звести

Definitions

1. 1.
   to lead, to take (from somewhere)

   • не звести́ оче́й / по́гляду з

     ne zvestý očéj / póhljadu z — not to take one's eyes from (someone/something)

   • звести́ з ро́зуму / ума́

     zvestý z rózumu / umá — to drive crazy

   • звести́ зі сві́ту

     zvestý zi svítu — to lead to the death of

2. 2.
   to bring

   • звести́ розмо́ву на

     zvestý rozmóvu na — to bring/shift the conversation to (a topic)

3. 3.
   to raise

   • звести́ куро́к

     zvestý kurók — to cock

4. 4.
   to build, to erect
5. 5.
   to bring together (to gather, to move closer to each other)

   • звести́ доку́пи

     zvestý dokúpy — to bring together

   • звести́ плечи́ма

     zvestý plečýma — to shrug one's shoulders

   • звести́ кінці́ з кінця́ми

     zvestý kincí z kincjámy — to make ends meet

6. 6.
   to reconcile, to settle (to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance)

   • звести́ раху́нки з

     zvestý raxúnky z — to settle a score with, to square accounts with (someone)

7. 7.
   to blame, to lay [with на (na, + accusative) ‘on someone’] (to impute)

   • звести́ на́клеп на

     zvestý náklep na — to calumniate, to cast aspersions on, to libel, to malign, to slander, to traduce

8. 8.
   to lead astray

   • звести́ на манівці́

     zvestý na manivcí — to lead astray; to lead up the garden path

9. 9.
   to reduce (to bring to an inferior state or condition)

   • звести́ наніве́ць

     zvestý nanivécʹ — to reduce/bring to nothing, to bring to nought, to nullify

10. 10.
    to cramp (to affect with cramps or spasms)

    • Near-synonym: посудо́мити pf (posudómyty)

11. 11.
    to seduce
12. 12.
    to bring down, to boil down, to reduce [with до (do, + genitive) or на (na, + accusative) ‘to’] (to diminish or simplify)

    • звести́ до мі́німуму

      zvestý do mínimumu — to reduce to a minimum, to minimize

    • звести́ до спі́льного знаме́нника

      zvestý do spílʹnoho znaménnyka — to reduce to a common denominator

13. 13.
    colloquialto bring together (to cause people to do something together; to bring about togetherness)

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