goat
/ɡəʊt/noun
उच्चारण गोट
बकरी, बकरा
Basic word
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an animal with horns and a coat of hair, that lives wild in mountain areas or is kept on farms for its milk or meat
बकरी, बकरा
- goat's milk
- A goat was grazing by the roadside.
- The farmer keeps ten goats and a cow.
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- Goats can climb steep hills easily.
Synonyms billy goat nanny goat kid
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
goat (countable noun) and plural goats
Goat is a regular countable noun; the male is a billy goat and the young one a kid.
Goat एक नियमित countable noun है; नर को billy goat और बच्चे को kid कहते हैं।
- The farmer keeps ten goats in the shed.
- A kid followed its mother up the hill.
goat + meat / milk / cheese
As a food, goat names the meat or the milk, usually without an article.
भोजन के रूप में goat का प्रयोग माँस या दूध के लिए होता है, प्रायः article के बिना।
- Goat milk is easy to digest.
- They served goat curry at the wedding.
get somebody's goat (idiom)
To get somebody's goat means to annoy them, usually by teasing.
'Get somebody's goat' का अर्थ किसी को चिढ़ाकर परेशान करना है।
- Her constant whistling really gets my goat.
- Nothing gets the teacher's goat like late homework.
separate the sheep from the goats (idiom)
This expression means to divide good from bad, or able from unable people.
इस अभिव्यक्ति का अर्थ अच्छे को बुरे से, या योग्य को अयोग्य से अलग करना है।
- The tough entrance test separates the sheep from the goats.
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adjective + goat
wildmountainstubbornblackyoung
- A wild mountain goat jumped from rock to rock.
verb + goats
reargrazemilkherdsell
- Villagers graze their goats on the hillside.
goat + noun
herdcheesemilkcurrytrack
- We followed a goat track up the hill.
noun + of + goats
herd offlock ofpair ofgroup of
- A herd of goats crossed the road near the village.
“More examples 5
- Radhika's grandmother kept two goats and sold their milk in the morning.
राधिका की दादी दो बकरियाँ रखती थीं और सुबह उनका दूध बेचती थीं।
- The goats climbed the steep slope of the Himalayan hill with ease.
बकरियाँ हिमालय की पहाड़ी की खड़ी ढलान पर आसानी से चढ़ गईं।
- At Bakrid, many families buy a goat for the festival.
बकरीद पर कई परिवार त्योहार के लिए एक बकरा खरीदते हैं।
- Don't let him get your goat; he teases only to annoy you.
उसे अपनी चिढ़ का कारण मत बनने दो; वह केवल परेशान करने के लिए छेड़ता है।
- Goat's milk is often recommended during illnesses such as dengue in some regions.
कुछ क्षेत्रों में डेंगू जैसी बीमारियों के दौरान बकरी का दूध अक्सर सुझाया जाता है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The goat are eating grass.
✓ The goat is eating grass.
A singular noun takes the singular verb 'is'.
Singular noun के साथ singular क्रिया 'is' आती है।
✗ He keeps five goat.
✓ He keeps five goats.
After a number above one, use the plural -s.
एक से अधिक संख्या के बाद noun में plural -s लगता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Goat words depend on the age and sex of the animal.
Goat से जुड़े शब्द पशु की आयु और लिंग पर निर्भर करते हैं।
The general word for the animal, male or female.
पशु के लिए सामान्य शब्द, नर या मादा।
- The goat gave a litre of milk.
A young goat; also an informal word for a child.
बकरी का बच्चा; अनौपचारिक रूप में बच्चे के लिए भी।
- The kid ran after its mother.
A different animal kept for wool and meat; its plural is also sheep.
ऊन और माँस के लिए पाला जाने वाला अलग पशु; इसका plural भी sheep होता है।
- Ten sheep grazed on the field.
¶Idioms 1
get sb's goat
(informal) to annoy sb
किसी को चिढ़ाना, खिजाना
- His constant boasting really gets my goat.
- What gets my goat is people who talk during a film.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
billy goat nanny goat kid
§Grammar and usage
Gender and young: a male goat is a billy goat or buck; a female a nanny goat or doe; a young goat a kid.
लिंग और बच्चा: नर बकरा billy goat या buck; मादा nanny goat या doe; बकरी का बच्चा kid (मेमना)।
Animal sound: goats bleat.
जानवर की आवाज़: goats bleat (मिमियाना)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Get sb's goat (annoy somebody), scapegoat (a person who is blamed for the mistakes of others), GOAT (informal, 'greatest of all time'), separate the sheep from the goats (separate good people from bad).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: get sb's goat (किसी को खिझाना), scapegoat (दूसरों की गलतियों के लिए दोषी ठहराया जाने वाला व्यक्ति, बलि का बकरा), GOAT (अनौपचारिक, 'greatest of all time', सर्वकालिक महान), separate the sheep from the goats (अच्छे और बुरे लोगों को अलग करना)।