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Meaning of चव in English

  • To measure.
  • To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture.
  • The measure of a thing; dimensions; size.
  • Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff.
  • A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex.
  • Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence.
  • A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.
  • To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.
  • To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
  • As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid.
  • The jaw.
  • A yellow, crystalline, organic base, C13H12N2O, obtained artificially.
  • That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.
  • That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food or drink.
  • That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors.
  • That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.
  • To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest.
  • of Flavor
  • Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine.
  • Malignity.
  • To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food.
  • To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably.
  • To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor.
  • A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
  • Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
  • A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
  • That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.
  • The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
  • One who assists in saving a ship or goods at sea, without being under special obligation to do so.
  • That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor.
  • Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.
  • Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent.
  • Pleasure; delight; attractiveness.
  • To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.
  • To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.
  • To use the sense of taste.
  • To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note.
  • To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of.
  • To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor.
  • The quality of being savory.
  • A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet.
  • A male hawk. See Tercel.
  • A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
  • A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords.
  • The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.
  • A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.
  • A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers; -- rarely used in the United States.
  • To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.
  • To adorn with tassels.
  • A defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or more iron plates hanging from the belt on the lower edge of the corselet.
  • To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
  • To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.
  • To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
  • To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
  • To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
  • To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.
  • To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.
  • To take sparingly.
  • To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
  • The act of tasting; gustation.
  • A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.
  • The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
  • Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
  • The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.
  • Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.
  • Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
  • A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
  • A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

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