hideout
/ˈhaɪdaʊt/noun
उच्चारण हाइडाउट
छिपने का ठिकाना
Core word
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a place where somebody goes when they do not want anyone to find them
छिपने का ठिकाना
- a terrorist hideout
- The children made a hideout in the old storeroom.
- Police finally found the gang's hideout in the forest.
+ 2 more examples
- The boys used the old shed as a secret hideout.
- The thieves fled to their hideout in the hills.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 3
a hideout (countable)
Hideout is a countable noun, so it takes a, the or a plural form; the spelling is one word.
'Hideout' countable noun है, इसलिए इसके साथ a, the या plural रूप आता है; इसे एक शब्द में लिखते हैं।
- The police found the gang's hideout in an old warehouse.
- The cave served as a hideout for the rebels.
hideout + in / at / near + place
Use in or at to name where the place is, and near for a rough location.
स्थान बताने के लिए 'in' या 'at' और मोटे अनुमान के लिए 'near' का प्रयोग होता है।
- They had a secret hideout in the forest.
- The robbers' hideout near the river was raided at dawn.
hideout for sb / hideout from sb
Use for with the people who hide there, and from with the people they hide from.
वहाँ छिपने वालों के लिए 'for' और जिनसे छिपा जाए उनके लिए 'from' का प्रयोग होता है।
- The hut was a hideout for smugglers.
- She needed a hideout from the press.
+Collocations 4
adjective + hideout
secretremotesafemountainterrorist
- The remote hideout was surrounded by thick forest.
verb + hideout
findraiddiscoverflee touse as
- The commandos raided the hideout before sunrise.
hideout + of / for
of the gangof the outlawsfor fugitivesfor militants
- The jungle was once a hideout of dacoits.
noun + hideout
gangbanditrebelpirate
- The old fort became a bandit hideout in the film.
“More examples 7
- The children made a hideout under the dining table.
बच्चों ने खाने की मेज़ के नीचे अपना छिपने का ठिकाना बना लिया।
- The police located the kidnappers' hideout with the help of a local farmer.
पुलिस ने एक स्थानीय किसान की मदद से अपहरणकर्ताओं का अड्डा खोज निकाला।
- Radhika's study corner on the terrace is her secret hideout.
छत पर राधिका का पढ़ने का कोना उसका गुप्त ठिकाना है।
- The thieves moved to a new hideout after the first raid.
पहली छापेमारी के बाद चोर नए ठिकाने पर चले गए।
- During the flood, the temple on the hill became a hideout for the villagers.
बाढ़ के दौरान पहाड़ी पर बना मंदिर गाँव वालों के लिए शरण-स्थल बन गया।
- The film hero finds the villain's hideout in a deserted factory.
फ़िल्म का नायक खलनायक का अड्डा एक सुनसान कारखाने में खोज लेता है।
- The hunters left the cave, which had once been a bear's hideout.
शिकारी उस गुफा से लौट गए, जो कभी भालू का ठिकाना थी।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The police raided on the hideout.
✓ The police raided the hideout.
Raid is a transitive verb and takes no preposition.
'Raid' सकर्मक क्रिया है और इसके बाद preposition नहीं आता।
✗ The dacoits hide-out was in the ravines.
✓ The dacoits' hideout was in the ravines.
Use the possessive apostrophe after the plural noun, and write hideout as one word.
Plural noun के बाद possessive apostrophe लगाएँ और 'hideout' को एक शब्द में लिखें।
?Which word?
Keep apart hideout (noun) and hide out (verb: 'They hid out in the forest').
Hideout (noun) और hide out (verb: 'They hid out in the forest') को अलग रखिए।