Meaning

8 senses
  1. (transitive)To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

    If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate.

    stechen, erstechen, niederstechen

    уда́ритьudáritʹ, коло́тьkolótʹ, заре́затьzarézatʹ

  2. (transitive)To thrust in a stabbing motion.

    to stab a dagger into a person

    воткну́тьvotknútʹ, вонзи́тьvonzítʹ, вогна́тьvognátʹ

    poke or thrust abruptly

  3. (intransitive)To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).

    He stabbed at my face with the twig but luckily kept missing my eyes.

    ты́катьtýkatʹ, ткнутьtknutʹ

  4. (intransitive)To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).

    The snow from the blizzard was stabbing at my face as I skied down the mountain.

    коло́тьkolótʹ, пока́лыватьpokályvatʹ, жечьžečʹ

  5. (figuratively, transitive)To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.

    to stab a person's reputation

    очерни́тьočernítʹ, опоро́читьoporóčitʹ, запятна́тьzapjatnátʹ

  6. (transitive)To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.

  7. (transitive)To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.

    пробива́тьprobivátʹ, проби́тьprobítʹ

  8. (transitive)To guide the end of a pipe into a coupling when making up a connection.

Examples

402 sentences
  1. She stabbed him in the back.

    Вона вдарила йому в спину ножем.

    ruОна ударила его в спину ножом.

    deSie hat ihn verraten.

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  2. Tom tried to stab Mary.

    Том спробував вдарити Мері ножем.

    ruТом пытался ударить Мэри ножом.

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  3. Tom stabbed Mary.

    Том зарізав Мері.

    ruТом ударил Мэри ножом.

    deTom stach auf Maria ein.

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  4. I was stabbed.

    Мене вдарили ножем.

    deIch wurde mit einem Messer verletzt.

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  5. She stabbed him with a knife.

    ruОна заколола его ножом.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 6
to pierce or wound with pointed object:
to thrust in a stabbing motion:
to recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object:
to cause a sharp painful sensation:
to injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander:
to pierce folded sheets for the passage of thread or wire:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to pierce or wound with pointed object:

Origin

First attested in Scottish English (compare Scots stob, stobbe, stabb (“a pointed stick or

First attested in Scottish English (compare Scots stob, stobbe, stabb (“a pointed stick or stake; a thrust with a pointed weapon”)), from Middle English stabbe (“a stab”), probably a variant of Middle English stob, stub, stubbe (“pointed stick, stake, thorn, stub, stump”), from Old Norse stobbi, stubbi, cognate with Old English stybb. Cognate with Middle Dutch stobbe.

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Forms

stabs, stabbing, stabbed, stabbed
Base formstab · to stab
3rd person singularstabs
Present participlestabbing
Past simplestabbed
Past participlestabbed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystab
he, she, itstabs

Past simpleLesson

all personsstabbed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stabbed
he, she, ithas stabbed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stab

Synonyms

100 synonyms

Word family

7 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • got stabbed
  • stabbed three times
  • stabbed to death
  • stabbed in the
  • got stabbed in
  • was stabbed three
  • was stabbed by
  • stabbed three
  • was stabbed in
  • has been stabbed
  • was stabbed to

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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