| savour, (US) savor | he ~ed the words of the poem as he said them, dia menikmati erti perkataan-perkataan dlm puisi itu semasa dia menyebutnya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| take | c. assume a meaning, membawa sst: these words have ~n on new meanings, perkataan-perkataan ini membawa makna yg baru; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| inveigle | vt 1. create, design st new, mencipta, mereka; (tech) merekacipta, mencipta, mereka: we had to ~ new words to describe these processes, kami terpaksa mencipta perkataan-perkataan baru utk menerangkan proses-proses tersebut; what did we do before the wireless was ~ed?, apa yg kita buat sebelum wayarles dicipta?; to ~ a mechanical tapping knife, merekacipta alat penoreh getah mekanikal; 2. make up, membuat-buat, mereka(-reka); (story) membuat-buat, mereka(-reka), mengarang: he ~ed some excuse to explain his absence, dia membuat-buat dalih utk menerangkan mengapa dia tdk hadir; stop ~ing stories about your neighbours!, jangan lagi mereka-reka cerita ttg jiran kamu!. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| derivation | n 1. obtaining (from a source) pemerolehan; (chem) penerbitan: the ~ of a myth from an icon, pemerolehan mitos drpd ikon; 2. origin, source, berasal: words of Sanskrit ~, perkataan-perkataan yg berasal drpd perkataan Sanskrit; he claimed ~ from French stock, dia mengakui dia berasal drpd keturunan Perancis; 3. (ling) a. process of word formation, proses penerbitan kata; b. etymology, asal-usul; 4. (chem & math), (process) penerbitan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| taboo | adj dilarang + approp v: the inner room of this temple is ~ for women, wanita dilarang masuk ke dlm bilik bahagian dalam kuil ini; these words were once ~ in society, pd suatu masa dahulu, perkataan-perkataan itu dilarang digunakan dl | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| slavish | 2. exact, bulat-bulat; (of translation) perkataan demi perkataan: he walked with his head bent forward in ~ imitation of his elder brother, dia berjalan dgn kepalanya tunduk, bulat-bulat spt abangnya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| general | 4. not specialized, am; (of reader) umum: ~ knowledge, pengetahuan am; ~ science, sains am; ~ contractor, kontraktor am; books for the ~ reader, buku-buku utk pembaca umum; 5. prevalent, umum: words in ~ use, perkataan-perkataan dlm penggunaan umum; 6. not detailed, umum: your essay is far too ~, esei kamu terlalu umum; 7. rough, not definite, kasar: you don’t have to explain in detail, just give me the ~ idea, kamu tdk perlu menerangkannya secara terperinci, beri saya gambaran kasar | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| word | n 1. unit of vocabulary, perkataan: an essay of about 3,000 ~s, sebuah esei sepanjang kira-kira 3,000 perkataan; “avion” is the French ~ for aeroplane, “avion” ialah perkataan Perancis utk kapal terbang; this ~ comes from Latin, perkataan ini berasal drpd bahasa Latin; each ~ must be clearly pronounced, setiap perkataan mesti disebut dgn jelas; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| synonymous | adj 1. merupakan sinonim: “sorrow” is ~ with “grief”, perkataan “sorrow” merupakan sinonim kpd perkataan “grief”; very few words are exactly ~, tdk banyak perkataan yg merupakan sinonim yg tepat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| reword | vt menyusun semula perkataan dlm: he ~ed the message to make it clear, dia menyusun semula perkataan dlm pesanan itu utk menjadikannya jelas; on the whole your essay is good, but you need to ~ the last paragraph, keseluruhannya, esei kamu baik, tetapi kamu perlu menyusun semula perkataan dlm perenggan akhir. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |