to be or serve as a covering for; to extend or spread over; to cover.

to place something over or upon, as for protection, concealment or warmth; to cover.

to conceal by hiding or screening; to cover.

to keep from the knowledge of others; to keep secret.

to close (the eyelids, a door, window, one's mouth, etc.).

to fill (a hole, cavity, breach, crack, etc.) with something.

the condition of being closed (as the petals of a flower).

that with which something is covered, concealed.

anything that is kept from the knowledge of others; a secret.

the top covering of a house, esp. the one made of cement concrete.

= ಮಚ್ಚೆ1.

the purity or extent of purity of precious metals as gold, silver, etc.

a kind of black stone formerly used to test the purity of gold or silver by the streak left on it when it was rubbed with the metal; a touchstone.

any of three classes of coldblooded vertebrate animals living in water and having permanent gills for breathing, fins; a fish.

the shape of a fish.

any of a genus (Musca) of disease-carrying muscid flies found in and around houses, and feeding on garbage, manure, and food, esp., a common worldwide species (Musa domestica); a house fly.

to love; to have warm affection for.

to be liked; to get fondness from.

(a god, a holy man, etc.) to favour; to be gracious to.

to consent to; to agree with.

to praise; to applaud; to commend.

love; affection; fondness.

that which is loved, liked.

a gift of love or given out of pleasure.

consent; approval.

praise; compliment; applaud; commendation.

the state of being decorated ornamented.

a short, heavy, slightly curved sword with a single cutting edge, used to cut plants, branches of trees, etc.

the act, practice or an instance of deceiving; deception.

a small quantity of ash, infused with magical power of keeping another or others spellbound, submissive etc.

= ಮಚ್ಚ2.

= ಮಚ್ಚಿ.

a small, congenital spot on the human skin, usu. dark-coloured; a mole.

= ಮಚ್ಚ2.

a kind of footwear the front portion of which is bent backward about the toes.

a close-fitting covering, usu. knitted, for the foot and leg up to the knee; stocking.

the plant Solanum indicum of Solanaceae family; brinjal plant.

its fruit; wild brinjal.

the plant Artemisia indica of Asteraceae family.

another plant Artemisia maderaspatana ( = Grangea maderaspatana) of the same family.

name of various other plants as Quercus incana, Q. lusitanica ( = Q. infectoria), Q. robur, etc. of Fagaceae family.

a fruit of any of these plants.

= ಮಾಜು1.

an attendant or messenger; a peon.

= ಮುಚ್ಚು2.