Meaning of drieť | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to rub, to scrub, to scour (to move a hand or object over a surface with strong pressure)
   imperfective, transitive
2. to chafe, to gall (to damage a surface or cause injury by long-lasting friction against something rough)
   imperfective, transitive
3. to toil, to drudge, to work hard (to work laboriously and for long hours)
   imperfective, intransitive, often, reflexive
4. to rub, to chafe (against) (to hinder movement by close mutual contact)
   imperfective, intransitive, reflexive
5. to cram, to grind, to swot (to study hard and usually uncreatively)
   imperfective, reflexive

Examples

“Ruky si predtým dobrú hodinu umýval a drel kremenným pieskom.”

He had been washing and scrubbing his hands with quartz sand for a good hour beforehand.

“Nové topánky ma strašne tlačia a drú mi päty.”

The new shoes are pinching me terribly and chafing my heels.

“drieť ako kôň / mulica / vôl / otrok”

to work like a horse / mule / ox / slave

“Celé dni iba drie na cudzom, aby uživil rodinu.”

He just toils on someone else's land all day to feed his family.

“Daj pozor, aby sa lano nedrelo o tie ostré skaly.”

Watch out so the rope doesn't rub against those sharp rocks.

“Už tri dni sa v kuse driem na tú štátnicu a stále mám pocit, že nič neviem.”

I've been cramming for that state exam for three days straight and I still feel like I know nothing.

CEFR level