Meaning of नाव in English

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.
A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
To go or row in a boat.
Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something.
A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler.
The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish.
Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.
A float board. See Float board (below).
A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die.
The act of flowing; flux; flow.
A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.
The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.
A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
A coal cart.
The sea; a wave. See Flote, n.
To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.
To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air.
To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor.
To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.
To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.
To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in, operation.
Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.
A boat designed to be propelled by oars instead of sails.
of Row
Formed into a row, or rows; having a row, or rows; as, a twelve-rowed ear of corn.
A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name.
To name or mention before.
The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.
Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.
Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
A person, an individual.
To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.
To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention.
To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding.
To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand.

Meaning of नाव in English

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