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말리다

mallida[말리다]Intermediate · TOPIK IIHousework

stop; keep

1.Verb

  1. 1

    stop; keep

    To keep someone from doing a certain act.

    Korean definition: 남이 어떤 행동을 하지 못하게 하다.

    • Late at night, the mother stops the child from shouting loudly.

    • A police officer is trying hard to stop a drunk man who says he'll jump from a high place.

2.Verb

  1. 1

    dry; make dry; air

    To make moisture evaporate and disappear.

    Korean definition: 물기를 다 날려서 없어지게 하다.

    • My grandmother is spreading red peppers out in the yard to dry them.

    • On her mother's errand, Jisu washed the cups and dried them in the sun.

  2. 2

    make thin

    To make someone lose weight and be skinny.

    Korean definition: 살이 빠져 야위게 하다.

    • The heavy workload at the company wore the employee down so much that his weight dropped sharply.

    • Long years of battling illness completely wasted away Minjun's once healthy body.

  3. 3

    dry up; draw off

    To make streaming water or stagnant water evaporate or reduce and disappear.

    Korean definition: 흐르는 물이나 고인 물을 줄여 없어지게 하다.

    • A drought that lasted ten years dried up all the wells in the village.

    • The intense heat dried up the stream, and the plants around it are dying.

  4. 4

    make someone cold-hearted

    To make an emotion disappear.

    Korean definition: 감정을 없어지게 하다.

    • Mr. Kim's personality couldn't help but dry up the affection of the people around him.

    • Seunggyu's shameless behavior dried up even the last feelings Jisu had left for him.