точи́ть
- 1.
to sharpen, to grind, to whet
Он то́чит каранда́ш.
He is sharpening a pencil.
Perfectives: наточить, заточить, поточить
- 2.
to turn (on a lathe), to make on a lathe, to produce by turningengineering
Ма́стер то́чит дета́ль на станке́.
The worker is turning a part on the lathe.
Perfective: выточить
- 3.
to wear away, to wear down, to gnaw, to eat away
Её то́чит горе.
Grief is eating away at her.
Often figurative: of worry or grief tormenting someone.
- 4.
(rare) to emit, to exude, to shed (tears)
точи́ть слёзы
shed tears
Dated. Perfective: источить
Examples
Топор, выщербивший лезвие о железо, придется точить.
The axe that chipped its blade on the iron will have to be sharpened.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | точу́ | бу́ду точи́ть |
| ты | то́чишь | бу́дешь точи́ть |
| он/она́/оно́ | то́чит | бу́дет точи́ть |
| мы | то́чим | бу́дем точи́ть |
| вы | то́чите | бу́дете точи́ть |
| они́ | то́чат | бу́дут точи́ть |
Note: Stress change.
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | точи́ |
| вы | точи́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | точи́л |
| feminine | точи́ла |
| neuter | точи́ло |
| plural | точи́ли |
Participles
| Active present | sharpening, grinding, honing, boring | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | sharpening, having sharpened, grinding, whetting | |
| Passive present | sharpenable, grindable, honeable, capable of being sharpened | |
| Passive past | sharpened, ground, turned | |
| Gerund present | точа́ | while doing (present) |
| Gerund past | точив точивши | while doing (past) |
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