| stone | 6. (in fruit) large hard seed, biji: the child has swallowed a cherry ~, kanak-kanak itu tertelan biji ceri; 7. (UK) unit of weight equal to 14 pounds, ston: she weighs about 10 ~, berat badannya lebih kurang 10 ston; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| choke | vt 1. prevent from breathing, (act.) melemaskan; (pass.) lemas; (by clogging the windpipe), (act.) menyebabkan tercekik; (pass.) tercekik: the blanket nearly ~d the baby, selimut hampir-hampir melemaskan bayi itu; she swallowed a fish bone and was almost ~d, dia tertelan tulang ikan dan nyaris tercekik; 2. strangle, mencekik: he was ~d to death by the madman, dia dicekik hingga mati oleh orang gila itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| afloat | get st ~, a. mengapungkan: all attempts to get the ship ~ failed, segala usaha utk mengapungkan kapal itu gagal; b. (fig.) menyelamatkan: they have done everything in their power to get the company ~ again, mereka telah berusaha sedaya-upaya utk menyelamatkan syarikat itu; keep ~, terus mengapung: in her struggle to keep ~ she must have swallowed some water, semasa dia meronta-ronta utk terus mengapung, dia mungkin tertelan air; keep so. ~, a. mengapungkan sso; b. (fig.) menyara hidup sso: his employer advanced him $500 to keep him ~ until pay-day, majikannya memberinya pendahuluan sebanyak $500 utk menyara hidupnya sementara menunggu hari gaji; keep st ~, a. mengapungkan sst; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |