розвести

Ukrainian

Etymology

From роз- (roz-) +‎ вести́ (vestý). Compare Russian развести́ (razvestí), Belarusian разве́сці (razvjésci), Polish rozwieść, Serbo-Croatian ра̀звести/ràzvesti.

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Verb

розвести́ • (rozvestý) pf (imperfective розво́дити) (transitive)

1. to bring
2. to break up (to separate people who are fighting)
3. to part, to move apart, to pull apart, to spread apart

   розвести́ рука́ми ― rozvestý rukámy ― to throw up one's hands

4. to dilute

   Synonym: розба́вити pf (rozbávyty)

5. to make, to start (:fire)
6. to breed, to raise, to rear (to keep animals and have them reproduce)

   Synonym: ви́ростити pf (výrostyty)

7. to cultivate, to grow (:plants, garden)

   Synonyms: ви́ростити pf (výrostyty), культивува́ти pf (kulʹtyvuváty)

8. to propagate (to cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production: animals or plants)

   Synonym: розмно́жити pf (rozmnóžyty)

9. to separate (to cause to be separate from each other; to disunite)

   Synonyms: роз'єдна́ти pf (rozʺjednáty), розлучи́ти pf (rozlučýty)

10. (colloquial) to start (:activity, situation, lengthy talk, etc.)
11. to dispel
12. to spread (on a surface)

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References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “розвести”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “розвести”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “розвести”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “розвести”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “розвести”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “розвести”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)