Meaning of పొడి in English

One who, or that which, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative; as, the sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
Drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oil painting to make it dry quickly.
Alt. of Driest
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.
The state of being dry. See Dry.
Alt. of Drith
The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.
An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder.
To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.
To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.
To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.
To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.
of Powder
Reduced to a powder; sprinkled with, or as with, powder.
Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned.
Same as Seme.
a. & n. from Powder, v. t.