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Meaning of સફર in English

  • To commove; to disturb; to stir up.
  • To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.
  • To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
  • To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.
  • An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.
  • Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
  • A wing; a van.
  • The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
  • A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
  • A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
  • To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power.
  • To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
  • To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
  • To set sail; to begin a voyage.
  • To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
  • To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force.
  • To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
  • To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
  • To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.
  • To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
  • To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
  • Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
  • To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
  • Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
  • To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
  • To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
  • To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
  • To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
  • A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
  • A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
  • A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
  • A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
  • A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
  • A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
  • A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
  • A troop of men; a host.
  • A flock of widgeons.

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