намётывать

verbimperfective

1.
to baste, to tack, to stitch looselysewing
Она́ намётывала подкла́дку кру́пными стежка́ми.
She was basting the lining with large stitches.
Sewing: temporary stitching before the final seam.
2.
to train (one's hand or eye), to acquire the knack of, to sharpen (one's eye)
О́пытный врач намётывает глаз годами.
An experienced doctor trains his eye over years.
Usually with руку or глаз as object.
3.
(rare) to throw together, to pile up, to heap up
Рабочие намётывали се́но в стог.
The workers were piling the hay into a stack.
4.
(rare) to bear (young), to spawn (of fish)zoology
Ры́ба намётывает икру ка́ждую весну́.
The fish spawns every spring.
Of animals and fish; with икру it means 'spawn'.

Conjugation

Imperative
ты
вы

Active present	намётывающий	tacking, basting, sewing provisionally
Active past	намётывавший	basting, tacking, having basted
Passive present	намётываемый	basted, tacked
Passive past	-
Gerund present	намётывая	while doing (present)
Gerund past	намётывав намётывавши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
вмётывать	в-	to tack in; to throw in
взмётывать	вз-	to throw up; to rise up
вымётывать	вы-	to cast out; to overcast (an edge); to spawn
замётывать	за-	to baste; to cast (a net); to fill in (a hole)

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