# translation

lexentry: eng/augmentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: augmentation
trans_list: aggravamento
sense:
(heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.


lexentry: eng/augmentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: augmentation
trans_list: aggravamento
sense:
(music) A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.


lexentry: eng/augur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: augur
trans_list: augure
sense:
A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.


lexentry: eng/augur__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: augur
trans_list: augurare
sense:
To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.


lexentry: eng/auletris__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: auletris
trans_list: auletride
sense:
(historical) A courtesan or prostitute in Ancient Greece who played the flute to provide entertainment.


lexentry: eng/aunt__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: aunt
trans_list: zia
sense:
(affectionate) A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.


lexentry: eng/aurora__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aurora
trans_list: aurora polare
sense:
An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.


lexentry: eng/auscultation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: auscultation
trans_list: auscultazione
sense:
(medicine) Diagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually using a stethoscope.


lexentry: eng/austerity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: austerity
trans_list: austerità
sense:
(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.


lexentry: eng/autarky__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: autarky
trans_list: autarchia
sense:
(uncountable) (A policy of) national economic self-sufficiency, aimed at ending reliance on foreign imports to sustain a domestic economy.


lexentry: eng/auteur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: auteur
trans_list: cineasta
sense:
A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of their works.


lexentry: eng/authenticate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: authenticate
trans_list: autenticare
sense:
(transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.


lexentry: eng/authenticity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: authenticity
trans_list: autenticità
sense:
The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.


lexentry: eng/author__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: author
trans_list: autore | autrice
sense:
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.


lexentry: eng/authoritarian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: authoritarian
trans_list: autoritario
sense:
Of, or relating to, or exhibiting strict obedience to an authority; favoring authoritarianism over civic and individual liberties.


lexentry: eng/authoritarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: authoritarianism
trans_list: autoritarismo
sense:
A form of government in which the governing body has absolute, or almost absolute, control. Typically this control is maintained by force, and little heed is paid to public opinion or the judicial system.


lexentry: eng/authority__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: authority
trans_list: autorità
sense:
(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.


lexentry: eng/authorization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: authorization
trans_list: autorizzazione
sense:
(uncountable) The state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission.


lexentry: eng/authorize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: authorize
trans_list: autorizzare
sense:
(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.


lexentry: eng/autism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autism
trans_list: autismo
sense:
(clinical psychology) A pervasive neurological condition that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication, language development, eye contact, and sensory experiences.


lexentry: eng/autism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: autism
trans_list: autismo
sense:
(clinical psychology, obsolete) A diagnosis involving a pathological tendency to engage in self-centered fantasy thinking, historically considered a symptom of insanity and/or schizophrenia.


lexentry: eng/autism_spectrum_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autism spectrum disorder
trans_list: disturbo dello spettro autistico
sense:
(psychology, pathology) A disorder involving any of a range of psychological conditions, all characterized by abnormal social interaction and communication, restricted interests, highly repetitive behaviour, and eccentricity.


lexentry: eng/auto_racing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: auto racing
trans_list: automobilismo
sense:
(motor racing) Any of various sports in which automobiles (motor cars) are raced, either around a track, on roads or across country


lexentry: eng/autobus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: autobus
trans_list: gruppetto
sense:
(by extension, cycle racing) A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton in a race.


lexentry: eng/autocephaly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autocephaly
trans_list: autocefalia
sense:
(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.


lexentry: eng/autochory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autochory
trans_list: autocoria
sense:
(ecology) Self-dispersal of seeds, the physical and often explosive discharge of seeds from the fruit.


lexentry: eng/autochthon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: autochthon
trans_list: autoctono
sense:
(geology) A large mass of rock in the place of its original formation, rooted to its basement (foundation rock) as opposed to an allochthon or nappe which has shifted from the place of formation; an autochthonous rock formation.


lexentry: eng/autoclave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autoclave
trans_list: autoclave
sense:
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.


lexentry: eng/autocorrelation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autocorrelation
trans_list: autocorrelazione
sense:
(statistics, signal processing) The cross-correlation of a signal with itself: the correlation between values of a signal in successive time periods.


lexentry: eng/autocratic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autocratic
trans_list: monocratico
sense:
Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.


lexentry: eng/autofocus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autofocus
trans_list: autofocus
sense:
(electronics, photography) A feature of some cameras and other optical systems that allows a correct focus on the subject to be obtained automatically


lexentry: eng/autogamy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autogamy
trans_list: autogamia | autofertilizzazione
sense:
Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.


lexentry: eng/autogenic_training__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autogenic training
trans_list: training autogeno
sense:
A type of self-hypnotic relaxation technique developed by German psychiatrist Johannes Heinrich Schultz.


lexentry: eng/autogiro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autogiro
trans_list: autogiro | girocottero
sense:
(aircraft) An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.


lexentry: eng/autohemotherapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autohemotherapy
trans_list: autoemoterapia
sense:
(medicine) The intramuscular or subcutaneous, immediate hypodermic reinjection of blood previously removed from the patient.


lexentry: eng/autoimmunity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autoimmunity
trans_list: autoimmunità
sense:
(pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.


lexentry: eng/autolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autolysis
trans_list: autolisi
sense:
(pathology, cytology) The destruction of an organism's cells by enzymes produced by the organism itself.


lexentry: eng/automagical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: automagical
trans_list: automagico
sense:
(computing, technology, informal) Automatic, but with an apparent element of magic. Commonly referring to complex technical processes hidden from the view of users or operators, resulting in technology that "just works".


lexentry: eng/automated_machine_learning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: automated machine learning
trans_list: apprendimento automatico
sense:
(artificial intelligence) A field of study concerned with the design and development of algorithms and techniques of automating the end-to-end process of machine learning and artificial intelligence.


lexentry: eng/automated_teller_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: automated teller machine
trans_list: bancomat
sense:
(banking) A device that provides bank customers with cash withdrawal and other services without the need for a human teller.


lexentry: eng/automatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: automatic
trans_list: automatico
sense:
(of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.


lexentry: eng/automatic_transmission__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: automatic transmission
trans_list: cambio automatico
sense:
(automotive) A vehicle transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to vehicle speed and/or load, and does not require any driver input to manually change gears under normal driving conditions; an automatic gearbox.


lexentry: eng/automation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: automation
trans_list: automatizzazione | automazione
sense:
The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.


lexentry: eng/automaton__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: automaton
trans_list: automa
sense:
A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion.


lexentry: eng/automobile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: automobile
trans_list: automobile | macchina | auto | autovettura | vettura
sense:
(US, Canada, Philippines, AU, NZ) A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.


lexentry: eng/autonomic_nervous_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autonomic nervous system
trans_list: sistema nervoso autonomo
sense:
(neuroanatomy) In humans and other vertebrates, the part of the nervous system that regulates the involuntary activity of the heart, intestines and glands. These activities include digestion, respiration, perspiration, metabolism, and the modulation of blood pressure.


lexentry: eng/autonomous_sensory_meridian_response__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autonomous sensory meridian response
trans_list: risposta sensoriale meridiana autonoma
sense:
A frisson characterized by a tingling sensation on the skin that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine.


lexentry: eng/autonomous_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autonomous vehicle
trans_list: autovettura autonoma
sense:
A vehicle that uses mechatronics, artificial intelligence and a multi-agent system to assist its human operator.


lexentry: eng/autophagy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autophagy
trans_list: autofagia
sense:
(cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.


lexentry: eng/autopilot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autopilot
trans_list: autopilota | pilota automatico
sense:
(aviation, nautical) A mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being.


lexentry: eng/autoplasty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autoplasty
trans_list: innesto
sense:
(medicine, surgery, dated) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds. In present-day contexts likelier to be called autotransplantation or autografting.


lexentry: eng/autopolyploid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autopolyploid
trans_list: autopoliploide
sense:
(genetics) Having more than two sets of chromosomes, derived from the same species, as a result of redoubling


lexentry: eng/autoprotolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autoprotolysis
trans_list: autoprotolisi
sense:
(chemistry) The autoionization of water (or similar compounds) in which a proton (hydrogen ion) is transferred to form a cation and an anion e.g. 2H2O => H3O+ + OH-


lexentry: eng/autoregulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autoregulation
trans_list: autoregolazione
sense:
(biology) Any of several physiological processes in which an inhibitory feedback system counteracts change.


lexentry: eng/autotelic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autotelic
trans_list: autotelica | autoteliche | autotelici | autotelico
sense:
(psychology, of an activity, process, person or personality) Containing its own meaning or purpose; deriving meaning and purpose from within.


lexentry: eng/autotelic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: autotelic
trans_list: autotelica | autoteliche | autotelici | autotelico
sense:
(arts, of a work of art or literature) Not motivated by anything beyond itself; thematically self-contained.


lexentry: eng/autotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autotomy
trans_list: autotomia
sense:
(chiefly, _, zoology) The spontaneous removal of a limb, tail etc, especially by some invertebrates as a self-defense mechanism.


lexentry: eng/autotroph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autotroph
trans_list: autotrofo | autrofia
sense:
(ecology) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.


lexentry: eng/autotrophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autotrophy
trans_list: autotrofia
sense:
(biology) The synthesis of food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy


lexentry: eng/autumn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autumn
trans_list: autunno
sense:
Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/autumn__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: autumn
trans_list: autunno
sense:
(fashion) A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing.


lexentry: eng/autumnal_equinox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: autumnal equinox
trans_list: equinozio d'autunno
sense:
(astronomy) The moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator while tilting away from the observer, taking place in September in the northern hemisphere and March in the southern hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/auxiliary_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: auxiliary verb
trans_list: ausiliare | verbo ausiliaro
sense:
(grammar) A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in tense, mood, voice or aspect.


lexentry: eng/auxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: auxin
trans_list: auxina
sense:
(botany, hormone) A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle.


lexentry: eng/avail__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: avail
trans_list: avvalersi
sense:
(intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.


lexentry: eng/aval__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aval
trans_list: avallo
sense:
(finance, law) A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.


lexentry: eng/avalanche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: avalanche
trans_list: valanga | slavina
sense:
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.


lexentry: eng/avalanche__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: avalanche
trans_list: valanga | slavina
sense:
(by extension) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.


lexentry: eng/avania__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: avania
trans_list: avania | vania
sense:
(historical) A tax or fee imposed on foreigners under the Ottoman Empire, especially one considered to be irregular or extortionate.


lexentry: eng/avaricious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: avaricious
trans_list: avaro
sense:
Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.


lexentry: eng/avatar__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: avatar
trans_list: avatar | emblema | incarnazione | simbolo
sense:
(computing, video games, metaverse) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.


lexentry: eng/avenge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: avenge
trans_list: vendicare
sense:
(transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.


lexentry: eng/aventail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aventail
trans_list: camaglio
sense:
A curtain or flap of chainmail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders.


lexentry: eng/aventurine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: aventurine
trans_list: avventurina
sense:
(mineral, by extension) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.


lexentry: eng/avenue__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: avenue
trans_list: viale | corso
sense:
The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.


lexentry: eng/aver__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aver
trans_list: asserire
sense:
(ambitransitive) To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.


lexentry: eng/aviary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aviary
trans_list: voliera
sense:
A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/aviator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aviator
trans_list: aviatore | aviatrice
sense:
An aircraft pilot, especially a military pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in navy aviator vs. air force pilot.


lexentry: eng/avidin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: avidin
trans_list: avidina
sense:
(biology) A tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs.


lexentry: eng/avocet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: avocet
trans_list: recurvirostra
sense:
Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet. It is the logo of the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)


lexentry: eng/avoidance__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: avoidance
trans_list: annullamento | elusione | prevenzione | rimozione
sense:
(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.


lexentry: eng/avoidant_personality_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: avoidant personality disorder
trans_list: disturbo evitante di personalità
sense:
(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized by an irrational fear of rejection and anxiety in social situations.


lexentry: eng/avow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: avow
trans_list: professare
sense:
(transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.


lexentry: eng/award__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: award
trans_list: sentenza
sense:
(legal) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.


lexentry: eng/award__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: award
trans_list: premio | medaglia | onorificenza | riconoscimento | trofeo
sense:
A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.


lexentry: eng/award__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: award
trans_list: sentenziare
sense:
(transitive, legal) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.


lexentry: eng/awash__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: awash
trans_list: inondato
sense:
Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.


lexentry: eng/awayday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: awayday
trans_list: seminario
sense:
(British) A business event, such as a team-building exercise, training course or internal meeting, that takes place away from the office without the usual distractions.


lexentry: eng/awl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: awl
trans_list: punteruolo | lesina
sense:
A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.


lexentry: eng/awning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: awning
trans_list: marquise
sense:
A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.


lexentry: eng/ax_to_grind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ax to grind
trans_list: carta da giocare | interesse personale | rimprovero
sense:
(American spelling) A proposition or point of view to advocate, especially motivated by self-interest.


lexentry: eng/axe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: axe
trans_list: ascia | scure | accetta | mannaia
sense:
A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.


lexentry: eng/axil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: axil
trans_list: ascella
sense:
(botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.


lexentry: eng/axiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: axiology
trans_list: assiologia
sense:
(uncountable, philosophy) The study of value(s), as regards origin, nature, functions, types, and interrelations; value theory.


lexentry: eng/axiom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: axiom
trans_list: assioma
sense:
(philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.


lexentry: eng/axiom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: axiom
trans_list: assioma
sense:
(logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).


lexentry: eng/axiom_of_choice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: axiom of choice
trans_list: assioma della scelta
sense:
(set theory) One of the axioms of set theory, equivalent to the statement that an arbitrary direct product of non-empty sets is non-empty; any version of said axiom, for example specifying the cardinality of the number of sets from which choices are made.


lexentry: eng/axiom_of_power_set__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: axiom of power set
trans_list: assioma dell'insieme potenza
sense:
(set theory) The axiom that the power set of any set exists and is a valid set, which appears in the standard axiomatisation of set theory, ZFC.


lexentry: eng/axion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: axion
trans_list: assione
sense:
(physics) A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force.


lexentry: eng/axis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: axis
trans_list: asse
sense:
(geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).


lexentry: eng/axis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: axis
trans_list: asse
sense:
(mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)


lexentry: eng/axis_of_evil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: axis of evil
trans_list: asse del male | asse della malvagità
sense:
A group of states accused by George W. Bush of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction, originally defined as Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.


lexentry: eng/axiverse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: axiverse
trans_list: axiverso
sense:
(physics) A postulated universe populated by axions having sizes of many different orders of magnitude.


lexentry: eng/axletree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: axletree
trans_list: assale
sense:
A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.


lexentry: eng/axon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: axon
trans_list: assone
sense:
(cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.


lexentry: eng/axonometric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: axonometric
trans_list: assonometrico
sense:
(technical drawing) Describing a projection in which the horizontal and vertical axes are to the same scale, but the third axis is reduced to allow for perspective


lexentry: eng/aye-aye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aye-aye
trans_list: aye-aye | chiromio | aié-aié
sense:
The lemur Daubentonia madagascariensis, a solitary nocturnal quadruped found in Madagascar and remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.


lexentry: eng/aye_aye,_sir__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: aye aye, sir
trans_list: signorsì
sense:
(idiomatic, nautical) The correct and seamanlike reply, onboard a Royal Navy (or US Navy) ship, on receipt of an order from someone of senior rank or authority. It means "I understand the command and hasten to comply with the order."


lexentry: eng/ayin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ayin
trans_list: ain
sense:
The sixteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).


lexentry: eng/azeotrope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: azeotrope
trans_list: azeotropo
sense:
(physics) A mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition (at a certain pressure); the substances cannot be separated by normal distillation.


lexentry: eng/azimuth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: azimuth
trans_list: azimut
sense:
An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.


lexentry: eng/azimuthal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: azimuthal
trans_list: azimutale
sense:
(cartography) Describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point (or in some cases two points).


lexentry: eng/azo_compound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: azo compound
trans_list: azocomposto
sense:
(organic compound) an organic compound of the general formula R-N=N-R1; they are often colored and are the basis of many synthetic dyes; a diazene


lexentry: eng/azo_dye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: azo dye
trans_list: azocolorante
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a large number of mostly yellow to red synthetic dyes that contain an azo or diimide (-N=N-) functional group.


lexentry: eng/azole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: azole
trans_list: azolo
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a class of five-membered unsaturated heterocycles having three carbon atoms, one nitrogen atom and two double bonds


lexentry: eng/azomethine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: azomethine
trans_list: azometina
sense:
(organic compound) any of a class of organic compounds of general formula RN=CR'2, especially the parent compound in which R' is H


lexentry: eng/azotemia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: azotemia
trans_list: azotemia
sense:
(pathology) The accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (such as urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.


lexentry: eng/azure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: azure
trans_list: azzurro
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.


lexentry: eng/azurite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: azurite
trans_list: azzurrite
sense:
(mineral) A blue vitreous mineral; a basic hydrated copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu2+3(CO3)2(OH)2, used since antiquity as a blue pigment or ores to extract metallic copper.


lexentry: eng/babesiosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: babesiosis
trans_list: babesiosi | piroplasmosi
sense:
(pathology) Any of several malaria-like parasitic diseases in humans and other animals caused by Babesia, a genus of protozoa


lexentry: eng/babiroussa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: babiroussa
trans_list: babirussa
sense:
Any large hoglike quadruped, of the genus Babyrousa, found in the East Indies, sometimes domesticated, with its upper canine teeth or tusks large and recurved.


lexentry: eng/babirusa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: babirusa
trans_list: babirussa
sense:
Any of several mammals in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward.


lexentry: eng/baboon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baboon
trans_list: babbuino
sense:
An Old World monkey of the genus Papio, having dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/baby's_breath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baby's breath
trans_list: nube
sense:
A genus, Gypsophila, of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, Asia and north Africa.


lexentry: eng/baby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baby
trans_list: bebè | bimba | bimbo | bambino | bambina | fanciullo
sense:
A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.


lexentry: eng/baby__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: baby
trans_list: cucciolo | piccolo
sense:
Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See Category:Baby animals for more.


lexentry: eng/baby__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: baby
trans_list: bella
sense:
A person's romantic partner; a term of endearment used to refer to or address one's girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse.


lexentry: eng/baby_boom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: baby boom
trans_list: incremento delle nascite | incremento demografico
sense:
(singulare tantum) The increase in the birth rate following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.


lexentry: eng/baby_boomer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baby boomer
trans_list: baby boomer
sense:
(sometimes, capitalized) A person born in the postwar years (generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and the early 1960s), when there was a marked increase in birthrates throughout the Western world following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.


lexentry: eng/baby_face__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: baby face
trans_list: bamboccio | bambocciona | bamboccione
sense:
(often, derogatory) A person having such a face, especially a young man having a beardless appearance.


lexentry: eng/baby_hatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baby hatch
trans_list: culle per la vite
sense:
A place where a person (typically the mother) can bring a baby to abandon it so that somebody else can find and care for it.


lexentry: eng/baby_monitor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baby monitor
trans_list: interfono
sense:
An intercom system that enables a person to remotely detect sounds of distress from a baby; a baby alarm.


lexentry: eng/baby_powder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baby powder
trans_list: talco
sense:
An astringent powder used for preventing diaper rash, as a deodorant, and for other cosmetic purposes.


lexentry: eng/babysitter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: babysitter
trans_list: baby-sitter
sense:
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.


lexentry: eng/babysitting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: babysitting
trans_list: babysitteraggio
sense:
The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents or guardians.


lexentry: eng/baccalaureate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: baccalaureate
trans_list: baccalaureato
sense:
A high school completion exam and qualification awarded in many countries (e.g. Finland, France, Moldova, Romania), designed to enable students to go on to higher education.


lexentry: eng/baccarat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baccarat
trans_list: baccarà
sense:
(card games) A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms - usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt - also bearing some similarities to blackjack.


lexentry: eng/bachelor's_button__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bachelor's button
trans_list: centaurea
sense:
(usually, in the plural) Any one of a number of plants with daisy-like, button-shaped flowers of the genus Centaurea, especially the species Centaurea cyanus.


lexentry: eng/bachelor_pad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bachelor pad
trans_list: garçonnière
sense:
(US) A nice, well-furnished dwelling where an unmarried man lives, usually by himself, but sometimes with other men.


lexentry: eng/bachelor_party__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bachelor party
trans_list: addio al celibato | festa di addio al celibato
sense:
(US, Canada, South Africa) A party held for a man who is about to be married, normally attended only by male friends and relatives.


lexentry: eng/bacillus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bacillus
trans_list: bacillo
sense:
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.


lexentry: eng/back-formation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: back-formation
trans_list: retroformazione
sense:
(uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.


lexentry: eng/back-of-the-envelope__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: back-of-the-envelope
trans_list: sottobicchiere
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) Especially of a calculation, estimation, or other reasoning, or an idea: approximate, rough, simplified. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/back__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: back
trans_list: dietro | posteriore
sense:
(comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).


lexentry: eng/back__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: back
trans_list: schiena | dorso | retro | rovescio | dietro | fondo
sense:
The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.


lexentry: eng/back__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: back
trans_list: indietro | indietreggiare
sense:
(nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/back_and_forth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: back and forth
trans_list: viavai | andirivieni
sense:
The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing.


lexentry: eng/back_away__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: back away
trans_list: cedere
sense:
(intransitive) To move in a direction opposite to that which one is facing, keeping one's attention on the thing in front being avoided.


lexentry: eng/back_cover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: back cover
trans_list: controcopertina
sense:
The cover on the opposite side of the front cover of a book, magazine, etc; back of the book; associated with sports pages in publications.


lexentry: eng/back_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: back down
trans_list: cedere
sense:
(idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to.


lexentry: eng/back_fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: back fire
trans_list: back-fire
sense:
An explosion produced either by a running internal combustion engine that occurs in the air intake or exhaust system rather than inside the combustion chamber or unburned fuel or hydrocarbons ignited somewhere in the exhaust system.


lexentry: eng/back_in_the_day__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: back in the day
trans_list: allora
sense:
(temporal location, idiomatic, informal) In the distant past; especially, at a time fondly remembered (the good old days).


lexentry: eng/back_of_beyond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: back of beyond
trans_list: capo al mondo | casa del Diavolo | casa di Dio
sense:
(chiefly, British, Irish, and, Australian, informal, with "the"; usually with "in", sometimes "at" or "to") A very remote place.


lexentry: eng/back_street__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: back street
trans_list: vicolo laterale
sense:
A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre.


lexentry: eng/back_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: back up
trans_list: salvaguardia
sense:
(idiomatic, intransitive, cricket) For a fielder to position himself behind the wicket (relative to a team-mate who is throwing the ball at the wicket) so as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.


lexentry: eng/back_vowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: back vowel
trans_list: vocale posteriore
sense:
(phonetics) Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth, such as /uː/ in rule or /əʊ/ in pole.


lexentry: eng/backbend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backbend
trans_list: ponte
sense:
(gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.


lexentry: eng/backbone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backbone
trans_list: spina dorsale | colonna vertebrale | rachide
sense:
The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.


lexentry: eng/backgammon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backgammon
trans_list: backgammon | sbaraglino | tavola reale | tric trac | tricche tracche
sense:
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.


lexentry: eng/background_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: background music
trans_list: musica di sottofondo
sense:
Any music in a film, video game, or other medium that establishes mood and is not meant to have the audience's focus.


lexentry: eng/backhand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backhand
trans_list: rovescio
sense:
(tennis) a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.


lexentry: eng/backhander__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: backhander
trans_list: manrovescio | marrovescio
sense:
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").


lexentry: eng/backheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backheel
trans_list: tacco
sense:
(soccer) A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.


lexentry: eng/backhoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: backhoe
trans_list: terna
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader and an excavator/digger.


lexentry: eng/backlash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backlash
trans_list: reazione
sense:
(literal) A suddenly reversed or backward motion, such as of a rope or elastic band when it snaps under tension.


lexentry: eng/backlash__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: backlash
trans_list: gioco | passo
sense:
(mechanics) The looseness through which one part of connected machinery, such as a wheel, gear, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, or a measurement of the distance moved thereby; either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).Wagon wheel structure showing felk


lexentry: eng/backlash__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: backlash
trans_list: dissonanza | scuotimento | stridore
sense:
(mechanics) The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.


lexentry: eng/backpack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backpack
trans_list: zaino
sense:
A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.


lexentry: eng/backpacker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backpacker
trans_list: saccopelista | escursionista
sense:
A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.


lexentry: eng/backpedal__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: backpedal
trans_list: fare macchina indietro
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.


lexentry: eng/backronym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backronym
trans_list: acronimo inverso
sense:
A word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it, sometimes as a folk etymology, sometimes as a contrived acronym to name a new organization, proposal, or other entity.


lexentry: eng/backroom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backroom
trans_list: retrobottega
sense:
A room near the rear of a premises, especially one that is only accessible to a privileged few and can be used as an inconspicuous meeting place.


lexentry: eng/backscratcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backscratcher
trans_list: grattaschiena | manina
sense:
A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.


lexentry: eng/backside__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backside
trans_list: lato posteriore
sense:
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK, _, dialect, euphemism) an outhouse.


lexentry: eng/backspace__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: backspace
trans_list: cancellare
sense:
(computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.


lexentry: eng/backstab__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backstab
trans_list: colpire alle spalle
sense:
(transitive) To attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens.


lexentry: eng/backstabber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backstabber
trans_list: ipocrita
sense:
A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.


lexentry: eng/backstage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backstage
trans_list: quinta | quinte
sense:
The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.


lexentry: eng/backstay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backstay
trans_list: controtirante
sense:
(nautical) A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from the top of the mast (masthead) to the back of the ship; they support the strain on all upper masts and provide additional support to the shrouds when the wind is abaft the beam.


lexentry: eng/backstitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backstitch
trans_list: punto indietro
sense:
(sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles forward on the bottom, coming out farther in front, then repeats. The backstitch is a very tight and secure stitch, and also looks very neat.


lexentry: eng/backstory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: backstory
trans_list: fondale
sense:
The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in, _, film, television) a character in a dramatic work.


lexentry: eng/backstroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: backstroke
trans_list: dorso
sense:
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.


lexentry: eng/backup__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: backup
trans_list: backup | copia di riserva | copia di sicurezza
sense:
(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.


lexentry: eng/backward__Adjective__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: backward
trans_list: antiquato | fuori moda
sense:
(chess) Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.


lexentry: eng/backwash__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: backwash
trans_list: salivazione | sbavatura
sense:
The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.


lexentry: eng/bacteriology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bacteriology
trans_list: batteriologia | bacteriologia
sense:
(biology, microbiology) The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.


lexentry: eng/bacteriostatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bacteriostatic
trans_list: batteriostatico
sense:
Of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat; inhibiting the growth of bacteria without destroying them.


lexentry: eng/bad_apple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bad apple
trans_list: mela marcia
sense:
(idiomatic, often, in the plural) A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others.


lexentry: eng/bad_breath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bad breath
trans_list: alito cattivo
sense:
(medicine, dentistry, informal) Breath that produces an unpleasant or foul-smelling odor when exhaled.


lexentry: eng/bad_faith__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bad faith
trans_list: malafede
sense:
(legal) Intent to deceive or mislead another to gain some advantage; dishonesty or fraud in a transaction (such as knowingly misrepresenting the quality of something that is being bought or sold).


lexentry: eng/bad_faith__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bad faith
trans_list: malafede
sense:
(legal) A malicious motive by a party in a lawsuit. This has an effect on the ability to maintain causes of action and obtain legal remedies.


lexentry: eng/badass__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: badass
trans_list: chiava galline
sense:
(US, sometimes considered, _, vulgar, slang, positive connotation) Having an extreme appearance, attitude, or behavior that is considered admirable.


lexentry: eng/badass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: badass
trans_list: leccino
sense:
(US, sometimes considered vulgar, slang, negative connotation) A belligerent or mean person; a person with an unpleasantly extreme appearance, attitudes, or behavior.


lexentry: eng/badass__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: badass
trans_list: leccino
sense:
(US, sometimes considered vulgar, slang, positive connotation) A person considered impressive due to courage, skill, daring, audacity, and/or toughness.


