floodwater
/ˈflʌdwɔːtə/noun
उच्चारण फ़्लड्वॉर्ट
बाढ़ का पानी
Core word
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[U (also floodwaters [plural])]
water from a flood, which covers an area that is usually dry
बाढ़ का पानी
- Floodwater entered hundreds of homes in the low-lying colony.
- The floodwaters slowly began to go down.
- Rescue boats moved through the floodwater to reach stranded families.
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- The floodwater was dirty and full of rubbish.
- After the floodwater drained away, people began cleaning their houses.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
floodwater / floodwaters
The word is used both in the singular and the plural with the same meaning; the singular takes a singular verb.
यह शब्द singular और plural दोनों में समान अर्थ के साथ आता है; singular में verb singular होती है।
- Floodwater is slowly going down.
- The floodwaters have reached the first floor.
floodwater(s) + verb
Typical verbs are rise, recede, spread, drain and swallow.
इसके साथ rise, recede, spread, drain जैसी क्रियाएँ आती हैं।
- The floodwaters began to recede on Monday.
through / in floodwater
Use through or in when people move in the water.
लोग पानी में चलें तो 'through' या 'in' का प्रयोग होता है।
- Children waded through floodwater to reach school.
floodwater (compound noun)
It is written as one word; flood water as two words is also seen but less common.
इसे एक शब्द के रूप में लिखा जाता है; दो शब्दों में 'flood water' भी दिखता है पर कम आम है।
- The school was surrounded by floodwater.
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adjective + floodwater
risingdirtycontaminatedmurkydeep
- Contaminated floodwater can spread disease.
verb + floodwater
pump outwade throughcleardrainescape
- Workers pumped floodwater out of the basement.
floodwater + verb
riserecedeentersurgewash away
- Floodwater entered the ground floor of the shops.
floodwater + noun
leveldamagepumpchannel
- The floodwater level rose by a metre overnight.
floodwater + preposition
above the floodwaterbelow the floodwaterout of the floodwaterin the floodwater
- Only the tops of the trees were visible above the floodwater.
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- People were rescued from the rising floodwater by boat.
बढ़ते बाढ़ के पानी से लोगों को नाव से बचाया गया।
- Radhika stayed on the roof until the floodwater went down.
जब तक बाढ़ का पानी उतर नहीं गया, राधिका छत पर ही रही।
- Floodwater damaged all the books in the library.
बाढ़ के पानी ने पुस्तकालय की सारी किताबें खराब कर दीं।
- Drinking floodwater can make you seriously ill.
बाढ़ का पानी पीने से आप गंभीर रूप से बीमार हो सकते हैं।
- The streets were still covered with floodwaters a week later.
एक सप्ताह बाद भी गलियाँ बाढ़ के पानी से ढकी थीं।
- Army boats carried food through the floodwater to the stranded families.
सेना की नावें फँसे परिवारों तक बाढ़ के पानी में से भोजन ले गईं।
- When the floodwater finally drained away, a thick layer of mud was left behind.
जब बाढ़ का पानी आख़िरकार उतर गया तो पीछे कीचड़ की मोटी परत रह गई।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The floodwaters is rising fast.
✓ The floodwaters are rising fast.
When the word is plural, the verb must be plural.
जब शब्द plural हो तो verb भी plural होनी चाहिए।
✗ A floodwater entered the house.
✓ Floodwater entered the house.
Floodwater is uncountable; do not use 'a' with it.
Floodwater uncountable है; इसके साथ 'a' नहीं लगता।