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запада́ть
(intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner. [with on] · zapadat
западнору́сский
Of or related to Old Ruthenia. · zapadnorusskiy
за́падный
Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western. [from 16th c.] · zapadnyy
за́падный ве́тер
A westerly wind or storm, one blowing or coming from the west. · zapadnyy veter
западня́
A snare or trap for game. · zapadnya
запа́ивание
A method of joining two metallic surfaces by melting an alloy between them. · zapaivaniye
запакова́ть
(transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack · zapakovat
запако́вывать
(transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack · zapakovyvat
запа́л
A device used to detonate an explosive device etc. · zapal
запа́ливание
The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc. · zapalivaniye
запа́ливать
(transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.). · zapalivat
запали́ть
(transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.). · zapalit
запа́риться
(transitive, UK, informal) To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil. · zaparitsya
запа́рка
Any frantic period of competitive activity. · zaparka
запа́рывать
(transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something · zaparyvat
запа́с
A reserve source or supply. · zapas
запа́с жи́зненных сил
The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc. · zapas zhiznennykh sil
запа́с про́чности
The positive capacity of an organizational system or company to adapt and return to equilibrium after a crisis, failure or any kind of disruption, including: an outage, natural disasters, man-made disasters, terrorism, or similar (particularly IT systems, archives). · zapas prochnosti
запаса́ние
The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception. · zapasaniye
запаса́ть
(transitive) To amass, usually for one's own private collection. · zapasat
запасно́й
Standby, reserve or extra. · zapasnoy
запасно́й игро́к
The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception. · zapasnoy igrok
запасти́
(transitive) To amass, usually for one's own private collection. · zapasti
запа́сть
(intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner. [with on] · zapast
запа́сы
A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited. · zapasy
за́пах
Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive. · zapakh
запа́чканный
Covered with filth; very dirty. · zapachkannyy
запа́чкать
(transitive, causative) To make dirty. · zapachkat
запашок
An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air. · zapashok
запека́ние
The act of cooking food by baking. · zapekaniye
запека́нка
Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish. · zapekanka
запека́ться
(transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass. · zapekatsya
запере́ть
(transitive) To fasten with a lock. · zaperet
запертый
Confined in, or as if in, a pen; imprisoned. · zapertyy
запечённый
That has been cooked by baking. · zapechyonnyy
запе́чься
(transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass. · zapechsya
запи́вка
(slang) A drink consumed after another of a different kind. · zapivka
запикать
(transitive) To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps. · zapikat
запикивать
(transitive) To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps. · zapikivat
запина́ться
(intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking. · zapinatsya
запира́ть
(transitive) To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound. · zapirat
запи́санный
(by extension) Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass-produced, or lacking originality or customization. · zapisannyy
записать
(transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip. · zapisat
записа́ться
(intransitive) To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service. · zapisatsya
запи́ска
A short informal letter. · zapiska
записна́я кни́жка
(computing, sometimes, attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc. · zapisnaya knizhka
запи́сывание
(uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters. · zapisyvaniye
запи́сывать
(transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation. · zapisyvat
запи́сываться
(intransitive) To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service. · zapisyvatsya
за́пись
(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court. · zapis
запи́хивать
(transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity. · zapikhivat
запихну́ть
(transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity. · zapikhnut
запла́канный
Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry. · zaplakannyy
запланированный
expected to arrive; scheduled · zaplanirovannyy
заплани́ровать
(transitive) To create a plan for. · zaplanirovat
запла́та
(countable) A place in a thing (such as a tear in clothing) which has been repaired. · zaplata
заплатить
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration. · zaplatit
запла́тка
(Australia, Canada, US, Philippines, informal) A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight. [from 1968] · zaplatka
заплесневе́вший
Covered with mould. · zaplesnevevshiy
заплесневе́лый
Covered with mould. · zaplesnevelyy
запле́сневеть
(obsolete, intransitive) To become mouldy or musty. · zaplesnevet
запломбировать
(also, figuratively) To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design. · zaplombirovat
запну́ться
(intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking. · zapnutsya
запове́дник
An area of land managed to conserve wildlife or plant habitat or other natural features. · zapovednik
запове́дный
defended · zapovednyy
за́поведь
(archaic, or, jocular) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict. · zapoved
заподо́зрить
(transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof. · zapodozrit
запозда́лый
Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened. · zapozdalyy
запо́й
(countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session. · zapoy
запо́лненный
(followed by with) That is now full. · zapolnennyy
заполни́тель
Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete. · zapolnitel
запо́лнить
To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full. · zapolnit
запо́лниться
To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full. · zapolnitsya
заполня́ть
To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full. · zapolnyat
