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lexentry: eng/fay__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fay
trans_list: ausfugen
sense:
(shipbuilding, transitive) To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak.


lexentry: eng/fayalite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fayalite
trans_list: Fayalit
sense:
(mineral) Yellow, olive green, brown or black mineral with orthorhombic crystals of the olivine group, Fe2SiO4.


lexentry: eng/faze__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faze
trans_list: abschrecken | aus der Fassung bringen | in Unruhe versetzen | schrecken
sense:
(transitive, informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fealty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fealty
trans_list: Treue | Lehnstreue
sense:
Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.


lexentry: eng/fear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fear
trans_list: Angst | Furcht | Schreck | Bange | Ehrfurcht
sense:
(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.


lexentry: eng/fear__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fear
trans_list: fürchten | Angst haben
sense:
(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.


lexentry: eng/feather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feather
trans_list: Feder | Vogelfeder
sense:
A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.


lexentry: eng/feather_duster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feather duster
trans_list: Staubwedel
sense:
An implement, traditionally consisting of a bundle of feathers (especially ostrich feathers) attached to a handle, used to remove surface dust.


lexentry: eng/feature__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: feature
trans_list: Feature | Feuilleton | Sonderbeitrag
sense:
(media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.


lexentry: eng/feature_film__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feature film
trans_list: Hauptfilm
sense:
The main, full-length film in a cinema program that also included a short film and often a newsreel. As of now, it plays after the trailers.


lexentry: eng/fecal_transplant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fecal transplant
trans_list: Stuhltransplantation
sense:
(medicine) The transference of bacteria from the feces of a donor to the bowel of a patient suffering from colitis or of a Clostridium infection


lexentry: eng/federal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: federal
trans_list: föderal | Bund
sense:
Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.


lexentry: eng/federal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: federal
trans_list: föderal | Bund
sense:
Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.


lexentry: eng/federalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: federalism
trans_list: Föderalismus
sense:
A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.


lexentry: eng/federation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: federation
trans_list: Föderation | Bund
sense:
Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.


lexentry: eng/fee__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fee
trans_list: Gebühr
sense:
An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.


lexentry: eng/feedback__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: feedback
trans_list: Rückkopplung | Feedback
sense:
(electronics, cybernetics, control theory, ) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.


lexentry: eng/feedback__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: feedback
trans_list: Feedback | Rückkopplung
sense:
(amplification) The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.


lexentry: eng/feeder_cattle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feeder cattle
trans_list: Mastrind
sense:
(agriculture) Steers or cows that are mature enough to be placed in a feedlot in preparation for slaughter.


lexentry: eng/feel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feel
trans_list: tasten
sense:
(intransitive) To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.


lexentry: eng/feeler__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: feeler
trans_list: Fühler
sense:
(Philippines) Someone who assumes or imagines that something said or done (positive or negative) was for the person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling


lexentry: eng/feet_of_clay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feet of clay
trans_list: tönerne Füße
sense:
(idiomatic) In someone apparently strong and without failings, a hidden weakness which could lead to downfall.


lexentry: eng/feisty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: feisty
trans_list: angriffslustig | kampflustig | resolut | streitbar | streitsüchtig | übellaunig
sense:
Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.


lexentry: eng/feldspar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feldspar
trans_list: Feldspat
sense:
(mineral) Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals that, together, make up about 60% of the earth's outer crust. The feldspars are all aluminum silicates of the alkali metals sodium, potassium, calcium and barium. Feldspars are the principal constituents of igneous and plutonic rocks.


lexentry: eng/felicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: felicity
trans_list: Freude
sense:
(uncountable) An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words.


lexentry: eng/fellow__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fellow
trans_list: Paar
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.


lexentry: eng/fellow_traveller__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fellow traveller
trans_list: Mitläufer | Sympathisant | Weggenosse
sense:
(US) One who sympathizes with the aims or beliefs of an organization without belonging to it; especially a Communist sympathizer. [mid-20th c.]


lexentry: eng/felon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felon
sense:
(criminal law) A person who has committed a felony; specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.

trans_list:
Verbrecher | Kapitalverbrecher | Kapitalverbrecherin | Schwerverbrecher | Schwerverbrecherin | Straftäter


lexentry: eng/felony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felony
trans_list: Verbrechen | Kapitalverbrechen | Schwerstverbrechen | Schwerverbrechen | schwere Straftat
sense:
(law, criminology, US, historical, _, in, _) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.


lexentry: eng/felt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felt
trans_list: Filz
sense:
A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.


lexentry: eng/felucca__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felucca
trans_list: Felucke | Feluke
sense:
A traditional wooden shallow-draught sailing boat used in the Mediterranean and along the Nile in Egypt, its rig consisting of one or two lateen sails.


lexentry: eng/female__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: female
trans_list: weiblich | feminin
sense:
Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/female_circumcision__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: female circumcision
sense:
(sometimes, proscribed, possibly, _, dated) Any operation involving removal of any of various parts of the vulva including and in addition to the hood, such as the clitoris or labia (a form of female genital mutilation when done without medical justification). [from 17th c.]

trans_list:
Beschneidung der Frau | Beschneidung des weiblichen Genitals | Beschneidung weiblicher Genitalien | Klitorisbeschneidung | weibliche Genitalbeschneidung | weibliche Genitalverstümmelung


lexentry: eng/female_condom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: female condom
trans_list: Femidom | Kondom für die Frau
sense:
A device that is inserted into the vagina during sexual intercourse as a barrier contraceptive to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy.


lexentry: eng/female_ejaculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: female ejaculation
trans_list: weibliche Ejakulation
sense:
The forceful expulsion of fluids from the vagina during the female orgasm, possibly originating from the Skene's gland (paraurethral gland) and/or urethra.


lexentry: eng/female_genital_mutilation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: female genital mutilation
trans_list: Beschneidung weiblicher Genitalien | Verstümmelung weiblicher Genitalien
sense:
Any mutilation of the female genitals done for non-medical reasons, such as the infliction of abrasion, burns (chemical or cauterizing), or cuts or slits, or amputation or piercing. [from 21st c.]


lexentry: eng/female_hysteria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: female hysteria
trans_list: Hysterie
sense:
A now unrecognized medical diagnosis made exclusively in women with symptoms including faintness, nervousness, sexual desire, insomnia, fluid retention and heaviness in the abdomen.


lexentry: eng/femdom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: femdom
trans_list: Femdom
sense:
(BDSM, uncountable) Female domination; a sexual practice in which women dominate men or other women.


lexentry: eng/femicide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: femicide
trans_list: Femizid | Frauenmord
sense:
The killing of a woman or girl because of her sex, especially when motivated by misogyny. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/feminazi__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feminazi
trans_list: Feminazi
sense:
(derogatory, potentially, _, offensive) Relating to a radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views, or a female chauvinist.


lexentry: eng/feminazi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feminazi
trans_list: Feminazi
sense:
(derogatory, potentially, _, offensive) A radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views or who seeks female superiority over men.


lexentry: eng/feminine__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: feminine
trans_list: weiblich | feminin
sense:
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.


lexentry: eng/feminism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: feminism
trans_list: Feminismus
sense:
A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life.


lexentry: eng/feminist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feminist
trans_list: Feminist | Feministin
sense:
an advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life


lexentry: eng/fen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fen
trans_list: Moor
sense:
A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.


lexentry: eng/fence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fence
trans_list: Hehler | Hehlerin
sense:
(informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.


lexentry: eng/fencing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fencing
trans_list: Fechten
sense:
The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing).


lexentry: eng/fend__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fend
trans_list: alleine auskommen | für sich selbst sorgen
sense:
(rare, except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).


lexentry: eng/fennec__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fennec
trans_list: Fennek
sense:
A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears.


lexentry: eng/fentanyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fentanyl
trans_list: Fentanyl
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic C22H28N2O with pharmacological action similar to morphine that is administered transdermally as a skin patch and in the form of its citrate C22H28N2O·C6H8O7 is administered orally or parenterally (as by intravenous or epidural injection); N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]propanamide.


lexentry: eng/fenugreek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fenugreek
trans_list: Bockshornklee
sense:
Any of the species leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice.


lexentry: eng/feral_child__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feral child
trans_list: Wolfskind
sense:
A child who is raised without human contact as a result of being abandoned, allegedly often raised by wild animals.


lexentry: eng/feral_pigeon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feral pigeon
trans_list: Stadttaube | Straßentaube | verwilderte Haustaube | verwilderte Taube
sense:
A variety of rock pigeon, Columba livia domestica, that has reverted to the wild and adapted itself to living in urban or rural areas.


lexentry: eng/fermata__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fermata
trans_list: Fermate
sense:
(music, countable) The notation ⟨◌͒⟩ of such a prolongation, usually represented as a dot with a semi-circle above or below it, written above or below the prolonged note or rest.


lexentry: eng/ferment__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferment
trans_list: gären | anstacheln | stören
sense:
To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.


lexentry: eng/fermentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fermentation
trans_list: Fermentation | Gärung
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide


lexentry: eng/fermentation_lock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fermentation lock
trans_list: Gärröhrchen
sense:
A device, used mainly in homebrewing, that allows carbon dioxide to escape from a fermenter without allowing air to enter


lexentry: eng/fermion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fermion
trans_list: Fermion
sense:
(particle physics, Standard Model) Any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and thus obeys Fermi–Dirac statistics and the Pauli exclusion principle (equivalently, a particle for which the wavefunction of any system of identical such particles changes sign whenever two are swapped); a baryon, a lepton or a quark;(slightly more loosely) any such particle or any composite particle composed of fermions.


lexentry: eng/fern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fern
trans_list: Farn | Farnkraut
sense:
Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.


lexentry: eng/ferret-badger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferret-badger
trans_list: Sonnendachs
sense:
(zoology) Any of several small mustelid omnivores of the genus Melogale, of southern and eastern Asia, having a bushy tail and distinctive white or yellow markings on a black face.


lexentry: eng/ferret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferret
trans_list: Frettchen
sense:
An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.


lexentry: eng/ferrimagnetism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferrimagnetism
trans_list: Ferrimagnetismus
sense:
(physics) a form of antiferromagnetism in which some magnetization remains below a critical temperature (the Neel temperature)


lexentry: eng/ferroconcrete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferroconcrete
trans_list: Stahlbeton
sense:
A building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength.


lexentry: eng/ferroelectric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferroelectric
trans_list: ferroelektrisch
sense:
(physics) of, or relating to the permanent electrical polarization of a crystalline dielectric in an electric field


lexentry: eng/ferroelectricity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferroelectricity
trans_list: Ferroelektrizität
sense:
(physics) The electric polarization of a substance (spontaneous presence of a dipole moment) that is analogous to ferromagnetism


lexentry: eng/ferrofluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferrofluid
trans_list: Ferrofluid
sense:
(chemistry, physics) A fluid, typically containing dispersed, nanoscale magnetic particles, designed to be magnetised such that its flow can be controlled by a magnet


lexentry: eng/ferromagnetism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferromagnetism
trans_list: Ferromagnetismus
sense:
(physics) The phenomenon whereby certain substances can become permanent magnets when subjected to a magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/ferrule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferrule
trans_list: Zwinge
sense:
A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/ferry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferry
trans_list: Fähre
sense:
A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.


lexentry: eng/ferry__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ferry
trans_list: Fähre
sense:
The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.


lexentry: eng/ferryboat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferryboat
trans_list: Fähre | Fährboot | Fährschiff | Überfuhr
sense:
(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule


lexentry: eng/fertility_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fertility rate
trans_list: Fertilitätsrate
sense:
The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she followed the current average pattern of fertility among a given group of women and survived through her reproductive years; used as an indicator of strength of population growth.


lexentry: eng/fertilization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fertilization
trans_list: Befruchtung
sense:
The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.


lexentry: eng/fescue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fescue
trans_list: Schwingel | Schwingelgras
sense:
A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.


lexentry: eng/festival__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: festival
trans_list: Festival | Fest
sense:
An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.


lexentry: eng/festschrift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: festschrift
trans_list: Festschrift
sense:
A collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a memorial or tribute to an academic or some other respected person. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fetch__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fetch
trans_list: holen | einbringen | hereinholen | hinlegen | kriegen | schaffen
sense:
(intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.


lexentry: eng/fetish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fetish
trans_list: Fetisch
sense:
Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. [from the early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/fetish__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fetish
trans_list: Fetisch
sense:
Sexual attraction to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body. [from the early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fetish__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fetish
trans_list: Fetisch
sense:
An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession. [from the 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fetishism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fetishism
trans_list: Fetischismus
sense:
The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.


lexentry: eng/fetishism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fetishism
trans_list: Fetischismus
sense:
A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.


lexentry: eng/feudalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feudalism
trans_list: Feudalismus
sense:
A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.


lexentry: eng/feuilleton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feuilleton
trans_list: Feuilleton
sense:
A section of a European newspaper typically dedicated to arts, culture, criticism, and light literature.


lexentry: eng/fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fever
trans_list: Fieber | Temperaturerhöhung
sense:
A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.


lexentry: eng/feverfew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feverfew
trans_list: Falsche Kamille | Fieberkraut | Mutterkraut | Zierkamille
sense:
A European aromatic perennial herb, Tanacetum parthenium (or Chrysanthemum parthenium or Pyrethrum parthenium), having daisy-like flowers; valued as a traditional medicine, especially for headaches.


lexentry: eng/fianchetto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fianchetto
trans_list: Fianchetto
sense:
(chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.


lexentry: eng/fiat_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiat money
trans_list: Fiatgeld
sense:
(banking, economics) A type of currency that is not backed by a precious metal, such as gold or silver, and is typically designated by the issuing government to be legal tender, and authorized by government regulation.


lexentry: eng/fiber_bundle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiber bundle
trans_list: Faserbündel
sense:
(American spelling, topology, category theory) An abstract object in topology where copies of one object are "attached" to every point of another, as hairs or fibers are attached to a hairbrush. Formally, a topological space E (called the total space), together with a topological space B (called the base space), a topological space F (called the fiber), and surjective map \pi from E to B (called the projection or submersion), such that every point of B has a neighborhood U with \pi^{-1}(U) homeomorphic to the product space U \times F (that is, E looks locally the same as the product space B \times F, although its global structure may be quite different).


lexentry: eng/fibre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibre
trans_list: Faser
sense:
(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.


lexentry: eng/fibreglass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibreglass
trans_list: Glasfaser | Glasfasern
sense:
Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width.


lexentry: eng/fibrodysplasia_ossificans_progressiva__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
trans_list: Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
sense:
(genetic disorder) A very rare, disabling genetic disorder of the connective tissue in which fibrous tissue (including ligaments, muscles, and tendons) ossifies when damaged.


lexentry: eng/fibromyalgia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibromyalgia
trans_list: Fibromyalgie
sense:
(medicine, pathology) A condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints.


lexentry: eng/fibula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibula
trans_list: Fibel
sense:
An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.


lexentry: eng/fichu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fichu
trans_list: Fichu
sense:
(chiefly, historical) A woman's lightweight triangular scarf worn over the shoulders and tied in front, or tucked into a bodice to cover the exposed part of the neck and chest.


lexentry: eng/fiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiction
trans_list: Fiktion | Belletristik | Erfindung
sense:
(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.


lexentry: eng/fiddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiddle
trans_list: Schiffsgeländer
sense:
Synonym of violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow; the position of a violinist in a band; (usually, _, proscribed) any of various bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.


lexentry: eng/fiddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fiddle
trans_list: Schiffsgeländer
sense:
(especially, nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.


lexentry: eng/fiddle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fiddle
trans_list: fummeln
sense:
(transitive) To fidget or play; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness.


lexentry: eng/fidget__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fidget
trans_list: herumzappeln | zappeln
sense:
(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.


lexentry: eng/fiduciary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiduciary
trans_list: fiduziarisch | treuhänderisch
sense:
(legal) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.


lexentry: eng/fiduciary_duty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiduciary duty
trans_list: Treuepflicht
sense:
(legal) The legal obligation of loyalty under which a fiduciary may have no conflict of duty between themselves and their principal, and must not profit from their position as a fiduciary.


lexentry: eng/fief__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fief
trans_list: Lehen
sense:
(figurative) A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: field
trans_list: Feld | Acker | Flur | Ackerland | Esch | Trade
sense:
A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: field
trans_list: Feld | Spielfeld | Platz
sense:
A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: field
trans_list: Feld | Acker
sense:
(computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: field
trans_list: Feld | Acker
sense:
(physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.


lexentry: eng/field_bindweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field bindweed
trans_list: Ackerwinde
sense:
A common and invasive Eurasian perennial weed, Convolvulus arvensis, which has become established worldwide.


lexentry: eng/field_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field effect
trans_list: Feldeffekt
sense:
The use of an electric field to control the conductivity of a channel in a semiconductor, as in FET.


lexentry: eng/field_hospital__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field hospital
trans_list: Feldlazarett
sense:
A large mobile medical unit that temporarily takes care of casualties before they can be safely transported to more permanent hospital facilities.


lexentry: eng/field_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field line
trans_list: Feldlinie
sense:
(physics) A visual aid for visualizing vector fields; a line drawn such that the direction of its tangent at any point equals the direction of the vector at that point.


lexentry: eng/field_marshal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field marshal
trans_list: Feldmarschall
sense:
(military ranks) In certain nations the highest military rank, ranking below only the commander in chief; now essentially disused.


lexentry: eng/field_of_view__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field of view
trans_list: Blickfeld | Gesichtsfeld | Sichtfeld
sense:
(optics) The angular extent of what can be seen, either with the eye or with an optical instrument or camera.


lexentry: eng/field_of_vision__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field of vision
trans_list: Blickfeld | Sichtbereich
sense:
The area that a person, an animal, etc., can see with its eyes (or each eye individually) without turning the head.


lexentry: eng/field_trip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field trip
trans_list: Exkursion
sense:
A trip, usually in a group and especially by students, to a place of special interest for education, research or exploration; a trip into the field.


lexentry: eng/fieldwork__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fieldwork
trans_list: Feldforschung
sense:
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.


lexentry: eng/fierljeppen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fierljeppen
trans_list: Pultstockspringen
sense:
A form of pole vaulting where the objective is to jump across a ditch as far as possible, rather than overcome a height.


lexentry: eng/fife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fife
trans_list: Pfeife | Schwegel
sense:
A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music


lexentry: eng/fifth__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fifth
trans_list: Quinte
sense:
(music) The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)


lexentry: eng/fifth_column__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifth column
trans_list: Fünfte Kolonne
sense:
A group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.


lexentry: eng/fifth_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifth wheel
trans_list: Sattelkupplung
sense:
(road transport) A type of trailer hitch, which consists of a horseshoe-shaped plate on a multidirectional pivot, with a locking pin to couple with the kingpin of a truck trailer.


lexentry: eng/fifty-eighth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-eighth
trans_list: achtundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 58 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-fifth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-fifth
trans_list: fünfundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 55 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-first__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-first
trans_list: einundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 51 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-fourth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-fourth
trans_list: vierundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-four, describing a person or thing in position number 54 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-ninth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-ninth
trans_list: neunundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 59 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-second__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-second
trans_list: zweiundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 52 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-seventh__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-seventh
trans_list: siebenundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 57 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-sixth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-sixth
trans_list: sechsundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 56 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-third__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-third
trans_list: dreiundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-three, describing a person or thing in position number 53 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fig__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fig
trans_list: Feigenbaum | Feige
sense:
A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/fig_leaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fig leaf
trans_list: Feigenblatt
sense:
A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness).


lexentry: eng/fig_leaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fig leaf
trans_list: Feigenblatt
sense:
(figuratively) Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered.


lexentry: eng/fight-or-flight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fight-or-flight
trans_list: Kampf oder Flucht
sense:
All the coordinated physiological responses that the sympathetic nervous system initiates in response to stress or other emergency situations.


lexentry: eng/fight_fire_with_fire__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fight fire with fire
trans_list: Feuer mit Feuer bekämpfen
sense:
(idiomatic) To respond to an attack with a similar or identical counter-attack (e.g. to respond to gunfire with reciprocal gunfire).


lexentry: eng/fighter-bomber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighter-bomber
trans_list: Jagdbomber
sense:
(military, _, aviation) A military aircraft designed to operate in combined roles of attacking enemy aircraft and bombing targets; usually faster and more maneuverable than a traditional bomber.


lexentry: eng/fighter__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fighter
trans_list: Jäger | Jagdflugzeug
sense:
A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.


lexentry: eng/fighter_plane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighter plane
trans_list: Jagdflugzeug | Jäger | Kampfflugzeug
sense:
(aircraft, military) A military aircraft primarily designed to attack enemy aircraft. Frequently shortened to fighter.


lexentry: eng/fighting_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighting fish
trans_list: Siamesischer Kampffisch
sense:
A small aggressive freshwater fish originating from Thailand, popular as aquarium fish, Betta splendens.


lexentry: eng/fighting_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighting game
trans_list: Prügelei
sense:
(video game genre) A video game of a type based around interpersonal combat, often in a tournament setting, in which characters fight until their HP is depleted or the round timer expires.


lexentry: eng/fighting_spirit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighting spirit
trans_list: Kampfgeist
sense:
(idiomatic) One's willpower or ability to continue partaking in difficult activities or to continue fighting against insurmountable odds.


lexentry: eng/figurative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: figurative
trans_list: übertragen | bildlich | figürlich | metaphorisch | symbolisch | uneigentlich
sense:
Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig.


lexentry: eng/figure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: figure
trans_list: Abbildung
sense:
The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.


lexentry: eng/figure_of_speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: figure of speech
trans_list: Redefigur | rhetorisches Stilmittel
sense:
(rhetoric, stylistic) A word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use to produce a rhetorical effect.


lexentry: eng/figured_bass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: figured bass
trans_list: Bezifferung
sense:
(music) A musical notation in which intervals, chords and harmonizations are indicated by numbers written below a given bass note.


lexentry: eng/figurehead__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: figurehead
trans_list: Galionsfigur
sense:
(by extension) Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has no actual power; a front or front man.


lexentry: eng/filch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filch
trans_list: stehlen | stibitzen
sense:
(transitive) To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.


lexentry: eng/file__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: file
trans_list: Küchenzeile
sense:
A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.


lexentry: eng/file__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: file
trans_list: Linie
sense:
(chess) one of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).


lexentry: eng/file__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: file
trans_list: Feile
sense:
A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.


lexentry: eng/file__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: file
trans_list: abspeichern | speichern
sense:
(transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.


lexentry: eng/file_extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: file extension
trans_list: Dateiendung
sense:
A short series of text characters at the end of a computer filename, used to indicate the type of contents and the software that will be required to operate or open it.


lexentry: eng/filial_piety__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filial piety
trans_list: kindliche Pietät
sense:
The virtue of showing respect and doing good deeds for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, as understood in Confucian ethics and commonly observed in the East Asian cultural sphere.


lexentry: eng/filibuster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filibuster
trans_list: Freibeuter
sense:
A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.


lexentry: eng/filibuster__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: filibuster
trans_list: Filibuster | Dauerrede | Ermüdungsrede
sense:
(US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.


lexentry: eng/filibuster__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
sense: (originally and mainly US, politics) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
written_rep: filibuster
trans_list:
Obstruktion betreiben | eine Hinhaltetaktik betreiben | eine Verschleppungstaktik betreiben | eine Verzögerungstaktik betreiben | filibustern | verschleppen


lexentry: eng/filigree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filigree
trans_list: Filigran | Filigranarbeit
sense:
(chiefly, jewellery) A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.


lexentry: eng/filing_cabinet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filing cabinet
trans_list: Aktenschrank
sense:
A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.


lexentry: eng/fill_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fill in
trans_list: ersetzen
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.


lexentry: eng/filler_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filler cap
trans_list: Einfülldeckel | Tankdeckel | Verschlussdeckel
sense:
The cap that closes the opening of a tank, e.g. the fuel tank of a car, through which the tank can be filled.


lexentry: eng/fillet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fillet
trans_list: Haarband | Haargummi | Stirnband
sense:
(now, _, rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.


lexentry: eng/fillet__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fillet
trans_list: Abdichtband | Abdichtung | Dichtband | Dichtfuge | Dichtleiste
sense:
(construction) A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.


lexentry: eng/fillet__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fillet
trans_list: Auskehlung | Hohlkehle | Innenkehle | Kehle | Rundung
sense:
(engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.


lexentry: eng/fillet__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fillet
trans_list: Filet | Lendenstück
sense:
A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.


lexentry: eng/fillet__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: fillet
trans_list: Kannelüre | Leiste | Platte
sense:
(architectural element) A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.


lexentry: eng/fillip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fillip
trans_list: Schnalzen
sense:
(archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.


lexentry: eng/film_projector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: film projector
trans_list: Filmprojektor
sense:
An opto-mechanical device for displaying motion pictures by projecting them on a projection screen (Movie projector for projection of moving images from film).


lexentry: eng/filmmaking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filmmaking
trans_list: Filmemachen
sense:
The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.


lexentry: eng/filmography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filmography
trans_list: Filmografie
sense:
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.


lexentry: eng/filmstrip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filmstrip
trans_list: Bildband
sense:
A length of film containing individual photographs or diagrams intended to be shown in sequence as instruction or as a visual aid.


lexentry: eng/filter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filter
trans_list: Filter
sense:
A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.


lexentry: eng/filter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: filter
trans_list: Filter
sense:
Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.


lexentry: eng/filter__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: filter
trans_list: Filter
sense:
(mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).


lexentry: eng/filter_feeder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filter feeder
trans_list: Filtrierer
sense:
(biology) Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives.


lexentry: eng/filter_tip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filter tip
trans_list: Filter
sense:
A section at the mouth end of a cigarette containing porous absorbent materials designed to remove tar.


lexentry: eng/filtration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filtration
trans_list: Filtrierung
sense:
The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.


lexentry: eng/fin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fin
trans_list: Flosse | Finne
sense:
A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.


lexentry: eng/finagle__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: finagle
trans_list: betrügen | fudeln | mogeln | täuschen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)


lexentry: eng/final__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: final
trans_list: Finale | Schlussrunde | Abschlussprüfung | Endkampf | Endspiel
sense:
(US, Canada) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.


lexentry: eng/final_examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: final examination
trans_list: Abschlussprüfung | Reifeprüfung
sense:
A test given at the end of a period of coursework to determine whether the student has adequately learned the material covered in that period.


lexentry: eng/final_nail_in_the_coffin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: final nail in the coffin
trans_list: Sargnagel
sense:
(idiomatic) Something that is ultimately responsible for a previously prospective demise or failure.


lexentry: eng/final_solution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: final solution
trans_list: Endlösung
sense:
(historical, often, capitalized) The planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the Nazis; the Holocaust.


lexentry: eng/finalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: finalist
trans_list: Finalist | Finalistin
sense:
A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).


lexentry: eng/finals__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finals
trans_list: Endkampf | Finale
sense:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, sports) A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).


lexentry: eng/finance__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: finance
trans_list: finanzieren
sense:
(transitive) To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.


lexentry: eng/financial_crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: financial crisis
trans_list: Finanzkrise
sense:
An episode of sharp instability in the global or a local financial system in which financial assets lose a significant proportion of their value, often caused by the bursting of an economic bubble.


lexentry: eng/financial_institution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: financial institution
trans_list: Finanzinstitut
sense:
(business, banking, finance) An institution, such as a bank, insurance company or fund, that provides financial services for its clients or members.


lexentry: eng/financial_management__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: financial management
trans_list: Finanzmanagement
sense:
(finance) The efficient and effective management of money in such a manner as to accomplish the objectives of an organization.


lexentry: eng/financial_slave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: financial slave
trans_list: Geldsklave | Geldsklavin
sense:
A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who satisfies their sexual desires through sending money or goods to one or more masters or mistresses.


lexentry: eng/financial_statement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: financial statement
trans_list: Abschluss
sense:
A formal record of all relevant financial information of a business, person, or other entity, presented in a structured and standardized manner to allow easy understanding.


lexentry: eng/find__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: find
trans_list: Fund
sense:
Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.


lexentry: eng/fine-structure_constant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fine-structure constant
trans_list: Feinstrukturkonstante
sense:
(electrodynamics) The fundamental physical value α, presumed to be constant, that characterizes the strength of the electromagnetic force. Equal to about 1/137 = 0.0072973525.


lexentry: eng/fine_arts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fine arts
trans_list: schöne Künste | bildende Künste
sense:
The purely aesthetic arts, such as music, painting, and poetry, as opposed to industrial or functional arts such as architecture or carpentry.


lexentry: eng/fine_print__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fine print
trans_list: Kleingedrucktes
sense:
(idiomatic) The details, restrictions, terms, or conditions, especially of a contract, often printed in very small type.


lexentry: eng/finesse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finesse
trans_list: aufwerten | ausarbeiten | verfeinern | verschönern
sense:
(ambitransitive) To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way. [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/finger__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: finger
trans_list: fingern
sense:
(transitive, sex) To use the fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus.


lexentry: eng/finger_bowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finger bowl
trans_list: Fingerschale
sense:
A small bowl of warm water placed at each seat at a formal dinner for the guests to rinse their fingers with between courses.


lexentry: eng/finger_food__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finger food
trans_list: Fingerfood
sense:
Food that can be eaten with one's hands, as opposed to requiring utensils; often appetizers and snacks.


lexentry: eng/finger_wrestling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finger wrestling
trans_list: Fingerhakeln
sense:
A contest of strength in which the competitors lock their fingers and pull in opposite directions until one of them is dragged beyond a limit.


lexentry: eng/fingerboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fingerboard
trans_list: Griffbrett
sense:
(music, lutherie) A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.


lexentry: eng/fingering__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fingering
trans_list: fingern
sense:
(uncountable) The act of using the fingers to stimulate one's own, or another person's, vulva, vagina, or anus.


lexentry: eng/fingernail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fingernail
trans_list: Fingernagel
sense:
The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.


lexentry: eng/fingerprint__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fingerprint
trans_list: Fingerabdruck
sense:
The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.


lexentry: eng/finial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finial
trans_list: Dachschmuck | Firstblume | Giebelblume | Giebelschmuck | Kreuzblume
sense:
(architectural element) Especially in Gothic architecture: an ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, a pediment, a pinnacle, etc.


lexentry: eng/finicky__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finicky
trans_list: affektiert | anspruchsvoll | etepetete | kleinlich | krütsch | pedantisch
sense:
(informal, of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.


lexentry: eng/finishing_move__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finishing move
trans_list: Gnadenschuss | Gnadenstoß
sense:
(video games) In media such as one-on-one fighting video games and professional wrestling, a dedicated special attack used to knock out an enemy on the brink of defeat in a flashy and spectacular manner.


lexentry: eng/finishing_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finishing school
trans_list: Mädchenpensionat
sense:
(dated) A private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society.


lexentry: eng/finite-state_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finite-state machine
trans_list: endlicher Automat | Zustandsautomat | Zustandsmaschine
sense:
(computing theory) A formalism for describing computation, consisting of a finite set of states and a transition function describing when to move from one state to another.


lexentry: eng/finite__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finite
trans_list: endlich
sense:
Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.


lexentry: eng/fintech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fintech
trans_list: Finanztechnologie | Fintech
sense:
(uncountable) Financial technology, that is, technology (usually information technology) that is focused on finance.


lexentry: eng/fintech__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fintech
trans_list: Fintech
sense:
(countable) A company in the finance sector, such as one dealing with payments, fundraising or loans.


lexentry: eng/fios_de_ovos__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fios de ovos
trans_list: Engelshaar
sense:
A traditional Portuguese sweet food made of eggs (chiefly yolks), drawn into thin strands and boiled in sugar syrup.


lexentry: eng/fipronil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fipronil
trans_list: Fipronil
sense:
(organic compound) A broad-spectrum insecticide, belonging to the phenylpyrazole family, that disrupts the insect's central nervous system.


lexentry: eng/fire-eyed_diucon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire-eyed diucon
trans_list: Feueraugen-Nonnentyrann
sense:
A species of tyrant flycatcher, Xolmis pyrope, found in southwest South America, having bright red irides.


