Meaning

2 senses

  1. To trust in something good that is not yet certain.

    дели́ть шку́ру неуби́того медве́дяdelítʹ škúru neubítovo medvédja

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see count, chicken.

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Translations:

Origin

A reference to the proverb don't count your chickens before they're hatched

A reference to the proverb don't count your chickens before they're hatched

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Forms

counts chickens, counting chickens, counted chickens, counted chickens
Base formcount chickens · to count chickens
3rd person singularcounts chickens
Present participlecounting chickens
Past simplecounted chickens
Past participlecounted chickens

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycount chickens
he, she, itcounts chickens

Past simpleLesson

all personscounted chickens

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave counted chickens
he, she, ithas counted chickens

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill count chickens

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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