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топить

Pronunciation: [tɐˈpʲitʲ]

“топить” is a Russian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to stoke (an oven)
  2. to heat
  3. to melt, to render (fat)
  4. to sink
  5. to drown (transitive)
  6. to support (a club or political party)
  7. to topple (a political figure)
  8. to flunk, to fail (to give a student a failing grade)
  9. to put the pedal to the metal, to floor it

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *topìti (“to heat”). Related to Russian тёплый (tjóplyj, “warm”).

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