a length of light, fine material made by spinning two or more fibres or strands of spun cotton, silk, etc.; a thread.

a place for entering; a door; an entrance.

an opening caused by or as if by splitting; a cleft; a rift.

a piece of land that is ploughed.

a woman as related to a man whom she is married to; a wife.

an onomatopoeic word imitating or suggesting the sound or condition of shivering, trembling tremulously.

rapidity in moving, going, travelling, proceeding or performing; swiftness; speed.

a way of doing, being, being done or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.: manner.

likeness; resemblance.

a horizontal layer or section of a material, esp. any of several lying one upon another, as one of many layers of soil, sedimentary rock, etc.; a stratum.

the act of cutting, severing off.

the act or an instance of murdering.

rice, wheat etc. that is pulverised into coarse powder.

a rough, uneven surface (of a thing).

a wedge or a stake with tapered or pointed end.

a machine, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc., for weaving thread or yarn into cloth; a loom.

a small grain (of sand, powdered stone, etc.).

the three Acacia catechu (= Mimosa catechu) of Mimosae family; black catechu.

to separate (a part) from the whole by or as by cutting; to cut; to sever.

to pull, tear off or pluck out.

to damage, injure or mar; to destroy.

to inflict superficial wound; to scratch.

(the head) to lose hair; to become bald.

to beat; to deliver blow or blows; to strike with.

to exempt from an obligation of paying (a tax).