# translation

lexentry: eng/bobolink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bobolink
trans_list: bobolink | rijsttroepiaal
sense:
An American migratory songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch.


lexentry: eng/bocce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bocce
trans_list: boccia
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: lijfje
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: keurslijf | lijfje
sense:
Underbodice: an undershirt for women, (archaic) particularly a corset or other undershirt stiffened with whalebone.


lexentry: eng/bodily_fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bodily fluid
trans_list: humor | lichaamssap | lichaamsvloeistof | lichaamsvocht
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: carrosserie | hoofddeel
sense:
The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/body_camera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: body camera
trans_list: bodycam
sense:
A video recording system worn on the body, typically used by law enforcement officers to record their interactions with the public, and gather video evidence at crime scenes. [from 21st century]


lexentry: eng/body_heat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: body heat
trans_list: lichaamswarmte
sense:
Heat produced from within the body of a (warmblooded) animal as opposed to absorbed from the environment.


lexentry: eng/body_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: body language
trans_list: lichaamstaal
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: lichaamstaal
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: kleerluis
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: queteletindex | BMI | bodymassindex
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: gewater
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_temperature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: body temperature
trans_list: lichaamstemperatuur
sense:
The current temperature of the body of a person or animal, especially when used as a simple guide to health.


lexentry: eng/body_text__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: body text
trans_list: binnenwerk | hoofdwerk
sense:
Within a book or other document, the main portion of text#Noun, excluding the front matter and back matter.


lexentry: eng/bodybuilder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bodybuilder
trans_list: bodybuilder | lichaamsbouwer
sense:
(bodybuilding) A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.


lexentry: eng/boffin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boffin
trans_list: techneut
sense:
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, informal) An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research. [from 1930s]


lexentry: eng/bog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bog
trans_list: moeras | moer | zomp
sense:
(wetland science, specifically) An acidic, chiefly rain-fed (ombrotrophic), peat-forming wetland. (Contrast an alkaline fen, and swamps and marshes.)


lexentry: eng/bog_bilberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bog bilberry
trans_list: rijsbes
sense:
A shrub native of the cool temperate areas of northern hemisphere, Vaccinium uliginosum, and the berry of that shrub.


lexentry: eng/bog_clubmoss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bog clubmoss
trans_list: moeraswolfsklauw
sense:
Lycopodiella inundata, growing in boggy cool, subarctic, and alpine conditions in the northern hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/bogan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bogan
trans_list: proleet
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: draaistel
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: 02
written_rep: boil down
trans_list: excerperen
sense:
(intransitive) To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).


lexentry: eng/boil_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: boil down
trans_list: verdikken
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: boiler | ketel
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: 02
written_rep: boilerplate
trans_list: kenmerking
sense:
(UK) The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882).


lexentry: eng/boilerplate__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: boilerplate
trans_list: sjabloon
sense:
(computing) A standard piece of program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor.


lexentry: eng/boiling_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boiling point
trans_list: kookpunt
sense:
(physical chemistry, physics) The temperature at which a liquid boils, with the vapor pressure equal to the given external pressure.


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/boll_weevil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boll weevil
trans_list: bloesemkever
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: bolder | meerpaal | aanlegpaal | poller | verkeerspaal
sense:
A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.


lexentry: eng/bolt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bolt
trans_list: bout | pijl
sense:
A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.


lexentry: eng/bolt__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bolt
trans_list: bout | grendel
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: grendel
sense:
(military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.


lexentry: eng/bolthole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bolthole
trans_list: ontsnappingsgat
sense:
A hole in an animal’s den, or through a wall or fence, used for escape or emergency exit, i.e., a hole the animal may bolt through.


lexentry: eng/bomb_crater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bomb crater
trans_list: bomkrater
sense:
A hole in the ground created by the explosion of a large bomb, usually one dropped by a bomber (aircraft).


lexentry: eng/bombard__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bombard
trans_list: bombarderen
sense:
(physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.


lexentry: eng/bombardier_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bombardier beetle
trans_list: bommenwerper
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: gezwollen
sense:
(of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous


lexentry: eng/bonanza__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bonanza
trans_list: goudmijn
sense:
(by extension, figurative) Anything which is a great source of wealth or yields a large income or return.


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: borg
sense:
Someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations.


lexentry: eng/bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bone
trans_list: been | bot
sense:
(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.


lexentry: eng/bone_marrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bone marrow
trans_list: beenmerg | merg
sense:
(anatomy) The fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones, being the place where new blood cells are produced.


lexentry: eng/bone_of_contention__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bone of contention
trans_list: twistpunt
sense:
(idiomatic) Something that continues to be disputed; something on which no agreement can be reached.


lexentry: eng/bone_structure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bone structure
trans_list: beenderstructuur
sense:
The exact anatomy of a person at the level of his bones, which varies somewhat by measurements and angles compared to the characteristic averages per species, race, or other genetically defined population


lexentry: eng/bonfire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bonfire
trans_list: brandstapel
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: zonnebloempit
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: hartelijkheid | jovialiteit
sense:
(uncountable) A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.


lexentry: eng/boning_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boning knife
trans_list: uitbeenmes
sense:
a sharp-pointed and narrow-bladed kitchen knife, used for removing the bones of poultry, meat, and fish.


lexentry: eng/bonnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bonnet
trans_list: motorkap | kap
sense:
(Australia, British, NZ, South Africa, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.


lexentry: eng/bony_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bony fish
trans_list: beenvis
sense:
A fish belonging to either the Actinopterygii taxonomic class or the Sarcopterygii taxonomic class; a finfish.


lexentry: eng/boo-boo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: boo-boo
trans_list: autje
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: boe
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: boe
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/booby__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: booby
trans_list: jan-van-gent
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/booby_prize__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: booby prize
trans_list: poedelprijs
sense:
(idiomatic) A prize or status, often unwelcome, awarded as a joke or disincentive to the loser of a contest or for poor performance.


lexentry: eng/book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: book
trans_list: boek
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: boek | album
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: beboeten
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_of_hours__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: book of hours
trans_list: getijdenboek
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: boekensteun
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/booking__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: booking
trans_list: boeken
sense:
(sports) The issuing of a caution which is usually written down in a book, and results in a yellow card or (after two bookings) a red card, that is to say, the player is sent from the field of play.


lexentry: eng/bookkeeping__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bookkeeping
trans_list: boekhouding
sense:
(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.


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: giek
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: slagboom
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: neerhouder
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: boemerang
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/boomerang_kid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boomerang kid
trans_list: boemerangkind
sense:
(originally, US, informal) A young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence.


lexentry: eng/boon__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: boon
trans_list: geschenk | gift
sense:
(Hindu mythology) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.


lexentry: eng/boondock__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: boondock
trans_list: wildkamperen
sense:
(US) To stay in a self-contained recreational vehicle without connections to water, electricity, or sewer services, especially in a remote location.


lexentry: eng/boondoggle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: boondoggle
trans_list: tijdverspilling
sense:
(North American, figuratively, usually, politics) A waste of time and/or money; a pointless activity.


lexentry: eng/boot__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: boot
trans_list: beschermhuls | huls
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: opstarten
sense:
(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.


lexentry: eng/boot_jack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boot jack
trans_list: laarzenknecht
sense:
A firm structure with hole, into which a person steps, in order to more easily remove their foot from a boot.


lexentry: eng/booted_eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: booted eagle
trans_list: dwergarend
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: laarzenstrop | laarzentrekker
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/borax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: borax
trans_list: borax
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: grensbewaking | grenscontrole
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__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bore
trans_list: boren
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: boorzuur
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: boor | borium
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/borscht__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: borscht
trans_list: borsjt | borscht | borsjtsj
sense:
A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.


lexentry: eng/boson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boson
trans_list: boson
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: baas | eindbaas
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/bossa_nova__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bossa nova
trans_list: bossanova
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: bossage
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/bota_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bota bag
trans_list: lapzak
sense:
A traditional Greek or Spanish wineskin bag. Typically it is made of leather, and is used to carry wine, although any liquid can be carried.


lexentry: eng/botanical_garden__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: botanical garden
trans_list: botanische tuin
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__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: botch
trans_list: verprutsen
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: horzel
sense:
One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.


lexentry: eng/bottle_crate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bottle crate
trans_list: flessenkrat
sense:
A container used for transport of beverage containers. In the present day they are usually made of plastic, but before the widespread use of plastic they tended to be made of wood or metal.


lexentry: eng/bottle_deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bottle deposit
trans_list: statiegeld
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: aflaten
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: flessenwater | fleswater
sense:
Drinking water sold by bottle, either natural or processed by e.g. filtering, carbonation or mineralization.


lexentry: eng/botulism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: botulism
trans_list: botulisme
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: bougainvillea
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: bouillonblokje
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: portier | buitenwipper | uitsmijter
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: springkussen | luchtkussen | springkasteel
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: grens | limiet
sense:
(often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.


lexentry: eng/boundary__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: boundary
trans_list: rand
sense:
(topology) (of a set) the set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set


lexentry: eng/boundary_condition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: boundary condition
trans_list: randvoorwaarde
sense:
(quantum mechanics) either one of the conditions that the wave function must be continuous and that its derivative must be as well, except in the case of infinite potential


lexentry: eng/bounty__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bounty
trans_list: arbeidsloon
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: burgerlijk
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: boustrofedon
sense:
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.


lexentry: eng/bout__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: bout
trans_list: kaak
sense:
(music) A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.


lexentry: eng/bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
trans_list: boviene spongiforme encefalopathie | dollekoeienziekte | gekkekoeienziekte
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/bovver_boots__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bovver boots
trans_list: marsheerbotten
sense:
(1970s, _, British, _, slang) Stout lace-up boots, especially Dr. Martens, perceived to be worn for the purpose of kicking people in fights, and popular with skinheads or other troublemakers out looking for bovver.


lexentry: eng/bow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bow
trans_list: boog | strijkstok
sense:
(archery) 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: 03
written_rep: bow
trans_list: strijkstok | boog
sense:
(musical instrument) A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.


lexentry: eng/bow__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: bow
trans_list: strik
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: boog | strijkstok
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: buiging
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: buigen
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: kinderwagen
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: beugelzaag
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: boeggolf
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: censureren | kuisen
sense:
(transitive) To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.


lexentry: eng/bower_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bower bird
trans_list: boogschutter
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/bowhead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bowhead
trans_list: Groenlandse walvis
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: kom | schaal
sense:
A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.


lexentry: eng/bowl__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bowl
trans_list: bowlen
sense:
(transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.


lexentry: eng/bowl_a_googly__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bowl a googly
trans_list: overrompelen
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: bloempotkapsel
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: o-benen
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: paalsteek
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: bowlen
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: bowls | koersbal
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: tankwagen
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: boegspriet
sense:
(ship parts) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.


lexentry: eng/box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: box
trans_list: kader | doos
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: buksboom | buxus | buks
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: buksboom | buxus | buks
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: boxplot
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: palmboompje
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/boxer_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boxer engine
trans_list: boxermotor
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: boksen
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/boxing_glove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: boxing glove
trans_list: bokshandschoen
sense:
(boxing, clothing) A padded mitten, designed to protect the hand while punching, and worn in boxing.


lexentry: eng/boxwood__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: boxwood
trans_list: buxushout | palmhout
sense:
(uncountable) The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.


lexentry: eng/boy__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: boy
trans_list: jongen | kerel
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: boy | huisboy
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: 06
written_rep: boy
trans_list: boy
sense:
(historical, or, offensive) A non-white male servant regardless of age, [from 17th c.] particularly as a form of address.


lexentry: eng/boy__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: boy
trans_list: boy | huisboy | nikker
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: bojaar
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: ingewanden
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: boycotten
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/brachytherapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brachytherapy
trans_list: brachytherapie
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: adelaarsvaren
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: haakje
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: brak
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: schutblad
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/brag__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brag
trans_list: opscheppen
sense:
(intransitive, often with of) 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/braid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: braid
trans_list: vlecht
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: vlechten
sense:
(transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.


lexentry: eng/brain-dead__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brain-dead
trans_list: hersendood
sense:
(medicine, not comparable) Having an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.


lexentry: eng/brain-washing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brain-washing
trans_list: hersenspoeling
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: hersenen | brein | hersens
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: braindrain | kennisvlucht | hersenvlucht
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_stem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brain stem
trans_list: hersenstam
sense:
(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and the rest of the forebrain.


lexentry: eng/brain_surgery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: brain surgery
trans_list: hogere wiskunde
sense:
(uncountable, idiomatic, hyperbole, chiefly in the negative) Something that is overly complex, detailed or confusing.


lexentry: eng/brainchild__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brainchild
trans_list: geesteskind | hersenkind | idee
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/brainwash__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brainwash
trans_list: hersenspoelen
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: smoren
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: rem | remming
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: rem | remmen | remmer | remming
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_drum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brake drum
trans_list: remtrommel
sense:
A hollow metal cylinder, attached to a wheel of a vehicle, to which pressure is applied when braking.


lexentry: eng/brake_fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brake fluid
trans_list: remvloeistof
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: remlicht
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: remschoen
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: remweg
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: keep
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: zemel
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: tak
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/brand__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: brand
trans_list: brandmerk
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: merk
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__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brand
trans_list: brandmerken
sense:
(transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.


lexentry: eng/brandish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brandish
trans_list: zwaaien
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: braan
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/brant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brant
trans_list: zeegans | zwarte gans
sense:
(North American) Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.


lexentry: eng/brash__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brash
trans_list: driest
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: messing | geelkoper
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: brons | geelkoperen | koperblazers | messing
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_instrument__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brass instrument
trans_list: koperblaasinstrument
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: hoofdkaas | zult
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: balken
sense:
(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.


lexentry: eng/braze__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: braze
trans_list: solderen
sense:
To join two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness.


lexentry: eng/brazen_bull__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brazen bull
trans_list: messingen stier
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: vuurkorf | kolenbekken | komfoor | koperslager | stoof | vuurbekken
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: brazielboom
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: bres | gat
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/bread_and_circuses__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bread and circuses
trans_list: brood en spelen
sense:
(idiomatic) Food and entertainment provided by the state, particularly if intended to placate the people.


lexentry: eng/breadcrumb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breadcrumb
trans_list: broodkruimel
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: broodboom
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: broodstengel | soepstengel
sense:
A long, very slender loaf of crisp bread smaller than a baguette; for example, grissini from Italy and rosquilletas from Spain.


lexentry: eng/break-even_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: break-even point
trans_list: rentabiliteitsdrempel
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: inbraak
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: 28
written_rep: break
trans_list: breken
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: 30
written_rep: break
trans_list: breken | overtreden
sense:
(transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.


lexentry: eng/break_a_lance__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: break a lance
trans_list: een lans breken
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: ... ze! | speel ze | toi toi toi! | zet hem op
sense:
(idiomatic) Said to someone wishing they perform well in a theatrical production or comparable endeavor.


lexentry: eng/break_bad__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: break bad
trans_list: van het juiste pad afwijken
sense:
(colloquial, especially, Southern US, and, Midwest US, of a person) To go bad; to turn toward immorality or crime.


lexentry: eng/break_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: break down
trans_list: falen | kapotgaan | stukgaan | in tranen uitbarsten | instorten | uiteenvallen
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: analyseren | uitsplitsen
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: inlopen
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: afschieten
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: ontbijten
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_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: break up
trans_list: uit elkaar gaan
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: een scheet laten | een wind laten
sense:
(idiomatic, euphemistic) To expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart.


lexentry: eng/breakaway__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: breakaway
trans_list: eruptie
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/breakdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: breakdown
trans_list: afbraak | openbreking
sense:
(chemistry, uncountable) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/breakdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: breakdown
trans_list: opdeling | opsplitsing | uitsplitsing
sense:
(uncountable) Detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/breakdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: breakdown
trans_list: ineenstorting | instorting | inzakking | inzinking | zenuwinstorting
sense:
(uncountable) (Sudden) worsening of physical health or (more commonly) mental stability, resulting in an inability to carry on normal activities; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/breaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: breaker
trans_list: blad
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: ontbijtgranen
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/breakup__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: breakup
trans_list: dooi
sense:
(Alaska and northern Canada, seasons, time) The time of year during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.


lexentry: eng/breakwater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breakwater
trans_list: golfbreker | havendam | havenhoofd
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: 03
written_rep: breakwater
trans_list: golfbreker
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: brasem
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: brasem
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: borst
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: borst | borststuk | hart
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: borstvergroting
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: borstimplantaat
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: borststrijken
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/breastbone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breastbone
trans_list: borstbeen
sense:
(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.


lexentry: eng/breastplate__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: breastplate
trans_list: borstplaat
sense:
(Judaism) An embroidered square of linen worn on the breast of the Jewish high priest, bearing twelve precious stones, each inscribed with the name of one of the tribes of Israel.


lexentry: eng/breaststroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breaststroke
trans_list: schoolslag
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: alcoholcontrole
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: alcoholtest
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: ademen | ademhalen | inademen | asemen | asemhalen | uitademen
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: gaping
sense:
(petrology) A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.


lexentry: eng/breech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breech
trans_list: broek
sense:
(historical, now only, _, in the plural, or, attributive) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/breech_birth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breech birth
trans_list: stuitligging
sense:
A birth in which the baby comes through the birth canal posterior (buttocks), feet, or knees first, instead of the more usual position of headfirst.


lexentry: eng/breeding-ground__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: breeding-ground
trans_list: broedplaats
sense:
(figuratively) A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc.


lexentry: eng/breve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: breve
trans_list: breve
sense:
(orthography, printing) A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.


lexentry: eng/bribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bribe
trans_list: omkopen
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: omkoperij
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: fysicus
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: bruidspaar
sense:
The bride and bridegroom on their wedding day, and possibly for a short time thereafter, for example during their honeymoon.