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fire
trans_list: Feuer
sense:
(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fire
trans_list: Feuer | Brand
sense:
(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fire
trans_list: Feuer
sense:
(uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.


lexentry: eng/fire__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fire
trans_list: feuern | kündigen
sense:
(transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).


lexentry: eng/fire__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: fire
trans_list: auslösen
sense:
(ambitransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).


lexentry: eng/fire_alarm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire alarm
trans_list: Feueralarm | Feuermelder
sense:
An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.


lexentry: eng/fire_at_will__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire at will
trans_list: Feuer frei!
sense:
(military) Fire when ready. A command that allows troops to use weapons at their discretion and choose their own targets, allowing the individual soldier a greater freedom of timing the shot with target movement and similar.


lexentry: eng/fire_blanket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire blanket
trans_list: Löschdecke | Feuerlöschdecke
sense:
A large piece of fireproof or fire resistant material, used exclusively to cover and extinguish a small fire.


lexentry: eng/fire_blight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire blight
trans_list: Feuerbrand
sense:
(plant disease) A bacterial plant disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, that affects apples, pears and some other members of the Rosaceae family.


lexentry: eng/fire_brigade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire brigade
trans_list: Feuerwehr
sense:
(firefighting, US) A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of putting out fires, usually in addition to their normal job.


lexentry: eng/fire_brigade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fire brigade
trans_list: Feuerwehr
sense:
(firefighting, British) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.


lexentry: eng/fire_chief__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A leader of a fire station; an officer in charge of firemen and fighting fires.
written_rep: fire chief
trans_list:
Brandmeister | Brandmeisterin | Feuerwehrchef | Feuerwehrchefin | Feuerwehrhauptfrau | Feuerwehrhauptmann


lexentry: eng/fire_department__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire department
trans_list: Feuerwehr
sense:
(firefighting, US) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services as well.


lexentry: eng/fire_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire dog
trans_list: Mondhorn | Mondidol
sense:
(archaeology) Bronze Age artifact used in worshipping either bulls or the moon, or as a holder for wooden logs to be used in a fire altar.


lexentry: eng/fire_drill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire drill
trans_list: Brandschutzübung | Feuerübung | Probealarm
sense:
An organized practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire.


lexentry: eng/fire_drill__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fire drill
trans_list: Bogendrille | Feuerbohrer | Fiedelbohrer | Geigenbohrer
sense:
A fire-starting tool consisting of a wooden rod and some primitive means of rapidly rotating the rod on a flat surface like a drill until tinder can be ignited.


lexentry: eng/fire_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire engine
trans_list: Feuerwehrspritze | Feuerwehrwagen
sense:
(firefighting) A vehicle used by firefighters to pump water to fight a fire. Typically, a fire engine carries a supply of water and has the ability to connect to an external water supply.


lexentry: eng/fire_escape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire escape
trans_list: Notausgang
sense:
Any of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building if a fire breaks out.


lexentry: eng/fire_extinguisher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire extinguisher
trans_list: Feuerlöscher | Feuerlöschgerät
sense:
A device that can be used to put out a fire. Usually a portable cylinder filled with carbon dioxide, dry powder or water, in the latter two cases with some means of pressurising the cylinder to expel the contents.


lexentry: eng/fire_hose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire hose
trans_list: Feuerwehrschlauch
sense:
A hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire, usually much stronger and wider in diameter than a garden hose.


lexentry: eng/fire_hydrant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire hydrant
trans_list: Hydrant | Feuerhahn
sense:
(firefighting) A device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main supply, consisting of a barrel, connections for hose and a valve assembly.


lexentry: eng/fire_in_the_belly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire in the belly
trans_list: Begeisterung
sense:
(idiomatic) The emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc.


lexentry: eng/fire_lane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire lane
trans_list: Feuerwehrspur
sense:
(American) A passageway or access road that allows a firefighting apparatus such as a fire engine to pass through.


lexentry: eng/fire_load__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fire load
trans_list: Brandlast
sense:
The quantity of combustible matter in a given area, or the quantity of heat that can be generated by its combustion.


lexentry: eng/fire_marshal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire marshal
sense:
(US, Philippines) A public official with police powers responsible for enforcing fire safety regulations, and sometimes, who also investigates suspicious fires.

trans_list:
Brandinspektor | Brandinspektorin | Brandschutzbeauftragte | Brandschutzbeauftragter | Brandursachenermittler | Brandursachenermittlerin


lexentry: eng/fire_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire point
trans_list: Brennpunkt
sense:
The lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn for at least five seconds after ignition by an open flame of standard dimension.


lexentry: eng/fire_salamander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire salamander
trans_list: Feuersalamander
sense:
A medium-sized black salamander with yellow spots (Salamandra salamandra), native to Europe, related to the tiger salamander.


lexentry: eng/fire_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire ship
trans_list: Brander | Brandschiff
sense:
(historical) A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.


lexentry: eng/fire_station__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire station
trans_list: Feuerwache | Feuerwehrhaus
sense:
The building where firefighters and fire trucks/fire engines are housed when not answering an alarm.


lexentry: eng/fire_truck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire truck
trans_list: Drehleiter
sense:
(firefighting, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A ladder truck, a vehicle used by firefighters to gain access to the upper stories of a building. Typically, a fire truck has a hydraulic system which operates a large, heavy-duty ladder mounted on top of the truck body, space for portable ladders to be stored and compartments for holding other tools that may be needed. Unlike a fire engine, trucks do not have pumps or carry water.


lexentry: eng/fireball__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fireball
trans_list: Feuerball
sense:
(sailing) A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.


lexentry: eng/firebird__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: firebird
trans_list: Feuervogel
sense:
(Slavic mythology) A magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor


lexentry: eng/firebrand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firebrand
trans_list: Aufrührer | Aufwiegler | Radikalinski | Rädelsführer | Sponti
sense:
(figurative) An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the status quo.


lexentry: eng/firebug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firebug
trans_list: Feuerwanze
sense:
Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.


lexentry: eng/firecracker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firecracker
trans_list: Böller | Kracher | Feuerwerkskörper | Knallkörper
sense:
A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.


lexentry: eng/firedamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firedamp
trans_list: Grubengas
sense:
(mining) An inflammable gas (mostly methane) found in coal mines; forms an explosive mixture with air.


lexentry: eng/firefly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firefly
trans_list: Glühwürmchen | Leuchtkäfer | Johanniswürmchen
sense:
(Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.


lexentry: eng/firehose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firehose
trans_list: Feuerwehrschlauch
sense:
(internet, neologism) Access to the social media data sold to the third parties, or such data stream.


lexentry: eng/fireman__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fireman
trans_list: Heizer
sense:
(rail transport, nautical) A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.


lexentry: eng/firestriker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firestriker
trans_list: Feuereisen | Feuerschläger | Feuerschurf | Feuerstahl | Pinkeisen | Schlageisen
sense:
A piece of high-carbon steel used for striking a spark, usually kept in a tinderbox with flint and tinder.


lexentry: eng/firewall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firewall
trans_list: Brandmauer | Brandwand
sense:
(architecture) A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.


lexentry: eng/firewall__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: firewall
trans_list: Firewall | Brandmauer
sense:
(computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.


lexentry: eng/firewater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firewater
trans_list: Feuerwasser
sense:
(informal) High-proof alcohol, especially whiskey (especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans).


lexentry: eng/fireweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fireweed
trans_list: schmalblättrige Weidenröschen
sense:
A perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium or Chamaenerion angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.


lexentry: eng/firework__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firework
trans_list: Feuerwerkskörper | Feuerwerk
sense:
A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.


lexentry: eng/fireworm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fireworm
trans_list: Bart-Feuerborstenwurm | Feuerwurm
sense:
The bearded fireworm, Hermodice carunculata, a species of polychaete in family Amphinomidae, which may cause pain if touched.


lexentry: eng/firing_pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firing pin
trans_list: Schlagbolzen
sense:
(firearms) the part of the firing mechanism which strikes the cartridge's primer to ignite the gunpowder.


lexentry: eng/firing_squad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firing squad
trans_list: Ehrensalutkommando | Erschießungskommando | Exekutionskommando | Hinrichtungskommando | Peloton
sense:
A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral.


lexentry: eng/firmament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firmament
trans_list: Firmament | Feste
sense:
(usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.


lexentry: eng/firmware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firmware
trans_list: Firmware
sense:
(computing) Something in between hardware and software. Like software, it is created from source code, but it is closely tied to the hardware it runs on.


lexentry: eng/firn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firn
trans_list: Firn
sense:
A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.


lexentry: eng/first-degree_murder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first-degree murder
trans_list: Ermordung
sense:
(legal, chiefly, US, Canada) The criminal offence of murder in a form considered by law to be the most serious; the precise distinction may vary by jurisdiction but typically involves premeditation, or the choice of victim or other circumstances being regarded as especially blameworthy.


lexentry: eng/first-person_shooter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first-person shooter
trans_list: Ego-Shooter
sense:
(video games) A combat or video game in the genre characterized by a three-dimensional view from the player's perspective and the ability to fire a weapon.


lexentry: eng/first_aid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first aid
trans_list: Erste Hilfe | Nothilfe | Unfallhilfe
sense:
(medicine) Basic medical care given to an injury victim, usually where the injury is slight or where better care is not available.


lexentry: eng/first_aid_kit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first aid kit
trans_list: Verbandkasten | Verbandskasten | Erste-Hilfe-Kasten | Taschenapotheke
sense:
A collection of first aid supplies for treatment of minor injuries or stabilization of major injuries.


lexentry: eng/first_class__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: first class
trans_list: Erste-Klasse-
sense:
Of, or relating to the most luxurious and expensive class of accommodation on a train, ship, hotel, etc.


lexentry: eng/first_floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first floor
trans_list: erster Stock
sense:
(North America, Philippines) The floor of a building at the level of the street or surrounding ground; the ground floor


lexentry: eng/first_gear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first gear
trans_list: Eins
sense:
The first gear of an transmission, which provides the lowest output speed and greatest mechanical advantage.


lexentry: eng/first_grade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first grade
trans_list: erste Klasse
sense:
(US, education) The first year of grade school, the period in school that comes after kindergarten and before second grade. Children usually begin first grade at age six.


lexentry: eng/first_lieutenant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first lieutenant
trans_list: Oberleutnant | Leutnant
sense:
(military ranks) The second lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the United States Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, ranking above a second lieutenant and below a captain. The rank of first lieutenant is equivalent to the naval rank of lieutenant junior grade.


lexentry: eng/first_love__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: first love
trans_list: erste Liebe | große Liebe
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) The thing, place, or activity of which one is fondest; one's most fundamental interest or attachment.


lexentry: eng/first_mate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first mate
trans_list: zweite
sense:
(nautical) An officer on a merchant ship next in rank to the captain and responsible to the captain for the safety and security of the ship.


lexentry: eng/first_past_the_post__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first past the post
trans_list: Mehrheits-
sense:
A voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer.


lexentry: eng/first_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: first person
trans_list: erste Person
sense:
A form of narrative writing using verbs in the first person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the narrator.


lexentry: eng/first_responder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first responder
trans_list: Ersthelfer des Rettungsdienstes
sense:
A member of an emergency service who is first on the scene, or among those first on the scene, at an emergency.


lexentry: eng/fiscal_policy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiscal policy
trans_list: Finanzpolitik
sense:
(economics) Government policy that attempts to influence the direction of the economy through changes in government spending or taxes.


lexentry: eng/fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fish
trans_list: Fischzug
sense:
(uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.


lexentry: eng/fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: fish
trans_list: Fischzug
sense:
(countable, nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.


lexentry: eng/fish__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fish
trans_list: fischen | angeln
sense:
(intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.


lexentry: eng/fish_and_chips__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish and chips
trans_list: Bratfisch mit Pommes frites | Fish and Chips
sense:
A meal of fish fried in batter and served with chips (fried potato pieces), popular throughout the Anglosphere, especially in coastal regions.


lexentry: eng/fish_bowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fish bowl
trans_list: Fischglas
sense:
A variety of discussions where participants are organized in concentric circles and take turns where they and others in the same group are allowed to speak according to a set of rules. [a. 1970]


lexentry: eng/fish_finger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish finger
trans_list: Fischstäbchen
sense:
(chiefly, UK) A rectangular stick of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling.


lexentry: eng/fish_food__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish food
trans_list: Fischfutter
sense:
Food for fish that are kept in aquaria; sprinkled on the surface of the water, usually in the form of dry flakes.


lexentry: eng/fish_fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish fork
trans_list: Fischgabel
sense:
A fork intended for eating fish and other seafood, as at formal dining where different forks are provided for different courses.


lexentry: eng/fish_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish oil
trans_list: Fischöl
sense:
Oil derived from the tissues of oily fish; especially, a dietary supplement made therefrom, manufactured and sold in liquid, capsule and tablet forms.


lexentry: eng/fish_tank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish tank
trans_list: Aquarium
sense:
A container, usually made out of glass or acrylic, specifically designed for holding water and marine life.


lexentry: eng/fish_trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish trap
trans_list: Reuse
sense:
A contraption made of wires, rods, fishing-net or other suitable materials with the purpose of catching fish alive.


lexentry: eng/fisher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fisher
trans_list: Fischer | Fischerin
sense:
A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.


lexentry: eng/fisheye_lens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fisheye lens
trans_list: Fischauge | Fischaugen-Objektiv | Fischaugenlinse | Fischaugenobjektiv
sense:
(photography) A wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view (approaching or exceeding 180 degrees) and producing images that are circular or distorted by curvature at the edges.


lexentry: eng/fishing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fishing
trans_list: Fischen | Fischerei | Fischfang
sense:
(uncountable, informal) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.


lexentry: eng/fishing__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fishing
trans_list: Fischfang | Fischen
sense:
(uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.


lexentry: eng/fishing_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishing cat
trans_list: Fischkatze
sense:
A medium-sized cat whose habitat range extends through Indochina, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java; (Prionailurus viverrinus).


lexentry: eng/fishing_expedition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishing expedition
trans_list: Voruntersuchung
sense:
(idiomatic, legal, informal, pejorative) A search for information, especially incriminating information, that is conducted without specific direction or goal, in the hope that something may turn up.


lexentry: eng/fishing_rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishing rod
trans_list: Angelrute | Angel
sense:
A rod, often made in sections, which carries a line used for angling and is used to support both the line and the reel and to cast the line.


lexentry: eng/fishplate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishplate
trans_list: Lasche
sense:
(rail transport) A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track.


lexentry: eng/fishpond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishpond
trans_list: Fischteich
sense:
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food


lexentry: eng/fist-fuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fist-fuck
trans_list: Faustfick
sense:
(vulgar, slang) Sexual practice in which a (fisted) hand is inserted and moved in or around the vagina or rectum.


lexentry: eng/fisting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fisting
trans_list: Faustfick | Fisten | Fisting
sense:
(slang) The sexual practice of inserting one or both hands into the vagina or rectum of one's sexual partner.


lexentry: eng/fistula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fistula
trans_list: Fistel
sense:
(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.


lexentry: eng/fitful__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fitful
trans_list: unregelmäßig
sense:
(by extension) Characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between; intermittent, irregular, unsteady.


lexentry: eng/fitness__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fitness
trans_list: Tauglichkeit | Zweckmäßigkeit
sense:
(evolutionary theory) An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.


lexentry: eng/fitted_sheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fitted sheet
trans_list: Spannbettlaken | Spannbetttuch
sense:
A sheet tailored to form pocket for a mattress with elastic edges that is suitable for a range of mattress sizes. The edge may also contain a drawstring to secure the sheet more firmly and enable use on a wider range of mattress thicknesses.


lexentry: eng/fitting__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fitting
trans_list: Anschlussstück | Anschlußstück | Fitting | Formstück | Muffe | Rohrleitungsverbinder
sense:
(engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling


lexentry: eng/fitting__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fitting
trans_list: Anpassung | Aufbau | Einbau | Montage
sense:
(manufacturing) The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.


lexentry: eng/fitting__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fitting
trans_list: Einrichtung | Einrichtungsgegenstand | Möbel | Möbiliar
sense:
(chiefly, _, British, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.


lexentry: eng/five_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: five hundred
trans_list: fünfhundert
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after four hundred ninety-nine and before five hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 500. Ordinal: five-hundredth.


lexentry: eng/five_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: five o'clock
trans_list: fünf Uhr
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the sixth hour of the day; 5:00 a.m. (05:00).


lexentry: eng/five_o'clock_shadow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: five o'clock shadow
trans_list: Stoppelbart
sense:
(informal) A beard growth visible late in the day on the face of a man that was clean-shaven in the morning.


lexentry: eng/fix__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fix
trans_list: Schuss
sense:
A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.


lexentry: eng/fix__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fix
trans_list: manipulieren | match-fixing
sense:
(transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.


lexentry: eng/fix__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: fix
trans_list: fixieren
sense:
(transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.


lexentry: eng/fix__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: fix
trans_list: reparieren | befestigen | fixieren | vorbereiten | anheften | anhängen
sense:
(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.


lexentry: eng/fixate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fixate
trans_list: [[fixieren|sich fixieren (auf)]]
sense:
(intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner; used with on.


lexentry: eng/fixed_asset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fixed asset
trans_list: Anlagevermögen | Sachanlage
sense:
(business, accounting) Asset or property which cannot easily be converted into cash, such as land, buildings and machinery.


lexentry: eng/fixed_cost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fixed cost
trans_list: Bereitschaftskosten
sense:
(accounting, chiefly, in the plural) A cost of business which does not vary with output or sales; an overhead.


lexentry: eng/fixed_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fixed point
trans_list: Fixpunkt
sense:
(mathematics) A value which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a value x for which f(x) = x.


lexentry: eng/fixer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fixer
trans_list: Fixiermittel | Fixiersalz
sense:
(photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.


lexentry: eng/fixture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fixture
trans_list: Installation | Zubehörteil | feste Einrichtung | festes Inventar
sense:
(legal) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.


lexentry: eng/fizgig__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fizgig
trans_list: Fischgabel
sense:
(fishing) A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals; a type of harpoon.


lexentry: eng/fizzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fizzle
trans_list: fehlschlagen | zischen | im Sande verlaufen | missglücken | totlaufen | zu nichts führen
sense:
(figuratively, informal) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.


lexentry: eng/fizzle_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fizzle out
trans_list: im Sande verlaufen
sense:
(slang, intransitive) To lose excitement, to become less exciting; to end, fail or die out in a weak or disappointing way.


lexentry: eng/flabbergast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flabbergast
trans_list: verblüffen | abschnallen | aus allen Wolken fallen | baff sein | erstaunen | platt sein
sense:
(transitive) To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/flabby__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flabby
trans_list: quabbelig | schlabberig | schwabbelig | wabbelig
sense:
Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.


lexentry: eng/flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: flag
trans_list: Flag | Bitschalter
sense:
(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.


lexentry: eng/flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: flag
trans_list: Flag | Kennzeichen | Markierung
sense:
(computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.


lexentry: eng/flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: flag
trans_list: Flagge | Fahne
sense:
(internet slang, ACG) A plot or words of a character in an animation, etc., that would usually lead to a specific outcome or event, not logically or causally, but as a pattern of the animation, etc.


lexentry: eng/flag_of_convenience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flag of convenience
trans_list: Billigflagge
sense:
(figuratively) Registration of a ship in a country chosen for its low taxes, permissive regulations, and so on.


lexentry: eng/flag_of_convenience__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flag of convenience
trans_list: Billigflagge
sense:
(literally) The flag flown by a ship so registered (which flag then corresponds to the country of registration).


lexentry: eng/flagellant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flagellant
trans_list: Flagellant
sense:
a person who whips themselves or others either as part of a religious penance or for sexual gratification.


lexentry: eng/flagon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flagon
trans_list: Korbflasche
sense:
(archaic) A large bottle for drinks such as beer, cider, or wine; also, a bottle with a cap used by travellers.


lexentry: eng/flagship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flagship
trans_list: Flaggschiff
sense:
(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.


lexentry: eng/flail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flail
trans_list: Dreschflegel | Flegel
sense:
A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.


lexentry: eng/flail__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flail
trans_list: Flegel | Kriegsflegel | Streitflegel
sense:
A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.


lexentry: eng/flake__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flake
trans_list: Chaot | Drückeberger | Schnarchnase | Schussel
sense:
(informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.


lexentry: eng/flaky__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flaky
trans_list: aus Schichten bestehend | blättrig | exzentrisch | flockig | schuppig
sense:
Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.


lexentry: eng/flamberge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flamberge
trans_list: Flamberg
sense:
(weaponry) A European sword, typically a greatsword, which had a wavy blade, possibly to increase the cutting surface or for aid in parrying.


lexentry: eng/flambé__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flambé
trans_list: flambieren
sense:
To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.


lexentry: eng/flame_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flame out
trans_list: ausgehen
sense:
(of processes and equipment involving combustion) To fail due to extinction of flame. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/flame_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flame war
trans_list: Polemik
sense:
(Internet) An argument consisting entirely or largely of flames by various parties that serve only to escalate the dispute.


lexentry: eng/flamethrower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flamethrower
trans_list: Flammenwerfer
sense:
A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.


lexentry: eng/flan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flan
trans_list: Flan
sense:
(chiefly, US, Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.


lexentry: eng/flank__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flank
trans_list: flankieren
sense:
(intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).


lexentry: eng/flannel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flannel
trans_list: Flanell
sense:
(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.


lexentry: eng/flap__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flap
trans_list: Bremsklappe | Flügelschlag | Landeklappe | Schlag
sense:
(aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.


lexentry: eng/flap__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: flap
trans_list: Hautfetzen | Hautlappen | Lappen
sense:
(surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.


lexentry: eng/flare-nut_wrench__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flare-nut wrench
trans_list: offener Ringschlüssel
sense:
(engineering) An open spanner (wrench) to tighten fragile nuts, such as flare nuts, not accessible to a ring spanner (box end wrench) or box spanner (tube spanner).


lexentry: eng/flare-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flare-up
trans_list: Explodieren
sense:
A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity or emotion).


lexentry: eng/flare__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flare
trans_list: Gasfackel
sense:
(oil industry) A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas (flare gas) from a flare tower (or flare stack), typically at an oil refinery.


lexentry: eng/flare__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flare
trans_list: Bengalo | Leuchtgeschoß | Leuchtkugel | bengalisches Feuer
sense:
A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light without an explosion, used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.


lexentry: eng/flare__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: flare
trans_list: Aufweitung | Schlag
sense:
(American football) A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.


lexentry: eng/flare__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flare
trans_list: abfackeln | hell leuchten | hell lodern
sense:
(ambitransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.


lexentry: eng/flare__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: flare
trans_list: abfackeln | auffflackern | aufleuchten | hell leuchten | hell lodern
sense:
(intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.


lexentry: eng/flash-ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flash-ball
trans_list: Hartgummi-Werfer | Hartgummigeschoss-Werfer
sense:
A form of handgun that fires projectiles of rubber or similar material, used mainly by law enforcement officers for riot control.


lexentry: eng/flash-bang__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flash-bang
trans_list: Blendgranate
sense:
A hand grenade that produces a very bright flash and a loud explosion, but no shrapnel and minimal explosive force, to disorient the target.


lexentry: eng/flash__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: flash
trans_list: flashen
sense:
(transitive, computing) To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).


lexentry: eng/flash_drive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flash drive
trans_list: USB-Stick | Flash-Laufwerk | USB-Massenspeicher
sense:
(computer hardware) A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.


lexentry: eng/flash_mob__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flash mob
trans_list: Flashmob
sense:
A group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act, and then quickly disperse. [from 2003]


lexentry: eng/flash_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flash point
trans_list: Flammpunkt
sense:
(physics) The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid.


lexentry: eng/flashback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flashback
trans_list: Rückblende | Flashback | Rückblick
sense:
(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.


lexentry: eng/flashback__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flashback
trans_list: Flashback
sense:
(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.


lexentry: eng/flashcard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flashcard
trans_list: Lernkarte | Lernkartei
sense:
A card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or a question, and the other side contains the associated response which one wants to memorize. For example, one side could contain an English word, and the other side the Spanish translation.


lexentry: eng/flashcard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flashcard
trans_list: Speicherkarte
sense:
(electronics) A solid-state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones.


lexentry: eng/flashforward__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flashforward
trans_list: Vorausblende
sense:
(narratology) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.


lexentry: eng/flashing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flashing
trans_list: Abdeckblech | Witterungsschutz
sense:
(roofing) Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.


lexentry: eng/flashing__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: flashing
trans_list: Freiziehen
sense:
The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).


lexentry: eng/flask__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flask
trans_list: Flakon | Kolben
sense:
(sciences) Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.


lexentry: eng/flat-headed_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flat-headed cat
trans_list: Flachkopfkatze
sense:
Prionailurus planiceps, a small wild cat patchily distributed in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra.


lexentry: eng/flat__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: flat
trans_list: platt | flach | schal
sense:
(of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.


lexentry: eng/flat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flat
trans_list: Erniedrigungszeichen | erniedrigter Ton
sense:
(music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).


lexentry: eng/flat__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: flat
trans_list: Blatt
sense:
(rail, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.


lexentry: eng/flat_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flat cap
trans_list: Schiebermütze
sense:
(countable) A man's cap made from wool, tweed, or other soft material. It has a small peak and fits snugly on the head.


lexentry: eng/flat_peach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flat peach
trans_list: Flachpfirsich | Plattpfirsich | Weinbergpfirsich
sense:
A subspecies or variety of peach Prunus persica subsp. platycarpa, with white flesh and a flattish, round shape.


lexentry: eng/flat_tyre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flat tyre
trans_list: Patschen | Platten | Plattfuß | platter Reifen
sense:
A tyre of a motor vehicle that is deflated, especially one deflated because of a puncture when in use.


lexentry: eng/flatback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatback
trans_list: Australische Suppenschildkröte | Wallriffschildkröte
sense:
A chelonid turtle, Natator depressus, with low-domed carapace, endemic to the continental shelf of Australia.


lexentry: eng/flatfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatfish
trans_list: Plattfisch
sense:
A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usually swim with the other side down, such as a flounder, a halibut, or a sole.


lexentry: eng/flathead_mullet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flathead mullet
trans_list: Meeräsche
sense:
An edible fish, of the family Mugilidae, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical coastal waters.


lexentry: eng/flatulence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatulence
trans_list: Flatulenz
sense:
The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.


lexentry: eng/flatulist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatulist
trans_list: Flatulist | Kunstfurzer
sense:
An entertainer whose routine consists solely or primarily of farting in a creative, musical, or amusing manner.


lexentry: eng/flatworm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatworm
trans_list: Plattwurm
sense:
Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.


lexentry: eng/flavor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flavor
trans_list: Geschmack
sense:
The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.


lexentry: eng/flavor_enhancer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flavor enhancer
trans_list: Geschmacksverstärker
sense:
Any substance added to a food product to enhance its taste, especially to make it taste more savoury or to add umami


lexentry: eng/flaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flaw
trans_list: Makel
sense:
(legal) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.


lexentry: eng/flax-leaved_daphne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flax-leaved daphne
trans_list: Herbst-Seidelbast | Rispenblütiger Seidelbast
sense:
Daphne gnidium, a poisonous evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean region with dense dark-green foliage and fragrant white flowers.


lexentry: eng/flax__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flax
trans_list: Flachs | Lein
sense:
The flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps.


lexentry: eng/flea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flea
trans_list: Floh | Flohmännchen | Flohweibchen
sense:
A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.


lexentry: eng/flea_circus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flea circus
trans_list: Flohzirkus
sense:
A circus sideshow attraction in which fleas are attached (or appear to be attached) to miniature carts and other items, and encouraged to perform circus acts within a small housing.


lexentry: eng/fleece__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fleece
trans_list: Fleece
sense:
(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.


lexentry: eng/fleet_admiral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fleet admiral
trans_list: Großadmiral
sense:
(military, historical) The highest rank in the United States Navy, NATO grade OF-10, used only during World War II.


lexentry: eng/flesh__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flesh
trans_list: ausarbeiten | untermauern
sense:
(transitive) To reward (a hound, bird of prey etc.) with flesh of the animal killed, to excite it for further hunting; to train (an animal) to have an appetite for flesh.


lexentry: eng/flesh_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flesh out
trans_list: ausschmücken | herausarbeiten
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive) To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.


lexentry: eng/flesh_wound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flesh wound
trans_list: Fleischwunde
sense:
An injury which pierces the skin and causes bleeding, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs, and does not carry a serious threat of death.


lexentry: eng/fleshlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fleshlight
trans_list: Taschenmuschi
sense:
A vagina-shaped sex toy which is designed to stimulate and fit around the penis to aid masturbation or to simulate a real vagina.


lexentry: eng/fletching__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fletching
trans_list: Leitwerk
sense:
The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.


lexentry: eng/fleur-de-lis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fleur-de-lis
trans_list: Lilie
sense:
(heraldiccharge) A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom, often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.


lexentry: eng/flex__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: flex
trans_list: Anpassungsfähigkeit | Beweglichkeit
sense:
(countable, slang) The act or an instance of flaunting something; something one considers impressive.


lexentry: eng/flexitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flexitarianism
trans_list: Flexitarismus
sense:
(US) The practice of eating mainly vegetarian food, but making occasional exceptions for social, pragmatic, cultural, or nutritional reasons.


lexentry: eng/flexitime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flexitime
trans_list: Gleitzeit
sense:
(business, human resources) An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.


lexentry: eng/flick__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flick
trans_list: schnipsen
sense:
(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.


lexentry: eng/flick_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flick off
trans_list: schaukeln
sense:
(vulgar, slang, ambitransitive) To masturbate by flicking the clitoris with one's finger or fingers.


lexentry: eng/flight__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flight
trans_list: Flug
sense:
A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.


lexentry: eng/flight_attendant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight attendant
trans_list: Flugbegleiter | Stewardess | Steward | Flugbegleiterin
sense:
A member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers.


lexentry: eng/flight_data_recorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight data recorder
trans_list: Flugdatenaufzeichnungsgerät | Flugdatenschreiber
sense:
(aviation) A device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft; designed to survive severe impact and fire to help in finding the causes of an accident.


lexentry: eng/flight_information_region__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight information region
trans_list: Fluginformationsgebiet
sense:
(aviation) A specified region of airspace in which a flight information service and an alerting service are provided.


