noun
-
an opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.; a cave; a grotto.
-
a deep ditch.
-
a wide extent of land covered by natural growth of trees, thickets, inhabited by wild animals; a forest.
-
a shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length; a bush.
-
an inaccessible place.
-
the tree Pongamia glabra; Indian beech.
-
darkness; want of light.
-
the black colour.
-
proximity; nearness.
-
an impenetrable secret.
-
a weeping aloud with sobbing sounds.
-
a pretending to be what one is not or to feel what one does not feel, esp., a pretense of virtue, piety, etc.; hypocrisy.
-
a hiding place.
-
water.
-
a deep sigh.