lexentry: eng/badge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: badge
trans_list: distintivo | insegna
sense:
A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.


lexentry: eng/badge__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: badge
trans_list: distintivo | insegna
sense:
(heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.


lexentry: eng/badger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: badger
trans_list: tasso
sense:
Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).


lexentry: eng/badminton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: badminton
trans_list: badminton
sense:
(uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.


lexentry: eng/bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bag
trans_list: sacchetto | borsa
sense:
A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.


lexentry: eng/baggage_car__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baggage car
trans_list: bagagliaio
sense:
(especially, US, rail) A railway vehicle in passenger trains used to carry passengers' heavy luggage; a luggage van.


lexentry: eng/baggage_carousel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baggage carousel
trans_list: carosello bagagli
sense:
A machine that delivers checked luggage to the passengers at the baggage claim area at their final destination. The luggage rotates in the carousel until it is picked up.


lexentry: eng/bagpipes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bagpipes
trans_list: cornamusa | zampogna | pive
sense:
A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.


lexentry: eng/baiji__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baiji
trans_list: lipote
sense:
A freshwater dolphin (†Lipotes vexillifer), only found in the Yangtze River. Declared functionally extinct in 2006.


lexentry: eng/bail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bail
trans_list: cauzione
sense:
(uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.


lexentry: eng/bail_bond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bail bond
trans_list: cauzione
sense:
(US) A surety, used to obtain the release of a criminal defendant who has been required to give bail.


lexentry: eng/bailiff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bailiff
trans_list: sbirro
sense:
(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.


lexentry: eng/bain-marie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bain-marie
trans_list: bagnomaria
sense:
(cooking) A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food slowly, or to keep food warm.


lexentry: eng/bait__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bait
trans_list: esca
sense:
Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.


lexentry: eng/bait_and_switch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bait and switch
trans_list: pubblicità esca
sense:
An unscrupulous and sometimes illegal sales technique, in which an inexpensive product is advertised to attract prospective customers who are then told by sales personnel that the inexpensive product is unavailable or of poor quality and are instead urged to buy a more expensive product.


lexentry: eng/baize__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baize
trans_list: baietta
sense:
A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.


lexentry: eng/bajocco__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bajocco
trans_list: baiocco
sense:
(archaic, historical) A coin, originally copper, later silver, issued by the Papal States from the 15th century to 1865. In the 19th century the value was five hundredths of a lira.


lexentry: eng/bake__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bake
trans_list: cuocere | infornare
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ditransitive, with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).


lexentry: eng/baked_good__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baked good
trans_list: pane e pasticceria
sense:
(usually, in the plural) An item or class of items with a flour as a main ingredient, prepared by baking.


lexentry: eng/bakfiets__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bakfiets
trans_list: triciclo
sense:
(cycling, originally in the Netherlands) A bicycle or tricycle with a long wheelbase between the front wheel and handlebars holding a large box, originally used solely to transport goods but now also commonly for carrying young children.


lexentry: eng/baking_powder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baking powder
trans_list: lievito chimico | lievito in polvere
sense:
A dry leavening agent used in baking; a mixture of baking soda, an acid (often cream of tartar) and starch to keep it dry; when wetted, carbon dioxide is released.


lexentry: eng/baklava__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baklava
trans_list: baklava
sense:
A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. [since c. 1650; modern spelling since 1800s]


lexentry: eng/balaclava__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: balaclava
trans_list: passamontagna | balaclava | balaklava
sense:
A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of wool.


lexentry: eng/balalaika__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: balalaika
trans_list: balalaika | balalaica
sense:
A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin.


lexentry: eng/balance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: balance
trans_list: equilibrio | punto di equilibrio
sense:
(uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.


lexentry: eng/balance__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: balance
trans_list: equilibrio
sense:
(uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.


lexentry: eng/balance__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: balance
trans_list: bilanciare | tenere in equilibrio
sense:
(transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.


lexentry: eng/balance_of_payments__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: balance of payments
trans_list: bilancia dei pagamenti
sense:
A measure of all flows of money into and out of a country including payments for goods and services and capital flows.


lexentry: eng/balance_of_terror__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: balance of terror
trans_list: equilibrio del terrore
sense:
(historical) The tenuous peace that existed during the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.


lexentry: eng/balance_of_trade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: balance of trade
trans_list: bilancia commerciale
sense:
(economics, trade) The difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time.


lexentry: eng/balance_sheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: balance sheet
trans_list: stato patrimoniale | bilancio
sense:
(accounting) A summary of a person's or organization's assets, liabilities and equity as of a specific date.


lexentry: eng/balance_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: balance wheel
trans_list: bilanciere
sense:
The timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring.


lexentry: eng/balcony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: balcony
trans_list: balcone
sense:
(architectural element) An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.


lexentry: eng/bald_eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bald eagle
trans_list: aquila di mare testabianca
sense:
Haliaeetus leucocephalus, a species of eagle native to North America and notable for the white plumage on its head.


lexentry: eng/baldric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baldric
trans_list: balteo
sense:
A broad belt used to hold a sword, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast, and under the opposite arm); less properly, any belt. [from c. 1300]


lexentry: eng/bale__Noun__3
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bale
trans_list: balla
sense:
A bundle of compressed fibers (especially hay, straw, cotton, or wool), compacted for shipping and handling and bound by twine or wire.


lexentry: eng/baleen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baleen
trans_list: fanone
sense:
(physiology, uncountable) The keratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.


lexentry: eng/baleen_whale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baleen whale
trans_list: balenide
sense:
Any of several large whales, of the clade Mysticeti, that have plates of whalebone (baleen) instead of teeth.


lexentry: eng/balisong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: balisong
trans_list: farfalla
sense:
A folding pocket knife with two handles counter-rotating around the tang such that, when closed, the blade is concealed within grooves in the handles.


lexentry: eng/ball-and-socket_joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ball-and-socket joint
trans_list: rotula
sense:
A joint in which one segment has a rounded end and the next segment has a bowl-shaped end, with the rounded end being fitted into the bowl shape, allowing the first segment to move around an indefinite number of axes which have one common center. Examples include the human shoulder joint and the balljoints of some automotive suspensions.


lexentry: eng/ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ball
trans_list: palla
sense:
(mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.


lexentry: eng/ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: ball
trans_list: pallone | palla
sense:
(printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.


lexentry: eng/ball_bearing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ball bearing
trans_list: cuscinetto a sfere
sense:
(loosely, often) An individual spherical ball, usually made of steel or other hard material, suitable for use in a ball-based rolling element bearing. In precise usage, each such ball is called a bearing ball or simply ball, and the entire bearing is called the ball bearing.


lexentry: eng/ball_boy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ball boy
trans_list: raccattapalle
sense:
(sports) A person, usually male, responsible for retrieving balls from the area of play, and returning them to the players.


lexentry: eng/ball_lightning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ball lightning
trans_list: fulmine globulare
sense:
A short-lived glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air and thought to consist of ionized gas associated with thunderstorms.


lexentry: eng/ballad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ballad
trans_list: ballata
sense:
A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.


lexentry: eng/ballast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ballast
trans_list: zavorra
sense:
(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.


lexentry: eng/ballast__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ballast
trans_list: massicciata
sense:
Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.


lexentry: eng/ballast__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ballast
trans_list: regolatore
sense:
(countable, electricity, electronics) device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)


lexentry: eng/ballista__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ballista
trans_list: balista
sense:
(weaponry, historical) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.


lexentry: eng/ballistic_missile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ballistic missile
trans_list: missile balistico
sense:
(military, rocketry) A missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory.


lexentry: eng/ballistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ballistics
trans_list: balistica
sense:
(physics) The science of objects that predominantly fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric drag, and dealing with details of their behaviour at the origin and destination of their flight, as of bullets or missiles or rockets.


lexentry: eng/balloon_plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: balloon plant
trans_list: lampione
sense:
A flowering vine with large, hollow seedpod and round seeds featuring a heart-shaped mark; Cardiospermum halicacabum


lexentry: eng/ballot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ballot
trans_list: scheda elettorale | scheda
sense:
Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.


lexentry: eng/ballpoint_pen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ballpoint pen
trans_list: penna a sfera | biro
sense:
A pen, similar in size and shape to a pencil, having an internal chamber filled with a viscous, quick-drying ink that is dispensed at the tip during use by the rolling action of a metal sphere (around 0.7 mm to 1 mm in diameter).


lexentry: eng/balls__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: balls
trans_list: palle | balle | coglioni | testicoli
sense:
(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.


lexentry: eng/balls__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: balls
trans_list: palle | balle | coglioni | testicoli
sense:
(uncountable, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, Hawaii) Synonym of bollocks, nonsense.


lexentry: eng/balsa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: balsa
trans_list: balsa
sense:
A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.


lexentry: eng/balsamic_vinegar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: balsamic vinegar
trans_list: aceto balsamico
sense:
A dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine, that has been matured in wooden barrels, the resins of which contribute to its flavour; especially such a vinegar from Modena in Italy.


lexentry: eng/baluster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baluster
trans_list: balaustra | balaustro
sense:
(architecture) A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway; a banister. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/balustrade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: balustrade
trans_list: balaustra | balaustrata | ringhiera
sense:
A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.


lexentry: eng/bamboo_rat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bamboo rat
trans_list: ratto del bambù
sense:
Any of the four species of burrowing rodents in the spalacid tribe Rhizomyini, found in China and southeast Asia


lexentry: eng/ban__Noun__4
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ban
trans_list: bano
sense:
A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.


lexentry: eng/banana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: banana
trans_list: banana | banano
sense:
An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.


lexentry: eng/banana__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: banana
trans_list: banano
sense:
The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves.


lexentry: eng/banana_peel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: banana peel
trans_list: buccia di banana
sense:
(Canadian, US, Philippines) The several outermost layers of a banana, especially once removed from the rest of the banana, which may be slippery if stepped on. (This sense is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/banana_republic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: banana republic
trans_list: repubblica delle banane
sense:
(politics, idiom, pejorative) A small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.


lexentry: eng/bananaquit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bananaquit
trans_list: bananero | cereba gialla | platanero
sense:
A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits.


lexentry: eng/band-aid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: band-aid
trans_list: cerotto
sense:
(Australia, North America, Philippines) An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.


lexentry: eng/band__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: band
trans_list: gruppo musicale
sense:
(Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.


lexentry: eng/bandana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bandana
trans_list: bandana
sense:
A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.


lexentry: eng/bandicoot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bandicoot
trans_list: bandicoot | peramelide
sense:
Any of various small Australian marsupials with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae (with the exception of genus Macrotis, called bilbies).


lexentry: eng/bandoneon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bandoneon
trans_list: bandoneon
sense:
(musical instruments) A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.


lexentry: eng/bandura__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bandura
trans_list: bandura
sense:
A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap.


lexentry: eng/bandurria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bandurria
trans_list: baldosa
sense:
A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.


lexentry: eng/bang__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bang
trans_list: picchiare | scoppiare | battere | martellare
sense:
(intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.


lexentry: eng/bang_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bang out
trans_list: rigurgitare
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To do (something) quickly, in a slipshod, or unprofessional manner, especially performing or composing music or a piece of writing.


lexentry: eng/banger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: banger
trans_list: bagnarola | carretta | catorcio
sense:
(automotive, slang) An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.


lexentry: eng/banjo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: banjo
trans_list: banjo | bangio
sense:
A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.


lexentry: eng/bank__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: bank
trans_list: banca
sense:
(gambling, countable) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.


lexentry: eng/bank__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: bank
trans_list: banca
sense:
(countable, mostly, in combination) A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.


lexentry: eng/bank__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bank
trans_list: banco | banca
sense:
(nautical, hydrology) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).


lexentry: eng/bank_account__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bank account
trans_list: conto bancario
sense:
A fund, held by a bank in a contractual arrangement between the bank and the owner of the fund, a customer of the bank, into which they can deposit and from which they can withdraw money.


lexentry: eng/bank_holiday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bank holiday
trans_list: giorno festivo
sense:
(UK, Ireland) A weekday, often a Monday, on which most businesses are closed, and granted to workers as a national holiday.


lexentry: eng/bank_statement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bank statement
trans_list: estratto conto
sense:
A communication from a bank to a person holding an account in that bank, usually issued monthly, detailing the value of the holdings in that account and the effects of all transactions occurring with respect to that account.


lexentry: eng/banker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: banker
trans_list: banchiere
sense:
One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.


lexentry: eng/bankruptcy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bankruptcy
trans_list: bancarotta | fallimento
sense:
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.


lexentry: eng/banner__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: banner
trans_list: striscione
sense:
A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.


lexentry: eng/banns__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: banns
trans_list: pubblicazioni
sense:
The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a church wedding in England and Wales and read on the three Sundays preceding the marriage).


lexentry: eng/banshee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: banshee
trans_list: Banshee
sense:
(Scotland, Ireland, , folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.


lexentry: eng/bantustan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bantustan
trans_list: bantustan
sense:
(originally, _, South Africa, historical) Any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans under apartheid policy


lexentry: eng/baobab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baobab
trans_list: baobab
sense:
A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.


lexentry: eng/baptism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baptism
trans_list: battesimo
sense:
A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.


lexentry: eng/baptism_of_fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: baptism of fire
trans_list: battesimo del fuoco
sense:
(figuratively, military) The first experience of a severe ordeal, especially a first experience of military combat


lexentry: eng/baptistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baptistry
trans_list: battistero
sense:
(Christianity) A designated space within a church, or a separate room or building associated with a church, where a baptismal font is located, and consequently, where the sacrament of Christian baptism (via aspersion or affusion) is performed.


lexentry: eng/baptize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baptize
trans_list: battezzare
sense:
(Christianity) To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: bar
trans_list: bar | taverna | birreria
sense:
(mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 21
written_rep: bar
trans_list: avvocatura
sense:
(law, metonym, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 23
written_rep: bar
trans_list: bar | barra | taverna | birreria
sense:
(music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 30
written_rep: bar
trans_list: barra
sense:
(geography, nautical, hydrology) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bar
trans_list: bar
sense:
A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.


lexentry: eng/bar_association__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bar association
trans_list: Ordine Forense
sense:
An organization of lawyers which regulates their ability to practice law in a jurisdiction, and/or serves the interests of lawyers in that jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/bar_stool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bar stool
trans_list: sgabello
sense:
A stool used for sitting, often taller than a chair and usually having a foot rest, commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchen counters.


lexentry: eng/barb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barb
trans_list: ardiglione
sense:
The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.


lexentry: eng/barb__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: barb
trans_list: nodosità
sense:
Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.


lexentry: eng/barbarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: barbarian
trans_list: barbaro | barbara
sense:
An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; often associated with fighting or other such shows of strength.


lexentry: eng/barbecue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barbecue
trans_list: fornacella
sense:
A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.


lexentry: eng/barbecue_sauce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barbecue sauce
trans_list: salsa barbecue
sense:
A fruity, tangy, usually brown sauce, typically consisting of a vinegar or tomato base with spices and sweeteners, used as a basting sauce, marinade, or condiment, especially for barbecued meat.


lexentry: eng/barbed_wire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barbed wire
trans_list: filo spinato
sense:
Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences.


lexentry: eng/barbel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: barbel
trans_list: barbio | barbiglio
sense:
(biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.


lexentry: eng/barbell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barbell
trans_list: bilanciere
sense:
A wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter.


lexentry: eng/barber_surgeon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barber surgeon
trans_list: cerusico
sense:
(historical) A medical practitioner of medieval Europe, generally charged with looking after soldiers during or after a battle.


lexentry: eng/barberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barberry
trans_list: crespino
sense:
Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries.


lexentry: eng/barbershop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barbershop
trans_list: barbieria | salone da parrucchiere
sense:
(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.


lexentry: eng/barbet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barbet
trans_list: fabbro
sense:
Any of numerous arboreal birds of the families Capitonidae, Lybiidae, and Megalaimidae, within the order Piciformes.


lexentry: eng/barbiturate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: barbiturate
trans_list: barbiturato | barbiturico
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics.


lexentry: eng/barbituric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barbituric acid
trans_list: acido barbiturico
sense:
(organic compound) A heterocyclic compound derived from pyrimidine that is the basis of all barbiturate drugs.


lexentry: eng/barcarole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barcarole
trans_list: barcarola
sense:
(music) A Venetian folk song traditionally sung by gondoliers, often in 6⁄8 or 12⁄8 time with alternating strong and weak beats imitating a rowing motion. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/barcode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barcode
trans_list: codice a barre
sense:
Any set of machine-readable parallel bars or concentric circles, varying in width, spacing, or height, encoding information according to a symbology.


lexentry: eng/bard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bard
trans_list: aedo | cantore | poeta | trovatore | vate
sense:
A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.


lexentry: eng/bare-breasted__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bare-breasted
trans_list: in topless
sense:
(chiefly, of a woman) Having the breasts and nipples exposed, often implying a less salacious atmosphere than topless.


lexentry: eng/bargain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bargain
trans_list: accordo | mercanteggiamento | trattativa
sense:
An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds themself to receive the property and pay the consideration.


lexentry: eng/bargain__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bargain
trans_list: mercanteggiare | contrattare | negoziare | trattare
sense:
(intransitive) To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate


lexentry: eng/barge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barge
trans_list: chiatta | bettolina | maona
sense:
A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.


lexentry: eng/baritone_saxophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baritone saxophone
trans_list: sassofono baritono
sense:
A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the bass saxophone but larger than the tenor saxophone, with a range of D♭2 to A4 or similar.


lexentry: eng/barium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barium
trans_list: bario
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.


lexentry: eng/barium_chloride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barium chloride
trans_list: cloruro di bario
sense:
(inorganic compound) The barium salt of hydrochloric acid, BaCl2; it is toxic, and has been used as a rat poison.


lexentry: eng/bark__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bark
trans_list: abbaiare | latrare
sense:
(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).


lexentry: eng/bark_up_the_wrong_tree__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bark up the wrong tree
trans_list: prendere un granchio
sense:
(idiomatic) To take the wrong approach to a situation; to follow a false lead; to attempt to solve a problem using mistaken assumptions about its true nature.


lexentry: eng/barley__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barley
trans_list: orzo
sense:
A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.


lexentry: eng/barm__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barm
trans_list: mozzo
sense:
Foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread; yeast.


lexentry: eng/barn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barn
trans_list: granaio | fienile | stalla
sense:
(agriculture) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.


lexentry: eng/barn_owl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barn owl
trans_list: barbagianni
sense:
An owl of the species Tyto alba, often having a white face and commonly found in barns and other farm buildings.


lexentry: eng/barn_swallow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barn swallow
trans_list: rondine comune
sense:
Hirundo rustica, the most widespread species of swallow in the world; a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings, is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.


lexentry: eng/barnacle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barnacle
trans_list: cirripede
sense:
A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.


lexentry: eng/barnacle_goose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barnacle goose
trans_list: oca facciabianca
sense:
A black and white species of bird within the family Anatidae from the northern hemisphere, Branta leucopsis.


lexentry: eng/baronet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baronet
trans_list: baronetto
sense:
The bearer of a hereditary title, below a peerage and senior to most knighthoods, accompanied by the titular prefix "Sir" (for men) or "Dame" (for women) which is used in conjunction with the holder's Christian name. It is inheritable, usually by the eldest son, although a few baronetcies can also pass through the female line.


lexentry: eng/barotrauma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barotrauma
trans_list: barotrauma
sense:
(pathology) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near the body and the surrounding air.


lexentry: eng/barque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barque
trans_list: barco
sense:
A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged


lexentry: eng/barrack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barrack
trans_list: caserma | guarnigione
sense:
(military, chiefly, in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.


lexentry: eng/barracuda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barracuda
trans_list: barracuda
sense:
Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators.


lexentry: eng/barrage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: barrage
trans_list: fuoco di sbarramento
sense:
(military) A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.


lexentry: eng/barramundi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barramundi
trans_list: barramundi
sense:
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes, widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific; a popular food fish.


lexentry: eng/barrator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barrator
trans_list: lamentoso
sense:
One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger.


lexentry: eng/barrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barrel
trans_list: barile | botte
sense:
(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.


lexentry: eng/barrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: barrel
trans_list: barile
sense:
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.


lexentry: eng/barrel_organ__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barrel organ
trans_list: organo a rullo | organetto | organetto di Barberia
sense:
A musical instrument in which air from a bellows is admitted to a set of pipes by means of pins inserted into a revolving barrel (typically turned by a crank), originating in France.


lexentry: eng/barrel_roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barrel roll
trans_list: avvitamento | tonneau
sense:
(aviation) An aerobatic flying maneuver in which the pilot causes the airplane to complete one loop in the same time that the airplane completes one roll, creating the appearance that the airplane is riding on the inside of a cylinder.


lexentry: eng/barrel_vault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barrel vault
trans_list: volta a botte
sense:
(architecture) A simple roof having a curved, often semicircular cross section; used to span large distances in railway stations, churches, etc. Usually supported on columns.


lexentry: eng/barren__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barren
trans_list: sterile | infertile
sense:
(of people and animals, not comparable) Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.


lexentry: eng/barrister__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barrister
trans_list: avvocato
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.


lexentry: eng/bartender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bartender
trans_list: barista
sense:
One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/barycenter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: barycenter
trans_list: baricentro
sense:
(physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal


lexentry: eng/baryon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baryon
trans_list: barione
sense:
(particle) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.


lexentry: eng/baryon_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baryon number
trans_list: numero barionico
sense:
(physics) A quantum number related to the difference between the numbers of quarks and antiquarks in a system of subatomic particles


lexentry: eng/bas-relief__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bas-relief
trans_list: bassorilievo
sense:
(sculpture) A low or mostly-flat sculpture which is carved into a wall, or is in the form of a tile mounted flat to a wall, rather than a fully three-dimensional, free-standing figure.


lexentry: eng/basalt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: basalt
trans_list: basalto
sense:
(mineral) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.


lexentry: eng/bascinet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bascinet
trans_list: bacinetto
sense:
A light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models).


lexentry: eng/bascule_bridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bascule bridge
trans_list: ponte levatoio
sense:
A movable bridge consisting of one or two opening leaves equipped with balancing and stabilizing counterweights that ease and speed up their operation.


lexentry: eng/base__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: base
trans_list: base | alcali
sense:
(chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.


lexentry: eng/base__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: base
trans_list: base
sense:
(baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.


lexentry: eng/base__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: base
trans_list: base | zoccolo | basamento | piedistallo
sense:
(geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.


lexentry: eng/base__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: base
trans_list: campagna
sense:
(heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace..)


lexentry: eng/base_camp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: base camp
trans_list: campo base
sense:
(climbing) An encampment used temporarily for storing supplies and preparing for a larger activity, such as mountain climbing or hunting.


lexentry: eng/base_note__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: base note
trans_list: fondo
sense:
The heavily volatile and thus most-lasting parts of a perfume, often of ligneous, resinous or animalic nature.


lexentry: eng/baseball_diamond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baseball diamond
trans_list: diamante
sense:
A four-cornered part of a baseball field in which the corners are the three bases and the home plate.


lexentry: eng/based__Adjective__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: based
trans_list: basato
sense:
(slang, of a person) Not caring what others think about one's personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality.


lexentry: eng/based__Adjective__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: based
trans_list: basato
sense:
(internet slang, sometimes, humorous) Admirable; praiseworthy, especially if the thing that is considered "praiseworthy" is unpopular or controversial.


lexentry: eng/basement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: basement
trans_list: basamento
sense:
(geology) A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.


lexentry: eng/bash_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bash up
trans_list: battere
sense:
(transitive, informal) To assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury; to beat up.


lexentry: eng/basic_income__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: basic income
trans_list: reddito di base | reddito di base incondizionato | reddito minimo universale
sense:
Ellipsis of guaranteed basic income., a form of social security in which all citizens or residents of a jurisdiction are guaranteed to have an income level at or above the set basic income cut-off level, whereby the government will top-off incomes falling below the line, to reach the limit. Those falling above the line would not receive payments.


lexentry: eng/basidium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: basidium
trans_list: basidio
sense:
(mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/basilica__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: basilica
trans_list: basilica
sense:
(architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.


lexentry: eng/basin__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: basin
trans_list: conca
sense:
(geography) A shallow depression in a rock formation, such as an area of down-folded rock that has accumulated a thick layer of sediments, or an area scooped out by water erosion.


lexentry: eng/basionym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: basionym
trans_list: basionimo
sense:
(botany, taxonomy) An earlier valid scientific name of a species that has since been renamed and from which the new name is partially derived.


lexentry: eng/basis__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: basis
trans_list: base
sense:
(linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.


lexentry: eng/bask__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bask
trans_list: crogiolarsi
sense:
(figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".)


lexentry: eng/basket__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: basket
trans_list: canestro | cesta
sense:
(basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.


lexentry: eng/basket__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: basket
trans_list: carrello
sense:
A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.


lexentry: eng/basket_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: basket case
trans_list: relitto
sense:
An institution or country in a bad condition or difficult situation (economically, financially or otherwise). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/basket_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: basket case
trans_list: relitto
sense:
(colloquial, potentially, _, offensive) One made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic, stress or exhaustion; someone considered mentally unstable. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/basking_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: basking shark
trans_list: squalo elefante | squalo cetorino
sense:
A very large shark, Cetorhinus maximus, that feeds at or close to the surface by filtering plankton from the water and is found in all the world's temperate oceans.


lexentry: eng/bass__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bass
trans_list: basso
sense:
(musical instrument) An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.


lexentry: eng/bass_guitar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bass guitar
trans_list: basso elettrico | basso | chitarra basso
sense:
A long-necked and solid-bodied stringed instrument (chordophone), tuned to produce bass or low notes, usually with a fretted fingerboard and four thick strings, and requiring the use of an amplifier.


lexentry: eng/basset_horn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: basset horn
trans_list: corno di bassetto
sense:
(musical instrument) An alto instrument of the clarinet family, pitched in F below middle C, with a range reaching down to F below that.


lexentry: eng/basso_continuo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: basso continuo
trans_list: basso continuo
sense:
(music) The continuous realization of harmony throughout a musical piece, usually by a harpsichord and/or cello, typical of the Baroque period. Abbreviation: bc.


lexentry: eng/bassoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bassoon
trans_list: fagotto
sense:
A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.


lexentry: eng/basswood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: basswood
trans_list: fregatura
sense:
(US) Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.


lexentry: eng/bastard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bastard
trans_list: bastardo | bastarda
sense:
(dated) A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.


lexentry: eng/bastard__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bastard
trans_list: bastardo | figlio di puttana
sense:
(vulgar,, _, , _, offensive, or, pejorative) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.


lexentry: eng/baste__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baste
trans_list: imbastire
sense:
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.


lexentry: eng/bastide__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bastide
trans_list: impalcatura
sense:
new town built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony and Aquitaine during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries


lexentry: eng/bastille__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bastille
trans_list: baluardo
sense:
Chiefly in French contexts: a bastion or tower of a castle; also, a fortified tower or other building; or a small citadel or fortress.


lexentry: eng/bat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bat
trans_list: pipistrello | mazza | racchetta
sense:
Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.


lexentry: eng/bat__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bat
trans_list: pipistrello | mazza | racchetta
sense:
A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.


lexentry: eng/bat__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bat
trans_list: pipistrello | mazza | racchetta
sense:
(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.


lexentry: eng/batch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: batch
trans_list: serie
sense:
A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.


lexentry: eng/bathometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bathometer
trans_list: batometro
sense:
An instrument that measures the depth of water, used especially to measure the depth of ocean water.


lexentry: eng/bathrobe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bathrobe
trans_list: accappatoio
sense:
A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.


lexentry: eng/bathroom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bathroom
trans_list: bagno | stanza da bagno
sense:
(chiefly, US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, Australia, euphemism) A lavatory (area where one washes or bathes): a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.


lexentry: eng/bathypelagic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bathypelagic
trans_list: batipelagico
sense:
(oceanography) Of or pertaining to the parts of the oceans at depths between 1000 and 4000 meters deep.


