заметать

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Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

замести́ (zamestí) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ)

Verb

замета́ть (zametátʹimpf (perfective замести́)

  1. to sweep (up)
    замета́ть следы́zametátʹ sledýto cover one's tracks
  2. (with snow, sand etc.) to cover, to drift (against)
    Synonyms: засыпа́ть (zasypátʹ), заноси́ть (zanosítʹ)
    дом замета́ло сне́гомdom zametálo snégomthe snow drifted in great piles against the house
  3. (colloquial) to seize, to pinch, to run in, to arrest
    Synonyms: заде́рживать (zadérživatʹ), забира́ть (zabirátʹ), аресто́вывать (arestóvyvatʹ)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

за- (za-) +‎ мета́ть (metátʹ, to baste)

Verb

замета́ть (zametátʹpf (imperfective замётывать)

  1. to baste, to tack, to sew up
    Synonym: заши́ть (zašítʹ)
Conjugation

Etymology 3

за- (za-) +‎ мета́ть (metátʹ, to throw, to cast)

Verb

замета́ть (zametátʹpf (imperfective замётывать)

  1. (colloquial) to shower, to bombard
    Synonyms: закида́ть (zakidátʹ), заброса́ть (zabrosátʹ)
Conjugation

Verb

замета́ть (zametátʹpf (imperfective мета́ть)

  1. to start throwing
Conjugation