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naddawać

//nadˈda.vat͡ɕ/ | /nadˈdɒ.vat͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to adjust longer fabric to shorter fabric by wrinkling it appropriately while sewing
  2. 2.
    to extend, to add on to (to add more fabric in some place to make the garment wider or longer)
  3. 3.
    to cause the emergence of some additional features that go beyond the adopted assumptions
  4. 4.
    to say additionally, to add, to chime in
  5. 5.
    archaicto overgive (to give too much)

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms

Etymology

From nad- + dawać. First attested in 1562. Compare Kashubian naddawac and Russian наддава́ть (naddavátʹ).

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