กลัด
pin
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- 1 pin、fasten、button
- 2 fester、suppurate、form pus
The core meaning is to fasten something to cloth or clothing with a pin, clasp, button, or similar small fastener. In some fixed medical expressions, it can also mean to fester or form pus.
pin、fasten、button
To attach or secure something with a pin, clasp, button, or other small fastener, especially on clothing or fabric.
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กลัดเข็มกลัด klàt khěm klàt Pin on a brooch. กลัดเข็มกลัด details
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กลัดกระดุม klàt kradum button up กลัดกระดุม details
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กลัดดอกไม้ติดหน้าอกเสื้อ klàt dɔ̀ɔkmáay tìt nâaòk sʉ̂a pin a flower to the chest of a shirt กลัดดอกไม้ติดหน้าอกเสื้อ details
fester、suppurate、form pus
To fester or form pus, especially of a wound, boil, or swelling. This is less common in everyday conversation and is mostly used in medical or symptom descriptions.
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ฝีกลัดหนอง fǐi klàt nɔ̌ɔŋ a boil forms pus ฝีกลัดหนอง details
Learning notes
Explanation
กลัด is best learned with the image of securing something to clothing or fabric with a small fastener. Common patterns include กลัดเข็ม for pinning on a badge or pin, and กลัดกระดุม for buttoning clothing. The noun เข็มกลัด means a safety pin, brooch, or pin, and it is useful to remember it together with the verb. Expressions such as กลัดกลุ้ม, meaning to be troubled or worried, should be learned as separate vocabulary items rather than treated as a direct use of the basic verb.
Usage
It is commonly used when talking about pinning or fastening name tags, badges, brooches, ceremonial flowers, or buttons on clothing. The fester/form-pus meaning appears in descriptions of wounds, boils, or swellings.
Caution
Do not use กลัด as the general verb for wearing clothing. Use ใส่ for wearing clothes, and use กลัด when something is physically fastened with a pin, button, clasp, or similar item.
Differences from similar words
1 pin synonyms
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ติด is a broad word for attaching or sticking something. กลัด is more specific: it means fastening something with a pin, button, clasp, or similar fastener, often on fabric or clothing.
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ใส่ is the general verb for wearing clothes or accessories. กลัด focuses on the act of fastening something in place with a pin, button, or clasp.