An artificial bank, dam or ridge for retaining water in fields, வரம்பு
An embankment, causeway, (as Adam's bridge, so called,) அணைக்கட்டு
A bank of a tank, river, sea shore, &c., கரைப்பொது
Pillow, cushion, mattress, மெத்தை
(c.) A support, prop, buttress; anything to recline or lean on, முட்டு
Protection, help, assistance, accessoriness to a crime, &c., உதவி
Accompaniment, attendance, adjunct, துணை
A yoke of oxen with a prefix of number; as, ஓரணை, one yoke of oxen, ஈரணை, two yokes of oxen, மூவணை, three yokes of oxen. வெள்ளம்வருமுன்னேயணைபோடவேண்டும், Before the flood comes and the water rise, we must cast up the dam
அணைக்கட்டு — An anicut.
அணைசொல் — A word spoken to assist another, a prompting, துணைச்சொல். 2. An expletive, அசைச்சொல்.
அணையாடை — A clout or strip of cloth put under an infant, ஏணைத்துகில். 2. [local.] Cloth tied over the navel of an infant, தொப்புளிறுக்குஞ்சீலை.
பஞ்சணை — The five kinds of beds, or mattresses.
தலையணை — A pillow.
புல்லணை — A layer of grass.
அணை (aṇai) — noun
, கிறேன், ந்தேன், வேன், ய, v. n. To become joined, to unite with, come or be in contact with, சேர
To lean against, (as children against their parents) resort or have recourse to a person or thing, சார
To copulate, புணர. (p.)
(c.) To be quenched, extinguished, தணிய
[in grammar.] To accrue, be derived from, உண்டாக; as தவத்தாலணைந்தபுதல்வன், a child obtained by penance. விளக்கணைந்தது. The lamp is extinguished
வினையாலணையும்பெயர் — Inflections of verbs declined like nouns, as நடந்தான், he walked, or he who walked; நடந்தானை, him who walked; நடந்தானால், by him who walked, &c.
அணைவு — Help, support, protection, safeguard, as a cover to a book, a thing joined, annexed, &c.
அணை (aṇai) — noun
, க்கிறேன், த்தேன், ப்பேன், க்க, v. a. To embrace, hold, clasp in the arms, adhere to, தழுவ
To join, bring or put to–as earth to a tree, the calf to the cow, &c., அணையச்செய்ய
To get or win over persons to one's side or party, to influence, சேர்த்துக்கொள்ள
To brood over, gather, சிறகின்கீழ்ச்சேர்க்க
To quench, extinguish, அவிக்க. (c.) மரத்துக்குமண்ணணைத்தான், He put earth round the tree. சத்துருவைத்தன்னுடனணைத்தான். He won over his enemy
அணைகயிறு — The cord with which a calf is tied to the cow's fore- foot, when she is to be milked.
அருகணைத்து — Closely embracing.
யானையணைதறி — The pillar or post to which they tie elephants.
அணைக்கை–அணைத்தல்–அணைப்பு — Embracing, an embrace.
Fabricius (1972)
அணை — noun
a dam, dike, செய்கரை
bed, couch, மெத்தை
raised seat, ஆசனம் as in அரியணை (throne)
அணைகோல–போட–கட்ட — to cast up a dike.
வெள்ளம் வருமுன்னே அணைபோடு — cast up the dam before the flood comes.