a man who loves (a woman); a lover.

a depressed part or place; a hollow; a depression.

a hole or shaft sunk into the earth to tap an underground supply of water, gas, oil, etc; a well.

a tall spar or, now often, a hollow metal structure, sometimes in sections, rising vertically from the keel or deck of a vessel and used to support the sails, yards, radar and radio equipment, etc.; a mast of a vessel.

(fig.) a filthy condition, entanglement, etc.

a regular payment of money, etc., made by one ruler or nation to another as acknowledgment of subjugation, for protection from invasion, etc.; tribute.

a hole, pit in the ground made to catch wild animals.

a deep, broad ditch dug around a farm, garden etc. for avoiding cattle coming in.

a water way for excess rain water to flow out of a areca field.

(dial.) a kind of bag made of woven or plaited hemp, straw, rope, etc.

a small compartment in a cupboard.

a small fixed wheel, turning in a block, with a grooved rim in which a rope or chain runs, as to raise or lower a weight attached at one end by pulling on or releasing, the other end; a pulley.

to cover, close (as a lid); to veil; to overspread (as cloud).

to break and turn up or remove (ground, etc.) with a spade or other tool or with hands, claws, snout, etc.; to dig.

a hole, pit in the ground made to catch wild animals.

a deep, broad ditch dug around a farm, garden etc. for avoiding cattle coming in.

a water way for excess rain water to flow out of a areca field.

a ring of gold or silver wire for the wrist or ankle, worn as an ornament or as the sign of a vow to a deity.