| dry | vt make dry, mengeringkan; (using a towel, piece of cloth, etc) mengelap; (a surface) mengesat: she borrowed my hairdryer to ~ her hair, dia meminjam pengering rambut saya utk mengeringkan rambutnya; don’t worry. I’ll help you ~ the dishes, jangan risau, saya akan membantu kamu mengelap pinggan; he has the bad habit of ~ing his hands on his trousers, dia mempunyai tabiat buruk suka mengesat tangan pd seluar; ~ o’s tears, /mengesat, mengeringkan, menyapu, mengusap/ air mata; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| drain | 4. dry (land etc) mengeringkan: a system of canals to ~ the marshes, sistem tali air utk mengeringkan paya itu; 5. (of river) menyalirkan air di: the river ~s the whole area, sungai itu menyalirkan air di seluruh kawasan itu; 6. drink up, menghabiskan: he ~ed the glass, dia menghabiskan minumannya; 7. exhaust, consume, (act.) menyusutkan; (pass.) menjadi susut: the country’s resources were ~ed by years of war, sumber kekayaan negara itu menjadi susut akibat peperangan yg berlarutan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| desiccate | vt mengeringkan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| towel | vt also ~ /os, so./ /down, off/, /mengelap, mengeringkan/ badan sso dgn tuala; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| parch | b. ( lips, skin ), (act.) menyebabkan [bibir] kering; (pass.) kering: my lips are ~ed, bibir saya kering; 2. (usu pass.) make very thirsty, (act.) mengeringkan tekak, menyebabkan [sso] /haus, dahaga/; (pass.) haus, dahaga, kering tekak; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| season | vt 1. add flavour to by adding salt or other condiments, memperasakan: to ~ the soup with salt and pepper, memperasakan sup dgn garam dan lada hitam; 2. (usu pass.) cause to undergo drying, mengeringkan: this timber has not been ~ed properly, kayu ini tdk dikeringkan dgn baik; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dry | ~ up, a. become dry, (menjadi) kering: the streams all dried up during the drought, semua anak sungai itu menjadi kering semasa kemarau; b. (UK) dry dishes, mengelap pinggan: he usually helps to ~ up after dinner, dia selalunya menolong mengelap pinggan selepas makan malam; c. cease, run out, kehabisan, habis: his ideas seemed to up after he moved here, dia kehabisan idea setelah berpindah ke sini; ~ st up, make st dry, mengeringkan sst: the heat of the summer dried up the creeks, haba musim panas telah mengeringkan caruk-caruk itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| preserve | b. keep safe for the future, memelihara: efforts have been made to ~ the historical site, segala usaha telah dijalankan utk memelihara kawasan yg bersejarah itu; their aim was to ~ their traditional customs, tujuan mereka adalah utk memelihara adat tradisi mereka; c. keep safe from harm etc, menyelamatkan; (in pleas to God) melindungi: it is the duty of every doctor to ~ life, memang menjadi tugas doktor utk melindungi nyawa; may God ~ us from evil, semoga Tuhan melindungi kami drpd kejahatan; 2. retain (dignity, sense of humour, etc) menjaga, mengawal: I managed to ~ my self-respect by not responding to their sarcastic remarks, saya dapat menjaga maruah saya dgn tdk mempedulikan sindiran mereka; 3. keep (food) from decay, mengawet: they dried the salted strips of meat in the sun and so ~d them, mereka mengeringkan kepingan daging bergaram itu di tengah panas lalu mengawetkannya; she ~s fruits for winter, dia mengawet buah-buahan utk musim sejuk. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |