the quality or act of pulling a person or thing towards by exerting force on; attraction.

the act of drawing the bow-string for shooting an arrow.

a weapon made of a flexible strip of wood, etc. strung from end to end with a cord, used for shooting arrows; a bow.

the act one's mind, attention being drawn towards by arousing interest; fascination.

a game played with dice, and on a chequered cloth with usu. twelve pawns.

a small cube, each of whose sides marked with spots (from 1 to 6), used in games of chance; dice.

the chequered cloth or plank to play on with pawns and dice.

a pawn used to play in dice-game.

any of the sensory organs of the body.

that which has the quality and power of attracting iron or bodies that are magnetised or capable of being magnetised; a magnet.

a kind of poisonous plant.

the hand of an archer that pulls the bow-string.

the stone on which the goldsmith's rub the gold ornaments to test their genuineness.

an apparatus for drawing water from a well; a water-lift.

= ಆಕರ್ಷ - 1 & 2.

a loud, violent outcry; vociferation.

a profane, obscene or blasphemous oath, imprecation, etc. expressing hatred, anger, vexation, etc.; a curse.

hot displeasure; violent anger; wrath.

to press together or in between firmly.

to desire strongly; to long for eagerly; to crave.

to receive favourably; to accept.

to receive and welcome a person coming towards.

to take away by force; to extort.

to undergo difficulty; to be subject to a difficult situation; to be disgraced.

to overpower; to subjugate; to defeat.

to give up completely; to leave; to abandon.

to take on or put on a different physical form; to appear in a different shape.