lexentry: eng/bathyscaphe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bathyscaphe
trans_list: batiscafo
sense:
A self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible for exploring the ocean depths, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol.


lexentry: eng/bathysphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bathysphere
trans_list: batisfera
sense:
A spherical steel deep-diving chamber with perspex windows, in which persons are lowered to the depths by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life; the precursor to the bathyscaphe


lexentry: eng/battalion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: battalion
trans_list: battaglione | compagnia
sense:
(military) An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.


lexentry: eng/battalion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: battalion
trans_list: battaglione | compagnia
sense:
(US, military) an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.


lexentry: eng/batten__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: batten
trans_list: corrente | lapazza | tavolone
sense:
(carpentry, construction) A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.


lexentry: eng/batten__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: batten
trans_list: serretta | stecca
sense:
(nautical) A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended.


lexentry: eng/batter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: batter
trans_list: impasto | pastella
sense:
(cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.


lexentry: eng/battering_ram__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: battering ram
trans_list: ariete | puntone | rompimuro
sense:
A modern device, usually in the form of a metal bar with handles, chiefly used by police and firefighters to force open locked doors.


lexentry: eng/battery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: battery
trans_list: batteria | pila
sense:
(countable, electronics) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells. A single such cell when used by itself.


lexentry: eng/battery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: battery
trans_list: percosse
sense:
(legal) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which includes the threat of impending violence.


lexentry: eng/battery_electric_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: battery electric vehicle
trans_list: auto elettrica
sense:
A type of electric#Adjective vehicle that uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs, usually and especially one whose powertrain is entirely electric.


lexentry: eng/batting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: batting
trans_list: battuta | imbottitura | ovatta
sense:
(sewing) Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.


lexentry: eng/battle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: battle
trans_list: battaglia
sense:
(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.


lexentry: eng/battle__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: battle
trans_list: lotta | battaglia
sense:
(military, obsolete) The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.


lexentry: eng/battle_axe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: battle axe
trans_list: torchio
sense:
An ancient military weapon, an axe designed for combat, including (in, _, heraldiccharge) when borne on arms as a mark of prowess.


lexentry: eng/battledore__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: battledore
trans_list: mestola
sense:
(historical) A wooden paddle-shaped bat or beetle used to wash clothes by beating, stirring, or smoothing them.


lexentry: eng/battlement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: battlement
trans_list: bastione
sense:
In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.


lexentry: eng/battue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: battue
trans_list: battuta
sense:
(uncountable, hunting, often, attributively) A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/baud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: baud
trans_list: baud
sense:
(computing, telecommunications) A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.


lexentry: eng/bauxite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bauxite
trans_list: bauxite
sense:
The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.


lexentry: eng/bavarois__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bavarois
trans_list: bavarese
sense:
A pudding similar to pastry cream but thickened with gelatin or isinglass instead of flour or cornstarch, and flavoured with liqueur.


lexentry: eng/bay_window__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bay window
trans_list: erker
sense:
(architecture) A window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.


lexentry: eng/bayonet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bayonet
trans_list: baionetta
sense:
(military) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which needed to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.


lexentry: eng/bayonet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bayonet
trans_list: baionetta
sense:
(engineering) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.


lexentry: eng/be__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: be
trans_list: essere | esserci
sense:
(formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence.


lexentry: eng/be__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: be
trans_list: avere | essere
sense:
(dynamic / lexical be, especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.


lexentry: eng/be__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: be
trans_list: essere | stare | essere uguale | fare
sense:
(rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses, the first of which is a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place), and the second of which is a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/be__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: be
trans_list: andare | venire | essere
sense:
(in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".


lexentry: eng/be_born_yesterday__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: be born yesterday
trans_list: essere nato ieri
sense:
(informal, stative, chiefly in the negative) To be new, naive, innocent, inexperienced, or easily deceived.


lexentry: eng/be_in_for__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: be in for
trans_list: essere in attesa
sense:
(idiomatic) To be able to expect or anticipate; to be about to suffer, generally said of something unpleasant.


lexentry: eng/be_used_to__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: be used to
trans_list: solere
sense:
(intransitive) To be familiar with or accustomed to something or someone through repeated experience; to be acclimated to.


lexentry: eng/be_wrong__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: be wrong
trans_list: errare | essere in errore | essere in torto | ingannarsi | sbagliare | sbagliarsi
sense:
To have an incorrect belief, to be mistaken about one's judgment or statement concerning something. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/beachhead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beachhead
trans_list: testa di ponte
sense:
(military) An area of hostile territory (especially on a beach) that, when captured, serves for the continuous landing (or movement into position) of further troops and material


lexentry: eng/beacon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: beacon
trans_list: faro | radiofaro
sense:
(nautical) A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger.


lexentry: eng/beacon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: beacon
trans_list: punto cospicuo
sense:
A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.


lexentry: eng/bead_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bead tree
trans_list: albero dei rosari
sense:
Melia azedarach, a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree with poisonous fruit, native to India, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.


lexentry: eng/beagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beagle
trans_list: accendino
sense:
A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet.


lexentry: eng/beak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beak
trans_list: becco | rostro | ranfoteca
sense:
A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.


lexentry: eng/beak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beak
trans_list: becco
sense:
A similar pointed structure forming the nose and mouth of various animals, such as turtles, platypuses, whales, etc.


lexentry: eng/beak__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: beak
trans_list: rostro
sense:
(nautical) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.


lexentry: eng/beaked_whale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beaked whale
trans_list: zifido
sense:
Any of at least 20 species of whales in the family Ziphiidae, known to dive to great depths, but not well understood generally.


lexentry: eng/beam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beam
trans_list: trave | asse
sense:
(structural) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.


lexentry: eng/beam__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: beam
trans_list: trave | asse
sense:
(structural) One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.


lexentry: eng/beam__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: beam
trans_list: architrave | traversa
sense:
(nautical) One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.


lexentry: eng/beam__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: beam
trans_list: bure | architrave
sense:
(nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).


lexentry: eng/beam__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: beam
trans_list: bure
sense:
(agricultural) The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.


lexentry: eng/beam__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: beam
trans_list: raggio
sense:
(physics) A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.


lexentry: eng/bean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bean
trans_list: fagiolo
sense:
Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.


lexentry: eng/bean_counter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bean counter
trans_list: pedante
sense:
(idiomatic, mildly, derogatory) A person who is excessively interested in controlling or reducing expenses, increasing profits, or in quantitative details in general. The term is often used to imply the person is a pedant and incapable of seeing other things or the bigger picture (more general things), but it is also widely used as a mildly derogatory term and even facetious synonym for accountants, CEOs, CFOs, business and government officials responsible for financial decisions, etc.


lexentry: eng/beanbag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beanbag
trans_list: Sacco
sense:
A piece of soft furniture consisting of a leather or vinyl covering stuffed with dry beans or other similar pellets.


lexentry: eng/beaner__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: beaner
trans_list: fagiolaio | mangiafagioli
sense:
(sometimes , _, offensive, slang) Used as a casual term of address to a friend or acquaintance, especially used by Mexican Americans.


lexentry: eng/bear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bear
trans_list: orso
sense:
A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.


lexentry: eng/bear_in_mind__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bear in mind
trans_list: considerare | tenere conto | tenere presente
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To hold (something) in the memory; to remember; also, to be mindful of or pay attention to (something); to consider; to note.


lexentry: eng/bearberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bearberry
trans_list: uva ursina
sense:
Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.


lexentry: eng/beard__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: beard
trans_list: appuntamento di copertura
sense:
(LGBT) A woman who accompanies a gay man, or a man who accompanies a lesbian, in order to give the impression that the person being accompanied is heterosexual.


lexentry: eng/bearded_seal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bearded seal
trans_list: foca barbata
sense:
Erignathus barbatus, an earless seal with conspicuous whiskers, found in and around the Arctic Ocean.


lexentry: eng/bearded_tit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bearded tit
trans_list: basettino
sense:
A small passerine bird, Panurus biarmicus, of the family Timaliidae, or possibly the monotypic family Panuridae.


lexentry: eng/bearskin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bearskin
trans_list: colbacco
sense:
(countable) A tall ceremonial hat worn by members of some British regiments for ceremonial occasions; a busby.


lexentry: eng/beast_of_burden__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beast of burden
trans_list: animale da soma | giumento
sense:
A draught animal, such as a donkey, mule, llama, camel, horse, or ox, that carries or pulls a load for the benefit of a human.


lexentry: eng/beast_of_burden__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: beast of burden
trans_list: animale addestrato
sense:
(by extension) Any domesticated animal trained to perform tasks for humans, such as a herding dog or trained falcon.


lexentry: eng/beat__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: beat
trans_list: battere | colpire
sense:
(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.


lexentry: eng/beat_around_the_bush__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.
written_rep: beat around the bush
trans_list:
menare il can per l'aia | andare per le spicce | fare giri di parole | girarci intorno | tergiversare


lexentry: eng/beat_to_a_pulp__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: beat to a pulp
trans_list: stravincere
sense:
(transitive, colloquial, loosely) To defeat severely in various, even non-contact, competitive sports.


lexentry: eng/beatification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beatification
trans_list: beatificazione
sense:
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.


lexentry: eng/beatify__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: beatify
trans_list: beatificare
sense:
(transitive, Roman Catholicism) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.


lexentry: eng/beauty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beauty
trans_list: bellezza | bella
sense:
(uncountable) The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.


lexentry: eng/beauty_pageant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beauty pageant
trans_list: concorso di bellezza
sense:
A competition in which participants compete for a determination that one is the most physically attractive.


lexentry: eng/beauty_sleep__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: beauty sleep
trans_list: dormitina
sense:
(uncountable, chiefly, humorous) Extra sleep; also (generally) , any sleep; (countable) an instance of this; an extra nap.


lexentry: eng/beaver__Noun__4
sense_num: 02
written_rep: beaver
trans_list: figa
sense:
(chiefly, North American) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.


lexentry: eng/bec_de_corbin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bec de corbin
trans_list: mazzapicchio
sense:
(weaponry, historical) A poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole.


lexentry: eng/because__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: because
trans_list: perché sì | perché
sense:
Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".


lexentry: eng/becket__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: becket
trans_list: cappio
sense:
(nautical) A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.


lexentry: eng/becquerel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: becquerel
trans_list: becquerel
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. Symbol: Bq


lexentry: eng/bed_and_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bed and board
trans_list: vitto ed alloggio
sense:
A place to sleep and eat; bed and breakfast; the services provided by an inn or similar establishment.


lexentry: eng/bed_and_breakfast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bed and breakfast
trans_list: bed and breakfast
sense:
A private home, guesthouse,small hotel etc. where guests are provided overnight accommodations and served breakfast but usually no other meals.


lexentry: eng/bed_urinal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bed urinal
trans_list: pappagallo
sense:
A sealable plastic bottle into which a patient urinates when using a bathroom is inconvenient or impossible; often but not always with a long neck reminiscent of a duck.


lexentry: eng/bedbug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bedbug
trans_list: cimice | cimice dei letti | cimice da letto
sense:
A small nocturnal insect (Cimex lectularius), of the family Cimicidae, that feeds on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts.


lexentry: eng/bedhead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bedhead
trans_list: testiera
sense:
(colloquial) The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up from sleep.


lexentry: eng/bedpan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bedpan
trans_list: pappagallo | padella
sense:
A pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience.


lexentry: eng/bedrock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bedrock
trans_list: roccia madre
sense:
(uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock that exists at some depth below the ground surface. Bedrock is rock "in place", as opposed to material that has been transported from another location by weathering and erosion.


lexentry: eng/bedsit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bedsit
trans_list: monocamera
sense:
(British, Ireland) A form of rented accommodation consisting of a single room for use as both sitting room and bedroom; there may also be a small kitchen area and washing and toilet facilities, but these amenities are more commonly outside the room and shared by several tenants.


lexentry: eng/bedsore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bedsore
trans_list: piaga da decubito | ulcera da decubito
sense:
(medicine, usually, in the plural, dated) A lesion caused by unrelieved pressure to any part of the body, especially portions over bony or cartilaginous areas, such as frequently develops on a person confined to a bed by infirmity.


lexentry: eng/bedstead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bedstead
trans_list: sponda | telaio
sense:
The framework that supports a bed; the rigid structural components of a bed, excluding the mattress, box spring, etc; bedframe.


lexentry: eng/bedstraw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bedstraw
trans_list: caglio
sense:
any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers


lexentry: eng/bee-eater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bee-eater
trans_list: gruccione | vespiere
sense:
Any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster.


lexentry: eng/bee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bee
trans_list: ape | pecchia
sense:
A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.


lexentry: eng/bee_escape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bee escape
trans_list: apiscampo
sense:
(apiculture) A panel having holes or mesh allowing bees to be removed from a hive before honey is harvested.


lexentry: eng/bee_fly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bee fly
trans_list: bombilio
sense:
Any of the flies in the family Bombyliidae, with adults that look like bumblebees and larvae that are parasitic on the eggs or larvae of other insects.


lexentry: eng/bee_hummingbird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bee hummingbird
trans_list: colibrì di Elena
sense:
A species of hummingbird, Mellisuga helenae, native to Cuba, noted for being the smallest living bird.


lexentry: eng/bee_sting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bee sting
trans_list: puntura d'ape
sense:
A hypodermic puncture from a bee, resulting in envenomation and often involving the penetration and lodging of the stinger.


lexentry: eng/beebread__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beebread
trans_list: polline d'api
sense:
Bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, made and stored in brood cells by forager bees, and used as food for worker bees and larvae.


lexentry: eng/beech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beech
trans_list: faggio
sense:
A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.


lexentry: eng/beef__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beef
trans_list: manzo | carne bovina
sense:
(in the meat industry, on, _, product packaging) The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).


lexentry: eng/beehive__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: beehive
trans_list: cofana
sense:
A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.


lexentry: eng/beeline__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: beeline
trans_list: linea d'aria
sense:
(mining, chiefly, historical) A dynamite fuse made with a small quantity of dynamite powder along its length, so that the spark travels quickly and at a specific known rate.


lexentry: eng/been_there,_done_that__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: been there, done that
trans_list: già visto, già fatto
sense:
(idiomatic, ironic) An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is not too keen on revisiting or redoing it again.


lexentry: eng/beer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beer
trans_list: birra
sense:
(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.


lexentry: eng/beer_belly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beer belly
trans_list: pancione
sense:
A protruding belly caused by excess fat stored in the abdomen and colloquially attributed to the consumption of beer.


lexentry: eng/beer_mat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beer mat
trans_list: sottobicchiere
sense:
A small square cardboard mat, often with an advertisement for a brewery on it, that is used to rest one's glass on, and to protect the surface of a table or a bar in a pub.


lexentry: eng/beer_tent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beer tent
trans_list: tenda della birra
sense:
At a fair or festival, a tent set up for the purpose of selling and consuming beer and other alcoholic beverages.


lexentry: eng/beeswax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beeswax
trans_list: cera d'api
sense:
A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.


lexentry: eng/beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beetle
trans_list: scarabeo | coleottero
sense:
Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.


lexentry: eng/beetroot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beetroot
trans_list: barbabietola
sense:
(UK, NZ, AU) A normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating; Synonym of beet.


lexentry: eng/beggars_can't_be_choosers__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beggars can't be choosers
trans_list: questo passa il convento
sense:
(idiom) Something is better than nothing: those who can't provide for themselves should accept whatever help is available.


lexentry: eng/begging_the_question__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: begging the question
trans_list: petitio principii
sense:
A logical fallacy in which a premise of an argument contains a direct or indirect assumption that the conclusion is true; offering a circular argument; circular reasoning.


lexentry: eng/begrime__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: begrime
trans_list: bruttare
sense:
(transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally) , to make (something) dirty; to soil.


lexentry: eng/beguine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beguine
trans_list: beguine
sense:
A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.


lexentry: eng/behaviorism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: behaviorism
trans_list: comportamentismo
sense:
An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.


lexentry: eng/behest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: behest
trans_list: comando | ordine
sense:
A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of. [from 12th c.]


lexentry: eng/bejel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bejel
trans_list: Scherlievo
sense:
Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.


lexentry: eng/bel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bel
trans_list: bel
sense:
A measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively.


lexentry: eng/belay__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: belay
trans_list: assicurare | dare volta
sense:
(ambitransitive, nautical) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.


lexentry: eng/belch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: belch
trans_list: ruttare
sense:
(ambitransitive, immunology) To expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.


lexentry: eng/belief__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: belief
trans_list: fiducia
sense:
Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.


lexentry: eng/believe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: believe
trans_list: credere
sense:
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).


lexentry: eng/belittle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: belittle
trans_list: sminuire
sense:
(transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. [from 1782]


lexentry: eng/bell-bottoms__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bell-bottoms
trans_list: pantaloni a campana
sense:
(plurale tantum) Pants that are flared from the knee downwards, a characteristic style of the 1970s.


lexentry: eng/bell-gable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bell-gable
trans_list: campanile a vela
sense:
(architecture) An element crowning the upper end of the wall of a church and in which a bell is hung, usually in lieu of a campanile or bell tower.


lexentry: eng/bell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bell
trans_list: campana
sense:
A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.


lexentry: eng/bell__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: bell
trans_list: campana
sense:
(architecture) The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.


lexentry: eng/bell_pepper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bell pepper
trans_list: peperone
sense:
(North America, Philippines) Capsicum annuum, an edible, sweet, generally mild (not spicy) fruit, originating in the New World.


lexentry: eng/bellflower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bellflower
trans_list: campanula
sense:
Flowering plants in the genera, Campanulastrum, Codonopsis, or Platycodon, in the family Campanulaceae.


lexentry: eng/bellicist__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bellicist
trans_list: bellicista
sense:
Of or relating to bellicism, a bellicist, bellicists, advocating war, who is war-centered or war-oriented.


lexentry: eng/bellows__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bellows
trans_list: soffietto | mantice
sense:
A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.


lexentry: eng/bells__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bells
trans_list: vetro
sense:
(nautical) Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.


lexentry: eng/bellwether__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bellwether
trans_list: indicatore
sense:
(finance, figuratively) A stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition.


lexentry: eng/belly_flop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: belly flop
trans_list: spanciata
sense:
(diving) A style of diving into a body of water in which the surface impact is made mostly by one's abdomen.


lexentry: eng/belt__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: belt
trans_list: cintura | zona | regione
sense:
(usually, capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).


lexentry: eng/bench-warmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bench-warmer
trans_list: scaldapanchina
sense:
(sports, colloquial) A player who rarely or never gets to play in the games or matches, and is most often a substitute.


lexentry: eng/bench_grinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bench grinder
trans_list: mola da banco | molatrice da banco | smerigliatrice da banco | mola | molatrice | smerigliatrice
sense:
A grinder, typically with a pair of grinding wheels (one at each end of the motor shaft) that is designed to be permanently mounted on a workbench.


lexentry: eng/bench_press__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bench press
trans_list: distensione su panca
sense:
(weightlifting) An exercise performed by pressing the weight of a barbell away from one's body while lying on a bench.


lexentry: eng/bend__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bend
trans_list: banda
sense:
(heraldiccharge) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.


lexentry: eng/bend__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: bend
trans_list: piegare | curvare | ammanigliare
sense:
(transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.


lexentry: eng/bend_sinister__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bend sinister
trans_list: sbarra
sense:
(heraldiccharge) A diagonal band on a coat of arms going from the sinister chief (the viewer's top right) to the dexter base, sometimes erroneously held to indicate bastardy.


lexentry: eng/bend_the_truth__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bend the truth
trans_list: dire una mezza verità
sense:
(idiomatic) To change or leave out certain facts of a story or situation, generally in order to elicit a specific response in the audience.


lexentry: eng/benediction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: benediction
trans_list: benedizione
sense:
A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).


lexentry: eng/benzaldehyde__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: benzaldehyde
trans_list: benzaldeide
sense:
(organic compound, uncountable) A chemical compound (C6H5CHO) consisting of a benzene ring with an aldehyde substituent.


lexentry: eng/benzene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: benzene
trans_list: benzolo | benzene
sense:
(organic compound) An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C6H6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds.


lexentry: eng/benzodiazepine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: benzodiazepine
trans_list: benzodiazepina
sense:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) Any of a class of psychoactive drugs, structured upon diazepine, used in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and other related disorders.


lexentry: eng/benzoic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: benzoic acid
trans_list: acido benzoico
sense:
(carboxylic acid) A white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH; the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid; used as a food preservative and in many other industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/benzoin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: benzoin
trans_list: benzoe
sense:
A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/benzol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: benzol
trans_list: benzolo
sense:
(organic chemistry) An impure benzene (mixed with toluene etc), used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes.


lexentry: eng/benzopyrene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: benzopyrene
trans_list: benzopirene
sense:
(organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (having five fused benzene rings) that is both mutagenic and carcinogenic


lexentry: eng/benzoyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: benzoyl
trans_list: benzoile
sense:
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical formally derived from benzoic acid, C6H5CO-, by removal of the hydroxyl group


lexentry: eng/benzyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: benzyl
trans_list: benzile
sense:
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical C6H5-CH2- related to toluene and benzoic acid


lexentry: eng/beret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beret
trans_list: basco
sense:
A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.


lexentry: eng/beriberi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beriberi
trans_list: beriberi
sense:
(pathology) An ailment caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1), leading to lethargy and organ complications.


lexentry: eng/berth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: berth
trans_list: cuccetta
sense:
(by extension) A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess#Verb 2 and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage.


lexentry: eng/berth__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: berth
trans_list: attraccare
sense:
(nautical) To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).


lexentry: eng/beryl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beryl
trans_list: berillo
sense:
(uncountable, mineral) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone (molecular formula Be3Al2Si6O18).


lexentry: eng/beryllium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beryllium
trans_list: berillio
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/besides__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: besides
trans_list: inoltre
sense:
(conjunctive) Used to emphasize an additional point, especially an important or stronger reason; moreover; furthermore.


lexentry: eng/besiege__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: besiege
trans_list: assediare
sense:
(transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.


lexentry: eng/besot__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: besot
trans_list: inebitire
sense:
(transitive) To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.


lexentry: eng/bespeak__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bespeak
trans_list: prenotare
sense:
(transitive) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.


lexentry: eng/bestow__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bestow
trans_list: conferire | donare | elargire | insignire
sense:
To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; to confer, to give.


lexentry: eng/bestow__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bestow
trans_list: alloggiare
sense:
(also, reflexive) To provide (someone or oneself) with accommodation; to find quarters for (someone or oneself); to lodge, to quarter.


lexentry: eng/bestride__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bestride
trans_list: cavalcare
sense:
(transitive) To be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse.


lexentry: eng/bet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bet
trans_list: scommessa
sense:
A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).


lexentry: eng/beta-lactamase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beta-lactamase
trans_list: betalattamasi
sense:
(enzyme) An enzyme produced by certain bacteria, responsible for their resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillin.


lexentry: eng/beta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beta
trans_list: beta
sense:
The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.


lexentry: eng/beta_blocker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beta blocker
trans_list: betabloccante
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A blocking agent, one of a class of drugs used to treat hypertension and control the rate at which the heart beats.


lexentry: eng/betide__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: betide
trans_list: far ottenere
sense:
(transitive) Often used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall.


lexentry: eng/betoken__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: betoken
trans_list: predire
sense:
(transitive) To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.


lexentry: eng/betray__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: betray
trans_list: consegnare | tradire
sense:
(transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.


lexentry: eng/betray__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: betray
trans_list: tradire | rivelare
sense:
(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.


lexentry: eng/betray__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: betray
trans_list: tradire
sense:
(transitive) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.


lexentry: eng/betrothal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: betrothal
trans_list: fidanzamento
sense:
The fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between two people.


lexentry: eng/better_safe_than_sorry__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: better safe than sorry
trans_list: la prudenza non è mai troppa | meglio prevenire che curare
sense:
It is preferable to be cautious in one's choices and actions than to act recklessly and suffer afterwards.


lexentry: eng/better_than_a_poke_in_the_eye_with_a_sharp_stick__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
trans_list: meglio di un pugno in un occhio
sense:
(jocular) Better than nothing; not unsatisfactory but also not a reason for enthusiastic excitement.


lexentry: eng/between__Preposition__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: between
trans_list: fra | tra
sense:
In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)


lexentry: eng/between_a_rock_and_a_hard_place__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: between a rock and a hard place
trans_list: fra l'incudine ed il martello
sense:
(idiomatic) Having the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.


lexentry: eng/between_the_hammer_and_the_anvil__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: between the hammer and the anvil
trans_list: tra l'incudine e il martello
sense:
(chiefly, UK, idiomatic) With the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.


lexentry: eng/beverage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beverage
trans_list: bevanda
sense:
(mostly, North America) A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks, usually excluding water.


lexentry: eng/bevor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bevor
trans_list: barbozza
sense:
(historical) A portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor.


lexentry: eng/beyond_the_pale__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: beyond the pale
trans_list: superare i limiti
sense:
(idiomatic) Of a person or their behaviour: outside the bounds of what is acceptable, or regarded as good judgment, morality, ethics, etc.


lexentry: eng/bezant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bezant
trans_list: bisante
sense:
(history) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.


lexentry: eng/bezant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bezant
trans_list: rondella
sense:
(heraldiccharge) A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin.


lexentry: eng/bezel__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bezel
trans_list: castone | incastonatura
sense:
The rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, such as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.


lexentry: eng/bezoar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bezoar
trans_list: bezoario
sense:
A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.


lexentry: eng/bezoar_goat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bezoar goat
trans_list: stambecco
sense:
A wild goat, Capra aegagrus, native to Asia Minor and the Middle East and also found on Crete, now believed ancestral to the domestic goat.


lexentry: eng/bhikkhu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bhikkhu
trans_list: monaco buddista
sense:
A male Buddhist monk or priest; one who follows all Buddhist precepts as a full member of the sangha.


lexentry: eng/bias__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bias
trans_list: polarizzazione
sense:
(electronics) A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.


lexentry: eng/bias__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: bias
trans_list: distorsione
sense:
(statistics) The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.


lexentry: eng/biased__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: biased
trans_list: distorto
sense:
(statistics) Exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation; skewed.


lexentry: eng/biathlon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biathlon
trans_list: biathlon
sense:
(winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.


lexentry: eng/biaxial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: biaxial
trans_list: biassiale
sense:
(mathematics, astronomy) Having two axes of rotation and two planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a spheroid)


lexentry: eng/bib__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bib
trans_list: bavaglino | bavaglio
sense:
An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.


lexentry: eng/bib__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bib
trans_list: pettorale
sense:
(sports) A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race.


lexentry: eng/bibimbap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bibimbap
trans_list: bibimbap
sense:
A Korean dish of white rice topped with vegetables, beef, a whole egg, and gochujang (chili pepper paste).


lexentry: eng/bible__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bible
trans_list: bibbia
sense:
(by extension) A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership.


lexentry: eng/bibliography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bibliography
trans_list: bibliografia
sense:
A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.


lexentry: eng/bibliometrics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bibliometrics
trans_list: bibliometria
sense:
The statistical analysis of texts, especially of published literature and especially of reference citations as semantically important connections between articles.


lexentry: eng/bicameral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bicameral
trans_list: bicamerale
sense:
Being or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system.


lexentry: eng/bicameralism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bicameralism
trans_list: bicameralismo
sense:
(government) The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers and limitations designed to provide checks and balances against one another.


lexentry: eng/bicarbonate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bicarbonate
trans_list: bicarbonato
sense:
(organic compound) the univalent anion HCO3-; any salt of carbonic acid in which only one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced. [from 1814]


lexentry: eng/bicycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bicycle
trans_list: bicicletta | bici
sense:
A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.


lexentry: eng/bicycle_clip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bicycle clip
trans_list: fermacalzoni
sense:
Either of a pair of clips, worn around the ankles of a cyclist, that prevent the trousers becoming entangled with the chain.


lexentry: eng/bidet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bidet
trans_list: bidet | bidè
sense:
A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.


lexentry: eng/bifurcation__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: bifurcation
trans_list: biforcazione
sense:
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.


