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Meaning of yemək | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[jeˈmæc]

Definitions

  1. to eat
    transitive
  2. to sting, to bite
    colloquial, transitive
  3. To erode, to carve, to destroy, to eat away.
    transitive
  4. To destroy, corrupt by gnawing, eating away.
    transitive
  5. to receive (connotes that the thing received is a bad thing to receive)
    colloquial, transitive

Examples

“Xudayar bәy yeyib qarnı tox vә yeddi manatı сibinә qoyub, arxayın vә rahat uzanıb yatdı.”

Sir Khudayar, after eating well and putting seven manats in his pocket, lay down and slept in a confident, comfortable way.

“xörək yemək”

eat food

“meyvə yemək”

eat fruits

“naharını yemək”

to eat one's dinner

“yaxşı yemək”

to eat well

“Uşaq yaxşı yemir”

The child doesn't eat well

“Yeyərsən qaz ətini, görərsən ləzzətini.”

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

“Qollarımı başdan-başa ağcaqanad yeyib.”

Mosquitoes have bitten my arms from head to toe.

“Su sahili yeyib dağıdır.”

The water had eaten away the banks

“Dəmiri pas yeyir.”

Rust erodes the iron.

“Qələvi dəriyə aşındırıcı təsir edir, onu yeyir.”

Alkali has an abrasive effect on the skin, eating it away.

“Xalçanı güvə yeyib”

The moth has destroyed the carpet

“Meyvələri qurd yeyib”

Worms corrupted the fruits

“Sevdiyim qızdan atval yedim.”

I got a rejection from a girl I loved.

“Orada paylaşım daha eləyəmmirəm, ban yedim.”

I can't post there anymore, I got a ban.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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