doll
/dɒl/noun
उच्चारण डॉल
गुड़िया
Basic word
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[T] ~ yourself up informal
to make yourself attractive by putting on nice clothes and make-up
सज-धजकर तैयार होना
- She dolled herself up for the party.
- The girls dolled themselves up for the wedding.
- She dolled up her little sister in a bright red dress.
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- Everyone was dolled up for the school function.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
a doll (countable noun)
A doll is a child's toy in the shape of a person. The plural is dolls.
'Doll' बच्चे का खिलौना है जो मनुष्य के आकार का होता है। बहुवचन 'dolls'।
- Radhika's sister carried her doll everywhere.
- The shop sells wooden dolls from Channapatna.
play with a doll
Children play with a doll, never 'play a doll'.
बच्चे doll के साथ खेलते हैं: 'play with a doll', 'play a doll' नहीं।
- The girl played with her doll for hours.
- He played with a rag doll.
doll up / doll yourself up (phrasal verb)
Doll up is informal and means to dress in nice clothes and make-up. It is used with oneself or a person.
'Doll up' अनौपचारिक है और अच्छे कपड़े तथा श्रृंगार करने के लिए प्रयुक्त होता है।
- She dolled herself up for the wedding.
- All the girls were dolled up for the festival.
doll (informal, term of address)
In older, informal speech, doll is a pet name for a pretty woman. It can sound old-fashioned or inappropriate.
पुरानी अनौपचारिक बोली में 'doll' सुंदर स्त्री के लिए प्यार का संबोधन है। यह पुराना या अनुचित लग सकता है।
- In old films, the hero calls her 'doll'.
doll as a verb and noun together
As a verb, doll is almost always followed by up: doll up, dolled up. It has no other verbal use.
Verb के रूप में 'doll' के बाद लगभग हमेशा 'up' आता है: doll up, dolled up। इसका कोई अन्य क्रिया-प्रयोग नहीं।
- They dolled up the little girl in a bright frock.
- She loves to get dolled up for festivals.
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adjective + doll
ragwoodenchinaplasticsoftbaby
- She made a rag doll from old cloth.
verb + doll
play withdressmakecollecthug
- The children dressed their dolls in saris.
doll + noun
housemakercollectionclothesshop
- A doll maker sold wooden toys at the fair.
doll up + for
for a weddingfor a partyfor the festivalfor a photo
- The cousins dolled themselves up for the wedding.
doll + type
BarbiekokeshiKondapalliRussian nesting
- A Kondapalli doll is painted by hand.
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- Radhika received a lovely doll on her birthday.
राधिका को जन्मदिन पर एक सुंदर गुड़िया मिली।
- The doll's dress was stitched by hand.
गुड़िया की पोशाक हाथ से सिली गई थी।
- Wooden dolls from Karnataka are famous across the country.
कर्नाटक की लकड़ी की गुड़ियाँ पूरे देश में प्रसिद्ध हैं।
- She dolled up for the school annual day.
वह विद्यालय के वार्षिकोत्सव के लिए सज-धज कर आई।
- Dolls are used in puppet shows in Rajasthan.
राजस्थान में कठपुतली के खेलों में गुड़ियों का प्रयोग होता है।
- The museum has a collection of dolls from many states.
संग्रहालय में कई राज्यों की गुड़ियों का संग्रह है।
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✗ The girl played the doll.
✓ The girl played with the doll.
Play takes with before a toy.
खिलौने के पहले 'play' के साथ 'with' आता है।
✗ She dolled up herself for the party.
✓ She dolled herself up for the party.
In this phrasal verb the pronoun goes between doll and up.
इस phrasal verb में सर्वनाम 'doll' और 'up' के बीच आता है।
→Phrasal verbs 1
doll yourself up
to make yourself look attractive for a party, etc. (informal)
(पार्टी आदि के लिए) ख़ूब सज-धज कर तैयार होना
- She dolled herself up for the wedding.
- They were all dolled up for the farewell party.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage
Usage: dollhouse or doll's house (a toy house); Russian dolls (matryoshka, dolls that fit inside each other).
प्रयोग में dollhouse या doll's house (खिलौना घर); Russian dolls (matryoshka, एक-दूसरे में समाने वाली गुड़ियाँ)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Doll up (dress up attractively).
Phrasal verb 'doll up' (आकर्षक ढंग से सजना-धजना)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
The Shankar's International Dolls Museum in New Delhi has a large collection of dolls; Channapatna (Karnataka) is famous for wooden toys and dolls; Kondapalli toys (Andhra Pradesh) and Thanjavur dolls (thalaiyatti bommai, Tamil Nadu) have GI tags.
नई दिल्ली के शंकर अंतर्राष्ट्रीय गुड़िया संग्रहालय में गुड़ियों का बड़ा संग्रह है; चन्नपटना (कर्नाटक) लकड़ी के खिलौनों और गुड़ियों के लिए प्रसिद्ध है; कोंडापल्ली खिलौने (आंध्र प्रदेश) और तंजावुर गुड़ियों (थलैयाट्टी बोम्मई, तमिलनाडु) को GI टैग मिला है।
Literature: Henrik Ibsen's play 'A Doll's House' (1879) is about a woman's independence.
साहित्य में Henrik Ibsen का नाटक 'A Doll's House' (1879) एक स्त्री की स्वतंत्रता के बारे में है।