to climb
→
to fit in
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| 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. | |