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zżerać

//ˈzʐɛ.rat͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    colloquialto consume, to eat, to ingest
  2. 2.
    colloquialderogatoryto devour, to gobble, to gorge, to stuff oneself (to eat greedily)
  3. 3.
    colloquialto eat up (to consume excessively some resources of energy or money)
    • zżerać prąd

      to eat up electricity

  4. 4.
    colloquialto gnaw (to corrode; to fret away; to waste)
  5. 5.
    colloquialto eat away at (to take over and torment someone)
  6. 6.
    colloquialto sting (to puncture with the stinger)
  7. 7.
    colloquialto eat one another
  8. 8.
    colloquialto bring yourself to a state of extreme fatigue or loss of strength and health
  9. 9.
    colloquialto bring one another to a state of extreme fatigue or loss of strength and health
  10. 10.
    colloquialto become unusable or cease to exist
  11. 11.
    colloquialderogatoryto quarrel, to wrangle

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
  • PERFECTIVE PAIR: zjeść
  • bałować
  • buzować
  • chrupać (imperfective
  • colloquial)
  • schrupać
  • dokarmiać się (imperfective
  • dokarmić się
  • dożywiać się (imperfective
  • dożywić się

Etymology

From zeżreć + -ać.

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