to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging or soothing.

to move (something) back and forth or with a rotary motion, as against or along another surface.

to spread or apply (something) with pressure and friction over something else or a person; to rub or massage.

to move (two things) with pressure and friction over or back and forth over each other.

to remove any sign of; obliterate; to erase.

any of the directions toward which something or someone faces (as north, south, up. down, etc.) 2.that which provides protection; refuge; resort.

(gen.) a country.

a way or method in which something is to be done; a course of action.

(arith.) a symbol for the number eight;

ದಿಕ್ಕು ದಿವಾಣಿ dikku divāṇi = ದಿಕ್ಕು ದಿವಾಳಿ; ದಿಕ್ಕು ದಿವಾಳಿ dikku divāḷi the aimed destination; 2. a refuge; a resort; a shelter; 3. the right course of action.

a man who is suited for a purpose; an able, competent man.

a good, honourable, respectable man.

(masc.) a friend or well-wisher.

(masc.) the chief of a village or town.

reputation arising from success, achievement, rank or other favourable attributes; prestige.

that which is apt, suitable or fit.

an apt or traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; an adage.

power, capacity or courage to do or act physically or mentally; ability.

the style exhibiting one's beauty, status, wealth, etc. usu. in a presumptuous manner.

fond attachment, devotion or love; affection.

enthusiasm caused by the possibility of achieving one's desire.

a support, help etc. extended to a person in trouble or distress.

fitness, propriety or congruity as a desirable value in a literary work.

the act or an instance of deceiving; a deceiving or lying; deceit.

a pretending to be what one is not or to feel what one does not feel; esp., a pretense of virtue, piety, etc.

a misapprehension of the true state of affairs; the faulty perception of an external object.

an attraction or fascination exercised by a person, activity, quality, etc.

a drug that causes the mind misapprehend the true facts or physical objects or make a person behave submissively to other's instructions.

the state of being intertwined with.

the act or an instance of embracing.

mutual relation.

a set of two rival contestants.

the act of tying (different things) together (as, flowers with a needle and thread).

that which is so bound, tied, etc.

a jumbled, confused condition.

a kind of necklace.

an affectionate embrace; a clasping in the arms.

the act of holding or seizing with both the hands.

a large number of persons gathered at a place.

the condition or an instance of being coiled (as a serpent).

the plant Xylia xylocarpa (= X. dolbariformis) of Mimosaceae family; iron wood.

the plant Eclipta prostrata (= E. alba) of Asteraceae family.

a suitable, able, woman.

to take; to receive; to get.