отла́вливать

rare #29143

verbimperfective perfective is отлови́ть

1.
to catch, to trap, to round up
В го́роде отла́вливают бездо́мных соба́к.
They are rounding up stray dogs in the city.
Imperfective; typically of animals caught or trapped systematically.
2.
to catch, to waylay, to track down
Я его отла́вливаю в коридо́ре после заня́тий.
I catch him in the corridor after class.
Colloquial, of catching a person to speak with them.
3.
(rare) to finish catching, to finish fishing
К полу́дню рыбаки́ отла́вливают и возвраща́ются к берегу.
By noon the fishermen finish fishing and head back to shore.
Rare, of bringing a period of catching or fishing to an end.

Examples

Они отлавливали рыбу в этом озере годами.
They caught fish in this lake for years.
Полиция отлавливала нарушителей порядка каждый вечер.
The police were rounding up people who disturbed the peace every evening.
Волонтёры отлавливали бездомных животных по всему городу.
Volunteers were catching stray animals all over the city.

Imperative
ты	отла́вливай
вы	отла́вливайте

Active present	отла́вливающий	catching, trapping, rounding up
Active past	отла́вливавший	catching (in the past), snaring, hunting down, rounding up
Passive present	отла́вливаемый	being caught, being trapped, being hunted down
Passive past	-
Gerund present	отла́вливая	while doing (present)
Gerund past	отлавливав отлавливавши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
выла́вливать	вы-	to catch; to fish out; to track down
изла́вливать	из-	to catch
отла́вливать	от-	to catch; to catch; to finish catching
ула́вливать	у-	to pick up; to catch on; to catch