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перебирати

Pronunciation: [perebeˈrate]

“перебирати” is a Ukrainian word. Its 10 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to sort through
  2. to run one's fingers over/through, to run through one's fingers, to finger (one by one/in turn)
  3. to move [with instrumental ‘body part’] (especially repeatedly)
  4. to go through (to examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things))
  5. to pick over, to pick through
  6. to pick and choose, to be picky, to be choosy
  7. to take too much, to take in excess
  8. to take (something from someone)
  9. to adopt, to take on
  10. to change the clothes of, to get (someone) changed

Etymology

From пере- (pere-) + -бира́ти (-byráty). Compare Russian перебира́ть (perebirátʹ), Belarusian перабіра́ць (pjerabirácʹ), Polish przebierać, Czech přebírat, Slovak preberať.

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