# translation

lexentry: eng/vizier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vizier
trans_list: vizier
sense:
(history) A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/vocabulary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vocabulary
trans_list: woordenschat | vocabulaire | woordenlijst
sense:
A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.


lexentry: eng/vocal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vocal
trans_list: stem | vocal
sense:
(phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.


lexentry: eng/vocal_cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vocal cord
trans_list: stemband
sense:
(anatomy, usually plural) Either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane stretched horizontally across the human larynx whose vibrations help to produce the voice.


lexentry: eng/vocal_cords__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vocal cords
trans_list: stembanden
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) Two folds of tissue located in the larynx that vibrate when air passes over them, producing the sound waves associated with talking and singing.


lexentry: eng/vocalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: vocalization
trans_list: vocalisatie | vocalisering
sense:
(orthography, phonology) The addition of these diacritics and the respective phonemes to a word; the spoken form the word thereby receives.


lexentry: eng/vocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vocation
trans_list: roeping
sense:
An inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling.


lexentry: eng/vocative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vocative
trans_list: vocatief
sense:
(grammar) Used in address; appellative (said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed). For example "Domine, O Lord"


lexentry: eng/vocative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vocative case
trans_list: vocatief | aanspreekvorm
sense:
(grammar) case of address, case used for a noun identifying the person or thing being addressed. It corresponds to the archaic English particle "O" as used in solemn or poetic address e.g.: Hear me, O Albion! Languages that regularly employ the vocative include Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hawaiian, Hindi-Urdu, Irish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ojibwe, Polish, Romanian, Ruthenian/Rusyn, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Tamil and Ukrainian.


lexentry: eng/vogue_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vogue word
trans_list: modewoord
sense:
(linguistics) A neologism that gains sudden popularity but is forgotten after a relatively short time.


lexentry: eng/voice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voice
trans_list: stem
sense:
Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character


lexentry: eng/voice__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: voice
trans_list: stem
sense:
An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered


lexentry: eng/voice__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: voice
trans_list: stem
sense:
(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.


lexentry: eng/voice__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: voice
trans_list: stemmen
sense:
(transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.


lexentry: eng/voice_actor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voice actor
trans_list: stemacteur | stemartiest
sense:
An actor who provides voices or voice-overs for radio drama, animations, commercials, dubbed films, games, etc.


lexentry: eng/voiced__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voiced
trans_list: stemhebbend
sense:
(phonetics) Sounded with vibration of the vocal cords. For example, the phone [z] is voiced, while [s] is unvoiced.


lexentry: eng/voiceless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: voiceless
trans_list: stemloos
sense:
(phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].


lexentry: eng/void__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: void
trans_list: nietig | ongeldig
sense:
(programming, of a function or method) That does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.


lexentry: eng/void__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: void
trans_list: annuleren | legen | ongeldig maken
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.


lexentry: eng/voivode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voivode
trans_list: woiwode
sense:
A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.


lexentry: eng/voivodeship__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: voivodeship
trans_list: woiwodschap
sense:
(countable) The highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland, comparable to a province or state.


lexentry: eng/vol-au-vent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vol-au-vent
trans_list: pasteitje
sense:
A small circular piece of puff pastry with a hole for various fillings, such as mushrooms, prawns, fruit, cheese, etc.


lexentry: eng/vol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vol
trans_list: diefstal
sense:
(heraldiccharge) A heraldic symbol consisting of a pair of outstretched wings, often conjoined at their shoulders.


lexentry: eng/volcanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volcanism
trans_list: vulkanisme
sense:
(volcanology) Any of the natural phenomena and processes associated with the action of volcanos, geysers and fumaroles


lexentry: eng/volcano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volcano
trans_list: vulkaan | vuurberg
sense:
A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.


lexentry: eng/vole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vole
trans_list: woelmuis | veldmuis
sense:
Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats.


lexentry: eng/volleyball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volleyball
trans_list: volleybal
sense:
(uncountable) A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.


lexentry: eng/volt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volt
trans_list: volt
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V


lexentry: eng/voltage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voltage
trans_list: spanning
sense:
(electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.


lexentry: eng/volume__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volume
trans_list: volume | inhoud
sense:
A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.


lexentry: eng/volunteer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volunteer
trans_list: vrijwilliger | vrijwilligster
sense:
One who enters into, or offers themselves for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay.


lexentry: eng/volunteer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: volunteer
trans_list: vrijwilliger | vrijwilligster
sense:
(military) One who enters into military service voluntarily (but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers), as opposed to a conscript.


lexentry: eng/voluntourism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voluntourism
trans_list: vrijwilligerstoerisme
sense:
A type of tourism which combines traditional travel and tourism with volunteer work. Travelers are given opportunities to contribute money and/or time to causes related to their destinations.


lexentry: eng/volute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: volute
trans_list: voluut
sense:
(architectural element) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.


lexentry: eng/voodoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voodoo
trans_list: voodoo
sense:
Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.


lexentry: eng/vote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vote
trans_list: stem | stembusgang
sense:
a formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.


lexentry: eng/vote_of_no_confidence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vote of no confidence
trans_list: motie van wantrouwen
sense:
(politics, legal) A parliamentary motion representing the lack of confidence of a parliament in the standing government. A passed motion of no confidence usually results in the government's fall.


lexentry: eng/vote_with_one's_feet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vote with one's feet
trans_list: met de voeten stemmen
sense:
(idiomatic) To express one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, by physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.


lexentry: eng/voting_booth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voting booth
trans_list: stemhok
sense:
(US) A small enclosed compartment where a voter may register a vote in private; it may house some voting machine, or just have a pencil for marking a voting slip.


lexentry: eng/voting_slip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voting slip
trans_list: stembiljet
sense:
a piece of paper with a list of the candidates at an election (sometimes with an indication of the candidate's party); the voter puts an X in the corresponding place against the candidate of his choice, folds the slip and places it in a ballot box provided.


lexentry: eng/votive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: votive
trans_list: een gelofte voorstellend | votief
sense:
Of, expressing, or symbolizing a vow. Often used to describe thick cylindrical candles found in many churches, lit when making a private vow or asking a private intention.


lexentry: eng/vouch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vouch
trans_list: antwoorden op
sense:
To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).


lexentry: eng/voucher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voucher
trans_list: (tegoed)bon
sense:
A piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.


lexentry: eng/vouchsafe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vouchsafe
trans_list: genadig toestaan
sense:
To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.


lexentry: eng/voussoir__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voussoir
trans_list: gewelfsteen
sense:
(architecture) One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault. [from 1728]


lexentry: eng/vow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vow
trans_list: gelofte
sense:
A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.


lexentry: eng/vowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vowel
trans_list: klinker | klinkerklank
sense:
(phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.


lexentry: eng/vowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vowel
trans_list: klinker | vocaal
sense:
(orthography) A letter representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.


lexentry: eng/vowel_harmony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vowel harmony
trans_list: klinkerharmonie | vocaalharmonie
sense:
(phonology) A phonological process in some languages that sets constraints on which vowels may be found near each other or within a word, such as back vowels or front vowels; sometimes resulting in variant affixes, clitics or similar variations.


lexentry: eng/vox_pop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vox pop
trans_list: straatinterview
sense:
(journalism) A short, informal, non-prearranged interview with a member of the public, especially to canvas opinion.


lexentry: eng/voyeur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voyeur
trans_list: kijker
sense:
A person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people, especially when such people are engaged in some sexual activity.


lexentry: eng/voyeurism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: voyeurism
trans_list: voyeurisme
sense:
The derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching unsuspecting people secretly, especially when those being watched are undressed or undressing, flashing, toileting, or engaging in sexual activity.


lexentry: eng/vulnerability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vulnerability
trans_list: kwetsbaarheid | zwakke plek
sense:
(uncountable) The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.


lexentry: eng/vulnerable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vulnerable
trans_list: kwetsbaar
sense:
More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.


lexentry: eng/wad__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wad
trans_list: prop
sense:
A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon.


lexentry: eng/wadi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wadi
trans_list: wadi
sense:
A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.


lexentry: eng/wading_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: wading bird
trans_list: waadvogel
sense:
Any of various long-legged birds, of the order Ciconiiformes, such as cranes, herons, or storks, that wade in shallow water in search of food.


lexentry: eng/waffle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: waffle
trans_list: wafel
sense:
(countable, ) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.


lexentry: eng/waffle__Verb__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: waffle
trans_list: zwammen
sense:
(ambitransitive) Often followed by on: to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point; to ramble.


lexentry: eng/wag__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wag
trans_list: kwispelen
sense:
To swing from side to side, as an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief.


lexentry: eng/wage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wage
trans_list: loon | salaris | arbeidsloon
sense:
(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.


lexentry: eng/wager__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wager
trans_list: weddenschap | inzet
sense:
(legal) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.


lexentry: eng/wagon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: wagon
trans_list: bolderkar
sense:
Abbreviation of toy wagon; A child's riding toy, with the same structure as a wagon (sense 1), pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front.


lexentry: eng/wagon__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: wagon
trans_list: kar | wagen
sense:
Short for dinner wagon (“set of light shelves mounted on castors so that it can be pushed around a dining room and used for serving”).


lexentry: eng/wagtail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wagtail
trans_list: kwikstaart
sense:
Any of various small passerine birds, principally of genus Motacilla, of the Old World, notable for their long tails.


lexentry: eng/waif__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: waif
trans_list: zwerver
sense:
A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.


lexentry: eng/wain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wain
trans_list: auto
sense:
(archaic, or, literary) A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.


lexentry: eng/waistline__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: waistline
trans_list: taille | taillelijn
sense:
the narrowest part of a garment, usually at the waist, but may be above or below depending on the dictates of fashion or the whim of the designer


lexentry: eng/wait__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: wait
trans_list: wachten | afwachten
sense:
(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.


lexentry: eng/wait__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wait
trans_list: bedienen
sense:
(intransitive, stative, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.


lexentry: eng/wait_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wait on
trans_list: verwachten
sense:
To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.


lexentry: eng/wake__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wake
trans_list: dodenwake | wake
sense:
A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.


lexentry: eng/wake_up_and_smell_the_coffee__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wake up and smell the coffee
trans_list: de realiteit onder ogen zien
sense:
(idiomatic, US, informal) Often in the infinitive or imperative: to face reality and stop deluding oneself.


lexentry: eng/walk-on__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: walk-on
trans_list: figurant | nevenfiguur | nevenrol
sense:
An actor of a small (or "bit") part in a theatrical production or film, often without speaking lines.


lexentry: eng/walk__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: walk
trans_list: lopen | wandelen
sense:
(intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.


lexentry: eng/walk__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: walk
trans_list: vrijuit gaan
sense:
(intransitive, colloquial, legal) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.


lexentry: eng/walk_on_eggshells__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: walk on eggshells
trans_list: op eieren lopen
sense:
(idiomatic) To be overly careful in dealing with a person or situation because they get angry or offended very easily; to try very hard not to upset someone or something.


lexentry: eng/walker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: walker
trans_list: wandelaar
sense:
The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.


lexentry: eng/walking_frame__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: walking frame
trans_list: looprek
sense:
A framework device used to support either an infant learning to walk or a person with walking difficulties.


lexentry: eng/wall__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wall
trans_list: muur | wand
sense:
Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.


lexentry: eng/wall_chaser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wall chaser
trans_list: muurfrees | sleufmachine
sense:
A specialised hand-held power tool used for cutting narrow grooves in walls, for instance when laying electrical cable.


lexentry: eng/wall_knot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wall knot
trans_list: splitsen
sense:
A knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the first, and the third over the end of the second and through the bight of the first.


lexentry: eng/wallcreeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wallcreeper
trans_list: rotskruiper
sense:
A passerine bird of species Tichodroma muraria, closely related to the nuthatches, breeding in temperate Asia, found more widely in much of temperate Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/wallet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wallet
trans_list: portefeuille | portemonnee | beurs
sense:
A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.


lexentry: eng/walleye__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: walleye
trans_list: Amerikaanse snoekbaars | breedbekbaars
sense:
(plural "walleye" or "walleyes") A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.


lexentry: eng/wallpaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: wallpaper
trans_list: bureaubladachtergrond | wallpaper
sense:
(computing, countable, uncountable) An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.


lexentry: eng/walrus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: walrus
trans_list: walrus
sense:
A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.


lexentry: eng/wampum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wampum
trans_list: wampum
sense:
(uncountable) Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.


lexentry: eng/wand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wand
trans_list: roede | staf
sense:
A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.


lexentry: eng/wandering_Jew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wandering Jew
trans_list: vaderplant
sense:
Any plant of three species of spiderworts, Tradescantia pallida, Tradescantia fluminensis, and Tradescantia zebrina.


lexentry: eng/waning_moon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: waning moon
trans_list: afnemende maan | wanende maan
sense:
A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears smaller each night as it progresses from a full moon to a new moon: a moon in any of the diminishing lunar phases.


lexentry: eng/wannabe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wannabe
trans_list: wannabe
sense:
(informal, derogatory, often, attributive) Someone who wishes to be someone or do something, but lacks the qualifications or talent; an overeager amateur; an aspirant.


lexentry: eng/wanton__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: wanton
trans_list: roekeloos
sense:
Capricious, reckless of morality, justice etc.; acting without regard for the law or the well-being of others; gratuitous.


