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свёртывать — meaning in English

svyortyvat

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English meaning

  • clot noun A thickened, partly solid lump formed from a liquid, especially blood.
  • coagulate verb To change from a liquid into a thicker, semi-solid state.
  • coil noun Something wound into a spiral or helix shape.
  • congeal verb To turn from a liquid into a solid, often because it has gone cold.
  • curdle verb To turn into lumps, or to make something do this, usually said of milk going off.
  • roll verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.

Senses

свёртывать is used for these senses in English:

  • clot (transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass.
  • coagulate (transitive) To cause to congeal.
  • coil To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
  • congeal (transitive) To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid such as gel or jelly.
  • curdle (ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
  • furl (transitive) To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
  • roll (ergative) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.

clot — full definition

  1. noun A thickened, partly solid lump formed from a liquid, especially blood.
  2. verb To thicken and form a solid lump.
  3. noun A silly or foolish person (informal, chiefly British).

coagulate — full definition

  1. verb To change from a liquid into a thicker, semi-solid state.
  2. verb To make a liquid thicken into a semi-solid state.
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