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Meaning of கை in English

  • The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
  • Anything resembling an arm
  • The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
  • A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
  • A branch of a tree.
  • A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
  • The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
  • An inlet of water from the sea.
  • A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
  • Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
  • A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
  • A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.
  • To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
  • To furnish with arms or limbs.
  • To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
  • To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.
  • Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
  • To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
  • That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.
  • That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand
  • A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
  • An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.
  • A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
  • Side; part; direction, either right or left.
  • Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
  • Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
  • An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.
  • Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature.
  • Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural.
  • Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.
  • Rate; price.
  • That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once
  • The quota of cards received from the dealer.
  • A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
  • The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
  • To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.
  • To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.
  • To manage; as, I hand my oar.
  • To seize; to lay hands on.
  • To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
  • To furl; -- said of a sail.
  • To cooperate.
  • of Manus
  • The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand.

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