Meaning of तीव्र in English

Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.
Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.
High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.
To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.
An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; -- common in English before the Reformation.
Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.
Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light.
Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession.
Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.
The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence.
Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.
Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt.
Of short continuance; passing away quickly.
Swiftly.
The current of a stream.
Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds.
Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard.
The ghost moth. See under Ghost.
A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.
The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.
Same as Acaulescent.
A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy).
Excess; intemperance.
Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles.
Severe or stinging; incisive.
Characterized by acumen; keen.
Having no visible sexual organs; asexual.
cryptogamous.
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Tending to aggravate.
That which aggravates.
A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti.
Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle.
Soothing.
Angular; having corners; hooked.
To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit.
To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4.
Concise; contracted.
A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian.
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Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form or texture of a corolla.
Covered or supplied with drapery.
The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.
A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.
Ephemeral.
Expansive; diffusive.
The strong point; that in which one excels.
The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of half nearest the hilt; -- opposed to foible.
Loudly; strongly; powerfully.
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Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.
Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper.
To intensify.
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Alt. of Isatinic
Showing; exhibiting.
Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote.
Covered with ramenta.
A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting.
A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a division of the Iliad or the Odyssey; -- called also a book.
A disconnected series of sentences or statements composed under excitement, and without dependence or natural connection; rambling composition.
A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsodies."
Bearing scars or marks of wounds.
Like a scar, or rocky eminence; containing scars.
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Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle.
Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.
Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment.
Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc.
Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.
Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test.
A plant; chard.
A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
The hard wing case of a beetle.
A gap in a fence.
A boundary; a division.
Having, or consisting of, shards.
A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.
An absorbent.
Filthy; foul; dirty.
Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals.
Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
Pertaining to sortilege.
A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride.
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Strontic.
The lapwing; -- called also teuchit.