Meaning of கெடு in English
- To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.
- To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.
- Want of concert; disagreement.
- To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.
- To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
- To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.
- To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
- To practice plunder or robbery.
- To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
- That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
- Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils.
- That which is gained by strength or effort.
- The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
- Corruption; cause of corruption.
- The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
- A mountain lake or pool.
- To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.
- To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.
- The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.
- A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite.
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