топить — meaning in English

English meaning

• drift noun A slow, gradual movement or change, often without direct control.
• drown verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
• root noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.
• sink verb To go down below the surface of water or another liquid, or to cause something to do so.
• stoke verb To add fuel to a fire to keep it burning, or to feed a furnace.

Senses

топить is used for these senses in English:

• drift (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
• drown (transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
• drown (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
• root (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.) [late 19th century]
• root for (transitive, informal) To support (a favored person, team, or result).
• sink (ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
• sink (transitive, figurative) To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.

drift — full definition

1. noun A slow, gradual movement or change, often without direct control.
2. noun A large mound of snow, sand, or debris piled up by wind or current.
3. noun The general meaning or intention of something said.
4. verb To move slowly and without control, carried by wind, water, or circumstance.

drown — full definition

1. verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
2. verb To overwhelm or completely cover, often used figuratively.

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