отжать

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐd͡ʐˈʐatʲ]

Etymology 1

от- (ot-) +‎ жать (žatʹ, to press, to squeeze)

Verb

отжа́ть • (otžátʹpf (imperfective отжима́ть)

  1. to squeeze dry
  2. to squeeze out (liquid)
  3. (colloquial) to push back, to drive back, to force to retreat
  4. (technical) to force to separate under pressure (e.g. a valve, a layer of rock)
  5. (colloquial) to extort, to expropriate, to seize or take the possession of something by physical force, menace or other illegal and ingenuine means
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • отжа́тие (otžátije)
  • о́тжим (ótžim), отжи́мный (otžímnyj)
  • отжима́ние (otžimánije)
  • отжима́ться impf (otžimátʹsja), отжа́ться pf (otžátʹsja)
  • отжи́мка (otžímka), отжи́мочный (otžímočnyj)
  • отжи́мщик (otžímščik), отжи́мщица (otžímščica)

Etymology 2

от- (ot-) +‎ жать (žatʹ, to reap, to harvest)

Verb

отжа́ть • (otžátʹpf (imperfective отжина́ть)

  1. to finish harvesting, to finish reaping
Conjugation