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a moving ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, caused by disturbance as by wind; a wave.
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a fold of a cloth, sheet, etc.
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a piece of cloth or other material, sometimes arranged so that it can be drawn up or sideways, hung for decoration, as at a window or spread over or to cover, conceal or shut off something; a curtain.
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a flat, reflective or translucent surface, as a matte white sheet or one of beaded vinyl, upon which films, slides, etc. are projected; a screen.
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the innermost coat lining the interior of the eyeball, containing various layers of photoreceptive cells that are directly connected to the brain by means of the optic nerve and which receives the image formed by the lens; the retina.
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a thin white layer that forms on the eye-lens which blinds the eye (and which can be removed by surgery).
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a kind of net used to catch birds and wild animals.
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ತೆರೆ ಎಳೆ tere eḷe to pull the screen - a) to begin or cause to begin something; b) to close, end (a show, business, argument, controversy, etc.); ತೆರೆ ಬೀಳು tere bīḷu (fig.) (said of a discussion, event, occasion, etc.) to end; to bring to an end; ತೆರೆಯ ಊಳಿಗ tereya ūḷiga the duty of operating a veil, screen etc. (esp. in a palace or temple); ತೆರೆಯ ಮರೆಗೆ ಸರಿ tereya marege sari (fig.) to obstain oneself from public notice; 2. (fig.) to leave this world; to die; ತೆರೆಯ ಮರೆಯ tereya mareya (fig.) without being seen; not openly; behind the screen; ತೆರೆಯ ಮರೆಯಲ್ಲಿರು tereya mareyaliru (fig.) to work, serve without an intention for publicity, popularity, etc.; ತೆರೆಯ ಸೀರೆ tereya sīre a screen of cloth held between the bride and the bridegroom in the marriage before they are formally wedded; the wedding curtain; ತೆರೆಯ ಹಿಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗು tereya hindakke hōgu (fig.) to retire from performing in public or from propaganda, etc.; to go to oblivion.