ถ่าง(tàang)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] pry/spread [sth] open

to force something open or farther apart, or keep it held open (e.g., legs, eyelids, a door, an opening)

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillใช้มือchái meuใช้มือchái meu[to] use one's hands; by handถ่างtàangถ่างtàang1[to] pry/spread [sth] open2spreader; prop (for holding open)ประตูbprà-dtuuประตูbprà-dtuu1door; gate; portal2goal (structure or score)3classifier: doors; gates; goalsไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveไม่ให้mâi hâiไม่ให้mâi hâi1[to] not allow; not let; forbid2[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give3so that not; in order to preventปิดbpìtปิดbpìt1[to] close; shut2[to] turn off; switch off3[to] cover; seal4closed; shut; not open5[to] block; conceal; suppress; withhold
He used his hand to hold the door open.
2NounB2

spreader; prop (for holding open)

a device, stick, or wedge used to keep something open or apart

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)ถ่างtàangถ่างtàang1[to] pry/spread [sth] open2spreader; prop (for holding open)ไม้máiไม้mái1wood; timber2tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)3prefix in tool/implement names4classifier (long, rigid objects)5stick; rod; club; batค้ำkámค้ำkám1prop; brace; support2[to] prop; brace; support (from below)3[to] guarantee; act as surety; underwriteประตูbprà-dtuuประตูbprà-dtuu1door; gate; portal2goal (structure or score)3classifier: doors; gates; goalsไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveไม่ให้mâi hâiไม่ให้mâi hâi1[to] not allow; not let; forbid2[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give3so that not; in order to preventปิดbpìtปิดbpìt1[to] close; shut2[to] turn off; switch off3[to] cover; seal4closed; shut; not open5[to] block; conceal; suppress; withholdเองayngเองayng1oneself; personally; by oneself2exactly that/itself3emphatic particle (self/only)
He used a wooden prop to keep the door from closing by itself.

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