топи́ть

uncommon #6503

verbimperfective perfective is утопи́ть

1.
to heat, to stoke (a stove), to fire up
Зимой мы то́пим дом дрова́ми.
In winter we heat the house with firewood.
of stoves, ovens, houses; fuel in the instrumental
2.
to melt, to render (fat), to thaw
Она́ то́пит ма́сло на сковороде́.
She is melting butter in the pan.
of wax, butter, fat, snow
3.
to drown, to sink (a ship)
Он то́пит горе в вине.
He drowns his sorrow in wine.
кого? что?
4.
to do for, to betray, to land in trouble
Не топи́ това́рища!
Don't throw your friend under the bus!
colloquial; кого?
5.
to root for, to support, to be a fan of
Я топлю́ за на́шу кома́нду.
I'm rooting for our team.
slang; with за + accusative

Examples

Печь топили кизяком зимой.
The stove was heated with kizyak in winter.
Я не топлю́ их дом.
I don't heat their house.
Том то́пит печь как де́ревом, так и у́глем.
Tom burns both wood and coal in his stove.
Мороз, выстуживавший старый дом, заставил нас топить печь чаще.
The frost that was chilling the old house forced us to heat the stove more often.
Рыбаки топили лампы на ворвани.
The fishermen used train oil to fuel their lamps.
Каменку топили дровами всю ночь.
The stone oven was stoked with firewood all night.
Солью то́пят лёд.
Salt is used to thaw ice.
Бабушка топила чугунку каждое утро зимой.
Grandma fired up the cast-iron stove every morning in winter.
Стокер сломался, и котёл пришлось топить вручную.
The stoker broke down, so the boiler had to be fired by hand.
Зимой мы топили буржуйку дровами.
In winter, we heated the potbelly stove with firewood.

Note: Stress change.

Imperative
ты	топи́
вы	топи́те

Active present	топя́щий	melting, thawing
Active past	топи́вший	having heated, that heated, who heated
Passive present	топи́мый	heatable, that can be heated
Passive past	то́пленный	melted, rendered
Gerund present	топя́	while doing (present)
Gerund past	топи́в топивши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
топи́ть	-	to heat; to melt; to drown; to do for; to root for
топи́ться	-	to burn
затопи́ть	за-	to flood; to light (a stove)
истопи́ть	ис-	to heat