ogarniać

== Polish == === Etymology === From ogarnąć + -ać. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔˈɡar.ɲat͡ɕ/ Rhymes: -arɲat͡ɕ Syllabification: o‧gar‧niać === Verb === ogarniać impf (perfective ogarnąć) (transitive, of a state or feeling) to grip; to engulf; to overwhelm (to take over someone) Synonym: panować Zawsze, gdy wchodził do grobowca, ogarniał go niepokój. ― Whenever he entered the tomb, he was gripped by anxiety. (transitive, chiefly of a negative phenomenon) to encompass (to cover with one's reach) (transitive) to embrace (to surround with ones arms) [with instrumental ‘with what’] Synonym: obejmować (transitive) to get, to grok (to understand and comprehend) [with instrumental ‘with what’] Synonyms: chwytać, czaić, kapować, kumać, łapać Możesz mi pomóc? Zupełnie nie ogarniam ostatniego wykładu. ― Could you help me? I don't get the last lecture at all. (transitive, colloquial) to tidy up (to restore order, to tidy or clean) Ogarniaj swój pokój, bo goście idą! ― Tidy up your room, the guests are coming! (transitive) to get (to be able to make something happen) (transitive) to engulf (to surround on all sides) Synonym: otaczać (transitive, obsolete) to check out (to encompass with a glance) (transitive, obsolete, rare) to scoop, to push something around something; to sprinkle Synonyms: obsypywać, zgarniać, zsuwać (transitive, obsolete) to concentrate (to gather many things into one place) Synonyms: skupiać, gromadzić (transitive, obsolete) to accommodate Synonyms: zmieścić, pomieścić (transitive, obsolete) to take possession Synonym: brać w posiadanie (transitive, obsolete, of a deal) to close Synonym: zawierać (transitive, obsolete) to stroke the top of something Synonym: gładzić (transitive, obsolete) to dress up (to put someone in nice clothes) (reflexive with się, colloquial) to get oneself together (to tidy up one's clothes and hair) (reflexive with się, colloquial) to get oneself together (to overcome a moment of weakness and gather strength for something) (reflexive with się, colloquial) to deal with (to get rid of someone or something undesirable) [with z (+ instrumental) ‘whom/what’] (reflexive with się, colloquial) to cope with, to pull off (to perform and complete a task despite difficulties) [with z (+ instrumental) ‘what’] (reflexive with się, obsolete) to dress up (to put on nice clothes) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === ogarniać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN ogarniać in Polish dictionaries at PWN