Meaning of எதிர் in English

Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.
of Countenance
A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
Money; coin; -- used in contempt.
A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.
Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
At or against the front or face.
Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
The back leather or heel part of a boot.
An encounter.
To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head.
A kind of pin drill with the cutting edge or edges normal to the axis; -- used for enlarging a hole, or for forming a flat-bottomed recess at its mouth.
To form a counterbore in, by boring, turning, or drilling; to enlarge, as a hole, by means of a counterbore.
Running in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coast of arms.
Running in an opposite direction.
A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.
Counterflory.
Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.
A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.
A spur or projection of a mountain.
An adjustable gage, with double points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made.
Alt. of Counterirritation
To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.
To prohibit; to forbid.
To oppose; to revoke the command of.
A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.
of Countermand
An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.
To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.
A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure.
To fortify with a wall behind another wall.
Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure.
A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures.
A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart.
A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.
One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.
A person who closely resembles another.
A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite.
To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.
A plot or artifice opposed to another.
of Counterplot
To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
To act against with equal power; to balance.
A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.
An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.
The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
of Counterpoise
To seal or ratify with another or others.
A contrary method of procedure; opposite course of action.
A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the counterterm of "friend".
The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.
To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate.
Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital.
Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.
Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme.
Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.
Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as a stamen which stands before a petal.
One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.
That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite.