cl.1 P.kocati-, to sound high, utter a shrill cry (as a bird) ; to polish ; to go ; to connect, mix ; to bend, make curved ; to be curved or crooked ; to oppose, impede : to mark with lines, write : cl.6 P.kucati-, to contract ; to be or make small (seekuñc-.)
mf(ā-) a kind of fish (in shape like an eel, commonly Kunciya, Unibranchapertura Cuchiya, or Muraena apterygia synbrache;the Hindus affirm that its bite is mortal to cows, though perfectly harmless to men)
(or -kuñc-) P.-kucati-, to contract, shrink, close (as a flower) ; to contract, compress, absorb, destroy : Passive voice-kucyate-, to shrink, be closed or contracted : Causal-kocayati-, to contract, draw in ; to narrow, make smaller, lessen ; (A1.) to withdraw, withhold
(ud-kuc-), -kucati-, to bend upwards or asunder, crook ; to open (as a flower): Causal-kocayati-, to cause to bend or to open (exempli gratia, 'for example' a flower) .
कुच् I. 6 P. (कुचति, कुचित) 1 To utter a shrill cry (as a bird). -2 To go. -3 To polish. -4 To contract, bend. -5 To be contracted. -6 To stop, impede. -7 To write or delineate. -8 To mix, connect. -II. 1 P. कुञ्च् also (कोचति, कुञ्चति कुञ्चित) 1 To make crooked, bend or curve. -2 To move or go crookedly. -3 To make small, lessen. -4 To shrink, contract. -5 To go to or towards.
कुचः [कुच्-क] The female breast, a teat, nipple; अपि वनान्तरमल्पकुचान्तरा V.4.49. -Comp. -अग्रम्, -मुखम् a nipple. -कुम्भः the female breast. -तटम्, -तटी the slope of the female breast, the breast, (तट being स्वार्थे or meaningless). -फलः the pomegranate tree.
n. red sandal; -kará, a. roaming about; vicious; m. bad man; -kar itra, n., -karyâ, f. bad conduct; -kela, n. poor garment, rags; a. ill-clad: -tâ, f. abst. n.
noun (neuter) Adenanthera pavonina (a leguminous plant ) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
logwood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
red sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
saffron (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sappan; Caesalpina Sappan (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective detracting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
following evil practices (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
roaming about (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
speaking ill of any one (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wicked (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a bad garment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
badly clothed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dressed in dirty or tattered garments (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rag (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Artocarpus lacucha Roxb. (a tree containing a large quantity of sticky milky juice) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of bread-fruit tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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