lexentry: eng/bride_price__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bride price
trans_list: buidsprijs
sense:
In some cultures, a sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride.


lexentry: eng/bridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bridge
trans_list: kam | brug
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: brug
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: bruggenhoofd
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/bridgehead__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bridgehead
trans_list: bruggenhoofd | landhoofd
sense:
(physical chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms


lexentry: eng/bridle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bridle
trans_list: in bedwang houden | intomen
sense:
(transitive) To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.


lexentry: eng/bridled_titmouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bridled titmouse
trans_list: harlekijnmees
sense:
A bird of species Baeolophus wollweberi, of small tits in family Paridae, found from Arizona to southern Mexico.


lexentry: eng/brig__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: brig
trans_list: cachot | gevang | legergevangenis | militaire gevangenis | scheepsgevangenis
sense:
(US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.


lexentry: eng/brigade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: brigade
trans_list: brigade
sense:
(military) Military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service.


lexentry: eng/brigantine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brigantine
trans_list: brigantijn
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: briljant
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: diamant | halve petit | robijn
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: pekel | brijnwater
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: zijn eigen broek ophouden
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: invoegen
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: brengen
sense:
(idiomatic, intransitive, US, informal, often, as imperative) To pose a challenge or threat; to attack; to compete aggressively.


lexentry: eng/brinkmanship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brinkmanship
trans_list: afgrondpolitiek | riskant buitenlands beleid
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/brise_soleil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brise soleil
trans_list: zonnewering
sense:
(architecture) A type of structural sunshade with slats, holes, etc, to keep sunlight from striking fully on a building.


lexentry: eng/bristle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bristle
trans_list: borstelhaar | stoppelhaar
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: zilvervisje
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/broach__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: broach
trans_list: aantappen (van een vat) | doorboren
sense:
(transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.


lexentry: eng/broach__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: broach
trans_list: kapseizen
sense:
(transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).


lexentry: eng/broadband__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: broadband
trans_list: breedband
sense:
(Internet) An internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies such as ADSL or cable modem.


lexentry: eng/broadcast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: broadcast
trans_list: uitzending | uitzenden | transmissie
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: uitzaaien
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: blad
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: Kanonnade
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/brocade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brocade
trans_list: brokaat
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: broccoli
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: dialect
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/broiler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: broiler
trans_list: grill
sense:
(cookware, North America) A device used to broil food; part of an oven or a small stove; known as a grill in British English.


lexentry: eng/broken__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: broken
trans_list: gebroken
sense:
(sports, video games, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; giving a player too much power.


lexentry: eng/brolga__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brolga
trans_list: brolgakraanvogel
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: broom
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/bronchitis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bronchitis
trans_list: bronchitis
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: bronchusverwijder
sense:
(medicine) Any drug used to dilate and relax the bronchial passages and ease the flow of air to the lungs


lexentry: eng/bronze__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bronze
trans_list: brons
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: broche | speldje
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: gebroed | legsel | nageslacht | nest
sense:
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.


lexentry: eng/brood_parasitism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brood parasitism
trans_list: broedparasitisme | nestparasitisme
sense:
(biology, particularly, ornithology) The practice of some species of animal (the parasites) of relying on another species (the host species) to rear the parasites' young, as practised by certain birds (for example, most species of cuckoo), insects (for example, cuckoo bumblebees) and some other animals.


lexentry: eng/broom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: broom
trans_list: bezem
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: 03
written_rep: broom
trans_list: bezem | brem
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: bezemwagen
sense:
(cycle racing) A vehicle that follows a cycling race, picking up stragglers and carrying food and equipment.


lexentry: eng/brow_ridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brow ridge
trans_list: wenkbrauwboog
sense:
a bony projection in humans and other primates located above eye sockets delimiting the bottom of the forehead


lexentry: eng/brown_dwarf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brown dwarf
trans_list: Bruine Dwerg
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: bruine hyena | strandwolf
sense:
A comparatively rare species of hyena, Parahyaena 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: zilvervliesrijst
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_shrike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brown shrike
trans_list: bruine klauwier
sense:
Lanius cristatus, a bird in the shrike family (Lanius) that is found mainly in Asia. It is closely related to the red-backed shrike (L. collurio) and isabelline shrike (L. isabellinus).


lexentry: eng/brown_trout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brown trout
trans_list: forel
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: 03
written_rep: brownie
trans_list: kabouter
sense:
(folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them. [from 1510s]


lexentry: eng/browse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: browse
trans_list: doorbladeren
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: surfen
sense:
(transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.


lexentry: eng/brubru__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brubru
trans_list: broebroe
sense:
Also more fully as brubru shrike: a bird in the bushshrike family found in sub-Saharan Africa (Nilaus afer).


lexentry: eng/brucellosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: brucellosis
trans_list: brucellose
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/bruise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bruise
trans_list: blauwe plek
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: slaan | kneuzen
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: bul
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: openbaren
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: middageten
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: borstel
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: borstel
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: tandenpoetsen
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: bruut
sense:
A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/bruxism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bruxism
trans_list: bruxisme
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: moeras
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: bel
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: bobbeltjespapier
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: kauwgom
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: builenpest
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: builenpest
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/buccal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: buccal
trans_list: kaak
sense:
(pharmacology) Administered in the mouth, not by swallowing but by absorption through the skin of the cheek; often by placing between the top gum and the inside of the lip.


lexentry: eng/buccaneer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buccaneer
trans_list: boekanier | kaper
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__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buck
trans_list: bok
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: bokken
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: bucketlist | loodjeslijst
sense:
(by extension) A list of things to accomplish before a certain deadline or in a certain time period.


lexentry: eng/buckle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buckle
trans_list: gesp
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/buckler__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: buckler
trans_list: beukelaar
sense:
(obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.


lexentry: eng/buckram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buckram
trans_list: bol
sense:
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.


lexentry: eng/buckshot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buckshot
trans_list: hagel
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/buddleia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buddleia
trans_list: vlinderstruik
sense:
A tree or shrub of the genus Buddleja, especially Buddleja davidii, a large ornamental shrub whose lilac flowers attract butterflies.


lexentry: eng/budgerigar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: budgerigar
trans_list: grasparkiet
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/buff_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buff out
trans_list: polijsten
sense:
(transitive) To remove paint or light scratches from the surface by friction, wearing it out by polishing or blasting with sand or by employing some similar method.


lexentry: eng/buffalo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buffalo
trans_list: buffel | karbouw | kafferbuffel | waterbuffel
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: buffermengsel
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: buffer
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/bufotoxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bufotoxin
trans_list: bufotoxine
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a family of toxic substances found in toads, other amphibians, and some plants and mushrooms.


lexentry: eng/bug__Noun__1
sense_num: 26
written_rep: bug
trans_list: beestje | insect
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/bugbear__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bugbear
trans_list: spookbeeld
sense:
(folklore, fantasy) A generic creature, often described as a large goblin, meant to inspire fear in children.


lexentry: eng/bugger_off__Interjection__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bugger off
trans_list: amai
sense:
(idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, emphatic , colloquial) An expression of disagreement or disbelief.


lexentry: eng/bughouse_chess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bughouse chess
trans_list: doorgeefschaak
sense:
A variant of chess played on two chessboards by four players in teams of two. Each player plays the other colour of pieces than their teammate, to whom they pass the pieces they capture from their opponent. The teammate can then choose to put one of these pieces on their board as an alternative way of making a move.


lexentry: eng/bugle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bugle
trans_list: bugel | flügelhorn
sense:
(brass instrument) A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series


lexentry: eng/build__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: build
trans_list: bouw
sense:
(countable, uncountable) The physique of a human or animal body, or other object; constitution or structure.


lexentry: eng/build_castles_in_the_air__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: build castles in the air
trans_list: luchtkastelen bouwen
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/builder's_cleavage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: builder's cleavage
trans_list: bouwvakkersdecolleté
sense:
(chiefly, British, slang) The top of the buttocks showing when a pair of trousers are worn too low, or when the wearer is bending over.


lexentry: eng/building_site__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: building site
trans_list: werf
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/building_site__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: building site
trans_list: lokaal
sense:
(archaeology) The site of a former structure, indicated by an assemblage of features, artifacts or debris, remote-sensing data, or historic records (e.g., deed records).


lexentry: eng/buisine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buisine
trans_list: bazuin
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: bol
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: buulbuul
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: bult
sense:
An object which is 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: boulimie
sense:
(pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.


lexentry: eng/bulk__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: bulk
trans_list: bulk
sense:
(uncountable, transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain.


lexentry: eng/bulk_carrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bulk carrier
trans_list: bulkcarrier
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: schot
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: stierenmarkt
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: buldog
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 | laadschop
sense:
A tractor with caterpillar tracks and 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: kogel
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: opsommingslijst | lijst met opsommingstekens
sense:
A list whose items start with the typographical bullet, that is •, or with other symbols other than numbers.


lexentry: eng/bulletin_board_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bulletin board system
trans_list: bulletin board system
sense:
(computing, historical) A type of computer system, now largely obsolete, used to exchange messages and data over a telecommunications network.


lexentry: eng/bullhead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bullhead
trans_list: Noord-Amerikaans katvisse
sense:
(North America) any of a variety of related species of generally dark-colored catfish in the family Ictaluridae.


lexentry: eng/bullion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bullion
trans_list: goudstaaf | staaf | zilverstaaf
sense:
A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.


lexentry: eng/bullroarer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bullroarer
trans_list: ruit
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: bullshit | gelul | kletskoek | lariekoek | lulkoek | nonsens
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: pestkop | treiteraar | wreedaard
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: bies
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: verschansing
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: landing
sense:
(chiefly, North America, slang, idiomatic) The forcible ejection of someone, such as a bum or a hobo, from an establishment.


lexentry: eng/bumf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bumf
trans_list: paperassen
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: Schubbekutteveen
sense:
(vulgar) The middle of nowhere; a nondescript, isolated, and underdeveloped locale whose precise location may be difficult to ascertain.


lexentry: eng/bump__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: bump
trans_list: botsen | stoten
sense:
(transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.


lexentry: eng/bumper__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bumper
trans_list: bumper
sense:
(automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.


lexentry: eng/bumper_sticker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bumper sticker
trans_list: bumpersticker
sense:
(US) An adhesive label or decal, usually applied to the bumper or back end of an automobile, and displaying a short political, promotional, philosophical, or humorous message.


lexentry: eng/bunch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bunch
trans_list: tros | bos
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: verknoeien
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: hallux valgus | scheefstaande grote teen
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__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bunk
trans_list: spijbelen
sense:
(British, India) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off').


lexentry: eng/bunk_bed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bunk bed
trans_list: stapelbed
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/bunny_girl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bunny girl
trans_list: haasje
sense:
(slang) A club hostess or other female entertainer wearing a sexually provocative outfit with rabbit-like ears and tail.


lexentry: eng/bunting__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bunting
trans_list: dundoek | vlaggendoek
sense:
(nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.


lexentry: eng/bunting__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bunting
trans_list: gors | gorsje
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: boei
sense:
(nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes


lexentry: eng/buprestid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buprestid
trans_list: prachtkever
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: egelskop
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: kwabaal
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: bewijslast | last
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: bureau | bureel
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: bureaucratie
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: kanselarijstijl
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: buret
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: fietsstuur
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: inbraak
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: inbraak
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: burgemeester
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: burchtgraaf
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/burka__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burka
trans_list: boerka
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: 09
written_rep: burn
trans_list: branden | beledigen | kwetsen | liggen hebben
sense:
(transitive) To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.


lexentry: eng/burn__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: burn
trans_list: verbranden | branden | aanbranden | gloeien | in de steek laten | verraden
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: branden
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: je schepen achter je verbranden
sense:
(idiomatic) To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc., particularly intentionally.


lexentry: eng/burn_phone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burn phone
trans_list: wegwerptelefoon
sense:
(informal) A cell phone bought anonymously with cash, used for only a short time and then thrown away, usually used as a means of conducting illegal business or harassment without being traceable to the purchaser.


lexentry: eng/burning_bush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burning bush
trans_list: brandende braamstruik | brandende doornstruik
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: polieren
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/buro__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: buro
trans_list: bureau | bureel
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/bursa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bursa
trans_list: Handtas
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: begraven
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: bus | autobus | stadsbus
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__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bus
trans_list: bus | de | met | vervoeren
sense:
(transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly, US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.


lexentry: eng/bus__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: bus
trans_list: afruimen
sense:
(intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.


lexentry: eng/bus_rapid_transit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bus rapid transit
trans_list: hov-bus
sense:
(transport) A form of rapid transit using buses, which have dedicated rights-of-way or laneways, purpose-built bus stations, and dedicated traffic signalling.


lexentry: eng/bus_shelter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bus shelter
trans_list: bushok | bushokje
sense:
A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop, to provide seating and protection from the weather for the convenience of waiting passengers.


lexentry: eng/bus_trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bus trap
trans_list: bussluis
sense:
A construction or device placed on a road that only allows (public transport) buses, and no other vehicles with smaller gauge, to pass.


lexentry: eng/busbar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: busbar
trans_list: busbar
sense:
An electrical conductor that carries a large current, especially one that is part of a power distribution system; typically a thick strip, or a tube, of copper or aluminium.


lexentry: eng/busby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: busby
trans_list: kolbak
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: struik | heester
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__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bush
trans_list: bush
sense:
(Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.


lexentry: eng/bush__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bush
trans_list: bush
sense:
(often with "the") Tracts of land covered in natural vegetation that are largely undeveloped and uncultivated.


lexentry: eng/bushing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bushing
trans_list: kussentje
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: 04
written_rep: bushing
trans_list: isolator
sense:
(electrical engineering) A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.


lexentry: eng/business__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: business
trans_list: businessclass
sense:
(travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.


lexentry: eng/business_administration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business administration
trans_list: bedrijfskunde
sense:
(business, education) A course of study in higher education intended to prepare the students for a career in business.


lexentry: eng/business_before_pleasure__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business before pleasure
trans_list: zaken gaan voor plezier
sense:
Discharging one's obligations must take precedence over devoting time to pursuits meant solely for one's own gratification.


lexentry: eng/business_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business card
trans_list: visitekaartje
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_model__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business model
trans_list: bedrijfsmodel | verdienmodel | zakenmodel
sense:
The particular way in which a business ensures that it generates income, one that includes the choice of offerings, strategies, infrastructure, organizational structures, trading practices, and operational processes and policies.


lexentry: eng/business_plan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business plan
trans_list: ondernemingsplan
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: straatartiest | straatmuzikant
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: betrappen | breken
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: ergeren
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: trap
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: 04
written_rep: buster
trans_list: vriend
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: bustier
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: cul de Paris
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/but__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: but
trans_list: maar | echter
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: behalve | maar
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/butane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butane
trans_list: butaan
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: (hak)blok
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: butler
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: inmengen | moeien | onderbreken | zich
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: boter
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: beboteren | inboteren | met boter besmeren
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: botervloot
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: botermes
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/butter_one's_bread_on_both_sides__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butter one's bread on both sides
trans_list: van twee walletjes eten
sense:
(idiomatic) To profit from two things at the same time, especially when those things seem contradictory or incompatible.


lexentry: eng/butter_wouldn't_melt_in_someone's_mouth__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
trans_list: van de prins geen kwaad weten
sense:
(idiomatic) The identified person appears to be benign, mild-mannered, or calm (but with an integral suggestion that, to the contrary, he or she really is untrustworthy, disagreeable, or mean-spirited).


lexentry: eng/butterbur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterbur
trans_list: hoefblad
sense:
Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, having dense clusters of often purple flowers.


lexentry: eng/butterfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterfly
trans_list: vlinder | kapel | boterschijte | botervlieg | fladderaar | pennenvogel
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_stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterfly stroke
trans_list: vlinderslag
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/buttermilk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buttermilk
trans_list: karnemelk | botermelk
sense:
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.


lexentry: eng/buttermilk__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: buttermilk
trans_list: botermelk
sense:
Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.


lexentry: eng/buttock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buttock
trans_list: bil
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: knoop
sense:
(clothing) 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: knop | toets
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: knop | knoop
sense:
(graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.


lexentry: eng/button_accordion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: button accordion
trans_list: trekzak
sense:
An accordion whose melody-side keyboard consists of a series of buttons, rather than piano-style keys.


lexentry: eng/buttonquail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buttonquail
trans_list: vechtkwartel
sense:
Any of several species of small terrestrial birds, principally in the genus Turnix of the family Turnicidae.


lexentry: eng/butyric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butyric acid
trans_list: boterzuur
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: kopen | aanschaffen | aankopen
sense:
(transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).


lexentry: eng/buzz__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buzz
trans_list: zoemen
sense:
(intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.


lexentry: eng/buzzword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buzzword
trans_list: buzzwoord | modewoord
sense:
(sometimes, derogatory) 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: veruit
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: rechtens
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: overigens | trouwens | nu dat ik eraan denk | tussen haakjes | terloops gezegd
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: gezien
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: via
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: bijvangst
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/bypass__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bypass
trans_list: rondweg | sluipweg | wegomleiding
sense:
A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).


lexentry: eng/bystander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bystander
trans_list: omstander
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
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
sense:
(computing, most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.


lexentry: eng/byword__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: byword
trans_list: spotnaam
sense:
Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.


lexentry: eng/béarnaise_sauce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: béarnaise sauce
trans_list: béarnaise | béarnaisesaus
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: boeman | zwarte beest
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: p/a
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
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/cabbage_white__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cabbage white
trans_list: koolwitje
sense:
(entomology) Any of various largely white butterflies with dark markings in the family Pieridae, especially the species Pieris brassicae, Pieris canidia, and Pieris rapae.


lexentry: eng/cabin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cabin
trans_list: hut
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: scheepsjongen
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/cabin_crew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cabin crew
trans_list: steward
sense:
(aviation) The members of staff aboard a commercial aircraft, employed to ensure the safety and comfort of their passengers.


lexentry: eng/cabinet__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: cabinet
trans_list: kabinet
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: kabel
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: kabel | kabelnetwerk
sense:
(communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.


lexentry: eng/cable_internet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cable internet
trans_list: kabelinternet
sense:
Internet connectivity received through coaxial cables, usually via the same medium as cable television.


lexentry: eng/cable_modem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cable modem
trans_list: kabelmodem
sense:
(Internet) A modem that provides data communication via radio frequency channels over any of a variety of cable types to establish a cable internet connection.


lexentry: eng/cable_television__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cable television
trans_list: kabeltelevisie
sense:
Television received through coaxial cables; specifically, a TV service that provides reception to suburbs or other residential areas through utility lines and offering a wide variety of TV channels through satellite reception.


lexentry: eng/cache-sexe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cache-sexe
trans_list: lendendoek
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: cachegeheugen
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: cachexie
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/cackling_goose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cackling goose
trans_list: kleine Canadese gans
sense:
Branta hutchinsii, a North American bird of the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species.


