Beetle

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Beetle

Beetle : வண்டு

Beetle : வண்டு

Beetle : வண்டு

Beetle definition

Transitive verb.

  1. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
  2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine.
  3. To beat with a heavy mallet.
  4. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.
  5. Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera.

Intransitive verb. To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.