Meaning of काम in English

To inclose; to infold.
To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies.
To occupy; as, to employ time in study.
To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy.
That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.
A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars.
A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job.
To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract.
To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods.
To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage.
To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.
To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.
The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.
At work; in action.
A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors.
To do chores.
A choir or chorus.
A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.