| crumbly | adj rapuh; (of soil) peroi: the earth was dry and ~, tanah itu kering dan peroi. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| efflorescent | adj 1. sedang (berkembang) mekar; 2. (fig.) berkembang mekar, bersemarak; 3. (chem) peroi. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| crisp | adj 1. brittle, crunchy, a. (of biscuits, pastry, etc) rangup, rapuh: ~ biscuits, biskut rangup; b. (of toast) rangup, garing; c. (of st fried) garing: ~ bacon, dendeng babi garing; d. (of snow) peroi; 2. fresh and firm, rangup; (of paper, paper money, clothes, etc) keras: ~ cabbage leaves, daun kubis yg rangup; 3. (of air, breeze, etc) invigorating, sejuk dan segar: a ~ night breeze, angin malam yg sejuk dan segar; 4. tightly curled, keriting halus: ~ hair, rambut keriting halus; 5. brisk, a. (of manner, behaviour, etc) tegas dan tdk membuang masa; b. (of speech, writing, etc) ringkas dan tepat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| loose | g. (of thread, rope, etc) berumbai, berjumbai: you can let that piece of string hang ~, kamu boleh biarkan tali itu tergantung berumbai; 3. not close or compact, a. (of cloth) jarang: material with a ~ weave, kain yg jarang tenunannya; b. (of soil) gembur, peroi; 4. not fitting closely, longgar: these shoes have become too ~ for me, kasut ini sudah terlalu longgar utk saya; ~ - fitting clothes are comfortable to wear in the tropics, pakaian yg longgar sesuai dipakai di kawasan tropika; captain, selepas berkali-kali membaling bola dgn kurang baik, dia dikeluarkan oleh ketua pasukan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |