Meaning of कम in English

To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.
To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate.
To extenuate; to palliate.
of Diminish
To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.
To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened.
of Lessen
strong imp. of Laugh.
To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.
The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.
A hill; a mound; a grave.
Fire; a flame; a light.
To burn; to blaze.
Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight.
Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.
Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.
Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.
Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.
Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, / (/m), / (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 10, 11.
Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.
Numerically small; as, a low number.
Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.
Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes.
Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.
Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison.
Submissive; humble.
Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.
Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.
Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.
Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet.
The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.
Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.
In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
In time approaching our own.
With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low.
With a low musical pitch or tone.
In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice.
In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
To depress; to lower.
Compar. of Low, a.
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
To reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
To frown; to look sullen.
Cloudiness; gloominess.
A frowning; sullenness.
of Lower
of Mitigate
Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.
Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money.
Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
Not distant in time; near at hand.
Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.
Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of.
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
Brittle.
Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.
Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.
A summary account.
The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
Short, inferior hemp.
Breeches; shortclothes.
A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
To shorten.
To fail; to decrease.
In a scattered or sparse manner.