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Meaning of सूखा in English

  • In a dry or thirsty condition.
  • of Drain
  • of Day. Also adj.; as, dried apples.
  • of Dry
  • Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity.
  • Thirst; want of drink.
  • Scarcity; lack.
  • Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust.
  • Dry; thirsty; wanting drink.
  • Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
  • Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.
  • Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.
  • Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
  • Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
  • Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh.
  • Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.
  • Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit.
  • Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.
  • To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay.
  • To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly.
  • To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up.
  • To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.
  • General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.
  • of Parch
  • Destitute of rain; as, a rainless region.
  • Rough with irregular points; scragged.
  • Lean and rough; scragged.
  • Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.
  • of Sear
  • Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences.
  • of Shrivel

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