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Pelt

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Pelt

  • (verb) hurl missiles repeatedly at; “two boys pelted him with rotten apples”
  • (verb) hurl (something) at someone or something; “she spotted four boys pelting stones at ducks”
  • (of rain, hail, or snow) fall quickly and very heavily; “the rain was pelting down”
  • (informal) run somewhere very quickly; “I pelted across the road”
  • (Phrases) full pelt — as fast as possible; “I ran downstairs at full pelt”
  • (noun) the skin of an animal with the fur, wool, or hair still on it; “traders brought reindeer pelts”
  • (Phrases) in one’s pelt — naked.“they came across Henn, standing in his pelt by the river”

Pelt (पेलत / पलट / पेल्ट) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi meaning)

  • झपटना, झोंकना, डालना, पीटना, फेंकना, मारना, फेंक कर मारना, ताबड़तोड़ भागना, मूसलाधार होना, तेज़ी से आगे बढ़ना, खाल, चमड़ा, चोट, मार, कच्चा चमड़ा, ताबड़तोड़ भागना, मूसलाधार होना, कूड़ा-कर्कट, फेंकने का कार्य

Pelt origin

  • Middle English: either from obsolete pellet ‘skin’, from an Old French diminutive of pel ‘skin’, from Latin pellis ‘skin’, or a back-formation from peltry.

Pelt in a sentence (word usage in recent Hindu newspaper)

  • Miscreants pelt stones on new Train 18 during trial run.
  • Hailstorm, rain pelt down on rabi crops.
  • New Zealand canoe hire shop housed Tassie tiger pelt worth $250000.
  • Storms pelt Shaver Lake with snow and rain mix.
  • An animal’s pelt can be affected by a number of environmental factors.

Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of pelt

  • pelt – pelt stones

Pelt pronunciation

Gluttony

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Gluttony

  • (noun) habitual greed or excess in eating; “she said plumpness was a sign of gluttony in most cases”

Gluttony (ग्लटनी) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi meaning)

  • पेटूपन, लालच, लोलुपता

Gluttony Origin

  • Middle English: from Old French glutonie, from gluton ‘glutton’.

Gluttony in a sentence (word usage in recent Hindu newspaper)

  • Pope says forget greed and gluttony at Christmas, go for simple love.
  • Muskoka fitness trainer gives top 10 ways to combat holiday gluttony.
  • After the holiday gluttony, many people are trying to get back on track when it comes to fitness and wellness.
  • Eating right: Holidays don’t have to be the ‘season of gluttony‘.
  • Gluttony really could turn you into a fathead.

Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of gluttony

  • Gluttony = glued to ‘ton’ of weight – ‘petupan’

Gluttony pronunciation

Retrieve

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Retrieve

  • (verb) get or bring (something) back from somewhere; “I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden”
  • (verb) (of a dog) find and bring back (game that has been shot); “labradors are used to retrieve the birds after the flush”
  • (verb) reel or bring in a fishing line; “when he reaches the breakers, with you retrieving furiously, he’ll probably change course”
  • (verb) find or extract (information stored in a computer); “other features include the ability to store, update, retrieve, and print your data”
  • (verb) recall (something); “the police hope to encourage him to retrieve forgotten memories”
  • (verb) put right or improve (an unwelcome situation); “he made one last desperate attempt to retrieve the situation”
  • (noun) an act of retrieving something, especially game that has been shot; “watch the dog make the long retrieves”
  • (noun) the possibility of recovery; “he ruined himself beyond retrieve”

Retrieve (रिट्रीव / रीट्रीव) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi meaning)

  • वापस पा लेना, बचाना, सुधारना, पता लगाना, लौटा देना

Retrieve Origin

  • late Middle English (in the sense ‘find lost game’): from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover ‘find again’.

Retrieve in a sentence (word usage in recent Hindu newspaper editorial)

  • Update: Woman injured in April accident to retrieve dog has died.
  • Everest rescuers retrieve bodies of two Indian climbers.
  • Mount Everest rescue team attempts to retrieve body of climber.
  • Man who drowned trying to retrieve purse in Lady Bird Lake identified.
  • Search suspended for man who jumped off boat to retrieve hat.

Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of retrieve

  • Labrador Retriever Yaad rakho….  ball feko leke (retrieve) aayega

Retrieve Pronunciation

Prudish

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Prudish

  • (adj) having or revealing a tendency to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity; excessively concerned with sexual propriety; “his grandmother was a rather prudish woman”

Prudish (प्रूडिश) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)

  • कपटलज्जालु, पाखंडी, पाखण्डी

Prudish Origin

  • 1710-20; prude + -ish

Prudish in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)

  • Fair, and I am not being prudish. After all, kiss is an expression of love.
  • No sex, please: Sandeep Kumar pays the price of prudish politics.
  • Of sex and other mundane things: Are Indians still prudish?
  • Then there was my mother, brought up by prudish German nuns.
  • At the risk of sounding prudish, let me also state another problem I had with the film’s depiction of nudity, sex and the so-called erotica.

Prudish Pronunciation

Mundane

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Mundane

  • (adj) lacking interest or excitement; dull; “the mundane aspects of daily life”
  • (adj) of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one; “the mundane world”

Mundane (मन्डेन / मन्डैन) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)

  • नीरस, साधारण, सांसारिक

Mundane Origin

  • late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French mondain, from late Latin mundanus, from Latin mundus ‘world’. Sense 1 dates from the late 19th century.

Mundane in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)

  • Ditch the Mundane: 5 Exciting Ways to Cook with Corn.
  • He tells touching tales from life’s mundane episodes.
  • Mr. Alex’s poems are ruminations over the seemingly mundane and the ordinary, which often attain extraordinary dimensions.
  • ‘Saanson Ke’ is the typically mundane, avoidable melancholy-driven song, that one has come to associate with a Pritam-KK collaboration.
  • Indo-US military logistics pact is mundane: Richard Verma.

Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of mundane

  • monday = mundane .. another boring day..

Mundane Pronunciation