lexentry: eng/big_baby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: big baby
trans_list: bambina
sense:
(derogatory) An adult or youth prone to immature behavior associated with babies, such as tantrums or pouting.


lexentry: eng/big_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: big cat
trans_list: micione
sense:
Any large feline animal, especially one of the Panthera genus, including tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards.


lexentry: eng/big_data__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: big data
trans_list: megadati
sense:
Data on a very large scale, such that it can only be gathered or processed with computers, especially with reference to its potential to allow for new breakthroughs or understanding in a particular field of study.


lexentry: eng/big_mouth__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: big mouth
trans_list: chiacchierone | lingua lunga | linguaccia
sense:
(idiomatic) A person who talks too much, especially by making exaggerated claims or by inappropriately revealing information.


lexentry: eng/big_toe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: big toe
trans_list: alluce
sense:
(anatomy) The largest toe (usually) on each human foot (i.e. the toe closest to the other foot when the feet are flat on the ground, side by side, and the legs not crossed) or on a foot of certain other animals.


lexentry: eng/bighead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bighead
trans_list: pallone gonfiato
sense:
(countable, colloquial, especially used by children) A person with an inflated opinion of themselves; a conceited or arrogant person.


lexentry: eng/bigorexia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bigorexia
trans_list: bigoressia | vigoressia
sense:
(medicine) A mental disorder in which the sufferer perceives himself to have inadequate musculature; most common among bodybuilders


lexentry: eng/bigot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bigot
trans_list: estremista | fanatica | fanatico | intollerante
sense:
One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.


lexentry: eng/bigoted__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bigoted
trans_list: bigot
sense:
Having the characteristics of a bigot; strongly prejudiced; forming negative opinions about others without just cause.


lexentry: eng/bigotry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bigotry
trans_list: limitatezza
sense:
Characteristic qualities of a bigot: (especially religious, anti-religious or racial) intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.


lexentry: eng/bijective__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bijective
trans_list: biiettivo | bigettivo
sense:
(mathematics, of a function) Associating to each element of the codomain exactly one element of the domain; establishing a perfect (one-to-one) correspondence between the elements of the domain and the codomain. (formally) Both injective and surjective.


lexentry: eng/bikini_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bikini line
trans_list: costume da bagno
sense:
The part of a woman's pubic region not covered by a swimsuit; normally shaved or waxed free of pubic hair.


lexentry: eng/bile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bile
trans_list: fiele | bile
sense:
A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.


lexentry: eng/bile_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bile acid
trans_list: acido biliare
sense:
any of the steroid acids produced by the liver, such as cholic acid, that occur in bile as sodium salts and serve to neutralize the contents of the stomach as they enter the duodenum and to aid the emulsification and absorption of fats


lexentry: eng/bilinear__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bilinear
trans_list: bilineare
sense:
(linear algebra, of a function in two variables) Linear (preserving linear combinations) in each variable.


lexentry: eng/bilious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bilious
trans_list: bilioso
sense:
(pathology) Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, especially excessive secretions of bile.


lexentry: eng/bilirubin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bilirubin
trans_list: bilirubina
sense:
(biochemistry) A bile pigment that is a product of the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin (which occurs within macrophages as they digest red blood cells), and which is responsible for the yellowish color seen in bruises. Extremely high levels of bilirubin may cause jaundice.


lexentry: eng/biliverdin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biliverdin
trans_list: biliverdina
sense:
(biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.


lexentry: eng/bill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bill
trans_list: cambiale | inventario | manifesto
sense:
A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)


lexentry: eng/bill__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bill
trans_list: cartello pubblicitario | certificato | locandina | manifesto | nota | polizza
sense:
A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)


lexentry: eng/bill__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bill
trans_list: denuncia
sense:
(obsolete, law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.


lexentry: eng/bill__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: bill
trans_list: conto | fattura | dovuto | spettanza
sense:
A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.


lexentry: eng/bill__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bill
trans_list: becco
sense:
The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.


lexentry: eng/bill_of_fare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bill of fare
trans_list: biglietto
sense:
(old-fashioned) A written or printed enumeration of the dishes served at a banquet, or of the dishes (with prices listed) that may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.


lexentry: eng/bill_of_lading__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bill of lading
trans_list: polizza di carico
sense:
(shipping) A document issued by a carrier (e.g. master of a ship or the ship owner's agent) to a shipper listing a ship's cargo, acknowledging receipt of said cargo, and specifying terms for its delivery.


lexentry: eng/billboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: billboard
trans_list: cartellone
sense:
(nautical) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore-channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on.


lexentry: eng/billhook__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: billhook
trans_list: roncola | roncolina
sense:
An agricultural hand tool often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.


lexentry: eng/billhook__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: billhook
trans_list: roncola | roncolina
sense:
(written as bill-hook) A part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).


lexentry: eng/billiards__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: billiards
trans_list: biliardi | biliardo
sense:
(games, British) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.


lexentry: eng/billion__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: billion
trans_list: miliardo
sense:
(US, modern British & Australian, short scale) a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,0002): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard


lexentry: eng/billion__Numeral__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: billion
trans_list: bilione
sense:
(dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million million (logic: 1,000,0002): a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012


lexentry: eng/bimetallism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bimetallism
trans_list: bimetallismo
sense:
(economics) The use of a monetary standard based upon two different metals, traditionally gold and silver usually in a fixed ratio of values.


lexentry: eng/bin__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bin
trans_list: cestinare
sense:
(chiefly, British, informal) To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.


lexentry: eng/binary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: binary
trans_list: binario
sense:
(mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.


lexentry: eng/binary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: binary
trans_list: binario
sense:
(computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).


lexentry: eng/binary_relation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: binary relation
trans_list: relazione binaria
sense:
(set theory, order theory, "on" a set A) A subset of the Cartesian product A×A (the set of ordered pairs (a, b) of elements of A).


lexentry: eng/binary_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: binary tree
trans_list: albero binario
sense:
(mathematics, computer science) A data structure in which each node has at most two children, each node but the root has one parent, and there are no cycles.


lexentry: eng/bind__Verb__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: bind
trans_list: legare
sense:
(transitive, computer programming) To process one or more object modules into an executable program.


lexentry: eng/bind__Verb__1
sense_num: 20
written_rep: bind
trans_list: legare
sense:
(intransitive, , LGBT) To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.


lexentry: eng/binder_clip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: binder clip
trans_list: clip
sense:
A simple device for binding a few to many sheets of paper, leaving the sheets intact; a strip of spring steel bent into the shape of an isosceles triangle with loops at the apex.


lexentry: eng/binding_agent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: binding agent
trans_list: addensante
sense:
synonym of binder (chemical or other substance): A material or substance that holds other materials together mechanically, chemically, or as an adhesive, to form a cohesive whole.


lexentry: eng/bindle__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bindle
trans_list: fascio
sense:
(Canada, US, , slang) Any bundle or package; specifically one containing narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, or morphine.


lexentry: eng/binge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: binge
trans_list: abbuffarsi
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, often with on) To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol consumption.


lexentry: eng/bingo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bingo
trans_list: bingo
sense:
(uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.


lexentry: eng/binnacle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: binnacle
trans_list: chiesuola
sense:
(nautical) The wooden housing for a ship's compass, with its corrector magnets and illuminating arrangements. The log and other equipment for measuring the ship's speed are also stowed there.


lexentry: eng/binoculars__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: binoculars
trans_list: binocolo
sense:
A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.


lexentry: eng/binomial_coefficient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: binomial coefficient
trans_list: coefficiente binomiale
sense:
(combinatorics) a coefficient of any of the terms in the expansion of the binomial (x+y)n, defined by {n \choose k} = \frac{n!}{k!(n-k)!}, read as "n choose k"


lexentry: eng/binomial_nomenclature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: binomial nomenclature
trans_list: nomenclatura binomiale
sense:
(taxonomy) The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts; the first is the genus, and is written with an initial capital letter; the second is some specific epithet that distinguishes the species within the genus. By convention, the whole name is typeset in italics. The genus part is often abbreviated to its initial letter e.g. H. sapiens for Homo sapiens


lexentry: eng/bioaccumulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bioaccumulation
trans_list: bioaccumulo
sense:
(biology) The process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms; used especially of toxic substances that accumulate via a food chain.


lexentry: eng/bioavailability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bioavailability
trans_list: biodisponibilità
sense:
(pharmacology, nutrition) The amount of drug or nutrient which reaches the site of physiological activity after administration.


lexentry: eng/biochemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biochemistry
trans_list: biochimica
sense:
(uncountable) The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism


lexentry: eng/bioclimatology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bioclimatology
trans_list: bioclimatologia
sense:
The interdisciplinary field of science that studies the interactions between the biosphere and the Earth's atmosphere on time scales of the order of seasons or longer (in opposition to biometeorology).


lexentry: eng/biodegradability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biodegradability
trans_list: biodegradabilità
sense:
The capacity of a material to decompose over time as a result of biological activity, especially to be broken down by microorganisms.


lexentry: eng/biodiversity_hotspot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biodiversity hotspot
trans_list: punto caldo di biodiversità
sense:
(ecology) A place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat.


lexentry: eng/bioelectricity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bioelectricity
trans_list: bioelettricità
sense:
(biology, physics) Any form of electricity generated within an organism, especially by a muscle or nerve.


lexentry: eng/biogas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biogas
trans_list: biogas
sense:
A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, produced by anaerobic digestion of organic waste matter, used as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/biohazard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biohazard
trans_list: biorischio
sense:
A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some biological factor such as bacteria or human waste.


lexentry: eng/bioherm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bioherm
trans_list: bioherma
sense:
(geology) A mass of rock constructed from the remains of marine organisms such as coral or algae, especially in a mound or dome shape.


lexentry: eng/bioinformatics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bioinformatics
trans_list: bioinformatica
sense:
(biology, computer science) A field of science in which biology, computer science, and information technology merge into a single discipline to analyse biological information using computers and statistical techniques.


lexentry: eng/biological_mother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biological mother
trans_list: madre biologica
sense:
The female who gives birth to a child. She is usually the genetic mother (the female from whom one inherits half of one's DNA and who is the source of one's mitochondrial DNA) but may sometimes be the surrogate mother.


lexentry: eng/biomass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biomass
trans_list: biomassa
sense:
The total mass of all, or a specified category of, living things within a specific area, habitat, etc.


lexentry: eng/biomass__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: biomass
trans_list: biomassa
sense:
Organic matter from living things which were recently alive (especially vegetation) used as a fuel or source of energy, especially if cultivated for that purpose; also, fuel produced from such organic matter; biofuel.


lexentry: eng/biomaterial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biomaterial
trans_list: biomateriale
sense:
A nonviable, biocompatible material used in a medical device, intended to interact with biological systems or to evaluate, treat, augment, or replace any tissue, organ, or function of the body.


lexentry: eng/biomathematics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biomathematics
trans_list: biomatematica
sense:
(biology, mathematics) The application of mathematics to the study of biological systems and processes


lexentry: eng/biomedicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: biomedicine
trans_list: biomedicina
sense:
The branch of medicine that studies the effects of environmental stress on organisms (most often in space travel).


lexentry: eng/biometrics__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: biometrics
trans_list: biometria
sense:
The automated recognition or authentication of an individual's identity based on their behavioural and biological characteristics, such as iris appearance, fingerprint, or face shape.


lexentry: eng/biomolecule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biomolecule
trans_list: biomolecola
sense:
(biochemistry) Molecules, such as amino acids, sugars, nucleic acids, proteins, polysaccharides, DNA, and RNA, that occur naturally in living organisms; any such molecule, even if created outside a living thing (as for example in a test tube or bioreactor).


lexentry: eng/biophotolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biophotolysis
trans_list: biofotolisi
sense:
(biochemistry) The photolysis of a biochemical compound; but especially the production of hydrogen by the action of light on algae or any other organism


lexentry: eng/biophysics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biophysics
trans_list: biofisica
sense:
The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology.


lexentry: eng/biopiracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biopiracy
trans_list: biopirateria
sense:
(pejorative) The appropriation of indigenous biomedical knowledge, especially by patenting naturally occurring substances.


lexentry: eng/bioplastic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bioplastic
trans_list: bioplastica
sense:
Any form of synthetic polymer, similar to normal plastic, made from renewable biomass sources such as plant sugars, starches, or oils, rather than from petroleum.


lexentry: eng/biopsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biopsy
trans_list: biopsia
sense:
The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.


lexentry: eng/bioreactor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bioreactor
trans_list: bioreattore
sense:
(biochemistry) A vat or pressure vessel, containing microorganisms or biochemically active substances, used for biotechnological processes such as fermentation, waste recycling, or making drugs.


lexentry: eng/bioremediation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bioremediation
trans_list: biorimediazione
sense:
(biochemistry) The use of biological organisms, usually microorganisms, to remove contaminants, especially from polluted water


lexentry: eng/biosynthesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biosynthesis
trans_list: biosintesi
sense:
(biochemistry) The synthesis of organic compounds within a living organism, especially the synthesis of large compounds from small ones.


lexentry: eng/biotechnology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biotechnology
trans_list: biotecnologia
sense:
The use of living organisms (especially microorganisms) in industrial, agricultural, medical and other technological applications.


lexentry: eng/biotherapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biotherapy
trans_list: bioterapia
sense:
(medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system.


lexentry: eng/biotherapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: biotherapy
trans_list: bioterapia
sense:
(medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.


lexentry: eng/biotin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biotin
trans_list: biotina
sense:
(vitamin) A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex, 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid, found in liver, egg yolk, milk, and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems.


lexentry: eng/biotite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biotite
trans_list: biotite
sense:
(mineral) A dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of potassium, magnesium and iron.


lexentry: eng/biotope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biotope
trans_list: biotopo
sense:
A geographical area that has a uniform biological environment and a uniform distribution of plants and animals


lexentry: eng/bipartite__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bipartite
trans_list: bipartito
sense:
(graph theory, of a graph) Having vertices that can be divided into two independent sets (see bigraph)


lexentry: eng/biphenyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: biphenyl
trans_list: bifenile
sense:
(organic compound, countable) Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs


lexentry: eng/bipolar_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bipolar disorder
trans_list: psicosi maniaco-depressiva
sense:
(clinical psychology, psychiatry) A psychiatric diagnostic category, previously called manic depression, characterised by mood swings between great energy (mania) and clinical depression.


lexentry: eng/bipropellant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bipropellant
trans_list: bipropellente
sense:
A propellant composed of two components (typically a fuel and an oxidizer) that react together in the combustion chamber


lexentry: eng/bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bird
trans_list: uccello | pennuto | volatile
sense:
A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.


lexentry: eng/bird_of_paradise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bird of paradise
trans_list: paradisea | uccello del paradiso
sense:
Any of various passerine birds of the family Paradisaeidae native to Oceania. In many of the species the breeding plumage of the males is brightly coloured.


lexentry: eng/birds_of_a_feather_flock_together__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: birds of a feather flock together
trans_list: dio li fa e poi li accoppia | chi si assomiglia si piglia
sense:
(idiomatic) People of similar character, background or taste tend to congregate or associate with one another; it is easier to establish friendships with people that one has a lot in common with.


lexentry: eng/birefringence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: birefringence
trans_list: birifrangenza
sense:
(physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium; the property of a material that light passing through it is so split.


lexentry: eng/biretta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biretta
trans_list: berretta
sense:
A square cap, originally with four ridges across the top, surmounted by a tuft, worn by Roman Catholic clergy (and by some in the Anglican Church). A three-sided biretta is worn by Roman Catholic clergy for liturgical celebrations.


lexentry: eng/birth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: birth
trans_list: nascita | parto
sense:
(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.


lexentry: eng/birth_certificate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: birth certificate
trans_list: atto di nascita | certificato di nascita
sense:
An official document certifying the details of a an individual's birth, indicating the name, date, and parents' names, and details such as parents' occupation and religion.


lexentry: eng/birth_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: birth control
trans_list: controllo delle nascite
sense:
Voluntary control of the number of children conceived, especially by the planned use of contraception.


lexentry: eng/birthday__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: birthday
trans_list: data di nascita
sense:
The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.


lexentry: eng/birthday_paradox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: birthday paradox
trans_list: paradosso del compleanno
sense:
(probability theory) The counterintuitive observation that a random group of people needs to have only 23 members before there is a 50% chance of two of them having the same birthday.


lexentry: eng/birthday_problem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: birthday problem
trans_list: paradosso del compleanno
sense:
(probability theory) The mathematics problem that concerns the probability there exist two people in a random group who share a birthday.


lexentry: eng/birthrate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: birthrate
trans_list: tasso di natalità
sense:
The ratio of total live births to total population for a specific community or nation in a specified period; often expressed in births per thousand per year


lexentry: eng/birthright__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: birthright
trans_list: diritto di nascita
sense:
Something a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.


lexentry: eng/birthright_citizenship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: birthright citizenship
trans_list: ius soli
sense:
The right (unconditional or near-unconditional) of anyone born in the territory of a state to nationality or citizenship.


lexentry: eng/biscuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biscuit
trans_list: biscotto | biscottino
sense:
(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes, Canada, rare) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.


lexentry: eng/bisector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bisector
trans_list: bisettrice
sense:
(geometry) A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts.


lexentry: eng/bisexual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bisexual
trans_list: bisessuale
sense:
(of humans, or, other animals) Sexually attracted to both same-gendered and different-gendered partners. Similar to pansexual


lexentry: eng/bisexual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bisexual
trans_list: bisessuale | ermafrodita
sense:
(rare) Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.


lexentry: eng/bisexuality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bisexuality
trans_list: bisessualità
sense:
(of humans or other animals) The state of being sexually or romantically attracted to members of either sex or gender.


lexentry: eng/bishop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bishop
trans_list: vescovo | vescova
sense:
(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.


lexentry: eng/bishop__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: bishop
trans_list: alfiere
sense:
(chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.


lexentry: eng/bissextile__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bissextile
trans_list: bisestile
sense:
Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st.


lexentry: eng/bistort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bistort
trans_list: bistorta
sense:
Any of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers.


lexentry: eng/bit__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: bit
trans_list: ottavo di dollaro
sense:
(now, US) A unit of currency or coin in the Americas worth a fraction of a Spanish dollar; now specifically, an eighth of a US dollar.


lexentry: eng/bitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bitch
trans_list: troia | stronza | puttana
sense:
(vulgar, offensive) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/bite__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: bite
trans_list: mordere
sense:
(intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.


lexentry: eng/bite_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bite off
trans_list: rompersi il culo
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic, sometimes followed by on) To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges.


lexentry: eng/bite_one's_tongue__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bite one's tongue
trans_list: mordersi la lingua
sense:
(idiomatic) To resist the urge to speak out, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute.


lexentry: eng/bite_the_hand_that_feeds_one__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bite the hand that feeds one
trans_list: mordere la mano che ti nutre | sputare nel piatto in cui si mangia
sense:
(idiomatic) To cause harm to a benefactor (especially one that one is dependent on, thus with the idea that this behaviour is self-damaging).


lexentry: eng/bitstock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bitstock
trans_list: girabacchino | menarola
sense:
A hand tool consisting of a crank which holds a fitted rotating drill bit tip, designed to bore holes in rigid materials, by cutting a disc in a spiral fashion.


lexentry: eng/bitter_almond__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bitter almond
trans_list: mandorla amara
sense:
The seed of this tree, which is unpalatably bitter and bears many times the cyanide of the sweet almond.


lexentry: eng/bitter_vetch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bitter vetch
trans_list: mochi | ervo | girlo
sense:
A plant with bitter, lentil-like seeds that are edible with special processing, but are now mostly fed to livestock, Vicia ervilia.


lexentry: eng/bitters__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bitters
trans_list: bitter
sense:
A liquid used in mixed drinks or as a tonic into which bitter herbs have been steeped (it can also be found in powdered form for adding to mixed drinks).


lexentry: eng/bitumen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bitumen
trans_list: bitume | asfalto
sense:
A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.


lexentry: eng/bivalve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bivalve
trans_list: bivalve
sense:
Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.


lexentry: eng/biwa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: biwa
trans_list: biwa
sense:
A plucked lute, originating in the classical and traditional music of Japan, characterized by a pear-shaped body and four or five high frets, giving the instrument a distinctively twangy tone.


lexentry: eng/bizarre__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bizarre
trans_list: bizzarro
sense:
Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.


lexentry: eng/black-backed_jackal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black-backed jackal
trans_list: sciacallo dalla gualdrappa
sense:
A jackal of species Canis mesomelas, which inhabits the southernmost and central-eastern regions of the African continent.


lexentry: eng/black-crested_antshrike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black-crested antshrike
trans_list: Averla formichiera crestanera
sense:
A South American passerine bird in the antbird family, living in undergrowth in mangrove or other swampy forest and thickets near water, Sakesphorus canadensis.


lexentry: eng/black-crowned_night_heron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black-crowned night heron
trans_list: nitticora
sense:
A medium-sized heron, Nycticorax nycticorax, found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia.


lexentry: eng/black-footed_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black-footed cat
trans_list: gatto dai piedi neri
sense:
Felis nigripes, the smallest African cat, endemic in the south west arid zone of the southern African subregion.


lexentry: eng/black-headed_gull__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black-headed gull
trans_list: gabbiano comune
sense:
A small gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada.


lexentry: eng/black-throated_diver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black-throated diver
trans_list: strolaga mezzana
sense:
Gavia arctica, a medium-sized member of the loon or diver family that breeds in Eurasia, with grey head, black throat, white underparts and chequered black-and-white mantle.


lexentry: eng/black__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: black
trans_list: nero
sense:
(US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.


lexentry: eng/black__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: black
trans_list: nero
sense:
(sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)


lexentry: eng/black__Adjective__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: black
trans_list: nero
sense:
(board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).


lexentry: eng/black__Adjective__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: black
trans_list: nero
sense:
Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.


lexentry: eng/black__Adjective__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: black
trans_list: nero
sense:
Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.


lexentry: eng/black__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black
trans_list: nero | nera
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.


lexentry: eng/black__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: black
trans_list: nero | nera
sense:
(sometimes capitalised, countable, often, offensive) A member of descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes.)


lexentry: eng/black_alder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black alder
trans_list: ontano nero | ontano comune
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A tree (Alnus glutinosa), of many practical uses, growing in moist conditions in Europe.


lexentry: eng/black_bloc__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black bloc
trans_list: black bloc
sense:
Any group of individuals who join a protest or demonstration, wearing black clothing including items to protect and/or conceal their faces and often engaging in violence and vandalism; the tactic of forming and participating in such a group.


lexentry: eng/black_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black box
trans_list: scatola nera | registratore di volo
sense:
(informal, aviation) A flight recorder; the brightly colored cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in an aircraft designed to aid in determining the cause of an accident.


lexentry: eng/black_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: black box
trans_list: scatola nera
sense:
A theoretical construct or device with known input and output characteristics but unknown method of operation.


lexentry: eng/black_caraway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black caraway
trans_list: cumino nero
sense:
A Middle-Eastern spice plant related to buttercups, Nigella sativa, with dark black, aromatic seeds.


lexentry: eng/black_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black eye
trans_list: occhio nero
sense:
A periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.


lexentry: eng/black_goby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black goby
trans_list: chiozzo nero
sense:
Any of the species Gobius niger of ray-finned fishes, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.


lexentry: eng/black_hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: black hole
trans_list: buco nero
sense:
(astronomy) A gravitationally domineering celestial body with an event horizon from which even light cannot escape; the most dense material in the universe, condensed into a singularity, usually formed by a collapsing massive star. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/black_horehound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black horehound
trans_list: ballota | cimiciotto
sense:
The plant Ballota nigra possessing a disagreeable odor. Traditionally used as a medicinal herb as an antispasmodic, stimulant and vermifuge.


lexentry: eng/black_humor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black humor
trans_list: umorismo nero
sense:
A subgenre of comedy and satire that deals with subjects that are believed to be serious or controversial, such as death, divorce, drug abuse, etc.


lexentry: eng/black_ice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black ice
trans_list: ghiaccio nero | vetrone
sense:
A smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement.


lexentry: eng/black_letter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: black letter
trans_list: gotico
sense:
(typography) A Northern European style of type, with contrasting thick-and-thin, angular strokes forming upright letterforms, and usually set with a dark typographic colour on the page.


lexentry: eng/black_locust__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black locust
trans_list: robinia
sense:
A tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to the southeastern United States, but widely planted and naturalized elsewhere in temperate North America, Europe and Asia; considered an invasive species in some areas.


lexentry: eng/black_magic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black magic
trans_list: magia nera
sense:
Magic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing harm.


lexentry: eng/black_mamba__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black mamba
trans_list: mamba nero
sense:
A large venomous snake found in Africa, taxonomic name Dendroaspis polylepis. Despite the name, this species of snake is not black; its colour ranges widely from olive-brown, khaki or grey, sometimes to darker hues, especially when old. The inside of the mouth is black, but in spite of a recent urban legend there is no indication that that has anything to do with the name "black mamba", which is a much older usage than any such suggestion.


lexentry: eng/black_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: black metal
trans_list: black metal
sense:
(music) A subgenre of heavy metal employing fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars, double-kick drumming, raw recording and unconventional song structure, often emphasizing antireligious and misanthropic themes.


lexentry: eng/black_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: black money
trans_list: denaro sporco
sense:
(India) Money that is obtained illegally, especially that which circulates outside the formal financial system in the underworld. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/black_pepper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: black pepper
trans_list: pepe nero | pepe
sense:
The dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form.


lexentry: eng/black_poplar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black poplar
trans_list: pioppo
sense:
Any of species Populus nigra of poplars found in Europe, southwest and central Asia, and northwest Africa.


lexentry: eng/black_rat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black rat
trans_list: ratto nero
sense:
A common species of rat, Rattus rattus, originating anciently in Asia but now distributed worldwide.


lexentry: eng/black_rice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black rice
trans_list: riso venere
sense:
A type of rice of the species Oryza sativa L. which is black or dark purple in colour and often glutinous.


lexentry: eng/black_salsify__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black salsify
trans_list: scorzonera di Spagna | scorzonera
sense:
A perennial member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), cultivated as a root vegetable (Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, syn. Scorzonera hispanica).


lexentry: eng/black_smoker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black smoker
trans_list: fumarola nera
sense:
(geology, oceanography) A kind of hydrothermal vent found on the seabed, emitting clouds of black material.


lexentry: eng/black_stork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black stork
trans_list: cicogna nera
sense:
A large bird of species Ciconia nigra in the stork family Ciconiidae, wintering in tropical Africa, found in much of western Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/black_swan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black swan
trans_list: cigno nero
sense:
Cygnus atratus, a swan with black plumage and a red bill which is endemic to Australia. [from c. 1700]


lexentry: eng/black_swan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: black swan
trans_list: mosca bianca
sense:
Something believed impossible or not to exist, especially if an example is subsequently found; also, something extremely rare; a rara avis.


lexentry: eng/black_tea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black tea
trans_list: tè nero
sense:
Tea leaves which have been "fermented" (actually, oxidized) before drying to enhance their flavour (cf. green tea).


lexentry: eng/black_truffle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: black truffle
trans_list: tartufo nero
sense:
A species of truffle, Tuber melanosporum, darker than the white truffle, most commonly from France but also found in other parts of Europe, that is prized as a culinary ingredient.


lexentry: eng/blackamoor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blackamoor
trans_list: moro
sense:
(archaic, heraldry, now, often, offensive) A person with dark black skin, especially one from north Africa.


lexentry: eng/blackbird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blackbird
trans_list: merlo
sense:
A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/blackboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blackboard
trans_list: lavagna
sense:
A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.


lexentry: eng/blackbody__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blackbody
trans_list: corpo nero
sense:
(physics) a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation and reflects none; it has a characteristic emission spectrum


lexentry: eng/blackhead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blackhead
trans_list: comedone | punto nero
sense:
(countable, medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.


lexentry: eng/blackjack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blackjack
trans_list: ventuno
sense:
(card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.


lexentry: eng/blackjack__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: blackjack
trans_list: manganello
sense:
(weapons) A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma.