lexentry: eng/wapinschaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wapinschaw
trans_list: wapenschouw
sense:
(Scotland, historical) An exhibition of weapons, according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; formerly made at certain seasons in each district.


lexentry: eng/wapiti__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wapiti
trans_list: wapiti | wapitihert
sense:
(US, Canada) The American elk (Cervus canadensis). It was formerly considered to be in the same species as the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.


lexentry: eng/war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: war
trans_list: oorlog | krijg
sense:
(uncountable) Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving active engagement of military forces.


lexentry: eng/war__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: war
trans_list: oorlog | krijg
sense:
(crime) A prolonged conflict between two groups of organized criminals, usually over organizational or territorial control.


lexentry: eng/war__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: war
trans_list: oorlog
sense:
(uncountable, card games) Any of a family of card games where all cards are dealt at the beginning of play and players attempt to capture them all, typically involving no skill and only serving to kill time.


lexentry: eng/war_bride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: war bride
trans_list: oorlogsbruid
sense:
A woman who marries a man who is on active military duty in wartime; especially, a woman who marries a foreign soldier serving in her country and then emigrates to his.


lexentry: eng/war_crime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: war crime
trans_list: oorlogsmisdaad | oorlogsmisdrijf
sense:
(criminal law, international law) A punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian.


lexentry: eng/war_grave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: war grave
trans_list: oorlogskerkhof
sense:
A burial place, grave(s) for individual victim(s), soldiers and/or civilians, of warfare, including civil war.


lexentry: eng/war_of_aggression__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: war of aggression
trans_list: aanvalsoorlog
sense:
(international law) A military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation.


lexentry: eng/war_of_conquest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: war of conquest
trans_list: veroveringsoorlog
sense:
A military conflict where one state, nation, or people conquers or attempts to conquer another; a conquering war.


lexentry: eng/war_of_nerves__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: war of nerves
trans_list: zenuwenoorlog | zenuwoorlog
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) A situation in which opposed parties refrain from direct conflict but maintain a tense, contentious relationship in which each uses annoyances or intimidating psychological tactics to attempt to dishearten and unnerve the other.


lexentry: eng/war_paint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: war paint
trans_list: oorlogsverf
sense:
Pigments ritually applied to the face and/or body (originally and still especially of a Native American warrior) prior to going into a battle.


lexentry: eng/warbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: warbler
trans_list: mangrovezanger | grasmus
sense:
Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).


lexentry: eng/ward__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ward
trans_list: bewaking | gebied | wijk
sense:
(Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.


lexentry: eng/ward__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ward
trans_list: afweren | verdedigen
sense:
(transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off)


lexentry: eng/warden__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: warden
trans_list: opzichter
sense:
An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air-raid warden.


lexentry: eng/wardrobe__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: wardrobe
trans_list: kledingkast | kleerkast
sense:
A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.


lexentry: eng/wardrobe_malfunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wardrobe malfunction
trans_list: garderobedefect
sense:
(euphemistic) An accidental instance of indecent exposure caused by a fault in someone's clothing (especially that of a performer) or by an error made while changing clothes.


lexentry: eng/warehouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: warehouse
trans_list: pakhuis | opslagplaats
sense:
A place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.


lexentry: eng/warhead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: warhead
trans_list: springkop
sense:
The part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive system, chemical or biological agents, or inert materials intended to inflict damage.


lexentry: eng/warhorse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: warhorse
trans_list: strijdros
sense:
(historical, military) Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armoured knight.


lexentry: eng/warm__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: warm
trans_list: opwarmen | verwarmen | warm houden | warmlopen
sense:
(transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.


lexentry: eng/warning_triangle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: warning triangle
trans_list: gevarendriehoek | gevaarsdriehoek
sense:
(automotive) A triangle made of (usually) red reflective material, used to warn other road users of a broken-down vehicle.


lexentry: eng/warp__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: warp
trans_list: verhalen
sense:
(transitive, nautical) To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour.


lexentry: eng/warp_and_woof__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: warp and woof
trans_list: schering en inslag
sense:
The threads in a woven fabric, composed of the warp (threads running lengthwise) and woof (threads running crosswise) to create the texture of the fabric.


lexentry: eng/warrant__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: warrant
trans_list: dwangbevel
sense:
(law, countable) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.


lexentry: eng/warranty__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: warranty
trans_list: garantie
sense:
(countable, law) A legal agreement, either written or oral (an expressed warranty) or implied through the actions of the buyer and seller (an implied warranty), which states that the goods or property in question will be in exactly the same state as promised, such as in a sale of an item or piece of real estate.


lexentry: eng/wart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wart
trans_list: wrat
sense:
(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).


lexentry: eng/warts_and_all__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: warts and all
trans_list: in de staat waarin het zich bevindt | wratten en al inbegrepen
sense:
(idiomatic, informal, often, hyphenated) Of or pertaining to a description or other depiction which reveals the full range of characteristics of a person or thing, including the shortcomings and imperfections.


lexentry: eng/wary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wary
trans_list: behoedzaam
sense:
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent


lexentry: eng/wash__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: wash
trans_list: wegspoelen
sense:
(intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.


lexentry: eng/wash_one's_hands_of__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wash one's hands of
trans_list: de handen in onschuld wassen
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for (something); to refuse to have any further involvement with (something).


lexentry: eng/washbasin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: washbasin
trans_list: wastafel | wasbak | waskom
sense:
A basin used for washing, (now) particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face.


lexentry: eng/washbowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: washbowl
trans_list: fonteintje
sense:
A sink in a bathroom, connected to a supply of water and a drain, in which one may wash one's face and hands.


lexentry: eng/washer__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: washer
trans_list: ring | leertje | schijf
sense:
A flat annulus, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction, provide directionally differentiated friction (e.g. making the nut turn counter-clockwise only with difficulty), or prevent leakage.


lexentry: eng/washing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: washing
trans_list: witwassen
sense:
(uncountable, chiefly, British, NZ, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.


lexentry: eng/wasp_spider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wasp spider
trans_list: wespspin
sense:
An orb-weaver spider, Argiope bruennichi, that has striking yellow and black markings on its abdomen.


lexentry: eng/waste__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: waste
trans_list: verspillen | verkwisten | verwoesten | doen wegkwijnen | koud maken | verdoen
sense:
(transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.


lexentry: eng/waste_product__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: waste product
trans_list: afvalstof
sense:
An unwanted material produced during some manufacturing process, especially radioactive material from nuclear reactors.


lexentry: eng/wastewater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wastewater
trans_list: afvalwater
sense:
Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now contains waste products.


lexentry: eng/watch_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: watch out
trans_list: oppassen
sense:
(idiomatic) To be aware or conscious; to look closely or carefully; to use caution. Often used in the imperative.


lexentry: eng/watcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: watcher
trans_list: wachter
sense:
(chiefly, historical, Judaism, Christianity) A kind of angel appointed to watch over the human realm, in particular one of those who became fallen angels and begot the Nephilim.


lexentry: eng/watchman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: watchman
trans_list: bewaker
sense:
One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.


lexentry: eng/watchword__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: watchword
trans_list: wachtwoord
sense:
(military, security) A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies.


lexentry: eng/water__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: water
trans_list: water
sense:
(alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.


lexentry: eng/water__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: water
trans_list: wateren | water
sense:
(poetic, archaic, or, dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.


lexentry: eng/water_buffalo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water buffalo
trans_list: waterbuffel | karbouw
sense:
A large ungulate, widely used as a domestic animal in Asia, South America. North Africa and Europe: Bubalus bubalis.


lexentry: eng/water_clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water clock
trans_list: wateruuwerk
sense:
(chiefly, _, historical) A device for measuring time using water, typically by measuring water flowing in or out of a basin of known size at a known rate.


lexentry: eng/water_cycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water cycle
trans_list: waterkringloop
sense:
The natural cycle of evaporation of water from the oceans etc, and subsequent condensation and precipitation as rain and snow


lexentry: eng/water_dropwort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water dropwort
trans_list: torkruid
sense:
Any of genus Oenanthe, plants in the family Apiaceae that grows in moist soils or in water, one species of which (Oenanthe javanica) is used in cuisines throughout eastern Asia, others of which are extremely poisonous.


lexentry: eng/water_fight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water fight
trans_list: wateroorlog
sense:
An activity, usually involving children, where the participants use water balloons, guns and pistols to get each other wet.


lexentry: eng/water_flea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water flea
trans_list: watervlo
sense:
Any of various aquatic crustacea of the order Diplostraca, characterised by their jumping or jerky mode of swimming.


lexentry: eng/water_fountain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water fountain
trans_list: drinkfontein
sense:
A mechanical device designed to dispense small quantities of drinking water, usually in a public place such as a school or office.


lexentry: eng/water_lily__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water lily
trans_list: waterlelie
sense:
Any of various members of the Nymphaeaceae family that are tuberous plants, rooted in soil with leaves (lily pads) and flowers floating on the water surface.


lexentry: eng/water_main__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water main
trans_list: buis
sense:
The principal pipe, usually underground, for conveying water to residential and business properties.


lexentry: eng/water_pipe__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: water pipe
trans_list: zonnebloempit
sense:
A device for smoking, such as a hookah or bong, in which the smoke is drawn through a container of water before inhaling.


lexentry: eng/water_pollution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water pollution
trans_list: watervervuiling
sense:
Contamination of water, especially surface water, by sewage effluent, fertilizer runoff, industrial chemical discharge, etc.


lexentry: eng/water_polo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water polo
trans_list: waterpolo
sense:
A water sport consisting of two teams of swimmers who have to throw the ball into the opponent's goal.


lexentry: eng/water_power__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: water power
trans_list: waterkracht
sense:
(uncountable) Mechanical or electrical energy derived from running or falling water; originally obtained from a waterwheel immersed in a stream; modern hydroelectric power is obtained from turbines fed from reservoirs.


lexentry: eng/water_rail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water rail
trans_list: waterral
sense:
a small wetland bird (Rallus aquaticus) of the family Rallidae that breeds in marshes and reedbeds across Europe and Asia.


lexentry: eng/water_softener__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water softener
trans_list: waterverzachter
sense:
A device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water by passing it through an ion exchange resin.


lexentry: eng/water_spinach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water spinach
trans_list: dagoeblad | kangkoeng | waterspinazie
sense:
Ipomoea aquatica, a green leafy vegetable used as a food in several cuisines of East and Southeast Asia


lexentry: eng/water_strider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water strider
trans_list: kleermaakster
sense:
Any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae, which rely on surface tension to walk on top of water.


lexentry: eng/water_tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water tower
trans_list: watertoren
sense:
A large tank of water, in an elevated position, acting as a local reservoir; water is pumped into the tank and fed by gravity to the consumers.


lexentry: eng/water_turbine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water turbine
trans_list: hydraulische turbine
sense:
A device that converts the energy of moving water, usually at a dam into rotary motion, usually used to make electricity.


lexentry: eng/water_under_the_bridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water under the bridge
trans_list: gedane zaken maken geen keer
sense:
(idiomatic) Something in the past that cannot be controlled or undone, but must be accepted, forgiven, or forgotten.


lexentry: eng/water_vole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: water vole
trans_list: waterrat | woelrat
sense:
Any of three Old World vole species: the European water vole (Arvicola amphibius, formerly Arvicola terrestris), the montane water vole (Arvicola scherman), or the southwestern water vole (Arvicola sapidus).


lexentry: eng/waterboarding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: waterboarding
trans_list: duikboot
sense:
A torture technique in which the victim is immobilized, has towels or rags wrapped over their face, and has water poured onto them, causing them to experience the sensation of drowning.


lexentry: eng/watercraft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: watercraft
trans_list: vaartuig
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) Any vessel with implements designed to move it in arbitrary direction through one or various bodies of water – a boat, ship, sea scooter, or similar vehicle.


lexentry: eng/watercress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: watercress
trans_list: witte waterkers
sense:
A perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish.


lexentry: eng/waterfowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: waterfowl
trans_list: watervogels
sense:
Any of the birds, such as ducks, geese and swans, that spend most of their non-flying time on water; especially those of the family Anatidae.


lexentry: eng/watering_can__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: watering can
trans_list: gieter
sense:
A utensil for watering plants, consisting of a container with a handle and long spout, the spout sometimes being fitted with a perforated nozzle.


lexentry: eng/waterline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: waterline
trans_list: waterlijn
sense:
(nautical) A line formed by the surface of the water on the hull of a ship when she is afloat; any of a series of short lines marked on the hull to show where the waterline would be under different loadings.


lexentry: eng/watermark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: watermark
trans_list: watermerk
sense:
A translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light.


lexentry: eng/watershed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: watershed
trans_list: waterscheiding
sense:
(hydrology, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.


lexentry: eng/waterspout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: waterspout
trans_list: waterhoos
sense:
A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado).


lexentry: eng/waterworks__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: waterworks
trans_list: waterleiding
sense:
The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.


lexentry: eng/watt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: watt
trans_list: watt
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W


lexentry: eng/wattle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wattle
trans_list: lel
sense:
A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.


lexentry: eng/wattle_and_daub__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wattle and daub
trans_list: leemvlechtwerk
sense:
A structure of interwoven branches and twigs plastered with mud, clay or dung, used in the construction of dwellings, especially as infill in a half-timbered wall


lexentry: eng/wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: wave
trans_list: golf
sense:
Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.


lexentry: eng/wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: wave
trans_list: wave | golf
sense:
(usually "the wave") A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.


lexentry: eng/wave__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wave
trans_list: wuiven | zwaaien
sense:
(transitive, metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.


lexentry: eng/wave_pool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wave pool
trans_list: golfslagbad
sense:
A swimming pool in which there are artificially generated, reasonably large waves, similar to the ocean's.


lexentry: eng/wavefunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wavefunction
trans_list: golffunctie
sense:
(physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.


lexentry: eng/wavelength__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wavelength
trans_list: golflengte
sense:
(physics) The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency.


lexentry: eng/wavy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: wavy
trans_list: gegolfd
sense:
(heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines, especially to symbolize a river.


lexentry: eng/wax__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wax
trans_list: was
sense:
Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.


lexentry: eng/wax__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wax
trans_list: met was insmeren | was aanbrengen | wassen
sense:
(transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.


lexentry: eng/wax__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: wax
trans_list: waxen
sense:
(transitive) To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.


lexentry: eng/wax__Verb__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wax
trans_list: wassen
sense:
(intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.


lexentry: eng/waxing_moon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: waxing moon
trans_list: wassende maan
sense:
A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears larger each night as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon: a moon in any of the increasing lunar phases.


lexentry: eng/we__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: we
trans_list: wij | we
sense:
(personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)


lexentry: eng/weak__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: weak
trans_list: zwak
sense:
(Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.


lexentry: eng/weak_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weak verb
trans_list: zwak werkwoord
sense:
(grammar) One of a class of Germanic verbs which use a dental affix appended to the stem to indicate tense; a Germanic weak verb.


lexentry: eng/weal__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weal
trans_list: striem
sense:
A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt.


lexentry: eng/wean__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wean
trans_list: spenen | afnemen | ontwennen
sense:
(transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.


lexentry: eng/weapon_of_mass_destruction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weapon of mass destruction
trans_list: massavernietigingswapen
sense:
Any human-made weapon causing indiscriminate large-scale death or destruction, especially a biological weapon, chemical weapon, nuclear weapon or radiological weapon.


lexentry: eng/wear__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: wear
trans_list: uitputten | vermoeien
sense:
To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.


lexentry: eng/wear__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: wear
trans_list: dragen | aanhebben
sense:
(nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.


lexentry: eng/wear_and_tear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wear and tear
trans_list: slijtage
sense:
Damage or depreciation resulting from ordinary use (normally as something excluded from a guarantee or warranty of quality, or as justifying a write-down in a set of accounts).


lexentry: eng/wear_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wear out
trans_list: verslijten
sense:
To cause (something) to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use, especially hard, heavy, or careless use.


lexentry: eng/wear_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: wear out
trans_list: verslijten
sense:
(intransitive) To deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain.


lexentry: eng/wear_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wear out
trans_list: uitputten | vermoeien
sense:
To exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness, as by continued strain or exertion.


lexentry: eng/weasel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: weasel
trans_list: wezel
sense:
Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.


lexentry: eng/weasel_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weasel out
trans_list: ontwijken
sense:
(idiomatic, intransitive, often followed by of) To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.)


lexentry: eng/weasel_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: weasel word
trans_list: vaagtaal | wezelwoord
sense:
(pejorative) A word used to hedge a statement, for example to make it vague, equivocal, or misleading.


lexentry: eng/weather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weather
trans_list: weer
sense:
The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.


lexentry: eng/weather__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: weather
trans_list: verweren
sense:
To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.


lexentry: eng/weather_balloon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weather balloon
trans_list: weerballon
sense:
(meteorology) a balloon that carries meteorological instruments aloft in order to measure, record and return data concerning atmospheric pressure, temperature and humidity


lexentry: eng/weather_forecast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weather forecast
trans_list: weersvoorspelling | weersverwachting
sense:
(meteorology) A prediction of future weather, often for a specific locality, in a newspaper or on the radio or television.


lexentry: eng/weather_report__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weather report
trans_list: weerbericht
sense:
(meteorology) A description, especially one prepared by a governmental or other authority, of past and/or present and/or forecasted meteorological conditions for a particular geographical area.


lexentry: eng/weather_satellite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weather satellite
trans_list: Weersatelliet
sense:
(meteorology) A type of satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth.


lexentry: eng/weather_station__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weather station
trans_list: weerstation
sense:
A piece of equipment that collects and transmits meteorological information, and can make weather forecasts


lexentry: eng/weather_vane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weather vane
trans_list: windwijzer | windvaan
sense:
A mechanical device rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind.


lexentry: eng/weatherstrip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weatherstrip
trans_list: tochtstrip
sense:
(US) A narrow piece of material used to prevent cold air from entering a building through the edge of a window or a door.


lexentry: eng/web_browser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: web browser
trans_list: bladeraar | webbrowser | bladerprogramma
sense:
(Internet) A computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks.


lexentry: eng/web_design__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: web design
trans_list: webdesign
sense:
The trade of a web designer; the creation of web pages, especially in terms of layout and presentation rather than functionality.


lexentry: eng/web_page__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: web page
trans_list: webpagina
sense:
A single hypertext document (transmitted as HTML) on the World Wide Web, often hyperlinked to others, and intended to be viewed with a web browser.


lexentry: eng/web_server__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: web server
trans_list: webserver
sense:
(software) software that delivers Web pages and other documents to browsers using the HTTP protocol.


lexentry: eng/webbing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: webbing
trans_list: riem
sense:
(military) A belt and shoulder harness with attached pouches used to carry a soldier's equipment, water, ammunition, etc.


lexentry: eng/webcam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: webcam
trans_list: webcam | cam
sense:
(computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.


lexentry: eng/weber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weber
trans_list: weber
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb.


lexentry: eng/website__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: website
trans_list: website | webstek | site
sense:
(Internet) A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.


lexentry: eng/wedding_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wedding cake
trans_list: bruidstaart | bruiloftstaart
sense:
A decorated cake, often in several tiers and with a model bride and groom, that is cut by the couple as part of a wedding ceremony and distributed to the guests.


lexentry: eng/wedding_dress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wedding dress
trans_list: trouwjurk
sense:
The dress worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony, in Western culture traditionally white with a long train.


lexentry: eng/wedding_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wedding ring
trans_list: trouwring
sense:
(jewelry) One of a pair or rings exchanged by spouses in a wedding ceremony, and afterwards worn by them, symbolizing continuous fidelity.


lexentry: eng/wedge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wedge
trans_list: wig | spie
sense:
One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.


lexentry: eng/wedge__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: wedge
trans_list: vendel
sense:
(archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.


lexentry: eng/wee_hours__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wee hours
trans_list: vroegte
sense:
The very early morning; the early morning hours; the nighttime hours following midnight, when most people are asleep.


lexentry: eng/week__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: week
trans_list: week
sense:
A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.


lexentry: eng/weekday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weekday
trans_list: werkdag | weekdag
sense:
Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:


lexentry: eng/weekend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weekend
trans_list: weekeinde | weekend
sense:
The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday.


lexentry: eng/weep__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weep
trans_list: huilen | wenen | schreien
sense:
To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.


lexentry: eng/weeping_willow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: weeping willow
trans_list: treurwilg
sense:
Any of the numerous decorative cultivars and hybrids of Salix babylonica with white willow (Salix alba) or crack willow (Salix fragilis).


lexentry: eng/weever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weever
trans_list: Pietermannen
sense:
Any of the usually brown fish in family Trachinidae, which catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past.


lexentry: eng/weevil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weevil
trans_list: snuitkever
sense:
Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.


lexentry: eng/weighbridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weighbridge
trans_list: weegbrug
sense:
(UK) a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.


lexentry: eng/weight_plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weight plate
trans_list: pannenkoek
sense:
A typically disk-shaped device with a perforation in the centre for being united with a weight bar and thus adding mass to it to enable weightlifting exercises (gradated according to a standard measurement scale for mass if the implement is commercially provided; sometimes also used alone for exercises)


lexentry: eng/weightlifting__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: weightlifting
trans_list: gewichtheffen
sense:
(sports) A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.


lexentry: eng/weird_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weird out
trans_list: de kriebels bezorgen
sense:
(slang, transitive) To make someone feel, by weirdness, uneasy or uncomfortable; to make one feel (that something is) weird.


lexentry: eng/welcome__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: welcome
trans_list: welkom | graag gezien | welkome
sense:
Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.


lexentry: eng/weld__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weld
trans_list: wouw
sense:
A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.


lexentry: eng/weld__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weld
trans_list: lassen | wellen
sense:
(transitive) To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.


lexentry: eng/welding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: welding
trans_list: lassen
sense:
joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination, or


lexentry: eng/welfare_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: welfare state
trans_list: verzorgingsstaat | welvaartsstaat
sense:
A social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, providing health care, education, unemployment compensation and social security.


lexentry: eng/welfare_trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: welfare trap
trans_list: werkloosheidsval
sense:
(chiefly, US) A situation where the welfare system discourages people who receive government public assistance payments from entering low-paid work because such work does not produce a significant income increase.


lexentry: eng/welkin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: welkin
trans_list: hemelgewelf | uitspansel
sense:
(also, Lancashire) The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.


lexentry: eng/well-behaved__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: well-behaved
trans_list: braaf
sense:
(mathematics) Having intuitive, easy to handle properties, especially: having a finite derivative of all orders at all points, and having no discontinuities.


lexentry: eng/well-formed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: well-formed
trans_list: gevormd | goed | welgevormd
sense:
(linguistics, computing) Correctly written; syntactically correct; expressed in a way that obeys rules for constructing formulas in a certain language.


lexentry: eng/well-mannered__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: well-mannered
trans_list: beschaafd
sense:
Having good manners; polite, courteous, and socially correct; conforming to standards of good behaviour.


lexentry: eng/well-order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: well-order
trans_list: welordening
sense:
(set theory, order theory) A total order of some set such that every nonempty subset contains a least element.


lexentry: eng/well-rested__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: well-rested
trans_list: goed uitgerust | uitgeslapen
sense:
Having had sufficient (or even more than enough) sleep or rest to function optimally during waking hours.


lexentry: eng/well__Interjection__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: well
trans_list: nou | nou ja
sense:
Used in speech to fill gaps, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question; filled pause.


lexentry: eng/well_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: well up
trans_list: opwellen
sense:
(intransitive) To gradually or steadily flow upwards or outwards so as to begin to fill or overflow something.


lexentry: eng/wels_catfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wels catfish
trans_list: meerval
sense:
Silurus glanis, a scaleless fresh-water catfish recognizable by its broad, flat head and wide mouth.


lexentry: eng/welt__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: welt
trans_list: zebrastreep
sense:
(shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.


lexentry: eng/wench__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wench
trans_list: meid
sense:
(archaic, now, dialectal, or, humorous, possibly, offensive) A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.


lexentry: eng/wentletrap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wentletrap
trans_list: wenteltrap
sense:
Any of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the family Epitoniidae, especially Epitonium scalare, which was formerly highly valued.


lexentry: eng/weretiger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: weretiger
trans_list: weertijger
sense:
(fiction, mythological) A creature of Southeast Asian myth; a shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a tiger.


lexentry: eng/werewolf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: werewolf
trans_list: weerwolf
sense:
(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon.


lexentry: eng/wergeld__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: wergeld
trans_list: weergeld | bloedgeld | bloedprijs
sense:
(historical, especially in Germanic, _, legal) Compensation thus determined and paid; a reparative payment.


lexentry: eng/west__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: west
trans_list: westen | west
sense:
(ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.


lexentry: eng/west_by_north__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: west by north
trans_list: West ten Noorden
sense:
The compass point halfway between west and west-northwest, specifically 281.25°, abbreviated as WbN.


lexentry: eng/western__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: western
trans_list: western | cowboyfilm | wildwestfilm | wildwestverhaal
sense:
A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850–1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture.


lexentry: eng/western_cattle_egret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: western cattle egret
trans_list: koereiger
sense:
Bubulcus ibis is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones.


lexentry: eng/western_marsh_harrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: western marsh harrier
trans_list: bruine kiekendief
sense:
Circus aeruginosus, a large harrier, a bird of prey from temperate and subtropical western Eurasia and adjacent Africa.


lexentry: eng/westerner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: westerner
trans_list: westerling
sense:
A native or inhabitant of the West, of the Western world—Europe and the Americas. (Also written capitalized as Westerner.)


lexentry: eng/wet__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: wet
trans_list: nat
sense:
(slang, vulgar, of a female) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.


lexentry: eng/wet__Adjective__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: wet
trans_list: nat
sense:
(poker slang) Of a board or flop: enabling the creation of many or of strong hands; e.g. containing connectors or suited cards. (Compare dry).


lexentry: eng/wet_blanket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wet blanket
trans_list: spelbreekster | spelbreker
sense:
(idiomatic) A person who takes the fun out of a situation or activity, as by pessimism, demands, dullness, etc.


lexentry: eng/wet_dock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wet dock
trans_list: binnenhaven
sense:
(nautical) A dock that has a constant level of water in which a vessel floats despite the tide; usually achieved by separating the dock from the sea by a lock.


lexentry: eng/wet_dream__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wet dream
trans_list: natte droom
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) An exciting fantasy; a very appealing, ideal thing, person, or state of affairs.


lexentry: eng/wetback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wetback
trans_list: nat
sense:
(derogatory, _, slang) A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border.


lexentry: eng/wetland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wetland
trans_list: drasland | moer | vochtgebied
sense:
(usually, in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.


