noun
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the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs; weight.
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(phys.) the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity; weight.
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the act of weighing a thing (usu. using a balance).
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any of the units of heaviness or mass; weight.
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a particular unit of weight of earlier times.
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that much quantity or weight (as water) a person can carry in both the hands.
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mental balance or emotional stability.
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an equal or common status, ability, eminence, etc.
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solemnity or sedateness of manner or character; earnestness; gravity.
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(obs.) a kind of tax.
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the act of moving back to forth or from side to side; oscillation.
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ತೂಕ ತಪ್ಪು tūka tappu to lose one's mental balance or to go wrong in judgement (as from arrogance, emotional imbalance, etc.); ತೂಕದ ಗುಂಡು tūkada guṇḍu a heavy metal ball, with a pointed projection at the bottom, hung with the help of a thread, used by masons to check the perpendicularity of structures being built; ತೂಕದ ಮನುಷ್ಯ tūkada manuṣya a man of balanced mind having solemn, sedate character; he whose words carry respect; ತೂಕದ ಮಾತು tūkada mātu an opinion of a person having balanced mind and sedate character; ತೂಕ ಮಾಡು tūka māḍu to find the mass or weight of a thing (using a balance); 2. to judge the quality or worth of; to appraise; 3. (fig.) to sleep lightly; to doze; to drowse; ಒಂದು ತೂಕ ಏರು ondu tūka ēru to assume (sometimes, undue) importance; ಒಂದು ತೂಕ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ondu tūka heccu (comparatively) excelling another in quality, importance, etc.