заполня́ться
To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full. · zapolnyatsya
заполня́ться и́лом
(intransitive) To become clogged with silt. · zapolnyatsya ilom
заполняющий
Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything. · zapolnyayushchiy
заполонять
(figuratively) To fill or spread throughout; to pervade (with something destructive or weakening). · zapolonyat
запомина́ть
(transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer. · zapominat
запомина́ющее устро́йство
(usually, uncountable, computer hardware) Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term than main memory. · zapominayushcheye ustroystvo
запомина́ющийся
(of a tune or phrase) Instantly appealing and memorable. · zapominayushchiysya
запо́мнить
To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory. · zapomnit
запо́р
(countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening. · zapor
запоро́ть
(transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something · zaporot
запорошённый
Covered with dust. · zaporoshyonnyy
запо́стить
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.] · zapostit
запотева́ть
(intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water. · zapotevat
запра́вить
(US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel. · zapravit
запра́вка
(cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads. · zapravka
заправля́ть
(chiefly, US) To make the decisions; to be in charge; to give orders. · zapravlyat
запра́шивать
(transitive, or, with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something). · zaprashivat
запре́т
A prohibition. · zapret
запрети́ть
(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation. · zapretit
запретный плод
(biblical) The fruit forbidden to Adam. · zapretnyy plod
запреща́ть
(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation. · zapreshchat
запреще́ние
A prohibition. · zapreshcheniye
запрещённый
Not allowed; specifically disallowed. · zapreshchyonnyy
запро́с
The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning. · zapros
запроси́ть
(transitive, or, with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something). · zaprosit
запротоколи́ровать
(obsolete, intransitive) To make or write protocols, or first drafts; to issue protocols. · zaprotokolirovat
запряга́ть
(transitive) To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain. · zapryagat
запуга́ть
(transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully. · zapugat
запу́гивание
An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion. · zapugivaniye
запу́гивать
(transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way. · zapugivat
запу́дрить
(transitive) To coat with sugar. · zapudrit
за́пуск
The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.). · zapusk
запуска́ть
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling). · zapuskat
запуска́ть зме́я
(ambitransitive, rare) To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite. · zapuskat zmeya
запусти́ть
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling). · zapustit
запутавшийся
Being affected by delusions. · zaputavshiysya
запутался в словах
(often with on, about, or both) To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions. · zaputalsya v slovakh
запу́танность
The state or quality of being intricate or entangled. · zaputannost
запу́танный
Difficult or convoluted. · zaputannyy
запу́тать
(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand · zaputat
запу́таться
(intransitive) To become mixed together or intertwined. · zaputatsya
запу́тывать
(transitive, nautical) To entangle. · zaputyvat
запутываться
(intransitive) To become entangled. · zaputyvatsya
запу́щенный
Suffering from neglect; uncared-for. · zapushchennyy
запылённый
Covered with dust. · zapylyonnyy
запы́хавшийся
Having difficulty breathing; gasping. · zapykhavshiysya
запы́хаться
(ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. · zapykhatsya
запястная кость
(anatomy) Any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus). · zapyastnaya kost
запястный
Of or pertaining to the carpus. · zapyastnyy
запя́стье
(skeleton) The group of bones that make up the wrist. · zapyastye
запята́я
(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list. · zapyataya
запя́тнанный
Discoloured by spots; stained. · zapyatnannyy
запятна́ть
(transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation. · zapyatnat
запятнаться
To mark or become marked with mottling or spots. · zapyatnatsya
запятнывать
(ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on). · zapyatnyvat
зараба́тывать
(transitive) To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate). · zarabatyvat
заработавшийся
Subjected to too much work. · zarabotavshiysya
зарабо́тать
(transitive) To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate). · zarabotat
за́работная пла́та
A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument. · zarabotnaya plata
за́работок
Wages, money earned, income. · zarabotok
заража́ть
(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it. · zarazhat
зараже́ние
(pathology) The act or process of infecting. · zarazheniye
зараже́ние кро́ви
(pathology) The presence in the bloodstream of microorganisms or their toxins in a sufficient quantity to cause serious illness; sepsis or septicemia. · zarazheniye krovi
заражённый
Having an infection. · zarazhyonnyy
зараза
Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration. · zaraza
зара́за!
(vulgar, colloquial) An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration. · zaraza!
зарази́тельный
(of a disease) Easily transmitted to others. · zarazitelnyy
зарази́ть
(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it. · zarazit
зара́зный
(of a disease) Easily transmitted to others. · zaraznyy
зара́нее
(logic) In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation. · zaraneye
зараста́ть
(intransitive) To become better or healthy again. · zarastat
зарасти́
(intransitive) To become better or healthy again. · zarasti
зарево
The light given off by a glowing object. · zarevo
зарегистрированный
That has been fixed into a physical medium (for example, a book, compact disc or videotape). · zaregistrirovannyy
зарегистри́ровать
(transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist. · zaregistrirovat
зарегистри́роваться
(transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list · zaregistrirovatsya

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