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sypać

Pronunciation: /ˈsɘ.pat͡ɕ/

“sypać” is a Polish word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to crumble, to sprinkle; to dump (to cause something loose to fall to the ground or into a container)
  2. to heap, to pile; to dump (to build something by placing some loose substance in one place)
  3. to pile; to dump (to fall, especially in large amounts)
  4. to sprinkle (to produce an abundant harvest in the form of grains falling from the ears)
  5. to hand out; to dump (to give something away very generously)
  6. to crack (to tell a lot of e.g. jokes, stories)
  7. to rat on, to drop a dime on; to give away (to give incriminating testimony on)
  8. to pour (to flash or shine)
  9. to hustle (to do quickly, especially to go)
  10. to crumble; to sprinkle; to dump (to fall onto the surface of something or into a container in the form of many loose or small elements)
  11. to crumble; to sprinkle; to dump (to detach from something in the form of numerous, small elements and fall to the ground or spread out)
  12. to shed (to lose leaves or needles intensely)
  13. to bristle, to come in (to start to grow on a man's face)
  14. to bristle (to appear in large amounts or numbers)
  15. to sprinkle oneself (to apply something friable to one's body)
  16. to sprinkle each other (to apply something friable to one another)
  17. to crumble (to deteriorate or be destroyed due to old age or other factors)
  18. to crumble (to lose health, fitness or strength)
  19. to crumble (to cease to form a coherent whole)
  20. to slip (to make a mistake during a performance)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish sypać.

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