lexentry: eng/blackjack__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: blackjack
trans_list: manganello
sense:
(aviation) A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal.


lexentry: eng/blacklist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blacklist
trans_list: blacklist
sense:
(legal, computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, disallowed or blocked.


lexentry: eng/blackshirt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blackshirt
trans_list: squadrista | camicia nera
sense:
(historical, chiefly, in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.


lexentry: eng/blackthorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blackthorn
trans_list: prugnolo
sense:
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.


lexentry: eng/bladder_cherry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bladder cherry
trans_list: alchechengi
sense:
A plant, Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi), having a bright paper-like covering over its fruit, native to southern Europe.


lexentry: eng/blade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: blade
trans_list: pala
sense:
The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.


lexentry: eng/blade__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: blade
trans_list: filo | lama
sense:
(biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.


lexentry: eng/blade__Noun__1
sense_num: 21
written_rep: blade
trans_list: pala | lama
sense:
(mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)


lexentry: eng/blame__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: blame
trans_list: colpa
sense:
(computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.


lexentry: eng/blame__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: blame
trans_list: biasimare | incolpare | dare torto
sense:
(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).


lexentry: eng/blandishment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blandishment
trans_list: blandizia
sense:
(countable) Often in the plural form blandishments: a flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade.


lexentry: eng/blank_check__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blank check
trans_list: assegno in bianco
sense:
(US) A signed check of the type used to draw money from a bank account, containing no information as to the amount to be paid with it, so that any amount can be filled in.


lexentry: eng/blank_check__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: blank check
trans_list: carta bianca
sense:
(US) A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.


lexentry: eng/blank_verse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blank verse
trans_list: verso sciolto
sense:
(poetry) A poetic form with regular meter, particularly iambic pentameter, but no fixed rhyme scheme.


lexentry: eng/blanket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blanket
trans_list: coperta
sense:
A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.


lexentry: eng/blasphemy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blasphemy
trans_list: bestemmia | blasfemia
sense:
An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.


lexentry: eng/blast_furnace__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: blast furnace
trans_list: altoforno
sense:
(metallurgy) As above, but specifically such a furnace where the fuel and the ore are intermixed, as for example when coke and iron ore are burned together.


lexentry: eng/blastema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blastema
trans_list: blastema
sense:
(physiology) A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.


lexentry: eng/blastpipe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blastpipe
trans_list: cerbottana
sense:
(mechanical engineering, rail transport) A pipe forming part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders up into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the firebox; this speeds up the release of smoke through the chimney.


lexentry: eng/blastula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blastula
trans_list: blastula
sense:
(embryology) An early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid; a blastosphere.


lexentry: eng/blat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blat
trans_list: blat
sense:
The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).


lexentry: eng/bleach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bleach
trans_list: varechina | candeggina | decolorante | sbiancante
sense:
(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.


lexentry: eng/bleach__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bleach
trans_list: sbiancare | imbiancare | candeggiare | decolorare
sense:
(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).


lexentry: eng/bleacher__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bleacher
trans_list: gradinate
sense:
(US, usually, in the plural) A stand of tiered planks used as seating for spectators, often outdoors.


lexentry: eng/bleeder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bleeder
trans_list: emofiliaco
sense:
A person who is easily made to bleed, or who bleeds in unusually large amounts, particularly a hemophiliac.


lexentry: eng/bleep_censor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bleep censor
trans_list: censore di segnale
sense:
(computing) A software module, manually operated by a broadcast technician, putting a five-second broadcast delay on the live content, providing time to censor the audio (and video) feed, and used to censor out what many consider "inappropriate" audio content during a live broadcast signal and replace it with a bleep signal.


lexentry: eng/blender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blender
trans_list: frullatore
sense:
A machine with sharp rotating blades in a bowl, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients.


lexentry: eng/blessed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: blessed
trans_list: beato
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.


lexentry: eng/blessed_thistle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blessed thistle
trans_list: cardo benedetto
sense:
Centaurea benedicta (formerly usually called Cnicus benedictus), a thistle-like plant native to the Mediterranean.


lexentry: eng/blight__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blight
trans_list: obliterare
sense:
(figurative) To impede the development or growth of (an aspect of life); to damage, to ruin, to spoil.


lexentry: eng/blighter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: blighter
trans_list: birbante
sense:
(British, Irish, Commonwealth, often, disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.


lexentry: eng/blimey__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blimey
trans_list: cribbio | dannazione | foccalabindella | miseriaccia | ostia | perbacco
sense:
(Australia, Britain, New Zealand, Ireland) Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc. [From late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/blind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blind
trans_list: tenda
sense:
A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.


lexentry: eng/blind_spot__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: blind spot
trans_list: angolo morto | punto cieco
sense:
(rail transport) The part of the railway/tramway track that cannot be seen in the side mirror or the side window.


lexentry: eng/blindside__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: blindside
trans_list: angolo morto
sense:
(rail transport) A tram/train driver's field of blindness around a tram (trolley/streetcar) or a train; the side areas behind the tram/train driver.


lexentry: eng/bling_bling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bling bling
trans_list: bling bling
sense:
(slang) Shiny jewelry that displays wealth, such as a diamond ring or a stylish gold necklace or bracelet.


lexentry: eng/blink__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: blink
trans_list: battito di ciglia | in un batter d'occhio | occhiata
sense:
(computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.


lexentry: eng/blinker__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: blinker
trans_list: paraocchi
sense:
Chiefly in the plural: a shield attached to the bridle of a horse or other domesticated animal to prevent it from seeing things behind it and to its side.


lexentry: eng/blip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blip
trans_list: maglia
sense:
(electronics) A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.


lexentry: eng/blister__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blister
trans_list: bolla | vescica
sense:
A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.


lexentry: eng/blitz_chess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blitz chess
trans_list: partita lampo
sense:
(chess) Chess played at a quick time control, with each side getting about five minutes to make their moves. Blitz chess is played at a variety of time controls, primarily 3+0 (three minutes per side), 3+2 (three minutes per side plus two extra seconds per move), 5+0, and 5+3.


lexentry: eng/blitzkrieg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blitzkrieg
trans_list: guerra lampo | guerra celere
sense:
A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.


lexentry: eng/blizzard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blizzard
trans_list: tormenta
sense:
A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.


lexentry: eng/blob__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blob
trans_list: grumo
sense:
A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.


lexentry: eng/bloc__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bloc
trans_list: blocco
sense:
A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc, the Eurozone, the European Union.


lexentry: eng/block__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: block
trans_list: blocco | condominio
sense:
(cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.


lexentry: eng/block__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: block
trans_list: ceppo | bozzello | verricello
sense:
A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.


lexentry: eng/block__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: block
trans_list: quartina
sense:
(philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.


lexentry: eng/block__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: block
trans_list: blocco
sense:
(chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.


lexentry: eng/block__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: block
trans_list: blocco | isolato
sense:
A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.


lexentry: eng/block__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: block
trans_list: blocco
sense:
(sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).


lexentry: eng/block__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: block
trans_list: bloccare | impedire
sense:
(transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).


lexentry: eng/block_and_tackle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: block and tackle
trans_list: paranco | polispasto
sense:
A system in which a rope, cable, or chain (the tackle) is passed over pulleys enclosed in two (or rarely more) blocks, one fixed and one attached to a load, which is used to gain mechanical advantage to lift or pull heavy loads.


lexentry: eng/blockade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: blockade
trans_list: blocco
sense:
(by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.


lexentry: eng/blockboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blockboard
trans_list: paniforte
sense:
A compound wood board consisting of nearly square strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood.


lexentry: eng/blockbuster__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: blockbuster
trans_list: successo commerciale
sense:
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.


lexentry: eng/blockchain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blockchain
trans_list: blockchain | catena di blocchi
sense:
A shared record of past transactions in a distributed network, typically used for cryptocurrency. [from 2010s]


lexentry: eng/blog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blog
trans_list: blog | diario in rete
sense:
(Internet) A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)


lexentry: eng/blogosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blogosphere
trans_list: blogosfera
sense:
(Internet) The totality of blogs, especially the unique jargons, cultures and shared interests created by their interconnection. [1999]


lexentry: eng/bloke__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bloke
trans_list: gassiera
sense:
(Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street. [From 1847]


lexentry: eng/blood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood
trans_list: sangue
sense:
A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.


lexentry: eng/blood__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: blood
trans_list: sangue
sense:
A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. (See blood relative, blood relation.)


lexentry: eng/blood_brother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood brother
trans_list: fratello di sangue
sense:
An unrelated male considered to share a brother-like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures.


lexentry: eng/blood_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood cell
trans_list: globulo
sense:
(hematology, cytology) Any of the cells normally found in blood, namely erythrocytes and leukocytes, sometimes including the platelets.


lexentry: eng/blood_clot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood clot
trans_list: trombosi
sense:
(hematology, pathology) A clot formed from platelets and other elements; that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.


lexentry: eng/blood_eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood eagle
trans_list: aquila di sangue
sense:
A method of Viking ritual execution, in which the ribs are opened from the back, and the lungs pulled out and arranged to resemble wings.


lexentry: eng/blood_is_thicker_than_water__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood is thicker than water
trans_list: il sangue non è acqua
sense:
(family, idiomatic) Family relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.


lexentry: eng/blood_libel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood libel
trans_list: accusa del sangue
sense:
The false, anti-Semitic accusation that Jews abduct and murder non-Jewish children to use their blood for their religious rituals and holidays.


lexentry: eng/blood_plasma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood plasma
trans_list: plasma sanguigno
sense:
(hematology) The clear fluid portion of blood in which the red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets are suspended; forms serum upon clotting.


lexentry: eng/blood_poisoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood poisoning
trans_list: sepsi
sense:
(pathology) The presence in the bloodstream of microorganisms or their toxins in sufficient quantity to cause serious illness; sepsis or septicemia.


lexentry: eng/blood_pressure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood pressure
trans_list: pressione del sangue | pressione sanguigna | pressione
sense:
The pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins; it varies during the heartbeat cycle, and according to a person's age, health and physical condition.


lexentry: eng/blood_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood test
trans_list: esame del sangue
sense:
(medicine, hematology) A laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or by fingerprick.


lexentry: eng/blood_transfusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood transfusion
trans_list: trasfusione | trasfusione di sangue
sense:
(medicine) The taking of blood from one individual and inserting it or blood-based products into the circulatory system of another.


lexentry: eng/blood_type__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood type
trans_list: gruppo sanguigno
sense:
Any classification of human blood by the presence or absence of various antigens in a person’s red blood cells.


lexentry: eng/blood_type__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood type
trans_list: gruppo sanguigno
sense:
One of eight possible classifications within the ABO and Rh blood group systems, commonly used to determine a person's compatibility for blood transfusion.


lexentry: eng/blood_vessel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blood vessel
trans_list: vaso sanguigno
sense:
(anatomy) A component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood.


lexentry: eng/bloodhound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bloodhound
trans_list: segugio
sense:
A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners.


lexentry: eng/bloodletting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bloodletting
trans_list: salasso
sense:
(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.


lexentry: eng/bloodlust__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bloodlust
trans_list: sete di sangue
sense:
A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture.


lexentry: eng/bloodroot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bloodroot
trans_list: cinquefoglia tormetilla
sense:
A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring.


lexentry: eng/bloody_dock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bloody dock
trans_list: romice rosso | romice sanguineo
sense:
A herb named for its characteristic red or purple veins, used in moderate amounts in salads and as ornamental vegetable, Rumex sanguineus.


lexentry: eng/bloody_mary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bloody mary
trans_list: bloody mary
sense:
A cocktail made from vodka, tomato juice, and usually other spices or flavorings, such as Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, beef consommé or bouillon, horseradish, celery or celery salt, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice.


lexentry: eng/bloom__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bloom
trans_list: fioritura
sense:
(uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.


lexentry: eng/bloom__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: bloom
trans_list: pruina
sense:
The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.


lexentry: eng/blooming__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: blooming
trans_list: fiorente
sense:
Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.


lexentry: eng/blooper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: blooper
trans_list: papera | strafalcione
sense:
(film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident and/or mistake.


lexentry: eng/blossom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blossom
trans_list: bocciolo
sense:
A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.


lexentry: eng/blouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: blouse
trans_list: camicetta | blusa | camicia
sense:
(fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.


lexentry: eng/blow__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: blow
trans_list: soffiare
sense:
(transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.


lexentry: eng/blow__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: blow
trans_list: far saltare
sense:
(transitive, with "up", or, with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.


lexentry: eng/blow_off_steam__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blow off steam
trans_list: sfogarsi
sense:
(idiomatic) To vent; to talk or take action (especially in a ranting or unrestrained way) so as to relieve stress.


lexentry: eng/blow_one's_nose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blow one's nose
trans_list: soffiarsi il naso | soffiarsi
sense:
To expel mucus or other matter from one's nasal passages, via one's nostril, by force of lung power.


lexentry: eng/blow_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: blow out
trans_list: crepare
sense:
(transitive) To destroy or degrade (something) quickly, especially inadvertently and prematurely; for example, to deflate (a tire) by puncturing it, to burn out a light bulb by overcurrent, or to injure a bodily joint.


lexentry: eng/blow_out_of_proportion__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blow out of proportion
trans_list: ingigantire
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.


lexentry: eng/blow_the_whistle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blow the whistle
trans_list: dare alla luce
sense:
(idiomatic, usually, with "on") To disclose information to the public or to appropriate authorities concerning the illegal or socially harmful actions of a person or group, especially a corporation or government agency.


lexentry: eng/blow_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: blow up
trans_list: esplodere | saltare in aria
sense:
(transitive, also, _, metaphorically) To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.


lexentry: eng/blowfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blowfish
trans_list: pesce palla
sense:
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.


lexentry: eng/blowhard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blowhard
trans_list: fanfarona | fanfarone | sbruffona | sbruffone
sense:
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner. [from c. 1840]


lexentry: eng/blowjob__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blowjob
trans_list: pompino | bocchino | pompa
sense:
(sex, vulgar, slang) An act of fellatio, or sucking a penis or other phallic object (such as a dildo).


lexentry: eng/blowtorch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blowtorch
trans_list: lampada per saldare
sense:
A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.


lexentry: eng/blubber__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: blubber
trans_list: pannicolo
sense:
The thick coat of fat worn by many Arctic animals, such as sea lions, and Antarctic animals, such as penguins; used to insulate warmth in the animal's body.


lexentry: eng/blue-eyed_boy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blue-eyed boy
trans_list: beniamino
sense:
(idiomatic, informal, usually, derogatory) The favourite, especially a young one, of especially someone in power; a fair-haired boy (US), (Australian)


lexentry: eng/blue-green_alga__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blue-green alga
trans_list: cianobatterio
sense:
Any member of the taxonomic class or phylum Cyanobacteria; a primitive photosynthetic organism similar to bacteria which is thought to have generated the first oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/blue_bonnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: blue bonnet
trans_list: fiordaliso
sense:
Any of several blue flowering plants, especially cornflower, Centaurea cyanus, and plants of the genus Scabiosa. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/blue_catfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blue catfish
trans_list: pesce gatto azzurro
sense:
A very large freshwater catfish native from central North America south to Central America, os species Ictalurus furcatus


lexentry: eng/blue_gum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blue gum
trans_list: febbraio
sense:
Any of various eucalyptus trees having blueish leaves, especially Eucalyptus globulus. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/blue_hour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blue hour
trans_list: ora blu
sense:
The period of twilight when the Sun is approximately 4-8° below the horizon and the sky is within a range of blue colors.


lexentry: eng/blue_jay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blue jay
trans_list: ghiandaia azzurra americana | ghiandaia azzurra
sense:
Any of species Cyanocitta cristata of North American jays with blue feathering from the top of its head to midway down its back.


lexentry: eng/blue_mussel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blue mussel
trans_list: cozza | mitilo | muscolo | peocio
sense:
A medium-sized edible mussel, Mytilus edulis, found on the North Atlantic coast of North America, Europe, and in other temperate and polar waters around the world.


lexentry: eng/blue_rock_thrush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blue rock thrush
trans_list: passera solitaria
sense:
Monticola solitarius, a thrush-like flycatcher found in southern Europe, northern Africa and parts of Asia


lexentry: eng/blue_screen_of_death__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blue screen of death
trans_list: schermo blu della morte
sense:
(computing, informal) An error screen displayed by some operating systems, especially Microsoft Windows, after encountering an unrecoverable error which causes the system to shut down.


lexentry: eng/blue_tit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blue tit
trans_list: cinciarella
sense:
A bird of species Cyanistes caeruleus of tits in family Paridae, with an azure blue crown and dark blue line passing through the eye and encircling the white cheeks to the chin.


lexentry: eng/blue_wildebeest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blue wildebeest
trans_list: gnu striato | gnu azzurro
sense:
A large ungulate mammal of the bovid family and one of two species of wildebeest, (Connochaetes taurinus)


lexentry: eng/blueberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blueberry
trans_list: mirtillo
sense:
(countable) An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.


lexentry: eng/bluebird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bluebird
trans_list: sialia
sense:
Any of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.


lexentry: eng/bluegrass__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bluegrass
trans_list: bluegrass
sense:
(music, uncountable) A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments.


lexentry: eng/blueprint__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: blueprint
trans_list: progetto
sense:
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).


lexentry: eng/blues__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: blues
trans_list: blues
sense:
(music genre) A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.


lexentry: eng/blueshift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blueshift
trans_list: spostamento verso il blu
sense:
(physics) A change in the wavelength of light, in which the wavelength is shorter than when it was emitted at the source.


lexentry: eng/bluethroat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bluethroat
trans_list: pettazzurro
sense:
A small Old World passerine bird, of species Luscinia svecica, the male in spring having a bright blue throat.


lexentry: eng/bluetongue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bluetongue
trans_list: lingua blu
sense:
(uncountable) A disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/bluff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bluff
trans_list: bluff
sense:
An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.


lexentry: eng/bluff__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bluff
trans_list: scogliera
sense:
A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.


lexentry: eng/bluff__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bluff
trans_list: bluffare
sense:
(by analogy) To frighten or deter with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate and gain some advantage.


lexentry: eng/blunderbuss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blunderbuss
trans_list: spingarda | trombone
sense:
An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.


lexentry: eng/blurt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blurt
trans_list: blaterare
sense:
To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.


lexentry: eng/blush__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: blush
trans_list: arrossire
sense:
(intransitive) To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.


lexentry: eng/boa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boa
trans_list: boa
sense:
Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico.


lexentry: eng/boa__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: boa
trans_list: boa
sense:
A type of long scarf; typically made from synthetic or real feathers (or occasionally fur), and usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck.


lexentry: eng/board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: board
trans_list: asse | tavola
sense:
A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.


lexentry: eng/board__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: board
trans_list: quadro
sense:
A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.


lexentry: eng/board__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: board
trans_list: lavagna
sense:
Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.


lexentry: eng/board__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: board
trans_list: abbordare
sense:
(transitive, nautical) To (at least attempt to) capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party.


lexentry: eng/board_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: board game
trans_list: gioco da tavolo
sense:
Any of many games of strategy or chance played on a specially designed board; often involves one or more players moving pieces and using dice or cards.


lexentry: eng/board_of_directors__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: board of directors
trans_list: consiglio d'amministrazione
sense:
A group of people elected by stockholders to establish corporate policies and make management decisions.


lexentry: eng/board_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: board up
trans_list: abbattere
sense:
(transitive) To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.


lexentry: eng/boarding_party__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boarding party
trans_list: gruppo d'assalto
sense:
(nautical) The group of sailors who were selected to board an enemy ship and, when in control, to make such repairs to rigging and sail that the ship could be taken to port as a prize


lexentry: eng/boarding_pass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boarding pass
trans_list: carta d'imbarco
sense:
A document or card, similar to a ticket, needed in order to board an airplane or other mode of transport.


lexentry: eng/boarding_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boarding school
trans_list: internato | collegio | convitto
sense:
A school which provides board and lodging as well as tuition, with students going home during the weekends or between terms.


lexentry: eng/boardwalk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boardwalk
trans_list: passeggiata
sense:
A slightly elevated path for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.


lexentry: eng/boast__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: boast
trans_list: vantarsi | vantare
sense:
(transitive) (used with "about" or "of") To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.


lexentry: eng/boat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boat
trans_list: barca | battello | nave | lancia | natante | schifo
sense:
A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.


lexentry: eng/boathook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boathook
trans_list: gaffa | mezzomarinaro | alighiero
sense:
A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.


lexentry: eng/boatswain's_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boatswain's chair
trans_list: bansigo
sense:
(nautical) A short board or other seating, secured in a bridle of ropes, used to hoist a man aloft or over the ship’s side for painting and similar work.


lexentry: eng/boatswain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boatswain
trans_list: nostromo
sense:
The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.


lexentry: eng/bob__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bob
trans_list: dondolare | ondeggiare | spuntare fuori | traballare
sense:
(intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.


lexentry: eng/bob_haircut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bob haircut
trans_list: caschetto
sense:
A women's haircut in which both the bangs and back are cut in a straight line, with the back generally off the neck.


lexentry: eng/bobolink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bobolink
trans_list: doliconice
sense:
An American migratory songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch.


lexentry: eng/bocal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bocal
trans_list: barattolo
sense:
A curved, tapered metal tube which connects the reed of several double reed woodwind instruments (such as the cor anglais, bassoon, and contrabassoon) to the rest of the instrument.


lexentry: eng/bocce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bocce
trans_list: bocce
sense:
(sports, uncountable) A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court


lexentry: eng/bodice__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bodice
trans_list: corpetto
sense:
Blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piece dress or European folk costume.


lexentry: eng/bodice__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bodice
trans_list: corpetto
sense:
Underbodice: an undershirt for women, (archaic) particularly a corset or other undershirt stiffened with whalebone.


lexentry: eng/bodice_ripper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bodice ripper
trans_list: racconto erotico
sense:
(informal) A romantic novel, usually in a historical setting, with frank depictions of sexual activity, especially one in which the female protagonist is seduced; (by extension) a film, television programme, etc., featuring such activity.


lexentry: eng/bodily_fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bodily fluid
trans_list: umore
sense:
(anatomy) Any liquid portion of the body, such as blood, urine, semen, saliva, especially when expelled.


lexentry: eng/body__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: body
trans_list: carrozzeria | scafo
sense:
The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/body_hair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: body hair
trans_list: pelo
sense:
(anatomy) Hair of the body; in particular, androgenic hair, to the exclusion of facial hair and the hair atop one's head.


lexentry: eng/body_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: body language
trans_list: linguaggio del corpo
sense:
Nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like; often thought to be involuntary.


lexentry: eng/body_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: body language
trans_list: linguaggio del corpo
sense:
Deliberate, usually culturally influenced, nonverbal communication using the body through facial expressions, gestures, dance, mime, etc.


lexentry: eng/body_louse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: body louse
trans_list: amico per la pelle | piattola
sense:
A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus humanus (syn. Pediculus humanus corporis), that infests the body and clothes of humans and feeds on blood.


lexentry: eng/body_mass_index__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: body mass index
trans_list: IMC
sense:
A statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height, used to estimate if a person is underweight or overweight. BMI units are defined as \mathrm{kg}/\mathrm{m}^2 ≈ \mathrm{703*lb}/\mathrm{in}^2.


lexentry: eng/body_of_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: body of water
trans_list: corpo d'acqua | specchio d'acqua
sense:
Any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as an ocean, a river, lake or a bay.


lexentry: eng/body_piercing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: body piercing
trans_list: piercing
sense:
(uncountable) The practice of making an opening in part of the flesh and attaching rings, small barbells or varios other decoration through it.


lexentry: eng/body_snatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: body snatcher
trans_list: ultracorpo
sense:
(historical) One who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, etc., especially by exhuming corpses from graves, a resurrection man.


lexentry: eng/bodybuilder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bodybuilder
trans_list: culturista
sense:
(bodybuilding) A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.


lexentry: eng/bodyweight__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bodyweight
trans_list: a corpo libero
sense:
Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.


lexentry: eng/boffin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boffin
trans_list: scienziato
sense:
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, informal) An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research. [from 1930s]


lexentry: eng/bog_bilberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bog bilberry
trans_list: mirtillo uliginoso
sense:
A shrub native of the cool temperate areas of northern hemisphere, Vaccinium uliginosum, and the berry of that shrub.


lexentry: eng/bogan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bogan
trans_list: gentaglia
sense:
(Australia, NZ, slang, derogatory stereotype) An unsophisticated person from a working class background.


lexentry: eng/bogie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bogie
trans_list: carrello
sense:
(by extension, rail transport, also, attributively) One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle.


lexentry: eng/boil_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: boil down
trans_list: condensare | ridurre | semplificare
sense:
(transitive) To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).


lexentry: eng/boiler__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: boiler
trans_list: caldaia | bollitore | scaldabagno | boiler
sense:
A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.


lexentry: eng/boilerplate__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: boilerplate
trans_list: banalità
sense:
(computing) Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels.


lexentry: eng/boiling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boiling
trans_list: ebollizione
sense:
(countable) The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.


lexentry: eng/boiling_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boiling point
trans_list: punto di ebollizione
sense:
(physical chemistry, physics) The temperature at which a liquid boils, with the vapor pressure equal to the given external pressure.


lexentry: eng/bok_choy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bok choy
trans_list: cavolo cinese | pe-tsai
sense:
Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, an East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage.


lexentry: eng/bokeh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bokeh
trans_list: bokeh
sense:
(photography) A subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image projected by a camera lens.


lexentry: eng/boldface__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boldface
trans_list: grassetto
sense:
(typography) A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.


lexentry: eng/bolete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bolete
trans_list: boleto
sense:
A type of fruiting body produced by certain fungus species in the order Boletales, especially those of genus Boletus, many of which are prized for their flavour; any species of said order that produces such a fruiting body.


lexentry: eng/boll_weevil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boll weevil
trans_list: antonomo
sense:
A beetle (Anthonomus grandis) measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, native to Central America.


lexentry: eng/bollard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bollard
trans_list: bitta | colonnina | galloccia | paracarro | pilastro | spartitraffico
sense:
A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.


lexentry: eng/bollocks__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bollocks
trans_list: cazzo | merda | puttana
sense:
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, vulgar, slang) An expression of anger, frustration, etc.


lexentry: eng/bollocks__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bollocks
trans_list: balle | coglioni | palle | testicoli
sense:
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, vulgar) The testicles (sometimes used in the singular)


lexentry: eng/bollocks__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bollocks
trans_list: balle | cazzate | coglionata | palle
sense:
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, vulgar) Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.


lexentry: eng/bollocks__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bollocks
trans_list: coglione
sense:
(Ireland, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, vulgar, used as singular) An idiot, an ignorant or disagreeable person.


lexentry: eng/bollocks__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bollocks
trans_list: incasinare
sense:
(transitive, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, vulgar) (also bollocks up) To fail (a task); to make a mess of.


lexentry: eng/bolt__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bolt
trans_list: bullone | chiavistello
sense:
A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.


lexentry: eng/bolt__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bolt
trans_list: otturatore
sense:
(military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.


lexentry: eng/bolt__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: bolt
trans_list: sprangare
sense:
(US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.


lexentry: eng/bolt_bucket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bolt bucket
trans_list: scarcassone
sense:
(idiomatic, slang) A machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.


lexentry: eng/bomb_crater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bomb crater
trans_list: cratere di bomba
sense:
A hole in the ground created by the explosion of a large bomb, usually one dropped by a bomber (aircraft).


lexentry: eng/bombardier_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bombardier beetle
trans_list: bombardiere
sense:
A beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from a number of subfamilies: Carabinae (e.g., Brachinus crepitans), Metriinae (e.g., Stenaptinus insignis) and Paussinae (e.g., Goniotropis nicaraguensis).


lexentry: eng/bombastic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bombastic
trans_list: pomposo | ampolloso | magniloquente
sense:
(of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous


lexentry: eng/bond__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: bond
trans_list: vincolo | cemento | collante | legame
sense:
An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.


