отха́живать

rare #44101

verbimperfective

1.
to nurse back to health, to cure, to heal
Она́ ме́сяцами отха́живала больного му́жа.
She nursed her sick husband back to health for months.
Implies long, patient care of a sick or injured person.
2.
to thrash, to whip, to give a beating
За таки́е проде́лки его отха́живали ремнём.
For pranks like that they used to thrash him with a belt.
Colloquial; usually with an instrument in the instrumental case.
3.
(rare) to tire out by walking, to walk off one's legs
За день я так отха́живаю ноги́, что вечером не встать.
In a day I walk my legs off so much that in the evening I can't get up.
Colloquial; typically with ноги as the object.

Examples

Бабушка отхаживала меня травами и горячим чаем.
Grandma nursed me back to health with herbal remedies and hot tea.
Врачи долго отхаживали его после операции.
The doctors nursed him back to health for a long time after the operation.
Раненого солдата отхаживали в деревне целый месяц.
The wounded soldier was nursed back to health in the village for a whole month.

Imperative
ты	отха́живай
вы	отха́живайте

Active present	отхаживающий	nursing, caring for, tending to
Active past	отхаживавший	nursing, caring for, who had nursed, who had cared for
Passive present	отхаживаемый	being nursed back to health, being cared for, being rehabilitated
Passive past	-
Gerund present	отхаживая	while doing (present)
Gerund past	отхаживав отхаживавши	while doing (past)

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