to climb → to fit in 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme лезть
meaning 1 to climb

[Григорий Прохорыч] приказал Жилину взять бинокль, лезть на мачту. (Л. Соболев, Топовый узел)


[Grigory Prokhorych] ordered Zhilin to take binoculars and climb the mast. (L. Sobolev, Top knot)
direction →
meaning 2 to fit in

Тогда Кулик начал совать в сумку пенал и книги; они никак не лезли. (А. Н. Толстой, Егор Абозов)


Then Kulik began to stuff his pencil case and books into his bag; they didn't fit in at all. (A. N. Tolstoy, Egor Abozov)
reference MAS
comment The second meaning is mostly expressed in negative sentences.

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