lexentry: eng/bondage__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bondage
trans_list: bondage
sense:
(sex) The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling.


lexentry: eng/bondsman__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bondsman
trans_list: avallo
sense:
Someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations.


lexentry: eng/bone-eating_snot_flower_worm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bone-eating snot flower worm
trans_list: verme
sense:
A worm-like creature, Osedax mucofloris, that feeds on the carcasses of minke whales in the North Sea.


lexentry: eng/bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bone
trans_list: osso
sense:
(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.


lexentry: eng/bone_density__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bone density
trans_list: densità minerale ossea
sense:
(medicine) A measure of the amount of mineral in bones, used to estimate the risk of osteoporosis or fractures.


lexentry: eng/bone_marrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bone marrow
trans_list: midollo osseo | midollo
sense:
(anatomy) The fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones, being the place where new blood cells are produced.


lexentry: eng/boned__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: boned
trans_list: fottuta | fottuto
sense:
(slang) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.


lexentry: eng/boneseeker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boneseeker
trans_list: radioisotopo
sense:
(physiology, radiology) Any element, especially a radioisotope, that has a tendency to accumulate in bones.


lexentry: eng/bonfire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bonfire
trans_list: falò | rogo
sense:
A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally (historical) , heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.


lexentry: eng/bong__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bong
trans_list: bong
sense:
A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances, especially cannabis.


lexentry: eng/bonhomie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bonhomie
trans_list: bonomia
sense:
(uncountable) A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.


lexentry: eng/bonito__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bonito
trans_list: palamita
sense:
Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda that are related to and resemble the tuna. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/bonnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bonnet
trans_list: cofano
sense:
(Australia, British, NZ, South Africa, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.


lexentry: eng/boo-boo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: boo-boo
trans_list: bua
sense:
(countable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.


lexentry: eng/boo__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boo
trans_list: bu
sense:
A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from the target, and then appears unexpectedly.


lexentry: eng/boo__Interjection__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: boo
trans_list: bu
sense:
An exclamation used by a member of an audience, as at a stage play or sporting event, to indicate derision or disapproval.


lexentry: eng/boob__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boob
trans_list: tetta | zinna | zizza
sense:
(colloquial, slang, usually, plural) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.


lexentry: eng/booby__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: booby
trans_list: sula
sense:
Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.


lexentry: eng/book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: book
trans_list: libro
sense:
A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.


lexentry: eng/book__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: book
trans_list: blocchetto | libro
sense:
A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.


lexentry: eng/book__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: book
trans_list: ammonire
sense:
(law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.


lexentry: eng/book__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: book
trans_list: ammonire
sense:
(sports) To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.


lexentry: eng/book_of_hours__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: book of hours
trans_list: breviario
sense:
(Christianity, chiefly, _, historical) An illuminated Catholic devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages.


lexentry: eng/bookend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bookend
trans_list: reggilibro
sense:
A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.


lexentry: eng/bookkeeping__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bookkeeping
trans_list: contabilità
sense:
(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.


lexentry: eng/bookmaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bookmaker
trans_list: allibratore | bookmaker
sense:
(gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.


lexentry: eng/bookmobile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bookmobile
trans_list: bibliobus
sense:
A mobile library; especially, a large van designed to transport a portion of some library's collection.


lexentry: eng/bookplate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bookplate
trans_list: ex libris
sense:
A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft.


lexentry: eng/boom__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boom
trans_list: boma
sense:
(sailing) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.


lexentry: eng/boom_barrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boom barrier
trans_list: barriera
sense:
A bar or pole that can be lowered to block vehicular access through a controlled location, or raised to allow traffic to pass.


lexentry: eng/boom_vang__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boom vang
trans_list: vang
sense:
(nautical) A line or piston system on a sailboat used to exert downward force on the boom and thus control the shape of the sail; a martingale.


lexentry: eng/boomerang__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boomerang
trans_list: boomerang | bumerang
sense:
A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training.


lexentry: eng/boon__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: boon
trans_list: regalo
sense:
(Hindu mythology) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.


lexentry: eng/boondoggle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: boondoggle
trans_list: perdita di tempo
sense:
(North American, figuratively, usually, politics) A waste of time and/or money; a pointless activity.


lexentry: eng/boost__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: boost
trans_list: incrementare | potenziare | rafforzare
sense:
(transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.


lexentry: eng/boot__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: boot
trans_list: guaina
sense:
(construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.


lexentry: eng/boot__Verb__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boot
trans_list: avviare | caricare
sense:
(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.


lexentry: eng/booted_eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: booted eagle
trans_list: aquila minore
sense:
Hieraaetus pennatus, a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey with a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia.


lexentry: eng/bootstrap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bootstrap
trans_list: linguetta | tirante
sense:
A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.


lexentry: eng/bootstrap__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bootstrap
trans_list: caricamento
sense:
(computing) The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.


lexentry: eng/bora__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bora
trans_list: bora
sense:
A cold, often dry, northeasterly wind which blows, sometimes in violent gusts, down from mountains on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It also applies to cold, squally, downslope winds in other parts of the world.


lexentry: eng/borage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: borage
trans_list: borragine | borraggine
sense:
Borago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves and stems, used in salads and cooked.


lexentry: eng/borax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: borax
trans_list: borace
sense:
A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.


lexentry: eng/border_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: border control
trans_list: controllo di frontiera
sense:
Measures taken by a state or a bloc of states to monitor its borders and regulate the movement of people, animals, and goods across the border.


lexentry: eng/bore__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bore
trans_list: calibro
sense:
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.


lexentry: eng/bore__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bore
trans_list: alesare | scavare
sense:
(intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.


lexentry: eng/boric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boric acid
trans_list: acido borico
sense:
(inorganic compound) H3BO3; B(OH)3; a white crystalline solid, soluble in hot water to form a weak acid. Used as a mild antiseptic, flame retardant, insecticide, and in the manufacture of borax and other borate salts.


lexentry: eng/boron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boron
trans_list: boro
sense:
The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder.


lexentry: eng/borrow__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: borrow
trans_list: importare
sense:
(arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.


lexentry: eng/bosom__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bosom
trans_list: intimità | seno
sense:
The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace. [from 15thc.]


lexentry: eng/boson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boson
trans_list: bosone
sense:
(particle) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.


lexentry: eng/boss__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: boss
trans_list: boss
sense:
(video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.


lexentry: eng/boss__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boss
trans_list: umbone
sense:
A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.


lexentry: eng/boss__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boss
trans_list: comandare
sense:
(transitive) To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.


lexentry: eng/boss_around__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boss around
trans_list: comandare a bacchetta
sense:
To act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.


lexentry: eng/bossa_nova__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bossa nova
trans_list: bossa nova
sense:
A genre of music originating from Brazil, similar to a fusion of jazz and samba music, no longer closely associated with the Brazilian dance.


lexentry: eng/bossage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bossage
trans_list: bugnato
sense:
(architecture) A rough, unfinished stone block, which is left projecting from the wall of a building to be later sculpted.


lexentry: eng/bot__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bot
trans_list: bot
sense:
(computing) A piece of software designed to perform a minor but repetitive task automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.


lexentry: eng/botanical_garden__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: botanical garden
trans_list: giardino botanico | orto botanico
sense:
A place where a variety of plants are grown, primarily for scientific or educational reasons, but are normally open to the public, and include ornamental plants from around the world.


lexentry: eng/botch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: botch
trans_list: pastrocchio | guazzabuglio | pasticcio
sense:
An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.


lexentry: eng/botch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: botch
trans_list: rovinare | abborracciare | malfare | pasticciare | raffazzonare
sense:
(transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something


lexentry: eng/botfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: botfly
trans_list: oestridae
sense:
One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.


lexentry: eng/bottle_deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bottle deposit
trans_list: pegno
sense:
A monetary deposit collected at the point of sale when a bottled beverage is purchased, and fully or partially refunded when the empty bottle is returned.


lexentry: eng/bottle_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bottle out
trans_list: sgonfiare
sense:
(UK, informal) To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage or nerve; to run away or back down from a contest or challenge.


lexentry: eng/bottled_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bottled water
trans_list: acqua in bottiglia
sense:
Drinking water sold by bottle, either natural or processed by e.g. filtering, carbonation or mineralization.


lexentry: eng/bottlenose_dolphin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bottlenose dolphin
trans_list: tursiope
sense:
One of the species of gray dolphin in the genus Tursiops, between 2 and 4 meters in length inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide.


lexentry: eng/bottom__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: bottom
trans_list: passivo
sense:
(LGBT, _, slang) A man, trans woman, or other person with a penis, who prefers the receptive role in anal sex.


lexentry: eng/bottom_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bottom line
trans_list: saldo
sense:
(countable, uncountable, business) The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.


lexentry: eng/bottomless_pit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bottomless pit
trans_list: pozzo senza fondo
sense:
(figuratively) A person with an apparently boundless appetite; an entity or problem which consumes seemingly endless resources.


lexentry: eng/botulin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: botulin
trans_list: botulino
sense:
An extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of botulism.


lexentry: eng/botulism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: botulism
trans_list: botulismo
sense:
(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.


lexentry: eng/bougainvillea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bougainvillea
trans_list: buganvillea
sense:
Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.


lexentry: eng/bouillon_cube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bouillon cube
trans_list: dado
sense:
(Canada, US) A small cube, consisting of dry ingredients, that can be dissolved to make a broth or soup stock.


lexentry: eng/bouncer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bouncer
trans_list: buttafuori
sense:
(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble.


lexentry: eng/bouncing_castle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bouncing castle
trans_list: castello gonfiabile
sense:
A large inflatable structure, resembling a castle etc., on which children jump and play as on a trampoline.


lexentry: eng/bound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bound
trans_list: frontiera | confine
sense:
(often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.


lexentry: eng/bound_variable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bound variable
trans_list: variabile apparente
sense:
(programming) A variable that is associated with a value, and therefore a variable that has an allocated storage location. If the programming language implements a representation of a canonical unknown value, infinity, etc., the value bound to the variable may be one of these.


lexentry: eng/bounty__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bounty
trans_list: compenso | ingaggio | paga | premio | premio di arruolamento | retribuzione
sense:
(military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.


lexentry: eng/bourgeois__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bourgeois
trans_list: borghese
sense:
(Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually, _, pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.


lexentry: eng/boustrophedon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boustrophedon
trans_list: scrittura bustrofedica
sense:
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.


lexentry: eng/bovarysm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bovarysm
trans_list: bovarismo
sense:
(psychology) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.


lexentry: eng/bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
trans_list: encefalopatia spongiforme bovina
sense:
(disease, neurology) A fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues.


lexentry: eng/bow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bow
trans_list: arco | archetto
sense:
A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.


lexentry: eng/bow__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: bow
trans_list: fiocco
sense:
A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.


lexentry: eng/bow__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: bow
trans_list: arco | archetto
sense:
Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.


lexentry: eng/bow__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bow
trans_list: inchino
sense:
A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence


lexentry: eng/bow__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bow
trans_list: curvare | curvarsi | incurvare | incurvarsi | piegare | piegarsi
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.


lexentry: eng/bow_grip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bow grip
trans_list: passeggino
sense:
(musical instruments, lutherie) The small section of a stringed instrument's bow near the heel having grippy material such as goatskin leather or snakeskin wrapped tightly around the bow stick between the lapping and the frog, so as to facilitate it being held and to protect the stick.


lexentry: eng/bow_saw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bow saw
trans_list: sega ad arco
sense:
A lightweight metal-framed saw in the shape of a bow with a removable coarse wide blade, used for cutting tree trunks.


lexentry: eng/bow_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bow wave
trans_list: onda di prua
sense:
The wave that forms at the bow of a ship as it moves through the water, and defines the outer limits of the ship's wake.


lexentry: eng/bowdlerize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bowdlerize
trans_list: censurare
sense:
(transitive) To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.


lexentry: eng/bower__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bower
trans_list: alburno
sense:
(ornithology) A large structure made of grass, twigs, etc., and decorated with bright objects, used by male bower birds during courtship displays.


lexentry: eng/bower_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bower bird
trans_list: uccello giardiniere
sense:
Any bird of the Australasian family Ptilonorhynchidae noted for building display structures (bowers) and decorating them with bright objects such as shells, glass, flowers, etc.


lexentry: eng/bowfin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bowfin
trans_list: amia
sense:
A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva, the last survivor of the order Amiiformes, found in the fresh waters of the United States.


lexentry: eng/bowhead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bowhead
trans_list: balena della Groenlandia
sense:
A large baleen whale, Balaena mysticetus, having a large, rounded head, that inhabits Arctic waters.


lexentry: eng/bowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bowl
trans_list: scodella | ciotola | tazza | terrina
sense:
A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.


lexentry: eng/bowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bowl
trans_list: fornello
sense:
(cooking) A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.


lexentry: eng/bowl_a_googly__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bowl a googly
trans_list: cogliere di sorpresa
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic, UK, figuratively) to surprise (someone); to introduce (to someone) something unexpected, underhand or requiring a quick reaction or correction.


lexentry: eng/bowl_cut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bowl cut
trans_list: taglio a scodella
sense:
(hairstyling) A haircut where the hair is cut short on the sides and back and allowed to grow long on the top, as though only the hair not covered by an inverted bowl had been removed.


lexentry: eng/bowleg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bowleg
trans_list: gambestorte
sense:
A leg that curves outward at the knee. It might refer to the leg of a human, animal or even a piece of furniture.


lexentry: eng/bowline__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bowline
trans_list: bolina
sense:
(nautical) A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.


lexentry: eng/bowling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bowling
trans_list: bowling
sense:
A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling


lexentry: eng/bowls__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bowls
trans_list: bocce
sense:
A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.


lexentry: eng/bowser__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bowser
trans_list: camion cisterna
sense:
A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.


lexentry: eng/bowsprit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bowsprit
trans_list: bompresso
sense:
(ship parts) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.


lexentry: eng/box-office_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: box-office bomb
trans_list: fallimento al botteghino
sense:
(informal) A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.


lexentry: eng/box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: box
trans_list: conchiglia | sospensorio
sense:
(cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.


lexentry: eng/box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: box
trans_list: casella
sense:
(fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.


lexentry: eng/box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: box
trans_list: casella | cornice | deposito | riquadro
sense:
A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.


lexentry: eng/box__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: box
trans_list: bosso
sense:
Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.


lexentry: eng/box__Noun__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: box
trans_list: bosso
sense:
(Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees.


lexentry: eng/box_plot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: box plot
trans_list: diagramma a scatola e baffi
sense:
(statistics) A graphical summary of a numerical data sample through five statistics: median, lower quartile, upper quartile, and some indication of more extreme upper and lower values.


lexentry: eng/box_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: box tree
trans_list: bosso
sense:
(botany) Any of several trees, of the genus Buxus, often used as a hedge, for topiary, and as a source of boxwood


lexentry: eng/box_wine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: box wine
trans_list: vino in scatola
sense:
(packaging) A type of wine that is sealed in a plastic bladder and packaged in a cardboard box; cask wine.


lexentry: eng/boxer_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boxer engine
trans_list: boxer
sense:
(automotive) An engine with two horizontally opposed cylinder banks, commonly used in Porsche and Subaru automobiles.


lexentry: eng/boxing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boxing
trans_list: pugilato | boxe
sense:
(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.


lexentry: eng/boy__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: boy
trans_list: ragazzo
sense:
(informal, sometimes mildly derogatory) A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).


lexentry: eng/boy__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: boy
trans_list: ragazzo
sense:
(obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave. [14th–17th c.]


lexentry: eng/boy__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: boy
trans_list: ragazzo | negro
sense:
A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/boyar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boyar
trans_list: boiaro
sense:
(historical) A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.


lexentry: eng/boyau__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boyau
trans_list: budello
sense:
(military) A small trench or ditch, typically built in a zigzag pattern, serving to connect or provide communication between two trenches, particularly the rear and front lines.


lexentry: eng/boycott__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boycott
trans_list: boicottare
sense:
To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.


lexentry: eng/brace__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: brace
trans_list: bretella
sense:
A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.


lexentry: eng/brachialis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brachialis
trans_list: brachiale
sense:
(anatomy) A muscle in the upper arm that flexes the elbow joint, in conjunction with the biceps brachii.


lexentry: eng/brachiosaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brachiosaur
trans_list: brachiosauro
sense:
Any of several massive, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Brachiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.


lexentry: eng/brachiosaurus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brachiosaurus
trans_list: brachiosauro
sense:
A large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, Brachiosaurus altithorax, which lived during the Jurassic period.


lexentry: eng/brachycephaly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brachycephaly
trans_list: brachicefalia
sense:
(pathology) A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad.


lexentry: eng/brachytherapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brachytherapy
trans_list: brachiterapia
sense:
Radiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume, typically with radiopharmaceuticals as opposed to external-beam sources.


lexentry: eng/bracken__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bracken
trans_list: felce | felce aquilina
sense:
(uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.


lexentry: eng/bracket__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: bracket
trans_list: parentesi
sense:
Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.


lexentry: eng/brackish__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brackish
trans_list: salmastro | salmastra
sense:
(of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.


lexentry: eng/bract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bract
trans_list: brattea
sense:
(botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.


lexentry: eng/bradycardia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bradycardia
trans_list: bradicardia
sense:
(medicine, cardiology) The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.


lexentry: eng/bradyseism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bradyseism
trans_list: bradisismo
sense:
(vulcanology) A gradual uplift or descent of part of the Earth's surface caused by the filling or emptying of an underground magma chamber and/or hydrothermal activity, particularly in volcanic calderas


lexentry: eng/brag__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brag
trans_list: vantarsi
sense:
(intransitive) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.


lexentry: eng/brahmin__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: brahmin
trans_list: bramino
sense:
(chiefly, US, capitalized) A member of a social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA.


lexentry: eng/braid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: braid
trans_list: treccia
sense:
A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/braid__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: braid
trans_list: intrecciare
sense:
(transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.


lexentry: eng/braille__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: braille
trans_list: braille
sense:
A system of writing in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.


lexentry: eng/brain-washing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brain-washing
trans_list: lavaggio del cervello
sense:
A form of indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favour of another set of beliefs by conditioning through various forms of pressure or torture


lexentry: eng/brain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brain
trans_list: cervello | cervella
sense:
The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.


lexentry: eng/brain_drain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brain drain
trans_list: fuga di cervelli | fuga dei cervelli
sense:
The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or richer countries.


lexentry: eng/brain_mushroom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brain mushroom
trans_list: falsa morchella | marugola | spongino | spugnola bastarda | spugnola falsa
sense:
A fungus common in Europe and North America and one of several species of fungi known as false morels, especially Gyromitra esculenta.


lexentry: eng/brain_stem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brain stem
trans_list: tronco encefalico
sense:
(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and the rest of the forebrain.


lexentry: eng/brainchild__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brainchild
trans_list: frutto ingegno
sense:
(informal) A creation of one's brain; an original idea or innovation of a person or group of people, an organization, etc.


lexentry: eng/brains__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: brains
trans_list: testa pensante
sense:
(informal, with "the") The intelligent person or people in a group: the director, planner, administrator, etc.


lexentry: eng/brainwash__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brainwash
trans_list: fare il lavaggio del cervello
sense:
(psychology) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)


lexentry: eng/braise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: braise
trans_list: brasare
sense:
(cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.


lexentry: eng/brake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brake
trans_list: freno
sense:
(engineering) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.


lexentry: eng/brake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brake
trans_list: freno
sense:
A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/brake_fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brake fluid
trans_list: fluido freni
sense:
A special fluid for operating hydraulic brakes and clutches, which are linked by pipe to a master cylinder.


lexentry: eng/brake_light__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: brake light
trans_list: luci d'arresto
sense:
(transportation, automotive) A light on a vehicle's instrument panel indicating a failure or malfunction of the vehicle's brake system.


lexentry: eng/brake_shoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brake shoe
trans_list: ganascia
sense:
(mechanical engineering) An element of a drum brake into which the friction-producing brake lining is attached.


lexentry: eng/braking_distance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: braking distance
trans_list: distanza di arresto
sense:
The distance travelled by a vehicle between the time that the brakes are applied and the vehicle coming to rest


lexentry: eng/brambling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brambling
trans_list: peppola
sense:
A finch, Fringilla montifringilla of northern Eurasia, the male having a black head in summer and an orange breast with white belly and a long white rump.


lexentry: eng/bran__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bran
trans_list: crusca | semola
sense:
The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.


lexentry: eng/branch__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: branch
trans_list: ramo
sense:
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.


lexentry: eng/branchial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: branchial
trans_list: branchiale
sense:
Of, pertaining to, or resembling gills; of or pertaining to the embryonic branchial arches and clefts from which the gills arise.


lexentry: eng/brand__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: brand
trans_list: marchio a fuoco
sense:
A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.


lexentry: eng/brand__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: brand
trans_list: marca
sense:
The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.


lexentry: eng/brand_loyalty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brand loyalty
trans_list: fedeltà alla marca
sense:
(business, marketing) The positive feelings towards a brand and dedication to purchase the same product or service repeatedly, regardless of deficiencies, a competitor's actions, or changes in the environment.


lexentry: eng/brandish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brandish
trans_list: brandire
sense:
(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.


lexentry: eng/brane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brane
trans_list: brana
sense:
(physics) A hypothetical object extending across a number of (often specified) spatial dimensions, with strings in string theory seen as one-dimensional examples.


lexentry: eng/bras_d'honneur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bras d'honneur
trans_list: gesto dell'ombrello | ombrello
sense:
An obscene gesture in which an arm is bent into an L-shape, with the closed palm pointing upwards, while the other hand then grips the biceps of the bent arm, and the bent forearm is then raised vertically; it conveys the sense of “up yours!”.


lexentry: eng/brash__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brash
trans_list: avventato
sense:
(of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.


lexentry: eng/brass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brass
trans_list: ottone
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.


lexentry: eng/brass__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: brass
trans_list: bronzo | ottoni
sense:
(music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; the section of an orchestra that features such instruments


lexentry: eng/brass__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: brass
trans_list: bossolo
sense:
Spent shell casings (usually made of brass); the part of the cartridge left over after bullets have been fired.


lexentry: eng/brass__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: brass
trans_list: gallonato
sense:
(military, business, or, other organizations, uncountable, used as a singular or plural noun, metonym) High-ranking officers.


lexentry: eng/brass_instrument__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brass instrument
trans_list: strumento ad ancia
sense:
Any musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a mouthpiece (or tubular resonator).


lexentry: eng/brawn__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: brawn
trans_list: testa in cassetta
sense:
(chiefly, British) Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.


lexentry: eng/bray__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bray
trans_list: ragliare
sense:
(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.


lexentry: eng/brazen__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: brazen
trans_list: ignorare sfacciatamente
sense:
(transitive) Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc. [from 1550s.]


lexentry: eng/brazen_bull__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brazen bull
trans_list: toro di Falaride
sense:
An ancient torture device, supposed to have been devised by Perillos of Athens, consisting of a hollow bull fashioned from brass in which victims were imprisoned and burned to death.


lexentry: eng/brazier__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brazier
trans_list: braciere | calderaio | ottonario
sense:
An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal for a source of light or heat.


lexentry: eng/brazilwood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brazilwood
trans_list: pernambuco
sense:
A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.


lexentry: eng/breach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breach
trans_list: breccia
sense:
A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence


lexentry: eng/breadcrumb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breadcrumb
trans_list: pangrattato | briciola | mollica
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread.


lexentry: eng/breadfruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breadfruit
trans_list: albero del pane
sense:
An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.


lexentry: eng/breadstick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breadstick
trans_list: grissino
sense:
A long, very slender loaf of crisp bread smaller than a baguette; for example, grissini from Italy and rosquilletas from Spain.


lexentry: eng/breadth-first_search__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breadth-first search
trans_list: visita in ampiezza
sense:
(graph theory) A search algorithm that begins at the root node and explores all the neighboring nodes.


lexentry: eng/break-even_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: break-even point
trans_list: punto di pareggio
sense:
(business, management) The point where total costs equal total revenue and the organization neither makes a profit nor suffers a loss.


lexentry: eng/break-in__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: break-in
trans_list: effrazione
sense:
The act of entering a place with the intent to steal or commit some other offense; an instance of breaking and entering.


lexentry: eng/break__Verb__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: break
trans_list: contrattaccare
sense:
(transitive, gaming, _, slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.


lexentry: eng/break__Verb__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: break
trans_list: apparire | dissiparsi | esaurire | esaurirsi | fare capolino | nascere
sense:
(specifically, in, _, programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.


lexentry: eng/break__Verb__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: break
trans_list: fracassarsi | frantumarsi | infrangersi
sense:
(intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water. A wave breaking.


lexentry: eng/break__Verb__1
sense_num: 28
written_rep: break
trans_list: rompere | fratturare | rompersi | spezzare | apparire | chiudere
sense:
(intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.


lexentry: eng/break__Verb__1
sense_num: 29
written_rep: break
trans_list: frantumare | oltrepassare | sfondare | superare
sense:
(transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.


lexentry: eng/break__Verb__1
sense_num: 31
written_rep: break
trans_list: degradare | retrocedere
sense:
(transitive, military, most often in the, _, passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.


lexentry: eng/break_a_lance__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: break a lance
trans_list: battagliare
sense:
(intransitive) to take a stand, to contend [with for ‘to the benefit of’] [with in favour of ‘to the benefit of’] [with against ‘in opposition to’] [with with ‘in opposition to’]


lexentry: eng/break_a_leg__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: break a leg
trans_list: in bocca al lupo! | in culo alla balena!
sense:
(idiomatic) Said to someone wishing they perform well in a theatrical production or comparable endeavor.


lexentry: eng/break_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: break down
trans_list: decomporre | digerire | elaborare | guastarsi | rompersi
sense:
(ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.


lexentry: eng/break_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: break down
trans_list: partizionare | suddividere
sense:
(ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.


lexentry: eng/break_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: break in
trans_list: rodare
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To cause (something, or someone, new) to function more naturally through use or wear


lexentry: eng/break_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: break off
trans_list: scendere
sense:
(transitive, slang, AAVE) To give (someone) (something); to allow (someone) to take (something); to grant (someone) a share or portion of (something).


lexentry: eng/break_one's_fast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: break one's fast
trans_list: fare colazione | rompere il digiuno
sense:
(dated) To eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food.


lexentry: eng/break_the_fourth_wall__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: break the fourth wall
trans_list: rompere la quarta parete
sense:
(idiomatic, fiction) To apparently communicate with reality directly, such as when characters of literature comment on the existence of a reader.


lexentry: eng/break_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: break up
trans_list: concludere | finire | interrompere | lasciarsi | rompere | separarsi
sense:
(intransitive, telecommunications) Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.


lexentry: eng/break_wind__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: break wind
trans_list: mollarne una
sense:
(idiomatic, euphemistic) To expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart or flatulate.


lexentry: eng/breakaway__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: breakaway
trans_list: fuga
sense:
(ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.


lexentry: eng/breaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: breaker
trans_list: cavallone
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard


lexentry: eng/breakfast_cereal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breakfast cereal
trans_list: cereale | cereale da colazione | cereale da prima colazione
sense:
A food made from processed grains, such as maize, oats, wheat or rice, usually eaten for breakfast with milk and sometimes sugar.


lexentry: eng/breaking_and_entering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breaking and entering
trans_list: effrazione
sense:
(legal) The crime of gaining unauthorized entry into another's property, usually by breaking part of a building (a lock, door, window, etc.)


lexentry: eng/breakwater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breakwater
trans_list: frangiflutti | frangimare | frangionde
sense:
A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.


lexentry: eng/breakwater__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: breakwater
trans_list: bulbo
sense:
(nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.


lexentry: eng/breakwater__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: breakwater
trans_list: diga foranea
sense:
(on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.


lexentry: eng/bream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bream
trans_list: breme | abramide comune
sense:
A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.


lexentry: eng/bream__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bream
trans_list: breme | abramide comune
sense:
An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.


lexentry: eng/breast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breast
trans_list: mammella | poppa | seno
sense:
(anatomy) Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.


lexentry: eng/breast__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: breast
trans_list: petto | seno
sense:
A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.


