pełzać
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pь̀lzati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pilźtei.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pełzać impf
- (intransitive, of amphibians or reptiles) to creep (to move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground)
- Synonym: pełznąć
- (intransitive, of people) to crawl (to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground)
- Synonyms: czołgać się, pełznąć
- (intransitive, figurative) to grovel (to abase oneself before another person)
- Synonym: płaszczyć się
- (intransitive, figurative) to traipse, to trudge (to walk slowly)
- Synonym: wlec się
- (intransitive, of plants) to trail (to run or climb like certain plants)
- Synonym: piąć się
- (intransitive, of fog, smoke, etc.) to float (to move or hover slowly in the air)
- Synonym: snuć się
- (intransitive, of a flame, light, etc.) to flicker, to glimmer (to burn or shine unsteadily)
- (intransitive, chemistry, of crystals) to move onto the vessel wall due to the crystallization process
- (intransitive, metallurgy, of metal) to extend plastically in a continuous manner at a constant temperature under a constant tensile load
- (intransitive, rail transport, of rails) to move due to train traffic
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verbs
- dopełzać impf, dopełznąć pf
- odpełznąć pf
- podpełzać impf, podpełznąć pf
- przepełzać impf, przepełznąć pf
- przypełzać impf, przypełznąć pf
- rozpełzać impf, rozpełznąć pf
- spełzać impf, spełznąć pf
- upełzać impf, upełznąć pf
- wpełzać impf, wpełznąć pf
- wypełzać impf, wypełznąć pf
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