lexentry: eng/flight_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight number
trans_list: Flugnummer
sense:
(aviation, travel) A callsign assigned to a commercial flight for the purposes of reservation and ticketing, typically consisting of a 2 character airline code and a 1 to 4 digit number to indicate a particular service.


lexentry: eng/flight_recorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight recorder
trans_list: Flugschreiber
sense:
A device which records data that would be of use in investigating the cause of an aircraft accident; usually in pairs, consisting of a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder.


lexentry: eng/flight_risk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight risk
trans_list: Fluchtgefahr
sense:
(legal, uncountable) The possibility that a person under the custody of law enforcement will abscond if granted bail.


lexentry: eng/flinch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flinch
trans_list: zusammenfahren | zusammenzucken | entziehen | wanken | zucken | zurückschrecken
sense:
(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe.


lexentry: eng/flint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flint
trans_list: Feuerstein | Flint | Flintstein | Silex
sense:
A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.


lexentry: eng/flinty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flinty
trans_list: Feuerstein- | flintig | mineralisch
sense:
(wine) Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.


lexentry: eng/flip-flop__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flip-flop
trans_list: Flipflop
sense:
(computing, electronics) A bistable; an electronic switching circuit that has either two stable states (switching between them in response to a trigger) or a stable and an unstable state (switching from one to the other and back again in response to a trigger), and which is thereby capable of serving as one bit of memory. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/flip__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: flip
trans_list: wenden | schwenken | umdrehen
sense:
(transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.


lexentry: eng/flip_the_bird__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flip the bird
trans_list: den Mittelfinger zeigen | den Stinkefinger zeigen
sense:
(colloquial, idiom) To make a rude or obscene gesture (at somebody); particularly, to extend the middle finger.


lexentry: eng/flipper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flipper
trans_list: Flosse
sense:
In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide flat, limb adapted for swimming.


lexentry: eng/flirt__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: flirt
trans_list: flirten | anbaggern | anmachen | aufreißen
sense:
(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/flitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flitch
trans_list: Pfeil
sense:
The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.


lexentry: eng/float__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: float
trans_list: schwimmen | treiben | schweben
sense:
(intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).


lexentry: eng/float__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: float
trans_list: schwimmen | treiben | schweben
sense:
To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.


lexentry: eng/floating-point_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: floating-point number
trans_list: Float
sense:
(computing) A real number held as a pair of integers, one representing the mantissa and the other representing the exponent. The base is normally 10, 16 or 256 depending on the computing system.


lexentry: eng/floating_island__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: floating island
trans_list: Schnee-Eier | Vogelmilch
sense:
A French cold dessert consisting of an "island" of meringue, made of egg whites and sugar, floating in a "sea" of custard.


lexentry: eng/floccinaucinihilipilification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floccinaucinihilipilification
trans_list: Geringschätzung
sense:
(often, humorous) The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless.


lexentry: eng/flocculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flocculation
trans_list: Ausflockung | Flockung | Flokkulation
sense:
(physical chemistry) A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc.


lexentry: eng/flock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flock
trans_list: Schwarm | Schar
sense:
A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.


lexentry: eng/flock__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flock
trans_list: Herde | Schar
sense:
A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.


lexentry: eng/flood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flood
trans_list: Flut | Überflutung | Überschwemmung | Hochwasser
sense:
An overflow (usually disastrous) of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.


lexentry: eng/flood__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flood
trans_list: Flut
sense:
(figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.


lexentry: eng/flood__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flood
trans_list: überschwemmen | überfluten | überfüllen
sense:
(Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.


lexentry: eng/floodlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: floodlight
trans_list: Flutlicht
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground.


lexentry: eng/floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: floor
trans_list: Boden | Erdboden | Erdoberfläche | Grund | Land
sense:
(geology, biology, chiefly with a modifier) The bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space (e.g. cave, forest, ocean, desert, etc.); the ground (surface of the Earth).


lexentry: eng/floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: floor
trans_list: Stockwerk | Decke | Deckenkonstruktion | Geschossdecke
sense:
(construction, architecture) A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.


lexentry: eng/floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: floor
trans_list: Fußboden | Boden | Bodenbelag | Fußbodenbelag | Schiffsboden
sense:
(nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.


lexentry: eng/floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: floor
trans_list: Börsensaal
sense:
The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition.


lexentry: eng/floor_lamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floor lamp
trans_list: Stehlampe
sense:
A lamp supported by a tall vertical pole in order that light comes from above those seated in the vicinity.


lexentry: eng/flop__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flop
trans_list: floppen | misslingen | scheitern | versagen
sense:
(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).


lexentry: eng/floppy_disk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floppy disk
trans_list: Diskette | Floppy | Floppy Disk
sense:
(computer hardware) A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.


lexentry: eng/floppy_drive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floppy drive
trans_list: Diskettenlaufwerk
sense:
A computer hardware device used for reading and writing on removable floppy disks, such as 3+1⁄2″, 5+1⁄4″ or 8″ diskettes.


lexentry: eng/flor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flor
trans_list: Hautbildung
sense:
A film of yeast that develops on the surface of some wines during fermentation, induced deliberately during the production of sherry.


lexentry: eng/floriography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floriography
trans_list: Blumensprache
sense:
Communication through the use of flowers, with different types of flowers having particular symbolic meanings.


lexentry: eng/floss__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: floss
trans_list: Maiskolbenfaser
sense:
The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.


lexentry: eng/flotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flotation
trans_list: Flotation
sense:
(mining, chemical engineering) A process of separating minerals by agitating a mixture with water and detergents etc; selected substances being carried to the surface in air bubbles.


lexentry: eng/flotsam_and_jetsam__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flotsam and jetsam
trans_list: Treibgut und Strandgut
sense:
(nautical) That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally).


lexentry: eng/flounder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flounder
trans_list: Flunder | Butt
sense:
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).


lexentry: eng/flour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flour
trans_list: Mehl
sense:
Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.


lexentry: eng/flourish__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
sense: (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
written_rep: flourish
trans_list:
schwingen | gestikulieren | schnörkeln | schwenken | schwungvoll bewegen | überschwenglich gestikulieren


lexentry: eng/flourish__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: flourish
sense:
(intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.

trans_list:
schwingen | gestikulieren | schnörkeln | schwenken | schwungvoll bewegen | überschwenglich gestikulieren


lexentry: eng/flow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flow
trans_list: Tätigkeitsrausch
sense:
Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.


lexentry: eng/flow__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flow
trans_list: Flut | Fluss
sense:
(math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.


lexentry: eng/flow_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flow control
trans_list: Flusskontrolle
sense:
(networking) The management of the data transmission rate between two nodes to prevent a fast sender from outrunning a slow receiver.


lexentry: eng/flower__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flower
trans_list: Blume | Blüte
sense:
(botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.


lexentry: eng/flower_head__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flower head
trans_list: Blütenkorb | Blütenkörbchen | Capitulum | Korb | Köpfchen
sense:
(botany) A compact cluster of florets having the appearance of a single [flower]] (as in the daisy family).


lexentry: eng/flowery__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flowery
trans_list: blumig
sense:
(of a speech or piece of writing) overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance


lexentry: eng/flue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flue
trans_list: Abzug | Dunstabzug | Rauchabzug
sense:
A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).


lexentry: eng/fluency__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fluency
trans_list: Flüssigkeit | Geläufigkeit | Sprechflüssigkeit | flüssig
sense:
(linguistics) The quality of being fluent in a language; A person's command of a particular language.


lexentry: eng/flugelhorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flugelhorn
trans_list: Flügelhorn
sense:
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.


lexentry: eng/fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluid
trans_list: Fluid | Flüssigkeit
sense:
Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.


lexentry: eng/fluidized_bed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluidized bed
trans_list: Wirbelschicht
sense:
An industrial unit process in which a quantity of a solid particulate substance is caused to float in a stream of a fluid (usually air or other gas) in order to create conditions in which many chemical, combustion and drying reactions take place efficiently.


lexentry: eng/fluorescein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluorescein
trans_list: Fluorescein
sense:
(carboxylic acid) Any of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted; used forensically to detect traces of blood, and in analytical chemistry as an indicator in silver nitrate titrations


lexentry: eng/fluorescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluorescence
trans_list: Fluoreszenz
sense:
(physics) The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle.


lexentry: eng/fluorite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluorite
trans_list: Fluorit
sense:
(mineral) A widely occurring mineral (calcium fluoride), of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.


lexentry: eng/flush__Noun__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flush
trans_list: Spülung | Erröten | Errötung | Hautrötung | Rotwerden | Röte
sense:
A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.


lexentry: eng/flush__Verb__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flush
trans_list: erröten | rot werden
sense:
(intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.


lexentry: eng/flush_mounting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flush mounting
trans_list: UP-Montage | Unterputz-Montage | flächenbündig | oberflächenbündig | unterputz
sense:
(electrical installation) A way of mounting a fixture, e.g. a socket so that the body of the fixture is inside the wall, leaving only a cover plate on top of the surface of the wall.


lexentry: eng/flush_toilet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flush toilet
trans_list: WC | Toilette
sense:
A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typically a sewer main in urban settings or a septic tank elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/flute__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flute
trans_list: Nut | Rille | Furche | Riefe | Spiralnut
sense:
A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape


lexentry: eng/flute__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: flute
trans_list: Kannelierung | Kannelur | Kannelüre | Nut | Riefe | Rille
sense:
(architectural element, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.


lexentry: eng/flute__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flute
trans_list: pfeifen | auskehlen | furchen | in Falten legen | kannelieren | nuten
sense:
(transitive) To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).


lexentry: eng/fluting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluting
trans_list: Auskehlung | Kannelierung | Riffelung | Rille | Rillen | Rüschen
sense:
(architecture, sculpture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.


lexentry: eng/flutter__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flutter
trans_list: wedeln
sense:
(intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.


lexentry: eng/flux__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flux
trans_list: Fluss
sense:
(physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.


lexentry: eng/flux_capacitor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flux capacitor
trans_list: Fluxkompensator
sense:
(science fiction) A fictional instrument required to operate a time machine, consisting of a rectangular-shaped compartment with three flashing Geissler-style tubes arranged in a "Y" configuration.


lexentry: eng/fly-half__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly-half
trans_list: Verbindungshalb
sense:
(rugby) A rugby player who is normally the first receiver of the ball from the scrum half after a scrum; a half-back.


lexentry: eng/fly__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fly
trans_list: Fliege
sense:
(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).


lexentry: eng/fly__Noun__2
sense_num: 07
written_rep: fly
trans_list: Hosenschlitz
sense:
(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.


lexentry: eng/fly__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fly
trans_list: fliegen | fahren | fliegen lassen
sense:
(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.


lexentry: eng/fly_agaric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly agaric
trans_list: Fliegenpilz
sense:
A poisonous and hallucinogenic mushroom, Amanita muscaria, with a large crimson cap, fading to yellow, scattered with white flecks.


lexentry: eng/fly_ash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly ash
trans_list: Flugasche
sense:
A residue generated in the combustion of powdered coal or other materials, comprising the fine particles that rise with the flue gases; when generated industrially it is usually captured and can be recycled for use in construction materials.


lexentry: eng/fly_by_the_seat_of_one's_pants__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly by the seat of one's pants
trans_list: fahren
sense:
(idiomatic) To pilot an aircraft without the aid of instruments and without a flight plan, using only instinct, visual observation, and practical judgment.


lexentry: eng/fly_by_the_seat_of_one's_pants__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fly by the seat of one's pants
trans_list: fahren auf Sicht
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) To use one's judgment, initiative, and perceptions as events unfold in order to improvise a course of action without a predetermined plan or without the desirable data inputs to decision making.


lexentry: eng/fly_fishing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly fishing
trans_list: Fliegenfischen | Fliegenfischerei | Fliegenangeln | Flugangeln
sense:
(fishing) A form of angling whereby the weight of the line is used to cast a lure visually resembling a fly.


lexentry: eng/fly_in_the_ointment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly in the ointment
trans_list: Haar in der Suppe
sense:
(idiomatic) Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.


lexentry: eng/flycatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flycatcher
trans_list: Fliegenschnäpper
sense:
Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.


lexentry: eng/flycatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flycatcher
trans_list: Fliegenschnäpper
sense:
Any of many kinds of similar birds of various families, such as Tyrannidae (the New World flycatchers of the Americas), Tityridae, Stenostiridae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, etc.


lexentry: eng/flying_boat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying boat
trans_list: Flugboot
sense:
A fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, capable of landing on water, but (unless also equipped with wheels) not on land.


lexentry: eng/flying_buttress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying buttress
trans_list: Strebebogen
sense:
(architecture) A buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).


lexentry: eng/flying_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flying fish
trans_list: fliegender Fisch | Fliegender Fisch
sense:
A tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, having enlarged winglike pectoral fins enabling it to escape predators by taking short gliding flights through the air.


lexentry: eng/flying_fox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying fox
trans_list: Eigentlicher Flughund
sense:
A large Australasian bat, of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon in the family Pteropodidae, having a fox-like face.


lexentry: eng/flying_gurnard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying gurnard
trans_list: Flughahn
sense:
Any tropical marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, having immense wing-like pectoral fins used to glide through the water.


lexentry: eng/flying_kiss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying kiss
trans_list: Luftkuss
sense:
A symbolic kiss given by kissing one's own hand, then blowing on the hand in a direction towards the recipient.


lexentry: eng/flying_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying machine
trans_list: Flugzeug
sense:
(archaic) Early term for an aircraft; a machine for flying in (gerund); a machine that flies (participial adjective)


lexentry: eng/flying_saucer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying saucer
trans_list: fliegende Untertasse
sense:
(informal) A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.


lexentry: eng/flyover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flyover
trans_list: Tiefflug
sense:
(US) A low-level flight, especially of military aircraft, of a ceremonial nature; a flypast (British).


lexentry: eng/flyover__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flyover
trans_list: Eisenbahnüberführung | Straßenüberführung | Überführung
sense:
(British, Hong Kong, Philippine, Australia, Nepal, Pakistan, India) A road or railway that passes over another, allowing routes to cross without interruption.


lexentry: eng/flypaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flypaper
trans_list: Fliegenpapier | Fliegenfänger | Honigstreifen
sense:
A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it


lexentry: eng/flysch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flysch
trans_list: Flysch
sense:
(geology) A series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.


lexentry: eng/flyweight__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flyweight
trans_list: Fliegengewicht
sense:
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.


lexentry: eng/flywheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flywheel
trans_list: Schwungrad
sense:
(mechanical engineering) A rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate, or as a form of energy storage.


lexentry: eng/foam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foam
trans_list: Schaumgummi | Schaum
sense:
(firefighting) A collection of small bubbles formed by mixing an extinguishing agent with water, used to cover and extinguish fires.


lexentry: eng/foam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foam
trans_list: Schaumgummi | Schaum
sense:
A collection of small bubbles created when the surface of a body of water is moved by tides, wind, etc.


lexentry: eng/foam_party__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foam party
trans_list: Schaumparty
sense:
A social event in which participants dance to music on a dance floor covered in several feet of suds or bubbles dispensed from a foam machine.


lexentry: eng/fob__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fob
trans_list: Funkschlüssel
sense:
A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold money or valuables, especially a pocket watch.


lexentry: eng/fob_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fob off
trans_list: abwimmeln
sense:
(informal, transitive) To use lies, excuses, or deceit to satisfy someone; to deceitfully appease someone by giving something that is spurious or inferior from what was wanted or expected.


lexentry: eng/focal_length__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: focal length
trans_list: Brennweite
sense:
(optics) A measure of how strongly an optical system converges or diverges light, the inverse of optical power. In the simple case of a single convex lens, it is the distance along the optical axis from the principal plane of the lens to the lens's focal point (where, for instance, the film would be placed in a camera). For more complex or multi-element optical systems, focal length need not correspond to any obvious measurable physical distance.


lexentry: eng/focus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: focus
trans_list: Fokus | Brennpunkt
sense:
(uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.


lexentry: eng/focus__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: focus
trans_list: Fokus | Brennpunkt
sense:
(uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.


lexentry: eng/focus__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: focus
trans_list: Fokus | Brennpunkt
sense:
(linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.


lexentry: eng/focus__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: focus
trans_list: fokussieren
sense:
(transitive, optics) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.


lexentry: eng/focus__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: focus
trans_list: fokussieren | sich konzentrieren
sense:
(intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.


lexentry: eng/focus_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: focus group
trans_list: Fokusgruppe
sense:
A group of people, sampled from a larger population, interviewed in open session for market research or political analysis.


lexentry: eng/fodder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fodder
trans_list: Futter
sense:
Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.


lexentry: eng/fogbow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fogbow
trans_list: Nebelbogen
sense:
(meteorology) A white arc or circle, similar to a rainbow, which can appear in the sky in foggy conditions as sunlight passes through small airborne water droplets.


lexentry: eng/fogey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fogey
trans_list: Original
sense:
A dull person (especially an older man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.


lexentry: eng/foible__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foible
trans_list: Eigenheit | Marotte | Schwäche | Spleen
sense:
(mostly, in plural) A quirk, idiosyncrasy, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.


lexentry: eng/foil__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: foil
trans_list: Florett | Kontrastfigur
sense:
(authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.


lexentry: eng/fold__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fold
trans_list: Falte
sense:
(geology) The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.


lexentry: eng/fold__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: fold
trans_list: Gemeinde
sense:
(Christianity) A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; also, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.


lexentry: eng/fold__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fold
trans_list: falten | falzen
sense:
(transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.


lexentry: eng/fold__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fold
trans_list: unterheben
sense:
(transitive, cooking) To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.


lexentry: eng/folder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folder
trans_list: Ordner | Mappe
sense:
An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.


lexentry: eng/folder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: folder
trans_list: Verzeichnis | Ordner
sense:
(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.


lexentry: eng/folding_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folding chair
trans_list: Klappstuhl | Faltstuhl
sense:
A light portable chair that can be stored in a stack, row or on a specially designed cart. They are produced in a variety of styles, folding mechanisms and materials.


lexentry: eng/folding_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folding knife
trans_list: Klappmesser
sense:
A kind of knife whose blade or blades can be folded inside the handle, owing to a joint#Noun. Such a knife is usually a pocketknife; its action may be locking#Adjective or nonlocking#Adjective.


lexentry: eng/foliation__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: foliation
trans_list: Blätterung
sense:
(topology) A set of submanifolds of a given manifold, each of which is of lower dimension than it, but which, taken together, are coextensive with it.


lexentry: eng/folic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folic acid
trans_list: Folsäure
sense:
(vitamin, carboxylic acid) A polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid, one of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction


lexentry: eng/folk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk
trans_list: Volk | Folk
sense:
(countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.


lexentry: eng/folk_etymology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk etymology
trans_list: Volksetymologie
sense:
A misunderstanding of the etymology of a word based on an inexpert analysis; an etymology that incorrectly explains the origin of a word based on the inadequate judgement of a common speaker of the language instead of etymological expertise.


lexentry: eng/folk_etymology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: folk etymology
trans_list: Volksetymologie
sense:
A modification of a word or its spelling resulting from a misunderstanding of its etymology, as with island, belfry, and hangnail.


lexentry: eng/folk_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk medicine
trans_list: Volksmedizin
sense:
(uncountable) Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.


lexentry: eng/folk_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk music
trans_list: Volksmusik
sense:
Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.


lexentry: eng/folk_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: folk music
trans_list: Volksmusik | Weltmusik
sense:
Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms.


lexentry: eng/folk_religion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk religion
trans_list: Volksglaube
sense:
Ethnic or regional religious customs under the umbrella of an organized religion, but outside of official doctrine and practices.


lexentry: eng/folk_song__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk song
trans_list: Volkslied | Folksong
sense:
(music) A song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians, and handed down by oral tradition.


lexentry: eng/folklorism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folklorism
trans_list: Folklorismus
sense:
Invention or adaptation of folklore; including any use of a tradition outside the cultural context in which it was created.


lexentry: eng/follow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: follow
trans_list: folgen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.


lexentry: eng/follow_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: follow up
trans_list: folgen
sense:
To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication or verify.


lexentry: eng/follower__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: follower
trans_list: Follower
sense:
(social media) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.


lexentry: eng/fomentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fomentation
trans_list: Wickel
sense:
The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain by relaxing the skin, or of discussing (dispersing) tumours.


lexentry: eng/fomite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fomite
trans_list: Fomite | Infektionsträger
sense:
(medicine) An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses or prions), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts; common examples include towels, dishcloths, kitchenware/flatware, and laundry.


lexentry: eng/fondant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fondant
trans_list: Fondant
sense:
(usually, uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies.


lexentry: eng/fondue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fondue
trans_list: Fondue
sense:
A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.


lexentry: eng/font__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: font
trans_list: Schriftart
sense:
In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.


lexentry: eng/font__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: font
trans_list: Schriftart | Font | Zeichensatz
sense:
(computing, typography) A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer.


lexentry: eng/fontanelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fontanelle
trans_list: Fontanelle
sense:
(anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.


lexentry: eng/fontange__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fontange
trans_list: Fontange
sense:
A headdress popular among aristocrats in Europe in the late 17th century and early 18th century, made with pleated layers of starched lace and ribbon.


lexentry: eng/foo_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foo dog
trans_list: Wächterlöwe
sense:
A stylized lion statue similar to those usually placed in male and female pairs outside imperial Chinese palaces, tombs, temples, etc.


lexentry: eng/food__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food
trans_list: Essen | Nahrung | Lebensmittel | Speise
sense:
(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.


lexentry: eng/food_bank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food bank
trans_list: Tafel
sense:
A charitable non-profit organization that distributes mostly donated food to a wide variety of agencies that in turn feed the hungry.


lexentry: eng/food_court__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food court
trans_list: Food-Court
sense:
A common area for dining, containing or surrounded by contiguous counters of multiple food vendors, often adjoining a shopping area.


lexentry: eng/food_poisoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food poisoning
trans_list: Lebensmittelvergiftung | Nahrungsmittelvergiftung
sense:
(pathology, bacteria) Any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, which causes diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.


lexentry: eng/food_pyramid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: food pyramid
trans_list: Ernährungspyramide
sense:
(nutrition, US) Any pyramidal diagram giving advice on how to eat healthily, particularly those widely publicized by the United States government.


lexentry: eng/food_stamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food stamp
trans_list: Essensmarke
sense:
A stamp or similar paper document (e.g. coupon) issued to be exchanged in shops or storage facilities for food, or (by extension) for other essential provisions, notably in a rationing system or as a non-financial form of welfare benefit.


lexentry: eng/food_web__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food web
trans_list: Nahrungsnetz
sense:
(ecology) A diagram showing the organisms that eat other organisms in a particular ecosystem, predators being higher in the web than their prey.


lexentry: eng/fool's_errand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fool's errand
trans_list: Metzgergang | vergebliche Mühe
sense:
(idiomatic) A foolish undertaking, especially one that is purposeless, fruitless, nonsensical, or certain to fail.


lexentry: eng/fool__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fool
trans_list: Narr | Närrin | Eulenspiegel | Ulenspiegel
sense:
(historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).


lexentry: eng/fool__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fool
trans_list: Mus
sense:
(literature) A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.


lexentry: eng/foot-and-mouth_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foot-and-mouth disease
trans_list: Maul- und Klauenseuche | Aphthenseuche | Hand-Fuß-Mund-Krankheit | MKS
sense:
(pathology) A highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease that can affect animals with cloven hooves.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foot
trans_list: Pfote | Fuß
sense:
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: foot
trans_list: Fuß | Fuss
sense:
A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: foot
trans_list: Fuß | Fuss
sense:
(music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: foot
trans_list: Fuß | Fuss | Pfote
sense:
(phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.


lexentry: eng/foot_fault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foot fault
trans_list: Fußfehler
sense:
(sports) In certain sports, as in tennis or long jump, a fault in which the athlete's foot is in the wrong place at the wrong time.


lexentry: eng/football__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: football
trans_list: Fußball | Fussball
sense:
(UK, Africa, Caribbean, South Asia, uncountable) Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.


lexentry: eng/football__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: football
trans_list: Australian Football
sense:
(Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, southern New South Wales ) Australian rules football.


lexentry: eng/football_hooligan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: football hooligan
trans_list: Fußball-Hooligan
sense:
(UK) A violent and noisy football (soccer) fan who routinely fights with supporters of opposing teams, often the member of a firm.


lexentry: eng/football_tennis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: football tennis
trans_list: Fußballtennis
sense:
(sports) A sport played with a ball over a net on a tennis-like court, with the ball similar to the football one, and the net to the tennis one.


lexentry: eng/footbinding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footbinding
trans_list: Füßebinden
sense:
(historical) The old Chinese custom of binding women's feet with cloth to prevent them from growing with age. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/footboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: footboard
trans_list: Trittbrett
sense:
A board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet, such as that found in a carriage.


lexentry: eng/footer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: footer
trans_list: Fußzeile
sense:
(computing) A line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents or number pages. (Compare foot in printing.)


lexentry: eng/footlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footlight
trans_list: Rampe
sense:
A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.


lexentry: eng/footlocker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footlocker
trans_list: Kantine
sense:
A long, rectangular trunk or similar container that lies flat on the floor, especially one used for personal belongings and kept at the foot of a bed, commonly used in barracks and dormitories.


lexentry: eng/footnote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footnote
trans_list: Fußnote
sense:
A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.


lexentry: eng/footsie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footsie
trans_list: füßeln
sense:
A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude.


lexentry: eng/footwrap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footwrap
trans_list: Fußlappen
sense:
A strip of cloth worn around the feet before the wide availability of socks or to avoid chafing, absorb sweat and improve the foothold.


lexentry: eng/for-profit__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for-profit
trans_list: gewinnorientiert
sense:
(of an organization) For the purpose of making money, especially in relation to an organisation that was not formerly, or is not usually, run to make money.


lexentry: eng/for__Preposition__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: for
trans_list: für
sense:
By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.


lexentry: eng/for_loop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for loop
trans_list: for-Schleife
sense:
(programming) A section of code in which an instruction or group of instructions is executed a specific number of times depending on the value of a loop counter.


lexentry: eng/for_once__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for once
trans_list: wenigstens ein einziges Mal | wenigstens einmal
sense:
(idiomatic) For the first time, after many instances to the contrary; in a rare exception to the rule; as an exception to the usual.


lexentry: eng/for_the_time_being__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for the time being
trans_list: bis auf Weiteres | einstweilen | vorläufig | fürs Erste | vorerst | zunächst einmal
sense:
(idiomatic) Temporarily; for now; until later; until the situation changes; in an indefinite period of time.


lexentry: eng/for_what_it's_worth__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for what it's worth
sense:
Considering what limited worth this advice, opinion, or suggestion might have for you; used to soften the presentation of unsolicited advice or information that may not be relevant.

trans_list:
Sie haben mich nicht nach meinem Rat gefragt, aber | es mag keine weitere Bewandtnis haben, aber | falls es Sie interessiert | ich möchte mich nicht aufdrängen, aber | nur nebenbei bemerkt | übrigens


lexentry: eng/for_your_information__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for your information
trans_list: zu Ihrer Information | zu deiner Information
sense:
(colloquial) Used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement, especially when the statement angered or offended the speaker.


lexentry: eng/foraminifer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foraminifer
trans_list: Foraminifere
sense:
Any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude.


lexentry: eng/foray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foray
trans_list: plötzlicher Überfall | überraschender Überfall
sense:
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.


lexentry: eng/forbidden_fruit_is_the_sweetest__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forbidden fruit is the sweetest
trans_list: verbotene Früchte schmecken am besten | verbotene Früchte sind süß
sense:
Forbidden things seem more appealing; people desire things more if (or, in some way, because) they can't have them.


lexentry: eng/force-feed__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: force-feed
trans_list: zwangsernähren
sense:
To force a person or animal to ingest food, for example by stuffing food down the throat, or using a tube passed into the stomach.


lexentry: eng/force__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: force
trans_list: Kraft
sense:
Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.


lexentry: eng/force__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: force
trans_list: Kraft
sense:
(countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)


lexentry: eng/force__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: force
trans_list: Macht | Kraft
sense:
(humorous, or, science fiction, with the, often, capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note. [1977]


lexentry: eng/force_majeure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: force majeure
trans_list: höhere Gewalt
sense:
(law) An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.


lexentry: eng/force_of_habit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: force of habit
trans_list: Macht der Gewohnheit
sense:
(idiomatic) an act that has been repeated to the point where the performance of the act becomes automatic


lexentry: eng/force_of_nature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: force of nature
trans_list: Naturgewalt | Naturkraft
sense:
A mighty natural force which is beyond human control, notably if potentially catastrophic, such as the elements (e.g. storms and extreme temperatures) or geological (e.g. seismic and volcanic) activity.


lexentry: eng/forced_labor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forced labor
trans_list: Zwangsarbeit
sense:
(American spelling) Work which one is compelled to perform against one's will, especially in a condition of involuntary servitude as a prisoner or slave.


lexentry: eng/forced_march__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forced march
trans_list: Eilmarsch
sense:
(military) A movement on foot by soldiers or prisoners of war, who must, in order to satisfy a military requirement, travel at a speed or in adverse conditions that would normally tire them excessively.


lexentry: eng/forced_perspective__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forced perspective
trans_list: erzwungene Perspektive
sense:
An optical illusion in which an object appears of a different size or distance away than it actually is.


lexentry: eng/forcemeat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forcemeat
trans_list: Farce
sense:
(cooking) An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.


lexentry: eng/forceps__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forceps
trans_list: Zange | Forzeps | Pinzette
sense:
An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.


lexentry: eng/forcing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forcing
trans_list: Treiberei
sense:
(horticulture) The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed


lexentry: eng/forcing__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: forcing
trans_list: Strahlungsantrieb | Ungleichgewicht der Strahlungsbilanz
sense:
(climatology, countable) The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.


lexentry: eng/ford__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ford
trans_list: Furt
sense:
A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.


lexentry: eng/foreclose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreclose
trans_list: zwangsvollstrecken
sense:
(transitive, legal) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.


lexentry: eng/foreclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreclosure
trans_list: Zwangsvollstreckung | Pfändung
sense:
(legal) The proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments.


lexentry: eng/forecourt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forecourt
trans_list: Außenbereich | Tankstellenaußenbereich
sense:
(chiefly, British) The area in front of a petrol station where the petrol pumps are situated; pumping area.


lexentry: eng/foreign__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: foreign
trans_list: ausländisch | fremd
sense:
Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.


lexentry: eng/foreign_agent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign agent
trans_list: ausländische Agentin | ausländischer Agent
sense:
Someone who actively carries out the interests of a foreign country while located in another host country.


lexentry: eng/foreign_correspondent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign correspondent
trans_list: Auslandskorrespondent | Auslandskorrespondentin
sense:
(journalism) A reporter or freelance journalist who is based in a foreign country, and who provides news reports and/or commentary from that place.


lexentry: eng/foreign_currency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign currency
trans_list: Fremdwährung
sense:
(banking, finance) Any currency that is in use in a foreign nation, and an authorized medium of circulation and the basis for record-keeping in that nation.


lexentry: eng/foreign_debt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign debt
trans_list: Auslandsschuld | Auslandsverschuldung
sense:
(countable, finance) A debt that a country, an organization in a country, or a resident individual in a country owes to those in other countries.


