maze
/meɪz/noun
उच्चारण मेज़
भूलभुलैया
Core wordPYP · asked 3 times
Asked in previous papers
as homonym
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[C]
a system of paths separated by walls or hedges, designed as a puzzle in which it is hard to find the way out
भूलभुलैया
- The children got lost in the maze at the fair.
- the famous maze of Lucknow's Bara Imambara (the Bhool Bhulaiya)
- We walked through the maze in the garden and finally found the exit.
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- The mouse ran through a maze in the science lab.
- Children love to solve a maze printed in a puzzle book.
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[C, usually sing.] ~ of sth
a large number of narrow streets or passages that are confusing; a complicated and confusing set of rules or details
(गलियों, नियमों का) जाल, उलझन
- the maze of lanes in Old Delhi
- a maze of government regulations
- Tourists get lost in the maze of lanes around the old market.
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- She tried to find her way through a maze of rules and forms.
- The city centre is a maze of narrow streets.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a maze of sth
Maze is followed by of to describe a confusing mass of narrow passages, rules or details.
भ्रमित करने वाले संकरे रास्तों, नियमों या विवरणों के समूह का वर्णन करने के लिए 'maze' के बाद 'of' आता है।
- The old city is a maze of narrow lanes.
- She got lost in a maze of rules.
in a maze / through a maze
Use in for being lost inside and through for finding the way out.
भीतर खो जाने के लिए 'in' और रास्ता निकालने के लिए 'through' का प्रयोग होता है।
- The children were lost in the garden maze.
- It took us an hour to find our way through the maze.
maze (countable) / mazes
Maze is countable; the plural is mazes. It can be a real puzzle or a figure of speech.
'Maze' countable है; plural 'mazes' है। यह वास्तविक पहेली या अलंकारिक प्रयोग हो सकता है।
- Radhika likes solving mazes in the puzzle book.
mazelike / bewildering maze
Use adjectives such as bewildering or confusing to stress how hard it is to find the way.
रास्ता खोजना कितना कठिन है, यह जताने के लिए bewildering या confusing जैसे विशेषण लगाए जाते हैं।
- Government forms can be a bewildering maze.
+Collocations 4
adjective + maze
bewilderingcomplexconfusinglegalhedgetangled
- He entered the complex maze of the old market.
verb + maze
entersolvenavigatefind a way throughget lost inescape from
- She solved the maze in two minutes.
maze of + noun
lanescorridorsruleswiresstreetsregulations
- A maze of wires hung above the lane.
noun + maze
paperhedgecornbureaucraticmirror
- We visited a hedge maze in the garden.
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- The tourists got lost in the maze of lanes in old Delhi.
पर्यटक पुरानी दिल्ली की गलियों की भूलभुलैया में खो गए।
- The mouse found its way through the maze to the cheese.
चूहे ने भूलभुलैया में रास्ता ढूँढकर पनीर तक पहुँच बनाई।
- Applying for a licence can feel like walking through a maze.
लाइसेंस के लिए आवेदन करना भूलभुलैया में चलने जैसा लग सकता है।
- The Bhool Bhulaiya at Lucknow is a famous maze.
लखनऊ की भूल-भुलैया एक प्रसिद्ध maze है।
- The textbook's rules were a maze of exceptions.
पाठ्यपुस्तक के नियम अपवादों की भूलभुलैया थे।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He found the way out from the maze.
✓ He found the way out of the maze.
Out takes of, not from.
'Out' के साथ 'of' आता है, 'from' नहीं।
✗ The maze is consisting of narrow paths.
✓ The maze consists of narrow paths.
Consist is a stative verb and is not used in the continuous.
'Consist' stative क्रिया है और continuous रूप में नहीं आती।
✗ We got lost into the maze.
✓ We got lost in the maze.
Lost is used with in, not into, for a position.
स्थिति के लिए 'lost' के साथ 'in' आता है, 'into' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Maze and labyrinth both mean confusing paths, but they differ in shape and tone.
'Maze' और 'labyrinth' दोनों भ्रमित करने वाले रास्ते बताते हैं, पर आकार और स्वर में भिन्न हैं।
A puzzle or network with many branching paths and dead ends.
अनेक शाखाओं वाले रास्तों और बंद गलियों की पहेली या जाल।
- The hedge maze had many dead ends.
A complicated network of passages, often old and large, or a figure of speech.
रास्तों का जटिल जाल, प्रायः पुराना और बड़ा, या अलंकारिक प्रयोग।
- The temple had a labyrinth of tunnels.
A network of connected parts, not necessarily confusing.
जुड़े हुए भागों का जाल, जो भ्रमित करने वाला हो, यह आवश्यक नहीं।
- A web of roads connects the villages.
?Which word?
maze or maize?
Maze is a puzzle of paths, or any confusing network: 'a maze of lanes'. Maize (with -ai-) is the cereal crop, corn: 'maize is grown in the kharif season'. Both are pronounced /meɪz/. The verb amaze and the adjective amazing come from maze, through the idea of being lost in wonder.
Maze रास्तों की पहेली, या कोई उलझा हुआ जाल है: 'a maze of lanes'। Maize (-ai- के साथ) अनाज की फसल, मक्का है: 'maize is grown in the kharif season'। दोनों की pronunciation /meɪz/ है। Verb amaze और adjective amazing, maze से बने हैं, आश्चर्य में खो जाने के विचार से।
Homophone, asked very often: maze (puzzle of paths) and maize (corn).
Homophone में यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: maze (रास्तों की पहेली) और maize (मक्का)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A confusing network of paths is a maze or labyrinth (the labyrinth of Greek myth held the Minotaur).
'रास्तों का उलझा जाल' maze या labyrinth (Greek कथा के labyrinth में Minotaur रहता था)।
General knowledge
The Bhool Bhulaiya of Lucknow; maize is India's third most important cereal.
लखनऊ की भूलभुलैया; maize भारत का तीसरा सबसे महत्वपूर्ण अनाज है।