| shrink | vt menyebabkan [sst] /kecut, susut/, mengecutkan, menyusutkan: washing your jumper in hot water will ~ it, membasuh baju sejuk kamu dlm air panas akan menyebabkan baju itu kecut; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| contract | “I shall” and “I will” are sometimes ~ed to “I’ll, “I shall” dan “I will” kadang-kadang disingkatkan menjadi “I’ll”; b. cause to draw together, 3. a. (of muscle) mengecutkan: he ~ed the muscles in his arm, dia mengecutkan otot lengannya; b. (of brow) mengerutkan: she ~ed her brow as she read the letter, dia mengerutkan keningnya semasa membaca surat itu; 3. (fml) be infected with, mendapat: he ~ed malaria, dia mendapat malaria; 4. acquire (habit etc) mendapat: he ~ed the habit as a child, dia mendapat tabiat itu sejak kanak-kanak lagi; ~ a debt, berhutang; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| blood | farming is in his ~, bertani telah menjadi darah dagingnya; make o’s ~ boil, menyebabkan /darah sso mendidih, sso terbakar/; make o’s ~ run cold, mengecutkan hati sso, menyebabkan sso /kecut hati, takut/, menakutkan, menggerunkan; of the same ~, bersaudara, sedarah; /prince, lady, etc/ of the ~, anak raja; related by ~, bersaudara, sedarah (daging); so’s ~ is up, sso terbakar, sso naik /darah, marah, radang, berang/; so. is /after, out for/ so’s ~, sso hendak mengerjakan sso. | 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 |