гло́хнуть

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verbimperfective perfective is загло́хнуть

1.
to become deaf, to go deaf
От тако́го шу́ма мо́жно гло́хнуть.
You can go deaf from noise like that.
Of a person; often gradually or from noise.
2.
to die away, to fade, to subside
Шум постепе́нно гло́хнет.
The noise is gradually dying away.
Of noises and voices.
3.
to become overgrown, to run wild, to go to seed
Без ухо́да сад бы́стро гло́хнет.
Without care the garden quickly becomes overgrown.
Of gardens, fields and plants left untended.
4.
to die down, to peter out, to dry up
Его тво́рческая акти́вность постепе́нно гло́хнет.
His creative energy is gradually drying up.
Figurative: of energy, interest or an undertaking.

Examples

Том гло́хнет.
Tom is going deaf.
Наверное, я гло́хну.
I must be going deaf.
Двигатель постоянно глохнет на светофоре.
The engine keeps stalling at traffic lights.

Imperative
ты	гло́хни
вы	гло́хните

Active present	гло́хнущий	stalling, dying, conking out, cutting out
Active past	гло́хнувший	stalling, dying (engine), cutting out
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	глохнув глохнувши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
гло́хнуть	-	to become deaf; to die away; to become overgrown; to die down
загло́хнуть	за-	to stall; to die away; to shut up; to become overgrown

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