| curtail | vt 1. reduce, mengurangkan; (by making shorter) memendekkan: in an attempt to curb inflation, public expenditure was ~ed, dlm usaha mengawal inflasi perbelanjaan awam telah dikurangkan; he was forced to ~ his speech, dia terpaksa memendekkan ucapannya; he had to ~ his visit because of the threat of insurrection at home, beliau terpaksa memendekkan lawatannya krn ancaman pemberontakan di negaranya; 2. limit, membatasi, mengehadkan: their privileges were ~ed, hak istimewa mereka telah dibatasi; they appointed Residents in the Malay States to ~ the power of the Sultans, mereka melantik Residen di negeri-negeri Melayu utk membatasi kuasa Sultan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| abbreviate | vt 1. (word, phrase) menyingkatkan, memendekkan: November is usually ~d to Nov., November biasanya disingkatkan menjadi Nov.; 2. (article, speech, etc) meringkaskan, menyingkatkan, memendekkan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| story 1 | that’s the/ ~ of o’s life, itulah kisah hidup saya; to cut a long ~ short, memendekkan cerita: he had a lot of problems in the beginning. Anyway to cut a long ~ short he did succeed in becoming a doctor, beliau banyak menghadapi masalah di peringkat awal. Dipendekkan cerita, beliau berjaya menjadi doktor. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| contract | vt 1. formally, undertake, membuat, mengadakan; (foll by infin) mengikat kontrak: to ~ an alliance, membuat perikatan; our firm ~ed to build the new hospital, syarikat kami telah mengikat kontrak utk membina hospital baru itu; ~ a marriage, mengikat tali perkahwinan; 2. a. cause to become smaller, shorter, etc, mengecutkan; (word etc) memendekkan, menyingkatkan: drying ~s wood, proses pengeringan mengecutkan kayu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| prune 2 | vt 1. also ~ away, trim branches from (tree, shrub, etc) memangkas, mencantas: the garderner ~d the rose bushes, tukang kebun mencantas pokok ros; if you ~ away all these dead branches, the tree will look much better, jika kamu mencantas semua ranting yg mati, pokok ini akan kelihatan lebih elok; 2. also ~ down, make (book etc) shorter, memendekkan: the article needs to be ~d to 2,000 words, makalah itu perlu dipendekkan kpd 2,000 patah perkataan; 3. also ~ down, reduce (budget, cost, etc) mengurangkan: the committee is looking for ways to ~ down expenditure, jawatankuasa itu sedang mencari jalan utk mengurangkan perbelanjaan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |