| defy | vt 1. resist openly, menentang: the terrorists defied every attempt to subdue them, pengganas-pengganas itu menentang setiap percubaan utk menundukkan mereka; 2. refuse to obey, a. (person) melawan, mengingkari + approp n: you cannot ~ your superiors, kamu tdk boleh melawan ketuamu; the boy defied his father and went ahead to join the army, budak lelaki itu mengingkari perintah bapanya dan meneruskan rancangannya memasuki tentera; b. (the law, social convention, etc) mengingkari; 3. make impossible, tdk dapat: the problem defies solution, masalah itu tdk dapat diselesaikan; beauty that defies description, keindahan yg tdk dapat digambarkan; 4. challenge, mencabar: he defied me to prove that he was lying, dia mencabar saya utk membuktikan bahawa dia berbohong. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| so | a room ~ dirty as almost to defy description, bilik yg sebegitu kotor hingga hampir tdk tergambarkan; never have ~ many owed ~ much to ~ few, belum pernah orang yg begitu ramai terhutang budi begitu banyak kpd orang yg begitu sedikit; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| inadvisable | adv tdk bijak: it would be ~ to defy your superior, tdk bijak melawan pegawai atasan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| kick | ~ /at, against/, a. object to, membantah keras (thdp): he ~ed at the treatment given him, dia membantah keras layanan yg diberikan kepadanya;b. defy, menentang: to ~ against fate, menentang nasib; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| convention | n 1. large assembly, konvensyen: a publishers’ ~, konvensyen penerbit; an economic ~, konvensyen ekonomi; 2. international agreement, konvensyen: the Geneva C~, Konvensyen Geneva; the Hague C~, Konvensyen Hague; Copyright C~, Konvensyen Hak Cipta; 3. custom, adat kebiasaan, (adat) resam: social ~s, resam masyarakat; to defy ~, menentang adat kebiasaan; be a slave to ~, menjadi hamba kpd adat kebiasaan; 4. (liter.) konvensi, kelaziman; 5. (ling) kebiasaan, kelaziman. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| break | c. (fig.) also ~ off, memutuskan: he had to ~ the relationship, dia terpaksa memutuskan hubungan itu; the girl broke the engagement, gadis itu memutuskan pertunangannya; 3. snap, a. (deliberately) mematahkan: he broke a small piece off the chocolate bar, dia mematahkan sekeping kecil drpd coklat itu; b. (accidentally) patah, menyebabkan [sst] patah: he broke his neck, lehernya patah; they broke the leg of the table during the fight, sewaktu bergaduh, mereka menyebabkan kaki meja itu patah; 4. defy (strike) mengingkari arahan [mogok]; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |