barehanded
/ˌbeəˈhændɪd/adjective
उच्चारण बेअहैन्डिड
खाली हाथ, बिना दस्ताने या हथियार के
Core word
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[not usually before noun]
without gloves or without a tool or weapon in your hands
खाली हाथ, बिना दस्ताने या हथियार के
- He fought the thief barehanded.
- She caught the ball barehanded.
- The cleaner picked up the broken glass barehanded.
+ 2 more examples
- Don't touch the chemicals if you are barehanded.
- The goalkeeper was barehanded and slipped in the rain.
Synonyms unarmed empty-handed
Opposite armed gloved
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with your hands only, without gloves, tools or weapons
नंगे हाथों से, केवल हाथों से
- The farmers pulled the weeds out barehanded.
- Radhika caught the fish barehanded in the shallow stream.
- The villagers dug barehanded through the mud to find survivors.
+ 2 more examples
- He killed the snake barehanded.
- The workers moved the stones barehanded.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
barehanded (adjective)
As an adjective, barehanded describes someone without gloves, tools or weapons: a barehanded fight.
Adjective के रूप में 'barehanded' ऐसे व्यक्ति का वर्णन करता है जिसके पास दस्ताने, औज़ार या हथियार नहीं हैं: a barehanded fight।
- He was barehanded when the police arrived.
- It was a barehanded fight with no weapons.
do sth barehanded (adverb)
As an adverb, barehanded comes after the verb and tells how the action is done.
Adverb के रूप में 'barehanded' क्रिया के बाद आकर बताता है कि काम कैसे किया गया।
- The villager caught the snake barehanded.
- They pulled the weeds barehanded.
bare-handed (spelling)
The word is written as barehanded or bare-handed; both spellings are correct but must be used consistently within a text.
यह शब्द barehanded या bare-handed दोनों तरह लिखा जाता है; दोनों सही हैं, पर एक ही पाठ में एक ही रूप का लगातार प्रयोग करें।
- He lifted the hot pot bare-handed and burnt his fingers.
barehanded vs empty-handed
Barehanded means without gloves, tools or weapons. Empty-handed means carrying nothing, or having got nothing from an effort, so the two are not the same.
'Barehanded' का अर्थ दस्ताने, औज़ार या हथियार के बिना है। 'Empty-handed' का अर्थ कुछ न ले जाना या प्रयास से कुछ न पाना है, इसलिए दोनों एक नहीं हैं।
- He came back empty-handed from the market.
- He caught the fish barehanded.
be barehanded against sb
The phrase 'against' shows who or what the person faces without protection.
'Against' बताता है कि व्यक्ति बिना सुरक्षा के किसके सामने खड़ा है।
- The guard stood barehanded against the armed men.
- They were barehanded against the flood.
+Collocations 4
verb + barehanded
fightcatchkillliftdigattack
- He dug the soil barehanded because he had no spade.
barehanded + noun
fightattackrescuecombat
- The barehanded rescue saved three people from the well.
adverb + barehanded
almostcompletelyentirely
- The fishermen worked almost barehanded.
barehanded + object
snakefishthornshot panstones
- The fisherman caught a fish barehanded.
“More examples 7
- The farmer chased away the dog barehanded.
किसान ने कुत्ते को बिना किसी हथियार के भगा दिया।
- He fought the thief barehanded, since he had no stick.
उसके पास लाठी नहीं थी, इसलिए उसने चोर से खाली हाथ मुक़ाबला किया।
- Radhika washed the dishes barehanded as she had no gloves.
राधिका के पास दस्ताने नहीं थे, इसलिए उसने नंगे हाथों से बर्तन धोए।
- Workers should not handle chemicals barehanded.
कर्मचारियों को रसायनों को नंगे हाथों से नहीं छूना चाहिए।
- The boy rescued the puppy barehanded from the drain.
लड़के ने कुत्ते के पिल्ले को नाले से हाथों से ही बचा लिया।
- She cleared the thorny bushes barehanded and scratched her arms.
उसने कँटीली झाड़ियों को नंगे हाथों से साफ़ किया और उसकी बाँहें खरोंच गईं।
- The firefighters pulled the child out barehanded through the broken window.
दमकलकर्मियों ने टूटी खिड़की से बच्चे को हाथों से ही बाहर खींच लिया।