| 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 |
| float | vt 1. cause to rest on water or in air, mengapungkan: he was ~ing toy boats in the pond, dia mengapungkan perahu mainan di kolam itu; 2. cause to move on water, menghanyutkan: the company ~s all its logs downstream to the log pond, syarikat itu menghanyutkan kesemua kayu balaknya ke hilir sungai sampai ke kolam balak; 3. suggest, mengemukakan, mengajukan, menganjurkan: the dea was first ~ed before the Suez Crisis, gagasan itu pertama kali diajukan sebelum Krisis Suez; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| float | 4. launch, melancarkan: this organization is going to ~ a self-help project in West Africa, pertubuhan ini akan melancarkan projek bantu diri di Afrika Barat; 5. start (business, company) by selling its shares, mengapungkan; 6. allow exchange value (of currency) to vary freely, mengapungkan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| buoy | vt 1. mark with buoy(s) meletakkan boya di: the channel has been ~ed, boya diletakkan di terusan itu; 2. also ~ (so., st) up, keep from sinking, mengapungkan, membuat [n] /terapung, tdk tenggelam/: the life jacket ~ed him up, jaket keselamatan itu mengapungkannya; 3. also ~ so. up, raise spirits so's , (act.) /membangkitkan, menaikkan/ semangat sso; (pass.) sso naik semangat: I was ~ed up by the thought of the holiday, saya naik semangat apabila memikirkan percutian itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| afloat | b. (fig.) menyelamatkan sst: the millions required to keep the bank ~, wang berjuta-juta yg diperlukan utk menyelamatkan bank itu ; /remain, stay/ ~, tetap terapung: the ship remained ~ in spite of the gaping hole in her side, kapal itu tetap terapung meskipun terdapat lubang besar di bahagian tepinya; set st ~, a. cause st to float in water, mengapungkan sst: he set his toy boat ~ on the pond, dia mengapungkan bot mainannya di kolam itu; b. launch st, melancarkan sst: the scheme was set ~ last week, skim itu dilancarkan minggu lalu | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |