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kryć.

to hide; to cover (to place or keep someone or something out of sight or in a safe place)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkrɘt͡ɕ//krɨt͡ɕ/Middle, Polish
  1. to hide; to cover (to place or keep someone or something out of sight or in a safe place)

    imperfective · transitive
  2. to hide; to cover (to obscure someone or something such that it becomes invisible)

    imperfective · transitive
  3. to hide; to cover (of e.g. a grave, to contain something within oneself)

    imperfective · transitive
  4. to hide (to contain something, e.g. a secret that is not immediately visible)

    imperfective · transitive
  5. to hide (to not reveal what one feels, knows, thinks or intends)

    imperfective · transitive
  6. to cover (to protect someone or something in a dangerous situation)

    imperfective · transitive
  7. to cover (to help someone avoid responsibility)

    imperfective · transitive
  8. to cover (to place a material on something to protect it)

    imperfective · transitive
  9. to cover (to impregnate a female)

    imperfective · transitive
  10. to mark (to follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily)

    imperfective · transitive
  11. to cover one's eyes (to cover one's eyes so that other people participating in the game can hide in a game of hide-and-seek)

    imperfective · intransitive
  12. to cover (to stand in the second row exactly behind the people in the first row)

    imperfective · transitive
  13. to cover (to protect yourself from the opponent's blows)

    imperfective · intransitive
  14. to cover (to encase the color of a surface; to coat a surface)

    imperfective · transitive · usually
  15. to cover (to cause an emulsion to become black in a photographic technique by exposing it to a developer)

    imperfective · transitive
  16. to hide; to cover oneself (to act so as not to be visible to not intend a particular action)

    imperfective · reflexive
  17. to hide; to be covered (to be difficult to see or be invisible due to being surrounded by something)

    imperfective · reflexive
  18. to hide (to cease to be visible to someone after moving behind surrounding things)

    imperfective · reflexive
  19. to hide (to not be immediately understandable or obvious)

    imperfective · reflexive
  20. to hide (to not disclose information)

    imperfective · reflexive
  21. to hide (to use a false name or surname)

    imperfective · reflexive
  22. to cover each other (to help one another avoid responsibility for bad things one has done)

    imperfective · reflexive
  23. to be covered (to be encased in e.g. a paint or varnish)

    imperfective · reflexive
  24. to hide (to disappear into a hole)

    imperfective · obsolete · reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krewH- Proto-Balto-Slavic *krū́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *krỳti Old Polish kryć Polish kryć Inherited from Old Polish kryć.

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