| exaggerate | vi membesar-besarkan cerita: he was exaggerating when he said that several hundred people attended the party, dia membesar-besarkan cerita apabila dia berkata bahawa beratus-ratus orang menghadiri majlis itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| overplay | vt membesar-besarkan: he’s been ~ing his role in the take-over bid a little, dia telah agak membesar-besarkan peranannya dlm bida ambil alih tersebut. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| shoot | c. grow quickly, membesar dgn cepat: the boy has shot up during the last few years, budak itu telah membesar dgn cepat dlm beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| enlarge | vi grow larger, menjadi besar, membesar; (of photograph) menjadi besar: the tree trunk will ~ as it gets older, batang pokok itu akan membesar apabila semakin tua; this photograph should ~ well, gambar foto ini seharusnya menjadi besar dgn baik; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| growing | adj 1. a. (in size) sedang membesar: usually a ~ child has a good appetite, biasanya, budak-budak yg sedang membesar mempunyai selera makan yg baik; b. (in number), (semakin) bertambah: a ~ population, bilangan yg semakin bertambah; c. (in degree) semakin /+ approp adj, bertambah /: the ~ animosity between them, permusuhan yg semakin mendalam antara mereka; 2. rel to, suitable for growth, pertumbuhan: ~ season, musim pertumbuhan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| thing | make a (big) ~ /of, out of/ st, (colloq) membesar-besarkan /perkara, hal/: she made a big ~ of the extra work she was given to do, dia membesar-besarkan perkara ttg kerja tambahan yg telah diberikan kepadanya; quite the ~, fesy | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| exaggerate | vt 1. enlarge (st) beyond the truth, membesar-besarkan: as usual she ~d her difficulties, spt biasa dia membesar-besarkan kesukarannya; 2. cause to appear more obvious, menonjolkan lagi [sst]: the gathers ~s the largeness of her bosom, kedut-kedut itu menonjolkan lagi buah dadanya yg besar; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pile 1 | ~ it on, (colloq) membesar-besarkan + approp n: I know business had been bad but there’s no need to ~ it on, saya tahu perniagaan merosot tetapi tdk perlu membesar-besarkan perkara itu; ~ the pressure on, terus /mengenakan tekanan thdp, menekan/: the coach ~d the pressure on the players from the very beginning of the training period, jurulatih itu terus mengenakan tekanan thdp pemain-pemain sejak awal tempoh latihan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| grower | n 1. person who grows plants, penanam: vegetable ~s, penanam sayur; 2. plant growing in a certain way, membesar: that bush is a slow ~, pokok renek itu lambat membesar. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| proportion | get st out of ~, membesar-besarkan sst: it’s a simple issue. Don’t get it out of ~, hal itu kecil saja. Janganlah dibesar-besarkan; in ~, seimbang: if only he could see things in ~, he would not be so worried, kalaulah dia boleh berfikir seimbang, dia tdk begitu risau; in the ~ of, dgn kadar: the spray is mixed in the ~ of 1 litre of chemical to 6 litres of water, bahan semburan itu dicampur dgn kadar 1 liter bahan kimia dgn 6 liter air; in ~ to, in relation to, berbanding dgn: the second act is long in ~ to the play as a whole, | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |