mole
/məʊl/noun
उच्चारण मोल
तिल, मस्सा
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a small dark brown spot on the skin
तिल, मस्सा
- a mole on her cheek
- The doctor removed a harmless mole from the back of his neck.
- She has a small mole near her left eye.
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- The doctor checked the mole to make sure it was harmless.
- A mole that changes shape should be shown to a doctor.
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a small animal with dark grey fur, that is almost blind and digs tunnels under the ground
छछूंदर
- Moles dig tunnels.
- A mole dug a long tunnel under the lawn and ruined the flower bed.
- A mole can dig a tunnel very fast with its strong front paws.
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- Molehills appeared all over the field after the rain.
- The mole spends nearly its whole life underground.
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a person who works within an organization and secretly passes important information to another organization or country
जासूस, भेदिया
- a mole in the police department
- The newspaper revealed that a mole inside the ministry had been leaking secret files.
- Police suspected there was a mole in the department.
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- The spy novel is about a mole planted deep inside the agency.
- The company found a mole who had been leaking secrets to its rivals.
Synonyms spy informer double agent plant infiltrator
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
mole (skin) on / near sth
A mole on the skin takes on or near for position.
त्वचा के तिल की स्थिति के लिए 'on' या 'near' आता है।
- She has a mole on her left cheek.
- The doctor checked the mole near his ear.
mole (animal): burrow / dig
A mole is a small animal that digs tunnels underground; it is almost blind.
Mole (छछूंदर) छोटा पशु है जो ज़मीन के नीचे सुरंगें खोदता है; यह लगभग अंधा होता है।
- A mole dug tunnels under the garden.
- The mole lives mostly underground.
mole (spy) in an organisation
A mole is a spy inside an organisation who passes secrets to its rivals.
'Mole' किसी संस्था के भीतर बैठा ऐसा जासूस है जो उसके प्रतिद्वंद्वियों को गुप्त बातें पहुँचाता है।
- The company found a mole in its sales team.
mole (chemistry unit)
In science, a mole is a unit measuring an amount of substance; the plural is moles.
विज्ञान में 'mole' पदार्थ की मात्रा मापने की इकाई है; इसका plural moles है।
- One mole of water has a mass of eighteen grams.
make a mountain out of a molehill
This idiom means to treat a small problem as if it were huge.
यह मुहावरा किसी छोटी समस्या को बहुत बड़ी बताने के अर्थ में है।
- Do not make a mountain out of a molehill; it is only a small scratch.
+Collocations 5
adjective + mole
darkraisedharmlesscanceroussmalllarge
- The doctor said the dark mole was harmless.
verb + mole
removecheckdigcatchspotexpose
- The agency exposed a mole in its ranks.
mole + noun
molehillmole ratmole cricketmole concentration
- A molehill appeared in the middle of the lawn.
unit of mole
one moletwo molesmole of gasmole fractionmolar mass
- Calculate the number of moles of oxygen.
mole + preposition
mole onmole inmole amongmole inside
- The police suspected a mole inside the department.
“More examples 5
- The mole on her chin was a family birthmark.
उसकी ठुड्डी का तिल परिवार का जन्मचिह्न था।
- Moles seldom come above the ground in daylight.
छछूंदर दिन के उजाले में बहुत कम ज़मीन के ऊपर आती हैं।
- Radhika learnt that one mole contains about 6.022 × 10^23 particles.
राधिका ने सीखा कि एक mole में लगभग 6.022 × 10^23 कण होते हैं।
- The police arrested the mole who leaked the question paper.
पुलिस ने उस भेदिए को पकड़ लिया जिसने प्रश्नपत्र लीक किया था।
- He remained a mole in the firm for five years before being caught.
पकड़े जाने से पहले वह पाँच वर्ष तक फर्म में भेदिया बना रहा।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ There is a mole in my face.
✓ There is a mole on my face.
A mole on the skin takes on, not in.
त्वचा के तिल के लिए 'on' आता है, 'in' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Mole, birthmark and freckle are all skin marks, but a mole is raised and dark, a birthmark is there from birth, and freckles are small spots from the sun.
तीनों त्वचा के निशान हैं, पर mole उभरा और गहरा होता है, birthmark जन्म से होता है और freckles धूप से बने छोटे धब्बे हैं।
A small light-brown spot caused by sunlight.
धूप से बना छोटा हल्का भूरा धब्बा।
- Freckles appear on her nose in summer.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
spot mark freckle birthmark spy informer double agent plant infiltrator
?Which word?
Homonym, asked often: mole has three common meanings: a spot on the skin, a small digging animal, and a spy inside an organization.
Homonym अक्सर पूछा जाता है: mole के तीन आम अर्थ हैं: त्वचा पर तिल, खोदने वाला छोटा जीव (छछूंदर), और संगठन के भीतर का जासूस।
Keep the spy words together: mole, spy, informer, double agent (works for two sides).
जासूस के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: mole, spy, informer, double agent (दोनों पक्षों के लिए काम करने वाला)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Make a mountain out of a molehill (make a small problem seem serious).
Idiom 'make a mountain out of a molehill' (छोटी समस्या को बड़ा बना देना, राई का पहाड़ बनाना)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Science: the mole is also the SI unit for the amount of a substance (one mole contains about 6.022 × 10²³ particles, Avogadro's number).
विज्ञान में mole पदार्थ की मात्रा की SI इकाई भी है (एक mole में लगभग 6.022 × 10²³ कण, आवोगाद्रो संख्या)।