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Meaning of सामना in English

  • To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
  • To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.
  • To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.
  • of Confront
  • A covering for the head.
  • Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door.
  • An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions.
  • An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.
  • The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.
  • To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.
  • To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).
  • To exchange or barter.
  • To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
  • To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with.
  • To bargain for; to buy.
  • To make return for; to requite; to repay.
  • To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.
  • of Cope
  • Clad in a cope.
  • of Encounter
  • The act of envisaging.
  • Same as Affronte.
  • The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping.
  • To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth.
  • To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo.
  • A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.
  • A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter.
  • Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.
  • A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.
  • A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like
  • A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle.
  • A matrimonial union; a marriage.
  • An agreement, compact, etc.
  • A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
  • Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
  • Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match.
  • A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold.
  • To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.
  • To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.
  • To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
  • To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth.
  • To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another).
  • To marry; to give in marriage.
  • To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards.
  • To be united in marriage; to mate.
  • To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.

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