to move through water by movements of the arms and legs or of flippers, fins, tail, etc.; to swim.

to move with a smooth, gliding motion, as though swimming.

the act or motion of swimming; an instance of swimming.

a period of swimming for sport.

ಈಜು ಬರುವತನಕ ನೀರಿಗಿಳಿಯಲಾಗದು, ನೀರಿಗಿಳಿಯದೆ ಈಜು ಬಾರದು īju baruva tanaka nīrigiḷiyalāgadu, nīrigiḷiyade īju bāradu (prov.) (a proverbial simile) 'one cannot go into water as he/she does not know swimming, while it is not possible to learn swimming unless he/she goes into water.

the beam that connects the plough and the yoke or the main beam that is fixed across the axle of a cart.

a swimming under the surface of water.

hurt; injury; damage.

to get hurt; to sustain injury; to get damaged.

the tree Premna serratifolia of Verbenaceae family.

another tree of the same family Premna tomentosa.