gas
/ɡæs/noun
उच्चारण गैस
गैस
Basic word
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[C, U]
any substance like air that is neither a solid nor a liquid; a particular type of gas or mixture of gases used as fuel for heating and cooking; (AmE) petrol
गैस
- cooking gas
- Oxygen is a gas.
- Hydrogen is a very light gas.
+ 2 more examples
- We ran out of cooking gas on Sunday.
- The factory released a harmful gas into the air.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
gas (uncountable): substance
In science, gas is a substance like air that is neither a solid nor a liquid, and it is usually uncountable.
विज्ञान में 'gas' हवा जैसा पदार्थ है जो न ठोस है न तरल, और प्रायः uncountable होता है।
- Oxygen is a gas.
- Gas fills the whole container.
gas (countable): types of gas
When you mean different kinds, gas is countable: gases.
जब विभिन्न प्रकार की गैसों की बात हो, तब 'gas' countable है: gases।
- Nitrogen and oxygen are the main gases in air.
- Greenhouse gases warm the Earth.
gas for cooking / heating
In India, gas means LPG or natural gas used at home for cooking.
भारत में 'gas' का अर्थ घर में खाना पकाने के लिए प्रयुक्त LPG या प्राकृतिक गैस है।
- Switch off the gas before leaving the kitchen.
- The gas cylinder is empty.
gas (US): petrol
In American English, gas is short for gasoline, meaning petrol for cars.
अमेरिकी English में 'gas', gasoline यानी कार के petrol के लिए संक्षिप्त रूप है।
- We stopped to buy gas on the highway.
gas (verb): gassed, gassing
As a verb, gas means to poison with gas; the double s appears in gassed and gassing.
Verb के रूप में 'gas' का अर्थ गैस से ज़हर देना है; gassed और gassing में s दोहरा हो जाता है।
- Many were gassed in the leak.
+Collocations 5
adjective + gas
naturaltoxicpoisonousinertgreenhousetear
- The police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
gas + noun
cylinderstoveleakpipelinestationmask
- A gas leak can be dangerous, so open the windows.
verb + gas
releaseemitburninhalestorecompress
- Factories emit harmful gas into the air.
gas + preposition
gas forgas fromgas inrun on gasrun out of gas
- Many buses in Delhi run on gas.
domestic gas
LPGPNGcooking gassubsidyrefill
- The government provides a subsidy on cooking gas.
“More examples 5
- Carbon dioxide is a gas that plants take in from the air.
कार्बन डाइऑक्साइड वह गैस है जिसे पौधे हवा से लेते हैं।
- Radhika's mother cooks on a gas stove.
राधिका की माँ गैस के चूल्हे पर खाना बनाती हैं।
- The Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 killed thousands of people.
1984 की भोपाल गैस त्रासदी में हज़ारों लोगों की मृत्यु हुई थी।
- Water turns into a gas when it boils.
उबलने पर पानी गैस में बदल जाता है।
- He pressed the brake and then stepped on the gas.
उसने brake दबाया और फिर accelerator पर पाँव रखा।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The gas are leaking from the cylinder.
✓ The gas is leaking from the cylinder.
Gas meaning the cooking gas is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
खाना पकाने वाली गैस के अर्थ में 'gas' uncountable है और singular verb लेता है।
✗ Please off the gas.
✓ Please turn off the gas.
Off is not a verb in standard English; use turn off.
मानक अंग्रेज़ी में 'off' क्रिया नहीं है; 'turn off' का प्रयोग करें।
✗ Oxygen is gas.
✓ Oxygen is a gas.
A singular countable noun in a definition needs an article.
परिभाषा में singular countable noun के साथ article चाहिए।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words describe the states of matter, and gas is the one that spreads to fill space.
ये शब्द पदार्थ की अवस्थाओं को बताते हैं; gas वह है जो पूरे स्थान में फैल जाती है।
A substance with no fixed shape or volume that expands to fill its container.
ऐसा पदार्थ जिसका निश्चित आकार या आयतन नहीं होता और जो पात्र में फैल जाता है।
- Gas escaped from the pipe.
A gas formed from a liquid or solid below its boiling point, such as water vapour.
द्रव या ठोस से उसके क्वथनांक से नीचे बनी गैस, जैसे जलवाष्प।
- Vapour rose from the kettle.
A strong, often harmful smoke or gas, usually used in the plural.
तेज़, प्रायः हानिकारक धुआँ या गैस, सामान्यतः plural में।
- Petrol fumes made him dizzy.
¶Idioms 3
step on the gas
to drive a vehicle faster; to hurry
(गाड़ी की) रफ़्तार बढ़ाना, जल्दी करना
- Step on the gas or we'll miss the train.
- The driver stepped on the gas when the road cleared.
run out of gas
to lose energy or interest in what you are doing
थक जाना, जोश ख़त्म हो जाना
- The team ran out of gas in the second half.
- The campaign began well but soon ran out of gas.
now you're cooking with gas
used to say that sb is now doing sth well or in the right way
अब बात बनी, अब सही रास्ते पर हो
- You've solved it in half the time; now you're cooking with gas!
- Once we got the right software, we were really cooking with gas.
◇Word family
§Grammar and usage
The plural is usually gases.
Plural प्रायः gases है।
British and American English: petrol (British) and gas or gasoline (American).
British और American English में petrol (British) और gas या gasoline (American)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Step on the gas (go faster; hurry).
Idiom 'step on the gas' (तेज़ चलना; जल्दी करना)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Science GK: the three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas; noble or inert gases (helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon) do not react easily; LPG (liquefied petroleum gas, used for cooking) is mainly butane and propane; CNG is compressed natural gas (mainly methane); laughing gas is nitrous oxide; greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane) cause global warming.
विज्ञान GK में पदार्थ की तीन अवस्थाएँ ठोस, द्रव और गैस हैं; उत्कृष्ट या निष्क्रिय गैसें (helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon) आसानी से अभिक्रिया नहीं करतीं; LPG (द्रवित पेट्रोलियम गैस, खाना पकाने में प्रयुक्त) मुख्यतः butane और propane है; CNG संपीड़ित प्राकृतिक गैस है (मुख्यतः methane); हँसाने वाली गैस nitrous oxide है; हरितगृह गैसें (कार्बन डाइऑक्साइड, methane) वैश्विक तापन का कारण हैं।
The Bhopal gas tragedy (1984) was caused by methyl isocyanate (MIC).
भोपाल गैस त्रासदी (1984) methyl isocyanate (MIC) से हुई।