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: vlerk
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: controleur | kaartjesknipper | kaartjesverkoper
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: kadaster
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: cadaverine
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: kokerjuffer
sense:
Any insect, of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings; they are found near lakes and streams.


lexentry: eng/cadenza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cadenza
trans_list: cadens
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/caduceus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: caduceus
trans_list: caduceus
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/caecum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caecum
trans_list: blindedarm
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: cesaropapie
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: cesium
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: cafetaria | kantine
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: cafetaria
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: cafeïne
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: koffiehuis | café
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: bond
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: kaaiman
sense:
(narrowly) Any of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae.


lexentry: eng/cairn__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cairn
trans_list: steenman
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/cajole__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cajole
trans_list: dringen
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: lade
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: taart | gebak | koek | cake
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: 01
written_rep: calabash
trans_list: kalebas
sense:
A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree.


lexentry: eng/calabash__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: calabash
trans_list: kalebas
sense:
The bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this plant.


lexentry: eng/calabash__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: calabash
trans_list: kalebas
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: kalamijn
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: kalanderleeuwerik
sense:
Any bird in the genus Melanocorypha, but especially in the species Melanocorypha calandra of the Mediterranean region and central Asia.


lexentry: eng/calcine__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcine
trans_list: branden
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: calciet
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: calcium
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: calciumcarbide
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: calciumcarbonaat
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: calciumchloride
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: calciumhydroxide | gebluste kalk
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: calculeren | berekenen | uitwerken
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: berekenen | calculeren | rekenen | uitwerken
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/calculus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: calculus
trans_list: wiskunde
sense:
(uncountable, often, definite, the calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject.


lexentry: eng/calculus_of_variations__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calculus of variations
trans_list: variatierekening
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: calefactorium
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: kalender
sense:
A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.


lexentry: eng/calendar__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calendar
trans_list: vastleggen
sense:
(legal, transitive) To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.


lexentry: eng/calendar_year__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calendar year
trans_list: jaar
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: kalender | kalendermachine | stofglanzer
sense:
Calender 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: kaliber
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: calicot
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: californium
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: kalifaat
sense:
Monarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.


lexentry: eng/call__Noun__1
sense_num: 22
written_rep: call
trans_list: roep
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: bezoeken
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: 05
written_rep: call
trans_list: meegaan
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__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: call
trans_list: aanroepen
sense:
(transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program); to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.


lexentry: eng/call_a_spade_a_spade__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: call a spade a spade
trans_list: de dingen bij hun naam noemen | een kat een kat noemen | man en paard noemen | zeggen zoals het is
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: praatpaal
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_center__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: call center
trans_list: callcenter
sense:
(business, telephony) A communications facility where phone calls are handled; especially, a commercial one for customer service, sales and telemarketing.


lexentry: eng/call_it_quits__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: call it quits
trans_list: arresteren
sense:
To conclude; to quit or stop an activity, especially after applying oneself to it for a significant period of time.


lexentry: eng/call_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: call number
trans_list: quotering
sense:
(library science) An identification number, usually consisting of a combination of numbers and characters, used to identify and locate materials within a library; the shelfmark that conveys it.


lexentry: eng/call_to_arms__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: call to arms
trans_list: wapenkreet
sense:
(figurative) An appeal to undertake a particular course of action or to support a specific cause; a call to action.


lexentry: eng/call_to_prayer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: call to prayer
trans_list: gebedsoproep
sense:
A public proclamation made five times a day in Muslim societies, broadcast from the mosques, to mark out the ordained occasions for worship.


lexentry: eng/call_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: call tree
trans_list: telefoonboom
sense:
A hierarchy or tree of people (employees, students etc.) in which each person forwards a message to the next person down the line. The tree is arranged so that a single person can easily forward messages to all people.


lexentry: eng/calligraphy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calligraphy
trans_list: kalligrafie | schoonschrift | schoonschrijven
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: signatuur
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: eelt
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: eelt
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__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calm
trans_list: sereniteit
sense:
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.


lexentry: eng/calm_before_the_storm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calm before the storm
trans_list: stilte voor de storm
sense:
(idiomatic) A period of peace before a disturbance or crisis; an unnatural or false calm before a storm.


lexentry: eng/calorie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: calorie
trans_list: calorie
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/calorimeter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calorimeter
trans_list: caloriemeter
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/calque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calque
trans_list: leenvertaling
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: kraaienpoot | voetangel
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/calumny__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calumny
trans_list: belasteren
sense:
(transitive, formal) To make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing; to calumniate.


lexentry: eng/calve__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: calve
trans_list: afkalven
sense:
(transitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) To shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg).


lexentry: eng/calyptra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calyptra
trans_list: calyptra
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: kelk
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: nok
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/camber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camber
trans_list: tonrondte
sense:
A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.


lexentry: eng/cambium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cambium
trans_list: cambium
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: camcorder | 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: lood
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: kameeldrijver | kameeldrijfster
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: bastaardspin | rolspin
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/camomile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camomile
trans_list: kamille
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: kamillethee
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: camouflage
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: kamperen
sense:
(intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.


lexentry: eng/campfire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: campfire
trans_list: kampvuur
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: kamfer
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/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_of_worms__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: can of worms
trans_list: meloen
sense:
(idiomatic) A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.


lexentry: eng/canary_in_a_coal_mine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canary in a coal mine
trans_list: aankondigend
sense:
(idiomatic) Something whose sensitivity to adverse conditions makes it a useful early indicator of such conditions; something which warns of the coming of greater danger or trouble by a deterioration in its health or welfare.


lexentry: eng/cancel__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cancel
trans_list: schrappen
sense:
(transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.


lexentry: eng/cancel_culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cancel culture
trans_list: cancelcultuur
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: afgelasting | intrekken
sense:
The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.


lexentry: eng/cancer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cancer
trans_list: kanker
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: minuut
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: verborgen camera
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: kaars
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: zuurstok
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/cane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cane
trans_list: riet | rietstok
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: blindenstok
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/canid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canid
trans_list: hondachtige
sense:
Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).


lexentry: eng/canker__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: canker
trans_list: geel | steen
sense:
An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.


lexentry: eng/cankle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cankle
trans_list: kenkel
sense:
(originally, _, slang, usually, _, pejorative) An obese or otherwise swollen ankle that blends into the calf without clear demarcation. [from 2000s]


lexentry: eng/cannabis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cannabis
trans_list: hennep | cannabis
sense:
A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.


lexentry: eng/cannon__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: cannon
trans_list: kanon
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/cannonball__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cannonball
trans_list: bommetje
sense:
(diving) The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.


lexentry: eng/canoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canoe
trans_list: kano | korjaal
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/canola__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canola
trans_list: raapzaad
sense:
Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed.


lexentry: eng/canon__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: canon
trans_list: canon
sense:
A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.


lexentry: eng/canonization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canonization
trans_list: heiligverklaring
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: heilig verklaren
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: Bargoens | boeventaal
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: sprekend wapen
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: kanteloep | kantaloep
sense:
Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:


lexentry: eng/cantata__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cantata
trans_list: cantate
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: kantine | cafetaria
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: veldfles
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: arbeidsgalop | galop
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: overhang
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/canton__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: canton
trans_list: vrijkwartier | kanton
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: canvas
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: soliciteren | stemmen werven
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_gun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cap gun
trans_list: klapperpistool
sense:
A toy gun that uses small charges of shock-sensitive explosive compounds to simulate the sound and puff of smoke of a gunshot.


lexentry: eng/cap_pistol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cap pistol
trans_list: klapperpistool
sense:
A toy pistol that uses small charges of shock-sensitive explosive compounds to simulate the sound and puff of smoke of a gunshot.


lexentry: eng/capable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capable
trans_list: bekwaam
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: elektrische capaciteit
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: condensator
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: kaap
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: mantel
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: kappertje
sense:
The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.


lexentry: eng/capercaillie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capercaillie
trans_list: auerhoen
sense:
A large, black grouse of the genus Tetrao in the bird family Phasianidae, especially the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.


lexentry: eng/capillarity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capillarity
trans_list: capillariteit
sense:
The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube.


lexentry: eng/capillary__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: capillary
trans_list: haarvat | capillair
sense:
(anatomy) Any of the small blood vessels (from 5 to 10 micrometres/micrometers (μm) in diameter) that connect arteries to veins (They are the smallest blood vessels in the body: they convey blood between the arterioles and venules).


lexentry: eng/capillary_action__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capillary action
trans_list: capillariteit
sense:
(physics) The drawing of a liquid (often against gravity) into or up narrow interstices due to surface tension


lexentry: eng/capital__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: capital
trans_list: kapitaal
sense:
(uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.


lexentry: eng/capital_city__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: capital city
trans_list: hoofdstad
sense:
A city (or cities) much larger or more important to a country than all others, regardless of the actual seat of government (cf., Moscow and Saint Petersburg regardless of moves of the Russian government; Amsterdam despite the Dutch government having been situated in The Hague since 1588).


lexentry: eng/capital_gain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: capital gain
trans_list: meerwaarde
sense:
(business, finance) An amount by which the value or the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner exceed its cost to the owner.


lexentry: eng/capitalisation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capitalisation
trans_list: kapitaalvorming
sense:
(in particular) The act or process of writing (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters.


lexentry: eng/capitalisation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capitalisation
trans_list: kapitaalvorming
sense:
Choice of case (when writing a word); the act or process of writing a word in a particular case, such as ALL CAPS, Title Case, CamelCase, Sentence case, or all lowercase.


lexentry: eng/capitalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: capitalism
trans_list: kapitalisme
sense:
(politics, economic liberalism) A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.


lexentry: eng/capitalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capitalize
trans_list: kapitaliseren
sense:
(transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.


lexentry: eng/capitalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: capitalize
trans_list: kapitaliseren
sense:
(transitive, finance) To convert into capital, i.e., to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income.


lexentry: eng/capitulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: capitulation
trans_list: capitulatie
sense:
The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.


lexentry: eng/capoeira__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capoeira
trans_list: capoeira
sense:
(uncountable) A martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements.


lexentry: eng/capotasto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capotasto
trans_list: capodastro
sense:
(music) A device, placed across the strings of a fretted instrument such as a guitar, to shorten the strings and thus allow upward transposition without altered fingering


lexentry: eng/cappuccino__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cappuccino
trans_list: cappuccino
sense:
(uncountable) An Italian coffee-based beverage made from espresso to which milk that has been steamed and/or frothed is added; (countable) a cup of this beverage.


lexentry: eng/capric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capric acid
trans_list: caprinezuur
sense:
(fatty acid) A fatty acid, CH3(CH2)8COOH, obtained from animal fats, and used in the manufacture of perfumes and flavours.


lexentry: eng/caprolactam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caprolactam
trans_list: caprolactam
sense:
(organic compound) A lactam (cyclic amide) manufactured from cyclohexanone and used in the manufacture of nylon.


lexentry: eng/caprylic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caprylic acid
trans_list: caprylzuur
sense:
(fatty acid) A fatty acid, CH3(CH2)6COOH, obtained from butter and other animal fats, and used in the manufacture of perfumes and flavours.


lexentry: eng/capsicum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capsicum
trans_list: capsicum
sense:
Any of several tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.


lexentry: eng/capstan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capstan
trans_list: kaapstander
sense:
(nautical) A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, used to apply force to cables, ropes, etc. It is typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers used to turn it.


lexentry: eng/capstan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: capstan
trans_list: toonas
sense:
(electronics) A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.


lexentry: eng/capsule__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: capsule
trans_list: capsule
sense:
(botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.


lexentry: eng/capsule__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: capsule
trans_list: capsule
sense:
(astronautics) A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.


lexentry: eng/captain__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: captain
trans_list: kapitein | gezagvoerder
sense:
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.


lexentry: eng/captain__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: captain
trans_list: aanvoerder | kapitein
sense:
One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.


lexentry: eng/caption__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: caption
trans_list: hoofd | hoofding | kop | legende | ondertitel | opschrift
sense:
(cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.


lexentry: eng/caption__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: caption
trans_list: certificaat | certificatie
sense:
(legal) The section on an official paper (for example, as part of a seizure or capture) that describes when, where, and what was taken, found or executed, and who authorized the act.


lexentry: eng/captious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: captious
trans_list: misleidend | sofistisch
sense:
(obsolete) That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.


lexentry: eng/captivate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: captivate
trans_list: boeien | bekoren | fascineren
sense:
(figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.


lexentry: eng/capture__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: capture
trans_list: eten
sense:
(transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).


lexentry: eng/car__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: car
trans_list: auto | wagen | automobiel
sense:
A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.


lexentry: eng/car_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: car bomb
trans_list: bomauto | autobom
sense:
An automobile laden with a large amount of explosives, and used as a bomb primarily in order to cause external damage.


lexentry: eng/car_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: car bomb
trans_list: autobom
sense:
An explosive device installed in an automobile with the primary purpose of killing the occupants of the car.


lexentry: eng/car_wash__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: car wash
trans_list: wasstraat | autowasstraat
sense:
A place at which a car is washed, usually for a fee and often mechanically by driving the car through a tunnel.


lexentry: eng/carabiner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carabiner
trans_list: karabijnhaak
sense:
A metal link with a gate that can open and close, generally used for clipping ropes to anchors or other objects.


lexentry: eng/caracal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caracal
trans_list: caracal
sense:
A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.


lexentry: eng/carapace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carapace
trans_list: carapax | schild
sense:
A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.


lexentry: eng/carat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carat
trans_list: karaat
sense:
A metric unit of mass equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for measuring precious stones and pearls.


lexentry: eng/carat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: carat
trans_list: karaat
sense:
(historical) Any of several small units of mass used for measuring precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 189–212 mg.


lexentry: eng/caravan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caravan
trans_list: karavaan
sense:
A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.


lexentry: eng/caravanserai__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caravanserai
trans_list: karavanserai
sense:
(chiefly, historical) A roadside inn, usually having a central courtyard where caravans (see sense 3) can rest, providing accommodation for travellers along trade routes in Asia and North Africa.


lexentry: eng/caravel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caravel
trans_list: karveel
sense:
(nautical, historical) A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.


lexentry: eng/carbohydrate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbohydrate
trans_list: koolhydraat
sense:
(organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.


lexentry: eng/carbon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbon
trans_list: koolstof
sense:
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.


lexentry: eng/carbon_black__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbon black
trans_list: koolzwart
sense:
(petrochemistry) A fine black powder of amorphous carbon manufactured by the incomplete combustion of natural gas or oil, and used as a pigment in the manufacture of ink and paint. Used as a filler in rubber and rubber-like polymers, it helps prevent deterioration by ultraviolet rays.


lexentry: eng/carbon_cycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbon cycle
trans_list: koolstofkringloop
sense:
The physical cycle of carbon through the Earth’s biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere that includes such processes as photosynthesis, decomposition, respiration and carbonification.


lexentry: eng/carbon_dioxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbon dioxide
trans_list: kooldioxide
sense:
(inorganic compound) The normal oxide of carbon, CO₂; a colorless, odorless gas formed during respiration and combustion and consumed by plants during photosynthesis.


lexentry: eng/carbon_tax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbon tax
trans_list: CO2-belasting
sense:
A tax levied on the carbon contents used by the burning fossil fuels, so as to discourage the production of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/carbonado__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbonado
trans_list: carbonado
sense:
(mineral) A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling.


lexentry: eng/carbonated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbonated
trans_list: bruisend
sense:
Containing carbon dioxide gas under pressure, especially pertaining to beverages, as natural mineral water or man-made drinks.


lexentry: eng/carbonic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbonic acid
trans_list: koolzuur | diwaterstofcarbonaat
sense:
(inorganic compound) A weak unstable acid, H2CO3, known only in solution, and as carbonate salts; it is present in carbonated drinks, and sparkling wine, but decomposes to form carbon dioxide and water.


lexentry: eng/carboxyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carboxyl
trans_list: carboxygroep
sense:
(organic chemistry) A univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-CO.OH); characteristic of carboxylic acids.


lexentry: eng/carbuncle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbuncle
trans_list: karbonkel
sense:
(archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.


lexentry: eng/carbuncle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: carbuncle
trans_list: karbonkel
sense:
(pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.


lexentry: eng/carburetor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: carburetor
trans_list: carburateur | carburator
sense:
(US, Canada) A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition. [from 1890s]


lexentry: eng/carcinoma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carcinoma
trans_list: carcinoom
sense:
(countable) An invasive malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.


lexentry: eng/card__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: card
trans_list: kaardplank | kaarde | kaardrol
sense:
(textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.


lexentry: eng/cardboard_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardboard box
trans_list: kartonnen doos
sense:
An industrially prefabricated box made from cardboard, primarily used for packaging goods or materials and often recycled.


lexentry: eng/cardiac__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cardiac
trans_list: hart
sense:
(medicine, archaic) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.


lexentry: eng/cardiac_arrest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardiac arrest
trans_list: hartstilstand
sense:
(cardiology, pathology) Sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.


lexentry: eng/cardigan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardigan
trans_list: cardigan
sense:
A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool.


lexentry: eng/cardinal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cardinal
trans_list: kardinaal
sense:
Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.


lexentry: eng/cardinal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardinal
trans_list: kardinaal
sense:
(Roman Catholic) One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope and the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope.


lexentry: eng/cardinal__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cardinal
trans_list: kardinaal
sense:
Any of various related passerine birds of the family Cardinalidae (See Wikipedia article on cardinals) and other similar birds that were once considered to be related.


lexentry: eng/cardinal__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cardinal
trans_list: kardinaalrood
sense:
A deep red color, somewhat less vivid than scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock. (same as cardinal red)


lexentry: eng/cardinal__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cardinal
trans_list: hoofdtelwoord
sense:
(math) Short for cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.)


lexentry: eng/cardinal_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cardinal number
trans_list: hoofdtelwoord
sense:
(mathematics) A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets.


lexentry: eng/cardinal_tetra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardinal tetra
trans_list: kardinaaltetra
sense:
A freshwater fish (Paracheirodon axelrodi, family Characidae), native to rivers in South America, popular as an aquarium fish.


lexentry: eng/cardioid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardioid
trans_list: cardioïde
sense:
(geometry) An epicycloid with exactly one cusp; the plane curve with polar equation \rho = 1 + \cos\,\theta - approximately heart-shaped


lexentry: eng/cardiopulmonary_resuscitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardiopulmonary resuscitation
trans_list: cardiopulmonale resuscitatie
sense:
A first aid procedure for cardiac arrest involving compression of the chest wall alternating with artificial respiration.


lexentry: eng/cardoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardoon
trans_list: kardoen
sense:
Cynara cardunculus, a prickly perennial plant related to the artichoke which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable.


lexentry: eng/care__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: care
trans_list: geven (om)
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).


lexentry: eng/careen__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: careen
trans_list: krengen
sense:
(nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.


lexentry: eng/careless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: careless
trans_list: nalatig | achteloos | onachtzaam | onbedachtzaam | onvoorzichtig
sense:
Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16thc.]


lexentry: eng/carer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carer
trans_list: verzorger
sense:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.


lexentry: eng/caress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caress
trans_list: strelen
sense:
An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness. [from 1640s]


lexentry: eng/caretaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: caretaker
trans_list: voogd
sense:
(mainly, North American) Someone who takes care of a person; a caregiver (UK) parent, carer or other guardian.


lexentry: eng/caretaker_government__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caretaker government
trans_list: regering van lopende zaken
sense:
(politics) A government that rules temporarily, for example after a no-confidence motion in a parliamentary system.


lexentry: eng/cargo_bike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cargo bike
trans_list: bakfiets | transportfiets | vélo de fret
sense:
A bicycle designed for carrying large or heavy loads; by extension, any other pedal cycle such as a tricycle or quadricycle designed in this way.


lexentry: eng/cargo_hold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cargo hold
trans_list: ruim | scheepsruim
sense:
(nautical) A hold on a ship (a ship's hold includes the forehold and stern hold), used to store cargo during a voyage.


lexentry: eng/carillon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carillon
trans_list: carillon | klokkenspel | beiaard
sense:
(musical instrument) A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.


lexentry: eng/carnassial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carnassial
trans_list: roofziek
sense:
One of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar.


lexentry: eng/carnation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: carnation
trans_list: anjer | anjelier
sense:
The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.


lexentry: eng/carnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carnet
trans_list: abonnement
sense:
A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.


lexentry: eng/carnivore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carnivore
trans_list: vleeseter | carnivoor
sense:
An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.


lexentry: eng/carny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carny
trans_list: kermisklant
sense:
(informal, countable) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).


lexentry: eng/carnyx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carnyx
trans_list: carnyx
sense:
(brass instrument, historical) A bronze wind instrument used by Iron Age Celts (c. 200 B.C.E. – 200 C.E.) as a type of battle trumpet; held vertically when played, it was shaped like an elongated S with a mouthpiece at the lower end and a bell (often resembling an animal with an open mouth) at the upper end.


lexentry: eng/carotene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carotene
trans_list: caroteen
sense:
(organic chemistry) A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds.


lexentry: eng/carotid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carotid
trans_list: halsslagader
sense:
(anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.


lexentry: eng/carp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carp
trans_list: karper
sense:
Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae; specifically the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.


lexentry: eng/carpal_tunnel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpal tunnel
trans_list: Carpaletunnel
sense:
(countable, anatomy) A fibro-osseous passageway on the palmar side of the wrist that connects the distal forearm to the middle compartment of the deep plane of the palm.


lexentry: eng/carpal_tunnel_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpal tunnel syndrome
trans_list: Carpaletunnelsyndroom
sense:
(neurology) form of repetitive strain injury caused by compression of the median nerve travelling through the carpal tunnel.


lexentry: eng/carpel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpel
trans_list: vruchtblad
sense:
(botany) A constituent part of a flower pistil - the female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.


lexentry: eng/carpenter's_pencil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpenter's pencil
trans_list: timmermanspotlood
sense:
(woodworking, carpentry) A pencil specifically designed for the requirements of a carpenter: oval shape makes it less likely to roll away, thick graphite facilitates drawing on rough surfaces and the red colour makes it easy to find when dropped among construction debris.


lexentry: eng/carpenter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpenter
trans_list: timmerman | timmervrouw | timmeraar
sense:
A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.


lexentry: eng/carpenter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: carpenter
trans_list: timmerman | timmervrouw | timmeraar
sense:
(nautical) A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.


lexentry: eng/carpet_beater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpet beater
trans_list: mattenklopper
sense:
A tool for beating dust out of carpets, cushions, etc., used in housecleaning before the invention of the vacuum cleaner.


lexentry: eng/carpet_bombing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpet bombing
trans_list: tapijtbombardement
sense:
Large area bombardment done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected area of land.


lexentry: eng/carpool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpool
trans_list: carpool
sense:
An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc.


lexentry: eng/carport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carport
trans_list: afdak
sense:
A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors. [from 1936]


lexentry: eng/carrack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carrack
trans_list: kraak
sense:
(historical) A large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.


lexentry: eng/carriage__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: carriage
trans_list: koets
sense:
A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.


lexentry: eng/carrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: carrier
trans_list: drager
sense:
(genetics, pathology) A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.


lexentry: eng/carrier_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carrier bag
trans_list: draagtas
sense:
(UK) A bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.


lexentry: eng/carrier_pigeon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carrier pigeon
trans_list: postduif
sense:
A domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination.


lexentry: eng/carrier_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carrier wave
trans_list: draaggolf
sense:
(physics) A wave that can be modulated, either in amplitude, frequency, or phase, to carry or transmit images, music, speech, or other signals.


lexentry: eng/carrot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carrot
trans_list: wortel | peen
sense:
A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.


lexentry: eng/carry-on__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carry-on
trans_list: handbagage
sense:
That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.


lexentry: eng/carry__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: carry
trans_list: onthouden | overdragen | overnemen
sense:
(transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.


lexentry: eng/carry_oneself__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: carry oneself
trans_list: hangen
sense:
(idiomatic) To behave, especially with respect to how one's speech, body language, facial expressions, and grooming convey one's opinion concerning oneself.


lexentry: eng/carrying_basket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carrying basket
trans_list: rugmand
sense:
A basket fitted with a strap or straps to allow it to be carried on the back with the carrier's arms free.


lexentry: eng/cart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cart
trans_list: kar | wagen
sense:
A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.


lexentry: eng/cartel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cartel
trans_list: kartel
sense:
(economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.


lexentry: eng/cartilage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cartilage
trans_list: kraakbeen
sense:
(skeleton, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.


lexentry: eng/cartilaginous_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cartilaginous fish
trans_list: kraakbeenvis
sense:
Any member of the taxonomic class Chondrichthyes, having a skeleton made of cartilage rather than bone. They can be contrasted with the Osteichthyes or bony fishes.


lexentry: eng/cartography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cartography
trans_list: cartografie
sense:
(uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/carton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carton
trans_list: karton
sense:
An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.


lexentry: eng/cartouche__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cartouche
trans_list: cartouche
sense:
(Egyptian hieroglyphs) An oval figure containing the characters of an important personal name, such as that of royal or divine people.


lexentry: eng/cartridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cartridge
trans_list: patroon
sense:
(firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.


lexentry: eng/cartridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cartridge
trans_list: patroon | inktpatroon
sense:
(computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.


lexentry: eng/cartwheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cartwheel
trans_list: radslag
sense:
A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.


lexentry: eng/carve__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: carve
trans_list: snijden
sense:
To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.


lexentry: eng/caryatid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caryatid
trans_list: kariatide
sense:
A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.


lexentry: eng/caryopsis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caryopsis
trans_list: graanvrucht
sense:
(botany) A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.


lexentry: eng/cascabel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cascabel
trans_list: ratelslang
sense:
A knob at the end of a cannon, cast onto the gun breech, to which a heavy rope is attached in order to control recoil.


lexentry: eng/case__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: case
trans_list: geval | zaak
sense:
A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession; the set of tasks involved in addressing the situation of a specific person or event.


lexentry: eng/case__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: case
trans_list: uitstalraam | vitrine
sense:
A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.


lexentry: eng/case__Noun__2
sense_num: 09
written_rep: case
trans_list: kast
sense:
(typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.


lexentry: eng/case_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: case law
trans_list: rechtspraak | jurisprudentie | rechtersrecht
sense:
Law developed by judges through court decisions and opinions, as distinct from statute and other legislation.


lexentry: eng/case_sensitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: case sensitive
trans_list: hoofdlettergevoelig
sense:
(computer science) Distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters. Often used in computer science to indicate a distinction is made in comparison or equality of letters based on case. For example, a case-sensitive password will not recognize "Password" and "password" as the same, but a case insensitive comparison would.


lexentry: eng/casemate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: casemate
trans_list: kazemat
sense:
(military) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.


lexentry: eng/cash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cash
trans_list: cash | contanten | geld | baar
sense:
(uncountable) Money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions.


lexentry: eng/cash_crop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cash crop
trans_list: exportgewas | handelsgewas | uitvoergewas
sense:
(agriculture) A crop that is grown for sale rather than for personal food or for feeding to livestock.


lexentry: eng/cash_desk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cash desk
trans_list: kassa
sense:
A place in a restaurant, bar, or shop etc, typically containing a cash register, where a customer can pay the bill.


lexentry: eng/cash_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cash in
trans_list: profiteren
sense:
(figurative) To profit from something; to take advantage of an opportunity in order to profit, especially financially.


lexentry: eng/cash_register__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cash register
trans_list: kassa
sense:
A machine that tabulates the amount of sales transactions, makes a permanent and cumulative record of them, and has a drawer in which cash can be kept.


lexentry: eng/cashew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cashew
trans_list: cashew | cachou
sense:
A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.


lexentry: eng/cask__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cask
trans_list: ton | vat
sense:
A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)


lexentry: eng/casserole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: casserole
trans_list: ovenschotel
sense:
(countable) A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.


lexentry: eng/cassette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cassette
trans_list: cassette
sense:
A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.


lexentry: eng/cassock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cassock
trans_list: kazuifel
sense:
An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cassowary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cassowary
trans_list: kasuaris
sense:
A large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous.


lexentry: eng/cast__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: cast
trans_list: gieten
sense:
To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/cast__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: cast
trans_list: casten | omzetten | uitgooien
sense:
(nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/cast_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cast off
trans_list: trossen los
sense:
(ambitransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.


lexentry: eng/cast_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cast off
trans_list: afkanten
sense:
(intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.


lexentry: eng/cast_out_nines__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cast out nines
trans_list: negenproef
sense:
(arithmetic) To apply a procedure for verifying whether an arithmetic operation is probably correct or certainly incorrect using modulo characteristics of the digit 9.


lexentry: eng/castanet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castanet
trans_list: castagnet | castagnetten
sense:
(musical instruments, chiefly, in the plural) A single handheld percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shells or shell-shaped parts joined on one edge by string.


lexentry: eng/caste__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caste
trans_list: kaste
sense:
Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.


lexentry: eng/castellan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: castellan
trans_list: kastelein
sense:
(chiefly, _, historical) The governor or caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle or keep for its lord.


lexentry: eng/caster__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: caster
trans_list: wiel
sense:
(automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.


lexentry: eng/castigate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: castigate
trans_list: bekritiseren
sense:
(transitive, formal) To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism.


lexentry: eng/castle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castle
trans_list: kasteel | slot | burcht | fort
sense:
A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.


lexentry: eng/castle__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: castle
trans_list: rokeren
sense:
(usually, _, intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.


lexentry: eng/castle_in_the_air__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castle in the air
trans_list: luchtkasteel
sense:
(idiomatic) A desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to ever be realized; a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy, a near impossibility. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/castling__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castling
trans_list: rokade
sense:
(chess) A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.


lexentry: eng/castor_oil_plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castor oil plant
trans_list: wonderboom | wonderolieboom
sense:
A plant of the species Ricinus communis, used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin.


lexentry: eng/castrato__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castrato
trans_list: castraat | gecastreerde
sense:
A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.


lexentry: eng/castrato__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: castrato
trans_list: castraat | castraatzanger | castrato
sense:
A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.


lexentry: eng/casualty__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: casualty
trans_list: slachtoffer
sense:
(military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).


lexentry: eng/casuistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: casuistry
trans_list: casuistiek
sense:
The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning.


lexentry: eng/cat's-paw__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cat's-paw
trans_list: breekijzer
sense:
(US, _, carpentry) A small crowbar with a handle at a right angle to a blade with a V-shaped notch, principally used by carpenters to remove nails.


lexentry: eng/cat's_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat's eye
trans_list: kattenoog
sense:
(countable, especially, Commonwealth, usually, _, in the plural) A retroreflective device placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even at night.


lexentry: eng/cat-o'-nine-tails__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat-o'-nine-tails
trans_list: kat met negen staarten
sense:
(nautical) A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.


lexentry: eng/cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat
trans_list: kat | felien | katachtige
sense:
Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, leopards, cougars, cheetahs, caracals, lynxes, and other such non-domesticated species.


lexentry: eng/cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: cat
trans_list: kat | schildpad
sense:
(historical) A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences.


lexentry: eng/cat_and_mouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat and mouse
trans_list: kat-en-muisspel
sense:
A relationship in which two parties closely monitor and challenge one another in a suspicious or self-protective manner, often because each party is attempting to gain an advantage over the other.


lexentry: eng/cat_burglar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat burglar
trans_list: geveltoerist
sense:
A particularly stealthy burglar, especially one who gains undetected entry through the use of agility.


lexentry: eng/cat_food__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat food
trans_list: kattenvoer
sense:
A type of food specially formulated for the feeding of cats, typically composed of processed grain and meat byproducts as dry food or canned fish or meat as wet food.


lexentry: eng/cat_litter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat litter
trans_list: kattenbakvulling
sense:
Fuller's earth, clay pellets, wood chips, or similar loose absorbent materials used for the waste of pet cats.


lexentry: eng/catabolism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catabolism
trans_list: katabolisme
sense:
(biochemistry) Destructive (lytic) metabolism or metabolization, usually including the release of energy and breakdown of materials.


lexentry: eng/catachresis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: catachresis
trans_list: catachrese
sense:
(rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.


lexentry: eng/catacomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catacomb
trans_list: catacombe
sense:
(often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.


lexentry: eng/catalepsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catalepsy
trans_list: catalepsie | katalepsie
sense:
(pathology) A severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions.


lexentry: eng/catalyst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catalyst
trans_list: katalysator
sense:
(chemistry) A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process.


lexentry: eng/catalytic_converter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catalytic converter
trans_list: katalysator
sense:
(automotive) A chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized to carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/cataphract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cataphract
trans_list: katafrakt
sense:
(military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.


lexentry: eng/cataphract__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cataphract
trans_list: katafrakt
sense:
(military, historical) A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).


lexentry: eng/catatonia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catatonia
trans_list: catatonie
sense:
A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.


lexentry: eng/catatonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catatonic
trans_list: catatonisch
sense:
(medicine) Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.


lexentry: eng/catch__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: catch
trans_list: vangst
sense:
(countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.


lexentry: eng/catch__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: catch
trans_list: struikelblok | valstrik
sense:
(countable, sometimes, _, noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.


lexentry: eng/catch__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: catch
trans_list: opvangen | vangen
sense:
(countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.


lexentry: eng/catch__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: catch
trans_list: krijgen | oplopen
sense:
(intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.


lexentry: eng/catch__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: catch
trans_list: vangen
sense:
(transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium). [from 16thc.]


lexentry: eng/catchment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catchment
trans_list: bekken
sense:
(often, attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.


lexentry: eng/catchment_area__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: catchment area
trans_list: verzorgingsgebied
sense:
(by extension) The area served by a local institution, such as a hospital or school, or by extension, a railway station.


lexentry: eng/catchword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catchword
trans_list: curator
sense:
(printing, historical) A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.


lexentry: eng/catecholamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catecholamine
trans_list: catecholamine
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a class of aromatic amines derived from pyrocatechol that are hormones produced by the adrenal gland.


lexentry: eng/catechumen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catechumen
trans_list: catechumeen | doopleerling
sense:
A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.


lexentry: eng/category__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: category
trans_list: categorie
sense:
A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.


