door in Malayalam മലയാളം
door in Sindhi سنڌي
door in English
- door⇄adj. doorlike.
- door⇄door, noun.
1. a movable part to close an opening in a wall. A door turns on hinges or about a post; some doors slide open and shut. A room usually has one door; a house or building may have many doors.
2. any movable part that suggests a doo - door⇄expr. darken one's door, to appear on one's threshold; come to see or visit one.
Ex. Rose did not want to turn away from Hubert and tell him never to darken her door again (New Yorker). - door⇄expr. in doors, in a house or building; inside.
Ex. You had better remain in doors (Edward White).
See indoors. - door⇄expr. lay at the door of, to blame on; impute to.
Ex. The ... grievances he listed have long been laid principally at the door of Washington by other French officials (New York Times). - door⇄expr. lie (or be) at one's door, to be imputable or chargeable to one.
Ex. Lady Clara Vere de Vere, ... The guilt of blood is at your door (Tennyson). - door⇄expr. next door to,
a. in or at the house next to.
Ex. The preacher lives next door to the church.
b. almost; very close to.
Ex. Cheating is an act next door to a crime. To be next door to starving (Daniel Defoe). - door⇄expr. out of doors, not in a house or building; outside.
Ex. They pawned everything at one time or another, including the children's shoes and Marx's coat--which prevented them from going out of doors (Edmund Wilson). - door⇄expr. show the door, to ask to leave.
Ex. Show that persistent salesman the door. - door⇄expr. slam (or close) the door, (Informal.) to reject, exclude, or shut off any opening.
Ex. The rejection ... slammed the door on any reapproachment between Peking and Moscow (New York Times). The N.U.R. executive did not completely close the door