lexentry: eng/whale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whale
trans_list: walvis
sense:
Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.


lexentry: eng/whale_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whale oil
trans_list: walvistraan
sense:
Any of various oils and fats extracted from the blubber of whales and used in the manufacture of soap and lubricants (formerly as an illuminating oil).


lexentry: eng/whale_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whale shark
trans_list: walvishaai
sense:
A very large spotted shark, Rhincodon typus, of warm marine waters, similar to a whale, that feeds by filtering plankton from the water.


lexentry: eng/whalebone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whalebone
trans_list: balein
sense:
The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that are used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets


lexentry: eng/what's-his-name__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: what's-his-name
trans_list: dinges | jeweetwel
sense:
A male person or entity whose name one does not remember or want to mention but that is known to the person to which one is speaking.


lexentry: eng/what's_sauce_for_the_goose_is_sauce_for_the_gander__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
trans_list: gelijke monniken, gelijke kappen
sense:
If something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another (often of the opposite sex).


lexentry: eng/what's_up__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: what's up
trans_list: wat is er aan de hand
sense:
(idiomatic, colloquial, with up in the sense of "of concern") What’s the matter? What is the problem? What is wrong?


lexentry: eng/what's_up__Phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: what's up
trans_list: alles goed | hoe gaat het | wat is er
sense:
(idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly, _, US, with up in the sense of "happening") What's happening? What are you doing?


lexentry: eng/what_is_that__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: what is that
trans_list: wat is dat
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see what,‎ was,‎ that.: Asks the interlocutor to identify an indicated object.


lexentry: eng/what_number__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: what number
trans_list: hoeveelste
sense:
Which, what position (in an ordered series, such as which day of the month or which floor). (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/what_the_fuck__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: what the fuck
trans_list: wat de fok
sense:
(vulgar) Used to express astonishment, shock, incredulity, or disbelief (as a shortened form of expressions such as "What the fuck is going on?", "...are you doing?", "…is this?" "…is it?" “…was that?” ”…was it?” or "...is that?").


lexentry: eng/what_time_is_it__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: what time is it
trans_list: hoe laat is het
sense:
What is the time of day? (used to request for the current hour and approximate number of minutes after the hour)


lexentry: eng/whataboutism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whataboutism
trans_list: jij-bak | whataboutism | whataboutisme
sense:
A logical fallacy where criticisms are deflected by raising corresponding criticisms of the opposite side.


lexentry: eng/whatchamacallit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whatchamacallit
trans_list: dinges
sense:
(slang) A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.


lexentry: eng/whatever__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whatever
trans_list: ammehoela | boeiend
sense:
(colloquial) A holophrastic expression used to dismiss something that the speaker doesn't care about, doesn't think important, or doesn't want to consider or discuss any further.


lexentry: eng/wheat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wheat
trans_list: tarwe | weit
sense:
(countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.


lexentry: eng/wheat_weevil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wheat weevil
trans_list: graankalander | graanklander
sense:
A common species of weevil (Sitophilus granarius) that occurs worldwide and causes damage to harvested grain.


lexentry: eng/wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wheel
trans_list: wiel | rad
sense:
A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.


lexentry: eng/wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: wheel
trans_list: stuurwiel
sense:
A manoeuvre in marching in which the marchers turn in a curving fashion to right or left so that the order of marchers does not change.


lexentry: eng/wheel_clamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wheel clamp
trans_list: wielklem
sense:
A device locked to the wheel of a motor car to prevent it from being driven; normally used to enforce payment of a traffic violation fine


lexentry: eng/wheelbarrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wheelbarrow
trans_list: kruiwagen
sense:
A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.


lexentry: eng/wheelbarrow_race__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wheelbarrow race
trans_list: kruiwagen
sense:
A two-member team race in which one team member holds the legs of the other, as if the handles of a wheelbarrow. The team member playing the barrow runs on his/her hands.


lexentry: eng/wheelhouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wheelhouse
trans_list: stuurhuis | stuurhut
sense:
An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.


lexentry: eng/wheelie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wheelie
trans_list: booggraad
sense:
(informal) An action or stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is ridden for a short period while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels.


lexentry: eng/wheelie__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wheelie
trans_list: steigeren
sense:
(intransitive, informal) To ride, or perform the stunt of riding, a vehicle on its rear wheel or wheels.


lexentry: eng/whelk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whelk
trans_list: wulk
sense:
Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.


lexentry: eng/whelp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whelp
trans_list: welp
sense:
A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.


lexentry: eng/when_Hell_freezes_over__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: when Hell freezes over
sense:
(idiom, slang, informal, hyperbolic) Never; not in this lifetime or a time in the unforeseeably distant future; not a chance.

trans_list:
als Pasen en Pinksteren op één dag vallen | met sint-juttemis | wanneer Pasen en Pinksteren op één dag vallen


lexentry: eng/when__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: when
trans_list: wanneer
sense:
(interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.


lexentry: eng/when_push_comes_to_shove__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: when push comes to shove
trans_list: als puntje bij paaltje komt
sense:
(figuratively, idiomatic) When the pressure is on; when the situation is critical or urgent; when the time has come for action, even if it is difficult.


lexentry: eng/where_there's_smoke,_there's_fire__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: where there's smoke, there's fire
trans_list: waar rook is is vuur
sense:
(UK, US, Australia, Canada, NZ) If there is a hint of something occurring it could indeed be true, but such rumors should be taken with a grain of salt.


lexentry: eng/whereas__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: whereas
trans_list: terwijl | aangezien | vermits | waarbij
sense:
(mostly, law) It being the fact that; inasmuch as. (Often used to begin recitals; sometimes emboldened or emphasized as a signifier.)


lexentry: eng/whet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whet
trans_list: scherpen | wetten | slijpen
sense:
(transitive) To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.


lexentry: eng/whetstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whetstone
trans_list: slijpsteen
sense:
A sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.


lexentry: eng/which__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: which
trans_list: die | dat
sense:
(relative, mostly, archaic) Used of people (now generally who, whom, that; which remains possible with words also referred to by it like baby, child).


lexentry: eng/whiff__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: whiff
trans_list: teug | trek
sense:
A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.


lexentry: eng/whimbrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whimbrel
trans_list: regenwulp
sense:
A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill.


lexentry: eng/whip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whip
trans_list: zweep
sense:
A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.


lexentry: eng/whiplash__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: whiplash
trans_list: zweepslag
sense:
An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.


lexentry: eng/whippersnapper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whippersnapper
trans_list: branie | broekie | snotneus
sense:
(colloquial, dated) A young and cheeky or presumptuous person; often with a connotation of ignorance via inexperience. [from 1670s]


lexentry: eng/whipstaff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whipstaff
trans_list: kolderstok
sense:
(nautical) A bar, going through the poopdeck, attached orthogonally to the tiller for steering a ship.


lexentry: eng/whirlwind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whirlwind
trans_list: wervelwind | windhoos
sense:
A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion.


lexentry: eng/whisk__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: whisk
trans_list: garde
sense:
A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).


lexentry: eng/whisker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whisker
trans_list: baardhaar | bakkebaarden
sense:
That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.


lexentry: eng/whistle-blower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whistle-blower
trans_list: klokkenluider
sense:
(slang, chiefly, US) One who reports a problem or violation to the authorities; especially, an employee or former employee who reports a violation by an employer.


lexentry: eng/whistle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whistle
trans_list: fluitje | fluit
sense:
A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.


lexentry: eng/whistle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whistle
trans_list: fluiten
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.


lexentry: eng/whistle_in_the_wind__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whistle in the wind
trans_list: tegen de bierkaai vechten
sense:
(especially, UK, idiomatic) To attempt something that is futile; to say something that is not heeded.


lexentry: eng/white-billed_diver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white-billed diver
trans_list: geelsnavelduiker
sense:
Gavia adamsii, the largest member of the loon or diver family, having a black head, white underparts and checkered black-and-white mantle.


lexentry: eng/white-blue-white_flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white-blue-white flag
trans_list: wit-blauw-witte vlag
sense:
(neologism) A symbol of opposition to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine that has been used by Russian anti-war protester, as well as a symbol of opposition to the current government of Russia, by several personal internet accounts.


lexentry: eng/white-flippered_penguin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white-flippered penguin
trans_list: witvleugelpinguïn
sense:
A subspecies of small penguin, Eudyptula minor albosignata, with distinctive white marks on the flippers, which breed on South Island.


lexentry: eng/white-tailed_deer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white-tailed deer
trans_list: savannehert | strandhert | witstaarthert
sense:
A medium-sized deer found throughout most of North and Central America and northern portions of South America; Odocoileus virginianus.


lexentry: eng/white-tailed_hawk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white-tailed hawk
trans_list: witstaartbuizerd
sense:
Buteo albicaudatus, a species of hawk found in tropical or subtropical environments across the Americas


lexentry: eng/white-throated_dipper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white-throated dipper
trans_list: waterspreeuw
sense:
Cinclus cinclus, an aquatic passerine bird found in Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent.


lexentry: eng/white__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: white
trans_list: blank | wit
sense:
(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.


lexentry: eng/white__Adjective__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: white
trans_list: wit
sense:
(board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.


lexentry: eng/white__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white
trans_list: wit | blank
sense:
The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.


lexentry: eng/white_blood_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white blood cell
trans_list: witte bloedcel | leukocyt
sense:
(hematology, cytology, immunology) A type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response, or part of the immune system.


lexentry: eng/white_bream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white bream
trans_list: blei
sense:
A European species of fish in the Cyprinidae family (Blicca bjoerkna, syn. Abramis bjoerkna, Cyprinus bjoerkna).


lexentry: eng/white_cabbage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white cabbage
trans_list: wittekool
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. alba, a cabbage plant with white leaves grown in northern and central Europe.


lexentry: eng/white_campion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white campion
trans_list: avondkoekoeksbloem
sense:
A flowering plant, Silene latifolia, in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to most of Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa.


lexentry: eng/white_clover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white clover
trans_list: witte klaver
sense:
A species of clover, Trifolium repens, native to much of Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia and introduced elsewhere as a pasture crop.


lexentry: eng/white_gold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white gold
trans_list: witgoud
sense:
(countable) Any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal such as platinum or palladium or other white metal such as nickel.


lexentry: eng/white_goods__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: white goods
trans_list: witgoed
sense:
The large household appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, washing machines and driers as a group.


lexentry: eng/white_hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white hole
trans_list: wit gat
sense:
(astrophysics) A theoretically possible, but physically highly unlikely, singularity from which matter and energy are able to escape but unable to enter; the antithesis of a black hole.


lexentry: eng/white_horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white horse
trans_list: schimmel
sense:
(countable) Any of several horse-shaped chalk figures in England, such as the Uffington White Horse.


lexentry: eng/white_lie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white lie
trans_list: leugen om bestwil
sense:
(idiomatic) A deliberately untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result; especially, one which is judged to be better than an overhonest alternative, as for example to remain polite in a superficial social exchange, or to choose one's battles.


lexentry: eng/white_market__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white market
trans_list: witte markt
sense:
(economics) The legal, official, or intended market for goods and services, distinguished from the black market and grey market.


lexentry: eng/white_mulberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white mulberry
trans_list: witte moerbei
sense:
A short-lived mulberry tree of species Morus alba, native to northern China, used in traditional Chinese medicine, that yields berries that are paler than other mulberries, even when ripe.


lexentry: eng/white_noise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white noise
trans_list: witte ruis
sense:
(physics) A random signal (or process) with a flat power spectral density; a signal with a power spectral density that has equal power in any band, at any centre frequency, having a given bandwidth.


lexentry: eng/white_paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: white paper
trans_list: witboek
sense:
(British, Ireland, European Union, government, politics) A parliamentary document announcing government policy.


lexentry: eng/white_pepper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white pepper
trans_list: witte peper
sense:
A spice consisting of the light-colored seed of the black pepper fruit without the dark-colored pulp and skin. Used as a spice in light colored foods such as cream sauces.


lexentry: eng/white_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: white space
trans_list: spatie
sense:
(computer science, uncountable) A contiguous collection of one or more characters that each represents horizontal or vertical space in typography.


lexentry: eng/white_stork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white stork
trans_list: ooievaar
sense:
A large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia, that winters in Africa and breeds in Europe; in European folklore, it delivers babies.


lexentry: eng/white_tea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: white tea
trans_list: witte thee
sense:
The leaves of a tea plant which have been processed in a manner to let them wilt slightly and lose their "grassy" taste of green tea while undergoing minimal oxidation.


lexentry: eng/whitebeam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whitebeam
trans_list: meelbes
sense:
Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus subg. Aria (now Aria edulis), native to Eurasia, especially common whitebeam.


lexentry: eng/whiteboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: whiteboard
trans_list: tafel
sense:
(by extension, computing) A collaborative tool allowing several users to write and draw on the same shared display.


lexentry: eng/whitefly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whitefly
trans_list: witte vlieg
sense:
Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest


lexentry: eng/whiting__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whiting
trans_list: wijting
sense:
A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).


lexentry: eng/who_knows__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: who knows
trans_list: wie weet | wie zal het zeggen?
sense:
A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor knows who might.


lexentry: eng/who_knows__Phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: who knows
trans_list: wie weet?
sense:
A rhetorical question asked to express the idea that anything is possible or that anything could happen.