lexentry: eng/category__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: category
trans_list: categorie
sense:
(mathematics) A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.


lexentry: eng/catenary__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: catenary
trans_list: kettinglijn
sense:
(engineering) Any physical cable, rope, chain, or other weight-supporting structure taking such geometric shape, as a suspension cable for a bridge or a power-transmission line or an arch for a bridge or roof.


lexentry: eng/caterer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: caterer
trans_list: cateraar
sense:
A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.


lexentry: eng/caterpillar_track__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caterpillar track
trans_list: rupsband
sense:
A continuous track in the form of a steel or rubber belt fitted instead of wheels to crawlers, bulldozers, excavators, loaders, backhoes, tanks and similar off-road vehicles.


lexentry: eng/catfish__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catfish
trans_list: catfish
sense:
(internet) Someone who creates a false profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.


lexentry: eng/catharsis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catharsis
trans_list: catharsis
sense:
(drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).


lexentry: eng/cathedral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cathedral
trans_list: kathedraal
sense:
The principal church serving as the office (and some as place of residence) of an archdiocese's/a diocese's archbishop/bishop which is symbolized by an episcopal throne known as the cathedra.


lexentry: eng/catheter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catheter
trans_list: katheter
sense:
(medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.


lexentry: eng/cathetus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cathetus
trans_list: rechthoekszijde
sense:
(geometry) A line perpendicular to a surface (or line); in particular, either of the sides of a right triangle other than its hypotenuse.


lexentry: eng/cathode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cathode
trans_list: kathode
sense:
(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).


lexentry: eng/cathode_ray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cathode ray
trans_list: kathodestraal
sense:
(electricity) A ray consisting of a stream of electrons in a vacuum tube that are emitted by the cathode and accelerated towards the anode by an electric field.


lexentry: eng/cathode_ray_tube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cathode ray tube
trans_list: beeldbuis | kathodestraalbuis
sense:
(electronics) A vacuum tube that displays still or moving images (such as for a television), by controlling the direction of a cathode ray emitted towards the front of the tube. The front is coated by a layer of fluorescent material, so that it emits light when struck by the beam.


lexentry: eng/catkin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catkin
trans_list: katje
sense:
(botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.


lexentry: eng/catnip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catnip
trans_list: Nepeta | kattenkruid
sense:
Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.


lexentry: eng/catnip__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: catnip
trans_list: kattenkruid | wild kattenkruid
sense:
Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.


lexentry: eng/catoblepas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catoblepas
trans_list: catoblepas
sense:
A legendary creature from Ethiopia, said to have the body of a Cape buffalo, scales on its back, and the head of a wild boar, which always points downward because of its weight.


lexentry: eng/catperson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catperson
trans_list: katmens
sense:
(fiction) An anthropomorphic feline, or a person who has characteristics of a cat on an otherwise human body, such as cat ears and a cat tail.


lexentry: eng/cattail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cattail
trans_list: lisdodde | kodde
sense:
Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.


lexentry: eng/cattle_grid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cattle grid
trans_list: wildrooster
sense:
A grid of parallel metal bars set into a road as an obstacle to prevent hooved animals from passing.


lexentry: eng/catty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catty
trans_list: kattig
sense:
(informal, of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women.


lexentry: eng/caul__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: caul
trans_list: helm
sense:
The amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth (traditionally considered to be good luck). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/cauliflower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cauliflower
trans_list: bloemkool
sense:
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.


lexentry: eng/cauliflower_ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cauliflower ear
trans_list: bloemkooloor
sense:
(boxing, wrestling, sport) An ear swollen and deformed by repeated blows, common among boxers and rugby players.


lexentry: eng/caulking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caulking
trans_list: kit
sense:
A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.


lexentry: eng/causalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: causalism
trans_list: causalisme
sense:
(philosophy) The doctrine that actions have a direct cause, especially that people's actions are caused by their mental state at the time


lexentry: eng/causative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: causative
trans_list: causatief
sense:
(linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).


lexentry: eng/cause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cause
trans_list: oorzaak | aanleiding | reden
sense:
(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.


lexentry: eng/cause_célèbre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cause célèbre
trans_list: cause célèbre
sense:
(chiefly, UK) An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate.


lexentry: eng/cause_of_death__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cause of death
trans_list: doodsoorzaak
sense:
The official cause of a human death as typically determined by a coroner during an autopsy and included on the death certificate of a deceased person.


lexentry: eng/causeway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: causeway
trans_list: eenbaansweg
sense:
A road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles, which in some cases may flood periodically (e.g. due to tides). Originally causeways were much like dykes, generally pierced to let water through, whereas many modern causeways are more like bridges or viaducts.


lexentry: eng/cauterize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cauterize
trans_list: dichtbranden | dichtvriezen | toebranden | toevriezen
sense:
To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.


lexentry: eng/caution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caution
trans_list: waarschuwing
sense:
Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.


lexentry: eng/caution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: caution
trans_list: omzichtigheid | voorzichtigheid | terughoudendheid | voorzorg
sense:
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.


lexentry: eng/cavalry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cavalry
trans_list: cavalerie | ruiterij
sense:
(military, usually, _, historical, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.


lexentry: eng/cave_lion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cave lion
trans_list: holenleeuw
sense:
An extinct subspecies of lion, Panthera leo spelaea, known from fossils and multiple examples of prehistoric art.


lexentry: eng/cave_painting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cave painting
trans_list: grotschildering
sense:
(uncountable) The activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times.


lexentry: eng/cave_painting__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cave painting
trans_list: grotschildering
sense:
(uncountable) The paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; cave art; (countable) an individual painting of this type.


lexentry: eng/cavesson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cavesson
trans_list: kaptoom
sense:
A part of a horse's bridle that consists of a headstall with a noseband. When a martingale is used, it is attached to the horse's head at the cavesson.


lexentry: eng/cavitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cavitation
trans_list: cavitatie
sense:
(fluid dynamics) The formation, in a fluid, of vapor bubbles that rapidly collapse, especially in a rotating marine propeller or pump impeller.


lexentry: eng/cavity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cavity
trans_list: gaatje | gat
sense:
(dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.


lexentry: eng/caxiri__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caxiri
trans_list: kasiri
sense:
An intoxicating alcoholic drink prepared from manioc (cassava), consumed in some South American Indian cultures, especially in Suriname and Guyana.


lexentry: eng/cedar__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cedar
trans_list: ceder | cederhout
sense:
(uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several not closely related trees.


lexentry: eng/cedilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cedilla
trans_list: cedille
sense:
(orthography) In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark ⟨¸⟩ sometimes placed under the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/, as in Catalan força, French menaçant, and Portuguese almoço, and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters.


lexentry: eng/celebrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: celebrate
trans_list: vieren
sense:
(transitive) To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly.


lexentry: eng/celebrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: celebrate
trans_list: vieren
sense:
(transitive) To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to perform with appropriate rites.


lexentry: eng/celebrity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: celebrity
trans_list: beroemdheid
sense:
A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/celeriac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: celeriac
trans_list: knolselderij
sense:
A form of celery, Apium graveolens, having an aromatic taproot eaten as a vegetable. [from mid 18th century]


lexentry: eng/celerity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: celerity
trans_list: lichtsnelheid
sense:
(oceanography, meteorology) The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c.


lexentry: eng/celesta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: celesta
trans_list: celesta
sense:
(musical instruments) A musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.


lexentry: eng/celestial_body__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: celestial body
trans_list: hemellichaam
sense:
(astronomy, astrology) A natural object which is located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as a comet, an asteroid, the Moon, a planet, the Sun, or a star.


lexentry: eng/celestial_sphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: celestial sphere
trans_list: hemelbol
sense:
(astronomy) The apparent outer limit of space; an abstract sphere of infinite radius which serves as the imaginary backdrop for celestial objects, and of which the visible sky is one hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/celestine__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: celestine
trans_list: celestien
sense:
(mineral) A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO4, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.


lexentry: eng/cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cell
trans_list: cel
sense:
(biology, now, chiefly, botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: cell
trans_list: batterij | cel
sense:
(obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories. [14th–19th c.]


lexentry: eng/cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: cell
trans_list: batterij | cel
sense:
A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: cell
trans_list: cel
sense:
(biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: cell
trans_list: cel | batterij
sense:
A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/cell_wall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cell wall
trans_list: celwand
sense:
(cytology) A thick, fairly rigid, layer formed around individual cells of bacteria, Archaea, fungi, plants, and algae (but not animals and other protists which generally have cell membranes without cell walls). The cell wall is external to the cell membrane and serves a structural function helping the cell maintain its shape and protecting the cell from damage.


lexentry: eng/cello__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cello
trans_list: cello
sense:
A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.


lexentry: eng/cellulite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cellulite
trans_list: sinaasappelhuid
sense:
The dimpled appearance of skin caused by the protrusion of subcutaneous adipose tissue, especially on a woman's hips and thighs.


lexentry: eng/celluloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: celluloid
trans_list: celluloid
sense:
Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.


lexentry: eng/cellulose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cellulose
trans_list: cellulose
sense:
A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.


lexentry: eng/cement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cement
trans_list: cement
sense:
(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.


lexentry: eng/cement__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cement
trans_list: cement
sense:
(uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.


lexentry: eng/cement_mixer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cement mixer
trans_list: betonmolen
sense:
A device used in construction in which cement, aggregate and water are slowly mixed together in a revolving drum to form concrete.


lexentry: eng/cenotaph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cenotaph
trans_list: cenotaaf
sense:
A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.


lexentry: eng/cenote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cenote
trans_list: cenote
sense:
A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.


lexentry: eng/censor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: censor
trans_list: censor
sense:
(Ancient Rome, historical) One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.


lexentry: eng/censor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: censor
trans_list: censor
sense:
An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media.


lexentry: eng/censor__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: censor
trans_list: censureren
sense:
(transitive) To review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, content from books, films, correspondence, and other media which is regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive).


lexentry: eng/censorship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: censorship
trans_list: censuur
sense:
The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.


lexentry: eng/census__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: census
trans_list: volkstelling
sense:
An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.


lexentry: eng/cent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cent
trans_list: cent
sense:
(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.


lexentry: eng/centaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centaur
trans_list: centaur | paardmens | kentaur
sense:
(Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.


lexentry: eng/center__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: center
trans_list: centrum | middelpunt
sense:
(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).


lexentry: eng/center__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: center
trans_list: centrum | midden
sense:
(engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.


lexentry: eng/center_of_gravity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: center of gravity
trans_list: zwaartepunt
sense:
(physics) A point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the center of mass in a uniform gravitational field.


lexentry: eng/centerfold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centerfold
trans_list: middenblad
sense:
The single larger sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication, folded so as to open wider than a standard page spread.


lexentry: eng/centerfold__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: centerfold
trans_list: pin-up
sense:
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.


lexentry: eng/centerfold__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: centerfold
trans_list: pin-up | vamp
sense:
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.


lexentry: eng/centi-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centi-
trans_list: centi-
sense:
(specifically) In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10-2. Symbol: c


lexentry: eng/centimetre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centimetre
trans_list: centimeter
sense:
(British spelling, Canadian spelling) (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10−2 metres. Symbol: cm


lexentry: eng/centipede__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centipede
trans_list: duizendpoot
sense:
Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.


lexentry: eng/central_bank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: central bank
trans_list: centrale bank
sense:
(banking) The principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union; it normally regulates the supply of money, issues currency and controls interest rates. It usually oversees banking activity within its country's borders.


lexentry: eng/central_heating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: central heating
trans_list: centrale verwarming
sense:
Any of various heating systems in which a central source of heat is used to distribute heat (and sometimes hot water) throughout a building in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/central_nervous_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: central nervous system
trans_list: centraal zenuwstelsel
sense:
(neuroanatomy) In vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord.


lexentry: eng/central_processing_unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: central processing unit
trans_list: centrale verwerkingseenheid
sense:
(computer hardware) The part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions; attached directly to the memory.


lexentry: eng/central_simple_algebra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: central simple algebra
trans_list: CEA | centrale enkelvoudige algebra
sense:
(algebra, ring theory) A finite-dimensional associative algebra over some field K that is a simple algebra and whose centre is exactly K.


lexentry: eng/centralization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centralization
trans_list: centralisatie
sense:
The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole


lexentry: eng/centre-right__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centre-right
trans_list: centrumrechts
sense:
(politics) Leaning to the right but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other rightist variants.


lexentry: eng/centre_forward__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centre forward
trans_list: spits
sense:
(British spelling, football) The most central of the strikers; traditionally the player who makes the kick-off.


lexentry: eng/centreboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centreboard
trans_list: uitwas
sense:
(British spelling, nautical) The adjustable keel on a small yacht or dinghy that acts, among other things, as ballast and to counteract the sideways force of the wind.


lexentry: eng/centrifugal_force__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: centrifugal force
trans_list: middelpuntvliedende kracht
sense:
(physics) In circular motion, the 'reactive' centrifugal force is a real force applied by the accelerating body that is equal and opposite to the centripetal force that is acting on the accelerating body.


lexentry: eng/centrifuge__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: centrifuge
trans_list: centrifuge | droogzwierder
sense:
By extension, any device which rotates in order to produce artificial gravity (in the form of centrifugal force)


lexentry: eng/centriole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centriole
trans_list: centriole
sense:
(biology) A barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division).


lexentry: eng/century__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: century
trans_list: eeuw
sense:
A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.


lexentry: eng/century__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: century
trans_list: centurie
sense:
A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.


lexentry: eng/ceramic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ceramic
trans_list: keramiek
sense:
(uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high temperature.


lexentry: eng/cerebellum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cerebellum
trans_list: kleine hersenen
sense:
(neuroanatomy) Part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. In humans it lies between the brainstem and the back of the cerebrum and is formed of two lateral lobes and a median lobe. It plays an important role in sensory perception, motor output, balance and posture.


lexentry: eng/cerebral_cortex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cerebral cortex
trans_list: hersenschors
sense:
(neuroanatomy) The grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.


lexentry: eng/cerebral_palsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cerebral palsy
trans_list: cerebrale parese | hersenverlamming
sense:
(neurology, pathology) A group of non-progressive, non-contagious conditions, caused by brain damage before birth or during infancy, characterized by impairment of muscular coordination.


lexentry: eng/cerebrospinal_fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cerebrospinal fluid
trans_list: hersenvocht
sense:
(neuroanatomy) A bodily fluid filling the third ventricle and surrounding the interthalamic adhesion.


lexentry: eng/cerebrovascular_accident__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cerebrovascular accident
trans_list: cerebrovasculair accident
sense:
(medicine, formal, sometimes, euphemistic) Stroke (loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted).


lexentry: eng/cerebrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cerebrum
trans_list: telencephalon
sense:
(neuroanatomy) The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for the integration of complex sensory functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory.


lexentry: eng/cerium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cerium
trans_list: cerium
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58, a very soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/certain__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: certain
trans_list: bepaalde | zekere
sense:
(euphemism, preceded by "a") Used to denote that the speaker is referring to a specific person or thing that they do not want to name directly, implying that the listener should infer the identity of the referent.


lexentry: eng/certifiable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: certifiable
trans_list: zot
sense:
(informal, of a person) Mentally ill to such an extent that involuntary institutionalization is appropriate; crazy.


lexentry: eng/cervical_cancer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cervical cancer
trans_list: baarmoederhalskanker
sense:
(pathology, oncology) A type of cancer of the cervix of the uterus which can afflict some female mammals including humans. The term usually does not refer to cancer of the neck or other parts of the anatomy which use the term cervix.


lexentry: eng/cervical_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cervical cap
trans_list: cervixkapje
sense:
A small latex or silicone contraceptive device that fits over the cervix and stays in place either by suction or by surface viscosity.


lexentry: eng/cervical_smear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cervical smear
trans_list: uitstrijkje
sense:
(chiefly, gynaecology) A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix.


lexentry: eng/cervix__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cervix
trans_list: baarmoederhals | cervix
sense:
(now, specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.


lexentry: eng/cetane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cetane
trans_list: cetaan
sense:
(organic compound) The aliphatic hydrocarbon C16H34 (hexadecane) used as a standard for diesel fuel.


lexentry: eng/cetology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cetology
trans_list: walviskunde
sense:
The branch of zoology concerned with the infraorder Cetacea, which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.


lexentry: eng/chador__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chador
trans_list: chador
sense:
A loose robe made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by chiefly Muslim women (and occasionally by those of other faiths) in Iran and South Asia.


lexentry: eng/chaff__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chaff
trans_list: plagen
sense:
(transitive) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.


lexentry: eng/chaffinch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chaffinch
trans_list: vink | boekvink
sense:
A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.


lexentry: eng/chagrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chagrin
trans_list: verdriet | chagrijn | irritatie | ongenoegen
sense:
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.


lexentry: eng/chain__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: chain
trans_list: ketting | keten
sense:
(algebraic topology, originally) A formal sum of cells in a CW complex of a certain dimension k (in which case the formal sums are called k-chains); a formal sum of simplices or cubes of a certain dimension in a simplical complex or cubical complex (respectively).


lexentry: eng/chain_drive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chain drive
trans_list: kettingaandrijving
sense:
(mechanics) transmission system in which power is transferred to the wheels (for example), by means of a chain.


lexentry: eng/chain_letter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chain letter
trans_list: kettingbrief
sense:
A letter that can be mailed successively to different recipients, with each recipient ostensibly (but sometimes sarcastically) being instructed in the body of the letter to mail the letter to another person or persons.


lexentry: eng/chain_of_command__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chain of command
trans_list: commandostructuur
sense:
(military) The command hierarchy or structure in which one rank obeys the one above it, which obeys the one above it, and so forth.


lexentry: eng/chain_reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chain reaction
trans_list: kettingreactie
sense:
(nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms.


