Meaning of नाली in English
- To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
- To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.
- To filter.
- To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
- To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
- The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.
- That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
- The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
- A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.
- Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine.
- A shaft or excavation.
- To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
- A large knife.
- A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.
- A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
- To wear into a gully or into gullies.
- To flow noisily.
- of Gully
- A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
- A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water.
- Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
- To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
- To supply with a gutter or gutters.
- To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.
- To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.
- To conduct; to lead; to guide.
- A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.
- A structure forming a reservoir for water.
- A narrow passage for private communication.
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