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смести́

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verbperfective imperfective is смета́ть
  • 1.

    to sweep off, to sweep away, to brush off

    Смети́ снег с крыши.

    Sweep the snow off the roof.

    смести что? с чего?

  • 2.

    to sweep away, to wipe out, to carry off

    Урага́н смёл дома с лица́ земли́.

    The hurricane wiped the houses off the face of the earth.

    of a storm, flood, crowd or upheaval

  • 3.

    to wolf down, to polish off, to gobble up

    Дети смели́ всё со стола́ за пять минут.

    The kids polished off everything on the table in five minutes.

    colloquial

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
смету́
ты-
сметёшь
он/она́/оно́-
сметёт
мы-
сметём
вы-
сметёте
они́-
смету́т
Imperative
ты
смети́
вы
смети́те
Past
masculine
смёл
feminine
смела́
neuter
смело́
plural
смели́

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

смести́вший

having shifted, having displaced

Passive present

-

Passive past

смещённый

displaced, shifted, off-center, misaligned

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

смести́в

сместивши

while doing (past)

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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
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  • anonymous edited translation 5 years ago.
  • anonymous edited translation 5 years ago.