lexentry: eng/who_would_have_thunk_it__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: who would have thunk it
trans_list: wie had dat gedacht
sense:
(colloquial, sometimes, sarcastic) A rhetorical question used to express incredulity: who would have guessed it?; who would have thought that would happen?


lexentry: eng/whodunit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whodunit
trans_list: detectiveverhaal | krimi
sense:
A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.


lexentry: eng/wholegrain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wholegrain
trans_list: volkoren
sense:
A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.


lexentry: eng/wholesaler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wholesaler
trans_list: groothandelaar | grossier
sense:
A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.


lexentry: eng/wholesome__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wholesome
trans_list: deugdelijk
sense:
Favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous.


lexentry: eng/whoopee_cushion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whoopee cushion
trans_list: scheetkussen
sense:
An inflatable bag containing a valve at its neck that retains the air in the bag until pressure is put on it (usually by someone unintentionally sitting on it after it has been placed on a chair by someone else as a practical joke), when the air is expelled with a sound similar to that of someone farting (breaking wind).


lexentry: eng/whooping_cough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: whooping cough
trans_list: kinkhoest
sense:
(disease) A contagious disease of the respiratory system that usually affects children caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, the advanced stage of which is characterised by spasms of coughing followed by a whooping sound during the intake of breath.


lexentry: eng/whorl__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: whorl
trans_list: bladerkrans
sense:
(botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.


lexentry: eng/why__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: why
trans_list: nou | wel
sense:
(dated, or, literary) An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.


lexentry: eng/wick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wick
trans_list: lont | lemmet
sense:
A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions.


lexentry: eng/wicket__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wicket
trans_list: winket
sense:
(Britain, Canada) A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller


lexentry: eng/widescreen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: widescreen
trans_list: breedbeeld
sense:
(often, attributive) A screen with a wider aspect ratio than the ordinary 35-millimeter frame, making more effective use of the human field of view and producing a more immersive view experience.


lexentry: eng/widget__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: widget
trans_list: dingetje | prul
sense:
A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.


lexentry: eng/widow-maker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: widow-maker
trans_list: weduwenmaker
sense:
(idiomatic) Something which or someone who takes the lives of men; a lethal hazard that affects mostly men or is specific to a primarily male trade.


lexentry: eng/widow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: widow
trans_list: weduwe
sense:
A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.


lexentry: eng/widowed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: widowed
trans_list: weduwnaar
sense:
(of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.


lexentry: eng/widower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: widower
trans_list: weduwnaar
sense:
A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/wig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wig
trans_list: pruik
sense:
A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying.


lexentry: eng/wiggle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wiggle
trans_list: wiebelen
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; To shake or jiggle.


lexentry: eng/wiggle_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wiggle room
trans_list: ruimte
sense:
(informal) The opportunity to make alternative decisions or to pursue other courses of action, especially any involving only minor changes to one's present situation or course.


lexentry: eng/wigwam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wigwam
trans_list: wigwam
sense:
A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.


lexentry: eng/wiki__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wiki
trans_list: wiki
sense:
A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.


lexentry: eng/wild__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wild
trans_list: wild
sense:
Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated).


lexentry: eng/wild_boar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wild boar
trans_list: everzwijn | wild zwijn | ever
sense:
A wild swine native to Eurasia and North Africa, Sus scrofa, now widely distributed elsewhere and ancestor of most domestic pig breeds.


lexentry: eng/wild_goose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wild goose
trans_list: wilde gans
sense:
any of many species of wildlife goose, such as the greylag goose or the Canada goose, whose wedge fly in a wedge or V form, or cuneiform, as opposed to the domesticated goose that would not fly.


lexentry: eng/wild_rice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wild rice
trans_list: wilde rijst
sense:
Any one of the four species of grasses which form the genus Zizania, which have edible grains and edible stems.


lexentry: eng/wild_service_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wild service tree
trans_list: elsbes
sense:
A tree with edible fruit, Sorbus torminalis, native to central and southern Europe and neighboring parts of Asia and Africa.


lexentry: eng/wildcard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wildcard
trans_list: jokerteken
sense:
(computing) A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.


lexentry: eng/wilderness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wilderness
trans_list: wildernis
sense:
(uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.


lexentry: eng/wildland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wildland
trans_list: onbebouwd | wildernis | woestenij
sense:
land that is unfit for, or has not been modified by, cultivation or other human activity; a natural area.


lexentry: eng/wildlife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wildlife
trans_list: levende natuur | wilde dieren | wilde planten en dieren | wildleven | wildlife
sense:
Animals, plants, and fungi, not normally domesticated, often to the exclusion of plants, fungi, fish, insects and other invertebrates, and microscopic plants and animals; hence:


lexentry: eng/wile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wile
trans_list: fint | list | sluwigheid
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice


lexentry: eng/will__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: will
trans_list: zullen
sense:
(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/will__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: will
trans_list: zullen
sense:
(auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in questions and negation. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/will__Verb__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: will
trans_list: vermaken | legateren | nalaten
sense:
(transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/will_o'_the_wisp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: will o' the wisp
trans_list: dwaallicht
sense:
(British, _, folklore) A flickering light or lantern, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes, held by a supernatural creature who uses it to lure travelers at night to their demise.


lexentry: eng/willy-nilly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: willy-nilly
trans_list: willens nillens
sense:
Whether desired or not; without regard for the consequences or the wishes of those affected; whether willingly or unwillingly.


lexentry: eng/wimp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wimp
trans_list: sukkel | sul
sense:
(pejorative, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.


lexentry: eng/wimple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wimple
trans_list: nonnenkap
sense:
A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.


lexentry: eng/win-win__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: win-win
trans_list: win-win
sense:
(of a situation or outcome) That benefits both or all parties, or that has two distinct benefits. [from 1960s]


lexentry: eng/win__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: win
trans_list: winnen | overwinnen
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).


lexentry: eng/winch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: winch
trans_list: windas | lier
sense:
(nautical) A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501).


lexentry: eng/wind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wind
trans_list: wind
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.


lexentry: eng/wind__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: wind
trans_list: blazen
sense:
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.


lexentry: eng/wind_rose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wind rose
trans_list: windroos
sense:
(meteorology) A diagram in which the speed and direction of the winds at a particular location are represented by lines of varying thickness and length superimposed on a compass rose.


lexentry: eng/wind_tunnel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wind tunnel
trans_list: windtunnel
sense:
A test facility through which air is forced in a controlled manner so as to study the effects of flow around airfoils, aircraft, motor cars etc.


lexentry: eng/windfall__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: windfall
trans_list: buitenkansje
sense:
(figuratively) A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift.


lexentry: eng/windmill__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: windmill
trans_list: windmolentje
sense:
A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.


lexentry: eng/window__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: window
trans_list: venster | raam | ruit
sense:
An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.


lexentry: eng/window__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: window
trans_list: venster | raam
sense:
(graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously running computer processes.


lexentry: eng/window_screen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: window screen
trans_list: hor | vliegenraam
sense:
A mesh, made of metal wire, fibreglass, or other synthetic fibre, set in a frame and covering the opening of a window to keep leaves, debris, insects, birds, etc. from entering a building without blocking fresh airflow.


lexentry: eng/windscreen_washer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: windscreen washer
trans_list: ruitensproeier
sense:
(British) A device that pumps water mixed with detergent from a tank through small nozzles on to the windscreen/windshield of a car in order to clean it.


lexentry: eng/windshield__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: windshield
trans_list: voorruit
sense:
(North America) A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front and back of a vehicle in front of its occupants to protect them from the wind force generated by the vehicle's speed and inclement weather.


lexentry: eng/windshield_wiper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: windshield wiper
trans_list: ruitenwisser
sense:
(automobiles, US, Canada) a device used to clear rain and dirt from a windshield; normally a pivoting arm with a rubber blade


lexentry: eng/windsock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: windsock
trans_list: windzak
sense:
(aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.


lexentry: eng/wine_from_unpressed_grapes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wine from unpressed grapes
trans_list: eruptie
sense:
A (sweet) wine made from the juice that flows out of grapes before they are pressed. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/wine_grape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wine grape
trans_list: wijndruif
sense:
Any variety of grape especially suited for winemaking, to be fermented into alcohol; usually, its suitability has been imparted by selective breeding.


lexentry: eng/wineskin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wineskin
trans_list: wijnzak
sense:
A bag, traditionally made from the skin of a goat (a goatskin), used for holding and dispensing wine.


lexentry: eng/wing__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: wing
trans_list: vleugel
sense:
A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.


lexentry: eng/wing__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: wing
trans_list: vleugel
sense:
A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.


lexentry: eng/wing__Noun__1
sense_num: 22
written_rep: wing
trans_list: vleugel
sense:
(nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.


lexentry: eng/wing_mirror__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wing mirror
trans_list: achteruitkijkspiegel | buitenspiegel | zijspiegel
sense:
Either of a pair of mirrors on the sides of a car or other vehicle that enable the driver to see to the side and behind.


lexentry: eng/winged_bean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: winged bean
trans_list: vleugelboon
sense:
A tropical legume of species Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, having clusters of purple flowers and pods with four jagged wings


lexentry: eng/winged_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: winged word
trans_list: gevleugeld woord
sense:
(idiomatic, literary, chiefly, in the plural) A word or statement which is very apt for an occasion, or memorable. [late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/wingspan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wingspan
trans_list: spanwijdte
sense:
(usually in singular) The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.).


lexentry: eng/wink__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: wink
trans_list: knipogen
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)


lexentry: eng/winnow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: winnow
trans_list: wannen
sense:
(transitive, agriculture) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.


lexentry: eng/winnowing_fan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: winnowing fan
trans_list: wan
sense:
A specially shaped winnowing basket, in which grain is shaken in the process of winnowing, with the shape of the basket allowing the chaff to spill out more readily.


lexentry: eng/winter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: winter
trans_list: winter
sense:
Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December to February in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.


lexentry: eng/winter__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: winter
trans_list: winteren
sense:
(transitive) To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.


lexentry: eng/winter_coat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: winter coat
trans_list: winterkleed | wintervacht
sense:
(zoology) An animal's seasonal appearance in winter, notably thicker and/or otherwise camouflaged plumage or fur after (often autumnal) moulting


lexentry: eng/winter_storm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: winter storm
trans_list: winterstorm | sneeuwstorm
sense:
A meteorological event in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a rainstorm in which ground temperatures are cold enough to allow ice to form.


lexentry: eng/winterkill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: winterkill
trans_list: wintersterfte
sense:
The mortality resulting from lethal wintry conditions among a human, animal, and/or vegetal population.


lexentry: eng/wipe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wipe
trans_list: vegen
sense:
(transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)


lexentry: eng/wipe__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: wipe
trans_list: wissen
sense:
(transitive, plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.


lexentry: eng/wipe_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: wipe out
trans_list: afdrogen
sense:
(transitive, informal) To bankrupt (a person or company); to empty (a bank account); to erase (a bank balance).


lexentry: eng/wipe_the_floor_with_someone__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wipe the floor with someone
trans_list: overschrijven
sense:
(informal) To be well ahead of someone, or to win a competition by a considerable margin over someone.


lexentry: eng/wipe_the_slate_clean__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wipe the slate clean
trans_list: met een schone lei beginnen
sense:
(idiomatic) To make a fresh start, for example by forgetting about previous differences and disagreements.


lexentry: eng/wire_rope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wire rope
trans_list: touw
sense:
A strong cable consisting of twisted strands of wire, generally intended for supporting heavy loads.


lexentry: eng/wiring_harness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wiring harness
trans_list: rot(geweren)
sense:
(automotive, electronics) A bundle of insulated wires, often held together with straps or other connectors, that transmit signals or electrical current within a vehicle, electronic device, etc., or between them.


lexentry: eng/wisdom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wisdom
trans_list: wijsheid
sense:
(uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.


lexentry: eng/wisdom__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: wisdom
trans_list: wijsheid
sense:
The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.


lexentry: eng/wisdom__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: wisdom
trans_list: wijsheid
sense:
The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.


lexentry: eng/wisdom_tooth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wisdom tooth
trans_list: verstandskies | wijsheidstand
sense:
(dentistry) One of the four (one upper and one lower on each side) rearmost molars in humans, which typically develop between ages 18-24.


lexentry: eng/wish__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wish
trans_list: wensen | willen
sense:
(intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.


lexentry: eng/wishbone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wishbone
trans_list: vorkbeen
sense:
A forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries.


lexentry: eng/wishing_well__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wishing well
trans_list: wensput
sense:
A well where, traditionally, wishes were thought to be granted, especially if coins were dropped into the water.


lexentry: eng/wisteria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wisteria
trans_list: blauweregen
sense:
Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States.


lexentry: eng/wit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wit
trans_list: weten
sense:
(ambitransitive, chiefly, archaic) Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively).


lexentry: eng/witch-hunt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: witch-hunt
trans_list: heksenjacht
sense:
(now, chiefly, historical) A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.


lexentry: eng/witch_doctor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: witch doctor
trans_list: sjamaan
sense:
A person (often male) who is believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magical powers; a shaman.


lexentry: eng/witch_hat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: witch hat
trans_list: heksenmuts
sense:
A style of hat worn by witches in popular culture depictions, characterized by a conical crown and a wide brim.


lexentry: eng/witchcraft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: witchcraft
trans_list: hekserij
sense:
The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.


lexentry: eng/witches'_cauldron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: witches' cauldron
trans_list: heksenketel
sense:
A large mist/smoke-filled black iron pot, stereotypically used by European witches to brew potions and cast spells.