lexentry: eng/foreign_direct_investment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign direct investment
trans_list: ausländische Direktinvestition
sense:
(finance, economics) Direct investment into production or business in a country by an individual or company of another country, either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country.


lexentry: eng/foreign_key__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign key
trans_list: Fremdschlüssel
sense:
(database) A column (or group of columns) in a relational table that identifies another table, so that items in the two tables can be conceptually linked.


lexentry: eng/foreignness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreignness
trans_list: Fremdheit
sense:
(uncountable) The quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness.


lexentry: eng/foreland__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: foreland
trans_list: Vorland
sense:
(geology) In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.


lexentry: eng/foreleg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreleg
trans_list: Vorderbein | Vorderlauf
sense:
Either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal such as a horse, or towards the front of a many-legged animal such as most insects, or of a piece of furniture, etc.


lexentry: eng/foremast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foremast
trans_list: Fockmast
sense:
(nautical) The mast nearest the bow, on a sailing ship with more than one mast or a non-sailing ship with any masts; the second-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.


lexentry: eng/foremilk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foremilk
trans_list: Erstmilch | Vormilch
sense:
The first milk drawn from a cow during milking; in humans, the milk secreted initially during breastfeeding, typically low in fat and rich in protein.


lexentry: eng/forensic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forensic
trans_list: forensisch
sense:
Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.


lexentry: eng/forensic_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forensic medicine
trans_list: Gerichtsmedizin
sense:
The application of medical science to criminal investigation, especially in establishing the causes of injury or death.


lexentry: eng/forensic_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forensic science
trans_list: Kriminalistik | Forensik | Kriminaltechnik | forensische Wissenschaft
sense:
Any of several fields of study involving the collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis.


lexentry: eng/foreperson__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
sense: (legal) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
written_rep: foreperson
trans_list:
Sprecher der Geschworenen | Sprecherin der Geschworenen | Vorsitzende und Sprecherin der Jury | Vorsitzender und Sprecher der Jury


lexentry: eng/foreplay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreplay
trans_list: Vorspiel
sense:
In human sexual behavior, the acts at the beginning of a sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.


lexentry: eng/foresail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foresail
trans_list: Fock
sense:
(nautical, on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast


lexentry: eng/foreshadowing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreshadowing
trans_list: Vorahnung
sense:
(literature, usually, uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.


lexentry: eng/foreshortening__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreshortening
trans_list: Verkürzung
sense:
(arts) A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn.


lexentry: eng/foreskin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreskin
trans_list: Vorhaut | Präputium
sense:
(anatomy) The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other mammals.


lexentry: eng/forest_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forest star
trans_list: Leng
sense:
(Zambia, Zimbabwe) Mussaenda arcuata, a shrub species of the family Rubiaceae with a star-shaped 5-lobed yellow corolla, whose centre is also star-shaped and hairy, orange to brown in colour; native range is Tropical Africa and Western Indian Ocean.


lexentry: eng/forestall__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forestall
trans_list: unterbinden | verhindern
sense:
(transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.


lexentry: eng/forestay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forestay
trans_list: Vorstag
sense:
(nautical) A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship


lexentry: eng/forestry__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: forestry
trans_list: Forstwirtschaft
sense:
(uncountable) The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.


lexentry: eng/foreword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreword
trans_list: Vorwort | Vorrede
sense:
An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; a preface or introduction.


lexentry: eng/forge__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forge
trans_list: drängen | nach vorn drängen | sich Bahn brechen | vorandrängen | vorankommen | vorankämpfen
sense:
(often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty.


lexentry: eng/forger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forger
trans_list: Fälscher | Fälscherin
sense:
A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.


lexentry: eng/forgery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: forgery
trans_list: Fälschen | Fälschung | Schmieden
sense:
The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.


lexentry: eng/forgive__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forgive
trans_list: vergeben | verzeihen | entschuldigen
sense:
(transitive) To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fork
trans_list: Gabel
sense:
Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fork
trans_list: Gabelung | Verzweigung
sense:
(by abstraction, from the tool shape) A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fork
trans_list: Verzweigung | Abspaltung | Fork
sense:
(metonymically, and analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: fork
trans_list: Gabel
sense:
(chess) The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: fork
trans_list: Gabel
sense:
(cycling, motorcycles, by abstraction from a pronged tool's shape) In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.


lexentry: eng/fork__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fork
trans_list: aufspalten | spalten
sense:
(ambitransitive, software development) To launch a separate software development effort based upon a modified copy of an existing software project, especially in free and open-source software.


lexentry: eng/fork_hoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fork hoe
trans_list: Karst
sense:
A hoe with two or more tines at right angles to the shaft, typically used to loosen the soil for planting or sowing.


lexentry: eng/forklift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forklift
trans_list: Gabelstapler
sense:
A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.


lexentry: eng/form_factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: form factor
trans_list: Formfaktor
sense:
(physics) The ratio of the RMS value to the absolute mean of a sinusoidal wave (especially to that of an alternating current)


lexentry: eng/form_factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: form factor
trans_list: Formfaktor
sense:
(crystallography) A function that describes the scattering power of an atom as function of the scattering angle


lexentry: eng/form_of_government__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: form of government
trans_list: Staatsform
sense:
(political science) The system by which a state or community is controlled, as for decision-making or choice of rulers.


lexentry: eng/formal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: formal
trans_list: formal | Form-
sense:
(mathematics, philosophy) Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.


lexentry: eng/formal_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formal language
trans_list: formale Sprache
sense:
(computing theory) A set of finite strings (called words) made of symbols (from a finite set of symbols, called an alphabet).


lexentry: eng/formal_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formal science
trans_list: formale Wissenschaft
sense:
A study that is concerned with theoretical formal systems, such as logic, mathematics, systems theory and the theoretical branches of computer science, information theory, microeconomics, statistics, and linguistics.


lexentry: eng/formaldehyde__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formaldehyde
trans_list: Formaldehyd
sense:
(organic compound) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.


lexentry: eng/formalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: formalism
trans_list: Formalismus
sense:
(linguistics, computing, mathematics) A formal expression of a grammar; a formal grammar; a set of rules of syntax that, without reference to semantics, determine whether a sequence of symbols is a well-formed sentence in a given formal language.


lexentry: eng/formant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formant
trans_list: Formant
sense:
(physics, phonetics) A band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants.


lexentry: eng/format__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: format
trans_list: formatieren
sense:
(computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.


lexentry: eng/former_Yugoslav_Republic_of_Macedonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
trans_list: EJRM | ehemalige jugoslawische Republik Mazedonien
sense:
A provisional designation (because of a naming dispute with Greece) formerly used by many international organizations to refer to the Republic of North Macedonia, a country on the Balkan Peninsula. (Abbreviated FYROM.)


lexentry: eng/formic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formic acid
trans_list: Ameisensäure
sense:
(carboxylic acid) The simplest carboxylic acid, HCOOH, a colourless, corrosive liquid with a sharp odour systematically known as methanoic acid; it is present in the stings of ants, bees and nettles, and is prepared industrially by the oxidation of methanol or formaldehyde; it has some industrial uses, and its esters, the formates are used in perfumes.


lexentry: eng/formidable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formidable
trans_list: beachtlich | furchteinflößend | furchterregend | gewaltig | respekteinflößend
sense:
Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.


lexentry: eng/formula__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: formula
trans_list: Bestandteile | Rezeptur | Zusammensetzung
sense:
A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.


lexentry: eng/formula__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: formula
trans_list: Säuglingsanfangsnahrung | Säuglingsformulierung | Säuglingsnahrung
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula; drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.


lexentry: eng/fornication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fornication
trans_list: Unzucht
sense:
(religion, law) Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way.


lexentry: eng/fornicator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fornicator
trans_list: Hure | Hurenbock | Hurer | Unzuchtsünder | Unzuchtsünderin | Unzüchtige
sense:
An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.


lexentry: eng/forsythia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forsythia
trans_list: Forsythie
sense:
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early spring.


lexentry: eng/forte__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forte
trans_list: forte
sense:
(music) Loud. Used as a dynamic directive in sheet music in its abbreviated form, "f.", to indicate raising the volume of the music. (Abbreviated in musical notation with an f, the Unicode character 1D191.)


lexentry: eng/fortification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortification
trans_list: Befestigen | Festungsbau
sense:
The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.


lexentry: eng/fortification__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fortification
trans_list: Festung | Fort
sense:
That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.


lexentry: eng/fortified_wine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortified wine
trans_list: Likörwein | verstärkter Wein
sense:
A wine to which additional ethanol (an alcohol) has been added, the most common additive being brandy (a spirit distilled from wine).


lexentry: eng/fortify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortify
trans_list: anreichern
sense:
To increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding ingredients, especially minerals or vitamins. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/fortochka__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortochka
trans_list: Klappfenster | Kämpferfenster | Fortotschka
sense:
A small ventilation window, spanning the frame of one window pane, that opens on hinges independently of the whole window, common in Russia, other post-Soviet states and Finland.


lexentry: eng/fortress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortress
trans_list: Festung
sense:
A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.


lexentry: eng/fortress__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fortress
trans_list: Festung
sense:
(chess) A position that, if obtained by the weaker side, will prevent penetration by the opposing side, generally achieving a draw.


lexentry: eng/fortune-telling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortune-telling
trans_list: Wahrsagen | Wahrsagerei
sense:
The act or practise of predicting the future (especially for money), as by using a crystal ball, reading palms, reading tea leaves in a cup, etc.; prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature.


lexentry: eng/fortune_cookie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortune cookie
trans_list: Glückskeks
sense:
A type of hollow snack, common in westernized Chinese cuisine: a crisp sugary wafer containing a message on a narrow strip of paper, generally with a wise or vaguely prophetic message or random numbers usable in a lottery printed on the paper.


lexentry: eng/fortune_hunter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortune hunter
trans_list: Glücksritter
sense:
A person who eagerly seeks wealth without working to earn it, especially in an adventurous way or in an unsavory or unscrupulous way such as through marriage.


lexentry: eng/forty-first__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forty-first
trans_list: einundvierzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number forty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 41 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/forty-seventh__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forty-seventh
trans_list: siebenundvierzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number forty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 47 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/forum__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: forum
trans_list: Forum
sense:
A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.


lexentry: eng/forum__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: forum
trans_list: Forum
sense:
(Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.


lexentry: eng/forum_selection_clause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forum selection clause
trans_list: Gerichtsstandsvereinbarung
sense:
A contractual provision determining the territorial (or less often only international, or subject matter) jurisdiction for a legal dispute concerning a concrete legal relationship.


lexentry: eng/forward__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forward
trans_list: vorwärts | vor | vorn | vorne | weiter
sense:
(nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).


lexentry: eng/forward__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: forward
trans_list: Stürmerin | Stürmer
sense:
(soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.


lexentry: eng/forward_roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forward roll
trans_list: Purzelbaum | Rolle
sense:
(gymnastics) A movement in which one's body is rolled forward, by putting the head on the ground and swinging the legs over the head.


lexentry: eng/fossa__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fossa
trans_list: Fossa
sense:
A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox) of the civet family, endemic to the rainforests of Madagascar. It is slender, long-tailed and has retractile claws and anal scent glands.


lexentry: eng/fossick__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fossick
trans_list: entlocken
sense:
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, _, specifically) To elicit information; to ferret out. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fossil_fuel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fossil fuel
trans_list: fossiler Brennstoff
sense:
Any fuel derived from hydrocarbon deposits such as coal, petroleum, natural gas and, to some extent, peat; these fuels are non-renewable, and their burning moves carbon from underground into the atmosphere via the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/foster__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foster
trans_list: (in Pflege) aufziehen | (in Pflege) großziehen | fördern | nähren
sense:
(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.


lexentry: eng/foster_care__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foster care
trans_list: Pflegeunterbringung
sense:
A formal system by which a child is cared for, in a foster family, by people other than its own parents, but without being adopted.


lexentry: eng/foster_home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foster home
trans_list: Pflegeeltern
sense:
A household in which a child or animal is raised by someone other than their natural or adoptive parent or owner (respectively), especially, in the case of a child, when that caregiver is otherwise unrelated to the child.


lexentry: eng/foul__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foul
trans_list: Foul | Regelverstoß
sense:
(sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.


lexentry: eng/foundation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: foundation
trans_list: Grundlage
sense:
That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.


lexentry: eng/foundation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: foundation
trans_list: Fundament | Gründung
sense:
(architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.


lexentry: eng/foundation__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: foundation
trans_list: Foundation | Grundierung
sense:
(cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.


lexentry: eng/founder_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: founder effect
trans_list: Gründereffekt
sense:
(genetics, evolutionary theory) A reduction in genetic diversity resulting when a population is descended from a small number of colonising ancestors.


lexentry: eng/founding_member__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: founding member
trans_list: Gründungsmitglied | Mitbegründer
sense:
(US) A member of an organization that was involved in, or whose membership commenced with, the organization's foundation.


lexentry: eng/foundling_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foundling wheel
trans_list: Rad
sense:
a revolving crib set in the wall of a church or convent, allowing an abandoned baby to be left anonymously and safely.


lexentry: eng/foundry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foundry
trans_list: Gießerei
sense:
A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.


lexentry: eng/fountain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fountain
trans_list: Springbrunnen | Fontäne
sense:
An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.


lexentry: eng/fountain_of_youth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fountain of youth
trans_list: Jungbrunnen
sense:
(idiomatic) Anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality or to restore a youthful appearance.


lexentry: eng/four-dimensional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four-dimensional
trans_list: vierdimensional
sense:
(algebraic geometry) Having four dimensions; being measurable along four mutually perpendicular axes.


lexentry: eng/four-dimensional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: four-dimensional
trans_list: vierdimensional
sense:
(physics) Relating to the four dimensions of space-time (three spatial dimensions with the addition of time as the fourth)


lexentry: eng/four-tracking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four-tracking
trans_list: viergleisiger Ausbau
sense:
(rail) Provision of four running lines on a stretch of railway track, usually two in each direction.


lexentry: eng/four__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four
trans_list: vier | Vier
sense:
A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)


lexentry: eng/four_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four hundred
trans_list: vierhundert
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after three hundred ninety-nine and before four hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 400.


lexentry: eng/four_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four o'clock
trans_list: vier Uhr
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the fifth hour of the day; 4:00 a.m. (04:00).


lexentry: eng/fourhorn_sculpin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fourhorn sculpin
trans_list: vierhörniger Seeskorpion
sense:
A species of fish of the Cottidae family, Myoxocephalus quadricornis, found in Canada, Finland, Greenland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States.


lexentry: eng/foursome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foursome
trans_list: Foursome | Vierer
sense:
A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of two.


lexentry: eng/fourteen__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fourteen
trans_list: vierzehn
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIV and in Arabic numerals as 14.


lexentry: eng/fourth_official__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fourth official
trans_list: Richter
sense:
(soccer) The official who keeps things at the dugout in order, and displays substitutions and the amount of injury time


lexentry: eng/fourth_wall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fourth wall
trans_list: vierte Wand
sense:
(performing arts, idiomatic) The imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play.


lexentry: eng/fowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fowl
trans_list: Geflügel | Stück Federvieh
sense:
Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans, together forming the clade Galloanserae.


lexentry: eng/fox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fox
trans_list: Fuchs | Füchsin | Fuchsmännchen | Fuchsrüde | Fuchsweibchen | Fähe
sense:
A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.


lexentry: eng/fox__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fox
trans_list: Fuchs
sense:
Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).


lexentry: eng/fox_in_the_henhouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fox in the henhouse
trans_list: den Bock zum Gärtner machen
sense:
(idiomatic, metaphor) Someone untrustworthy placed in a position of trust in which they will be harmful, damaging or detrimental for their own personal gain.


lexentry: eng/foxglove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foxglove
trans_list: Fingerhut
sense:
Digitalis, a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant.


lexentry: eng/foxtail_millet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foxtail millet
trans_list: Kolbenhirse | Mauchert | Mohar | Mäuchert | Pfennich
sense:
The second-most widely planted species of millet, Setaria italica, which is the most important species of millet in East Asia.


lexentry: eng/fractal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fractal
trans_list: Fraktal | fraktal
sense:
(mathematics) A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension, corresponding to a geometric figure or object that is self-similar at all scales and thus has infinite complexity.


lexentry: eng/fractal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fractal
trans_list: Fraktal
sense:
(by extension, sometimes figuratively) An object, system, or idea that exhibits a fractal-like property, especially the property of self-similarity at numerous but not infinitely many scales.


lexentry: eng/fraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fraction
trans_list: Bruch | Bruchzahl
sense:
(arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternatively, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).


lexentry: eng/fraction_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fraction bar
trans_list: Bruchstrich
sense:
(typography, math) The line separating the numerator from the denominator, whether horizontal, oblique, or diagonal.


lexentry: eng/fractional_calculus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fractional calculus
trans_list: fraktionale Infinitesimalrechnung
sense:
(analysis, uncountable) The branch of mathematics that studies generalisations of calculus to allow noninteger (i.e., real or complex) powers of the differentiation operator D and the integration operator J; (countable) any one of said generalisations of calculus.


lexentry: eng/fractional_crystallization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fractional crystallization
trans_list: Fraktionierte Kristallisation
sense:
(physics, chemistry) the separation of two solutes from the same solution by using either a solvent or a crystallization temperature such that only one solute is supersaturated and crystallizes out


lexentry: eng/fractional_reserve_banking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fractional reserve banking
trans_list: Mindestreserve-System
sense:
(finance, chiefly, banking) A widespread banking system in which a bank that accepts deposits from the public puts the majority of those deposits into investments (generating a profit for the bank) as opposed to keeping them all in reserve (i.e., directly on hand); the system assumes that it is unlikely that every customer would need to withdraw their money at the same time (i.e., a bank run).


lexentry: eng/frag__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: frag
trans_list: ermorden
sense:
(transitive, military, and, video games, slang) To hit with the explosion of a fragmentation grenade.


lexentry: eng/frailty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frailty
trans_list: Schwäche | Zerbrechlichkeit
sense:
(uncountable) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.


lexentry: eng/frame__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: frame
trans_list: Figur | Gestalt
sense:
A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.


lexentry: eng/frame__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: frame
trans_list: Rahmen | Gerüst
sense:
(bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.


lexentry: eng/frame__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: frame
trans_list: festlegen | formen | formulieren
sense:
(transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.


lexentry: eng/frame__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: frame
trans_list: ausarbeiten | entwerfen
sense:
(tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).


lexentry: eng/frame_lock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frame lock
trans_list: Framelock
sense:
A type of lock for a folding knife or other tool, distinct from the liner lock by the spring portion of the liner being replaced by an integral component of the handle.


lexentry: eng/frame_of_reference__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frame of reference
trans_list: Referenzrahmen
sense:
A set of assumptions, ideas and standards that form a viewpoint from which philosophical, religious and other ideas may be evaluated.


lexentry: eng/frame_of_reference__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: frame of reference
trans_list: Bezugssystem | Bezugsrahmen
sense:
(physics) A set of axes which enable an observer to measure the position and motion of all bodies in some system relative to the reference frame.


lexentry: eng/frame_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frame rate
trans_list: Bildfrequenz | Bildwiederholfrequenz | Bildwiederholrate
sense:
The measurement of how quickly an imaging device can produce unique consecutive images called frames, most often expressed in frames per second (often abbreviated "fps") or, equivalently, hertz (Hz).


lexentry: eng/framer__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: framer
trans_list: Gesetzgeber | Gesetzschreiber
sense:
(historical, capitalized, US, law) Any of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.


lexentry: eng/framer__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: framer
trans_list: Gesetzgeber | Gesetzschreiber
sense:
(internet) A person who embeds another person's web pages in an HTML frame, so that they misleadingly appear to be part of the framing site.


lexentry: eng/franc__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: franc
trans_list: Franken
sense:
Any of several units of currency, some of which are multi-national (West African CFA Franc (XOF), Central African CFA Franc (XAF), the Swiss franc (CHF)) while others are national currencies.


lexentry: eng/franchise__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: franchise
trans_list: Konzession | behördliche Genehmigung
sense:
A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.


lexentry: eng/franchise__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: franchise
trans_list: Franchise
sense:
The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.


lexentry: eng/francium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: francium
trans_list: Francium
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Fr) with an atomic number of 87. It is an intensely radioactive alkali metal that is not found in nature.


lexentry: eng/francolin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: francolin
trans_list: Frankolin
sense:
Any of various terrestrial partridges of several genera in family Phasianidae, principally in tribe Gallini.


lexentry: eng/frangipani__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frangipani
trans_list: Frangipani
sense:
Any of several tropical American shrubs and trees of the genus Plumeria, having fragrant, showy, funnel-shaped flowers of a wide range of colours from creamy to red.


lexentry: eng/franking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: franking
trans_list: Frankatur
sense:
(countable) A device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.


lexentry: eng/fraternity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fraternity
trans_list: Burschenschaft | Verbindung
sense:
(US, Philippines) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.


lexentry: eng/fraught__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fraught
trans_list: angespannt | belastet | gespannt | hektisch | nervenaufreibend
sense:
(specifically) Carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress, for example, due to complexity or difficulty; distressed; also, causing distress; distressing.


lexentry: eng/fraught__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fraught
trans_list: beladen | belastet | voll
sense:
Followed by with: carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative); accompanied by; entailing.


lexentry: eng/fray__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fray
trans_list: Kampf | Getümmel | Prügelei | Rauferei | Schlägerei | Schlacht
sense:
(countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.


lexentry: eng/fray__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fray
trans_list: ausfransen
sense:
(also, figuratively) To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.


lexentry: eng/fray__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fray
trans_list: aufreiben | zermürben
sense:
(specifically) Of a deer: to rub (its antlers or head) against a tree, etc., to remove the velvet from antlers or to mark territory; also, to rub its antlers against (a tree, etc.) for that purpose.


lexentry: eng/fray__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fray
trans_list: aufreiben | zermürben
sense:
(figuratively) Of a person's mental strength, nerves, temper, etc.: to become exhausted or worn out.


lexentry: eng/freak__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: freak
trans_list: Freak | Spinner
sense:
(derogatory) A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way.


lexentry: eng/freak_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freak out
trans_list: ausflippen | ausrasten | durchdrehen
sense:
(informal, intransitive) To react with extreme anger or fear, to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally.


lexentry: eng/free-diving__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free-diving
trans_list: Apnoetauchen | Freitauchen
sense:
Any of various aquatic disciplines in which divers attempt to stay underwater without breathing apparatus for as long as possible.


lexentry: eng/free-range__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free-range
trans_list: freilaufend
sense:
Of, pertaining to, or produced by animals that are allowed to roam freely, rather than being confined indoors.


lexentry: eng/free_climbing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free climbing
trans_list: Freeclimbing | Freiklettern
sense:
(climbing) Rock climbing without the aid of ropes or other equipment, sometimes in an urban environment


lexentry: eng/free_enterprise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free enterprise
trans_list: freie Marktwirtschaft
sense:
An economic system of business governed by the laws of supply and demand with minimal government interference, regulation, or subsidy.


lexentry: eng/free_imperial_city__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free imperial city
trans_list: Freie Reichsstadt
sense:
(historical) A self-ruling city within the Holy Roman Empire that had some autonomy and was represented in the Imperial Diet.


lexentry: eng/free_kick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free kick
trans_list: Freistoß
sense:
(American football, association football, Australian rules football, rugby, other ballgames) a kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference from the opposition. Such a kick may be awarded for a foul by the opposition, or earned by a player such as by taking a mark.


lexentry: eng/free_market__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free market
trans_list: freie Markt
sense:
(economics) Any market in which trade is unregulated by government; an economic system free from government intervention.


lexentry: eng/free_morpheme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free morpheme
trans_list: freies Morphem
sense:
(linguistic morphology) A morpheme that can carry meaning on its own, and does not require a prefix, suffix, or infix to give it meaning.


lexentry: eng/free_port__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free port
trans_list: Freihafen
sense:
A port or other area with relaxed jurisdiction of customs, tax rule or related national regulations.


lexentry: eng/free_run__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free run
trans_list: Seihmost
sense:
(winemaking) Unfermented or only partially-fermented juice, derived from grapes that have been crushed but not yet pressed; the must that runs off freely without pressure. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/free_running__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free running
trans_list: Parkour
sense:
The activity of combining parkour with gymnastics to pass obstacles and demonstrate athletic talent, most often in urban environments.


lexentry: eng/free_software__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free software
trans_list: freie Software
sense:
(software) Software that can be freely copied, redistributed and modified, including source code; software that is libre.


lexentry: eng/free_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free state
trans_list: Freistaat
sense:
A political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state, as with the former Congo Free State and the former Irish Free State.


lexentry: eng/free_verse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free verse
trans_list: freier Vers
sense:
(uncountable) A poetic form divided into lines of no particular length or meter, without a rhyme scheme.


lexentry: eng/free_will__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: free will
trans_list: freier Wille
sense:
(philosophy, Christianity) The ability to choose one's actions and make choices that are not predetermined by predestination, fate, etc.


lexentry: eng/free_world__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free world
trans_list: freie Welt
sense:
(politics) Collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states.


lexentry: eng/freedom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: freedom
trans_list: Freiheit
sense:
(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.


lexentry: eng/freedom_fighter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freedom fighter
trans_list: Freiheitskämpfer | Freiheitskämpferin
sense:
A person involved in armed conflict against an occupation, or oppressive government, etc.; a revolutionary, an insurgent, a rebel or insurrectionist.


lexentry: eng/freedom_of_association__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freedom of association
trans_list: Vereinigungsfreiheit
sense:
The right of citizens to come together with other individuals and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interests.


lexentry: eng/freedom_of_contract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freedom of contract
trans_list: Vertragsfreiheit
sense:
The right of individuals to bargain freely among themselves the terms of their own contracts, without government interference.


lexentry: eng/freedom_of_panorama__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freedom of panorama
trans_list: Panoramafreiheit
sense:
(copyright) A provision in copyright law that permits taking photographs or video footage, or creating other images (such as paintings), of buildings and sometimes artworks that are permanently located in a public place, and publishing such images without infringing copyright.


lexentry: eng/freedom_of_religion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freedom of religion
trans_list: Religionsfreiheit | Glaubensfreiheit
sense:
The right of people to hold any religious beliefs, or none, and to carry out any practices in accordance with those beliefs or with that absence of belief, so long as these practices do not interfere with other people's legal or civil rights, or any reasonable laws, without fear of harm or prosecution.


lexentry: eng/freedom_of_the_city__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freedom of the city
trans_list: Stadtbürgerrecht
sense:
(historical) The rights and privileges enjoyed by the freemen of medieval cities (their "citizens"), but not by outsiders, bondsmen, or others.


lexentry: eng/freedom_of_the_city__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: freedom of the city
trans_list: Ehrenbürgerschaft
sense:
An honor bestowed by certain cities, towns, and (UK) local councils, including those of rural counties.


lexentry: eng/freedom_of_the_press__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freedom of the press
trans_list: Pressefreiheit
sense:
The right of citizens or the media to print, or otherwise disseminate, speech, ideas and opinions without fear or harm of prosecution.


lexentry: eng/freedom_to_roam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freedom to roam
trans_list: Jedermannsrecht | Wegefreiheit
sense:
The general public's right to access public or privately owned land for their own recreation or exercise.


lexentry: eng/freegan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freegan
trans_list: Freeganer
sense:
A person who salvages and consumes food that has been thrown away, especially one who wishes to protect the environment and challenge consumerism via waste reduction.


lexentry: eng/freeloader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freeloader
trans_list: Schmarotzer | Schnorrer | Trittbrettfahrer
sense:
(colloquial) One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share.


lexentry: eng/freestone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freestone
trans_list: Kalkstein | Sandstein | Sedimentgestein
sense:
Sedimentary rock: a type of stone that is composed of small particles and easily shaped, most commonly sandstone or limestone.


lexentry: eng/freestyle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freestyle
trans_list: Freistil | Freistilschwimmen
sense:
(swimming, by extension) The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl.


lexentry: eng/freestyle_skiing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freestyle skiing
trans_list: Walkman
sense:
An alpine skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, skidance, and slopestyle. It is included as part of the Winter Olympics, and the X-Games.


lexentry: eng/freethinker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freethinker
trans_list: Freidenker | Freidenkerin
sense:
A person who has formed his or her opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.


lexentry: eng/freeware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freeware
trans_list: Freeware
sense:
(software) Complete and functional software that does not require payment or other compensation (such as viewing advertising) for its use. Freeware may be a proprietary license with no access to the source code.


lexentry: eng/freewheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freewheel
trans_list: Freilauf
sense:
a device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft.


lexentry: eng/freeze-dry__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freeze-dry
trans_list: gefriertrocknen
sense:
(transitive) To remove volatile liquid from (a substance) by sublimation, normally under vacuum, from the frozen state.


lexentry: eng/freeze__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: freeze
trans_list: Einfrieren
sense:
(computer) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.


lexentry: eng/freeze_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: freeze up
trans_list: einfrieren
sense:
(ambitransitive) (of machines and software) To come or bring to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).


lexentry: eng/freezer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freezer
trans_list: Gefrierschrank | Gefriertruhe | Tiefkühlschrank | Gefrierraum
sense:
An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).


lexentry: eng/freezer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: freezer
trans_list: Gefrierschrank | Gefriertruhe | Gefrierfach
sense:
The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).


lexentry: eng/freezer_burn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freezer burn
trans_list: Gefrierbrand
sense:
A condition that occurs when frozen food has been damaged by dehydration and oxidation due to air reaching the food.


lexentry: eng/freezing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freezing
trans_list: Erstarren | Gefrieren
sense:
(uncountable) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.


lexentry: eng/freezing_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freezing point
trans_list: Gefrierpunkt
sense:
(physics, chemistry) The temperature at which a liquid freezes, and the solid and liquid phases are in equilibrium; normally the same as the melting point.


lexentry: eng/freight__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freight
trans_list: befrachten
sense:
To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.


lexentry: eng/french_fries__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: french fries
trans_list: Pommes | Pommes frites | Fritten
sense:
(chiefly, North America) Strips of deep-fried potatoes that have been frenched (cut into strips). [from 1903]


lexentry: eng/frenulum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frenulum
trans_list: Bändchen | Frenulum
sense:
(anatomy) A small fold or ridge of tissue that supports or restrains the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue, or between the lip and the gum.


lexentry: eng/freon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freon
trans_list: Freon
sense:
(organic compound) Any of several non-flammable refrigerants based on halogenated hydrocarbon including R-12, R-22, and R-23.


lexentry: eng/frequency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frequency
trans_list: Frequenz | Häufigkeit | Regelmäßigkeit
sense:
(uncountable, or, countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.


lexentry: eng/frequency__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: frequency
trans_list: Frequenz | Häufigkeit
sense:
(countable) The quotient of the number of times n a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time t in which it occurs: f = n / t.


lexentry: eng/frequentative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frequentative
trans_list: Frequentativ | Frequentativum | Iterativ | Iterativum
sense:
(grammar) Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.


lexentry: eng/frequentative_aspect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frequentative aspect
trans_list: Frequentativum
sense:
(grammar) A subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the frequentative verb to crackle, as opposed to the nonfrequentative to crack.


lexentry: eng/frequently_asked_questions__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frequently asked questions
trans_list: häufig gestellte Fragen
sense:
An online document containing a list of the questions most often asked about a particular subject, together with answers.


lexentry: eng/fresco__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fresco
trans_list: Fresko | Freske
sense:
(countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.


lexentry: eng/freshers'_week__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freshers' week
trans_list: Orientierungswoche
sense:
(British) The week before the academic aspects of a university start, when students may socialize and undergo induction.


lexentry: eng/freshman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freshman
trans_list: Ersti | Erstsemester
sense:
(US, Canada, Philippines) a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body


lexentry: eng/freshwater_pearl_mussel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freshwater pearl mussel
trans_list: Flussperlmuschel
sense:
An endangered species of freshwater mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera, capable of producing quality pearls.


lexentry: eng/fret__Noun__3
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fret
trans_list: Bund | Bundstäbchen
sense:
(music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.


lexentry: eng/fret__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: fret
trans_list: aufregen | belästigen | besorgen | beunruhigen | grämen | irritieren
sense:
(ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.


lexentry: eng/fretboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fretboard
trans_list: bundiertes Griffbrett | mit Bünden versehenes Griffbrett
sense:
(music) A fret or plate put over the neck of musical instruments or its fingerboard, to create a different sound of notes.


lexentry: eng/fretsaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fretsaw
trans_list: Laubsäge
sense:
A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension, used in making curved cuts.


lexentry: eng/fretty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fretty
trans_list: umschnürte
sense:
(heraldry) Covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally interlaced bendlets and bendlets sinister.


lexentry: eng/friar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: friar
trans_list: Mönch | Ordensbruder
sense:
A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).


lexentry: eng/fricative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fricative
trans_list: Frikativ | Reibelaut
sense:
(phonetics) Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.


lexentry: eng/friction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: friction
trans_list: Reibung | Friktion
sense:
(physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.


lexentry: eng/friction__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: friction
trans_list: Friktion | Reiberei
sense:
(China, historical) (Second Sino-Japanese War) Conflict, as between the Communists and non-Hanjian Kuomintang forces.


lexentry: eng/fried_rice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fried rice
trans_list: Eierreis
sense:
Any of very many forms of rice that are first cooked by boiling and then stir-fried with other ingredients


lexentry: eng/friend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: friend
trans_list: Freund | Freundin | Kamerad | Kumpel | Kameradin | Kumpelin
sense:
A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.


lexentry: eng/friend_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: friend zone
trans_list: Friendzone
sense:
(slang) The situation in which one is viewed by a potential partner as a platonic friend, which complicates the initiation of a romantic relationship.


lexentry: eng/friendly__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: friendly
trans_list: freundlich
sense:
(usually, military) Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports.


lexentry: eng/friendly_fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: friendly fire
sense:
Weapons fire received from allied or friendly forces, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces or enemy fire.

trans_list:
Eigenbeschuss | Friendly Fire | Beschuss durch die eigene Seite | Nutzfeuer | eigenes Feuer | irrtümlicher Beschuss der eigenen Streitkräfte


lexentry: eng/friends_list__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: friends list
trans_list: Freundesliste
sense:
(Internet) A list of contacts (in social networking, instant messaging, etc.), ostensibly the user's friends.


lexentry: eng/friendship_with_benefits__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: friendship with benefits
trans_list: Freundschaft Plus
sense:
(idiomatic, euphemistic) A platonic friendship where the partners engage in sexual activities, but do not consider themselves a couple.


lexentry: eng/frieze__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frieze
trans_list: Fries
sense:
(architecture) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.


lexentry: eng/frieze__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: frieze
trans_list: Fries
sense:
Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.


lexentry: eng/frigate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frigate
trans_list: Fregatte
sense:
(historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship. [mid 19th–late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fright__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fright
trans_list: Angst | Schreck | Schrecken
sense:
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.


lexentry: eng/frikadelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frikadelle
trans_list: Frikadelle
sense:
(food) An oblate-spheroid meatball of North European origin, eaten hot or cold, and typically consisting of: minced pork or beef/veal (or, commonly, a blend of these meats); chopped onions; eggs; milk or water; breadcrumbs, oatmeal, or flour; salt; and pepper.


lexentry: eng/frilled_lizard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frilled lizard
trans_list: Kragenechse
sense:
The lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii, native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea, which has a large contractile membranous frill around its neck that usually stays folded against its body but is extended in territorial and courtship display.


lexentry: eng/frilled_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frilled shark
trans_list: Kragenhai
sense:
Any member of two extant species of shark in genus Chlamydoselachus or their extinct close relatives,


lexentry: eng/fringe__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fringe
trans_list: Rand | Randgruppe
sense:
(also, attributive) Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding extremist or unorthodox views.


lexentry: eng/fringe_benefit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fringe benefit
trans_list: Sachbezug | geldwerter Vorteil
sense:
A benefit received in addition to the normal benefits of holding a job, or, by extension, any relationship to the source of the benefit.


lexentry: eng/fritillary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fritillary
trans_list: Schachblume | Kaiserkrone
sense:
Any of several bulbous perennial plants, of the genus Fritillaria, having flowers with a spotted or chequered pattern.


lexentry: eng/frittata__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frittata
trans_list: Omelett
sense:
A crustless quiche: a molded omelette in which vegetables, cheese, etc., are mixed into the eggs and cooked together.


lexentry: eng/fritter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fritter
trans_list: frickeln | prötteln | verzetteln
sense:
(intransitive, often with about, around, or away) To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.


lexentry: eng/frivolous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frivolous
trans_list: leichtfertig | albern | flatterhaft
sense:
Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a whim or caprice.


lexentry: eng/frog__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: frog
trans_list: Frosch
sense:
(musical instrument) The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.


lexentry: eng/frogmouth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frogmouth
trans_list: Eulenschwalme
sense:
Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous birds, of the family Podargidae, native to Australia and southern Asia


lexentry: eng/frolic__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frolic
trans_list: scherzen
sense:
(intransitive) To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly. [from 1580s]


lexentry: eng/from_pillar_to_post__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: from pillar to post
trans_list: von Pontius zu Pilatus
sense:
(idiomatic) From one place (or person, or task) to another; from post to pillar, hither and thither.


lexentry: eng/front__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: front
trans_list: Vorderzungen- | vorderer
sense:
(comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).


lexentry: eng/front__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: front
trans_list: vorderer | vorder-
sense:
Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calendar month or year after the current one).


lexentry: eng/front__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: front
trans_list: Front | Wetterfront
sense:
(meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.


lexentry: eng/front__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: front
trans_list: Front
sense:
(military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.


lexentry: eng/front_controller_pattern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: front controller pattern
trans_list: Front Controller
sense:
(software, design) A structural (and partitioning) design pattern that provides a centralized entry point for handling requests and is an extension to the model-view-controller design pattern.


lexentry: eng/front_end__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: front end
trans_list: Front-End
sense:
(computing) That part of a hardware or software system that is conceptually closest to the user; the user interface.


lexentry: eng/front_vowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: front vowel
trans_list: Vorderzungenvokal | vorderer Vokal
sense:
(phonetics) Any vowel sound produced in the front of the mouth. Examples: "a" in “man” and "e" in “gel”


lexentry: eng/front_yard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: front yard
trans_list: Vorgarten
sense:
(US, Canada) A yard to the front of a house or similar residence, typically having a lawn and often trees, shrubs, and/or flowers.


lexentry: eng/front_yard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: front yard
trans_list: Stellplatz | Vorgarten | Vorhof
sense:
(UK) An enclosed and often primarily utilitarian area to the front of a house or similar residence, typically having a hard surface or paving.


lexentry: eng/frontal_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frontal bone
trans_list: Stirnbein
sense:
(skeleton) The bone which forms the front part of the skull and the upper part of the eye sockets and nasal cavity.


lexentry: eng/frontal_lobe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frontal lobe
trans_list: Frontallappen
sense:
(anatomy) One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the forehead.


lexentry: eng/frontflip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frontflip
trans_list: Vorwärtssalto | Salto vorwärts
sense:
(gymnastics) A floor movement, consisting of rotating one's body in the air 360 degrees in the forward direction.


lexentry: eng/frontispiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frontispiece
trans_list: Frontispiz
sense:
(publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.


lexentry: eng/froot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: froot
trans_list: Frunk
sense:
(automotive) A boot (storage compartment) located at the front rather than the rear of a car, especially an electric vehicle.


lexentry: eng/frosh__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frosh
trans_list: blau
sense:
(colloquial) A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.


lexentry: eng/frost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frost
trans_list: Frost | Reif
sense:
A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.


lexentry: eng/frostbite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frostbite
trans_list: Erfrierung | Frostbeule
sense:
An injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose.


lexentry: eng/froward__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: froward
trans_list: eigensinnig | trotzig
sense:
(archaic, literary) Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.


lexentry: eng/frown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frown
trans_list: Stirnrunzeln | finsterer Blick
sense:
A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration.


lexentry: eng/frozen_food__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frozen food
trans_list: Tiefkühlkost
sense:
Food that is frozen to preserve it, usually being purchased in a frozen state and kept in a freezer before use.


lexentry: eng/frugal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frugal
trans_list: genügsam | sparsam | schlicht
sense:
Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: Frucht | Obst
sense:
The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: Frucht | Obst | Spross | Sprössling
sense:
A sweet or sweetish vegetable, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resembles a true fruit or is used in cookery as if it was a fruit.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: Obst | Frucht
sense:
Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: Frucht | Obst | Früchte
sense:
(attributive) Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: Obst | Frucht | Schwuchtel | Tunte | Schwuler
sense:
(dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man. [from 1900]


lexentry: eng/fruit_fly__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fruit fly
trans_list: Obstfliege | Essigfliege | Fruchtfliege | Taufliege
sense:
Any insect of the Drosophilidae family, whose larvae feed on ripening fruit, especially the species Drosophila melanogaster that is used in genetic research.


lexentry: eng/fruit_salad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fruit salad
trans_list: Obstsalat | Fruchtsalat
sense:
A mixture of freshly cut fruit, sometimes with the addition of alcohol or yogurt, often served as a dessert.


lexentry: eng/fruitarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fruitarian
trans_list: Fructarier | Fruganer | Frugivorer | Fruitaner | Fruitarier | Fruktarier
sense:
A variant of vegetarian who intends to be limited to eating only such parts of plants whose consumption does not kill the plant (such as fruits, vegetables that can be compared to fruit, nuts and grain, but not for example tubers). The purest fruitarians do not want to destroy even the seeds.


lexentry: eng/fuchsia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fuchsia
trans_list: Fuchsie
sense:
A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.


lexentry: eng/fuck__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fuck
trans_list: ficken | vögeln | bumsen | knallen | pimpern | nageln
sense:
(vulgar, colloquial, transitive) To insert one's penis, a dildo, or other object, into a person or a specified orifice or cleft sexually; to penetrate.


lexentry: eng/fuck_buddy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fuck buddy
trans_list: Fickfreund | Fickfreundin | Sexfreund | Sexfreundin
sense:
(vulgar, slang) A sex partner with whom one has sex, usually repeatedly, but without any romantic attachment (no strings attached).


lexentry: eng/fucking__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fucking
trans_list: fucking | scheiß- | verfickt
sense:
(vulgar) An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it grammatically modifies.


lexentry: eng/fudge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fudge
trans_list: Buttertoffee | Fondant
sense:
(chiefly, _, uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.


lexentry: eng/fudge__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fudge
trans_list: Pfusch | Pfuscherei
sense:
(countable) A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.


lexentry: eng/fudge__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fudge
trans_list: frisieren | manipulieren
sense:
(transitive) To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty, deliberately but not necessarily dishonestly or immorally.


lexentry: eng/fuel_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fuel cell
trans_list: Brennstoffzelle
sense:
(energy) An electrochemical device in which the intrinsic chemical free energy of fuel and oxidant is catalytically converted to direct current energy.


lexentry: eng/fuel_gauge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fuel gauge
trans_list: Benzinuhr | Tankuhr
sense:
an instrument, usually mounted on an instrument panel, which indicates the quantity of fuel in the fuel tank(s).


lexentry: eng/fugitive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fugitive
trans_list: Flüchtling
sense:
A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal his/her identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution; or to avoid some other unwanted situation.


lexentry: eng/fugue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fugue
trans_list: Fuge
sense:
(music) A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.


lexentry: eng/fugue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fugue
trans_list: Fuge
sense:
Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality.


lexentry: eng/fulfilment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fulfilment
trans_list: Erfüllung
sense:
The act of fulfilling or the state or quality of being fulfilled; consummation; completion; realization.


lexentry: eng/fuliginous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fuliginous
trans_list: rußig
sense:
Pertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/full-stack__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: full-stack
trans_list: Full-Stack-
sense:
(software developer) Skilled at, or relating to, multiple software layers such as operating system and user interface.


lexentry: eng/full-throated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: full-throated
trans_list: vollkehlig
sense:
(also, figuratively, _, of noises by objects) Using all the power of one's voice; communicated loudly or vociferously.


lexentry: eng/full_circle__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: full circle
trans_list: zurück zum Ausgangspunkt
sense:
(idiomatic) Through a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things.


lexentry: eng/full_employment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: full employment
trans_list: Vollbeschäftigung
sense:
(economics, politics) A policy goal state in which all those wanting employment at the prevailing wages can find it.


lexentry: eng/full_of_oneself__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: full of oneself
trans_list: eingebildet | ganz von sich eingenommen | von sich eingenommen
sense:
(idiomatic) Egotistical, believing oneself to be superior to others; preoccupied with one's own work, interests, point of view, etc.


lexentry: eng/full_score__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: full score
trans_list: Partitur
sense:
(music) a large book showing all the notes of a composition with many simultaneous parts (instruments or voices), with all the parts shown in lines underneath each other in a fixed order. Commonly used by conductors.


lexentry: eng/full_screen__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: full screen
trans_list: Vollbild
sense:
(computing, graphical user interface) Of a window occupying all the available display surface of a screen.


lexentry: eng/full_stop__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: full stop
trans_list: Punkt. Aus. Ende | Punktum | Schluss, aus, Ende | basta | da ist nichts zu machen | keine Widerrede
sense:
(colloquial) Used to emphasize the end of an important statement or point when speaking to show something is not up for discussion or debate.


lexentry: eng/full_stop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: full stop
trans_list: Punkt
sense:
(Australia, British, India, Ireland, NZ, South Africa) The punctuation mark "." (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).


lexentry: eng/fullerene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fullerene
trans_list: Fullerene | Fulleren
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) Any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the vertices of a polyhedron having 12 pentagonal and 2 or more hexagonal faces.


lexentry: eng/fullness__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fullness
trans_list: Füllungsausmaß | Füllungsgrad | Füllungsstufe | Füllungszustand
sense:
(bodybuilding) : A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.


lexentry: eng/fullwidth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fullwidth
trans_list: vollbreit
sense:
(computing, typography) Of a text character, occupying the space of two alphanumeric characters in a monospace font, or two "normal" text columns.


lexentry: eng/fulmar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fulmar
trans_list: Eissturmvogel
sense:
Either of two species of pelagic seabird in the genus Fulmarus, Fulmarus glacialis and F. glacialoides, which breed on cliffs.


lexentry: eng/fume__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fume
trans_list: qualmen | rauchen
sense:
(transitive) To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.


lexentry: eng/fume_hood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fume hood
trans_list: Abzug
sense:
(chemistry) A ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment.


lexentry: eng/fumitory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fumitory
trans_list: Erdrauch
sense:
Any plant of the taxonomic genus Fumaria of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia.


lexentry: eng/function__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: function
trans_list: Funktion
sense:
(mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.


lexentry: eng/function_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: function word
trans_list: Synsemantikon | Synsemantikum | Funktionswort
sense:
(linguistics) A word that has little meaning when standing alone, but instead serves to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker, including conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, certain frequent adverbs.


lexentry: eng/functional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: functional
trans_list: funktionell | funktional | funktions
sense:
(computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.


lexentry: eng/functional__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: functional
trans_list: Funktional
sense:
(mathematics) A function that takes a function as its argument; more precisely, a function whose argument varies in a space of (real or complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space.


lexentry: eng/functional_analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: functional analysis
trans_list: Funktionalanalysis
sense:
(mathematics) The branch of mathematics dealing with infinite-dimensional vector spaces, whose elements are actually functions, as well as generalizations such as Banach spaces and Hilbert spaces.


lexentry: eng/functional_dependency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: functional dependency
trans_list: funktionale Abhängigkeit
sense:
(database normalization) Given a relation R and two sets of attributes X,Y \subseteq R, a constraint X \rightarrow Y where each X value in R is associated with precisely one Y value in R.


lexentry: eng/functional_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: functional group
trans_list: funktionelle Gruppe
sense:
(organic chemistry) A specific grouping of elements that is characteristic of a class of compounds, and determines some properties and reactions of that class.


lexentry: eng/functional_load__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: functional load
trans_list: Funktionsbelastung | Funktionsleistung | funktionale Belastung | funktionelle Belastung
sense:
Targeted exposure of an implement or organ to stimuli or other straining it is supposed or being tested to tolerate.


lexentry: eng/functional_magnetic_resonance_imaging__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: functional magnetic resonance imaging
trans_list: funktionelle Magnetresonanztomographie
sense:
(medicine) A form of magnetic resonance imaging that records the flow of blood to areas of the brain when the patient is undertaking a specific neural activity.


lexentry: eng/functional_programming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: functional programming
trans_list: funktionale Programmierung
sense:
(programming) Programming in a style that, in lieu of assignment, uses procedure calls to bind variables to values, so that referential transparency is preserved.


lexentry: eng/functionalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: functionalism
trans_list: Funktionalismus
sense:
(architecture) A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.


lexentry: eng/functionalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: functionalism
trans_list: Funktionalismus
sense:
(social science) The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society.


lexentry: eng/functionalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: functionalism
trans_list: Funktionalismus
sense:
(psychology) A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment.


lexentry: eng/functionality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: functionality
trans_list: Funktionalität
sense:
(uncountable) The ability to do a task, performance, or execution; a set of functions that something is able or equipped to perform.


lexentry: eng/functionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: functionary
trans_list: Funktionär | Funktionärin
sense:
A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is not required.


lexentry: eng/functor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: functor
trans_list: Funktor
sense:
(category theory) A category homomorphism; a morphism from a source category to a target category which maps objects to objects and arrows to arrows (either covariantly or contravariantly), in such a way as to preserve morphism composition and identities.


lexentry: eng/fundamental__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fundamental
trans_list: Grundlage
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A main or major principle, rule, law, etc. which serves as the foundation or basis of a system; an essential part


lexentry: eng/fundamental_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fundamental group
trans_list: Fundamentalgruppe
sense:
(topology) For a specified topological space, the group whose elements are homotopy classes of loops (images of some arbitrary closed interval whose endpoints are both mapped to a designated point) and whose group operation is concatenation.


lexentry: eng/fundamental_interaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fundamental interaction
trans_list: fundamentale Wechselwirkung
sense:
(physics) any of the fundamental forces that act between elementary particles; each one is associated with an exchanged particle


lexentry: eng/fundamental_theorem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fundamental theorem
trans_list: Fundamentalsatz | Hauptsatz
sense:
(chiefly, mathematics) A theorem (or, in non-mathematical fields, a commonly accepted hypothesis) considered to be of central importance to a specified field.


lexentry: eng/fundamental_theorem_of_arithmetic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fundamental theorem of arithmetic
trans_list: Fundamentalsatz der Arithmetik
sense:
(number theory) the theorem that states that every integer greater than one is uniquely expressible as a product of prime numbers, which is called its prime factorization


lexentry: eng/fundamentalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fundamentalism
trans_list: Fundamentalismus
sense:
(religion) The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.


lexentry: eng/funeral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: funeral
trans_list: Beerdigung | Bestattung | Begräbnis
sense:
A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.


lexentry: eng/funeral_home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: funeral home
trans_list: Trauerhalle
sense:
A mortuary where the friends and relatives of the deceased may attend a wake, or pay their last respects.


lexentry: eng/fungus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fungus
trans_list: Pilz
sense:
(mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.


lexentry: eng/funicular__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: funicular
trans_list: Standseilbahn
sense:
A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a moving cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.


lexentry: eng/funicular_railway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: funicular railway
trans_list: Standseilbahn
sense:
A cable railway on an incline; especially one which operates on two tracks (or with a passing loop), with a pair of vehicles counterbalancing each other.


lexentry: eng/funk__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: funk
trans_list: Funk
sense:
(uncountable, music genre) A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the downbeat, and much syncopation.


lexentry: eng/funnel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: funnel
trans_list: Trichter
sense:
A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.


lexentry: eng/funnel__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: funnel
trans_list: eintrichtern | trichtern
sense:
(intransitive) To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to condense or narrow.


lexentry: eng/funnel_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: funnel cake
trans_list: Strauben
sense:
(US) A specialty food made from deep-fried batter and originally associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch region of the United States.


lexentry: eng/funny_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: funny bone
trans_list: Musikantenknochen
sense:
(idiomatic) The ulnar nerve in the elbow, which, when hit, causes a tingly sensation. [from the 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fur_seal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fur seal
trans_list: Seebär
sense:
A marine mammal of either of the genera Arctocephalus or Callorhinus of the eared seal family Otariidae, differing from the sea lions in having dense underfur.


lexentry: eng/furan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: furan
trans_list: Furan
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms, two double bonds and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H4O.


lexentry: eng/furbelow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: furbelow
trans_list: das Lenkrad
sense:
A frill, flounce, or ruffle, as on clothing; a decorative piece of fabric, especially one gathered or pleated as into a ruffle, etc.


lexentry: eng/furcula__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: furcula
trans_list: Fernrohr
sense:
(ornithology) The forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles in birds, the wishbone or merrythought.


lexentry: eng/furlong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: furlong
trans_list: Stadion
sense:
A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.


lexentry: eng/furlough__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: furlough
trans_list: zwangsbeurlauben
sense:
(transitive) To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough.


lexentry: eng/furniture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: furniture
trans_list: Möbel | Möbelstück | Mobiliar | Einrichtung | Möblierung | Ausrüstung
sense:
(now usually, _, uncountable) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.


lexentry: eng/furry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: furry
trans_list: Furry
sense:
An animal character with human-like characteristics; most commonly refers to such characters created by members of the furry subculture.


lexentry: eng/fursona__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fursona
trans_list: Fursona
sense:
(fandom) An anthropomorphic animal character used to represent oneself online or in furry role-playing.


lexentry: eng/fuse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fuse
trans_list: Zünder
sense:
(manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.


lexentry: eng/fuse__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fuse
trans_list: Sicherung
sense:
(electrical engineering) A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.


lexentry: eng/fuse__Verb__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fuse
trans_list: absichern
sense:
(transitive, electricity) To furnish with or install a fuse to protect a circuit against overcurrent.


lexentry: eng/fusebox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fusebox
trans_list: Sicherungskasten
sense:
A small distribution board containing the fuses or circuit breakers for a domestic electricity power supply.


lexentry: eng/fusel_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fusel oil
trans_list: Fuselöl
sense:
A mixture of several higher-order alcohols (alcohols with more than two carbon atoms) formed as byproduct in the normal fermentation process. An excessive concentration, as in low-quality moonshine, causes unpleasant taste.


lexentry: eng/fuselage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fuselage
trans_list: Flugzeugrumpf | Rumpf
sense:
(aeronautical) The main body of an aerospace vehicle; the long central structure of an aircraft to which the wings (or rotors), tail, and engines are attached, and which accommodates crew and cargo.


lexentry: eng/fusiform__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fusiform
trans_list: spindelförmig
sense:
(chiefly, _, botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.


lexentry: eng/fusil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fusil
trans_list: Spindel | Wecke
sense:
(heraldiccharge) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.


lexentry: eng/fusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fusion
trans_list: Verschmelzen | Fusion
sense:
(fiction) The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself.


lexentry: eng/fusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fusion
trans_list: Fusion
sense:
(physics) A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy.


lexentry: eng/fusion_reactor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fusion reactor
trans_list: Fusionsreaktor
sense:
(theoretically), a thermonuclear reactor that relies on the controlled fusion of light elements into heavier elements, with the attendant release of enormous amounts of energy. In practice, satisfactory results have not yet been achieved.


lexentry: eng/fussbudget__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fussbudget
trans_list: Meckerer | Meckerfritze | Meckerliese | Nörgler | Querulant
sense:
(colloquial, derogatory, North America) One who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot.


lexentry: eng/fustanella__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fustanella
trans_list: Fustanella
sense:
A form of skirt or kilt traditionally worn by men in Albania, Greece and other parts of the Balkans.


lexentry: eng/fustian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fustian
trans_list: Barchent
sense:
Originally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, which is chiefly prepared for menswear.


lexentry: eng/futon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: futon
trans_list: Futon
sense:
A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.


lexentry: eng/futon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: futon
trans_list: Futon
sense:
A specific kind of sofa-bed, with a fixed cushion that forms a mattress when folded down and a sofa when folded up.


lexentry: eng/futtock_plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: futtock plate
trans_list: Püttingsplatte
sense:
(nautical) A plate (usually metal) attached horizontally near the top of the lower mast of a square rigged ship in order to secure the topmast. Rigging runs both upwards (topmast rigging) and downwards (futtock shrouds) to maintain stability.


lexentry: eng/futtock_shroud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: futtock shroud
trans_list: Püttingswant
sense:
(nautical) Any of a set of ropes, wires or chains that brace the futtock plate from a band on the lower mast.


lexentry: eng/future_bass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: future bass
trans_list: Future-Bass
sense:
A genre of electronic dance music which mixes elements of dubstep and trap with less abrasive rhythms.


lexentry: eng/future_perfect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: future perfect
trans_list: Futur II
sense:
(grammar) A tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future; in English it is formed by use of will have (or shall have) and a past participle


lexentry: eng/future_tense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: future tense
trans_list: Futur | Zukunft
sense:
(grammar) The tense or time form of a verb used to refer to an event or occurrence that has not yet happened or is expected to happen in the future.


lexentry: eng/futures_contract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: futures contract
trans_list: Future | Futures-Kontrakt | Terminkontrakt
sense:
(finance) A standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a standardized quantity of a specified commodity (or financial instrument) of standardized quality at a certain date in the future, at a stated price (the futures price).


lexentry: eng/futurism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: futurism
trans_list: Futurismus
sense:
(art) An early 20th century avant-garde art movement focused on speed, the mechanical, and the modern, which took a deeply antagonistic attitude to traditional artistic conventions.


lexentry: eng/fuzzy_logic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fuzzy logic
trans_list: Fuzzylogik
sense:
(mathematics) A form of reasoning, derived from fuzzy set theory, whereby a truth value need not be exactly zero (false) or one (true), but rather can be zero, one, or any value in between.


lexentry: eng/fynbos__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fynbos
trans_list: Fynbos
sense:
(botany) Vegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom, made up chiefly of Proteaceae, restios, and Ericaceae.


lexentry: eng/gabbro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gabbro
trans_list: Gabbro
sense:
(rock) Originally, a kind of serpentine; now generally a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene and labradorite.


lexentry: eng/gable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gable
trans_list: Giebel
sense:
(architectural element) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).


lexentry: eng/gadfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gadfly
trans_list: Querulant | Quälgeist | Störenfried
sense:
(specifically) A person who upsets the status quo by posing novel or upsetting questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by being an irritant.


lexentry: eng/gadget__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gadget
trans_list: Apparat | Gadget | Gerät
sense:
Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated.


lexentry: eng/gadwall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gadwall
trans_list: Schnatterente
sense:
A common, widespread dabbling duck which breeds in the northern hemisphere (Mareca strepera, syn. Anas strepera).


lexentry: eng/gaff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gaff
trans_list: Fischhaken
sense:
A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.


lexentry: eng/gaffer_tape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gaffer tape
trans_list: Isolierband
sense:
A sturdy adhesive tape, made of plastic reinforced with cross-linked fibre, often used by stage lighting electricians.


lexentry: eng/gag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gag
trans_list: Knebel
sense:
A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.


lexentry: eng/gag__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: gag
trans_list: knebeln | mundtot machen
sense:
(ambitransitive, slang, LGBT) To astonish (someone); (to cause someone) to be at a loss for words; to leave speechless; to be left speechless.


lexentry: eng/gag_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gag order
trans_list: Redeverbot
sense:
(legal) An order issued by a court prohibiting specified persons from discussing a case outside limitations set by the court.


lexentry: eng/gag_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gag order
trans_list: Maulkorb | Maulkorberlass | Nachrichtensperre | Redeverbot
sense:
(informal) Any directive from a person in authority prohibiting another person from speaking about a certain thing.


lexentry: eng/gait__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gait
trans_list: Gangart
sense:
(horses) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.


lexentry: eng/gaiter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gaiter
trans_list: Gamasche
sense:
A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.


lexentry: eng/gaiwan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gaiwan
trans_list: Gaiwan
sense:
A Chinese lidded cup or bowl, used to steep tea, sometimes including a saucer, developed during the Ming dynasty as an improvement upon the (lidless) chawan.


lexentry: eng/galactose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: galactose
trans_list: Galactose
sense:
(carbohydrate) A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins.


lexentry: eng/galago__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: galago
trans_list: Galago
sense:
Any of several species of small, nocturnal and arboreal African primates, of the genus Galago, with a catlike head and very large, translucent eyes. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/galangal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: galangal
trans_list: Galgant
sense:
Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga.


lexentry: eng/galaxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: galaxy
trans_list: Galaxie | Welteninsel | Galaxis
sense:
(galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/galbanum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: galbanum
trans_list: Galbanharz
sense:
A bitter, aromatic resin or gum, extracted from plants of the genus Ferula, that resembles assafoetida and has been used in incense and in aromatherapy


lexentry: eng/gale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gale
trans_list: Sturm
sense:
(meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.


lexentry: eng/gall__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gall
trans_list: Gallapfel | Galle | Pflanzengalle | Cecidie | Zezidie
sense:
(plant disease) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by various pathogens, especially the burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, such as that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).


lexentry: eng/gall_bladder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gall bladder
trans_list: Gallenblase
sense:
(anatomy) A pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum.


lexentry: eng/gall_midge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gall midge
trans_list: Gallmücke
sense:
Any insect of the Cecidomyiidae family, whose larvae damage crops and other plants, creating galls on the stems and other fleshy parts.


lexentry: eng/galleass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: galleass
trans_list: Galeasse
sense:
(nautical, historical) A type of rowable vessel of the 16th and 17th centuries, similar to a galley but larger, and normally equipped with sails.


lexentry: eng/gallery__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: gallery
trans_list: Galerie
sense:
The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.


lexentry: eng/gallery__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: gallery
trans_list: Galerie
sense:
A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.


lexentry: eng/galley__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: galley
trans_list: Galeere
sense:
(nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.


lexentry: eng/galley__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: galley
trans_list: Kombüse
sense:
(nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.


lexentry: eng/gallic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gallic acid
trans_list: Gallussäure
sense:
(carboxylic acid) a phenolic carboxylic acid, 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid, found in galls, tea, the bark of some trees etc; a constituent of tannin


lexentry: eng/gallium_arsenide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gallium arsenide
trans_list: Galliumarsenid
sense:
(inorganic compound) A binary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs, used as a semiconductor, especially in light-emitting diodes.


