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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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