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the elastic, invisible mixture of gases (chiefly nitrogen and oxygen, as well as hydrogen, carbon dioxide, argon, neon, helium, etc.) that surrounds the earth, either in motion or not; air; wind.
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the supposed disembodied spirit of a dead person (esp. a pregnant woman), conceived of as appearing to the living as a pale, shadowy apparition; a ghost.
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any clue by which something is followed or detected.
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the state of the mind being agitated, perturbed greatly.
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the power of a person who affects another, as seen in the action, style etc. of the latter.
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the trend of affairs or public opinion; ಗಾಳಿ ಊದು gāḷi ūdu = ಗಾಳಿ ಹಾಕು; ಗಾಳಿಗೆ ತೂರು gāḷige tūru (fig.) to neglect or avoid following principles, advice, rules etc., for getting benefits in the short run; ಗಾಳಿಗೊಡ್ಡಿದ ಸೊಡರು(ಲು) gāḷigoḍḍida soḍaru(lu) anything that is subject to destruction by an impending or inevitable danger.
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that which is not lasting; temporal; transitory; ಗಾಳಿ ಬಂದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊಡೆ ಹಿಡಿ gāḷi bandalli koḍe hiḍi (prov.) to act to take advantage of the situation; ಗಾಳಿ ಬಂದಾಗ ತೂರಿಕೊ gāḷi bandāga tūriko (prov.) to utilise a favourable opportunity to the fullest possible extent; to hoist your sail when the wind is fair; to make the hay while the sun shines; ಗಾಳಿಯ ವಾದ್ಯ gāḷiya vādya (n .) (often wrongly used as gāḷivādya) a musical instrument sounded by blowing air through it, as a flute, pipe, etc.