cockle in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
cockle in Telugu తెలుగు
cockle in English
- cockle⇄cockle (1), noun, verb, -led,-ling.
- cockle⇄cockle (2), noun.
a weed that grows in grainfields, such as the corn cockle, darnel, and cocklebur. - cockle⇄cockle (3), noun.
(Obsolete.)
1. a stove or furnace.
2. a part of a stove or furnace, such as the fire chamber. - cockle⇄expr. cockles of one's heart, the inmost part of one's heart or feelings.
Ex. Her warm welcome touched her grandfather to the cockles of his heart. - cockle⇄noun 1a. a small, saltwater shellfish that is good to eat. It has a ridged shell in two hinged halves that are somewhat heart-shaped.
Ex. Someone passed around a jar of pickled cockles and we ate these with our bitters (Atlantic).
b. any one - cockle⇄v.i. 1. to curl or wrinkle up; pucker.
Ex. Paper sometimes cockles when you paste it.
2. to rise in short, irregular waves; be choppy.
Ex. The sea cockled as the wind blew. - cockle⇄v.t. to cause to curl or wrinkle; crease; pucker.