облепля́ть

rare #43053

verbimperfective perfective is облепи́ть

1.
to stick to, to cling to, to stick all over
Мо́крый снег облепля́л ве́тки дере́вьев.
Wet snow clung to the branches of the trees.
Typically of snow, mud or dough covering a surface.
2.
to swarm all over, to crowd around, to mob
Му́хи облепля́ли сла́дкие я́годы.
Flies swarmed all over the sweet berries.
Of flies, bees, or people pressing in from all sides.
3.
to paste all over, to cover all over, to plaster
Рабочие облепля́ли ту́мбу афи́шами.
The workers were pasting posters all over the pillar.
Of posters, stickers or labels stuck over the whole surface.

Examples

Дети облепляют витрину с игрушками каждый день.
Every day, children crowd around the toy-store window.
Комары облепляют нас каждый вечер у реки.
Mosquitoes swarm all over us every evening by the river.
Мокрый снег облеплял ветки деревьев.
Wet snow clung to the branches of the trees.

Imperative
ты	облепля́й
вы	облепля́йте

Active present	облепля́ющий	encrusting, coating, sticking to, adhesive
Active past	облепля́вший	covering, sticking all over, plastering
Passive present	облепля́емый	being covered, being plastered, being stuck (to)
Passive past	-
Gerund present	облепля́я	while doing (present)
Gerund past	облепляв облеплявши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
влепля́ть	в-	to slap; to stick in
залепля́ть	за-	to slap
облепля́ть	об-	to stick to; to swarm all over; to paste all over
прилепля́ть	при-	to stick

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