обкатывать

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐpˈkatɨvətʲ]

Etymology 1

обката́ть (obkatátʹ) +‎ -ывать (-yvatʹ)

Verb

обка́тывать • (obkátyvatʹimpf (perfective обката́ть)

  1. to roll smooth, to smoothen by rolling
  2. to wear smooth
  3. to make round by rolling
  4. (colloquial, figurative) to make hackneyed, to make common, to deprive of one's particular nature
  5. (colloquial) to repeat until perfected
  6. to test out, to break in (e.g. a car)
  7. (colloquial) to cover in (e.g. breadcrumbs) by rolling
Conjugation

Etymology 2

обкати́ть (obkatítʹ) +‎ -ывать (-yvatʹ)

Verb

обка́тывать • (obkátyvatʹimpf (perfective обкати́ть)

  1. to roll (something) around (something else)
  2. (colloquial) to douse
    Synonyms: обка́чивать (obkáčivatʹ), ока́чивать (okáčivatʹ), ока́тывать (okátyvatʹ)
  3. (low colloquial) to travel around (an area)
Conjugation