to become sharpened, honed.

an adhesive substance, as glue; an adhesive.

a solid mass of no special shape or made look like a ball; a lump.

anything that acts as organic catalyst in the fermentation (as of the dough for iḍli, dōse, etc.).

the juice or sap of anything.

a soft food made of cereal or meal boiled in water to which buttermilk is added.

(fig.) the state of being associated, joined, firmly or homogenously.

the indistinct sound made while drinking a liquid hastily.

a sound imitating it.

a thick, strong cord made of intertwisted strands of fibre.

a kind of small fish .

anything that is offered to a god as an oblation.

a vessel used for offering an oblation ( in a sacrifice).

the offering of an animal as in propitiation or homage.

(fig.) food; meal.

a small ball or cone-shaped missile of lead, metal alloy, etc., to be shot from a firearm; a bullet; a slug.

the act of walking, moving.

a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another or to keeps close and secret watch on the actions and words of a person or a group of persons organisations, etc.; a spy.

a servant; a menial.

a way, manner, in which something is to be done or is done.

a shackle for the hand; handcuff; manacle.

the fact of a person being kept in a prison; imprisonment.

the medium sized tree Buchanania lanzan (= B. latifolia) of Anacardiaceae family, the seeds of which are used as food, esp. in making sweets, and also in getting tannin; forest mango.

a mischievous play.

coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, grass etc.; fodder.

any of the pieces used as pawns in the game of dice or a chessman used in chess.

a kind of dye.

the act or an instance of going, moving, wandering.

transactions of business; dealings; the manner one deals in one's business.

a shackle or manacle that restricts a captured person's movements.

cheapness (of a commodity).

any of several movements on the floor (as with the feet) or in air (as of hands) in dancing.

an advancement strategically made towards one's opponent in a war.

a particular manner or mode of playing a musical instrument.