something completely by pouring or splashing liquid on it, or by immersing it.
  • imbue verb To fill someone or something with a quality, feeling or idea so that it spreads through the whole of it.
  • impregnate verb To make a woman or female animal pregnant.
  • permeate verb To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture
  • pervade verb To spread through every part of something, so that its presence is felt everywhere.
  • saturate verb To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
  • steep adj Rising or falling at a sharp angle, close to vertical.

Senses

пропи́тывать is used for these senses in English:

  • drench To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic) , to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
  • imbue (transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
  • impregnate (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
  • permeate (transitive) To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture
  • pervade (transitive) To be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.
  • saturate (transitive) To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
  • steep (transitive, middle voice) To soak or wet thoroughly.

drench — full definition

  1. verb To soak someone or something completely by pouring or splashing liquid on it, or by immersing it.
  2. noun A dose of medicine given to an animal, often forced down its throat.

imbue — full definition

  1. verb To fill someone or something with a quality, feeling or idea so that it spreads through the whole of it.
  2. verb To soak or saturate something with a liquid, especially a dye.

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