Meaning of uzdot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to raise, to lift, e.g., hay, straw, etc.
   transitive
2. to give someone a task (to carry out), a problem (to solve), to ask someone a question
   transitive
3. to give, to provide (information), to make (something) be known, to declare (something) as (something)
   transitive
4. to give (to make, e.g. a choir, sing at the desired volume and pitch by producing the first few sounds, notes; also metaphorically)
   transitive
5. to give (blows), to hit (also metaphorically
   colloquial, transitive
6. to give to be immediately put on
   dated, transitive
7. to give, to yield (to not endure, to stopmaking efforts, to not work normally)
   colloquial, transitive

Examples

“uzdot sienu uz vezuma”

to lift, load hay on a cart (e.g., with pitchforks)

“uzdot uz kaudzes”

to lift (= put) (hay) in heaps

“vīrieši rudzu kūlīšus pienesa pie kuļmašīnas un uzdeva augšā”

the men brought the rye sheaves to the threshing mashine and gave (= put, threw) it up (on it)

“uzdot izstrādāt projektu”

to give (someone) a project to work on

“uzdot paziņot par sanāksmi”

to ask for a meeting to be announced

“uzdot jautājumus lieciniekiem”

to ask the witnesses questions

“uzdot skolēniem grūtu aritmētikas uzdevumu”

to give the students a difficult arithmetic problem

“Einšteina zinātniskais lielums, mūsuprāt, visspilgtāk izpaudās spējā uzdot jautājumus, no kuriem kļūst neomulīgi”

Einstein's scientific greatness is, in our opinion, most vividly expressed in his capacity to ask questions that make us uncomfortable

“es viņai uzdevu tavu adresi”

I ģave her your address

“viņš vairs neatcerējās, ka reiz Inai uzdevis savas darbavietas tālruni”

he didn't remember anymore that he had given Ina his work phone number

“uzdot kaimiņu par liecinieku tiesā”

to give (= declare) a neighbor as a witness in court

“uzdot pie vainīgu”

to give (= declare) (someone) as guilty

“uzdot kādu pie tiesas”

to give (= sue) someone in court

“mašīna pēc uzdotās programmas vada eksperimentu, skaitļo un koriģē”

the machine, after (= following) the given program, carries out an experiment, computes (the results) and corrects (them)

“Ārgals aizsteidzās sakārtot un jau iepriekš uzdot balsis, lai kamertonis nav jātinkšina vēlāk, publikas priekšā”

Ārgals hurried to arrange (everything) and give voices (= tone) in advance, so that later it wouldn't be necessary to sound the tuning fork in front of the public

“sarunai toni, kā zināms, uzdod pārskata ziņojums”

the tone of the conversation, as is known, was given by the review report

“bet viens uzdevis šai ar pātagu, lai lasoties projām”

but one (of them) gave (= hit) her with a whip, to make her move forward

“saule pa pusdienlaiku uzdod tādu izmisīgu karstumu, no kura pat vakaram pietiek siltuma”

at noon the sun gives(= hits with) such desperate heat that it is enough for heating at night

“kad dēls beidzot pārradās mājās, Līzbete tās piesmirdušās skrandas iesvieda krāsnī, uzdeva mugurā jauno kārtu”

when the son finally came home, Līzbete threw (his) dirty rags into the oven (and) gave him new clothes (to wear)

“nervi uzdod”

(his) nerves yield (= can't stand the pressure, stress)

“acis sāka uzdot”

(his) eyes began to yield (= he began losing his vision)

“karsts tomēr drausmīgi, viņai jau pamazām uzdeva sirds, katra mazākā kustība prasīja piepūli”

but the heat (was) terrible, her heart was gradually yielding, every little move required effort

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