подводить

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Russian

Etymology

под- (pod-) +‎ води́ть (vodítʹ)

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Verb

подводи́ть (podvodítʹimpf (perfective подвести́)

  1. to bring closer
    подводи́ть часы́podvodítʹ časýto alter the watch/clock; to set the watch/clock
    подводи́ть войска́ к грани́цеpodvodítʹ vojská k graníceto bring troops to the border
    У него́ живо́т от го́лода подвело́.U nevó živót ot góloda podveló.He is awfully hungry; he feels pinched.
  2. to place (under)
    подводи́ть фунда́ментpodvodítʹ fundámentto underpin
    подводи́ть дом под кры́шуpodvodítʹ dom pod krýšuto roof the house
    подводи́ть ми́нуpodvodítʹ mínuto mine, to torpedo, to cause someone a lot of trouble/to set someone up
  3. to substantiate (with), to support (with), to account (for by)
    подводи́ть ито́гиpodvodítʹ itógito sum up
    подводи́ть бала́нсpodvodítʹ balánsto balance the accounts
    подводи́ть ба́зуpodvodítʹ bázuto provide a basis/reasoning; to prove
    подводи́ть тео́рию под наблюда́емые фа́кты
    podvodítʹ teóriju pod nabljudájemyje fákty
    suggest a theory to explain the observable facts
  4. to class, to group together, to present (as), to depict (as)
    подводи́ть де́ло под уголо́вную статью́
    podvodítʹ délo pod ugolóvnuju statʹjú
    present the affair as a criminal offence
  5. to drive (at), to suggest
  6. to let down, to do a bad turn
  7. to pencil, to outline
    подводи́ть бро́виpodvodítʹ bróvipencil one's eyebrows

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