lexentry: eng/gallize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gallize
trans_list: gallisieren
sense:
(transitive, winemaking, dated) To add sugar and water to (unfermented grape juice) so as to increase the quantity of wine produced.


lexentry: eng/galloon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: galloon
trans_list: Tresse
sense:
A braided trimming with bullion thread, used on men's coats in the eighteenth century, on women's apparel in the nineteenth, and on such furnishings as draperies or cushions.


lexentry: eng/gallop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gallop
trans_list: Galopp
sense:
The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.


lexentry: eng/gallows_humor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gallows humor
trans_list: Galgenhumor | grünes Lachen
sense:
(American spelling, idiomatic) Comedy that still manages to be funny in the face of, and in response to, a tragic or hopeless situation.


lexentry: eng/galvanometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: galvanometer
trans_list: Galvanometer
sense:
(physics) A device used to indicate the presence and direction of a small electric current, especially used to detect a null or balanced condition in a bridge circuit.


lexentry: eng/gambling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gambling
trans_list: Glücksspiel
sense:
An activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance, usually with money wagered on the outcome.


lexentry: eng/gamboge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gamboge
trans_list: Gamboge | Gummigutt | Gummigutta | Gutti
sense:
The resin of the gamboge tree; a preparation of the resin used as a pigment or for medicinal purposes. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/game_controller__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: game controller
trans_list: Kontrolle
sense:
(video games) Any of various hardware devices designed to allow the user to provide input to video games.


lexentry: eng/game_of_chance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: game of chance
trans_list: Glücksspiel
sense:
(games, probability) A game in which the outcome is at least partly determined by random variables (chance and luck) rather than strictly by strategy.


lexentry: eng/game_over__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: game over
trans_list: Game over
sense:
(video games) A message signaling that the game has ended, usually because the player failed (for example by losing all of their lives) but sometimes following successful completion of the game.


lexentry: eng/game_show__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: game show
trans_list: Spielshow
sense:
(games, broadcasting) A radio or television program that involves members of the public or celebrities, whether as individuals or as part of a team, playing a game, especially one involving the answering of quiz questions, for cash or prizes.


lexentry: eng/game_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: game theory
trans_list: Spieltheorie
sense:
(mathematics, economics) A branch of applied mathematics that studies strategic situations in which individuals or organisations choose various actions in an attempt to maximize their returns.


lexentry: eng/gameboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gameboard
trans_list: Spielbrett
sense:
(board games) A portable surface marked for playing a game, and on which the counters or other pieces are placed and moved.


lexentry: eng/gamekeeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gamekeeper
trans_list: Wildhüter | Wildhüterin
sense:
A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects. Often shortened to keeper.


lexentry: eng/gameplay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gameplay
trans_list: Spielablauf
sense:
The totality of player experiences during a game, such as the gaming environment and the competitive interaction with other players; often with reference to a video game or a board game.


lexentry: eng/gametangium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gametangium
trans_list: Gametangie
sense:
(botany, mycology) A gamete-producing organ or cell found in many multicellular protists, algae and fungi, and in the gametophytes of plants.


lexentry: eng/gamete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gamete
trans_list: Gamet | Geschlechtszellen
sense:
(cytology) A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.


lexentry: eng/gamification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gamification
trans_list: Gamification | Gamifikation | Gamifizierung | Spielifikation
sense:
The use of gameplay mechanics for non-game applications (as for example making work less onerous, incentivization, or pedagogy).


lexentry: eng/gamin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gamin
trans_list: Straßenjunge
sense:
(dated, also, attributively) A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally) , a cheeky, street-smart boy.


lexentry: eng/gamma-aminobutyric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gamma-aminobutyric acid
trans_list: 4-Aminobutansäure
sense:
(amino acid, neurotransmitter) An amino acid found in the nervous systems of vertebrates and acting as an inhibitory neurotransmitter. Abbreviated as GABA.


lexentry: eng/gamma-hydroxybutyric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gamma-hydroxybutyric acid
trans_list: 4-Hydroxybutansäure
sense:
(carboxylic acid, neurotransmitter, pharmaceutical drug) A naturally-occurring biochemical of uncertain function; sometimes used as a recreational drug


lexentry: eng/gamma-ray_burst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gamma-ray burst
trans_list: Gammablitz | Gammastrahlenblitz
sense:
(astronomy) A flash of gamma rays that seem to originate from a random point in the sky; their most likely sources are believed to be supernova explosions of a very massive stars and mergers of neutron stars.


lexentry: eng/gamma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gamma
trans_list: Gamma
sense:
The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).


lexentry: eng/gamma_correction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gamma correction
trans_list: Gammakorrektur
sense:
(computer graphics) A nonlinear operation used to encode and decode luminance or tristimulus values in video or still image systems.


lexentry: eng/gamma_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gamma function
trans_list: Gammafunktion
sense:
(analysis) A meromorphic function which generalizes the notion of factorial to complex numbers and has singularities at the nonpositive integers; any of certain generalizations or analogues of said function, such as extend the factorial to domains other than the complex numbers.


lexentry: eng/gamma_ray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gamma ray
trans_list: Gammastrahlung
sense:
Very high frequency (and therefore very high energy) electromagnetic radiation emitted as a consequence of radioactivity.


lexentry: eng/gang__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: gang
trans_list: Arbeitsgruppe | Arbeitskolonne | Arbeitsmannschaft | Arbeitstrupp | Bande | Gang
sense:
A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.


lexentry: eng/gangbang__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gangbang
trans_list: Gruppensex
sense:
(vulgar) An act of two or more people having sex with one person who is the focus of the sexual activity.


lexentry: eng/gangboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gangboard
trans_list: Landungsbrücke | Landungssteg | Steg
sense:
(nautical) A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.


lexentry: eng/ganglion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ganglion
trans_list: Ganglion
sense:
An encapsulated collection of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber.


lexentry: eng/gangway__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: gangway
trans_list: Gangway
sense:
(nautical) A passage through the side of a ship or an opening in the railing through which the ship may be boarded.


lexentry: eng/gannet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gannet
trans_list: Tölpel | Basstölpel
sense:
Any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater.


lexentry: eng/gap_of_danger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gap of danger
trans_list: Schlucht der Gefahr
sense:
(usually, with the definite article) a breach, place which is hard to defend; a danger, requiring bravery


lexentry: eng/gap_year__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gap year
trans_list: Sabbatjahr
sense:
A yearlong break from study taken by some students on leaving school before starting university, often spent gaining work experience or travelling.


lexentry: eng/gape__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: gape
trans_list: klaffen
sense:
(intransitive, of a cat) To open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.


lexentry: eng/gar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gar
trans_list: Knochenhecht
sense:
(especially, US, Canada) Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.


lexentry: eng/garage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garage
trans_list: Garage
sense:
A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.


lexentry: eng/garam_masala__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garam masala
trans_list: Garam Masala
sense:
A mixture of spices used in Indian dishes, such as coriander, cumin, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, star anise, and chillis.


lexentry: eng/garbage_can__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garbage can
trans_list: Mülleimer | Mülltonne | Abfalleimer | Abfallbehälter | Papierkorb
sense:
(North America) A receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top than at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials.


lexentry: eng/garbage_collection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garbage collection
trans_list: Müllabfuhr
sense:
(North America) A service, generally run by local government, for transporting household garbage to the appropriate facility.


lexentry: eng/garbage_collection__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: garbage collection
trans_list: Freispeichersammlung | automatische Speicherbereinigung
sense:
(programming) An automatic mechanism that frees up resources (such as allocated memory) that are no longer in use.


lexentry: eng/garbage_collector__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: garbage collector
trans_list: Garbage Collector
sense:
(programming) An algorithm, procedure or thread dedicated to garbage collection: reclaiming resources which are no longer in use.


lexentry: eng/garbage_disposal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garbage disposal
trans_list: Küchenabfallzerkleinerer
sense:
An electric device in a kitchen drain that gets rid of food waste by shredding it to tiny bits that can be washed away.


lexentry: eng/garbage_in,_garbage_out__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garbage in, garbage out
trans_list: GIGO | Wer misst, misst Mist.
sense:
(computer, information technology, translation studies) If input data are not complete, accurate, and timely, then the resulting output is unreliable and of no useful value.


lexentry: eng/garbanzo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garbanzo
trans_list: Kichererbse
sense:
An edible pulse, Cicer arietinum, of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and pods containing two to three peas.


lexentry: eng/garble__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garble
trans_list: verstümmeln
sense:
To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.


lexentry: eng/garden__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garden
trans_list: Garten
sense:
An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.


lexentry: eng/garden_city__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garden city
trans_list: Gartenstadt
sense:
(UK, urban studies) Any of several planned, self-contained communities, surrounded by "green belts", containing proportionate areas of residences, industry and agriculture.


lexentry: eng/garden_dormouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garden dormouse
trans_list: Gartenschläfer
sense:
A rodent in the Gliridae (dormouse) family, Eliomys quercinus, native to parts of Europe, especially southern Europe.


lexentry: eng/garden_hose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garden hose
trans_list: Gartenschlauch
sense:
(uncountable) A type of hose used for light residential applications such as watering lawns or gardens, or washing and rinsing passenger vehicles, etc.


lexentry: eng/garden_hose__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: garden hose
trans_list: Gartenschlauch
sense:
(countable) A length of hose as above, usually with a male connector on one end and a female connector on the other end, which can carry water from a hose bib (a water faucet or spigot usually located on an exterior wall of a house or other building) for use on a garden or lawn.


lexentry: eng/garden_leave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garden leave
trans_list: bezahlte Freistellung
sense:
(UK) A period of paid leave before termination of employment, often including non-compete contract clauses.


lexentry: eng/garden_warbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garden warbler
trans_list: Gartengrasmücke
sense:
Sylvia borin, a plain, but common warbler, Sylvia borin, that breeds in Europe and western Asia, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa.


lexentry: eng/gardenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gardenia
trans_list: Gardenie
sense:
Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy leaves and white flowers.


lexentry: eng/gardening__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gardening
trans_list: Gartenbau | Gartenarbeit | Gärtnerei
sense:
The process or action of cultivating the soil, particularly in a garden; the care of a garden; horticulture.


lexentry: eng/garderobe__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: garderobe
trans_list: Aborterker
sense:
(historical) A lavatory, especially in a castle and built into the outer wall, with vent directly over the moat or midden.


lexentry: eng/garfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garfish
trans_list: Hornhecht
sense:
(especially, UK, Ireland) Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.


lexentry: eng/garganey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garganey
trans_list: Knäkente
sense:
A small dabbling duck, Anas querquedula, that breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, and winters in Africa.


lexentry: eng/gargle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gargle
trans_list: gurgeln
sense:
(intransitive) to clean one's mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth and blowing air out from the lungs


lexentry: eng/garland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garland
trans_list: Girlande
sense:
A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.


lexentry: eng/garlic_mustard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garlic mustard
trans_list: Knoblauchhederich | Knoblauchrauke | Läuchel
sense:
A woodland herb (Alliaria petiolata) that has a garlic-like aroma, considered highly invasive in New World.


lexentry: eng/garnishment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garnishment
trans_list: Pfändung | Zahlungsverbot an den Drittschuldner
sense:
(legal) A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff.


lexentry: eng/garrigue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garrigue
trans_list: Garigue
sense:
A type of low scrubland found on limestone soils in southern France and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin.


lexentry: eng/garter_snake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: garter snake
trans_list: Gewöhnliche Strumpfbandnatter
sense:
Any of various species of nonvenomous snakes of the genus Thamnophis, native to America, with longitudinal stripes.


lexentry: eng/gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gas
trans_list: Blähung | Gas
sense:
(uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.


lexentry: eng/gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gas
trans_list: Gas | gas
sense:
(uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.


lexentry: eng/gas_constant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gas constant
trans_list: Gaskonstante
sense:
(physics) a universal constant, R, that appears in the ideal gas law, PV = nRT, derived from two fundamental constants, the Boltzmann constant and Avogadro's number, R = {N_A}k.


lexentry: eng/gas_cylinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gas cylinder
trans_list: Gasflasche
sense:
A cylindrical vessel capable of containing a compressed gas at high pressure. Sometimes used as the fuel tank for an autogas vehicle.


lexentry: eng/gas_giant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gas giant
trans_list: Gasplanet | Gasriese
sense:
(astronomy) A large planet composed mostly of gaseous hydrogen and helium, along with methane and ammonia; possibly with a solid core.


lexentry: eng/gas_mantle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gas mantle
trans_list: Glühstrumpf
sense:
The incandescent gauze (mantle) surrounding the flame in a gas lamp, which contains rare earths to enhance the light output.


lexentry: eng/gas_meter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gas meter
trans_list: Gaszähler
sense:
A meter which measures the amount of gas supplied to a property via a gas main. In rented properties, it may be coin-operated.


lexentry: eng/gas_plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gas plant
trans_list: Aschwurz | Brennender Busch | Diptam
sense:
A fragrant perennial in the rue family, Dictamnus albus, that gives off so much volatile essential oil that it sometimes can be lit and will burn briefly without harming the plant.


lexentry: eng/gas_station__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gas station
trans_list: Tankstelle | Tanke
sense:
(North America, New Zealand, Philippines) filling station / petrol station; an establishment which sells gasoline (petrol) and often also diesel


lexentry: eng/gas_turbine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gas turbine
trans_list: Gasturbine
sense:
An internal combustion engine consisting of a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine, where the turbine mechanically powers the compressor.


lexentry: eng/gaseous_phase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gaseous phase
trans_list: Gasform
sense:
(physics) One of the three fundamental structural phases of matter in which the thermal mobility of molecules or atoms is strong enough to permit their free motion, significantly exceeding the cohesive force.


lexentry: eng/gasket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gasket
trans_list: Zeising
sense:
(sailing) A length of rope or canvas band used for reefing a sail, or holding a stowed sail in place.


lexentry: eng/gasket__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gasket
trans_list: Dichtung
sense:
(mechanics) Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.


lexentry: eng/gaslight__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gaslight
trans_list: mit Psychotricks allmählich in den Wahnsinn treiben | mit Psychotricks langsam irre machen
sense:
(chiefly, transitive) To manipulate someone such that they doubt their own memory, perceptions of reality, or sanity, typically for malevolent#Adjective reasons.


lexentry: eng/gasoline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gasoline
trans_list: Benzin
sense:
(uncountable, North America, Philippines) A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol.


lexentry: eng/gasp__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gasp
trans_list: keuchen | japsen | prusten
sense:
(intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.


lexentry: eng/gastritis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gastritis
trans_list: Gastritis | Magenschleimhautentzündung
sense:
(pathology, symptom) Inflammation of the lining of the stomach, characterised by nausea, loss of appetite, and upper abdominal discomfort or pain.


lexentry: eng/gastroenteritis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gastroenteritis
trans_list: Gastroenteritis | Brechdurchfall | Margen-Darm-Grippe
sense:
(medicine) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestine; often caused by an infection.


lexentry: eng/gastroenterology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gastroenterology
trans_list: Gastroenterologie
sense:
(medicine) The study of the digestive system, from the mouth to the anus; may also include the study of accessory organs: pancreas, liver, gallbladder and bile ducts.


lexentry: eng/gastroesophageal_reflux__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gastroesophageal reflux
trans_list: Ebbe
sense:
(pathology) Ellipsis of gastroesophageal reflux disease.: chronic symptoms or mucosal damage produced by the abnormal reflux in the esophagus.


lexentry: eng/gastrulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gastrulation
trans_list: Gastrulation
sense:
(embryology, biology) The stage of embryo development at which a gastrula is formed from the blastula by the inward migration of cells.


lexentry: eng/gasworks__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gasworks
trans_list: Gaswerk
sense:
A factory where gas is generated or distributed (whether for industrial consumption or for residential distribution), as:


lexentry: eng/gate__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: gate
trans_list: Gatter
sense:
(computing) A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.


lexentry: eng/gatecrasher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gatecrasher
trans_list: Eindringling
sense:
(slang) A person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by stealth or by deception.


lexentry: eng/gateway__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: gateway
trans_list: Gateway | Protokollumsetzer
sense:
(computing, networking, telecommunications) In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.


lexentry: eng/gateway_drug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gateway drug
trans_list: Einstiegsdroge
sense:
An addictive substance that is seen as relatively harmless by itself, but is believed to encourage the user to experiment with more harmful substances.


lexentry: eng/gatha__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gatha
trans_list: Gatha
sense:
(Buddhism) A poem or mantra, especially one recited mentally as part of meditation or mindfulness practice.


lexentry: eng/gather__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gather
trans_list: sammeln | versammeln
sense:
(architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.


lexentry: eng/gauge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gauge
trans_list: Maß | Messgerät | Meter
sense:
A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard


lexentry: eng/gauge__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: gauge
trans_list: Maß
sense:
(mathematics, analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.


lexentry: eng/gauge_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gauge theory
trans_list: Eichtheorie
sense:
(physics) A type of field theory in which the Lagrangian is invariant under a continuous group of local transformations.


lexentry: eng/gauntlet__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: gauntlet
trans_list: Spießrutenlauf
sense:
(figuratively) Any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal, often one performed for atonement or punishment.


lexentry: eng/gavel__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gavel
trans_list: Hammer | Auktionshammer | Richterhammer
sense:
A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.


lexentry: eng/gay__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gay
trans_list: schwul
sense:
(loosely, of appearance or behavior) Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.


lexentry: eng/gay__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gay
trans_list: schwul
sense:
(slang, pejorative) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid, burdensome, contemptible, generally bad.


lexentry: eng/gay_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gay bar
trans_list: Gay-Bar | Schwulenbar
sense:
A tavern or similar nightclub whose primary clientele are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.


lexentry: eng/gay_pride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gay pride
trans_list: Gay Pride
sense:
A feeling of pride in one's homosexuality; embrace of a positive gay identity and rejection of shame imposed by homophobia.


lexentry: eng/gay_rights__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gay rights
trans_list: Lesben- und Schwulenrechte | Schwulenrechte
sense:
The concept that people of minority sexual orientations such as homosexuality (gay people), are entitled to the same rights and considerations as heterosexuals.


lexentry: eng/gaydar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gaydar
trans_list: Gaydar
sense:
(slang) The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person's appearance, mannerisms, etc. [from early 1980s]


lexentry: eng/gazebo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gazebo
trans_list: Laube | Gartenlaube | Pavillon | Salettl
sense:
A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.


lexentry: eng/gazelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gazelle
trans_list: Gazelle
sense:
An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa) or Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods.


lexentry: eng/gazette__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gazette
trans_list: Amtsblatt | Anzeiger
sense:
(law, often, _, capitalized, _, and, _) A official periodical publication published by a government containing legal and state notices, and in some cases, legislations, subsidiary legislations and bills.


lexentry: eng/gazpacho__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gazpacho
trans_list: Gazpacho
sense:
A cold soup of Spanish origin, made with olive oil, vinegar, bread and raw vegetables such as tomatoes, garlic, onion, cucumber and sweet peppers.


lexentry: eng/gear__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: gear
trans_list: Gang
sense:
(countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.


lexentry: eng/gear__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: gear
trans_list: Gangschaltung | Gang
sense:
(countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.


lexentry: eng/gear_shift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gear shift
trans_list: Gangschaltung
sense:
(automotive) That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it.


lexentry: eng/gear_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gear wheel
trans_list: Zahnrad
sense:
(mechanics) A wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear.


lexentry: eng/gearbox__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gearbox
trans_list: Getriebe
sense:
That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.


lexentry: eng/gecko__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gecko
trans_list: Gecko
sense:
Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae. They are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces.


lexentry: eng/gee__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gee
trans_list: hott
sense:
(intransitive) Of a horse, pack animal, etc.: to move forward; go faster; or turn in a direction away from the driver, typically to the right.


lexentry: eng/geek__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: geek
trans_list: Freak | Spezialist
sense:
(colloquial) A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and often having limited or nonstandard social skills. Often used with an attributive noun.


lexentry: eng/geek__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: geek
trans_list: Freak | Geek | Spezialist
sense:
(colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.


lexentry: eng/geezer__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: geezer
trans_list: Greis | Knacker | alte Schachtel
sense:
(informal, chiefly, North America, sometimes, mildly, derogatory) An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.


lexentry: eng/geisha__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geisha
trans_list: Geisha
sense:
A Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.


lexentry: eng/gelada__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gelada
trans_list: Dschelada
sense:
Any of species Theropithecus gelada of Old World monkeys, distinguished from baboons by the bright patch of skin on their chests.


lexentry: eng/gelatin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gelatin
trans_list: Gelatine
sense:
A protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc.


lexentry: eng/gelato__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gelato
trans_list: vereist
sense:
An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.


lexentry: eng/gelbstoff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gelbstoff
trans_list: Gelbstoff
sense:
(hydrology, oceanography) The optically measurable component of dissolved organic matter in water, which primarily occurs naturally from tannin released from decaying detritus. As the amount of organic matter increases, it causes the water to appear green, yellow-green, and then brown. [from 1966]


lexentry: eng/gemination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gemination
trans_list: Gemination
sense:
(phonetics) The phenomenon of a consonant being pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is normal; an instance of such lengthened pronunciation.


lexentry: eng/gemmule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gemmule
trans_list: Gemmula
sense:
(specifically, zoology) A small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges (phylum Porifera) that develops into a new sponge.


lexentry: eng/gender-neutral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gender-neutral
trans_list: geschlechtslos
sense:
(grammar) In particular, in languages where words are assigned to one grammatical gender or another: lacking such an assignment.


lexentry: eng/gender__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: gender
trans_list: Geschlecht | Gender | soziales Geschlecht
sense:
Identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.) [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/gender__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: gender
trans_list: Genus | Geschlecht
sense:
(grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/gender_dysphoria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gender dysphoria
trans_list: Gender-Dysphorie | Geschlechtsdysphorie
sense:
A profound and persistent unhappiness caused by having characteristics (body parts, clothing, etc) of, or being perceived as, a gender different from one's gender identity, experienced especially by transgender people.


lexentry: eng/gender_identity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gender identity
trans_list: Geschlechtsidentität
sense:
(psychology) An individual's internal sense of self as belonging to a particular gender or genders, or to no gender.


lexentry: eng/gender_identity_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gender identity disorder
trans_list: Geschlechtsidentitätsstörung
sense:
A condition in which the patient experiences significant gender dysphoria: the diagnostic classification most commonly applied to transgender/transsexual people.


lexentry: eng/gender_reassignment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gender reassignment
trans_list: Geschlechtsumwandlung
sense:
The process of changing one's sex, usually by a combination of medicinal and surgical means; sex change.


lexentry: eng/gender_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gender studies
sense:
An academic discipline which analyses constructions of gender and sexuality in society (with reference to other sociological characteristics like class, education, ethnicity, nationality, religion, etc.).

trans_list:
Geschlechterforschung | Frauen-, Männer- und Geschlechterforschung | Genderforschung | Genderstudien | Genderstudies | Geschlechterstudien


lexentry: eng/genderqueer__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genderqueer
trans_list: genderqueer
sense:
(LGBT) Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.


lexentry: eng/gendersex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gendersex
trans_list: Geschlecht
sense:
Sex or gender. A division of organisms into masculine, feminine and possibly others, by sexual or social characteristics.


lexentry: eng/gene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gene
trans_list: Gen
sense:
(genetics) A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.


lexentry: eng/gene_expression__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gene expression
trans_list: Genexpression
sense:
(genetics) The transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA and thus into a protein; it may be lesser or greater depending on many epigenetic factors.


lexentry: eng/gene_splicing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gene splicing
trans_list: Genspleißen
sense:
(genetics) A technique in which fragments of DNA (often from different individuals or species) are combined to form recombinant DNA, especially as a part of genetic engineering.


lexentry: eng/gene_therapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gene therapy
trans_list: Gentherapie
sense:
Any of several therapies involving the insertion of genes into a patient's cells in order to replace defective ones.


lexentry: eng/genealogy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genealogy
trans_list: Abstammung
sense:
(countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.


lexentry: eng/general__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: general
trans_list: allgemein | generell
sense:
Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/general__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: general
trans_list: allgemein
sense:
(sometimes, _, postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/general__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: general
trans_list: General
sense:
(military ranks) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/general_anesthesia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: general anesthesia
trans_list: Narkose
sense:
(American spelling, medicine) A type of anesthesia that causes loss of sensation to the whole body, usually to the point of unconsciousness.


lexentry: eng/general_anesthetic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: general anesthetic
trans_list: Allgemeinanästhetikum | Narkosemittel | Narkotikum
sense:
(medicine) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation to the whole body, usually to the point of unconsciousness.


lexentry: eng/general_election__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: general election
trans_list: allgemeine Wahlen
sense:
An election, usually held at regular intervals, in which candidates are elected in all or most constituencies or electoral districts of a nation.


lexentry: eng/general_knowledge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: general knowledge
trans_list: Allgemeinwissen
sense:
The wide body of information that a person acquires from education and from life, much of which may be trivial.


lexentry: eng/general_ledger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: general ledger
trans_list: Hauptbuch
sense:
(business, accounting) The central accounting record of a company or organization consisting of the accounts that support the value items shown in the major financial statements.


lexentry: eng/general_manager__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: general manager
trans_list: Geschäftsführer | Geschäftsführerin
sense:
(management) A manager with overall responsibility for an organisation or a distinct unit of an organisation.


lexentry: eng/general_practitioner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: general practitioner
trans_list: Allgemeinarzt | Allgemeinmediziner | Allgemeinmedizinerin | Allgemeinärztin | Hausarzt | Hausärztin
sense:
A physician who provides primary care; treating acute and chronic illnesses and providing preventive care and health education; a family doctor.


lexentry: eng/general_public__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: general public
trans_list: Allgemeinheit
sense:
Those members of the public who have no special role in a particular area, such as an airport, hospital or railway station; there will typically be restrictions on their access.


lexentry: eng/general_relativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: general relativity
trans_list: Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie | allgemeine Relativitätstheorie
sense:
(relativity) A theory extending special relativity and uniformly accounting for gravity and accelerated frames of reference, postulating that space-time curves in the presence of mass.


lexentry: eng/general_store__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: general store
trans_list: Gemischtwarenhandlung | Gemischtwarenladen | Kaufhaus | Kramladen
sense:
A store which sells a large variety of useful things, without specializing highly in any particular type of merchandise, and which is not departmentalized.


lexentry: eng/general_strike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: general strike
trans_list: Generalstreik
sense:
A coordinated work stoppage by a substantial proportion of the workers of a particular city, region or state, normally to achieve economic or political goals.


lexentry: eng/generalissimo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: generalissimo
trans_list: Generalissimus
sense:
(military) A supreme commander of the armed forces of a country, especially one who is also a political leader.


lexentry: eng/generalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: generalist
trans_list: Generalist
sense:
A person with a broad general knowledge, especially one with more than superficial knowledge in several areas and the ability to combine ideas from diverse fields.


lexentry: eng/generating_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: generating function
trans_list: erzeugende Funktion
sense:
(mathematics) A formal power series with one indeterminate, whose coefficients encode a sequence that can be studied by algebraic manipulation of the series; any one of several generalizations, such as to encode more than one sequence or use more than one indeterminate.


lexentry: eng/generation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: generation
trans_list: Generation
sense:
The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/generation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: generation
trans_list: Generation | Geschlecht
sense:
A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/generation__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: generation
trans_list: Generation
sense:
The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/generation__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: generation
trans_list: Generation
sense:
(geometry) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.


lexentry: eng/generation_gap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: generation gap
trans_list: Generationsunterschied
sense:
A disconnect between members of one generation and members of the next based on the later generation developing habits, attitudes, and preferences inconsistent with the experience of the former.


lexentry: eng/generative_grammar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: generative grammar
trans_list: generative Grammatik
sense:
(linguistics, countable) A system of rules that can generate all and only those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language.


lexentry: eng/generic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: generic
trans_list: allgemein | generisch | typisch
sense:
Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups (genera) as opposed to specific instances.


lexentry: eng/generic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: generic
trans_list: Generikum | artmäßig | arttypisch | gattungsmäßig
sense:
(of a product or drug) not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.


lexentry: eng/generic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: generic
trans_list: generisch
sense:
(computing, of procedures) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.


lexentry: eng/generic_name__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: generic name
trans_list: Gattungsnamen
sense:
(taxonomy) The first word in a binominal name, which identifies the genus of the lifeform considered.


lexentry: eng/generic_programming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: generic programming
trans_list: generische Programmierung
sense:
(programming) A style of computer programming in which algorithms are written in terms of to-be-specified-later types that are then instantiated when needed for specific types provided as parameters.


lexentry: eng/genericized_trademark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genericized trademark
trans_list: Gattungsbegriff | Gattungsbezeichnung
sense:
(business, law) A successful brand name or trademark that has come to refer to the generic class of objects rather than the specific brand type.


lexentry: eng/generous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: generous
trans_list: großzügig | generös
sense:
Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/genet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genet
trans_list: Genette | Ginsterkatze
sense:
Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta in the family Viverridae, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.


lexentry: eng/genetic_code__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genetic code
trans_list: genetischer Code
sense:
(genetics) The set of rules by which the sequence of bases in DNA are translated into the amino acid sequence of proteins.


lexentry: eng/genetic_drift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genetic drift
trans_list: Gendrift
sense:
(genetics, evolutionary theory) An overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population, due to random fluctuations in the frequencies of individual alleles of the genes.


lexentry: eng/genetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genetics
trans_list: Genetik | Vererbungslehre
sense:
(biology) The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.


lexentry: eng/genie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genie
trans_list: Dschinn | Djinn
sense:
(Islam) A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.


lexentry: eng/genie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: genie
trans_list: Dschinn | Djinn
sense:
(mythological creature) A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.


lexentry: eng/genital_wart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genital wart
trans_list: Condylom | Condyloma | Feigwarze | Feuchtwarze | Genitalwarze | Kondylom
sense:
A wart associated with a highly contagious sexually transmitted infection, caused by some types of human papillomavirus.


lexentry: eng/genitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genitive
trans_list: genitivisch | genetivisch | Genitiv
sense:
(grammar) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses a quality, origin or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.


lexentry: eng/genitive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genitive
trans_list: Genitiv | Wesfall | Genetiv | Genetiv-Kasus | Genetivkasus | Genetivus
sense:
(grammar, uncountable) An inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession.


lexentry: eng/genitive__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: genitive
trans_list: Genitiv
sense:
(grammar, countable) A word inflected in the genitive case; a word indicating origin, ownership or possession.


lexentry: eng/genitive_absolute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genitive absolute
trans_list: Genitivus absolutus
sense:
(grammar) an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the genitive case; present in many Indo-European languages, such as:


lexentry: eng/genius__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genius
trans_list: Genie | Genius
sense:
(countable) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.


lexentry: eng/genizah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genizah
trans_list: Geniza
sense:
(Jewish law) A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery.


lexentry: eng/genocide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genocide
trans_list: Völkermord | Genozid
sense:
The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people, typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.


lexentry: eng/genome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genome
trans_list: Genom
sense:
(genetics) The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism. [from 1930]


lexentry: eng/genotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genotype
trans_list: Genotyp
sense:
(genetics) The part (DNA sequence) of the genetic makeup of an organism which determines a specific characteristic (phenotype) of that organism.


lexentry: eng/gens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gens
trans_list: Gens
sense:
(Ancient Rome, historical) A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing the same nomen gentilicium.


lexentry: eng/gentian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gentian
trans_list: Enzian
sense:
(countable) Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.


lexentry: eng/gentile__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: gentile
trans_list: Gentile
sense:
(grammar) A noun derived from a proper noun which denotes something belonging to or coming from a particular city, nation, or country.


lexentry: eng/gentility__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gentility
trans_list: Vornehmheit | vornehme Herkunft | vornehme Lebensart
sense:
(uncountable) The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.


lexentry: eng/gentleman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gentleman
trans_list: Herr | meine Herren
sense:
(chiefly, _, historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK, _, law) an armiferous man ranking below a knight.


lexentry: eng/gentoo_penguin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gentoo penguin
trans_list: Eselspinguin
sense:
A species of penguin, Pygoscelis papua, with a distinctive wide white stripe extending like a bonnet across the top of its head.


lexentry: eng/gentrification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gentrification
trans_list: Gentrifizierung | Gentrifikation
sense:
(urban studies) The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas and often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents; any example of such a process.


lexentry: eng/gentrify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gentrify
trans_list: gentrifizieren
sense:
(transitive) To renovate or improve something, especially housing or district, to make it more appealing to the middle classes (often with the negative association of pricing out existing residents).


lexentry: eng/genuflect__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: genuflect
trans_list: niederknien
sense:
(intransitive) To briefly enter a position that touches one knee to the ground in a manner that is typically associated with formal homage or religious worship.


lexentry: eng/genus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genus
trans_list: Gattung | Genus
sense:
(biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.


lexentry: eng/genus_name__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: genus name
trans_list: Gattungsname | Genusname
sense:
(taxonomy) The scientific name of a genus, which is always capitalized; the generic name or generic epithet.


lexentry: eng/geobiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geobiology
trans_list: Geobiologie
sense:
(geology, biology) The interdisciplinary study of the interactions between the Earth's biosphere and the lithosphere, which incorporates both geology and biology.


lexentry: eng/geocaching__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geocaching
trans_list: Geocaching
sense:
A pastime in which participants use a GPS receiver to find a hidden container at a specific latitude and longitude, or to hide a container to be found in this manner.


lexentry: eng/geochemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geochemistry
trans_list: Geochemie
sense:
(chemistry) The branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical composition of the Earth and other planets, and with the chemical processes that occur in the formation of rocks and minerals etc.


lexentry: eng/geochronometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geochronometer
trans_list: Geochronometer
sense:
(geology, geochronology) Any of several techniques used to measure the age of rock, especially any technique of radiometric dating, the measuring of the relative abundance of particular radioactive or radiogenic isotopes in order to evaluate the progress of radioactive decay.


lexentry: eng/geochronometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geochronometry
trans_list: Geochronometrie
sense:
(geology) the science of the measurement of the age of rocks etc. based on the radioactive decay of naturally occurring isotopes


lexentry: eng/geode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geode
trans_list: Geode | Druse
sense:
(geology) A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall.


lexentry: eng/geodesy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geodesy
trans_list: Geodäsie
sense:
(sciences, geography) The discipline which deals with the measurement and representation of Earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, Earth tides, and crustal motion) in three-dimensional, time-varying space


lexentry: eng/geodetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geodetics
trans_list: Geodäsie
sense:
The scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, earth tides, and tectonic motion) in three-dimensional, time-varying space.


lexentry: eng/geoduck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geoduck
trans_list: Elefantenrüsselmuschel
sense:
(uncountable) The species of large saltwater clam Panopea generosa, native to the northeast Pacific coasts from Alaska to Washington State, distinguished by its deep burrowing and long unprotected siphon.


lexentry: eng/geodynamics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geodynamics
trans_list: Geodynamik
sense:
the branch of geophysics that studies the deformation processes of planetary mantle and crust, and the resulting earthquakes and volcanism


lexentry: eng/geoengineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: geoengineering
trans_list: Geoengineering
sense:
The artificial manipulation of the environments of the Earth, especially as a means of counteracting global warming.


lexentry: eng/geoglyph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geoglyph
trans_list: Geoglyph | Geoglyphe
sense:
(chiefly, archaeology) A large-scale drawing or image made on the ground by arranging lines of stones, scratching the earth, etc., and often only fully visible from a distance or the air.


lexentry: eng/geographical_indication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geographical indication
trans_list: Herkunftsbezeichnung
sense:
(law) a name or sign used on products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin


lexentry: eng/geography__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: geography
trans_list: Geographie | Erdkunde | Geografie
sense:
The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.


lexentry: eng/geoheliocentrism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geoheliocentrism
trans_list: System
sense:
An early model of the solar system that put Earth at the centre, and had Sun and Moon orbiting the Earth with other planets revolving about the Sun.


lexentry: eng/geoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geoid
trans_list: Geoid
sense:
(geography, geodesy) The shape, extending through landmasses (continents, etc.), that the surface of the oceans of the Earth would take under the influence of the Earth's gravity and rotation alone, disregarding other factors such as winds and tides; that is, a surface of constant gravitational potential at zero elevation.


lexentry: eng/geologic_joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geologic joint
trans_list: Schicksalsschlag
sense:
(geology) A fracture in rock in which (unlike a fault) the strata do not move relative to each other.


lexentry: eng/geologic_time_scale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geologic time scale
trans_list: geologische Zeitskala
sense:
A chronological scale of the earth's history used to measure the relative or absolute age of any part of geologic time.


lexentry: eng/geological_matrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geological matrix
trans_list: Gebärmutter
sense:
(geology) The fine-grained background material in which crystals, pebbles or fossils are embedded in a sedimentary rock


lexentry: eng/geologist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geologist
trans_list: Geologe | Geologin
sense:
A person whose occupation specializes in the science of geology, especially at a professional or academic level.


lexentry: eng/geology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geology
trans_list: Geologie
sense:
The science that studies the structure of the earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.


lexentry: eng/geomancy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geomancy
trans_list: Geomantie
sense:
A method of divination using earth or the ground, such as interpreting markings on the ground or how handfuls of dirt land when tossed.


lexentry: eng/geometric_mean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geometric mean
trans_list: geometrisches Mittel
sense:
(mathematics) A measure of central tendency of a set of n values computed by extracting the nth root of the product of the values.


lexentry: eng/geometric_progression__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geometric progression
trans_list: geometrische Progression | geometrische Reihe
sense:
(analysis) A sequence in which each term except the first is obtained from the previous by multiplying it by a constant value, known as the common ratio of the geometric progression.


lexentry: eng/geometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: geometry
trans_list: Geometrie
sense:
(algebraic geometry, countable) A mathematical object comprising representations of a space and of its spatial relationships.


lexentry: eng/geometry_of_numbers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geometry of numbers
trans_list: Geometrie der Zahlen
sense:
(number theory) The subbranch of number theory which applies techniques from geometry to the study of algebraic numbers.


lexentry: eng/geophysics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geophysics
trans_list: Geophysik
sense:
A branch of earth science dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring in the earth and in its vicinity.


lexentry: eng/geophyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geophyte
trans_list: Geophyt
sense:
(botany) A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.


lexentry: eng/geostationary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geostationary
trans_list: geostationär
sense:
At a fixed distance in three dimensions relative to a particular point on the Earth's surface; generally only possible with orbital satellites.


lexentry: eng/geothermal_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geothermal energy
trans_list: Erdwärme
sense:
Heat under the ground used to heat water and make steam to turn generator turbines and make electricity.


lexentry: eng/gerbil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gerbil
trans_list: Rennmaus | Wüstenrennmaus | mongolische Rennmaus
sense:
A member of one of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and certain other genera in subfamily Gerbillinae, with leaping powers resembling those of the jerboa, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.


lexentry: eng/geriatrics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geriatrics
trans_list: Geriatrie | Altersheilkunde
sense:
(medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on health promotion and the prevention and treatment of disease and disability in later life. The term itself can be distinguished from gerontology, which is the study of the aging process itself.


lexentry: eng/germ__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: germ
trans_list: Keim
sense:
(biology) The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.


lexentry: eng/germander__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: germander
trans_list: Gamander
sense:
Any plant of the genus Teucrium, some with small, pink, white, or pale purple flowers and a small upper lip.


lexentry: eng/germanium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: germanium
trans_list: Germanium
sense:
A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group.


lexentry: eng/germplasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: germplasm
trans_list: Keimplasma
sense:
Seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses.


lexentry: eng/gerontology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gerontology
trans_list: Gerontologie | Alternsforschung
sense:
The branch of science that deals with the problems of aged people. It is to be distinguished from geriatrics, which is the study of the diseases of the elderly. Gerontology covers the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging.


lexentry: eng/gerund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gerund
trans_list: Gerundium | Vertretungswort
sense:
(grammar) A verbal form that functions as a verbal noun. (In English, a gerund has the same spelling as a present participle, but functions differently; however, this distinction may be ambiguous or unclear and so is no longer made in some modern texts such as A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language and The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language)


lexentry: eng/gerund__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gerund
trans_list: Gerundium | Vertretungswort
sense:
(grammar) In some languages such as Dutch, Italian or Russian, a verbal form similar to a present participle, but functioning as an adverb to form adverbial phrases or continuous tense. These constructions have various names besides gerund, depending on the language, such as conjunctive participles, active participles, adverbial participles, transgressives, etc.


lexentry: eng/gerundive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gerundive
trans_list: Gerundivum | Gerundiv
sense:
(in Latin, _, grammar) a verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity, equivalent in form to the future passive participle.


lexentry: eng/gestalt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gestalt
trans_list: Gestalt
sense:
A collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic elements that creates a whole, unified concept or pattern which is other than the sum of its parts, due to the relationships between the parts (of a character, personality, entity, or being)


lexentry: eng/gestation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gestation
trans_list: Heranreifen | Reifung
sense:
The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.


lexentry: eng/gesture__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: gesture
trans_list: gestikulieren
sense:
(transitive) To express or signal (to someone) by a gesture or gestures (to do something, go somewhere, etc).


lexentry: eng/get__Verb__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: get
trans_list: werden | können
sense:
(intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).


lexentry: eng/get_a_grip__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: get a grip
trans_list: reiß dich zusammen
sense:
(idiomatic, mostly, imperative) To come to one's senses and become more rational after having experienced a strong emotion.


lexentry: eng/get_a_room__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: get a room
trans_list: nehmt euch ein Zimmer
sense:
(idiomatic, informal, sometimes, humorous) Used to instruct a couple to stop displaying romantic or physical affection in public.


lexentry: eng/get_across__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: get across
trans_list: durch
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively.


lexentry: eng/get_ahead_of_oneself__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: get ahead of oneself
trans_list: das Pferd von hinten aufzäumen
sense:
(idiomatic) To focus excessively on one's plans or on prospective future events without paying adequate attention to the present.


lexentry: eng/get_along__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: get along
trans_list: verstehen | vertragen
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic, often followed by with) To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.


lexentry: eng/get_away__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: get away
trans_list: gehen
sense:
(with 'to' when used with an object) To take a break from one's present circumstances; to journey (to), especially on holiday.


lexentry: eng/get_back__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: get back
trans_list: heimzahlen
sense:
(transitive, often, with at or against) To do something to hurt or harm (someone) who has hurt or harmed one; to take revenge.


lexentry: eng/get_cold_feet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: get cold feet
trans_list: kalte Füße bekommen
sense:
(This entry is a translation hub.) To develop cold feet, in the sense of nervousness about going through with something.


lexentry: eng/get_down_to_brass_tacks__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: get down to brass tacks
trans_list: zur Sache kommen
sense:
(idiomatic, chiefly, _, US) to start to discuss or consider the most important details or facts about something.


lexentry: eng/get_even__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: get even
trans_list: zurückzahlen
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) To inflict trouble or harm on another in return, typically the same as that inflicted on oneself.


lexentry: eng/get_lost__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: get lost
trans_list: verloren gehen
sense:
(intransitive, of an object) To go missing; to be in a location unknown to someone who is looking for it.


lexentry: eng/get_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: get off
trans_list: aussteigen
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).


lexentry: eng/get_one's_knickers_in_a_twist__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: get one's knickers in a twist
trans_list: an die Decke gehen | auf 180 sein | einen (dicken) Hals kriegen
sense:
(idiomatic, Britain, Ireland, humorous, informal, ) To become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter.


lexentry: eng/get_one's_wires_crossed__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: get one's wires crossed
trans_list: missverstehen | vorbeireden
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To get confused or mixed up about another person's intentions; to misunderstand one another.


lexentry: eng/get_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: get out
trans_list: aussteigen
sense:
(intransitive) To leave a vehicle such as a car. (Note: for public transport, get off is more common.)


lexentry: eng/get_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: get over
trans_list: überwinden
sense:
(slang, transitive) To manipulate (someone); to get around (someone); to improve one's own standing at another's expense.


lexentry: eng/get_something_over_with__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: get something over with
trans_list: etwas hinter sich bringen
sense:
(idiomatic) To proceed to do something as soon as possible, especially so as to have something unpleasant behind oneself.


lexentry: eng/get_up_on_the_wrong_side_of_the_bed__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: get up on the wrong side of the bed
trans_list: mit dem falschen Fuß aufgestanden sein | mit dem linken Fuß zuerst aufgestanden sein
sense:
(idiomatic) To feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason.


lexentry: eng/get_wet__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: get wet
trans_list: nass
sense:
(idiomatic) Of a woman, to become sexually aroused, as indicated by the occurrence of the natural lubrication of the vagina.


lexentry: eng/get_wind_of__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: get wind of
trans_list: von etwas Wind bekommen
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive) To hear about; to learn of, especially with respect to facts intended to have been kept confidential or secret.


lexentry: eng/geta__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: geta
trans_list: Geta | Netz
sense:
(game of go) A technique for capturing stones by enclosing them in a “net” preventing them from escaping in any direction.


lexentry: eng/getaway_car__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: getaway car
trans_list: Fluchtauto | Fluchtwagen
sense:
A car (motor vehicle) that is left with the motor running and a driver in position while a crime is being committed so that the perpetrators may flee the scene quickly.


lexentry: eng/getup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: getup
trans_list: Bekleidung
sense:
(chiefly, US, informal) Clothes, costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual.


lexentry: eng/geyser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: geyser
trans_list: Geysir
sense:
(planetology, geology, volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.


lexentry: eng/ghetto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ghetto
trans_list: Getto | Ghetto | Judengasse | Judenviertel
sense:
An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)


lexentry: eng/ghetto__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ghetto
trans_list: Getto | Ghetto
sense:
An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.


lexentry: eng/ghetto_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ghetto bird
trans_list: Polizeihelikopter | Polizeihubschrauber
sense:
(slang, US, idiomatic) A police helicopter, specifically in the context of patrolling or searching impoverished, high-crime urban areas (the ghetto).


lexentry: eng/ghost__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ghost
trans_list: Geisterbild
sense:
An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.


lexentry: eng/ghost__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: ghost
trans_list: ghosten
sense:
(slang, social media) To perform an act of ghosting: to break up with someone without warning or explanation; to ignore someone, especially on social media.


lexentry: eng/ghost_goal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ghost goal
trans_list: Phantomtor | Wembley-Tor
sense:
(ball games) An apparent goal in which it is not clear whether or not the ball crossed the goal line.


lexentry: eng/ghost_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ghost ship
trans_list: Geisterschiff
sense:
(nautical) An abandoned ship, or (science fiction, by extension) spaceship, that is haunted and possibly adrift.


lexentry: eng/ghost_town__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ghost town
trans_list: Geisterstadt | Geisterdorf | Geisterort | Geistersiedlung | Ghosttown
sense:
A town which has become deserted, usually due to failing economic activity, especially one that still has substantial visible remains.


lexentry: eng/ghost_train__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ghost train
trans_list: Geisterzug
sense:
(theater) An excursion done by many tourist railways around the world. Usually, a fictional story is created and performed with static displays or live actors on either side of a train. Actors and actresses play out a story on the long and narrow stage provided by the railcar aisles.


lexentry: eng/ghost_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ghost word
trans_list: Geisterwort | Ghostword
sense:
(linguistics) A fictitious or erroneous word, originally meaningless (not used in practice), that has been published in a dictionary or similarly authoritative reference work or otherwise listed as genuine, generally as the result of misinterpretation, misreading, or typographical error.


lexentry: eng/ghosting__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ghosting
trans_list: Ghosting
sense:
(computing) A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed.


lexentry: eng/ghosting__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: ghosting
trans_list: Ghosting
sense:
(colloquial) A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation. [from 2000s]


lexentry: eng/ghosting__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: ghosting
trans_list: Geisterbild
sense:
The phenomenon of the writing on one side of a page in a notebook being partly visible on the other side.


lexentry: eng/ghostwriter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ghostwriter
trans_list: Ghostwriter | Phantomschreiber
sense:
A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.


lexentry: eng/ghrelin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ghrelin
trans_list: Ghrelin
sense:
(biochemistry) A peptide hormone, secreted in the stomach when empty, that increases appetite and secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. [from 1999]


lexentry: eng/giant__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: giant
trans_list: Riese
sense:
(astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).


lexentry: eng/giant_burrowing_cockroach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: giant burrowing cockroach
trans_list: Australische Großschabe
sense:
The world's heaviest species of cockroach, Macropanesthia rhinoceros, which is native to Australia and mostly found in tropical parts of Queensland.


lexentry: eng/giant_fennel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: giant fennel
trans_list: Riesenfenchel | Steckenkraut
sense:
Ferula communis, a tall herbaceous perennial (not a true fennel), of the family Apiaceae, native to the Mediterranean and eastern Africa.


lexentry: eng/giant_roundworm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: giant roundworm
trans_list: Spulwurm
sense:
A species of roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, the largest and most common parasitic worm in humans, causing ascariasis.


lexentry: eng/giant_squid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: giant squid
trans_list: Riesenkalmar
sense:
Any of the very large squid, of the genus Architeuthis (family Architeuthidae), that live at great depths, and of which little is known.


lexentry: eng/giant_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: giant star
trans_list: Riesenstern
sense:
(star) A star that has stopped fusing hydrogen in its core and as a result has grown much larger and brighter.


lexentry: eng/giant_tortoise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: giant tortoise
trans_list: Riesenschildkröte
sense:
Any member or species of the genus Geochelone, land tortoises reaching 1.3 meters in length and with average life spans exceeding 100 years.


lexentry: eng/giaour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: giaour
trans_list: Giaur
sense:
(religious slur) A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians.


lexentry: eng/gibbon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gibbon
trans_list: Gibbon
sense:
A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which it uses to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.


lexentry: eng/gibbous_moon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gibbous moon
trans_list: Dreiviertelmond
sense:
(astronomy) A lunar phase either side of the full moon when the moon's disc as seen from the Earth is larger than a semicircle.


lexentry: eng/gibibit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gibibit
trans_list: Gibibit
sense:
(computing) Strictly, 230 (10243, or 1,073,741,824) bits or 210 (1024) mebibits, as opposed to a gigabit.


lexentry: eng/gibibyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gibibyte
trans_list: Gibibyte
sense:
(computing) Strictly, 230 (10243, or 1,073,741,824) bytes or 210 (1024) mebibytes, as opposed to a gigabyte.


lexentry: eng/giddy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: giddy
trans_list: schwindelig
sense:
(predicative, _, only) Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.


lexentry: eng/giddy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: giddy
trans_list: vergnügt | aufgedreht | ausgelassen | flatterhaft | freudig erregt | lebhaft
sense:
Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.


lexentry: eng/gift_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gift card
trans_list: Geschenkkarte
sense:
A gift certificate in the form of a card issued by retailers as an alternative to a non-monetary gift, allowing the bearer to purchase goods up to its face value.


lexentry: eng/gift_certificate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gift certificate
trans_list: Gutschein
sense:
A gift voucher entitling the bearer to a free product or service, intended to be purchased as a gift.


lexentry: eng/gift_economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gift economy
trans_list: Schenkökonomie
sense:
A traditional economy where valuable goods are not traded or sold, but rather given away, sometimes with the expectation that they (or goods of equivalent or higher value) will later be given back.


lexentry: eng/gift_of_the_gab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gift of the gab
trans_list: Eloquenz | Redegabe | Wortgewalt | flottes Mundwerk
sense:
(idiomatic) The ability to talk readily, glibly, and convincingly, especially on trivial matters and small talk.


lexentry: eng/gig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gig
trans_list: Gig | Auftritt
sense:
Originally (music) , a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.


lexentry: eng/gig__Noun__3
sense_num: 04
written_rep: gig
trans_list: Gig
sense:
(Southern England, by extension) A similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; specifically, a six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.


lexentry: eng/gig__Noun__3
sense_num: 04
written_rep: gig
trans_list: Gig
sense:
A small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.


lexentry: eng/gig__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gig
trans_list: musizieren
sense:
(film, music, television, theater) To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.


lexentry: eng/giga-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: giga-
trans_list: giga-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 109 (short scale billion or long scale milliard). Symbol: G


lexentry: eng/giga-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: giga-
trans_list: giga-
sense:
(computing, sometimes, _, proscribed) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 230 or 1,073,741,824.


lexentry: eng/giga-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: giga-
trans_list: giga-
sense:
(Internet slang, originally, _, 4chan) Used to augment nouns; denoting an invididual who is a paragon of something.


lexentry: eng/gigantomachy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gigantomachy
trans_list: Gigantomachie
sense:
(Greek mythology) The battle of the Giants (offspring of Gaia, according to Hesiod conceived from the spilt blood of Uranus) against the Olympian gods.


lexentry: eng/gilded_cage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gilded cage
trans_list: goldener Käfig
sense:
(figuratively) A place (or, by extension, situation) which is superficially attractive but nevertheless constraining; a comfortable but confined situation.


lexentry: eng/gill__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: gill
trans_list: Kieme | Lamelle
sense:
(mycology) One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, the surface of which bears the spore-producing organs.


lexentry: eng/gill_slit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gill slit
trans_list: Kiemenspalte
sense:
(anatomy, fish) An individual opening to gills, which lacks an operculum; characteristic of cartilaginous fish such as sharks.


lexentry: eng/gillnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gillnet
trans_list: Kiemennetz
sense:
(fishing) A vertical net, often resting on the sea floor, which entangles fish in the netting, frequently by the gills.


lexentry: eng/gillyflower__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: gillyflower
trans_list: Gewürznelke
sense:
(heraldiccharge) A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.


lexentry: eng/gimbal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gimbal
trans_list: kardanische Aufhängung
sense:
A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.


lexentry: eng/gin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gin
trans_list: Gin
sense:
A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.


lexentry: eng/gin_and_tonic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gin and tonic
trans_list: Gin Tonic
sense:
(uncountable) A simple cocktail made from gin and tonic water, often served on ice and with a slice of lime or lemon.


lexentry: eng/ginger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ginger
trans_list: Ingwer
sense:
The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.


lexentry: eng/gingerbread_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gingerbread house
trans_list: Pfefferkuchenhaus | Lebkuchenhaus
sense:
A novelty confectionery in the shape of a house, with walls, roof and sometimes chimney made of dense, crisp gingerbread, held together with frosting and decorated with candies; popular especially at Christmastime.


lexentry: eng/ginnel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ginnel
trans_list: Gasse
sense:
(English, especially, _, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Manchester) A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.


lexentry: eng/ginseng__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ginseng
trans_list: Ginseng
sense:
Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac properties.


lexentry: eng/giraffe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: giraffe
trans_list: Giraffe
sense:
A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, which make it the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones.


lexentry: eng/girder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: girder
trans_list: Balken | Träger | Binder | Tragbalken | Unterzug
sense:
A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.


lexentry: eng/giro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: giro
trans_list: Überweisung
sense:
(in Europe, etc.) A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.


lexentry: eng/gist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gist
trans_list: Kern | Wesentliche | Hauptinhalt | Hauptpunkt | Kernaussage | Quintessenz
sense:
(countable) The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.


lexentry: eng/git__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: git
trans_list: Dummkopf | Blödmann | Idiot
sense:
(Britain, Ireland, slang, pejorative) A silly, incompetent, stupid, or annoying person (usually a man).


lexentry: eng/give__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: give
trans_list: Dehnbarkeit
sense:
The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilience.


lexentry: eng/give__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: give
trans_list: nachgeben
sense:
To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).


sense_num: 01
written_rep: give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
lexentry:
eng/give_a_man_a_fish_and_you_feed_him_for_a_day;_teach_a_man_to_fish_and_you_feed_him_for_a_lifetime__Proverb__1

sense:
It is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something (for themselves) than to do it for them (on an ongoing basis).

trans_list:
Gib einem Mann einen Fisch und du ernährst ihn für einen Tag. Lehre einen Mann zu fischen und du ernährst ihn für sein Leben.


lexentry: eng/give_a_shit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: give a shit
trans_list: Scheißdreck | scheißegal
sense:
(vulgar, chiefly in negative constructions) To care (about something or anything); especially, to care what someone else thinks or does, particularly in relation to what they think or say about the speaker.


lexentry: eng/give_away__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: give away
trans_list: verraten
sense:
(transitive, sometimes, _, reflexive) To unintentionally reveal a secret or divulge undisclosed information; to betray or expose someone.


lexentry: eng/give_someone_a_piece_of_one's_mind__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: give someone a piece of one's mind
trans_list: sich die ungeschminkte Wahrheit sagen
sense:
(idiomatic) To express one's opinion strongly; to voice one's disagreement or dissatisfaction, especially with another person; to scold or rebuke someone.


lexentry: eng/give_the_elbow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: give the elbow
trans_list: abhängen
sense:
(transitive, slang, British) To fire (an employee); to end a relationship with someone; to reject someone.


lexentry: eng/give_the_time_of_day__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: give the time of day
trans_list: grüßen
sense:
(idiomatic, in the negative) To not acknowledge someone; to snub someone; to disrespect someone; to ignore someone.


lexentry: eng/gizzard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gizzard
trans_list: Kaumagen | Muskelmagen
sense:
A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans, and used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit.


lexentry: eng/glacial_erratic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glacial erratic
trans_list: Findling
sense:
A rock that differs from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests, usually large and transported there by a glacier.


lexentry: eng/glaciology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glaciology
trans_list: Glaziologie
sense:
(geography) The study of ice and its effect on the landscape, especially the study of glaciers. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/glacis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glacis
trans_list: Glacis
sense:
(architectural element, also, figuratively) A gentle incline in front of a fortification which protects it from cannon fire and exposes attackers to more effective return fire from defenders.


lexentry: eng/gladiator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gladiator
trans_list: Gladiator
sense:
(in ancient Rome) A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.


lexentry: eng/gladiolus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gladiolus
trans_list: Gladiole
sense:
Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.


lexentry: eng/glaive__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: glaive
trans_list: Fauchard | Glefe | Gleve | Gläfe
sense:
(historical) A weapon consisting of a pole with a large blade fixed on the end, the edge of which is on the outside curve.


lexentry: eng/glance__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: glance
trans_list: Steinkohle
sense:
(obsolete, except, in the names of certain minerals) Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.


lexentry: eng/gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gland
trans_list: Drüse | Stinkdrüse
sense:
(zoology) A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).


lexentry: eng/glanders__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glanders
trans_list: Rotz
sense:
An infectious disease of horses, mules and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.


lexentry: eng/glans__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glans
trans_list: Eichel
sense:
(anatomy) A structure at the extremity of the penis and of the clitoris in humans and other mammals.


lexentry: eng/glasnost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glasnost
trans_list: Glasnost
sense:
(historical) 1980s and early 1990s policy of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev to allow more government transparency; often paired with perestroika


lexentry: eng/glass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glass
trans_list: Glas
sense:
(usually, uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).


lexentry: eng/glass__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: glass
trans_list: Glas
sense:
(countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.


lexentry: eng/glass_ceiling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glass ceiling
trans_list: Gläserne Decke
sense:
(idiomatic) An unwritten, uncodified barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a member of a specific demographic group.


lexentry: eng/glass_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glass eye
trans_list: Glasauge | Kunstauge
sense:
An artificial eyeball, not necessarily made from glass, intended to replace a missing or removed eye.


lexentry: eng/glass_harmonica__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glass harmonica
trans_list: Glasharmonika
sense:
(musical instruments) A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.


lexentry: eng/glass_jaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glass jaw
trans_list: Glaskinn
sense:
(chiefly, boxing) A fighting vulnerability where one is easily knocked out via a single hard blow to the chin or jaw (due to lack of conditioning, insufficient training, or damage from past cerebral concussions).


lexentry: eng/glassblowing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glassblowing
trans_list: Glasblasen
sense:
The art of making objects from molten glass, especially by manipulating a lump of molten glass on the end of a tube whilst blowing into it.


lexentry: eng/glasswort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glasswort
trans_list: Queller
sense:
Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia), once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.


lexentry: eng/glaucoma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glaucoma
trans_list: Glaukom | grüner Star
sense:
(pathology) An eye disease or disorder that is defined as a characteristic optic neuropathy, or disease of the optic nerve, possibly, if untreated, leading to damage of the optic disc of the eye and resultant visual field loss due to lack of communication between the retina and the brain, which can lead to blindness.


lexentry: eng/glaucophane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glaucophane
trans_list: Glaukophan
sense:
(mineral) A blue amphibole mineral, a mixed aluminate of sodium, magnesium and aluminium that exhibits pleochroism, with the chemical formula Na2(Mg,Fe2+)3Al2Si8O22(OH)2.


lexentry: eng/glaze__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glaze
trans_list: Glasur
sense:
(ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.


lexentry: eng/gleaning__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gleaning
trans_list: Nachlese | Ährenlesen
sense:
The act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest.


lexentry: eng/gleanings__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gleanings
trans_list: Nachlese
sense:
the crops leftover from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested, or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest


lexentry: eng/glee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glee
trans_list: Fröhlichkeit | Ausgelassenheit | Freude
sense:
(uncountable) Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.


lexentry: eng/glee__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: glee
trans_list: Fröhlichkeit | Ausgelassenheit | Freude | Rundgesang
sense:
(singing, countable) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.


lexentry: eng/gleek__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: gleek
trans_list: geifern
sense:
(informal) To discharge a long, thin stream of liquid (including saliva) through the teeth or from under the tongue, sometimes by pressing the tongue against the salivary glands.


lexentry: eng/glen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glen
trans_list: Tobel
sense:
A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a depression between hills; a dale.


lexentry: eng/glenohumeral_joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glenohumeral joint
trans_list: Buggelenk | Glenohumeralgelenk | Schultergelenk
sense:
(anatomy) The shoulder joint, a joint that connects the scapula (shoulder blade) and the humerus (upper arm bone).


lexentry: eng/gliadin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gliadin
trans_list: Gliadin
sense:
A minor protein (along with gluten and glutelin) in wheat; it may cause a toxic reaction in some people.


lexentry: eng/glissando__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glissando
trans_list: Glissando
sense:
(music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).


lexentry: eng/glisten__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glisten
trans_list: gleißen | glitzern | glänzen
sense:
(intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.


lexentry: eng/gloat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gloat
trans_list: hämisch freuen | sich diebisch freuen | sich ergötzen | sich weiden
sense:
To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.


lexentry: eng/global_cooling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: global cooling
trans_list: globale Abkühlung
sense:
Global climate change in the form of declining average temperatures; which was conjectured in the 1970s.


lexentry: eng/global_positioning_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: global positioning system
trans_list: Globales Navigationssatellitensystem
sense:
Any system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from satellites such as those of the US military, the Russian GLONASS system, or the proposed Galileo European alternative system.


lexentry: eng/global_village__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: global village
trans_list: globales Dorf
sense:
The world as a single community of interdependent inhabitants who are interconnected by contemporary technology, especially television and the World Wide Web.


lexentry: eng/globalisation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: globalisation
trans_list: Globalisierung
sense:
The process of the world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models, according to the World System Theory.


lexentry: eng/globalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: globalism
trans_list: Globalismus
sense:
An ideology based on the belief that people, goods and information ought to be able to cross national borders unfettered.


lexentry: eng/globe_sponge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: globe sponge
trans_list: Meerorange
sense:
A species of sponge, Tethya aurantium, orange in colour and golf-ball-shaped, found under boulders in the intertidal zone off southern Africa.


lexentry: eng/globe_thistle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: globe thistle
trans_list: Kugeldistel
sense:
Any of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads.


lexentry: eng/globulin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: globulin
trans_list: Globulin
sense:
(protein) Any of a group of simple proteins, soluble in water only in the presence of salts, that are coagulated by heat


lexentry: eng/glockenspiel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glockenspiel
trans_list: Glockenspiel
sense:
(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.


lexentry: eng/glogg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glogg
trans_list: Glühwein | Glögg
sense:
A Scandinavian version of vin chaud or mulled wine; a hot punch made of red wine, brandy and sherry flavoured with almonds, raisins and orange peel.


lexentry: eng/glomerulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glomerulus
trans_list: Nierenkörperchen
sense:
(anatomy) A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine


lexentry: eng/glorify__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: glorify
trans_list: glorifizieren | verklären
sense:
(transitive) To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly.


lexentry: eng/glory__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: glory
trans_list: Ruhm | Ehre | Glorie
sense:
Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.


lexentry: eng/glory__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: glory
trans_list: Brillianz | Glanz | Glorie
sense:
(meteorology, optics) An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.


lexentry: eng/glory_hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: glory hole
trans_list: Glory Hole | Klappenloch | Ruhmesloch | Schwanzloch
sense:
(slang, sex) A hole in a screen or wall big enough to allow an erect penis to be stuck through, made to facilitate anonymous sex with another person.


lexentry: eng/gloss__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gloss
trans_list: Glosse | Randbemerkung | Erläuterung | Fußnote | Glossem | Randnotiz
sense:
(countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.


lexentry: eng/glossary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glossary
trans_list: Glossar
sense:
A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).


lexentry: eng/glossator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: glossator
trans_list: Glossator
sense:
(historical, law) A legal scholar of the Middle Ages, (specifically) one who authored glosses on legal texts (especially the Corpus Juris of Justinian), typically distinguished from the later commentators who wrote in extended prose and adopted a more pragmatic form of jurisprudence.


lexentry: eng/glosseme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glosseme
trans_list: Glossem
sense:
The smallest irreducible unit of both the content and expression planes of language; the basic unit of language in the theory of glossematics.


lexentry: eng/glossolalia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glossolalia
trans_list: Glossolalie | Glossolalieren | Glottolalie | Zungenrede | Zungenreden
sense:
Speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of a deity or spirits); speaking in tongues. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/glottis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glottis
trans_list: Glottis | Stimmritze
sense:
(anatomy) The opening between the true vocal cords which is located in the larynx and affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.


lexentry: eng/glove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glove
trans_list: Handschuh | Fäustling
sense:
An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.


lexentry: eng/glove_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: glove box
trans_list: Glove-Box | Handschuhbox
sense:
A plastic box or similar enclosure containing a controlled environment, with rubber gloves fastened around holes in the front of the box through which a person can manipulate things in the box without introducing outside contamination; an isolator.


lexentry: eng/glove_compartment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glove compartment
trans_list: Handschuhfach | Handschuhkasten
sense:
(automotive) A compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard, that usually has a door and can be locked, intended to hold gloves, papers, etc.


lexentry: eng/glowworm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glowworm
trans_list: Glühwürmchen | Johanniskäfer | Johanniswürmchen | Leuchtkäfer
sense:
The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.


lexentry: eng/glucagon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glucagon
trans_list: Glucagon
sense:
(biochemistry) A peptide hormone, produced by the pancreas, that opposes the action of insulin by stimulating the production of sugar [from 1923]


lexentry: eng/glucocorticoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glucocorticoid
trans_list: Glucocorticoid | Glukokortikoid
sense:
(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroid hormones, produced by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in metabolism and have anti-inflammatory properties.


lexentry: eng/glucokinase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glucokinase
trans_list: Glucokinase
sense:
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.


lexentry: eng/gluconic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gluconic acid
trans_list: Gluconsäure
sense:
(sugar acid) An organic compound, C6H12O7, formed by oxidizing the aldehyde functional group of glucose into a carboxylic acid; used as a food additive; any glucosyl derivative of this compound


lexentry: eng/glucosamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glucosamine
trans_list: Glucosamin
sense:
(biochemistry) An amino derivative of glucose that is a component of polysaccharides such as chitin; it is marketed as a dietary supplement supposedly to reduce the symptoms of arthritis.


lexentry: eng/glucose-6-phosphate_isomerase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glucose-6-phosphate isomerase
trans_list: Glucose-6-phosphat-Isomerase
sense:
(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes intercellular the interconversion of glucose 6-phosphate (G6P) and fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) and functions extracellular as a neurotrophic factor and lymphokine.


lexentry: eng/glucose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glucose
trans_list: Glukose | Traubenzucker
sense:
(carbohydrate) A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C6H12O6; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.


lexentry: eng/glue-boiler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glue-boiler
trans_list: Leimkocher | Leimsieder
sense:
A specialized profession practised in the developed world up to the early twentieth century that made, from particularly cattle bones, the adhesives used in for instance paperwork, bookbinding, joinery, ivory inlay.


lexentry: eng/glue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glue
trans_list: Klebstoff | Leim | Kleber
sense:
A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.


lexentry: eng/glug__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glug
trans_list: gluck
sense:
The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured out of a jug, bottle, etc., or when such an amount is swallowed by a person.


lexentry: eng/gluhwein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gluhwein
trans_list: Glühwein
sense:
A type of mulled wine from German-speaking countries made from red wine with cinnamon and other herbs and spices.


lexentry: eng/gluon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gluon
trans_list: Gluon
sense:
(particle) A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force.


lexentry: eng/glut__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: glut
trans_list: überschwemmen
sense:
(transitive, economics) To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.


lexentry: eng/glutamic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glutamic acid
trans_list: Glutaminsäure
sense:
(amino acid) A nonessential amino acid, α-amino-glutaric acid, occurring widely in animal and plant tissues; the salt, monosodium glutamate is used as a flavour-enhancing seasoning.


lexentry: eng/glute_bridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glute bridge
trans_list: Beckenheben | Gesäßbrücke
sense:
(exercise) An exercise performed by lying in a fashion where the imaginary line between the feet and the head is parallel to the floor and the fundament is raised and lowered (optionally with weight on the pelvis).


lexentry: eng/gluten__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: gluten
trans_list: Gluten | Kleber
sense:
(cooking, biochemistry) The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/glutinous_rice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glutinous rice
trans_list: Klebreis
sense:
A variety of short-grain rice popular in Southeast and East Asia, known for its stickiness when cooked.


lexentry: eng/glycemia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glycemia
trans_list: Glykämie
sense:
(medicine, American spelling) Presence of glucose in the blood (which is always true), and (usually, more specifically) average concentration thereof over time, and its regulation; in this sense, glycemia is hypernymic to euglycemia, hyperglycemia, and hypoglycemia, and a mention of glycemia is a reference to blood sugar regulation and degree or quality thereof.


lexentry: eng/glycemic_index__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glycemic index
trans_list: glykämischer Index
sense:
A measure of the rate at which blood sugar levels rise after eating a particular type of food, on a scale where the index of glucose or ordinary table sugar is 100.


lexentry: eng/glyceride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glyceride
trans_list: Glyzerid
sense:
(organic compound) An ester of glycerol and one or more fatty acid; they are the major constituents of lipids.


lexentry: eng/glycerol__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: glycerol
trans_list: Glycerin
sense:
A syrupy sweet liquid obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of soap from animal or vegetable oils and fats; it is used as an antifreeze, a plasticizer, and a food sweetener and in the manufacture of dynamite, cosmetics etc.


lexentry: eng/glycine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glycine
trans_list: Glycin
sense:
(amino acid) A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid, C2H5NO2 found in most proteins but especially in sugar cane; the simplest amino acid.


lexentry: eng/glycocalyx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glycocalyx
trans_list: Glykokalyx
sense:
(biology, anatomy) A filamentous coating of glycoprotein and polysaccharide on the surface of bacteria and some other cells.


lexentry: eng/glycogen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glycogen
trans_list: Glykogen
sense:
(carbohydrate) A polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals; converted to glucose as needed.


lexentry: eng/glycogenolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glycogenolysis
trans_list: Glykogenolyse
sense:
(biochemistry) The production of glucose-1-phosphate by splitting a glucose monomer from glycogen using inorganic phosphate


lexentry: eng/glycolipid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glycolipid
trans_list: Glycolipid
sense:
(biochemistry) An association of a carbohydrate and a phospholipid, such as phosphatidylinositol, found in cell membranes


lexentry: eng/glycolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glycolysis
trans_list: Glykolyse
sense:
(biochemistry) The cellular degradation of the simple sugar glucose to yield pyruvic acid, and ATP as an energy source


lexentry: eng/glycoside__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glycoside
trans_list: Glykosid
sense:
(organic chemistry, biochemistry) A molecule in which a sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the corresponding aglycone) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoing hydrolysis.


lexentry: eng/glyph__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: glyph
trans_list: Glyphe
sense:
(typography, computing) A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.


lexentry: eng/glyphosate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: glyphosate
trans_list: Glyphosat
sense:
(carboxylic acid) N-phosphonomethyl glycine, the active ingredient of several herbicides that inhibit a plant growth enzyme.


lexentry: eng/gnatcatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gnatcatcher
trans_list: Mückenfänger
sense:
A member of any of various species of small passerine birds in the family Polioptilidae found in North America and South America, close relatives of the wrens.


lexentry: eng/gneiss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gneiss
trans_list: Gneis
sense:
(geology) A common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock having bands or veins, but not schistose.


lexentry: eng/gnome__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gnome
trans_list: Gnom
sense:
(mythology, fantasy) One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature and games, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually even smaller than dwarves and more focussed on engineering than mining.


lexentry: eng/gnomon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gnomon
trans_list: Gnomon
sense:
An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it, especially the pointer on a sundial. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/go-getter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go-getter
trans_list: Draufgänger
sense:
(idiomatic) An active and enterprising person; one who is motivated or inclined to excel; one who strives to achieve success or improvement.


lexentry: eng/go-it-alone__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go-it-alone
trans_list: im Alleingang
sense:
(colloquial) Done alone or independently, especially of something that is normally or better done in groups.


lexentry: eng/go_Dutch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go Dutch
trans_list: getrennt zahlen | getrennte Kasse machen
sense:
(idiom, informal, slang) To pay for one's own food and bills, or split the cost, when eating at a restaurant or going out for entertainment.


lexentry: eng/go__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go
trans_list: Go
sense:
(board game) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.


lexentry: eng/go__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go
trans_list: gehen | fahren
sense:
(intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)


lexentry: eng/go__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go
trans_list: machen
sense:
(intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).


lexentry: eng/go_about__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: go about
trans_list: anpacken
sense:
(intransitive, of a sailing ship) To change from one tack to another. See Wikipedia:Tack (maneuver).


lexentry: eng/go_ahead__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: go ahead
trans_list: bitte | los | na los | nur zu
sense:
(in the imperative) Used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.


lexentry: eng/go_bad__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go bad
trans_list: verderben
sense:
(of foods and commodities) To spoil, rot, or otherwise become unusable due to age or storage conditions.


lexentry: eng/go_figure__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go figure
trans_list: stell dir vor
sense:
Expresses perplexity, puzzlement, or surprise (as if telling somebody to try to make sense of the situation).


lexentry: eng/go_it_alone__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go it alone
trans_list: Alleingang | erledigen | im
sense:
(colloquial) To do something alone or independently, especially something that is normally or better done in groups.


lexentry: eng/go_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: go out
trans_list: ausgehen
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.


lexentry: eng/go_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: go out
trans_list: ausgehen | hinausgehen | herausgehen
sense:
(intransitive, of a couple) To have a romantic relationship, one that involves going out together on dates; to be a couple.


lexentry: eng/go_pear-shaped__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go pear-shaped
trans_list: schiefgehen | danebengehen | schieflaufen
sense:
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, Ireland, idiomatic) To go awry; to go wrong. [from 1980s]


lexentry: eng/go_postal__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go postal
trans_list: ausrasten
sense:
(intransitive, chiefly, US, informal) To become aggressive and erratic, especially due to stress; specifically, to carry out a shooting spree at a workplace environment; also (more generally) to become very angry; to lose one's temper.


lexentry: eng/go_rogue__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go rogue
trans_list: Einzelgänger | ausflippen | ausrasten
sense:
(intransitive, originally of sick elephants) To begin to behave in an erratic, uncontrolled, dangerous, destructive, or savage way.


lexentry: eng/go_rogue__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: go rogue
trans_list: Einzelgänger | abtrünnig | auf eigene Faust | aus der Reihe tanzen | ausflippen | ausrasten
sense:
(intransitive, idiom) To behave in a very unconventional, independent, uncontrolled, or unauthorized way that ignores rules, norms, or expectations.


lexentry: eng/go_rogue__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: go rogue
trans_list: abtrünnig
sense:
(intransitive, idiom) To switch allegiance to, affiliation with, or membership in, a country, political party, employer, club, etc. (for example, as a spy, soldier, politician, employee, club member, etc.).


lexentry: eng/go_round__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
sense: To pass around, to circulate.
written_rep: go round
trans_list:
die Runde machen | etwas herumgehen lassen | herumgereicht werden | jmdn. umgehen | um etwas herumgehen


lexentry: eng/go_the_way_of_the_dodo__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go the way of the dodo
trans_list: aussterben
sense:
(idiomatic) To go extinct or become obsolete or defunct; to fall out of common practice or use; to become a thing of the past.


lexentry: eng/go_through_the_mill__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go through the mill
trans_list: aushalten
sense:
(idiomatic) To experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.


lexentry: eng/go_to_hell__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: go to hell
trans_list: fahr zu Hölle | fahrt zu Hölle
sense:
Expression of anger and contempt directed at someone, especially after that individual has done something very wrong.


lexentry: eng/go_viral__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go viral
trans_list: viral gehen | viral werden
sense:
(sociology) To be rapidly and frequently shared, especially through social media, but (with retroactive application to pre-internet occurrences) also via gossip or as a collective response to broadcasting or widespread print circulation.


lexentry: eng/go_with_the_flow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go with the flow
trans_list: mit dem Strom schwimmen
sense:
(idiomatic) To act as others are acting, conforming to common behavior patterns with an attitude of calm acceptance.


lexentry: eng/go_without_saying__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: go without saying
trans_list: klar sein | selbstverständlich sein | sich von selbst verstehen
sense:
(idiomatic, impersonal) To not need to be said; to be obvious, apparent, clear, or already established.


lexentry: eng/goal_difference__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goal difference
trans_list: Tordifferenz
sense:
(sports) The difference between the number of goals scored and the number of goals conceded, over the duration of a competition.


lexentry: eng/goal_kick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goal kick
trans_list: Abstoß
sense:
(soccer) A set piece taken from the goal area after an attacker touches the ball out of play over the goal line.


lexentry: eng/goal_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goal line
trans_list: Torlinie | Torauslinie
sense:
(rugby league, soccer, hurling, Gaelic football) the boundary of the field that runs along its width at each end, and across the front of the goal.


lexentry: eng/goalball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goalball
trans_list: Goalball
sense:
(disability, sport) A ball game, designed for the blind, in which teams of three players attempt to throw a ball with bells embedded in it into the opposing goal.


lexentry: eng/goalkeeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goalkeeper
trans_list: Torwart | Tormann | Torhüter | Torwartin | Torfrau | Torhüterin
sense:
(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.


lexentry: eng/goat_antelope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goat antelope
trans_list: Bock
sense:
Any of a group of herbivore mammals, the subfamily Caprinae, that includes domestic sheep and goats.


lexentry: eng/goatfucker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goatfucker
trans_list: Kanake | Ziegenficker | Ölauge
sense:
(slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar) A Muslim, especially from the Middle East or North Africa.


lexentry: eng/goblet_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goblet cell
trans_list: Becherzelle
sense:
(cytology) A column-shaped secretory cell found in the epithelium of the respiratory and intestinal tract that secretes the principal constituents of mucus.


lexentry: eng/goblin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goblin
trans_list: Kobold
sense:
One of various hostile supernatural creatures, now especially (fantasy literature) a malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid, often associated with orcs or trolls.


lexentry: eng/goblin_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goblin shark
trans_list: Koboldhai | Nasenhai
sense:
A species of mackerel shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, that has a long snout-like protrusion from its forehead and grows to 3.8 meters in length.


lexentry: eng/gobo__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: gobo
trans_list: Gobo
sense:
(theater) A template inserted over a light source to control the shape of the thrown light. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/gobshite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gobshite
trans_list: Großmaul | Klugscheißer | Schwätzer
sense:
(Ireland, Britain, slang, offensive, vulgar) One who engages in nonsensical chatter or unwanted conversation.


lexentry: eng/god_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: god game
trans_list: Göttersimulation
sense:
(video games) A style of game in which the player observes and controls a large-scale environment, such as a city.


lexentry: eng/godchild__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: godchild
trans_list: Patenkind
sense:
A child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. In some cases the relationship is maintained indefinitely, with the godchild being treated much like a niece or nephew.


lexentry: eng/goddess__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: goddess
trans_list: Göttin
sense:
(figuratively) A woman honored or adored as physically attractive or of superior charm and intelligence.


lexentry: eng/godet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: godet
trans_list: Keil
sense:
(sewing) A piece of fabric inserted into a garment along a seam or cut to lengthen the free edge, and to make a garment roomier and to add a wavy edge cf. gusset.


lexentry: eng/godfather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: godfather
trans_list: Pate | Taufpate | Firmgöd | Firmpate | Gevatter | Gote
sense:
(Christianity) A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.


lexentry: eng/godliness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: godliness
trans_list: Göttlichkeit
sense:
The condition and quality of being godly, pious, scrupulously observant of all the teachings of one's religion, practicing virtue and avoiding sin.


lexentry: eng/godmother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: godmother
trans_list: Patin | Patentante | Taufpatin | Firmgodl | Firmpatin | Gevatterin
sense:
A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.


lexentry: eng/godparent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: godparent
trans_list: Pate | Patin
sense:
A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.


lexentry: eng/godwit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: godwit
trans_list: Schnepfe
sense:
Any of four species of long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae.


lexentry: eng/going_to__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: going to
trans_list: werden
sense:
Expresses the prospective aspect relative to a given time frame: something that will happen, or is intended, at the time, to happen.


lexentry: eng/goitre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goitre
trans_list: Struma | Kropf | Satthals
sense:
(pathology, UK) An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.


lexentry: eng/gokkun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gokkun
trans_list: Gokkun
sense:
A genre of pornography in which a person consumes the semen of multiple men, usually from some vessel or container such as a cup or beaker.


lexentry: eng/gold_digger__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gold digger
trans_list: Abzockerbraut
sense:
(figuratively, pejorative) A person (usually female) who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain wealth.


lexentry: eng/gold_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gold fever
trans_list: Goldfieber
sense:
A feverish obsession with seeking gold ore; an era (figuratively an epidemic) during which this obsession grips a large number of people.


lexentry: eng/gold_rush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gold rush
trans_list: Goldrausch
sense:
(chiefly, historical) Any period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered.


lexentry: eng/golden_fruit_dove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: golden fruit dove
trans_list: Goldtaube
sense:
Ptilinopus luteovirens, a small, approximately 20 cm (8 in) long, short-tailed fruit dove in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.


lexentry: eng/golden_goal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: golden goal
trans_list: Golden Goal
sense:
(soccer) The first goal scored during extra time, giving victory to the scoring side if sudden death is in effect.


lexentry: eng/golden_jackal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: golden jackal
trans_list: Goldschakal
sense:
Canis aureus, a common jackal that can be found in southwest Europe, the Middle East and South Asia.


lexentry: eng/golden_mole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: golden mole
trans_list: Goldmull
sense:
Any of several small, insectivorous burrowing mammals of the family Chrysochloridae, native to southern Africa.


lexentry: eng/golden_parachute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: golden parachute
trans_list: goldener Fallschirm
sense:
(idiomatic, business, management) An agreement between a company and an employee, usually an executive, specifying that the employee will receive certain significant benefits if employment is terminated.


lexentry: eng/golden_plover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: golden plover
trans_list: Goldregenpfeifer
sense:
A migratory plover of the genus Pluvialis, having black underparts and a golden back in the breeding season, now regarded as the three species P. apricaria of Europe, P. fulva of the Pacific coasts, and P. dominica of North America.


lexentry: eng/golden_ratio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: golden ratio
trans_list: Goldener Schnitt | goldener Schnitt
sense:
(geometry) The irrational number (approximately 1.618), usually denoted by the Greek letter φ (phi), which is equal to the sum of its own reciprocal and 1, or, equivalently, is the square root of the sum of itself and 1.


lexentry: eng/golden_rule__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: golden rule
trans_list: goldene Regel
sense:
(ethics) The principle that one should treat other people in the manner in which one would want to be treated by them.


lexentry: eng/golden_syrup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: golden syrup
trans_list: Sirup
sense:
A pale amber-coloured treacle produced as part of the process of refining cane sugar, used in cooking and as a spread.


lexentry: eng/golf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: golf
trans_list: Golf
sense:
(sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.


lexentry: eng/gompa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gompa
trans_list: Kloster
sense:
(Buddhism) A Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in Tibet, India, Nepal, or Bhutan.


lexentry: eng/gondola__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gondola
trans_list: Gondel
sense:
A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.


lexentry: eng/gondola__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gondola
trans_list: Seilbahn | Gondel
sense:
An enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain; an enclosed ski lift; a cable car.


lexentry: eng/goner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goner
trans_list: Todgeweihter | Verlorener | hoffnungsloser Fall
sense:
(informal) Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.


lexentry: eng/gonfalon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gonfalon
trans_list: das Banner
sense:
A standard or ensign, consisting of a pole with a crosspiece from which a banner is suspended, especially as used in church processions, but also for civic and military display.


lexentry: eng/gong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gong
trans_list: Gong
sense:
(musical instruments) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a loud resonant sound when struck with a soft hammer.


lexentry: eng/gonochorism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gonochorism
trans_list: Getrenntgeschlechtigkeit
sense:
(biology, mostly, zoology) The situation in which the individuals of a species are of one of at least two distinct sexes, and retain that sexuality throughout their lives.


lexentry: eng/gonorrhea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gonorrhea
trans_list: Gonorrhoe | Tripper
sense:
(American spelling) A sexually transmitted infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a species of bacteria (the gonococcus) that affects the mucous membrane of the genital and urinary tracts.


lexentry: eng/goo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goo
trans_list: Glibber | Klebstoff | Papp | Schmiere | Soße | klebriges Zeug
sense:
(uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.


lexentry: eng/good__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: good
trans_list: Gute | gut
sense:
(uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.


lexentry: eng/good_as_gold__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: good as gold
trans_list: kreuzbrav
sense:
(especially, UK, of a person, simile) Very well-behaved (especially of a child); very good-hearted (especially of an adult).


lexentry: eng/good_cop_bad_cop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: good cop bad cop
trans_list: guter Bulle, böser Bulle
sense:
A psychological tactic used for interrogation, involving one police officer playing the role of intimidating adversary, and another that of friend with whom the subject is encouraged to bond.


lexentry: eng/good_grief__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
sense: An expression of surprise or shock.
written_rep: good grief
trans_list:
Menschenskind | ach, du grüne Neune | ach, du liebe Güte | ach, du liebe Zeit | ach, du meine Güte | du meine Güte


lexentry: eng/good_news__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: good news
trans_list: gute Nachricht
sense:
(Christianity) The message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful (as elaborated in the Gospels)


lexentry: eng/good_offices__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: good offices
trans_list: Einfluss
sense:
The beneficial services and acts of a third party, particularly mediation between two parties in a dispute.


lexentry: eng/good_to_go__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: good to go
trans_list: bereit | einsatzbereit
sense:
(informal, of a person) Ready for some specific task or ready for normal activity, especially after preparation or recovery.


lexentry: eng/goodbye__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goodbye
trans_list: auf Wiedersehen | tschüss | adieu | tschau | auf Wiederhören | Gott befohlen
sense:
Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.


lexentry: eng/goods_and_services_tax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goods and services tax
trans_list: Mehrwertsteuer
sense:
A tax very similar to the value added tax, levied, for example, in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Singapore.


lexentry: eng/goodwill__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: goodwill
trans_list: ideeller Unternehmenswert
sense:
(accounting) The value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities, deriving from factors such as consumer loyalty to the brand.


lexentry: eng/goodwill__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: goodwill
trans_list: ideeller Unternehmenswert
sense:
(business) A concept used to refer to the ability of an individual or business to exert influence within a community, club, market or another type of group, without having to resort to the use of an asset (such as money or property), either directly or by the creation of a lien.


lexentry: eng/goofball__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: goofball
trans_list: Schlappschwanz
sense:
(informal, pharmaceutical drug) A pill or tablet containing a pharmaceutical which has hypnotic or intoxicating effects, especially a barbiturate.


lexentry: eng/googol__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: googol
trans_list: Googol
sense:
The number 10^{100}, or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sexdecilliard (long scale). [from 1920.]


lexentry: eng/gook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gook
trans_list: Schlitzauge
sense:
(slang, vulgar, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of (South) East Asian descent; originally a native of the Philippines, but now especially:


lexentry: eng/goon__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: goon
trans_list: Trottel | Tölpel
sense:
(slang) One hired to legally kidnap a child and forcibly transport them to a boot camp, boarding school, wilderness therapy, or a similar rehabilitation facility.


lexentry: eng/goon_squad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goon squad
trans_list: Schlägertrupp | Schlägertruppe
sense:
(chiefly, US, informal, derogatory, idiomatic) A group of individuals serving as enforcers, bodyguards, assassins, and the like, especially persons hired for such a purpose and using violent, thuggish methods.


lexentry: eng/goosander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goosander
trans_list: Gänsesäger | Säger | Sägetaucher
sense:
A merganser, Mergus merganser, of the northern hemisphere. They eat fish and are common on lakes and rivers.


lexentry: eng/goose-step__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goose-step
trans_list: Stechschritt
sense:
(military, typically, _, pejorative) A style of march in which the legs advance in turn without bending the knee, whether as a low quick march or a rigorous high slow march for ceremonial occasions; the various drills associated with these marches.


lexentry: eng/goose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goose
trans_list: Gans
sense:
Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks.


lexentry: eng/goose_bump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goose bump
trans_list: Gänsehaut
sense:
(chiefly, in plural) Raised skin, usually caused by the involuntary erection of hairs on the neck or arms caused by cold, excitement, or fear.


lexentry: eng/goose_is_cooked__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goose is cooked
trans_list: Die Messe ist gelesen | erledigt sein | geliefert sein
sense:
(idiomatic) All hope is gone; there is no possibility of success; the period of good fortune is over.


lexentry: eng/goose_wing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goose wing
trans_list: Gesangbuch
sense:
(nautical) A position of sails in a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat, in which the mainsail is set to the leeward and the jib to the windward. This position may be used when running (almost) straight downwind. One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.


lexentry: eng/gooseneck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gooseneck
trans_list: Schwanenhals
sense:
(often, attributive) Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.


lexentry: eng/gooseneck__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gooseneck
trans_list: Lümmelbeschlag | Lümmel
sense:
(nautical) The swivel connection on a sailboat located near the bottom of the mast that the boom attaches to. When a sailboat performs a tack or a jibe the gooseneck swings the boom from one side of the boat to the other.


lexentry: eng/gooseneck_barnacle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gooseneck barnacle
trans_list: Entenmuschel
sense:
Any of the species Pollicipes pollicipes or its close relatives, filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone, with a long and muscular stalk, which is edible and considered a delicacy in several Mediterranean countries.


lexentry: eng/gopher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gopher
trans_list: Ziesel | Erdhörnchen | Taschenratte | Zieselmaus
sense:
A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (true gophers).


lexentry: eng/gore__Noun__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: gore
trans_list: Gehre | Zwickel
sense:
A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail, skirt, hot-air balloon, etc.Wp


lexentry: eng/gorge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gorge
trans_list: Speiseröhre
sense:
(archaic, literary) The inside of the throat; the esophagus, the gullet; (falconry, specifically) the crop or gizzard of a hawk.


lexentry: eng/gorge__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: gorge
trans_list: Schlucht
sense:
(geography) A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.


lexentry: eng/gorge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gorge
trans_list: sich vollfressen | sich vollstopfen
sense:
(intransitive, reflexive) To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. [with on]


lexentry: eng/gorgon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gorgon
trans_list: Gorgo | Gorgone
sense:
(Greek mythology) A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale


lexentry: eng/gorilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gorilla
trans_list: Gorilla
sense:
The largest of the apes, belonging to the genus Gorilla, native to the forests of central Africa and known for their trait of knuckle-walking.


lexentry: eng/gormless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gormless
trans_list: dämlich
sense:
(chiefly, UK, New Zealand, Australia , Ireland, of a person) Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.


lexentry: eng/gorodki__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gorodki
trans_list: Gorodki
sense:
An ancient Russian folk sport of trying to knock arrangements of skittles out of a square by throwing a bat at them.


lexentry: eng/goropism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goropism
trans_list: Goropismus
sense:
A hypothesis, similar to the one originally propounded by Goropius which is now discredited, that some attested or modern language such as Dutch, Hebrew, or Turkish was the original language of human beings.


lexentry: eng/gospel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gospel
trans_list: Evangelium
sense:
The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the birth, ministry, passion, and resurrection of Jesus.


lexentry: eng/gospel_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gospel music
trans_list: Gospel
sense:
(music genre) A type of Christian music genre that is a cornerstone of the Christian media that originated amongst African-Americans based on the folk music melodies with the addition of elements of spirituals and jazz.


lexentry: eng/gossip__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gossip
trans_list: Klatsch | Tratsch | Klatschtante | Tratschtante | Klatschweib | Tratsche
sense:
(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.


lexentry: eng/gossip__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gossip
trans_list: klatschen | tratschen | lästern
sense:
(intransitive) To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.


lexentry: eng/gotcha__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gotcha
trans_list: erwischt | hab dich
sense:
I got you covered, I got your back (said by a speaker who has an advantage or responsibility over someone).


lexentry: eng/gouge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gouge
trans_list: Hohlmeißel | Grabstichel | Hohlbeitel | Stichel
sense:
A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.


lexentry: eng/gouge__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gouge
trans_list: abzocken | schröpfen
sense:
(transitive) To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.


lexentry: eng/goulash_communism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: goulash communism
trans_list: Gulaschkommunismus
sense:
(historical) The form of communism in Hungary following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, involving high living standards and economic reforms.


