звести

From з- (z-) +‎ вести́ (vestý). Compare Russian свести́ (svestí), Belarusian зве́сці (zvjésci), Polish zwieść.

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звести́ • (zvestý) pf (imperfective зво́дити) (transitive)

1. to lead, to take (from somewhere)

   не звести́ оче́й / по́гляду з (+ genitive) ― ne zvestý očéj / póhljadu z ― not to take one's eyes from (someone/something)

   звести́ з ро́зуму / ума́ ― zvestý z rózumu / umá ― to drive crazy (literally, “to lead from reason”)

   звести́ зі сві́ту ― zvestý zi svítu ― to lead to the death of (literally, “to lead/take from the world”)

   звести́ в моги́лу ― zvestý v mohýlu ― to lead/send (someone) to one's grave

2. to bring

   звести́ розмо́ву на (+ accusative) ― zvestý rozmóvu na ― to bring/shift the conversation to (a topic)

3. to raise

   звести́ куро́к ― zvestý kurók ― to cock (literally, “to raise the cocking piece/handle (of a firearm)”)

4. to build, to erect
5. to bring together (to gather, to move closer to each other)

   звести́ доку́пи ― zvestý dokúpy ― to bring together

   звести́ плечи́ма ― zvestý plečýma ― to shrug one's shoulders

   звести́ кінці́ з кінця́ми ― zvestý kincí z kincjámy ― to make ends meet (literally, “to bring together ends with ends”)

   звести́ дух ― zvestý dux ― to catch one's breath, to gather breath

6. to reconcile, to settle (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance)

   звести́ раху́нки з (+ instrumental) ― zvestý raxúnky z ― to settle a score with, to square accounts with (someone)

7. (colloquial) to bring together (to cause people to do something together; to bring about togetherness)
8. to blame, to lay (to impute)

   звести́ на́клеп на (+ accusative) ― zvestý náklep na ― to calumniate, to cast aspersions on, to libel, to malign, to slander, to traduce

9. to lead astray

   звести́ на манівці́ (idiomatic) ― zvestý na manivcí ― to lead astray; to lead up the garden path (literally, “to lead onto a detour”)

10. to seduce
11. to reduce (to bring to an inferior state or condition)

    звести́ наніве́ць ― zvestý nanivécʹ ― to reduce/bring to nothing, to bring to nought, to nullify

12. to cramp (to affect with cramps or spasms)

    Near-synonym: посудо́мити pf (posudómyty)

13. to bring down, to boil down, to reduce (to diminish or simplify)

    звести́ до мі́німуму ― zvestý do mínimumu ― to reduce to a minimum, to minimize

    звести́ до спі́льного знаме́нника ― zvestý do spílʹnoho znaménnyka ― to reduce to a common denominator

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “звести”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 778
• “звести”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1972), “звести”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (З), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 469
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “звести”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “звести”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “звести”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “звести”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)