पीड् (
prob. fr. पिस्द् =
पि- √
सद्)
pf. पिपीडे॑, to be squeezed or pressed out (as
सोम),
[RV. iv, 22, 8] ;
cl. 10.
P. or
Caus. पीडयति (
ep. also
°ते;
aor. अपिपीडत्, or
अपीपिडत्,
[Pāṇ. 7-4, 3] ),
[Dhātup. xxxii, 11] ;
to press, squeeze (
कालं कालेन पीडयन्, ‘Pressing time against time’
i.e. ‘leaving everything to time’
[Mn. i, 51] ),
[AV.] &c. &c.;
to hurt, harm, injure, oppress, pain, vex,
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] to beleaguer (a city),
[R.] ;
to break (a vow),
[Yājñ.] ;
to neglect (one's family),
[MBh.] ;
(in
astrol. ) to cover (
esp. with something inauspicious), to eclipse, obscure,
[Var.] :
Pass. पीड्यते, to be pressed or pained or afflicted,
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.;
to cause pain, hurt,
[Pañcad.]