обмерить

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Russian

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Etymology

об- (ob-) +‎ ме́рить (méritʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

обме́рить (obméritʹpf (imperfective обмеря́ть or обме́ривать)

  1. to measure (all dimensions)
  2. to cheat in measure, to give short measure
  3. to scan (with one's eyes)
    • 1867, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “XII”, in Дым; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Smoke, 1896:
      Ири́на обме́рила му́жа взгля́дом с ног до головы́, поверну́лась к нему́ спино́й и ушла́ в свой кабине́т.
      Irína obmérila múža vzgljádom s nog do golový, povernúlasʹ k nemú spinój i ušlá v svoj kabinét.
      Irina scanned her husband from head to foot in one look, turned her back upon him, and went away to her boudoir.

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