проме́ривать

rare #46685

verbimperfective

1.
to measure, to survey, to sound (depths)surveying
Гидро́логи проме́ривают глубину́ реки́.
The hydrologists are sounding the depth of the river.
Imperfective of промерить; often of measuring depths or a whole area.
2.
(rare) to measure for a while, to spend (some time) measuring
Портно́й це́лый час проме́ривал ткань.
The tailor spent a whole hour measuring the fabric.
With a time expression.
3.
(rare) to measure wrongly, to miscalculate a measurement
Он торо́пится и ча́сто проме́ривает.
He is in a hurry and often gets his measurements wrong.
Colloquial.

Examples

Он долго промеривал комнату шагами.
He spent a long time measuring the room by pacing it out.
Портной промеривает ткань перед раскроем.
The tailor measures the fabric before cutting it.
Рабочие промеривают глубину реки у берега.
The workers are measuring the depth of the river near the bank.

Imperative
ты	проме́ривай
вы	проме́ривайте

Active present	промеривающий	measuring, sounding, gauging
Active past	промеривавший	who was measuring, having measured, that measured
Passive present	промериваемый	measurable, being measured, that is measured, surveyable
Passive past	-
Gerund present	промеривая	while doing (present)
Gerund past	промеривав промеривавши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
обме́ривать	об-	to measure
отме́ривать	от-	to measure off
переме́ривать	пере-	to re-measure; to try on again; to measure (all of)
проме́ривать	про-	to measure; to measure for a while; to measure wrongly