| drift | n 1. drifting movement, slow current, aliran: the ~ of the current, aliran arus; 2. heap of material piled up by the wind, hanyutan: snow ~, hanyutan salji; ice ~, hanyutan ais; 3. movement of people away from or towards st, aliran: the ~ of young people from the rural areas to the towns, aliran orang-orang muda dr kawasan luar bandar ke bandar; 4. general tendency, trend, aliran: the ~ towards privatization, aliran ke arah penswastaan; 5. gist, general meaning, maksud; (of conversation) biji butir: I don’t think I got the ~ of what he said, saya rasa saya tdk faham maksud kata-katanya; 6. (esp derog) practice of waiting for things to happen, menunggu: the government’s policy of ~, dasar menunggu kerajaan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| snowdrift | n hanyutan salji. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| continental drift | n hanyutan benua. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| leeway | n 1. (naut) hanyutan; 2. (fig.) peluang (+ approp v): her tight schedule allowed her very little ~, jadual yg ketat tdk memberikan peluang kepadanya utk membeli-belah; make up ~, bekerja keras (utk + approp v): I’ve been ill for two months, so I’ve got a lot of ~ to make up for my examination, dua bulan lamanya saya sakit jadi saya terpaksa bekerja keras utk menghadapi peperiksaan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| leeway | n 1. (naut) hanyutan; 2. (fig.) peluang (+ approp v): her tight schedule allowed her very little ~, jadual yg ketat tdk memberikan peluang kepadanya utk membeli-belah; make up ~, bekerja keras (utk + approp v): I’ve been ill for two months, so I’ve got a lot of ~ to make up for my examination, dua bulan lamanya saya sakit jadi saya terpaksa bekerja keras utk menghadapi peperiksaan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dig | ~ st out, a. menggali (keluar) sst: the livestock had to be dug out of the snowdrift, ternakan itu terpaksa digali keluar drpd hanyutan salji; b. (fig.), /mencungkil, mengorek, menggali/ sst: it took a lot of searching to ~ out the information, banyak siasatan yg terpaksa dibuat utk mencungkil maklumat itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |