Meaning of घाण in English

The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt.
Meanness; sordidness.
In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
To make foul of filthy; to dirty.
The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.
of Dirty
A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet.
abbreviation of Amuck.
Dung in a moist state; manure.
Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps.
Anything filthy or vile.
Money; -- in contempt.
Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork.
To manure with muck.
The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.
The act or process of making bread.
The act of perfusing.
The act of making red.
To move hastily; to scour.
The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself.
The smew.
To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.
To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.
Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.

English usage of घाण