Meaning of audzēt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to grow, to raise (to bring up animals, to cultivate plant; to take care (of an animal, plant) so that it grows)
   transitive
2. to grow, to allow to grow
   transitive
3. to cultivate, to cause to be and develop
   poetic, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“audzēt labību”

to grow cereals

“audzēt tomātus siltumnīcā”

to grow tomatoes in a greenhouse

“audzēt zivis dīķī”

to raise fish in a pond

“audzēt mājputnus, mājlopus”

to raise poultry, livestock

“kam puķu vajag, lai stāda pats un lai audzē”

who needs a flower, let him plant it and grow, cultivate it

“audzēt garus matus, bārdu, ūsas”

to grow long hair, a beard, a mustache

“audzēt naidu sirdī”

to cultivate hatred in (one's) heart

“mēness ar savu bālumu prot tik audzēt sāpīgu mīlu”

the moon with its paleness is capable of cultivating (= causing) such painful love

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