to lessen in any way, as in size, weight, amount, value, price, etc.; to diminish; to reduce.

a person whose involvement in any thing is supposed to bring or has coincidentally brought, bad-luck or evil.

a vegetable - a) any herbaceous plant that is eaten whole or in part, raw or cooked; b) the edible part of such a plant, as the root (e.g., a carrot), tuber (a potato), seed (a pea), fruit (a tomato), stem (celery) or leaf (lettuce).

the plant Carissa carandus of Apocynaceae family and its fruit.

to cut slightly the hem of a new garment, sari or dhōti, before wearing (as part of custom).

= ಕಾರಗದ್ದೆ.

a small hand.

a weak hand.

weakness in one's strength.

a deep, serious wound (as caused by the stroke of a sharp weapon).

the wet land where paddy is grown.

a person who herds and takes care of sheep; a shepherd.