lexentry: eng/breast_augmentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breast augmentation
trans_list: protesi mammarie
sense:
(surgery) A cosmetic procedure to increase the size of a breast (the organ on the front of the chest).


lexentry: eng/breast_implant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breast implant
trans_list: protesa mammaria
sense:
(surgery) A medical prosthesis used to augment, reconstruct, or create the physical form of breasts (the organs on the front of the [typically female] chest).


lexentry: eng/breast_ironing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breast ironing
trans_list: stiramento del seno
sense:
The pounding and massaging of a pubescent girl's breasts, using hard or heated objects, to try to make them stop developing or disappear, typically aiming to prevent the girl from attracting sexual interest, and mostly carried out in Cameroon.


lexentry: eng/breast_pump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breast pump
trans_list: tiralatte
sense:
A device used by a lactating woman to extract milk from her breasts (typically for short-term storage).


lexentry: eng/breastbone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breastbone
trans_list: sterno
sense:
(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.


lexentry: eng/breaststroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breaststroke
trans_list: rana
sense:
A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's


lexentry: eng/breath_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breath test
trans_list: controllo alcolemico | controllo dell'alcolemia
sense:
An official test to determine if someone has taken alcohol or drugs by testing a sample of their exhaled breath.


lexentry: eng/breathalyzer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breathalyzer
trans_list: etilometro
sense:
A device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.


lexentry: eng/breathe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breathe
trans_list: respirare
sense:
(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.


lexentry: eng/breccia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breccia
trans_list: breccia
sense:
(petrology) A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.


lexentry: eng/breeder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: breeder
trans_list: autofertilizzante
sense:
Ellipsis of breeder reactor; a type of nuclear reactor that creates more fissile material than it consumes, often used for the production of atomic weapons.


lexentry: eng/breeding-ground__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: breeding-ground
trans_list: focolare
sense:
(figuratively) A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc.


lexentry: eng/brew__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brew
trans_list: preparare
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.


lexentry: eng/bribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bribe
trans_list: corrompere | offrire una tangente
sense:
(transitive) To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something against his/her original will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble.


lexentry: eng/bribery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bribery
trans_list: corruzione | concussione
sense:
the making of illegal payment, or bribes, to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions


lexentry: eng/brick_and_mortar__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brick and mortar
trans_list: convenzionale
sense:
(business) Buildings and property for the conduct of business, particularly in the sale of retail goods to the general public. (Used to contrast an Internet-based sales operation that lacks customer-oriented store fronts and a "traditional" one for which most capital investment might be in the building infrastructure.) [from mid-1990s]


lexentry: eng/bridal_couple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bridal couple
trans_list: coppia di sposi
sense:
The bride and bridegroom on their wedding day, and possibly for a short time thereafter, for example during their honeymoon.


lexentry: eng/bridal_shower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bridal shower
trans_list: addio al nubilato
sense:
(US) A party held for a bride-to-be in anticipation of her wedding, involving guests (typically female friends and relatives) giving her gifts.


lexentry: eng/bride_price__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bride price
trans_list: prezzo della sposa
sense:
A sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride, in some cultures.


lexentry: eng/bridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bridge
trans_list: ponticello | ponte
sense:
(music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.


lexentry: eng/bridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bridge
trans_list: ponte
sense:
(nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.


lexentry: eng/bridgehead__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bridgehead
trans_list: testa di ponte
sense:
(military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.


lexentry: eng/brigade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: brigade
trans_list: brigata
sense:
(military) Military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service.


lexentry: eng/brigandine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brigandine
trans_list: brigantina
sense:
(historical) A coat of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, sewn or riveted under or onto canvas or linen or other material.


lexentry: eng/brigantine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brigantine
trans_list: brigantino
sense:
(nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.


lexentry: eng/brilliant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brilliant
trans_list: brillante | gemma | pietra preziosa
sense:
A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone.


lexentry: eng/brilliant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: brilliant
trans_list: perla
sense:
(uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.


lexentry: eng/brine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brine
trans_list: salamoia
sense:
Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.


lexentry: eng/bring_home_the_bacon__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bring home the bacon
trans_list: mettere la pagnotta sul tavolo | portare a casa il pane
sense:
(idiomatic) To have employment which provides remuneration to satisfy the basic needs of oneself and one's family.


lexentry: eng/bring_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bring in
trans_list: aggiungere | inserire | introdurre
sense:
To introduce, add or initiate a person or group of people to an organisation; to give (someone) a share or portion of something.


lexentry: eng/bring_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bring on
trans_list: fare portare
sense:
(idiomatic, intransitive, US, informal, often, as imperative) To pose a challenge or threat; to attack; to compete aggressively.


lexentry: eng/bring_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bring up
trans_list: sollevare
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring,‎ up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.


lexentry: eng/brinkmanship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brinkmanship
trans_list: politica del rischio calcolato
sense:
(chiefly, politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point. [from mid 1950s]


lexentry: eng/bristle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bristle
trans_list: setola | barba corta ispida | pelo ispido | setole
sense:
The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item, typically made from plant cellulose, animal hairs, or synthetic polymers.


lexentry: eng/bristletail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bristletail
trans_list: acciughina
sense:
Any of various small, active six-legged arthropods that have two or three bristles at the ends of their abdomens and that do not have wings. These were formerly classified together in the insect subclass Apterygota or the order Thysanura but are no longer considered closely related:


lexentry: eng/brittle_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brittle star
trans_list: ofiura
sense:
Any of various echinoderms, of the class Ophiuroidea, that resemble starfish and have long, slender arms that regenerate when snapped off.


lexentry: eng/broadband__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: broadband
trans_list: banda larga
sense:
(Internet) An internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies such as ADSL or cable modem.


lexentry: eng/broadbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: broadbill
trans_list: arlecchino
sense:
Any of several small passerine birds of the family Eurylaimidae (Asian and Grauer's broadbills) or Calyptomenidae (African and green broadbills).


lexentry: eng/broadcast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: broadcast
trans_list: trasmissione | diffusione | emissione
sense:
A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.


lexentry: eng/broadcast__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: broadcast
trans_list: diffondere | spargere
sense:
(transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area; specifically, to send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people.


lexentry: eng/broadleaf__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: broadleaf
trans_list: ancia
sense:
Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.


lexentry: eng/broadside__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: broadside
trans_list: bordata
sense:
(nautical) One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing.


lexentry: eng/broadsword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: broadsword
trans_list: spadone
sense:
(history) A type of early modern sword that has a broad double-edged blade for cutting (as opposed to the more slender thrust-oriented rapier) and typically a basket hilt.


lexentry: eng/brocade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brocade
trans_list: broccato
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.


lexentry: eng/broccoli__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: broccoli
trans_list: broccolo
sense:
A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.


lexentry: eng/brogue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brogue
trans_list: dialetto
sense:
A strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language.


lexentry: eng/broken_plural__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: broken plural
trans_list: plurale fratto
sense:
An irregular plural formed by changing the pattern of consonants and vowels inside the singular form, found in the Semitic languages and other Afroasiatic languages such as Berber. An example in Arabic is , the plural form of .


lexentry: eng/brolga__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brolga
trans_list: gru brolga
sense:
A large grey crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda), of northern and eastern Australia. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/bromine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bromine
trans_list: bromo
sense:
(uncountable) A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature.


lexentry: eng/bromoform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bromoform
trans_list: bromoformio
sense:
(organic compound) The haloform CHBr3, a very heavy liquid that is the bromine analogue of chloroform.


lexentry: eng/bronchitis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bronchitis
trans_list: bronchite
sense:
(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.


lexentry: eng/bronchodilator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bronchodilator
trans_list: broncodilatatore
sense:
(medicine) Any drug used to dilate and relax the bronchial passages and ease the flow of air to the lungs


lexentry: eng/bronchospasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bronchospasm
trans_list: broncospasmo
sense:
(medicine) difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles


lexentry: eng/bronze__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bronze
trans_list: bronzo
sense:
(uncountable) A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals.


lexentry: eng/brooch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brooch
trans_list: spilla
sense:
A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.


lexentry: eng/brood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brood
trans_list: nidiata | prole
sense:
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.


lexentry: eng/broom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: broom
trans_list: scopa | granata | ramazza
sense:
(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.


lexentry: eng/broom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: broom
trans_list: ramazza
sense:
(countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.


lexentry: eng/broom__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: broom
trans_list: scopa | ginestra | granata | ramazza
sense:
Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.


lexentry: eng/broom_wagon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: broom wagon
trans_list: carro scopa
sense:
(cycling) A vehicle that follows a cycling race, picking up stragglers and carrying food and equipment.


lexentry: eng/brow__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: brow
trans_list: passerella da sbarco
sense:
(nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.


lexentry: eng/brow_ridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brow ridge
trans_list: arcata sopraccigliare
sense:
a bony projection in humans and other primates located above eye sockets delimiting the bottom of the forehead


lexentry: eng/brown_bread__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brown bread
trans_list: pane integrale
sense:
Bread with a brown colour as distinct from white bread, wholemeal, granary or other specific types of bread.


lexentry: eng/brown_dwarf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brown dwarf
trans_list: nana bruna
sense:
(star) A starlike object that contracts to about the volume of Jupiter after its formation phase; its mass may range from several times that of Jupiter, such that it fuses deuterium, up to just below the threshold of sustained hydrogen fusion.


lexentry: eng/brown_hyena__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brown hyena
trans_list: iena bruna
sense:
A comparatively rare species of hyena, Hyaena brunnea, endemic to desert and semi-desert areas and open woodland savannahs of southern Africa.


lexentry: eng/brown_rice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brown rice
trans_list: riso integrale
sense:
Rice with the brownish hull not polished off as in white rice. The hull contains important vitamins, including vitamin B complex, which are missing in white rice.


lexentry: eng/brown_trout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brown trout
trans_list: trota
sense:
A nonmigratory freshwater trout of species Salmo trutta, with dark spotted skin, native to Europe and Asia.


lexentry: eng/brownie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brownie
trans_list: brownie
sense:
(usually, countable, culinary, originally, US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate. [from 1897]


lexentry: eng/browse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: browse
trans_list: sfogliare | scartabellare
sense:
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.


lexentry: eng/browse__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: browse
trans_list: navigare
sense:
(transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.


lexentry: eng/brucellosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brucellosis
trans_list: brucellosi
sense:
(disease) Infection by a bacterium of the genus Brucella, which is carried by ruminants and other mammals, with symptoms include recurring fevers, sweating, weakness, anorexia, headaches, depression, and generalized aches and pains.


lexentry: eng/brucine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brucine
trans_list: brucina
sense:
(organic compound) An alkaloid related to strychnine, found in several plant species, notably Strychnos nux-vomica (nux vomica).


lexentry: eng/bruise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bruise
trans_list: livido
sense:
A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.


lexentry: eng/bruise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bruise
trans_list: creare un livido
sense:
(transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.


lexentry: eng/bruiser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bruiser
trans_list: maschio
sense:
(sports) In contact sports, an athlete whose size, strength, and/or aggressiveness make it likely that they will cause athletes on the opposing team to suffer physical punishment.


lexentry: eng/bruiser__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bruiser
trans_list: gorilla
sense:
(by extension, colloquial, derogatory) A tall, strong, heavily built person, usually a man, especially one prone to physical violence; a strong and tough person.


lexentry: eng/bruit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bruit
trans_list: dare notizia di
sense:
(transitive, archaic, _, in, _, Britain, current in the) To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.


lexentry: eng/brunch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brunch
trans_list: brunch | colanzo | colapranzo | pranzolazione
sense:
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.


lexentry: eng/brush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brush
trans_list: spazzola | pennello
sense:
An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.


lexentry: eng/brush__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: brush
trans_list: spazzola
sense:
A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.


lexentry: eng/brush_one's_teeth__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brush one's teeth
trans_list: lavarsi i denti
sense:
To clean one's teeth, especially by using a toothbrush and toothpaste. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/brute__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: brute
trans_list: bruto
sense:
A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/bruxism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bruxism
trans_list: bruxismo
sense:
(dentistry) The habit or practice of grinding the teeth, as while sleeping, or due to stress or certain drugs.


lexentry: eng/bryophyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bryophyte
trans_list: grana
sense:
(botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.


lexentry: eng/bubble__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: bubble
trans_list: bolla
sense:
(economics) A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.


lexentry: eng/bubble_wrap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bubble wrap
trans_list: pluriball | millebolle
sense:
Cushioning material consisting of small spheres of air trapped in plastic, sold on long rolls for tearing off, and used as packaging for fragile items.


lexentry: eng/bubblegum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bubblegum
trans_list: gomma da masticare
sense:
(usually, _, uncountable) A sweet chewing gum formulated to be stretchy so the chewer can blow bubbles with it.


lexentry: eng/bubo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bubo
trans_list: bubbone
sense:
(pathology) An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or syphilis.


lexentry: eng/bubonic_plague__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bubonic plague
trans_list: peste bubbonica
sense:
(disease) A contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of fleas from an infected person or rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by delirium, chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes.


lexentry: eng/buccaneer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buccaneer
trans_list: bucaniere
sense:
(nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.


lexentry: eng/buck-passing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buck-passing
trans_list: rimpallo di responsabilità | scaricabarile
sense:
(idiomatic) Blameshifting; the act of absolving oneself of responsibility or concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/buck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buck
trans_list: antilope | camoscio | daino | lepre
sense:
A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, shad and kangaroo.


lexentry: eng/buck__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: buck
trans_list: sgroppare
sense:
(intransitive, of a horse, _, or similar saddle or pack animal) To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.


lexentry: eng/bucket_list__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bucket list
trans_list: lista dei desideri
sense:
(by extension) A list of things to accomplish before a certain deadline or in a certain time period.


lexentry: eng/bucket_of_bolts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bucket of bolts
trans_list: scarcassone
sense:
(idiomatic, slang) A piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often an old car.


lexentry: eng/buckle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buckle
trans_list: fibbia
sense:
A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.


lexentry: eng/buckle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buckle
trans_list: allacciare
sense:
To fasten (something) using a buckle (noun sense 1); hence (obsolete) , to fasten (something) in any way.


lexentry: eng/buckle__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: buckle
trans_list: sottomettersi
sense:
(figurative) Of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress; to give in or give way, to yield.


lexentry: eng/buckle_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buckle down
trans_list: mettersi sotto a
sense:
(intransitive, originally, US, idiomatic) To apply oneself to study, or a task or work; to focus on or take a serious attitude towards something; to put forth the needed effort.


lexentry: eng/buckler__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: buckler
trans_list: brocchiero
sense:
(obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.


lexentry: eng/buckshot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buckshot
trans_list: frazione
sense:
(chiefly, US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/bud__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bud
trans_list: gemma
sense:
A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.


lexentry: eng/budgerigar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: budgerigar
trans_list: pappagallino | parrocchetto ondulato
sense:
A species of small green parrot, Melopsittacus undulatus, native to inland Australia; a common cagebird throughout the world and bred in many colour varieties.


lexentry: eng/buffalo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buffalo
trans_list: bufalo
sense:
An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.


lexentry: eng/buffer__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buffer
trans_list: soluzione tampone
sense:
(chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.


lexentry: eng/buffer__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buffer
trans_list: respingente
sense:
(telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.


lexentry: eng/bug__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: bug
trans_list: logo della rete
sense:
(broadcasting) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.


lexentry: eng/bug__Noun__1
sense_num: 26
written_rep: bug
trans_list: bacarozzo
sense:
(gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.


lexentry: eng/bugger_off__Interjection__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bugger off
trans_list: bagascia
sense:
(idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, emphatic , colloquial) An expression of disagreement or disbelief.


lexentry: eng/bugle__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bugle
trans_list: bugola
sense:
A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.


lexentry: eng/build_castles_in_the_air__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: build castles in the air
trans_list: fare castelli in aria
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To have any desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to be realized; to imagine visionary projects or schemes; to have an idle fancy or a pipe dream; to daydream.


lexentry: eng/building_block__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: building block
trans_list: cubo
sense:
A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure.


lexentry: eng/building_site__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: building site
trans_list: cantiere
sense:
(construction) The site, the place where a building is located, is currently under construction, or shall be constructed (including structures other than buildings).


lexentry: eng/buisine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buisine
trans_list: tromba dritta
sense:
(musical instruments, historical) A medieval wind instrument with a very long, straight and slender body, usually made of metal.


lexentry: eng/bulb__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bulb
trans_list: bulbo
sense:
Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.


lexentry: eng/bulbul__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bulbul
trans_list: bulbul
sense:
Any of the bulbul species of the Middle East, popular in poetry; sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’.


lexentry: eng/bulge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bulge
trans_list: sporgenza | protuberanza | rigonfiamento
sense:
Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.


lexentry: eng/bulimia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bulimia
trans_list: bulimia
sense:
(pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.


lexentry: eng/bulk_carrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bulk carrier
trans_list: portarinfuse
sense:
(nautical) Any ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship) designed to carry unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils and cement, in its holds.


lexentry: eng/bulkhead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bulkhead
trans_list: paratia
sense:
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.


lexentry: eng/bull_market__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bull market
trans_list: rialzo
sense:
(finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are buying ("bulls"), causing overall stock prices to rise.


lexentry: eng/bulldog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bulldog
trans_list: bulldog
sense:
A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.


lexentry: eng/bulldozer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bulldozer
trans_list: bulldozer | apripista | escavatore | escavatrice | ruspa
sense:
A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.


lexentry: eng/bullet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bullet
trans_list: proiettile | pallottola
sense:
(informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.


lexentry: eng/bulleted_list__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bulleted list
trans_list: elenco puntato
sense:
A list whose items start with the typographical bullet, that is •, or with other symbols other than numbers.


lexentry: eng/bullion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bullion
trans_list: lingotto
sense:
A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.


lexentry: eng/bullionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bullionism
trans_list: bullionismo
sense:
(economics, historical) An economic theory that defines wealth by the amount of precious metals owned; a primitive form of mercantilism.


lexentry: eng/bullroarer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bullroarer
trans_list: rombo
sense:
A ritual musical instrument and means of communicating over extended distances, consisting of a slat of wood tied to the end of a thong or string, with which the slat is whirled so as to cause an intermittent roaring noise.


lexentry: eng/bullshit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bullshit
trans_list: cazzata | coglionata | minchiata | stronzata
sense:
(vulgar, slang, usual sense) Statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener.


lexentry: eng/bully__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bully
trans_list: arrogante | bullo | prepotente | smargiasso | spaccone
sense:
A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege. [from late 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/bulrush__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bulrush
trans_list: giunco di palude
sense:
(AU) Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/bulwark__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bulwark
trans_list: impavesata
sense:
(nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.


lexentry: eng/bum's_rush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bum's rush
trans_list: sbarco
sense:
(chiefly, North America, slang, idiomatic) The forcible ejection of someone, such as a bum or a hobo, from an establishment.


lexentry: eng/bum_wine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bum wine
trans_list: colostro
sense:
(colloquial, pejorative) Cheap wine of very low quality, sold solely for the purposes of intoxication.


lexentry: eng/bumf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bumf
trans_list: scartoffia
sense:
(pejorative) Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc.


lexentry: eng/bumfuck_nowhere__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bumfuck nowhere
trans_list: in culo al mondo | culo al niente | fanculo | in Culonia
sense:
(vulgar) The middle of nowhere; a nondescript, isolated, and underdeveloped locale whose precise location may be difficult to ascertain.


lexentry: eng/bumper__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bumper
trans_list: paraurti
sense:
(automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.


lexentry: eng/bunch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bunch
trans_list: grappolo | ciuffo | graspo | mucchio
sense:
A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.


lexentry: eng/bungalow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bungalow
trans_list: bungalow
sense:
A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.


lexentry: eng/bungle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bungle
trans_list: abborracciare | pasticciare
sense:
(transitive) To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.


lexentry: eng/bunion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bunion
trans_list: alluce valgo
sense:
(pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.


lexentry: eng/bunk_bed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bunk bed
trans_list: letto a castello
sense:
Two or more beds fixed on top of one another, so that one person can sleep in each bunk at a different height.


lexentry: eng/bunker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bunker
trans_list: bunker
sense:
(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.


lexentry: eng/bunker__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bunker
trans_list: bunker
sense:
(nautical) A compartment for storing coal for the ship's boilers; or a tank for storing fuel oil for the ship's engines.


lexentry: eng/bunker__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: bunker
trans_list: bunker
sense:
(Britain, chiefly, historical) A large bin or container for storing coal, often built outdoors in the yard of a house.


lexentry: eng/bunny_girl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bunny girl
trans_list: coniglietta
sense:
(slang) A club hostess or other female entertainer wearing a sexually provocative outfit with rabbit-like ears and tail.


lexentry: eng/bunting__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bunting
trans_list: zigolo
sense:
Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.


lexentry: eng/buoy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buoy
trans_list: boa | gavitello
sense:
(nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes


lexentry: eng/buprenorphine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buprenorphine
trans_list: buprenorfina
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A semisynthetic narcotic analgesic that is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C29H41NO4·HCl to control moderate to severe pain and treat opioid dependence.


lexentry: eng/buprestid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buprestid
trans_list: buprestide
sense:
Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.


lexentry: eng/bur-reed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bur-reed
trans_list: coltellaccio
sense:
A group (genus Sparganium) of widespread flowering perennial marsh plants widespread in wet areas in temperate regions.


lexentry: eng/burbot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burbot
trans_list: bottatrice
sense:
A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.


lexentry: eng/burden_of_proof__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burden of proof
trans_list: onere della prova
sense:
(legal) The duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact; it includes both the burden of production and the burden of persuasion; the onus probandi.


lexentry: eng/bureau__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bureau
trans_list: scrivania | scrittoio
sense:
(chiefly, British) A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.


lexentry: eng/bureaucracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bureaucracy
trans_list: burocrazia
sense:
(business, organizational theory) A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner.


lexentry: eng/bureaucratese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bureaucratese
trans_list: burocratese
sense:
(informal, pejorative) A style of language, used by bureaucrats, that involves jargon or euphemism to the detriment of broader understanding.


lexentry: eng/burette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burette
trans_list: buretta
sense:
(chemistry) A glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory procedures for accurate fluid dispensing and titration.


lexentry: eng/burgee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burgee
trans_list: guidone
sense:
A flag, usually a broad tapering pennant, often with a swallowtail, flown by yachts to identify the owner's yacht club.


lexentry: eng/burglary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burglary
trans_list: scasso
sense:
(law) Under the common law, breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with the intent to commit a felony.


lexentry: eng/burglary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burglary
trans_list: scasso
sense:
The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.


lexentry: eng/burgomaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burgomaster
trans_list: borgomastro | sindaco
sense:
The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries.


lexentry: eng/burgrave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burgrave
trans_list: burgravio
sense:
(historical) The military governor of a town or castle in the Middle Ages, especially in German-speaking Europe; a nobleman of the same status.


lexentry: eng/burgrave__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: burgrave
trans_list: burgravio
sense:
One who holds a hereditary title, with an associated domain, descended from an ancestor who commanded a burg, especially in German-speaking Europe.


lexentry: eng/burka__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burka
trans_list: burqa
sense:
A Central Asian garment that covers the whole body, which has a net screen covering the eyes so they cannot be seen, and is worn by women.


lexentry: eng/burn__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: burn
trans_list: bruciare | incendiare | ustionare
sense:
(chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.


lexentry: eng/burn__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: burn
trans_list: bruciare
sense:
(transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.


lexentry: eng/burn_one's_bridges__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burn one's bridges
trans_list: bruciarsi i ponti alle spalle | il dado è tratto | passare il Rubicone
sense:
(idiomatic) To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc., particularly intentionally.


lexentry: eng/burn_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: burn out
trans_list: esaurirsi | estinguersi | spegnersi
sense:
(transitive) To cause (someone) to tire due to overwork; to cause (someone) to overwork to one's limit.


lexentry: eng/burn_the_candle_at_both_ends__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burn the candle at both ends
trans_list: bruciare la candela ad entrambe le estremità
sense:
(idiomatic) To work hard night and day; to sleep late and wake up early; to overwork or overexert oneself.


lexentry: eng/burnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burnet
trans_list: meloncello | pimpinella | salvastrella
sense:
Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.


lexentry: eng/burning_bush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burning bush
trans_list: roveto ardente
sense:
(Judaism, Christianity) A biblical object described in Exodus 3:1-22, used by Yahweh to communicate with Moses.


lexentry: eng/burnish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burnish
trans_list: brunire | abbrunire | lappare | lumeggiare
sense:
To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.


lexentry: eng/burnout__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: burnout
trans_list: burnout
sense:
(automotive) Use of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.


lexentry: eng/buro__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: buro
trans_list: scrittoio | scrivania
sense:
a desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath.


lexentry: eng/burqini__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burqini
trans_list: burkini
sense:
(Islam) A head-to-toe swimsuit, enabling women to conform to the Islamic dress code when bathing on a public beach.


lexentry: eng/burr__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: burr
trans_list: macina | riccio
sense:
(engineering) A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.


lexentry: eng/burrito__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burrito
trans_list: burrito
sense:
A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.


lexentry: eng/bursa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bursa
trans_list: borsa
sense:
(anatomy) Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.


lexentry: eng/bury__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bury
trans_list: sotterrare | nascondere | sprofondare
sense:
(transitive, often, figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.


lexentry: eng/bus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bus
trans_list: autobus | pullman | corriera
sense:
(automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads; by extension, the driver of said vehicle


lexentry: eng/bus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bus
trans_list: bus
sense:
An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.


lexentry: eng/bus_replacement_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bus replacement service
trans_list: autobus sostitutivo
sense:
(British, transport) A special bus service which replaces a train service when engineering work is carried out, or when the train service is temporarily suspended for other reasons such as flooding, track damage etc.


lexentry: eng/busby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: busby
trans_list: colbacco
sense:
A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.


lexentry: eng/bush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bush
trans_list: arbusto | cespuglio
sense:
(horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.


lexentry: eng/bush_hammer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bush hammer
trans_list: bocciarda
sense:
A square-headed hammer with spikes used in stoneworking to either even the surface before polishing, or give it a pockmarked and weathered aspect.


lexentry: eng/bushbuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bushbuck
trans_list: imbabala | tragelafo striato
sense:
Either of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa.


lexentry: eng/bushing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bushing
trans_list: bronzina
sense:
(mechanical engineering) A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.


lexentry: eng/bushing__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bushing
trans_list: filetto riportato
sense:
(mechanical engineering) A threaded bushing: a fastener element that is inserted into an object, usually to add a threaded hole in a softer or thin material.


lexentry: eng/bushing__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bushing
trans_list: isolante
sense:
(electrical engineering) A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.


lexentry: eng/business_administration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business administration
trans_list: amministrazione aziendale
sense:
(business, education) A course of study in higher education intended to prepare the students for a career in business.


lexentry: eng/business_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business card
trans_list: biglietto da visita
sense:
A small card with a person's name and professional information (such as occupation, business phone number, e-mail address, etc.).


lexentry: eng/business_plan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business plan
trans_list: business plan
sense:
(business) A summary of how a business owner, manager, or entrepreneur intends to organize an entrepreneurial endeavor and implement activities necessary and sufficient for the venture to succeed.


lexentry: eng/busker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: busker
trans_list: artista di strada
sense:
A person who solicits donations while entertaining the public, often by playing a musical instrument, on a street or in another public area such as a park or marketplace.


lexentry: eng/bust__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bust
trans_list: rompere | sfasciare | sgamare
sense:
(transitive, slang) To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.


lexentry: eng/bust_someone's_balls__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bust someone's balls
trans_list: rompere i coglioni | rompere le palle | rompere le scatole
sense:
(slang, vulgar) To give someone a hard time, whether by playfully teasing or sincerely harassing them.


lexentry: eng/bustard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bustard
trans_list: otarda
sense:
Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.


lexentry: eng/buster__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: buster
trans_list: birbante
sense:
(chiefly, colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that 'breaks', tames, or overpowers a specified person or thing.


lexentry: eng/buster__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: buster
trans_list: marmocchio
sense:
(colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) A form of address, particularly of men: guy, dude, fella, mack, buddy, loser. (Originally as 'old buster.)


lexentry: eng/bustier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bustier
trans_list: bustino
sense:
A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.


lexentry: eng/bustle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bustle
trans_list: sottana
sense:
(historical, countable) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.


lexentry: eng/bustle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bustle
trans_list: pullulare
sense:
To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).


lexentry: eng/but__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: but
trans_list: ma | però | tuttavia
sense:
However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).


lexentry: eng/but__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: but
trans_list: tranne | eccetto | a parte | salvo
sense:
Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".


lexentry: eng/butadiene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butadiene
trans_list: butadiene
sense:
(organic compound) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH2=CH-CH=CH2; it is obtained from petroleum and is used in the preparation of the synthetic rubber polybutadiene.


lexentry: eng/butane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butane
trans_list: butano
sense:
(organic compound) A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10 n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.


lexentry: eng/butcher_block__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butcher block
trans_list: ceppo
sense:
A style of assembled wood (often sugar maple, teak, or walnut) used as heavy duty chopping blocks, table tops, and cutting boards.


lexentry: eng/butler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: butler
trans_list: maggiordomo
sense:
The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.


lexentry: eng/butt_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butt in
trans_list: intromettersi
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) To join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject (connotes a rude or discourteous interruption).


lexentry: eng/butter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: butter
trans_list: burro
sense:
Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).


lexentry: eng/butter__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: butter
trans_list: imburrare
sense:
(skiing, snowboarding) To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow. Similar to applying butter to bread with then end of a butterknife.


lexentry: eng/butter_dish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butter dish
trans_list: burriera | portaburro
sense:
A specialized dish for serving butter, typically consisting of a base with a separate fitting lid with its own handle.


lexentry: eng/butter_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butter knife
trans_list: coltello da burro
sense:
A non-serrated or unilaterally serrated table knife with a dull edge and rounded point, designed for spreading butter on a piece of bread without tearing it.


lexentry: eng/butterbur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterbur
trans_list: farfaraccio | petasite
sense:
Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, having dense clusters of often purple flowers.


lexentry: eng/buttercream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buttercream
trans_list: crema al burro
sense:
(cooking) A type of thick, sweet icing or cake-filling made by creaming butter (or sometimes another fat, such as margarine) with powdered sugar.


lexentry: eng/butterfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterfly
trans_list: farfalla
sense:
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/butterfly_door__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterfly door
trans_list: portiera ad ala di gabbiano
sense:
(automotive) A car door similar to scissor door, but while scissor doors move straight up via hinge points at the bottom of the A-pillar, butterfly doors move up and out via hinges along the A-pillar.


lexentry: eng/butterfly_door__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: butterfly door
trans_list: portiera ad ala di gabbiano
sense:
(architecture) A door which pivots on a central axis, used in locations with a pressure differential between the two sides of the door, so that forces exhibited do not inhibit opening and closing of the door, due to contrary action of forces on the two halves of the door which open inwards and outwards at the same time.


lexentry: eng/butterfly_stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterfly stroke
trans_list: farfalla
sense:
A swimming stroke in which the body is prone, the arms are moved in simultaneous circles, and the feet are kicked up and down.


lexentry: eng/butterflyfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterflyfish
trans_list: pesce farfalla
sense:
Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.


lexentry: eng/buttermilk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buttermilk
trans_list: latticello
sense:
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.


lexentry: eng/butthead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butthead
trans_list: scemo
sense:
(sometimes, _, vulgar, colloquial, pejorative) An annoying person or someone who is difficult to get along with.


lexentry: eng/buttock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buttock
trans_list: natica | chiappa | culo | gluteo | chiappe | deretano
sense:
(usually, in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.


lexentry: eng/button__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: button
trans_list: bottone | tasto
sense:
A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. [from mid-13th c.]


lexentry: eng/button__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: button
trans_list: pulsante | bottone
sense:
A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.


lexentry: eng/button__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: button
trans_list: bottone | pulsante
sense:
(graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.


lexentry: eng/butyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butyl
trans_list: butile
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C4H9, formally derived from butane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.


lexentry: eng/butyric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: butyric
trans_list: butirrico
sense:
(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from butyric acid or any of the isomeric univalent radicals of formula C3H7CO2-


lexentry: eng/butyric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butyric acid
trans_list: acido butirrico
sense:
(fatty acid) Either of the two isomeric carboxylic acids, normal butyric acid and isobutyric acid, with the chemical formula C3H7COOH, occurring in animal milk fat.


lexentry: eng/buy__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: buy
trans_list: comprare | acquistare
sense:
(transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).


lexentry: eng/buzzword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buzzword
trans_list: luogo
sense:
(pejorative) A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning.


lexentry: eng/by_a_long_shot__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: by a long shot
trans_list: di gran lunga
sense:
(idiomatic, usually, with a negative) By a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity.


lexentry: eng/by_right__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: by right
trans_list: di diritto
sense:
According to what is right, or what one is legally or morally entitled to; justly, properly, rightfully.


lexentry: eng/by_the_way__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: by the way
trans_list: a proposito | incidentalmente | per caso
sense:
(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.


lexentry: eng/by_virtue_of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: by virtue of
trans_list: in virtù di
sense:
(idiomatic) (originally) By the authority or power of; (now) because of; on the grounds of; by reason of.


lexentry: eng/by_way_of__Phrase__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: by way of
trans_list: mediante | mercè | per mezzo di | per via di | tramite
sense:
(UK, often followed by being) Possessing the characteristics, nature, or standing of; in the state or condition of.


lexentry: eng/bycatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bycatch
trans_list: bycatch
sense:
Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.


lexentry: eng/byssus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: byssus
trans_list: bisso
sense:
The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured.


lexentry: eng/bystander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bystander
trans_list: astante | convenuto
sense:
A person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer, witness, or spectator.


lexentry: eng/byte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: byte
trans_list: byte | ottetto | bicarattere
sense:
(computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.


lexentry: eng/byte__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: byte
trans_list: byte | ottetto | bicarattere
sense:
(computing, most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.


lexentry: eng/béarnaise_sauce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: béarnaise sauce
trans_list: salsa bernese
sense:
(cooking) A sauce made of clarified butter emulsified in egg yolks and white wine vinegar and flavored with herbs.


lexentry: eng/bête_noire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bête noire
trans_list: bestia nera
sense:
Someone or something that is unbearable and so particularly avoided or disliked; the bane of someone's existence; an object of aversion; an anathema.


lexentry: eng/c!slash!o__Preposition__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: c/o
trans_list: c/o
sense:
(shipping) Abbreviation of care of, used to identify an intermediary who is responsible for transferring a piece of mail between the postal system and the final addressee.


lexentry: eng/cabaret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cabaret
trans_list: cabaret | varietà
sense:
Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.


lexentry: eng/cabin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cabin
trans_list: capanna | rustico
sense:
(US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.


lexentry: eng/cabin_boy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cabin boy
trans_list: mozzo
sense:
(dated) A boy or young man who is employed to serve as an attendant for passengers or crew members on a ship.


lexentry: eng/cabinet__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: cabinet
trans_list: gabinetto | consiglio dei ministri
sense:
(politics, often, capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.


lexentry: eng/cable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cable
trans_list: cavo | cavo elettrico
sense:
An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.


lexentry: eng/cable__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cable
trans_list: cavo
sense:
(communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.


lexentry: eng/cache-sexe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cache-sexe
trans_list: grembiale
sense:
An article of clothing sufficient to cover the genitalia, primarily as used by an exotic dancer or in certain aboriginal cultures.


lexentry: eng/cache__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cache
trans_list: memoria cache | nascondiglio | cache | ripostiglio
sense:
(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.


lexentry: eng/cachexia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cachexia
trans_list: cachessia
sense:
(pathology) A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/cactus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cactus
trans_list: cactus
sense:
(botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.


lexentry: eng/cad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cad
trans_list: villano
sense:
A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, especially one that cannot be trusted with a lady.


lexentry: eng/cad__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cad
trans_list: controllore
sense:
(archaic) A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; a bus conductor.


lexentry: eng/cadastre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cadastre
trans_list: catasto
sense:
(cartography) A public survey of land, originally for the purpose of taxation and to create an official register of land ownership.


lexentry: eng/cadaverine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cadaverine
trans_list: cadaverina
sense:
A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH2(CH2)5NH2.


lexentry: eng/caddie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: caddie
trans_list: caddie
sense:
(by extension, golf, also, attributively) A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.


lexentry: eng/caddis_fly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caddis fly
trans_list: tricottero
sense:
Any insect, of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings; they are found near lakes and streams.


lexentry: eng/caddy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: caddy
trans_list: bozzollo
sense:
A movable tray or other mechanism for holding (sometimes within a piece of equipment or machinery), securing, and transporting a removable component.


lexentry: eng/cadence__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cadence
trans_list: cadenza
sense:
(music) A progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to analogously as musical punctuation.


lexentry: eng/cadenza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cadenza
trans_list: cadenza
sense:
(music) A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.


lexentry: eng/cadge__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cadge
trans_list: mendicare
sense:
(US, British, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.


lexentry: eng/cadre__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cadre
trans_list: personale
sense:
(military) The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.


lexentry: eng/caduceus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: caduceus
trans_list: caduceo
sense:
A symbol (☤) representing a staff with two snakes wrapped around it, used to indicate merchants and messengers. It is also sometimes incorrectly substituted for the rod of Asclepius as a symbol of medicine.


lexentry: eng/caecilian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caecilian
trans_list: gimnofione
sense:
Any of a group of burrowing amphibians (order Gymnophiona or Apoda) that resemble earthworms or snakes.


lexentry: eng/caecum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caecum
trans_list: intestino cieco
sense:
(anatomy) A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.


lexentry: eng/caesaropapism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caesaropapism
trans_list: cesaropapismo
sense:
(government, religion) The combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters.


lexentry: eng/caesium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caesium
trans_list: cesio
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal.


lexentry: eng/cafeteria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cafeteria
trans_list: caffetteria | mensa
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.


lexentry: eng/cafeteria__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cafeteria
trans_list: mensa
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada) A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/caffeine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caffeine
trans_list: caffeina
sense:
An alkaloid, C8H10N4O2, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system. [from 1830]


lexentry: eng/café__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: café
trans_list: caffè | caffetteria | bar
sense:
A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.


lexentry: eng/cahoots__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cahoots
trans_list: combutta
sense:
Chiefly preceded by in: collaboration or collusion, chiefly for a nefarious reason. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/caiman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caiman
trans_list: caimano
sense:
(narrowly) Any of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae.


lexentry: eng/caique__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caique
trans_list: barca
sense:
(nautical) A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.


lexentry: eng/cairn__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cairn
trans_list: ometto
sense:
A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.


lexentry: eng/caisson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caisson
trans_list: cassone | tura
sense:
(engineering) An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.


lexentry: eng/cajole__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cajole
trans_list: persuadere
sense:
(ambitransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.


lexentry: eng/cajón__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cajón
trans_list: cassa
sense:
(musical instrument) A box-shaped percussion instrument played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes various implements.


lexentry: eng/cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cake
trans_list: torta | dolce | pasticcino
sense:
A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.


lexentry: eng/calabash__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: calabash
trans_list: calabassa
sense:
A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.


lexentry: eng/calamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calamine
trans_list: calamina
sense:
(inorganic compound) Synonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO3) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.


lexentry: eng/calandra_lark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calandra lark
trans_list: calandra
sense:
Any bird in the genus Melanocorypha, but especially in the species Melanocorypha calandra of the Mediterranean region and central Asia.


lexentry: eng/calcification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcification
trans_list: calcificazione
sense:
The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.


lexentry: eng/calcination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcination
trans_list: calcinazione
sense:
The process of calcining: heating a substance to a high temperature, but below its melting point, to bring about thermal decomposition.


lexentry: eng/calcine__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcine
trans_list: calcinare
sense:
(physical chemistry) To heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it; specifically, to decompose (carbonates) into oxides, and, especially, to heat (limestone) to form quicklime.


lexentry: eng/calcite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcite
trans_list: calcite
sense:
(mineral) A very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble.


lexentry: eng/calcium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcium
trans_list: calcio
sense:
The chemical element (Symbol Ca), with an atomic number 20. It is a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.


lexentry: eng/calcium_carbide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcium carbide
trans_list: carburo di calcio
sense:
(inorganic compound) A black, solid, of formula CaC2, manufactured from lime and carbon at high temperatures; reacts with water to form acetylene.


lexentry: eng/calcium_carbonate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcium carbonate
trans_list: carbonato di calcio
sense:
(inorganic compound) A colourless or white inorganic compound, CaCO3, occurring as chalk, limestone, marble etc; reacts with acids to liberate carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/calcium_chloride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcium chloride
trans_list: cloruro di calcio
sense:
(inorganic compound) The calcium salt of hydrochloric acid, CaCl2; used as a drying agent and to melt ice on roads.


lexentry: eng/calcium_hydroxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcium hydroxide
trans_list: calce spenta
sense:
(inorganic compound) A soft, white powder, Ca(OH)2, obtained by the action of water on calcium oxide; slaked lime.


lexentry: eng/calculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calculate
trans_list: calcolare
sense:
(transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.


lexentry: eng/calculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: calculate
trans_list: calcolare
sense:
To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.


lexentry: eng/calculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: calculation
trans_list: conto
sense:
(chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.


lexentry: eng/calculus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: calculus
trans_list: calcolo
sense:
(countable, mathematics) Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.


lexentry: eng/calculus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: calculus
trans_list: calcolo
sense:
(uncountable, often, definite, the calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject; analysis.


lexentry: eng/calculus_of_variations__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calculus of variations
trans_list: calcolo delle variazioni
sense:
(calculus) The form of calculus that deals with the maxima and minima of definite integrals of functions of many variables.


lexentry: eng/calefactory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calefactory
trans_list: calefattorio
sense:
(architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.


lexentry: eng/calendar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: calendar
trans_list: calendario
sense:
A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.


lexentry: eng/calendar_year__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calendar year
trans_list: -enne
sense:
The length of time between the beginning and end of a year as marked on a calendar, such as from 0:00 January 1 to 24:00 December 31 in the Gregorian calendar.


lexentry: eng/calender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calender
trans_list: calandra
sense:
Calander machine
 A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance; it consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.


lexentry: eng/caliber__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: caliber
trans_list: calibro
sense:
Unit of measure used to express the length of the bore of a weapon. The number of calibres is determined by dividing the length of the bore of the weapon, from the breech face of the tube to the muzzle, by the diameter of its bore. A gun tube the bore of which is 40 feet (480 inches) long and 12 inches in diameter is said to be 40 calibers long.


lexentry: eng/calico__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calico
trans_list: calicò
sense:
(textiles) A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.


lexentry: eng/californium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: californium
trans_list: californio
sense:
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.


lexentry: eng/caliphate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caliphate
trans_list: califfato
sense:
Monarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.


lexentry: eng/calisthenics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calisthenics
trans_list: callistenia | calisthenics
sense:
(in the plural) Physical exercises with the participation of a multitude of muscles and often minimal equipment (thus, usually bodyweight exercises); strength training aspects and cardio aspects are both involved, and stamina is often a focus.


lexentry: eng/call__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: call
trans_list: turno
sense:
(poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.


lexentry: eng/call__Noun__1
sense_num: 22
written_rep: call
trans_list: canto | richiamo
sense:
(US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.


lexentry: eng/call__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: call
trans_list: visitare
sense:
To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).


lexentry: eng/call__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: call
trans_list: coprire
sense:
(intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)


lexentry: eng/call_a_spade_a_spade__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: call a spade a spade
trans_list: dire pane al pane e vino al vino
sense:
(idiomatic) To put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to say things as they really are.


lexentry: eng/call_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: call box
trans_list: colonnina di soccorso
sense:
A box containing a telephone for use in emergency, usually mounted on a post in an area where normal access to telephones is inconvenient (such as on an interstate highway or a very long highway bridge)


lexentry: eng/call_it_quits__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: call it quits
trans_list: tirare i remi in barca
sense:
To conclude; to quit or stop an activity, especially after applying oneself to it for a significant period of time.


lexentry: eng/calla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calla
trans_list: calla
sense:
A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.


lexentry: eng/callback__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: callback
trans_list: richiamata
sense:
(telephony) A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network.


lexentry: eng/calligraphy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calligraphy
trans_list: calligrafia | chirografia
sense:
(uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.


lexentry: eng/calling_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: calling card
trans_list: biglietto da visita
sense:
(figurative) An attribute, symptom, object, or behavior which is distinctly characteristic of someone or something.


lexentry: eng/callus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: callus
trans_list: callo
sense:
A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.


lexentry: eng/callus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: callus
trans_list: callo
sense:
The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.


lexentry: eng/calm_before_the_storm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calm before the storm
trans_list: quiete prima della tempesta
sense:
(idiomatic) A period of peace before a disturbance or crisis; an unnatural or false calm before a storm.


lexentry: eng/calomel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calomel
trans_list: calomelano
sense:
(inorganic compound) Mercurous chloride Hg2Cl2, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat syphilis.


lexentry: eng/calorie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: calorie
trans_list: caloria
sense:
(physical chemistry, physics, obsolete) The gram calorie or small calorie, a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to approximately 4.2 joules. This unit was widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C.


lexentry: eng/calorigenesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calorigenesis
trans_list: calorigenesi
sense:
(biochemistry) The production of heat via the digestion of food, or by the action of certain hormones


lexentry: eng/calorimeter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calorimeter
trans_list: calorimetro
sense:
(physics) An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.


lexentry: eng/calorimetry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calorimetry
trans_list: calorimetria
sense:
(physics) The science of measuring the heat absorbed or evolved during the course of a chemical reaction or change of state.


lexentry: eng/calque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calque
trans_list: calco
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies) A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.


lexentry: eng/caltrop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caltrop
trans_list: piede di corvo | tribolo
sense:
(weaponry) A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).


lexentry: eng/caltrop__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: caltrop
trans_list: tribulo comune
sense:
Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.


lexentry: eng/calx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calx
trans_list: cenere
sense:
(now, chiefly, historical) The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation).


lexentry: eng/calypso__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calypso
trans_list: calipso
sense:
A style of Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century. Its rhythms can be traced back to West African Kaiso and the arrival of French planters and their slaves from the French Antilles in the 18th century.


lexentry: eng/calyptra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calyptra
trans_list: caliptra
sense:
(botany) In bryophytes, a thin, hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.


lexentry: eng/calyx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calyx
trans_list: calice
sense:
(botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.


lexentry: eng/cam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cam
trans_list: camma
sense:
A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.


lexentry: eng/cambium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cambium
trans_list: cambio
sense:
(botany) A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems.


lexentry: eng/camcorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camcorder
trans_list: videocamera
sense:
A camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit.


lexentry: eng/came__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: came
trans_list: piombo
sense:
A grooved strip of metal, traditionally usually lead or brass and today sometimes stainless steel, used to hold panes of glass together in glazing.


lexentry: eng/camel_driver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camel driver
trans_list: cammelliere
sense:
One whose occupation is to direct, handle and care for camels, especially as a part of a caravan travelling long distances.


lexentry: eng/camel_spider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camel spider
trans_list: solifugo
sense:
Any fast-moving, predatory desert arachnid belonging to the order Solifugae having massive paired chelicerae and a long body covered with tactile hairs.


lexentry: eng/camellia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camellia
trans_list: camelia
sense:
Any plant of the genus Camellia, shrubs and small trees native to Asia; Camellia japonica is the most popular as a garden plant; Camellia sinensis is the tea plant.


lexentry: eng/camomile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camomile
trans_list: camomilla
sense:
Matricaria recutita (formerly known as Matricaria chamomilla), German chamomile or Hungarian chamomile, with fragrant flowers used for tea, and as an herbal remedy.


lexentry: eng/camomile_tea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camomile tea
trans_list: camomilla
sense:
A beverage made by infusing the leaves of the camomile plant (either Matricaria recutita or Chamaemelum nobile) in hot water.


lexentry: eng/camouflage__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: camouflage
trans_list: mimetizzazione
sense:
(military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.


lexentry: eng/camp__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: camp
trans_list: campeggiare
sense:
(intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.


lexentry: eng/campaigner__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: campaigner
trans_list: attivista
sense:
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.


lexentry: eng/campanile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: campanile
trans_list: campanile
sense:
A bell tower (especially one that is freestanding), often associated with a church or other public building, especially in Italy.


lexentry: eng/camper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: camper
trans_list: campeggiatore
sense:
(video games) A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.


lexentry: eng/campfire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: campfire
trans_list: falò
sense:
A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.


lexentry: eng/camphor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camphor
trans_list: canfora
sense:
(organic compound) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.


lexentry: eng/camphor_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camphor tree
trans_list: canforo
sense:
An aromatic, glossy-leaved evergreen tree native to eastern Asia (Cinnamomum camphora, Camphora officinarum) grown as a shade tree as well as for timber and camphor.


lexentry: eng/camping__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camping
trans_list: campeggio
sense:
(uncountable) The recreational or educational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation.


lexentry: eng/campus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: campus
trans_list: campus
sense:
The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.


lexentry: eng/can_I_use_your_phone__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: can I use your phone
trans_list: posso usare il tuo telefono?
sense:
Indicates that the speaker wants to communicate with someone via the interlocutor's telephone, if it is available.


lexentry: eng/can_of_worms__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: can of worms
trans_list: barile
sense:
(idiomatic) A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.


lexentry: eng/canapé__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canapé
trans_list: tartina | canapè | crostino
sense:
An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.


lexentry: eng/canard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: canard
trans_list: anatra
sense:
(aviation) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.


lexentry: eng/canard__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: canard
trans_list: alettone
sense:
(transport, engineering, by extension) Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization.


lexentry: eng/canasta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canasta
trans_list: canasta
sense:
(uncountable, games, card games) A card game similar to rummy and played using two packs, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank.


lexentry: eng/cancel__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: cancel
trans_list: annullare | obliterare
sense:
(transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.


lexentry: eng/cancel_culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cancel culture
trans_list: cancel culture | cultura del boicottaggio | cultura della cancellazione
sense:
(neologism, often, derogatory) The cultural phenomenon of publicly shaming, rejecting, and ceasing to provide support to people, companies, stores, etc. that are deemed unacceptable, and calling on others to boycott them.


lexentry: eng/cancellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cancellation
trans_list: abrogazione | annullamento | annullo | cancellazione | disdetta | revoca
sense:
The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.


lexentry: eng/cancellous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cancellous
trans_list: spongioso
sense:
(anatomy, of bone) Having low density and strength but high surface area, of the kind that fills the inner cavity of long bones.


lexentry: eng/cancer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cancer
trans_list: cancro
sense:
(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.


lexentry: eng/candareen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: candareen
trans_list: minuto
sense:
A traditional unit of weight in East Asia, approximately 378 milligrams and equivalent to ten cash. A troy candareen is approximately 374 milligrams.


lexentry: eng/candela__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: candela
trans_list: candela
sense:
In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd


lexentry: eng/candid_camera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: candid camera
trans_list: telecamera nascosta
sense:
(photography, hyphenated when used attributively) A camera which is concealed or unobtrusive, used to obtain candid photographs of people who usually are unaware; the practice of taking such photos.


lexentry: eng/candle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: candle
trans_list: candela | cero
sense:
A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.


lexentry: eng/candy_cane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: candy cane
trans_list: bastoncino di zucchero
sense:
(US, Canada) An edible candy in the shape of a cane or staff, generally consumed during Christmas time and usually having a peppermint flavor.


lexentry: eng/candy_floss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: candy floss
trans_list: zucchero filato
sense:
(UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia) Heated sugar spun into thin threads and collected into a mass, usually on a stick.


lexentry: eng/cane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cane
trans_list: canna | canna da zucchero | canna di bambu | giunco
sense:
(uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae


lexentry: eng/cane__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cane
trans_list: bastone
sense:
(countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path


lexentry: eng/cane_toad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cane toad
trans_list: aghà
sense:
A large toad, Rhinella marina (formerly Bufo marinus), of Central and South America, introduced to Australia and various Pacific islands where it is now an invasive pest species.


lexentry: eng/canid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canid
trans_list: canide
sense:
Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).


lexentry: eng/caninus_muscle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A facial muscle of the mouth.
written_rep: caninus muscle
trans_list:
canino | elevatore dell'angolo della bocca | muscolo canino | muscolo elevatore dell'angolo della bocca


lexentry: eng/canister__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: canister
trans_list: cartoccia
sense:
A component of canister-type protective masks containing a mechanical filter and chemical filling to filter, neutralize and/or absorb toxic chemical, biological and radiological agents.


lexentry: eng/canker__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: canker
trans_list: giallo
sense:
An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.


lexentry: eng/cannabinoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cannabinoid
trans_list: cannabinoide
sense:
(organic chemistry) Substance that is structurally related to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive compound present in cannabis, or that bind to cannabinoid receptors.


lexentry: eng/cannabis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cannabis
trans_list: canapa
sense:
A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.


lexentry: eng/cannoli__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cannoli
trans_list: cannolo
sense:
(chiefly, _, in the plural) A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert.


lexentry: eng/cannon__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: cannon
trans_list: cannone
sense:
(Chinese chess) A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.


lexentry: eng/canoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canoe
trans_list: canoa
sense:
A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.


lexentry: eng/canon__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: canon
trans_list: canone
sense:
A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.


lexentry: eng/canon__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: canon
trans_list: canone
sense:
(fandom, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.


lexentry: eng/canon__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: canon
trans_list: canone
sense:
(printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.


lexentry: eng/canonical_form__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canonical form
trans_list: forma canonica
sense:
(mathematics, computing) A standard or normal presentation of a mathematical entity or a text string, etc.


lexentry: eng/canonization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canonization
trans_list: canonizzazione
sense:
(Christianity) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.


lexentry: eng/canonize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canonize
trans_list: canonizzare | santificare
sense:
(chiefly, Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.


lexentry: eng/cant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cant
trans_list: codice | gergo | linguaggio segreto
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.


lexentry: eng/cant__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cant
trans_list: arma parlante
sense:
(countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.


lexentry: eng/cantaloupe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cantaloupe
trans_list: cantalupo | zatta
sense:
A melon of species Cucumis melo subsp. melo with sweet orange flesh, with numerous cultivars in several cultivar groups.


lexentry: eng/cantata__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cantata
trans_list: cantata
sense:
(music) A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.


lexentry: eng/canteen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canteen
trans_list: mensa | caffetteria
sense:
A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.


lexentry: eng/canteen__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: canteen
trans_list: borraccia
sense:
A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink


lexentry: eng/canter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canter
trans_list: galoppo
sense:
A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.


lexentry: eng/cantilever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cantilever
trans_list: mensola
sense:
(architecture) A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.


lexentry: eng/cantillation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cantillation
trans_list: cantillazione
sense:
The intonation of a sentence, especially in Hebrew script, codified by marks which are read as sequences of musical pitches.


lexentry: eng/canton__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: canton
trans_list: cantone
sense:
(heraldiccharge) A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.


lexentry: eng/canvas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canvas
trans_list: canovaccio | tela
sense:
A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.


lexentry: eng/canvass__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canvass
trans_list: rastrellare consensi | rastrellare voti
sense:
(specifically, politics) To seek the support of (voters or a constituency) in a forthcoming election or poll through personal solicitation or public addresses.


lexentry: eng/cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 19
written_rep: cap
trans_list: cappella | cappello
sense:
(nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.


lexentry: eng/capable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capable
trans_list: capace
sense:
Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.


lexentry: eng/capacitance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capacitance
trans_list: capacità
sense:
(physics, uncountable) The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F).


lexentry: eng/capacitor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capacitor
trans_list: condensatore
sense:
(electronics) An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.


lexentry: eng/cape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cape
trans_list: capo
sense:
(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.


lexentry: eng/cape__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cape
trans_list: cappa | mantellina
sense:
A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.


lexentry: eng/caper__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caper
trans_list: cappero
sense:
The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.


