โหมกระพือ(hŏm grà-peuua)

Meanings

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[to] fan; [to] whip up; [to] stoke; [to] intensify

To make [sth] stronger or spread fast, especially a fire, emotion, or rumor; also, to intensify or surge on its own.

Examples

ลมlomลมlom1wind2breeze; draft3air (breath); life-force (traditional)4nonsense; empty talk (fig.)5gas; flatulenceที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotพัดpátพัดpát1[to] blow; [to] fan2[to] be blown/waft3fan (device)4classifier: fansแรงraengแรงraeng1strong; intense; severe2force; strength; power3hard; strongly (adverbial use)ยิ่งyîngยิ่งyîng1even; increasingly; more2the more … (the more …)3very; exceedingly (formal/emphatic)โหมกระพือhŏm grà-peuuaโหมกระพือhŏm grà-peuua[to] fan; [to] whip up; [to] stoke; [to] intensifyให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitไฟป่าfai bpàaไฟป่าfai bpàawildfire; bushfire; forest fireลุกลามlúk laamลุกลามlúk laam[to] spread; escalate (esp. fire/disease/conflict)อย่างรวดเร็วyàang rûuat-reoอย่างรวดเร็วyàang rûuat-reoquickly; rapidly; swiftly
The strong wind further fanned the forest fire, causing it to spread rapidly.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

โหมhŏhmโหมhŏhm1[to] intensify; rage; flare up; surge2[to] overexert (oneself); work flat out3intense; strenuous (literary/formal)Part 1
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กระพือgrà-peuuaกระพือgrà-peuua1[to] flap; flutter2[to] fan; waft; agitate3[to] stir up; fan (e.g., flames, rumors)Part 2
โหมกระพือhŏm grà-peuuaโหมกระพือhŏm grà-peuua[to] fan; [to] whip up; [to] stoke; [to] intensify