lexentry: eng/chain_shot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chain shot
trans_list: kettingkogel
sense:
(historical, military, nautical) A projectile consisting of two cannon balls or half balls linked by a chain, fired from cannons mostly to attack spars and rigging.


lexentry: eng/chain_stay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chain stay
trans_list: liggende achtervork
sense:
(cycling) One of the two frame tubes that run horizontally from the bottom bracket shell back to the rear dropouts.


lexentry: eng/chain_store__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chain store
trans_list: winkelketen
sense:
A retail outlet that is one of a group of similar establishments having common format, contents, ownership and management.


lexentry: eng/chainring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chainring
trans_list: kettingblad
sense:
The large forward ring on a bicycle that a chain attaches to, in order to transfer energy to a wheel. It consists of one or more sprockets that are driven by the cranks and pedals of the bicycle.


lexentry: eng/chainsaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chainsaw
trans_list: kettingzaag
sense:
(forestry, machinery, DIY) A power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.


lexentry: eng/chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chair
trans_list: stoel | zetel
sense:
An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.


lexentry: eng/chairlift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chairlift
trans_list: stoeltjeslift
sense:
A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.


lexentry: eng/chaise_longue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chaise longue
trans_list: ligstoel | chaise longue
sense:
(chiefly, _, UK) A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest.


lexentry: eng/chakra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chakra
trans_list: chakra
sense:
(Hinduism, Ayurveda) Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.


lexentry: eng/chalaza__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chalaza
trans_list: hagelsnoer
sense:
(zoology) One of the two spiral bands which attach the yolk of an egg to the eggshell, suspending it in the white.


lexentry: eng/chalazion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chalazion
trans_list: chalazion | hagelkorreltje | porose
sense:
(ophthalmology, optometry) A cyst in the eyelid, caused by inflammation of a blocked meibomian gland.


lexentry: eng/chalcedony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chalcedony
trans_list: chalcedon
sense:
A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.


lexentry: eng/chalcogen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chalcogen
trans_list: chalcogeen
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.


lexentry: eng/chalcopyrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chalcopyrite
trans_list: chalcopyriet
sense:
(mineral) A yellow mineral that is a mixed sulfide of copper and iron, with the chemical formula CuFeS2.


lexentry: eng/chalice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chalice
trans_list: kelk
sense:
A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.


lexentry: eng/chalk__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chalk
trans_list: krijt | krijtje
sense:
(countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO4), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).


lexentry: eng/chalk_and_cheese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chalk and cheese
trans_list: het verschil van dag en nacht
sense:
(British, NZ, idiomatic) Said of things that are very different, though possibly superficially alike.


lexentry: eng/challah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: challah
trans_list: challa | challe
sense:
(countable) A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.


lexentry: eng/challenge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: challenge
trans_list: uitdaging
sense:
A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.


lexentry: eng/challenge__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: challenge
trans_list: uitdaging
sense:
(legal, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).


lexentry: eng/challenger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: challenger
trans_list: uitdager
sense:
One who challenges; especially, one who plays against the current champion of a game or contest in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion.


lexentry: eng/chamber_ensemble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chamber ensemble
trans_list: kamerorkest
sense:
A musical ensemble of modest size, to play chamber music; can be more specifically named after its number (from duo to nonet) and/or type(s) (e.g. wood, brass, strings) of instruments.


lexentry: eng/chamber_orchestra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chamber orchestra
trans_list: kamerorkest
sense:
An orchestra of modest size, to play chamber music, yet larger than the various chamber ensembles named after their number of instruments (from duo to nonet)


lexentry: eng/chamber_pot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chamber pot
trans_list: pispot | po
sense:
A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.


lexentry: eng/chamberlain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chamberlain
trans_list: kamerheer
sense:
A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.


lexentry: eng/chameleon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chameleon
trans_list: kameleon
sense:
A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.


lexentry: eng/chametz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chametz
trans_list: chamets
sense:
(Judaism) Food products made from leavened grain flour, which may not be consumed on Passover in Judaism.


lexentry: eng/champagne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: champagne
trans_list: champagne
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.


lexentry: eng/champagne_flute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: champagne flute
trans_list: champagneglas
sense:
A piece of stemware with a long stem and a tall, narrow bowl on top, designed to keep champagne desirable during its consumption by preventing heat from the drinker's hand from warming the champagne while retaining its carbonation.


lexentry: eng/chancel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chancel
trans_list: hoogkoor | priesterkoor
sense:
The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.


lexentry: eng/chancellor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chancellor
trans_list: kanselier
sense:
A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.


lexentry: eng/chancery_hand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chancery hand
trans_list: kanselarijschrift
sense:
(calligraphy, historical) Either of two styles of handwriting: a written form of black letter used in France and England from about 1350, developed in the Lateran chancelry in the 13th century, or a style of cursive handwriting introduced in the 1420s by Niccolò de' Niccoli, developed from humanist minuscule; a variety of either of these styles.


lexentry: eng/change__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: change
trans_list: kleingeld
sense:
(uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.


lexentry: eng/changeling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: changeling
trans_list: wisselkind | wisselbalg
sense:
(European folklore, also, figurative) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.


lexentry: eng/changing_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: changing room
trans_list: kleedkamer
sense:
A room, especially in a gym, sports center, school, swimming pool, etc, designed for people to change their clothes.


lexentry: eng/changing_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: changing room
trans_list: kleedhokje | paskamer
sense:
A room or enclosure, e.g. in a clothes shop, where people try on clothes they are interested in buying.


lexentry: eng/channel__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: channel
trans_list: kanaal
sense:
(communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.


lexentry: eng/channel__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: channel
trans_list: kanaal
sense:
(communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.


lexentry: eng/channel__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: channel
trans_list: kanaal
sense:
(communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.


lexentry: eng/channel__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: channel
trans_list: kanaal | zender
sense:
(broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.


lexentry: eng/chanterelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chanterelle
trans_list: hanenkam | cantharel
sense:
(mushroom) A widely distributed edible mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, being yellow and trumpet-shaped; or any similar mushroom of the genera Cantharellus, Polyozellus or Gomphus, not all of which are edible.


lexentry: eng/chaos_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chaos theory
trans_list: chaostheorie
sense:
(mathematics) The study of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.


lexentry: eng/chapbook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chapbook
trans_list: brochure
sense:
A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts.


lexentry: eng/chapel_of_ease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chapel of ease
trans_list: bijkantoor
sense:
A chapel built in a remote part of a parish to meet the needs of those who live far from the parish church.


lexentry: eng/chapelmaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chapelmaster
trans_list: kapelmeester
sense:
A director of music in a chapel, the musical director of a court and/or major church's choir and/or orchestra; often also a composer.


lexentry: eng/chaperone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chaperone
trans_list: chaperonne
sense:
An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.


lexentry: eng/chaplain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chaplain
trans_list: kapelaan
sense:
A member of a religious body who is (often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.


lexentry: eng/chaplet__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: chaplet
trans_list: gebedssnoer
sense:
(Catholicism) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.


lexentry: eng/chapter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chapter
trans_list: hoofdstuk | kapittel
sense:
A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.


lexentry: eng/char_siu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: char siu
trans_list: tja sieuw
sense:
A style of preparation of barbecued pork in Cantonese cuisine, typically using honey and spices. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/character__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: character
trans_list: persoonlijkheid
sense:
(countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.


lexentry: eng/character__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: character
trans_list: karakter
sense:
(countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.


lexentry: eng/charades__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charades
trans_list: pantomimespeelster
sense:
A game in which each player acts out a word or phrase, usually based on puns of each syllable and without speaking, for the others to guess.


lexentry: eng/charcoal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charcoal
trans_list: houtskool
sense:
(countable, uncountable) impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.


lexentry: eng/charcoal_burner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charcoal burner
trans_list: kolenbrander
sense:
A person whose job it is to make charcoal, traditionally by carbonizing wood in a charcoal clamp or a kiln.


lexentry: eng/chard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chard
trans_list: snijbiet
sense:
(uncountable, culinary) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.


lexentry: eng/charge__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: charge
trans_list: belasten | opladen
sense:
(transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.


lexentry: eng/charge__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: charge
trans_list: opdragen | belasten
sense:
(cricket, of a, batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.


lexentry: eng/charge__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: charge
trans_list: belasten
sense:
(transitive, of a, hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)


lexentry: eng/charism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charism
trans_list: charisma
sense:
(Christianity, theology) A power or authority, generally of a spiritual nature, believed to be a freely given gift by the Grace of God.


lexentry: eng/charismatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: charismatic
trans_list: charismatisch
sense:
Of, related to, or being a member of a form of Christianity that emphasizes the role of the Holy Spirit.


lexentry: eng/charity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: charity
trans_list: liefdadigheid
sense:
(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.


lexentry: eng/charity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: charity
trans_list: naastenliefde | liefdadigheid
sense:
In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.


lexentry: eng/charity__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: charity
trans_list: naastenliefde | liefdadigheid
sense:
(archaic, Christianity) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.


lexentry: eng/charivari__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charivari
trans_list: ketelmuziek
sense:
The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion.


lexentry: eng/charlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charlock
trans_list: herik | krodde
sense:
Any of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard (Rhamphospermum arvense, syn. Sinapis arvensis).


lexentry: eng/charm__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: charm
trans_list: bedeltje
sense:
A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.


lexentry: eng/charm__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: charm
trans_list: charme
sense:
(finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.


lexentry: eng/charm__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: charm
trans_list: beheksen | betoveren | bezweren
sense:
(transitive) To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.


lexentry: eng/charm_offensive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charm offensive
trans_list: charmeoffensief
sense:
(idiomatic) A campaign of deliberately using charm and flattery in order to achieve some goal, especially in a political or diplomatic field.


lexentry: eng/charter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charter
trans_list: handvest | charter
sense:
A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.


lexentry: eng/charwoman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charwoman
trans_list: meid | poetsvrouw | schoonmaakster
sense:
(chiefly, British) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.


lexentry: eng/chase__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: chase
trans_list: jacht | achtervolging
sense:
(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.


lexentry: eng/chassis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chassis
trans_list: chassis
sense:
A base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward.


lexentry: eng/chastity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chastity
trans_list: kuisheid | zedigheid
sense:
The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.


lexentry: eng/chastity_belt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chastity belt
trans_list: kuisheidsgordel
sense:
A belt-like garment, designed to be worn over the genitals and locked to prevent sexual intercourse, typically for long periods of time, to maintain chastity, prevent masturbation, or to enforce BDSM submission.


lexentry: eng/chat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chat
trans_list: chat | babbel | gesprek
sense:
(countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.


lexentry: eng/chat__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: chat
trans_list: tapuit
sense:
(countable) Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.


lexentry: eng/chat__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: chat
trans_list: chatten
sense:
To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.


lexentry: eng/chat_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chat up
trans_list: versieren
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.


lexentry: eng/chatelaine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chatelaine
trans_list: chatelaine | burchtheer | burchtvrouw
sense:
(historical) A chain or clasp worn at the waist by women with handkerchief, keys, etc., attached, supposed to resemble the chain of keys once worn by medieval chatelaines.


lexentry: eng/chauffeur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chauffeur
trans_list: privéchauffeur | chauffeur
sense:
A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).


lexentry: eng/chav__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chav
trans_list: proleet
sense:
(UK, MLE, Ireland, derogatory, offensive ) A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.


lexentry: eng/cheat__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cheat
trans_list: liegen
sense:
(card games) A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.


lexentry: eng/cheat__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cheat
trans_list: cheat
sense:
(video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.


lexentry: eng/cheat__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cheat
trans_list: overspel plegen | scheve schaats rijden | vreemdgaan
sense:
(intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.


lexentry: eng/cheat_sheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cheat sheet
trans_list: spiekbriefje
sense:
A sheet of paper (or a digital analogue thereof) containing notes used to assist (with or without permission) on a test; especially, such a sheet used secretly and improperly.


lexentry: eng/check__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: check
trans_list: controleren | aankruisen | aanvinken | afvinken | verifiëren
sense:
(transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).


lexentry: eng/check_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: check out
trans_list: afrekenen
sense:
(intransitive) To confirm and pay for goods and services at a facility (e.g.: supermarket, online store, hotel) when leaving.


lexentry: eng/check_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: check out
trans_list: afmelden | uitchecken
sense:
(transitive) To record (someone) as leaving the premises or as taking something therefrom, as from a library or shop.


lexentry: eng/check_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: check out
trans_list: afrekenen | onderzoeken
sense:
(transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.


lexentry: eng/checkbox__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: checkbox
trans_list: selectievakje
sense:
(graphical user interface) An on-screen box that can be optionally filled with a check mark, to enable or disable a setting.


lexentry: eng/checkerboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: checkerboard
trans_list: dambord
sense:
A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.


lexentry: eng/checkered__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: checkered
trans_list: bont
sense:
(figurative) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures.


lexentry: eng/checkmate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: checkmate
trans_list: schaakmat | mat
sense:
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.


lexentry: eng/checkout_divider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: checkout divider
trans_list: beurtbalk | beurtbalkje
sense:
A plastic bar that separates the groceries of one customer from another's at a supermarket checkout.


lexentry: eng/checkpoint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: checkpoint
trans_list: doorlaatpost | grensovergang
sense:
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection


lexentry: eng/checks_and_balances__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: checks and balances
trans_list: scheiding der machten
sense:
(politics) A system for multiple branches of government wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others.


lexentry: eng/checksum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: checksum
trans_list: controlecijfer
sense:
(mathematics, computing) A number, derived by applying a suitable algorithm to some data, used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission, storage or data entry.


lexentry: eng/cheek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cheek
trans_list: wang | kaak | koon | bak
sense:
(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.


lexentry: eng/cheek__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cheek
trans_list: bil
sense:
(anatomy, informal, usually, in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.


lexentry: eng/cheek__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cheek
trans_list: mik
sense:
(nautical) pump-cheek, pump-cheeks, a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened by means of a bolt and can thus move around and move the upper box of the pump up and down


lexentry: eng/cheeky__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cheeky
trans_list: brutaal
sense:
(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.


lexentry: eng/cheers__Interjection__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cheers
trans_list: ciao | doeg | doei | hoi | ik zie je | later
sense:
(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) goodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.


lexentry: eng/cheese_mite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cheese mite
trans_list: kaasmijt
sense:
Any of several species of mite that thrive on the surface of cheese and feed on it. They are used on purpose in production of some types of cheese to give the cheese a distinct flavor.


lexentry: eng/cheesecake__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cheesecake
trans_list: kaastaart | kwarktaart
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).


lexentry: eng/cheesecloth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cheesecloth
trans_list: kaasdoek
sense:
A loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for various culinary tasks and by farmers to shade crops and keep birds off.


lexentry: eng/cheetah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cheetah
trans_list: jachtluipaard | cheeta
sense:
A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; native to Africa and southeast Asia (where it is nearly extinct) and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.


lexentry: eng/chef's_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chef's knife
trans_list: koksmes
sense:
A type of general purpose kitchen knife used for food preparation, typically measuring eight inches by one and a half inches.


lexentry: eng/chelicera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chelicera
trans_list: cheliceer
sense:
(zoology) Either of the prehensile claws found on the proboscis of chelicerates (horseshoe crabs, sea spiders and arachnids).


lexentry: eng/chemical_element__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chemical element
trans_list: chemisch element | scheikundig element
sense:
(chemistry) A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.


lexentry: eng/chemical_physics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chemical physics
trans_list: chemische fysica
sense:
(physical chemistry) The science that studies chemical processes and phenomena from the point of view of physics.


lexentry: eng/chemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chemistry
trans_list: chemie | scheikunde
sense:
(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.


lexentry: eng/chemotherapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chemotherapy
trans_list: chemotherapie | chemo | chemokuur
sense:
(oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.


lexentry: eng/chengyu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chengyu
trans_list: chengyu
sense:
(linguistics) A certain kind of Chinese set phrase originating in Classical Chinese, typically four characters in length, and usually proverbial.


lexentry: eng/chequy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chequy
trans_list: geschakeerd
sense:
(heraldry) Chequered; divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.


lexentry: eng/chernozem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chernozem
trans_list: chernozem
sense:
A fertile black soil containing a very high percentage of humus (3% to 15%) and high percentages of phosphoric acids, phosphorus and ammonia.


lexentry: eng/cherry-pick__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cherry-pick
trans_list: de krenten uit de pap halen | alleen de rozijnen uitpikken
sense:
(idiomatic) To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.


lexentry: eng/cherry_picker__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cherry picker
trans_list: hoogwerker
sense:
A cantilevered tool for installing or removing the engine block from a vehicle (also known as an engine crane or engine hoist)


lexentry: eng/cherry_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cherry tree
trans_list: kersenboom | kerselaar
sense:
A tree of the subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus, the members of which are valued agriculturally for their fruit, the cherry, and the wood of the tree, cherrywood, used in woodworking.


lexentry: eng/cherub__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cherub
trans_list: cherub | cherubijn
sense:
(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.


lexentry: eng/chervonets__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chervonets
trans_list: tsjervonets
sense:
Any of several former currencies of Russia: applied to various foreign gold coins prior to the reign of Peter I of Russia, then to a Russian gold coin of 1701-1757, and finally to a 1922 currency of the Soviet Union.


lexentry: eng/chess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chess
trans_list: schaakspel | schaak | schaken
sense:
A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.


lexentry: eng/chess_clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chess clock
trans_list: wedstrijdklok
sense:
A device consisting of two clocks and a switch for running one at a time, used in chess and other games to measure how much time each player takes.


lexentry: eng/chessboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chessboard
trans_list: schaakbord
sense:
(chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.


lexentry: eng/chest__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: chest
trans_list: borst | romp | thorax | torso
sense:
(anatomy) The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in other animals.


lexentry: eng/chest_of_drawers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chest of drawers
trans_list: komode | ladekast
sense:
A piece of furniture which has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above the other, used mainly for the storage of clean clothes.


lexentry: eng/chest_voice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chest voice
trans_list: borststem
sense:
(phonology, music) A kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other.


lexentry: eng/chevrotain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chevrotain
trans_list: dwerghert | dwergmuskusdier
sense:
Any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae (genera Hyemoschus, Moschiola, and Tragulus), native to tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia, and Central and West Africa; a mouse deer.


lexentry: eng/chew__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chew
trans_list: kauwen
sense:
To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.


lexentry: eng/chew_the_cud__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chew the cud
trans_list: herkauwen
sense:
(figuratively, idiomatic, of a person) To meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate.


lexentry: eng/chia_seed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chia seed
trans_list: chiazaad
sense:
An edible seed of Salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family native to Central America, or of the related Salvia columbariae of southwestern United States and Mexico.


lexentry: eng/chiaroscuro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chiaroscuro
trans_list: clair-obscur
sense:
(painting) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark in order to create the illusion of volume.


lexentry: eng/chicane__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: chicane
trans_list: chicane
sense:
(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/chicken_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chicken out
trans_list: gas terugnemen
sense:
(idiomatic) To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.


lexentry: eng/chicken_soup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chicken soup
trans_list: kippensoep
sense:
Any soup made with either pieces of chicken or chicken broth as its main ingredient, often thought to cure everyday illnesses such as the common cold.


lexentry: eng/chicken_wire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chicken wire
trans_list: kippengaas
sense:
(countable) A type of such material, differentiated by material, coating, wire thickness, width, and mesh size.


lexentry: eng/chickenhawk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chickenhawk
trans_list: kiekendief
sense:
Any of the North American hawk species (Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk and red-tailed hawk), or counterparts elsewhere, mistakenly believed to be pests.


lexentry: eng/chickling_vetch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chickling vetch
trans_list: pronkerwt
sense:
A plant with edible seeds similar to peas and chickpeas of species Lathyrus sativus, used as a famine food but causing lathyrism if eaten in large amounts or over a long time.


lexentry: eng/chicory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chicory
trans_list: cichorei | witlof | bitterwortel | lof | suikerij | witloof
sense:
(chiefly, Britain) The common chicory (Cichorium intybus), the source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and sugarloaf.


lexentry: eng/chicory__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chicory
trans_list: bitterwortel | chicorei | suikerij
sense:
(uncountable, cooking) A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee.


lexentry: eng/chief_executive_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chief executive officer
trans_list: bestuursvoorzitter | CEO | algemeen directeur
sense:
(business) The highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for carrying out the policies of the board of directors on a day-to-day basis; CEO.


lexentry: eng/chief_financial_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chief financial officer
trans_list: CFO | financieel directeur
sense:
(business) The executive who is in charge of financial affairs, notably as head of a financial department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board who lead the corporation or other organisation as a whole


lexentry: eng/chief_information_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chief information officer
trans_list: CIO
sense:
An executive who is in charge of the technical affairs of a business, notably as head of the information technology department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board.


lexentry: eng/chief_operating_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chief operating officer
trans_list: COO | operationeel directeur
sense:
(business) A corporate officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for executing decisions of the chief executive officer (CEO) according to their decided schedule; often initialised as COO.


lexentry: eng/chief_technology_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chief technology officer
trans_list: CTO | technisch directeur
sense:
An executive responsible for the technological development and often the overall technical infrastructure of the products of a business, typically directly accountable to the chief executive officer or the board.


lexentry: eng/chiffchaff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chiffchaff
trans_list: tjiftjaf
sense:
A small, common warbler, Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.


lexentry: eng/chilblain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chilblain
trans_list: wintertenen
sense:
An itchy purple red inflammation of the skin, especially of the hands, feet and ears, occurring when capillaries below the skin are damaged by exposure to cold weather (but do not freeze, which would lead to frostbite instead).


lexentry: eng/child__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: child
trans_list: kind
sense:
(with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.


lexentry: eng/child__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: child
trans_list: kind
sense:
(computing) A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another.


lexentry: eng/child__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: child
trans_list: kind
sense:
A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.


lexentry: eng/child_abuse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: child abuse
trans_list: kindermisbruik | kindermishandeling
sense:
(criminology) Physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment of a child that causes long-term or permanent damage. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/child_carrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: child carrier
trans_list: buikdrager
sense:
A device used to carry a child, particularly one holding the child attached to the torso of an adult.


lexentry: eng/child_labour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: child labour
trans_list: kinderarbeid
sense:
(British spelling, Canadian spelling) Work performed by a minor that is prohibited by statute law, or under terms and conditions considered inhumane.


lexentry: eng/child_support__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: child support
trans_list: kinderalimentatie
sense:
(legal) The ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by an obligor, usually the noncustodial parent, to an obligee, usually the custodial parent or other guardian, for the financial care and support of children of a relationship or marriage that has been terminated, or which never existed.


lexentry: eng/children's_home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: children's home
trans_list: weeshuis
sense:
A public institution for the care and protection of children whose parents have died or can no longer care for them.


lexentry: eng/chili__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chili
trans_list: chilipeper | chili
sense:
(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.


lexentry: eng/chili_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chili oil
trans_list: chiliolie
sense:
A spicy condiment in which crushed dried red chili peppers (and sometimes other ingredients) have been macerated in oil


lexentry: eng/chili_pepper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chili pepper
trans_list: chilipeper
sense:
Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which contains capsaicin and typically has a spicy/burning flavour.


lexentry: eng/chiliasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chiliasm
trans_list: chiliasme | millennialisme
sense:
Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity, sometimes equated with the return of Jesus for that period.


lexentry: eng/chime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chime
trans_list: klok
sense:
(musical instruments) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.


lexentry: eng/chime__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chime
trans_list: luiden
sense:
(transitive) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.


lexentry: eng/chimerical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: chimerical
trans_list: bovengronds
sense:
(genetics) Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.


lexentry: eng/chimney__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chimney
trans_list: schoorsteen | schouw
sense:
A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.


lexentry: eng/chimney_stack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chimney stack
trans_list: schoorsteen
sense:
(architectural element) A vertical structure, normally of brick, rising from a roof, containing one or more flues, each one terminating in a chimney pot.


lexentry: eng/chimney_swift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chimney swift
trans_list: schoorsteengierzwaluw
sense:
A rapid-flying bird that feeds on flying insects, Chaetura pelagica, with a breeding range in the eastern US extending into Canada and winter range in northwestern South America.


lexentry: eng/chimpanzee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chimpanzee
trans_list: chimpansee
sense:
Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo.


lexentry: eng/chimpanzee__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chimpanzee
trans_list: chimpansee
sense:
(broadly) A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.


lexentry: eng/chinchilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chinchilla
trans_list: chinchilla
sense:
(countable) Either of two small, crepuscular rodents of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.


lexentry: eng/chine__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: chine
trans_list: maan
sense:
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.


lexentry: eng/chink__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chink
trans_list: bijvullen
sense:
(transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.


lexentry: eng/chintz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chintz
trans_list: sits
sense:
A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.


lexentry: eng/chip__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: chip
trans_list: chips
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia, and, New Zealand, especially, in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.


lexentry: eng/chipper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chipper
trans_list: hakselaar
sense:
(in particular, US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.


lexentry: eng/chipper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chipper
trans_list: friettent | snackbar
sense:
(Ireland, North East, _, Scotland, slang) A fish and chip shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.


lexentry: eng/chirality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chirality
trans_list: chiraliteit
sense:
The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness


lexentry: eng/chiropractic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chiropractic
trans_list: chiropractie | chiropraxie
sense:
(alternative medicine) A system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction.


lexentry: eng/chiropractor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chiropractor
trans_list: chiropractor | chiropracticus
sense:
A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic, the hands on or hand-held instrumental movement of the bone structure of the body to improve the function of the joints or nervous system.


lexentry: eng/chirp__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chirp
trans_list: tjilpen | tjirpen
sense:
(intransitive) To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.


lexentry: eng/chisel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chisel
trans_list: beitel
sense:
A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end.


lexentry: eng/chiton__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chiton
trans_list: chiton | keverslak
sense:
Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.


lexentry: eng/chivalry__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: chivalry
trans_list: ridderschap
sense:
The ethical code of the knight prevalent in Medieval Europe, having such primary virtues as mercy towards the poor and oppressed, humility, honour, sacrifice, fear of God, faithfulness, courage and courtesy to ladies.


lexentry: eng/chloric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chloric acid
trans_list: chloorzuur
sense:
(chemistry) a strong acid, HClO3, known only in solution and as its chlorate salts; a powerful oxidizing agent


lexentry: eng/chloride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chloride
trans_list: chloride
sense:
(chemistry) any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium chloride, or any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical


lexentry: eng/chlorite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chlorite
trans_list: chloriet
sense:
(mineral) A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.


lexentry: eng/chlorofluorocarbon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chlorofluorocarbon
trans_list: chloorfluorkoolwaterstof
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon are replaced with those of chlorine and fluorine; formerly used as refrigerants and aerosol can propellants but withdrawn due to causing damage to the ozone layer.


lexentry: eng/chloroform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chloroform
trans_list: chloroform
sense:
(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.


lexentry: eng/chlorophyll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chlorophyll
trans_list: bladgroen | chlorofyl
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.


lexentry: eng/chloroplast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chloroplast
trans_list: bladgroenkorrel
sense:
(cytology) An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place, characterized by a high concentration of chlorophyll and two membranes.


lexentry: eng/chock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chock
trans_list: wig
sense:
Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.


lexentry: eng/chocolate__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: chocolate
trans_list: chocoladekleur | chocolade
sense:
(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate (also called chocolate brown).


lexentry: eng/chocolate_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chocolate bar
trans_list: chocoladereep
sense:
A flat slab of chocolate, usually oblong in shape, which can be broken into smaller segments when being eaten, either solid or with a filling such as nuts or caramel.


lexentry: eng/chocolate_milk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chocolate milk
trans_list: chocolademelk
sense:
A sweetened cocoa-flavored drink, typically created by mixing chocolate syrup or chocolate powder with milk, and typically served cold.


lexentry: eng/chocolate_teacake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chocolate teacake
trans_list: negerzoen | chocoladezoen | chocozoen | schuimzoen
sense:
A confection consisting of a biscuit base topped with marshmallow-like filling and coated in a hard shell of chocolate.


lexentry: eng/choir__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: choir
trans_list: koor
sense:
(architecture) Uncommon form of quire (“one quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse”).


lexentry: eng/choke__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: choke
trans_list: verstikken | stikken
sense:
(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).


lexentry: eng/cholera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cholera
trans_list: cholera
sense:
(pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.


lexentry: eng/choleric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: choleric
trans_list: cholerisch | kwaad
sense:
(according to theories of the four humours or temperaments) Having a temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.


lexentry: eng/cholesterol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cholesterol
trans_list: cholesterol
sense:
(biochemistry) A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease.


lexentry: eng/choline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: choline
trans_list: choline
sense:
(organic compound) A hydroxy quaternary ammonium compound with formula (CH3)3N+CH2CH2OHX−. It is an essential nutrient for cardiovascular and brain health and for cell membrane formation.


lexentry: eng/chop_suey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chop suey
trans_list: tjaptjoi
sense:
(US, Philippines) A stir-fried vegetable dish, served with pieces of beef or pork in a semi-thick sauce, and often soy sauce.


lexentry: eng/chop_suey__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chop suey
trans_list: tjaptjoi
sense:
(Canada, and, British) Steamed bean sprouts served in a semi-thick sauce, and mixed with a choice of meat and/or vegetables.


lexentry: eng/chopped_liver__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chopped liver
trans_list: niemand
sense:
(idiomatic, humorous, informal) A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.


lexentry: eng/chopper__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: chopper
trans_list: bijl
sense:
(archaeology) A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.


lexentry: eng/chopstick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chopstick
trans_list: eetstokje
sense:
(usually, in the plural) An East Asian eating utensil usually used as a pair and held in one hand to grip pieces of food or occasionally to mix liquids or scoop up small pieces of food. The utensil is a stick, usually made of wood and measuring approximately 23cm (10 inches) in length.


lexentry: eng/chord__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: chord
trans_list: koorde
sense:
(rail) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.


lexentry: eng/chordae_tendineae__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chordae tendineae
trans_list: peesdraden
sense:
(anatomy) The cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart.


lexentry: eng/chordate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chordate
trans_list: chordadier
sense:
A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.


lexentry: eng/chordophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chordophone
trans_list: chordofoon
sense:
(musical instrument) Any musical instrument that produces sound from one or more vibrating strings; a string instrument.


lexentry: eng/choreography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: choreography
trans_list: choreografie
sense:
(by extension, figurative) The art of creating and arranging any activities that involve social coordination or orchestration.


lexentry: eng/choreography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: choreography
trans_list: choreografie
sense:
(uncountable) The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.


lexentry: eng/chorizo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chorizo
trans_list: chorizo
sense:
A spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika, often crumbled for use in filling tacos, quesadillas, etc.


lexentry: eng/chorus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chorus
trans_list: koor
sense:
A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.


lexentry: eng/chorus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: chorus
trans_list: koor
sense:
A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.


lexentry: eng/chorus__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: chorus
trans_list: refrein
sense:
(often, attributively) A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.


lexentry: eng/chosen_one__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chosen one
trans_list: de ware
sense:
(informal, authorship) A character in a narrative work who is predestined to save the world or accomplish some other grand and heroic deed; one who is predestined to become the one.


lexentry: eng/choux_pastry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: choux pastry
trans_list: sous
sense:
A type of light pastry (made just from butter, water, flour and eggs) that is used to make profiteroles, éclairs, chouquettes, etc.


lexentry: eng/chromakey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromakey
trans_list: watersteen
sense:
(television, cinema) The use of a particular color, usually either green or blue) as a key in a studio in order to allow one image to be seamlessly partially superimposed upon another.


lexentry: eng/chromatic_aberration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromatic aberration
trans_list: chromatische aberratie
sense:
(optics) An optical aberration in which an image has coloured fringes, caused by differential refraction of light of different wavelengths.


lexentry: eng/chromatin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromatin
trans_list: chromatine
sense:
(biology) A complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division.


lexentry: eng/chromium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromium
trans_list: chroom
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.


lexentry: eng/chromosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromosome
trans_list: chromosoom
sense:
(cytology, genetics) A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.


lexentry: eng/chromosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromosphere
trans_list: chromosfeer
sense:
(star) The faint pink extension of a star's atmospheric envelope between the corona and the photosphere


lexentry: eng/chroneme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chroneme
trans_list: chroneem
sense:
A basic, theoretical unit of sound that can distinguish words by duration only of a vowel or consonant.


lexentry: eng/chronic_fatigue_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chronic fatigue syndrome
trans_list: chronischevermoeidheidssyndroom
sense:
(pathology) A condition characterized by immune, endocrine and neurologic pathology whose main symptoms are extreme fatigue, extremely low stamina, muscle pain, lymph node swelling, postexertional malaise, and cognitive difficulties.


lexentry: eng/chronogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chronogram
trans_list: jaardicht
sense:
A sentence or inscription whose letters, when interpreted according to a system (such as Roman numerals) in which letters correspond to numeric values, stand for a particular date (usually the date of inscription) when rearranged.


lexentry: eng/chronology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chronology
trans_list: chronologie | tijdrekenkunde | tijdrekening | tijdsorde
sense:
(countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.


lexentry: eng/chrononormativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chrononormativity
trans_list: heteronormativiteit
sense:
the use of time to organize individuals toward maximum productivity; for example, the appropriate time range to start working, have children, or to retire.


lexentry: eng/chronostasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chronostasis
trans_list: chronostasis
sense:
(optics) A visual illusion in which a regular movement seems to pause the first time it is observed.


lexentry: eng/chrysanthemum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chrysanthemum
trans_list: chrysant
sense:
Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.


lexentry: eng/chrysoberyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chrysoberyl
trans_list: chrysoberyl
sense:
(mineral) A vitreous mineral, often pale green, a mixed oxide of aluminium and beryllium with the chemical formula BeAl2O4, used as a gemstone.


lexentry: eng/chuchotage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chuchotage
trans_list: fluistertolken
sense:
The interpretation or translation of speech in a whisper to a single person in proximity to other people.


lexentry: eng/chuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: chuck
trans_list: klauwplaat
sense:
(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.


lexentry: eng/chufa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chufa
trans_list: aardamandel
sense:
Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts).


lexentry: eng/chug__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: chug
trans_list: snappen
sense:
(transitive, colloquial) To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.


lexentry: eng/chump__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chump
trans_list: sukkel
sense:
(colloquial, pejorative) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.


lexentry: eng/chunder__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chunder
trans_list: braken
sense:
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, slang) To throw up, to vomit, particularly from excessive alcohol consumption.


lexentry: eng/church__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: church
trans_list: kerk
sense:
(countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/church__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: church
trans_list: kerk
sense:
(countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/church__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: church
trans_list: kerk
sense:
(uncountable) Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.


lexentry: eng/church_bell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: church bell
trans_list: kerkklok
sense:
A bell belonging to a church, usually housed in a tower or steeple, customarily rung before church services or for other occasions such as weddings.


lexentry: eng/church_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: church service
trans_list: kerkdienst
sense:
A formalized period of communal worship, often but not exclusively occurring on Sunday, or Saturday in the case of those churches practicing Sabbatarianism.


lexentry: eng/churn__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: churn
trans_list: karnen | agiteren | klutsen
sense:
(transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.


lexentry: eng/churn__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: churn
trans_list: schudden | woelen
sense:
(transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.


lexentry: eng/chute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chute
trans_list: buis
sense:
A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.


