No. 15,882 in Russian
промыть
"To rinse" or "to wash out."
In a sentence
Мне нужно промыть овощи перед приготовлением.
I need to rinse the vegetables before cooking.
In this context, 'промыть' means to wash vegetables thoroughly with water to clean them.
Он промыл рану перекисью водорода.
He rinsed the wound with hydrogen peroxide.
Here, 'промыть' is used to describe cleaning a wound with a liquid, often for disinfection.
Река промыла глубокую долину за тысячелетия.
The river carved out a deep valley over the millennia.
In this sentence, 'промыть' metaphorically describes the process of a river shaping a valley by carrying away materials.
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