Meaning of मैल in English
- The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.
- refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
- To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.
- To sweep or range over the surface of.
- To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.
- Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.
- Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
- An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.
- Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
- To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.
- To taint with mildew, as grain.
- To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
- To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.
- To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
- To give off smut; to crock.
- A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
Meaning of मैल in English
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