General Riddles

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

I am a four letter word. I am an animal. You use me to call your dear ones. Who am I?

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

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