ста́лкивать

rare #21208

verbimperfective perfective is столкну́ть

1.
to push off, to shove down, to push down
Не надо ста́лкивать ка́мни с обры́ва.
Don't push the rocks off the cliff.
Imperfective of столкнуть; often with с + genitive (с обрыва, со стола).
2.
to knock together, to make collide, to bring into collision
Ма́льчик ста́лкивал игру́шечные маши́нки друг с другом.
The boy kept knocking the toy cars together.
3.
to bring together, to bring face to face, to throw together
Рабо́та ста́лкивает меня́ с ра́зными людьми́.
My job brings me into contact with all sorts of people.
Often of fate, life or circumstances bringing people into contact.
4.
to pit against each other, to set at odds, to play off against each other
Нача́льник лю́бит ста́лкивать колле́г лба́ми.
The boss likes pitting his colleagues against each other.
Often in the phrase сталкивать лбами.

Conjugation

Imperative
ты	ста́лкивай
вы	ста́лкивайте

Active present	ста́лкивающий	colliding, confronting, pushing together
Active past	ста́лкивавший	confronting, colliding, knocking down/off
Passive present	ста́лкиваемый	pushed (off/down), brought into collision
Passive past	-
Gerund present	ста́лкивая	while doing (present)
Gerund past	сталкивав сталкивавши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
ста́лкивать	-	to push off; to knock together; to bring together; to pit against each other
ста́лкиваться	-	to collide; to run into (someone); to face (a problem)

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