Tivudu, Tivuḍu: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tivuḍu (ತಿವುಡು):—

1) [verb] to sharpen by rubbing or grinding; to hone; to whet.

2) [verb] to rub on; to apply an unguent, ointment or oily liquid to; to anoint.

3) [verb] to represent pictorially; to sketch; to delineate.

4) [verb] to move the palm over another’s head, body, etc. as in showing affection, mitigating pain, distress, etc.

5) [verb] to compress or squeeze.

6) [verb] to strike; to beat; to thrash.

7) [verb] to put out a lamp, fire, etc.; to extinguish; to quench.

8) [verb] to be moved by; to feel.

9) [verb] to write on a model alphabet to improve or master writing.

10) [verb] to set right by correcting mistakes; to rectify.

11) [verb] to cause to happen.

12) [verb] to be sent out (as rays of light); to be emitted.

13) [verb] to wish or desire.

14) [verb] to rub as to cause friction.

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Tivuḍu (ತಿವುಡು):—

1) [noun] the broken outer coat or husk, of grains of rice, wheat, etc. separated from the flour after grinding, as by sifting; bran.

2) [noun] powdered material (fine enough to be easily suspended in air); dust.

3) [noun] the outer chaff of grains (as paddy separated by pounding) or skin of fruits.

4) [noun] (fig.) a useless thing.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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