he who lives for food; a person having an enthusiastic interest in the consumption of foods.

a woven, knitted or pressed fabric of fibrous material, as cotton, wool, silk, hair, synthetic fibres, etc. (chiefly used for covering the body).

a taking of a widow for wife; the remarriage of a widow.

(dial.) a small pouch made of feather-like or fan-shaped leaves of palm trees.

waste matter expelled from the bowels; excrement; faeces.

a very young child (that is to be carried on the side portion of the waist).

cloth, clothing or apparel worn to cover the body; a dress.

an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting the sweet sap of palms.

the act or fact of waning; a gradual decrease in the size, volume or importance.

to make (a crooked thing) straight; to straighten.

to press; to compress.

to keep under control; to keep in check.

to annoy; to trouble; to torment.

to seize, pierce or cut with the teeth or with parts like jaws.

a taking of a widow for wife; the remarriage of a widow.

clothes, clothing or apparel worn to cover the body; a dress.

to make less; to decrease; to lessen.

to subdue completely; to bring into subjection.

to cause to clear or clean (a surface, room, etc.) as by brushing with a broom; to get swept.

to become reduced in size or bulk; to draw together; to shrink; to contract (oneself).

to go into; to enter into.

to become standstill; to become silent and inactive.

to give up; to forsake; to abandon.

to withdraw - a) to take back or draw back; b) to remove from use; c) to retract or recall.

to fold or squeeze as to make (a thing) shrink; to compress as to contract.

to clear or clean (a surface, room, etc.) as by brushing with a broom; to remove or clear away (dirt, debris, etc.) as with a broom or brushing movement; to sweep.

to make a heap of (grains, pulse, etc. which are scattered all over a place); to heap up.

the act or process of brooming; a sweeping.