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a. அணுக்கமான, நெருங்கிய உறவுடைய, நெருக்கமான, நெருங்கிய பழக்கமுடைய, இப்பாலான, நெருங்கிய தொலைவிலுள்ள, அருகிலுள்ள, கால அணிமையுடைய, குறுகிய தொலைவுடைய, நேர் குறுக்கான, இடது பக்கமான, நெருங்கிய ஒப்புமையுடைய, அணுக்க ஏற்றத் தாழ்வான, நுணுகி நோக்க வேண்டிய, நுட்பமான, இடுங்கிய, மயிரிஐ தப்பிய, (வினையடை.) அருகில், கால அணிமையில், ஏறத்தாழ, கிட்டத்தட்ட முனைந்தொருங்கி, அருகே, நெருங்கி, தொலை குறைவாக, அடுத்து, பக்கத்தில், நுணுக்கமாக, கால அணித்தாக, (வினையடை.) அணுகு, நெருங்கு.

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Near, adv. Etym: [AS. neár, compar. of neáh nigh. See Nigh.] 1. At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh. My wife! my traitress! let her not come near me. Milton. 2. Nearly; almost; well-nigh. "Near twenty years ago." Shak. "Near a fortnight ago." Addison. Near about the yearly value of the land. Locke. 3. Closely; intimately. Shak. Far and near, at a distance and close by; throughout a whole region. -- To come near to, to want but little of; to approximate to. "Such a sum he found would go near to ruin him." Addison. -- Near the wind (Naut.), close to the wind; closehauled. Near, a. [Compar. Nearer; superl. Nearest.] Etym: [See Near, adv.] 1. Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. "As one near death." Shak. He served great Hector, and was ever near, Not with his trumpet only, but his spear. Dryden. 2. Closely connected or related. She is thy father's near kinswoman. Lev. xviii. 12. 3. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend. 4. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original. 5. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape. 6. Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near ox; the near leg. See Off side, under Off, a. 7. Immediate; direct; close; short. "The nearest way." Milton. 8. Close-fisted; parsimonious. [Obs. or Low, Eng.] Note: Near may properly be followed by to before the thing approached'; but more frequently to is omitted, and the adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition. The same is also true of the word nigh. Syn. -- Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present; ready; intimate; dear. Near, prep. Defn: Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the Note under near, a. Near, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neared; p. pr. & vb. n Nearing.] Etym: [See Near, adv.] Defn: To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land. Near, v. i. Defn: To draw near; to approach. A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! And still it neared, and neared. Coleridge.