to sweep → to refuse 2 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 мести (mesti)
lexeme 2 отмести (otmesti)
meaning 1 to sweep мести пол
to sweep the floor
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meaning 2 to reject Вы должны решительно отмести все эти подозрения.
You have to brush aside once and for all all these suspicions.
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme тип-
meaning 1 to sweep, to drift тибии суолу тибэр
In the snowstorm, the snow is covering the road
meaning 2 to refuse resolutely этэн көрдүбүт да, олох тибэн кэбистэ
We were trying to persuade him, but he refused firmly
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comment ЯРС 384.

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