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собирать — meaning in English

sobirat

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English meaning

  • accumulate verb To gradually gather or build up over time.
  • assemble verb To fit or put pieces together to make something whole.
  • cobble noun A rounded stone, roughly fist-sized, traditionally used to pave streets.
  • collect verb To gather things together, often systematically.
  • compel verb To force or pressure someone into doing something.
  • compile verb To gather information or material from various sources and put it together.
  • compose verb To make up or form the parts of something.
  • congregate verb To gather together in a group.
  • convene verb To come together, or to call people together, for a meeting.
  • convoke verb To convene, to cause to assemble for a meeting.
  • engross verb To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
  • gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
  • glean verb To gather information or knowledge gradually, often bit by bit and with some effort.
  • pick verb To choose one thing from a number of options.
  • rake noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
  • scoop noun A cup-shaped tool, or the utensil's bowl-shaped end, used for lifting and serving loose material like ice cream or flour.
  • scrounge verb To search for or obtain something, especially by asking others or making do with what is available.

Senses

собирать is used for these senses in English:

  • accumulate (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.
  • assemble (transitive) To put together.
  • cobble (transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.
  • collect (transitive) To gather together; amass.
  • compel (transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up.
  • compile (transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
  • compose (transitive) To make something by merging parts. [from later 15th c.]
  • congregate (transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.

assemble — full definition

  1. verb To fit or put pieces together to make something whole.
  2. verb To gather together as a group.

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