lexentry: eng/witching_hour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: witching hour
trans_list: middernacht
sense:
(chiefly, literary, or, poetic) Often preceded by the: midnight, when witches and other supernatural beings were thought to be active, and to which bad luck was ascribed; also (generally) , the middle of the night, when unfortunate things are thought more likely to occur; the dead of night.


lexentry: eng/with_all_due_respect__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: with all due respect
trans_list: met alle respect | met respect
sense:
(formal, idiom) A phrase used before disagreeing with someone or saying something they may find offensive, usually considered polite.


lexentry: eng/with_flying_colors__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: with flying colors
trans_list: glansrijk | met vlag en wimpel
sense:
(American spelling, idiomatic) Extremely well; in an exceptional, noteworthy, or extraordinary manner.


lexentry: eng/with_good_reason__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: with good reason
trans_list: terecht
sense:
Based on sound judgment and reasonable inference; with one's proper justifications; on good grounds.


lexentry: eng/withdraw__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: withdraw
trans_list: terugtrekken
sense:
To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military) , to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed.


lexentry: eng/withdrawal_symptom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: withdrawal symptom
trans_list: afwezigheid
sense:
(medicine, especially in plural) Any of a wide range of symptoms associated with the discontinuance of a drug by an addicted individual.


lexentry: eng/withers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: withers
trans_list: schoft
sense:
The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height. [from 1580]


lexentry: eng/without_a_doubt__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: without a doubt
trans_list: ongetwijfeld | zonder twijfel
sense:
certainly; doubtlessly; unquestionably; indisputably; doubtless; surely; no doubt; without any doubt.


lexentry: eng/without_loss_of_generality__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: without loss of generality
trans_list: zonder verlies van algemeenheid
sense:
(mathematics) With a constraining assumption that, however, makes it clear how to apply the proof performed under this assumption to the general case unconstrained by the assumption.


lexentry: eng/witness__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: witness
trans_list: getuigenis
sense:
(countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.


lexentry: eng/wittol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wittol
trans_list: bek
sense:
(archaic) A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a mari complaisant.


lexentry: eng/wizard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wizard
trans_list: tovenaar | magiër
sense:
Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.


lexentry: eng/wizard__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wizard
trans_list: assistent
sense:
(computing) A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.


lexentry: eng/woad__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: woad
trans_list: wede
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) The blue vat dye made from the leaves of the plant through partial drying and fermentation.


lexentry: eng/wog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wog
trans_list: makak
sense:
(British, slang, pejorative, ethnic slur) Any person who looks in-between "white" and "black": originally specifically an Indian, but later also broadened to anybody of Middle Eastern or Mediterranean descent.


lexentry: eng/woke__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: woke
trans_list: woke
sense:
(originally, _, AAVE, slang) Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially in racial and other social justice issues.


lexentry: eng/wokeism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: wokeism
trans_list: wokisme
sense:
(slang, derogatory, politics) The quality or state of holding left-wing views or attitudes, in a way that is deemed overzealous, performative, or insincere.


lexentry: eng/wolf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wolf
trans_list: wolf
sense:
Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.


lexentry: eng/wolf_in_sheep's_clothing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wolf in sheep's clothing
trans_list: wolf in schaapskleren
sense:
(idiomatic) Someone who or something which is harmful or threatening but disguised as something peaceful or pleasant.


lexentry: eng/wolf_spider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wolf spider
trans_list: wolfsspin
sense:
Any of several species of wandering spiders (family Lycosidae) that catch their prey on the ground by stalking it and not building webs.


lexentry: eng/wollastonite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wollastonite
trans_list: wollastoniet
sense:
(mineral) A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO3, found deposited in limestone.


lexentry: eng/woman__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: woman
trans_list: vrouw
sense:
A female person, usually an adult; a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.


lexentry: eng/womanhood__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: womanhood
trans_list: vrouw
sense:
The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.


lexentry: eng/womb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: womb
trans_list: baarmoeder
sense:
(anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus. [from 8th c.]


lexentry: eng/wombat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wombat
trans_list: wombat
sense:
Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.


lexentry: eng/women's_shelter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: women's shelter
trans_list: blijf-van-mijn-lijfhuis
sense:
A place of temporary refuge and support for women escaping violent or abusive situations, such as rape and domestic violence.


lexentry: eng/women's_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: women's studies
trans_list: vrouwenstudies
sense:
The academic field which examines topics concerning women, feminism, and the relationship of gender and politics.


lexentry: eng/wonder__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wonder
trans_list: verwonderen
sense:
(intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.


lexentry: eng/wood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wood
trans_list: hout
sense:
(uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.


lexentry: eng/wood_engraving__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wood engraving
trans_list: houtgravure
sense:
A variation of the woodcut method executed with a different tool (burin) and different wood (end grain), allowing for more detailed images.


lexentry: eng/wood_warbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wood warbler
trans_list: fluiter
sense:
Phylloscopus sibilatrix, a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains.


lexentry: eng/woodblock_printing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: woodblock printing
trans_list: blokdruk
sense:
A technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.


lexentry: eng/woodchip__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: woodchip
trans_list: spaander
sense:
A small fibre of wood; especially such material as used to make ingrain wallpaper, aka woodchip wallpaper. See Wikipedia article on ingrain wallpaper.


lexentry: eng/woodchuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: woodchuck
trans_list: bosmarmot
sense:
A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.


lexentry: eng/woodcock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: woodcock
trans_list: houtsnip | snip
sense:
Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, of the family Scolopacidae, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.


lexentry: eng/woodlark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: woodlark
trans_list: boomleeuwerik
sense:
A lark, Lullula arborea, the only member of the genus Lullula, found in western Eurasia and northern Africa.


lexentry: eng/woodlouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: woodlouse
trans_list: pissebed | keldermot | varkensbeest
sense:
Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.


lexentry: eng/woodpecker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: woodpecker
trans_list: specht
sense:
Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.


lexentry: eng/woodwind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: woodwind
trans_list: houtblaasinstrument
sense:
(musical instruments) Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.


lexentry: eng/woodwork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: woodwork
trans_list: houtbewerking
sense:
(uncountable, countable) Something made from wood, especially cabinets and trim#Noun (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork.


lexentry: eng/woof__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: woof
trans_list: inslag
sense:
The set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp; the weft.


lexentry: eng/woof__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: woof
trans_list: waf | woef
sense:
(by extension) A sound resembling a dog's bark; specifically (sound engineering) , a low-frequency sound of bad quality produced by a loudspeaker.


lexentry: eng/woolly_mammoth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: woolly mammoth
trans_list: wolharige mammoet
sense:
A very hairy mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, widespread in colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere during the Pleistocene period.


lexentry: eng/word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: word
trans_list: woord | woordenwisseling
sense:
The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)


lexentry: eng/word__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: word
trans_list: woord
sense:
(computing) A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/word__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: word
trans_list: woord
sense:
(now, rare, _, outside certain phrases) Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/word__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: word
trans_list: woord
sense:
(theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/word_break__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: word break
trans_list: woordafbreking
sense:
(usually) A point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen: an intersyllabic division.


lexentry: eng/word_family__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: word family
trans_list: woordfamilie
sense:
(linguistics, lexicography, language teaching) A set of etymologically related words consisting of a single word with its inflections and derivations, such as walk, walked, walks, walking, walkings, walker, walkers, walkies, walkable, walkathon.


lexentry: eng/word_processing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: word processing
trans_list: tekstverwerker
sense:
(computing) The creation, input, editing and formatting of documents and other text using software on a computer.


lexentry: eng/word_processor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: word processor
trans_list: tekstverwerker
sense:
Software that provides word processing functions on a computer, typically including typeface selection, line justification and other formatting, pagination, and numerous other features.


lexentry: eng/word_search__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: word search
trans_list: woordzoeker
sense:
(games) A word game consisting of a grid of letters, the aim of which is to find an array of given words hidden within the grid.


lexentry: eng/wordlist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wordlist
trans_list: woordenlijst
sense:
A written collection of all words derived from a particular source, or sharing some other characteristic.


lexentry: eng/work-to-rule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: work-to-rule
trans_list: langzaamaanactie | modelactie | stiptheidsactie
sense:
A labor protest in which employees do only the minimum work required by the rules of a workplace, following safety or other regulations to the letter in order to cause a slowdown.


lexentry: eng/work__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: work
trans_list: arbeid | werk
sense:
(physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.


lexentry: eng/work_permit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: work permit
trans_list: arbeidsvergunning | werkvergunning
sense:
A legal authorization which allows a person to take employment in a country other than that in which he/she holds citizenship.


lexentry: eng/work_someone's_ass_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: work someone's ass off
trans_list: zich uit de naad werken
sense:
(This entry is a translation hub.) (idiomatic, vulgar, slang) To work, or cause to work, excessively or to the point of exhaustion; see work + someone's ass off.


lexentry: eng/workaround__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: workaround
trans_list: oplossing
sense:
A means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of constraints, or laws or regulations.


lexentry: eng/workday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: workday
trans_list: werkdag
sense:
(chiefly, US) Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).


lexentry: eng/workers_of_the_world,_unite__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: workers of the world, unite
trans_list: proletariërs aller landen, verenigt U
sense:
Laborers are encouraged to unionize or otherwise engage in collective action on a global scale in order to use the strength of their numbers to obtain better conditions.


lexentry: eng/workhorse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: workhorse
trans_list: werkpaard
sense:
(by extension) Someone or something that does a lot of work; something or someone who works consistently or regularly.


lexentry: eng/working_capital__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: working capital
trans_list: werkkapitaal
sense:
(business, accounting) A financial metric that is a measure of current assets of a business that exceeds its liabilities and can be applied to its operation


lexentry: eng/working_class__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: working class
trans_list: arbeidersklasse
sense:
The social class of those who perform physical work for a living, as opposed to the professional or middle class, the upper class, or others.


lexentry: eng/working_conditions__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: working conditions
trans_list: werkomstandigheden
sense:
The environment in which one works, as influenced by factors such as cleanliness, lighting, equipment, paid overtime, uniforms, access to amenities, etc.


lexentry: eng/working_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: working day
trans_list: werkdag
sense:
Any of those days of a week on which work is done, officially Monday to Friday in many countries (even though many people work on weekends).


lexentry: eng/working_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: working day
trans_list: werkdag
sense:
The part of a day in which work is done; the number of hours one must work per day for a specified wage.


lexentry: eng/working_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: working dog
trans_list: werkhond
sense:
(cynology) Any breed of dog developed primarily to assist humans in performing tasks, such as farming, controlling livestock, law enforcement, or assisting the blind.


lexentry: eng/working_hypothesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: working hypothesis
trans_list: werkhypothese
sense:
A hypothesis that is unverified yet tentatively chosen as a best guess to build upon or put effort into its verification.


lexentry: eng/working_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: working language
trans_list: werktaal
sense:
Language that is given a unique legal status in an international organisation or other supranational body as its primary means of communication.


lexentry: eng/working_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: working time
trans_list: werktijd
sense:
(legal) The period of time that an individual spends at paid occupational labor. Most countries regulate the working time by law, e.g. by stipulating a maximum number of working hours per week. Exact definition varies by the legislation.


lexentry: eng/working_title__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: working title
trans_list: werktitel
sense:
The temporary name of a product or project (such as a film or video game), when under development; often changed when released.


lexentry: eng/works__Noun__3
sense_num: 02
written_rep: works
trans_list: daden | werken
sense:
(with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.


lexentry: eng/works_agreement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: works agreement
trans_list: ondernemingsovereenkomst
sense:
A contract between an employer and a works council specifying conditions of their industry binding the employer and all the workforce for whom the works council has been established.


lexentry: eng/works_council__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: works council
trans_list: ondernemingsraad | or
sense:
An organization representing workers within a commercial corporation, known in several European jurisdictions.


lexentry: eng/workshop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: workshop
trans_list: werkplaats | atelier
sense:
A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work.


lexentry: eng/workshop__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: workshop
trans_list: workshop
sense:
A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving.


lexentry: eng/workstation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: workstation
trans_list: werkstation
sense:
a desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics


lexentry: eng/workstead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: workstead
trans_list: werkplek
sense:
Any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation.


lexentry: eng/worktop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: worktop
trans_list: aanrecht
sense:
(UK) A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers that can be used to work on. Usually in a kitchen.


lexentry: eng/world__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: world
trans_list: wereld | aarde
sense:
(with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general.


lexentry: eng/world__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: world
trans_list: wereld | aarde
sense:
(computing) The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.


lexentry: eng/world_cup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: world cup
trans_list: WK
sense:
An event or competition where competitors and/or teams from several different countries to establish a world champion.


lexentry: eng/world_map__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: world map
trans_list: wereldkaart
sense:
A map of a world; a cartographic representation, a projection done to scale, representative of a planet's surface.


lexentry: eng/world_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: world music
trans_list: wereldmuziek
sense:
(music genre) Music that combines elements from traditional styles from the non-Western world along with modern, popular elements, in order to create something marketed towards Western audiences.


lexentry: eng/world_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: world order
trans_list: wereldorde
sense:
A particular structure that manages the world's stability, informed by a number of legal, political and socio-economic factors.


lexentry: eng/worm__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: worm
trans_list: zich wurmen
sense:
(transitive, figuratively, in “worm out of”) To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly).


lexentry: eng/worm_and_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: worm and wheel
trans_list: wormoverbrenging
sense:
A gear arrangement consisting of a screw (the worm) whose thread meshes with a gear wheel in such a way as to turn the direction of drive through a right angle.


lexentry: eng/worm_drive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: worm drive
trans_list: wormoverbrenging
sense:
A worm and wheel, a gear arrangement consisting of a screw (the worm) whose thread meshes with a gear wheel to turn the direction of drive through a right angle, typically with a large (1:10 to 1:60) speed reduction and similar torque increase.


lexentry: eng/wormhole__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: wormhole
trans_list: wormgat
sense:
(relativity) A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.


lexentry: eng/wormhole__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wormhole
trans_list: wormgat
sense:
(programming, slang) A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality.


lexentry: eng/wormwood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wormwood
trans_list: absintalsem
sense:
An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.


lexentry: eng/worried__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: worried
trans_list: bezorgd | ongerust
sense:
Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.


lexentry: eng/worship__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: worship
trans_list: aanbidden | vereren
sense:
(transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.


lexentry: eng/wort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wort
trans_list: kruid
sense:
(archaic, or, historical) Now chiefly as the second element in the names of plants: a plant used for food or medicine.


lexentry: eng/wort__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wort
trans_list: wort
sense:
(brewing, distilling) Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky.


lexentry: eng/woulda,_coulda,_shoulda__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: woulda, coulda, shoulda
trans_list: as is verbrande turf
sense:
An expression of dismissiveness or disappointment concerning a statement, question, explanation, course of action, or occurrence involving hypothetical possibilities, uncertain facts, or missed opportunities. (This stems from expressing that someone could have, would have and/or should have done something)


lexentry: eng/wrack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wrack
trans_list: wraak
sense:
(archaic, dialectal, or, literary) Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.


lexentry: eng/wrap__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wrap
trans_list: inpakken | omhullen
sense:
(transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.


lexentry: eng/wrap_around_one's_little_finger__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wrap around one's little finger
trans_list: om zijn/haar vinger winden
sense:
(transitive, idiom) To successfully control or exert influence over, especially for a sustained period of time.


lexentry: eng/wrap_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wrap up
trans_list: inpakken | omhullen | verpakken
sense:
(transitive, and, intransitive) To cover or enclose (something) by folding and securing a covering entirely around it.


lexentry: eng/wrap_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: wrap up
trans_list: inpakken
sense:
(transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To put on abundant clothing as protection from the cold; to bundle up.


lexentry: eng/wrapping_paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wrapping paper
trans_list: pakpapier
sense:
Paper used for wrapping parcels (in this case, often brown) or presents (in this case, often colourful/colorful and decorative).


lexentry: eng/wreath__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: wreath
trans_list: krans
sense:
An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.


lexentry: eng/wreath__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: wreath
trans_list: wrong
sense:
(heraldry) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.


lexentry: eng/wreck__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wreck
trans_list: beschadigen | slopen
sense:
(transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.


lexentry: eng/wreck__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: wreck
trans_list: ontmantelen
sense:
(transitive, Australian English) To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.


lexentry: eng/wreck__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: wreck
trans_list: ruïneren | verwoesten
sense:
(transitive) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.


lexentry: eng/wreckage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wreckage
trans_list: ruïne
sense:
Something wrecked, especially the remains or debris of something which has been severely damaged or destroyed.


lexentry: eng/wren__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wren
trans_list: winterkoninkje
sense:
Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).


lexentry: eng/wrench__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: wrench
trans_list: schroefsleutel | sleutel | Engelse sleutel | moersleutel
sense:
(US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/wrestle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wrestle
trans_list: worstelen
sense:
(intransitive) To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest.


lexentry: eng/wring__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wring
trans_list: wringen
sense:
(archaic, or, Britain, dialectal, also, figuratively) To cause (someone or something) physical harm, injury, or pain; specifically, by applying pressure or by twisting; to harm, to hurt, to injure.


lexentry: eng/wring_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wring out
trans_list: frommelen
sense:
To squeeze (wet clothing or cloth), either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water.


lexentry: eng/wrist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wrist
trans_list: pols
sense:
(anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.


lexentry: eng/wristlet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: wristlet
trans_list: armband
sense:
A decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist; especially, a closely knitted one to keep it warm; a muffetee.


lexentry: eng/writ__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: writ
trans_list: bevelschrift | dwangbevel | gerechterlijke opdracht
sense:
A written order, issued by the British House of Commons, ordering a parliamentary by-election, or an order, issued by the Lord Chancellor, ordering a general election, or one issued by the House of Lords summoning Peers to the Chamber.


lexentry: eng/writedown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: writedown
trans_list: afschrijving
sense:
(accounting) An adjustment; a precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down or entering an asset and its value; a reduction of an asset, written down or otherwise recorded as such.


lexentry: eng/writer's_block__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: writer's block
trans_list: schrijversblok
sense:
The (usually temporary) inability to begin or continue work on a piece of writing, especially creative writing.


lexentry: eng/writing_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: writing board
trans_list: bord
sense:
A smooth vertical surface to be written upon using an erasable material, large enough for several persons to read simultaneously.


lexentry: eng/writing_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: writing system
trans_list: schrift
sense:
(linguistics) A system for writing one or more languages; a particular alphabetic, syllabic, logographic, or other scheme. For example, the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet.


lexentry: eng/wryneck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wryneck
trans_list: draaihals
sense:
Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.


lexentry: eng/wudu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wudu
trans_list: woedoe
sense:
(Islam) form of ritual washing of the forearms, head, and feet, required after minor impurity, frequently performed immediately before prayer


lexentry: eng/wuxing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wuxing
trans_list: vijf zuilen van de islam
sense:
the five fundamental elements or phases of processes in traditional East Asian cosmology, consisting of fire, water, wood, metal, and earth


lexentry: eng/wyvern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: wyvern
trans_list: wyvern
sense:
(heraldiccharge, mythology, fantasy) A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.


lexentry: eng/x-axis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: x-axis
trans_list: x-as
sense:
(analytic geometry) The axis on a graph that is usually drawn left to right and usually shows the range of values of an independent variable.


lexentry: eng/xanthine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: xanthine
trans_list: xanthine
sense:
(chemistry) Any of a group of alkaloids that include caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine as well as the parent compound, a precursor of uric acid found in many organs of the body.


lexentry: eng/xebec__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: xebec
trans_list: xebec
sense:
A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern. [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/xenon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: xenon
trans_list: xenon
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.


lexentry: eng/xenotransplantation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: xenotransplantation
trans_list: xenotransplantatie
sense:
The transplantation of biological or organic matter from a given species into a different one, especially when this matter has been altered (such as by genetic engineering)


lexentry: eng/xerophyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: xerophyte
trans_list: xerofyt
sense:
(botany) Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral. Such plants may be succulent, have small or reduced leaves, or spines.


lexentry: eng/xerox__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: xerox
trans_list: fotokopiëren | kopiëren
sense:
(Philippines, dated, _, in, _, North America, colloquial) To make a paper copy or copies by means of a photocopier.


lexentry: eng/xor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: xor
trans_list: of
sense:
The logic function exclusive OR (as opposed to inclusive OR), whose output is true only when exactly one of its inputs is true.


lexentry: eng/xylem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: xylem
trans_list: xyleem
sense:
(botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.


lexentry: eng/xylitol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: xylitol
trans_list: xylitol
sense:
(chemistry) A pentahydric alcohol, C5H12O5, penta-hydroxy pentane; derived from xylose; used as a sweetener.


lexentry: eng/xylophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: xylophone
trans_list: xylofoon
sense:
(musical instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.


lexentry: eng/y-axis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: y-axis
trans_list: y-as
sense:
(algebraic geometry) The axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top and usually shows the range of values of variable dependent on one other variable, or the second of two independent variables.


lexentry: eng/yacht__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yacht
trans_list: jacht
sense:
A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.


lexentry: eng/yak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yak
trans_list: jak | knoros
sense:
An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Burma, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.


lexentry: eng/yakhni__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yakhni
trans_list: ragout
sense:
Any of various stocks, broths and stews found in many countries from the Balkan Peninsula to South Asia.


lexentry: eng/yam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yam
trans_list: yam | yamswortel | jam | yamplant
sense:
Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.


lexentry: eng/yandere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yandere
trans_list: jaloers
sense:
(chiefly, Japanese fiction) A character, usually a girl, who has an obsessive and possessive side in regards to their crush, ready to use violent and murderous means to maintain an exclusive bond.


lexentry: eng/yang__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yang
trans_list: yang
sense:
(philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.


lexentry: eng/yaoi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yaoi
trans_list: yaoi
sense:
(pornography, anime, manga) A form of hentai involving two or more males in a homosexual relationship.


lexentry: eng/yard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yard
trans_list: erf
sense:
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.


lexentry: eng/yard__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: yard
trans_list: ra
sense:
(nautical) A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely.


lexentry: eng/yardlong_bean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yardlong bean
trans_list: kousenband
sense:
A vigorous climbing annual vine (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) grown primarily for its strikingly long (35-75 cm) immature pods with uses very similar to that of a green bean.


lexentry: eng/yarrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yarrow
trans_list: duizendblad | gerw
sense:
Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine.


lexentry: eng/yasak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yasak
trans_list: jasak
sense:
(historical) An in-kind tribute in Imperial Russia exacted from the indigenous peoples of Siberia, usually in fur.


lexentry: eng/yaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yaw
trans_list: strik
sense:
The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.


lexentry: eng/yaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: yaw
trans_list: strik
sense:
(nautical) A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.


lexentry: eng/yawl__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: yawl
trans_list: jol
sense:
A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.


lexentry: eng/yawn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yawn
trans_list: geeuw | gaap
sense:
The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.


lexentry: eng/yawn__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yawn
trans_list: geeuwen | gapen
sense:
(intransitive) To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.


lexentry: eng/year__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: year
trans_list: jaar
sense:
The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year.


lexentry: eng/year__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: year
trans_list: jaar
sense:
The mean length of a calendar year in the Julian calendar, that is, 365.25 solar days; a Julian year.


lexentry: eng/year__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: year
trans_list: jaar
sense:
(by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.


lexentry: eng/year__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: year
trans_list: jaar
sense:
A period between set dates that mark a year, such as from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.


lexentry: eng/yearbook__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: yearbook
trans_list: jaarboek
sense:
(countable, US, education) A publication compiled by the graduating class of a high school or college, recording the year's events and containing photographs of students and faculty.


lexentry: eng/yearling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yearling
trans_list: jaarling
sense:
An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).


lexentry: eng/yearn__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yearn
trans_list: smachten | terugverlangen (naar) | verlangen | zuchten
sense:
(intransitive, also, figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.


lexentry: eng/yeast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yeast
trans_list: gist
sense:
An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.


lexentry: eng/yeast__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: yeast
trans_list: gist
sense:
A compressed cake or dried granules of this substance used for mixing with flour to make bread dough rise.


lexentry: eng/yellow-eyed_penguin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yellow-eyed penguin
trans_list: geeloogpinguïn
sense:
Any of a species of small penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, with a distinctive yellow band around its eyes, native to New Zealand.


lexentry: eng/yellow-headed_blackbird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yellow-headed blackbird
trans_list: geelkoptroepiaal
sense:
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, a medium-sized blackbird, and the only member of the genus Xanthocephalus.


lexentry: eng/yellow-necked_mouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yellow-necked mouse
trans_list: grote bosmuis
sense:
A mouse of species Apodemus flavicollis of the sub-family Murinae (Old World rats and mice), of much of western Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/yellow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yellow
trans_list: geel
sense:
The colour of sunflower petals and lemons; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.


lexentry: eng/yellow_badge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yellow badge
trans_list: Jodenster
sense:
(historical) A cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public, especially in Nazi-controlled states during the 1930s and 1940s.


lexentry: eng/yellow_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yellow card
trans_list: gele kaart
sense:
(sports) a yellow-coloured card, shown to a player (especially in association football) as a caution that he or she has committed a flagrant foul; a further such foul would result in a red card.


lexentry: eng/yellow_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yellow fever
trans_list: gele koorts
sense:
An acute febrile illness of tropical regions, caused by a flavivirus (Yellow fever virus) and spread by certain mosquitoes, characterised by jaundice, black vomit and the absence of urination.


lexentry: eng/yellow_jersey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yellow jersey
trans_list: gele trui
sense:
Especially in the Tour de France: the yellow shirt worn by the leader of a stage of a cycling race, which is then awarded to the cyclist who wins the race with the fastest overall time.


lexentry: eng/yellow_press__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yellow press
trans_list: boulevardpers | schandaalpers
sense:
(idiomatic, usually, collective) Newspapers which publish sensationalist articles rather than well researched and sober journalism.


lexentry: eng/yellow_tea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yellow tea
trans_list: gele thee
sense:
A Chinese tea produced in a similar manner to green tea but with the added steps of encasing and steaming the tea leaves, resulting in slower oxidisation and a mellower taste


lexentry: eng/yellow_toadflax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yellow toadflax
trans_list: vlasbekje
sense:
A perennial plant, common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris), with a raceme of pale yellow and orange flowers, native to most of Europe.


lexentry: eng/yellow_vest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yellow vest
trans_list: geel hesje
sense:
A member of a French protest movement which started in late 2018 against rising fuel prices and advocates for economic justice and institutional political reforms.


lexentry: eng/yeoman__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: yeoman
trans_list: kleine landeigenaar
sense:
(historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.


lexentry: eng/yew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yew
trans_list: taxus | venijnboom | ijf | taxusboom
sense:
(countable) A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.


lexentry: eng/yiff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yiff
trans_list: blaffen | waf | woef
sense:
(slang, informal) Sex, especially between furries (fictional anthropomorphic animal characters, and/or members of the community surrounding their celebration).


lexentry: eng/yiff__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yiff
trans_list: seks hebben
sense:
(ambitransitive, slang, informal) To have sex, to mate (said of animals, especially foxes, or people dressed up as animals).


lexentry: eng/yin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yin
trans_list: yin
sense:
(philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world.


lexentry: eng/yo-yo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yo-yo
trans_list: jojo
sense:
A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist.


lexentry: eng/yob__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: yob
trans_list: ellendig
sense:
(pejorative, chiefly, British, NZ, slang) A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness.


lexentry: eng/yocto-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yocto-
trans_list: yocto-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−24 short scale septillionth or long scale quadrillionth). Symbol: y


lexentry: eng/yodel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yodel
trans_list: jodelen
sense:
(transitive, and, intransitive) To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.


lexentry: eng/yodh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yodh
trans_list: jodium
sense:
The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).


lexentry: eng/yoga__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yoga
trans_list: yoga
sense:
Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.


lexentry: eng/yogurt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yogurt
trans_list: yoghurt
sense:
A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.


lexentry: eng/yoke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yoke
trans_list: juk
sense:
A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.


lexentry: eng/yoke__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yoke
trans_list: in de echt verbinden (huwelijk)
sense:
To bring (two or more people or things) into a close relationship (often one that is undesired); to connect, to link, to unite.


lexentry: eng/yokel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yokel
trans_list: boerenlul | boertje van buut'n
sense:
(pejorative) A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated and/or naive.


lexentry: eng/yolk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yolk
trans_list: dooier | eidooier | eigeel | eierdooier
sense:
The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.


lexentry: eng/yotta-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yotta-
trans_list: yotta-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1024 (a short scale septillion or long scale quadrillion). Symbol: Y


lexentry: eng/you-know-who__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: you-know-who
trans_list: jeweetwel
sense:
Person or entity whose name one does not want to mention but which is known to the person to whom one is speaking.


lexentry: eng/you__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: you
trans_list: u | jullie | jij | je | gij | ge
sense:
(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/you__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: you
trans_list: men | je | ge | u
sense:
(indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/you__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: you
trans_list: vousvoyeren
sense:
(transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).


lexentry: eng/you_and_whose_army__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: you and whose army
trans_list: jij en welk leger?
sense:
(rhetorical question, sarcastic) Used in response to someone’s threat suggesting that the person in question cannot do what they say alone.


lexentry: eng/you_are_what_you_eat__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: you are what you eat
trans_list: je bent wat je eet
sense:
Personal health and wellbeing is determined by one's eating habits, in both positive and negative ways.


lexentry: eng/you_break_it,_you_bought_it__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: you break it, you bought it
trans_list: slopen is kopen
sense:
A warning to customers that they are obliged to purchase any merchandise that they damage while handling.


lexentry: eng/you_can't_make_a_silk_purse_of_a_sow's_ear__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear
trans_list: al draagt een aap een gouden ring, het is en blijft een lelijk ding
sense:
It is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.


lexentry: eng/you_can_catch_more_flies_with_honey_than_with_vinegar__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
trans_list: vliegen vang je met stroop en niet met azijn
sense:
It is easier to persuade others with polite requests and a positive attitude rather than with rude demands and negativity.


lexentry: eng/young_adult__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: young adult
trans_list: jongvolwassene
sense:
A person who has achieved the age of majority but whose character and personality are still developing as they gain experience.


lexentry: eng/younger_brother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: younger brother
trans_list: broertje
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger,‎ brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/your_mileage_may_vary__Phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: your mileage may vary
trans_list: over smaak valt niet te twisten
sense:
(North America, idiomatic) Used to express a possible difference in taste: this is just my opinion, your opinion may be different.


lexentry: eng/your_mom__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: your mom
trans_list: je moeder
sense:
(pejorative, slang, mostly, US) A general-purpose insult, often used to comedic effect due to becoming stale.


lexentry: eng/yours__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yours
trans_list: de jouwe | het jouwe | van jou
sense:
That which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.


lexentry: eng/yours__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: yours
trans_list: de uwe | het uwe | van jullie
sense:
That which belongs to you (plural); the possessive second-person plural pronoun used without a following noun.


lexentry: eng/yours_faithfully__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yours faithfully
trans_list: hoogachtend
sense:
(UK) A polite, formulaic end to a letter, used especially when the sender does not know the recipient's name, for example in a business letter.


lexentry: eng/yours_sincerely__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yours sincerely
trans_list: hoogachtend | met vriendelijke groet
sense:
(idiomatic, chiefly, British) A polite, formulaic phrase used at the end of a letter, especially when the sender knows the recipient's name.


lexentry: eng/yourselves__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yourselves
trans_list: jullie
sense:
(reflexive pronoun) Inflection of you (plural) used as the object of a verb or non-locative preposition in a clause whose subject is the same (the people addressed).


lexentry: eng/youth__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: youth
trans_list: jeugd
sense:
(uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.


lexentry: eng/youthquake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: youthquake
trans_list: jeugdbeving
sense:
(informal) A noticeable shift in society or culture in response to the activities or tastes of younger members of the culture.


lexentry: eng/yttrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yttrium
trans_list: yttrium
sense:
A silvery metallic chemical element (symbol Y) with an atomic number of 39, mainly found in combination with lanthanide elements in rare-earth minerals.


lexentry: eng/yuppie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yuppie
trans_list: yup | yuppie
sense:
(informal, sometimes derogatory) A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.


lexentry: eng/yurt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: yurt
trans_list: yurt | joert
sense:
A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).


lexentry: eng/z-axis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: z-axis
trans_list: z-as
sense:
(algebraic geometry) The axis on a graph of at least three dimensions that is usually drawn vertically and usually shows the range of values of a variable dependent on two other variables or the third independent variable.


lexentry: eng/zaatar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: zaatar
trans_list: za’atar
sense:
A Middle Eastern seasoning, having the herb as the main ingredient, with sumac (or other tart-flavored equivalent) and sesame seeds.


lexentry: eng/zaftig__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zaftig
trans_list: wulps
sense:
(US, colloquial, of a woman) Having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.


lexentry: eng/zakat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zakat
trans_list: zakat
sense:
(Islam) Almsgiving, one of the five pillars of Islam, in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes.


lexentry: eng/zeal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zeal
trans_list: ijver | geestdrift
sense:
The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.


lexentry: eng/zealot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zealot
trans_list: fanaat | fanatiekeling
sense:
One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.


lexentry: eng/zealot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: zealot
trans_list: zeloot
sense:
(historical) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.


lexentry: eng/zebra__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: zebra
trans_list: zebra
sense:
(vulgar, pejorative, slang, ethnic slur) A biracial person, specifically one born to a Sub-Saharan African person and a white person.


lexentry: eng/zebra_crossing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zebra crossing
trans_list: zebrapad
sense:
(Australian, UK, NZ, Singapore) A pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes painted parallel to the street.


lexentry: eng/zebra_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zebra shark
trans_list: zebrahaai
sense:
A species of carpet shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, family Stegostomatidae, covered in black and white stripes.


lexentry: eng/zebu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zebu
trans_list: zeboe
sense:
A domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa, having a large fleshy hump on its back and a dewlap (Bos primigenius indicus).


lexentry: eng/zeitnot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zeitnot
trans_list: tijdnood
sense:
(chess) time trouble, time pressure, a situation where a player has little time to complete the required moves


lexentry: eng/zepto-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zepto-
trans_list: zepto-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−21 (short scale sextillionth or long scale trilliardth). Symbol: z


lexentry: eng/zerg__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zerg
trans_list: tergen
sense:
(slang, video games, strategy games) To attack an opponent with a large swarm of units before they have been able to build sufficient defences.


lexentry: eng/zero-hour_contract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zero-hour contract
trans_list: nulurencontract | nuluurcontract
sense:
(UK) A contract of employment that creates an on-call arrangement in which the employee agrees to be available for work as and when required, without any particular number of hours or times of work being specified or guaranteed.


lexentry: eng/zero-sum_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zero-sum game
trans_list: nulsomspel
sense:
(game theory) A game (or a similar political or economic system) in which the gains of some players must equal the losses of others.


lexentry: eng/zero__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zero
trans_list: nul
sense:
The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.


lexentry: eng/zero_tolerance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zero tolerance
trans_list: nultolerantie
sense:
The strict policy of enforcing all the laws of a state, or the rules of an institution, and allowing no toleration or compromise even for first-time offenders or petty violations.


lexentry: eng/zeta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zeta
trans_list: zèta
sense:
The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded by epsilon (Ε, ε) and followed by eta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ, ϝ)


lexentry: eng/zetta-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zetta-
trans_list: zetta-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1021 (a short scale sextillion or long scale trilliard). Symbol: Z


lexentry: eng/zettaampere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zettaampere
trans_list: zetta-ampère
sense:
An SI unit measure of electrical current, equivalent to 1021 amperes (a sextillion amperes). 'ZA' is the SI unit symbol for the zettaampere.


lexentry: eng/zeugma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zeugma
trans_list: zeugma
sense:
(rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.


lexentry: eng/ziggurat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ziggurat
trans_list: ziggoerat
sense:
A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories


lexentry: eng/zine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zine
trans_list: brochure
sense:
A low-circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images, especially one of minority interest.


lexentry: eng/zip__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: zip
trans_list: comprimeren
sense:
(intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.


lexentry: eng/zip_fastener__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zip fastener
trans_list: rits | ritssluiting
sense:
A fastener used in clothing, bags, etc, comprised of two rows of teeth that are made to fit into each other by moving a slider along their length and opened again by moving the slider in the other direction.


lexentry: eng/zip_file__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zip file
trans_list: zipfile
sense:
A computer file containing the zipped (compressed) contents of one or more files; a kind of compressed archive.


lexentry: eng/zircon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zircon
trans_list: zirkonium
sense:
(uncountable) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia.


lexentry: eng/zirconium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zirconium
trans_list: zirkonium | zirkoon
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Zr) with an atomic number of 40, a strong, lustrous, grey-white transition metal mainly used as a refractory and opacifier.


lexentry: eng/zither__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zither
trans_list: citer
sense:
(music) A musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings placed on a horizontal surface, played with a plectrum or fingertips.


lexentry: eng/zitting_cisticola__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zitting cisticola
trans_list: graszanger
sense:
A species of passerine bird, Cisticola juncidis, family Cisticolidae, distributed across Africa, Eurasia, and Australasia.


lexentry: eng/zodiac__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: zodiac
trans_list: dierenriem | zodiak
sense:
(astrology) The twelve equal divisions of the zodiacal region into signs or houses, each named for a prominent constellation in the region.


lexentry: eng/zodiac__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: zodiac
trans_list: dierenriem | zodiak
sense:
(astronomy) The ecliptic: the belt-like region of the celestial sphere corresponding to the apparent path of the sun over the course of a year.


lexentry: eng/zodiac_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zodiac sign
trans_list: zodiacteken
sense:
(astrology) Any of the twelve star signs corresponding to the constellations which make up the zodiac.


lexentry: eng/zombie__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: zombie
trans_list: zombie
sense:
(computing) A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge.


lexentry: eng/zoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zoning
trans_list: zonering
sense:
(legal) Legislative action for the purpose of regulating the use of property and the construction of buildings within the area under the jurisdiction of the legislative body concerned.


lexentry: eng/zonk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zonk
trans_list: schijtkaart
sense:
(slang) An unfavorable card or token, or undesirable or worthless item used as a prize in a contest or game show (such as Let's Make a Deal).


lexentry: eng/zoology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zoology
trans_list: dierkunde | zoölogie
sense:
The part of biology relating to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.


lexentry: eng/zoonosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zoonosis
trans_list: zoönose
sense:
(biology, microbiology) An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.


lexentry: eng/zooplankton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zooplankton
trans_list: zoöplankton
sense:
(zoology) Free-floating small protozoa, crustaceans (such as krill), etc. and the eggs and larvae from larger animals.


lexentry: eng/zucchetto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zucchetto
trans_list: kalot | pileolus | solideetje | solideo | zucchetto
sense:
A small skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy (the Pope's is white, a cardinal's red, a bishop's purple, and a priest's black), Anglican clergy, and Syriac or Malankara Orthodox clergy


lexentry: eng/zymase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: zymase
trans_list: zymase
sense:
(enzyme) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the fermentation of simple carbohydrates to ethanol and carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/Æsir__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Æsir
trans_list: Asen
sense:
The principal group of benevolent deities in the Norse pantheon, representing power and war; opponents of the Vanir.


lexentry: eng/à_la_carte__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: à la carte
trans_list: à la carte
sense:
(food and drink) Allowing selection from a fixed list of individually priced options shown on the menu.


lexentry: eng/éclair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: éclair
trans_list: eclair
sense:
A small chocolate-covered creme-filled pastry puff in a general oblong shape, typically larger than the miniature French version.


lexentry: eng/éclat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: éclat
trans_list: scherf
sense:
A brilliant or successful effect; brilliance of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.


