| hold 1 | 4. often ~ st back, keep back flow of, membendung, menahan: the dam could not ~ the water, empangan itu tdk dapat membendung air; she could not ~ back her tears, dia tdk dapat menahan air matanya; policemen linked arms to ~ back the crowd, polis merangkaikan tangan utk membendung orang ramai; 5. support, sustain, menampung: the wall could not ~ the weight of the roof, tembok itu tdk dapat menampung berat bumbung itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| stem 2 | b. (fig.) membendung: the clarification did little to ~ the flood of criticism levelled at the ministry, penjelasan itu tdk berupaya membendung kecaman yg banyak dilemparkan thdp kementerian. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dam1 | up, a. build a dam across, mengempang, membendung, menebat: to ~ up a river, mengempang sungai; b. cause to be blocked, terempang, terbendung, tertebat: garden refuse had ~med up the drain, parit itu terempang oleh sampah-sarap dr taman; c. (fig.) membendung, menahan: to ~ up o’s feelings, membendung perasaan sso. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dam1 | vt mengempang, membendung, menebat: the river has been ~med in several places, sungai itu telah diempang di beberapa tempat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| horn | on the ~s of a dilemma, berada dlm /dilema, keadaan serba salah/; /pull, draw/ in o’s ~, a. restrain anger, zeal, etc, membendung + approp n: as there were many people present, he had to draw in his ~s, disebabkan ramai orang yg hadir, dia terpaksa membendung kemarahannya; b. economize, berjimat cermat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| stifle | 3. quell natural behaviour, menahan, membendung: he managed to ~ his anger, dia berjaya menahan kemarahannya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| stifle | vt 1. restrain, repress (st) that is happening, menyekat, membendung: measures that would ~ trade and ruin many businesses, langkah-langkah yg akan menyekat perdagangan dan menghancurkan beberapa banyak perniagaan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| trap | 4. retain, menahan; (block) menyekat; (forming a pool) membendung: the forest litter ~s the rain, sarap hutan menahan air hujan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| retain | he tried his utmost to ~ his self-control, dia mencuba sedaya upaya utk mengawal dirinya; 3. hold or contain, menyimpan, membendung: clay soil ~s water, tanah liat menyimpan air; 4. keep in o’s memory, menyimpan: for years he ~ed the memory of those events, bertahun-tahun lamanya dia menyimpan kenangan ttg peristiwa-peristiwa itu; 5. engage services of (esp a barrister) by paying a fee, membayar retainer utk: the company ~s a lawyer, syarikat itu membayar retainer utk seorang peguam. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| retention | n 1. continued possession or use of (st) pengekalan, mengekalkan: ~ of o’s rights, pengekalan hak-hak seseorang; 2. act of holding, containing st, pembendungan, membendung: the ~ of flood waters, pembendungan air banjir; 3. ability to remember, ingatan: her ~ of facts is amazing, ingatannya ttg fakta-fakta sangat mengagumkan; 4. preservation, pengekalan: the ~ of traditional architecture for posterity, pengekalan seni bina tradisional utk anak cucu; 5. (med) penahanan: ~ of urine, penahanan air kencing. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |