| assuage | vt 1. reduce, soothe, a. (grief, fear, anger, suffering, etc) mengurangkan, meredakan: to ~ so’s anxiety, mengurangkan kerisauan sso; to ~ so’s fear, mengurangkan ketakutan sso; b. (pain) melegakan, meredakan, mengurangkan, mengabar: the antacid gradually ~d the pain, antasid itu beransur-ansur melegakan kesakitan; 2. satisfy, appease, (hunger) menghilangkan; (thirst) menghilangkan, memuaskan; (appetite, desire, craving) memuaskan: there was more than enough to ~ his appetite, itu pun lebih drpd cukup utk memuaskan seleranya; 3. calm, pacify, menenteramkan, menenangkan: nothing I could say would ~ him, apa saja yg saya katakan tdk akan dapat menenteramkannya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| cushion | vt 1. soften, lessen (effect of) a. mengurangkan kesan: the thick padding ~ed the blow, lapik yg tebal mengurangkan kesan tumbukan itu; b. (fig.) mengurangkan: the tax cut will ~ the effect of inflation, pengurangan cukai akan mengurangkan kesan inflasi; 2. protect, melindungi: subsidies will be given to the farmers to ~ them against a fall in prices, subsidi diberikan kpd petani-petani utk melindungi mereka drpd kejatuhan harga; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| Allay | vt 1. reduce,(act.) mengurangkan; (pass. ) berkurang: the report ~ed his suspicion, laporan itu mengurangkan kecurigaannya; 2. relieve, melegakan, mengurangkan: a sedative which can ~ the pain, sedatif yg dapat melegakan kesakitan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| abate | vt 1. reduce, a. (in amount) mengurangkan: to ~ a tax, mengurangkan cukai; b. (in intensity, degree) mengendurkan, mengurangkan: to ~ so’s zeal, mengendurkan semangat sso; 2. (leg.) remove, do away with, memberhentikan, menghapuskan: to ~ the smoke nuisance in the area, menghapuskan gangguan asap di kawasan itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| reduce | vt 1. make less, mengurangkan; (size) mengecilkan; (swelling) menyusutkan: exercise will ~ your weight, senaman akan mengurangkan berat badan kamu; analgesics ~ pain, analgesik mengurangkan kesakitan; the number of employees has been ~d, bilangan pekerja telah dikecilkan; the treatment has ~d the swelling, rawatan itu menyusutkan bengkak; 2. demote, menurunkan pangkat: the unfortunate officer was ~d to the ranks, pegawai yg malang itu telah diturunkan pangkatnya kpd askar biasa; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| diminish | vt 1. make less, mengurangkan: the government’s move to nationalize industries has diminished its popularity, langkah kerajaan utk memiliknegarakan industri telah mengurangkan kepopularannya; the long winter ~ed the country’s food supply, musim sejuk yg berpanjangan telah mengurangkan bekalan makanan di negara itu; 2. cause to appear less important, make smaller, mengecilkan: his political rivals were determined to ~ all his economic reforms, pesaing-pesaing politiknya berazam utk mengecilkan semua reformasi ekonominya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| minimize, minimise | vt 1. reduce, mengurangkan, meminimumkan: the road has been widened to ~ road accidents, jalan itu telah dilebarkan untuk mengurangkan kemalangan jalan raya; 2. belittle, memperkecil, mengecil-ngecilkan, meremehka | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| palliate | vt ( fml ) 1. alleviate, meredakan, mengurangkan: a drug to ~ the pain, ubat utk mengurangkan kesakitan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| mark1 | ~ so. down, a. reduce the marks of so., /mengurangkan, menurunkan/ markah sso: her teacher ~ her down because her answers had too many spelling mistakes, gurunya mengurangkan markahnya krn terlalu banyak kesalahan ejaan dlm jawapannya | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| ease | vt 1. lessen, a. (pain, anxiety, etc) mengurangkan: medicine that will ~ the pain, ubat yg akan mengurangkan kesakitan; b. (tension, pressure, etc) meredakan, mengendurkan; c. (burden) meringankan: to ~ so. of his burden, meringankan beban sso; 2. loosen, melonggarkan: to ~ a skirt at the waist, melonggarkan skirt pd bahagian pinggang; 3. move etc carefully, dgn perlahan-lahan + approp v: they ~d the wardrobe through the doorway, dgn perlahan-lahan mereka mengesotkan almari itu melalui pintu; he ~d the van out of the parking space, dia mengeluarkan van itu dr ruang letak kereta dgn perlahan-lahan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |