No. 15,115 in Russian
поливать
To pour or water.
In a sentence
Я поливаю цветы каждое утро.
I water the flowers every morning.
The word "поливать" here is used in its direct meaning: to pour water onto plants to nourish them.
Мальчик поливает дорожку из шланга.
The boy is watering the path with a hose.
In this sentence, "поливать" implies applying water to a surface, here to clean or wet a path.
Он так много сказал, словно поливал словами.
He spoke so much, as if he was pouring words.
Here, "поливать" is used metaphorically to describe speaking continuously and abundantly, likening it to pouring water.
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