| depopulate | vt (act.), /menyusutkan, mengurangkan/ (bilangan) penduduk; (pass.), (bilangan) penduduk menjadi /susut, berkurang/: plague ~d the cities, wabak penyakit menyusutkan bilangan penduduk kota-kota itu; the town was quickly ~d after the closure of the mine, selepas penutupan lombong, bilangan penduduk di bandar itu menjadi susut dgn cepat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| drain | be a ~ on, (resources, energy, etc) menyusutkan: his wife’s lavish expenditure was a ~ on his financial resources, perbelanjaan isterinya yg berlebih-lebihan menyusutkan sumber kewangannya; go down the ~, (fig.) habis begitu saja, sia-sia (saja): the money spent on his education went down the ~, wang yg dibelanjakan utk pendidikannya habis begitu saja; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bring | e. lessen, reduce st, menurunkan sst; (swelling) menyusutkan sst: the bumper harvest brought down the price of rice, hasil tuaian yg luar biasa banyaknya menurunkan harga padi; this ointment will ~ down the swelling, salap ini akan menyusutkan bengkak; | 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 |
| wasting | adj (of disease) menyusutkan badan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| 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 |
| drain | ~ st of, a. (wealth, resources, manpower, etc), (act.) menyusutkan sst; (pass.) sst menjadi susut: a country ~ed of its wealth by years of civil war, negeri yg kekayaannya menjadi susut akibat peperangan saudara yg berlarutan bertahun-tahun; b. (particular group of people), (act.) menyebabkan sst kehilangan; (pass.) sst kehilangan: the country has been ~ed of its best brains, negara itu telah kehilangan cerdik pandainya; be ~ed of / blood, colour/, (of face) menjadi pucat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| whittle | ~ st away, a. shave strips or pieces from wood, stick, etc esp with knife, meraut sst: by whittling away the wood at certain places, he eventually got the shape he wanted, dgn meraut kayu itu pd tempat-tempat tertentu, akhirnya dia mendapat bentuk yg dikehendakinya; b. take st away by degrees so as to reduce to nothing, mengikis sst: over the centuries the power of the king has been gradually ~d away, sejak berkurun-kurun lamanya, kuasa raja dikikis secara beransur-ansur; c. reduce st in amount gradually, menyusutkan sst: hospital and medical expenses have ~d away his savings, perbelanjaan perubatannya telah menyusutkan simpanannya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| waste | vt 1. use extravagantly or uselessly, membazirkan, membuang: you are only wasting money in repairing it, kamu hanya membazirkan wang membaikinya; he ~d too much energy early in the race, dia terlalu banyak membuang tenaga pd awal perlumbaan itu; 2. fail to take advantage of, melepaskan: he has had many opportunities, but has ~d them, dia mendapat peluang yg banyak tetapi dilepaskannya; 3. (usu pass.) be of no advantage, sia-sia: your advice is ~d on her, nasihat kamu kepadanya sia-sia sahaja; 4. cause to lose flesh, strength, etc, menyusutkan: the disease is wasting his body, penyakit itu semakin menyusutkan badannya; 5. make (farming land) useless by damage, menanduskan: drought has ~d the land, musim kemarau telah menanduskan tanah itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| drain | 4. dry (land etc) mengeringkan: a system of canals to ~ the marshes, sistem tali air utk mengeringkan paya itu; 5. (of river) menyalirkan air di: the river ~s the whole area, sungai itu menyalirkan air di seluruh kawasan itu; 6. drink up, menghabiskan: he ~ed the glass, dia menghabiskan minumannya; 7. exhaust, consume, (act.) menyusutkan; (pass.) menjadi susut: the country’s resources were ~ed by years of war, sumber kekayaan negara itu menjadi susut akibat peperangan yg berlarutan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |