| shrinking | adj kian /susut, berkurang/: ~ profits, keuntungan yg kian susut; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| obsolescent | adj /makin, kian/ usang: the aircraft, although still useful, are becoming ~, walaupun masih berguna, pesawat-pesawat itu kian menjadi usang. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| convalescent | n pesakit yg kian /sembuh, pulih/. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| convalescent | adj 1. recovering from illness, kian /sembuh, pulih/; 2. of, for convalescence or convalescent, pemulihan: ~ home, rumah pemulihan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| shrink | d. (of piece of property, forest, etc) susut: our forests are shrinking, hutan-hutan kita kian susut; e. (of economy) susut; (of hopes, expectation) pudar: hope of finding survivors is ~ing, harapan utk menemui mereka yg terselamat semakin pudar; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| melting pot | n ( fig.) wadah tumpuan: Australia is fast becoming a ~ of different nationalities, Australia kian menjadi wadah tumpuan pelbagai bangsa; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| push | b. (ref to value, price) memberi kesan: increasing labour costs will give a ~ to prices, kos buruh yg kian meninggi akan memberi kesan thdp harga; give so. the ~, a. dismiss so., /memberhentikan, menghentikan/ sso: I had to give him the ~, saya terpaksa memberhentikannya; b. end a relationship, memutuskan hubungan: his girlfriend gave him the ~, teman wanitanya telah memutuskan hubungan dengannya; /if, until, when/ it comes to the~, jika /terdesak, betul-betul perlu/: if it comes to the ~, we will have to sell the house, jika terdesak, kita terpaksa menjual rumah kita; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| push | ~ st up, increase st steadily, /menaikkan, meningkatkan/ sst: rising costs in the building industry will undoubtedly ~ up house prices, kos yg kian meningkat dlm industri binaan tdk disangsikan lagi akan menaikkan harga rumah; ~ up(the) daisies, (colloq) mati, ada dlm kubur: why worry? We’ll all be ~ing up the daisies by then, mengapa bimbang? Pada masa itu kita semua sudah mati; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sample | 2. a typical example of st, contoh: such killings are just a ~ of the violence that is becoming widespread, pembunuhan itu merupakan contoh keganasan yg kian berleluasa; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| f ollow | b. (of period of time) berikut(nya): during the weeks that ~ed the tension grew, dlm minggu-minggu berikutnya or dlm minggu-minggu yg berikut, ketegangan kian memuncak; c. (in a piece of writing) menyusul, berikut(nya): there ~ several paragraphs describing the situation in 1975, berikutnya beberapa perenggan memerikan keadaan dlm tahun 1975; 3. ensue, menyusul: after the war depression ~ed, selepas perang, kemelesetan menyusul; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |