describing russian
обстоя́ть
to stand as
to be going (describing a state of affairs)
зажа́ривавший
frying, roasting (describing someone who was doing the action)
заклёпывавший
riveting (describing past action), that was riveting
испи́вший
having drunk, having imbibed, who has drunk
world-weary, jaded, experienced (through hardship), haggard (describing appearance)
кле́ившийся
sticking, adhesive (describing something that was sticking or had adhesive properties)
going well, working out, coming together (colloquial, describing something that was developing successfully)
лата́вший
patching, mending, repairing (describing someone who was doing the patching)
обрисо́вывающий
outlining, depicting, describing
опи́сывавший
describing (past active participle), who was describing, which was describing
опи́сывающий
describing, descriptive
опи́сывающийся
being described, describing itself
отстёгивавший
unfastening, detaching, unclipping (describing someone or something that was performing the action)
поджа́ривавший
frying, roasting, toasting (describing someone or something that was performing the action)
подки́дывавший
tossing up, throwing up, flinging up (describing past continuous action); planting, slipping (secretly)
преодолевавший
overcoming, surmounting, conquering (describing someone or something that was overcoming/surmounting/conquering)
простёртый
outstretched, prostrate, stretched out
spread out, vast (describing a landscape)
растушёвывавший
blending, shading, smudging (describing an action in the past)
смотре́вшийся
looking, appearing, seeming (describing something that looked or appeared a certain way in the past)
Examples
Ка́ждая фу́нкция должна́ име́ть коммента́рии, описывающие её назначе́ние, чтобы избежа́ть непонима́ния.
Every function should have comments describing its purpose in order to avoid confusions.
Who are you describing?
В повести чувствуется гоголевский стиль описания героев.
The story has a distinctly Gogolian style of describing its characters.
Учёные разработали особый метаязык для описания грамматики.
The scholars developed a special metalanguage for describing grammar.
В тексте много обстоятельственных конструкций для описания места.
The text contains many adverbial constructions describing the location.
Автор посвятил жизнь бытописанию купеческого быта.
The author devoted his life to describing the life of the merchant class.
Свидетель, описывавший происшествие, говорил очень медленно.
The witness who had been describing the incident spoke very slowly.
Отчёт, характеризовавший ситуацию, оказался неточным.
The report describing the situation turned out to be inaccurate.
Автор, обрисовывающий характер героя, использует яркие детали.
The author, describing the protagonist’s character, uses vivid details.



















