noun ବିଶେଷ୍ୟ

Doorstep meaning in oriya

ଦ୍ୱାର

  • Pronunciation

    -ɛp

  • Definition

    the sill of a door

    ଏକ ଦ୍ୱାରର ସିଲ୍ |

  • Synonyms

    doorsill (କବାଟ)

verb କ୍ରିୟା

Doorstep meaning in oriya

ଦ୍ୱାର

  • Definitions

    1. To corner somebody for an unexpected interview.

    ଏକ ଅପ୍ରତ୍ୟାଶିତ ସାକ୍ଷାତକାର ପାଇଁ କାହାକୁ କୋଣ କରିବା |

  • Examples:
    1. Surprisingly few people refused to talk, even those I doorstepped or telephoned out of the blue.

    2. Throughout her time in journalism, she doorstepped politicians, the child of a politician, crime victims, armed robbers, murderers, suspected murderers

noun ବିଶେଷ୍ୟ

Doorstep meaning in oriya

ଦ୍ୱାର

  • Definitions

    1. An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.

    ଏକ ଘରର କବାଟ, ସାଧାରଣତ a ଏକ ଘର |

  • Examples:
    1. Ailie was standing by the doorstep as he came down the road, and her heart stood still with joy.

    2. With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.

  • 2. One's immediate neighbourhood or locality.

    ଜଣଙ୍କର ତୁରନ୍ତ ପଡ଼ୋଶୀ କିମ୍ବା ସ୍ଥାନ |

  • Examples:
    1. They want to build the prison right on our doorstep; it will only be half a mile away and being that close scares me.

    2. As a Hitchin signalman once pointed out to me, when a regulating quandary arises concerning a fast-moving Class A train there is no time to consult Control and get their answer before the express is on one's doorstep.

    3. Milk from the Eden Valley could be on London doorsteps the next morning. Limestone and agricultural lime from the Ribble Valley and gypsum from further north could at last be transported long distances by the trainload. The railway had been driven along, over and through the valuable substances that were on its doorstep, much akin to the situation in Britain's coalfields.

  • 3. A thick slice, especially of bread.

    ଏକ ରୁଟି ଖଣ୍ଡ, ବିଶେଷତ bread ରୁଟି |

  • Examples:
    1. I cut myself a doorstep of bread with masses of butter and went along to see Romanov while I was eating it.

  • Synonyms

    doorsteppy (ଦ୍ୱାରପାଳ)

    darken someone's doorstep (କାହାର ଦ୍ୱାରକୁ ଅନ୍ଧକାର କର |)