No. 5,522 in Russian
показались
"Appeared" or "seemed."
In a sentence
Вдали показались силуэты домов.
In the distance, the silhouettes of houses appeared.
The word "показались" is used here to mean "appeared" or "became visible" in the distance.
Её слова показались мне странными.
Her words seemed strange to me.
Here, "показались" means "seemed" or "appeared" in a metaphorical sense, relating to perception or opinion.
На горизонте показались корабли.
Ships appeared on the horizon.
In this sentence, "показались" is again used to indicate something becoming visible, similar to the first example.
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