the act, fact or an instance of guarding, protecting; protection.

a cermony performed on the seventh day from the day of birth of a baby to protect the baby from possible danger, evil spirits, etc.

a protective wall or hedge around something.

an armlet worn to protect against danger or harm.

the state of being under the custody of another; imprisonment.

a mark made with a lamp black on the chin, cheek or forehead either to protect against evil spirits, bad look, etc or for good luck.

a stuffed scarecrow kept in a rice field to scare birds.

ಕಾಪಿನವರ್ kāpinavar (pl.) people who guard; watchmen; ಕಾಪಿನಾಳ್ kāpināḷa man employed for guarding a building or other property; a watchman.

a regular payment of money, etc., made by one ruler or nation to another as acknowledgment of subjugation, for protection from invasion, etc.; tribute.

a dark-brown or black mineral of the mica family, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks; biotite.

a hole, pit in the ground made to catch wild animals.

a deep, broad ditch dug around a farm, garden etc. for avoiding cattle coming in.

a water way for excess rain water to flow out of a areca field.

(dial.) a kind of bag made of woven or plaited hemp, straw, rope, etc.

a small compartment in a cupboard.

a small fixed wheel, turning in a block, with a grooved rim in which a rope or chain runs, as to raise or lower a weight attached at one end by pulling on or releasing, the other end; a pulley.

to break and turn up or remove (ground, etc.) with a spade or other tool or with hands, claws, snout, etc.; to dig.

to cover, close (as a lid); to veil; to overspread (as cloud).

a hole, pit in the ground made to catch wild animals.

a deep, broad ditch dug around a farm, garden etc. for avoiding cattle coming in.

a water way for excess rain water to flow out of a areca field.

black - very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident light; b) completely dark from the absence of a source of light.