мости́ть

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verbimperfective perfective is вы́мостить

1.
to pave, to cobbleconstruction
У́лицу мости́ли булы́жником.
They were paving the street with cobblestones.
Usually of streets, roads or yards.
2.
to lay (boards), to cover (a floor), to lineconstruction
Рабочие мости́ли пол широ́кими до́сками.
The workers were laying the floor with wide planks.
Of laying a floor or covering a surface with planks or slabs.
3.
(rare) to put up higher, to prop up
Он мости́т больную но́гу повы́ше.
He props his sore leg up higher.
Colloquial and dialectal.

Examples

Рабочие начали мостить площадь серым камнем.
The workers began paving the square with gray stone.
Дорожку в саду мы будем мостить плиткой.
We’re going to pave the garden path with paving slabs.
Раньше улицы мостили булыжником.
Streets used to be paved with cobblestones.

Note: Stress change.

Imperative
ты	мости́
вы	мости́те

Active present	мостя́щий	paving, bridging, laying (a road)
Active past	мости́вший	who paved, having paved
Passive present	мости́мый	paveable
Passive past	мощённый	paved, cobbled
Gerund present	мостя́	while doing (present)
Gerund past	мостив мостивши	while doing (past)

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Verb	Prefix	Meaning
мости́ть	-	to pave; to lay (boards); to put up higher
взмости́ть	вз-	to hoist up; to lay (a covering)
взмости́ться	вз-	to perch
вы́мостить	вы-	to pave

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