lexentry: eng/chutney__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chutney
trans_list: chutney
sense:
A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green or dried red chili peppers. [from 1813]


lexentry: eng/chutzpah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chutzpah
trans_list: gotspe
sense:
(informal) Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion.


lexentry: eng/cicada__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cicada
trans_list: cicade
sense:
Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.


lexentry: eng/cicero__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cicero
trans_list: Augustijn | cicero | mediaan
sense:
(typography, Continental, _, printing) The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.


lexentry: eng/cicerone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cicerone
trans_list: cicerone
sense:
A guide who accompanies visitors and sightseers to museums, galleries, etc., and explains matters of archaeological, antiquarian, historic or artistic interest.


lexentry: eng/cicisbeo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cicisbeo
trans_list: galante ridder
sense:
(now, chiefly, historical) A man who escorts a married woman to social functions, especially in 18th-century Italy; a married woman's lover.


lexentry: eng/cigar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cigar
trans_list: sigaar
sense:
A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.


lexentry: eng/cigarette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cigarette
trans_list: sigaret
sense:
A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.


lexentry: eng/cilantro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cilantro
trans_list: koriander
sense:
(US) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.


lexentry: eng/cinnabar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cinnabar
trans_list: vermiljoen
sense:
A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.


lexentry: eng/cinnamic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cinnamic acid
trans_list: kaneelzuur
sense:
(carboxylic acid) The aromatic carboxylic acid C6H5-CH=CH-COOH obtained from cinnamon; it is used in perfumery etc


lexentry: eng/cinnamon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cinnamon
trans_list: kaneelboom | kaneel
sense:
Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).


lexentry: eng/cinnamon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cinnamon
trans_list: kaneel
sense:
(mostly, uncountable) A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species above.


lexentry: eng/circadian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circadian
trans_list: circadiaan
sense:
(biology) Of, relating to, or showing rhythmic behaviour with a period of 24 hours; especially of a biological process.


lexentry: eng/circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circle
trans_list: cirkel | kring
sense:
(geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).


lexentry: eng/circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: circle
trans_list: cirkel | kring
sense:
A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.


lexentry: eng/circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: circle
trans_list: kring | cirkel
sense:
(astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.


lexentry: eng/circuit_breaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circuit breaker
trans_list: zekering
sense:
(electricity) An electrical switch capable of opening and closing an electrical circuit in all operating conditions, including fault situations.


lexentry: eng/circular_argument__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: circular argument
trans_list: cirkelredenering
sense:
(philosophy, logic) An argument which commits the logical fallacy of assuming what it is attempting to prove.


lexentry: eng/circular_economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circular economy
trans_list: circulaire economie | kringloopeconomie
sense:
(economics) An industrial economy that aims to reduce waste and pollution by means of reuse, recycling, etc.


lexentry: eng/circulatory_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circulatory system
trans_list: bloedvatenstelsel
sense:
(physiology) The parts of an animal body comprising the heart, blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries), and blood, which circulate the blood around the body. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/circumcise__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: circumcise
trans_list: besnijden
sense:
(military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.


lexentry: eng/circumfix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circumfix
trans_list: circumfix | discontinu affix | omvoegsel
sense:
(grammar) An affix containing both a prefixing and a suffixing element existing as a single morphological unit.


lexentry: eng/circumflex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circumflex
trans_list: circonflexe | accent circonflexe | circumflex | dakje
sense:
A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.


lexentry: eng/circus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circus
trans_list: circus
sense:
A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/cirl_bunting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cirl bunting
trans_list: cirlgors
sense:
A small Old World passerine bird, Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family (Emberizidae), very similar to the yellowhammer.


lexentry: eng/cirque__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cirque
trans_list: keteldal
sense:
(geology) A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.


lexentry: eng/cirrhosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cirrhosis
trans_list: cirrose
sense:
(pathology) A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation, characterised by an increase in fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells.


lexentry: eng/cirrocumulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cirrocumulus
trans_list: cirrocumulus | schapenwolk
sense:
(physics, meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a thin, white patch of cloud without shadows, composed of very small droplets in the form of grains or ripples. The elements may be merged or separate, and more or less regularly arranged; they subtend an angle of less than 1° when observed at an angle of more than 30° above the horizon. Holes or rifts often occur in a sheet of cirrocumulus. Abbreviated Cc.


lexentry: eng/cirrus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cirrus
trans_list: windveer | cirrus | vederwolk
sense:
(meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.


lexentry: eng/cisterna__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cisterna
trans_list: cisterne
sense:
(biology) Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum.


lexentry: eng/citation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: citation
trans_list: citaat | aanhaling
sense:
The act of citing a passage from a text, or from another person, using the exact words of the original text or speech and giving credit to the original by referencing.


lexentry: eng/citizen__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: citizen
trans_list: burger | staatsburger
sense:
A legally-recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/citizen__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: citizen
trans_list: burger | inwoner | particulier | poorter | stadsburger
sense:
(Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/citizen_journalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: citizen journalism
trans_list: burgerjournalistiek
sense:
(media) Independent reporting, often by amateurs on the scene of an event, and disseminated via new media.


lexentry: eng/citizen_of_the_world__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: citizen of the world
trans_list: wereldburger | wereldburgeres
sense:
A person regarded as part of the global citizenry; specifically, one who takes the view that they belong to no particular country or state.


lexentry: eng/citric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: citric acid
trans_list: citroenzuur
sense:
(carboxylic acid) A colourless crystalline compound, 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, C6H8O7, found in citrus fruit; it is used as a food additive and in the manufacture of citrates.


lexentry: eng/city__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: city
trans_list: stad
sense:
(UK) A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.


lexentry: eng/city_council__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: city council
trans_list: gemeenteraad
sense:
A governing body of people elected to oversee management of a city and represent the interests of residents.


lexentry: eng/city_wall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: city wall
trans_list: stadsmuur
sense:
(usually, in plural) A wall around a city, built to define the city's boundaries, and sometimes to protect it from aggressors.


lexentry: eng/civet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civet
trans_list: civetkat
sense:
(countable) A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet (30–90 cm) long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail.


lexentry: eng/civil__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil
trans_list: civiel | burgerlijk
sense:
(uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.


lexentry: eng/civil_code__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil code
trans_list: burgerlijk wetboek
sense:
(legal) A systematic collection of laws addressing dealings between private parties, such as business contracts and negligence lawsuits.


lexentry: eng/civil_disobedience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil disobedience
trans_list: burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid
sense:
A form of social protest, involving the active but non-violent refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of an established authority, because they are considered to be morally wrong or detrimental.


lexentry: eng/civil_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil engineering
trans_list: burgerlijke bouwkunde
sense:
The technical design and construction of public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, public greens, roads, etc., and/or technically equivalent private (usually corporate) ones.


lexentry: eng/civil_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil law
trans_list: burgerlijk recht | civiel recht | Romaans-Germaans recht | continentaal recht
sense:
(law) The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community; it contrasts with criminal law, military law and ecclesiastical law.


lexentry: eng/civil_partnership__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil partnership
trans_list: geregistreerd partnerschap
sense:
A union similar to marriage which same-sex couples, and in some jurisdictions opposite-sex couples, may form, which affords rights and responsibilities similar or identical to those afforded by civil marriage.


lexentry: eng/civil_registry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil registry
trans_list: burgerlijke stand
sense:
A government repository, database recording the vital events (births, deaths, etc.) of its citizens and residents, its office.


lexentry: eng/civil_rights__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: civil rights
trans_list: burgerrechten
sense:
(US) Those rights which are guaranteed protection by the US Constitution and are considered to be unquestionable, deserved by all people under all circumstances, especially without regard to race, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and disability.


lexentry: eng/civil_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil service
trans_list: ambtenarij | rijksdienst
sense:
In parliamentary forms of government, the branches of government that are not military, legislative, or judicial, but work to apply its laws and regulations.


lexentry: eng/civil_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: civil service
trans_list: ambtenarenapparaat | ambtenarij
sense:
The body of civilian employees of any level of government, not subject to political appointment and removal, normally hired and promoted largely on the basis of competitive examination.


lexentry: eng/civil_society__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil society
trans_list: maatschappelijk middenveld
sense:
All of the institutions, voluntary organizations and corporate bodies that are less than the state but greater than the family. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/civil_union__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil union
trans_list: geregistreerd partnerschap
sense:
A legal union similar to marriage, established to allow same-sex couples (and, in some jurisdictions, opposite-sex couples) rights similar to those married couples have.


lexentry: eng/civil_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil war
trans_list: burgeroorlog | burgerkrijg
sense:
A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity.


lexentry: eng/civilian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civilian
trans_list: burger
sense:
A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.


lexentry: eng/civilian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: civilian
trans_list: burger
sense:
(informal) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider.


lexentry: eng/civilization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civilization
trans_list: beschaving
sense:
An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.


lexentry: eng/civilization__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civilization
trans_list: beschaving
sense:
(inherently emic, sometimes, capitalized) Collectively, those people and places of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. (Compare refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World.


lexentry: eng/clad__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clad
trans_list: gekleed
sense:
(of a person, preceded by a garment type) Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed.


lexentry: eng/clad__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clad
trans_list: bekleed
sense:
(of an object, often in compounds) Covered, enveloped in, or surrounded by a cladding, or a specified material or substance.


lexentry: eng/cladding__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cladding
trans_list: bedekking
sense:
(construction) A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building.


lexentry: eng/claim__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: claim
trans_list: bewering
sense:
A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.


lexentry: eng/clairvoyance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clairvoyance
trans_list: helderziendheid
sense:
(parapsychology) The power to see or perceive things objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.


lexentry: eng/clam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clam
trans_list: mossel
sense:
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.


lexentry: eng/clamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clamp
trans_list: lijmklem | sergeant
sense:
A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.


lexentry: eng/clamp_down_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clamp down on
trans_list: ontbreken
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To take measures to stop (something); to put an end to (something); to exert tighter control of (something); to treat (someone or something) more harshly.


lexentry: eng/clan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clan
trans_list: clan | stam | sibbe
sense:
A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain


lexentry: eng/clanger__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clanger
trans_list: blunder
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, informal, often in the phrase drop a clanger) A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.


lexentry: eng/clapometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clapometer
trans_list: applausmeter
sense:
An audience-reaction monitor used to give a visual interpretation of applause; once used on some television game shows.


lexentry: eng/clapper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clapper
trans_list: klepel | bengel
sense:
An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.


lexentry: eng/clapper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clapper
trans_list: klapper | klepper | ratel
sense:
A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.


lexentry: eng/clapperboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clapperboard
trans_list: klapbord
sense:
(film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production to be able to synchronize picture and sound during editing.


lexentry: eng/clarification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clarification
trans_list: opheldering | verduidelijking
sense:
The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.


lexentry: eng/clarify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clarify
trans_list: klaren
sense:
(ergative, of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.


lexentry: eng/clarinet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clarinet
trans_list: klarinet
sense:
(woodwind instrument) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).


lexentry: eng/clarion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clarion
trans_list: klaroen
sense:
(brass instrument, historical, or, poetic) A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.


lexentry: eng/clash__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: clash
trans_list: botsen
sense:
(intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: class
trans_list: klasse | laag
sense:
(sociology, countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes: upper class, middle class and working class.


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: class
trans_list: klas | klasse
sense:
(education, countable, and, uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: class
trans_list: klasse
sense:
(countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: class
trans_list: klasse | klas
sense:
(taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: class
trans_list: klasse
sense:
(set theory) A collection of sets definable by a shared property, especially one which is not itself a set (in which case the class is called proper).


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: class
trans_list: klasse | klas
sense:
(object-oriented, countable) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set in terms of its common properties, functions, etc.


lexentry: eng/class_action__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: class action
trans_list: groepsvordering | groepszaak
sense:
(law, chiefly, US, Canada) A lawsuit brought by a single plaintiff or small group of plaintiffs as a representative of a large group of others having a common interest, with everyone in the large group eligible to receive damages if the plaintiff is successful.


lexentry: eng/class_consciousness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: class consciousness
trans_list: klassenbewustzijn
sense:
(Marxism, social sciences) An individual's awareness of their relative place within the class system of society.


lexentry: eng/class_struggle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: class struggle
trans_list: klassenstrijd
sense:
Conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes); the active expression of a theoretical class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective.


lexentry: eng/classic__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: classic
trans_list: classicus
sense:
(dated) One learned in the literature of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; a student of classical literature.


lexentry: eng/classical_antiquity__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classical antiquity
trans_list: klassieke oudheid
sense:
(history) The era of the height of Greco-Roman civilization in southern Europe, roughly comprising the 6th century BC to the 5th century (AD), although sometimes distinguished from Late Antiquity


lexentry: eng/classical_guitar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classical guitar
trans_list: klassieke gitaar
sense:
A type of flat-tabled guitar of Spanish origin used primarily for Western classical music, flamenco, and Latin American music, with six nylon (formerly gut) strings, usually played with the fingers rather than with a plectrum.


lexentry: eng/classical_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classical music
trans_list: klassieke muziek
sense:
(music genre) Music of the classical period; the music of Mozart, Haydn, etc; the musical period before the romantic.


lexentry: eng/classicism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classicism
trans_list: classicisme
sense:
(uncountable) All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.


lexentry: eng/classification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classification
trans_list: classificatie
sense:
The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.


lexentry: eng/classified_advertisement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classified advertisement
trans_list: annonce
sense:
Any of a list of newspaper or website advertisements included with others under a heading describing the category of product or service offered or sought.


lexentry: eng/classism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classism
trans_list: klassisme
sense:
Discrimination or prejudice that is based on social class, especially against those of lower social class.


lexentry: eng/clause__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clause
trans_list: bijzin | nevenschikking
sense:
(grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is (subordinate) dependent.


lexentry: eng/clavichord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clavichord
trans_list: klavechord | klavichord
sense:
(musical instruments) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents) attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings.


lexentry: eng/clavicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clavicle
trans_list: sleutelbeen
sense:
(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.


lexentry: eng/clavicytherium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clavicytherium
trans_list: clavicytherium
sense:
(musical instruments) A harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player. [early 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/claw__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: claw
trans_list: schaar
sense:
(botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.


lexentry: eng/clawed_frog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clawed frog
trans_list: klauwkikker
sense:
Any of a group of aquatic carnivorous frogs in the genus Xenopus, which are very small and have small claws.


lexentry: eng/clay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clay
trans_list: klei
sense:
A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.


lexentry: eng/clean__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clean
trans_list: voorslaan
sense:
(weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.


lexentry: eng/clean_and_jerk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clean and jerk
trans_list: stoot
sense:
(weightlifting) The act of lifting the barbell from the floor to a resting position across the front of the shoulders (the clean phase), pausing, and thrusting the barbell over the head to a stationary position in one movement (the jerk phase). The normal technique for both parts of this act involves propelling the barbell upwards, quickly lowering the torso, and then straightening the legs.


lexentry: eng/clean_someone's_clock__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clean someone's clock
trans_list: met iemand de vloer aanvegen | iemand uitschakelen
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) To defeat someone decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.


lexentry: eng/cleaner__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cleaner
trans_list: reiniger | reinigingsmiddel
sense:
A substance used for cleaning; especially, one retailed for that purpose and meant for use on things other than one's own body.


lexentry: eng/cleaner__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cleaner
trans_list: wasserij
sense:
(in the plural) A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business). (This form is now interpreted as plural and usually spelled without an apostrophe, even in official usage, to justify the removal of the apostrophe. It was traditionally spelled cleaner's with an apostrophe because this is grammatically correct, as can be seen with forms such as go to the doctor's, which cannot be reinterpreted as plural.)


lexentry: eng/clear__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: clear
trans_list: verrekenen
sense:
(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.


lexentry: eng/clear_one's_throat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clear one's throat
trans_list: kuchen
sense:
Forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expelling air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorous than coughing.


lexentry: eng/clearance_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clearance rate
trans_list: ophelderingspercentage | oplossingspercentage
sense:
(crime, law enforcement) The proportion of crimes that are solved by the police with respect to the total number of crimes reported.


lexentry: eng/clearing_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clearing house
trans_list: verrekeningskamer
sense:
A central point where clearing banks and other financial firms exchange checks, settle accounts, etc.


lexentry: eng/clearness__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clearness
trans_list: duidelijkheid
sense:
The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cleat__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cleat
trans_list: klamp
sense:
(nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release. Nautical cleat


lexentry: eng/cleavage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cleavage
trans_list: decolleté
sense:
The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/clef__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clef
trans_list: sleutel | muzieksleutel
sense:
(music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/clematis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clematis
trans_list: clematis
sense:
(botany) Any plant of the genus Clematis, vigorous climbing lianas found throughout the temperate zones.


lexentry: eng/clementine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clementine
trans_list: clementine
sense:
A type of small, sweet-tasting orange, the result of a hybrid cross between the willowleaf variety of mandarin orange (C. × deliciosa) and a sweet orange (C. × sinensis).


lexentry: eng/clerestory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clerestory
trans_list: lichtbeuk
sense:
(architecture) The upper part of a wall containing windows to let in natural light to a building, especially in the nave, transept and choir of a church or cathedral.


lexentry: eng/clerihew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clerihew
trans_list: clerihew
sense:
A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/clerk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clerk
trans_list: bediende | klerk
sense:
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.


lexentry: eng/clever_clogs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clever clogs
trans_list: betweter
sense:
(slang, UK, and, Ireland) Somebody who is rather too clever; a smart aleck; sometimes used as an epithet.


lexentry: eng/clever_dick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clever dick
trans_list: wijsneus
sense:
(informal, chiefly, British) A person who annoyingly tries too hard to impress with their cleverness.


lexentry: eng/clevis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clevis
trans_list: vork
sense:
A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt.


lexentry: eng/clevis_pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clevis pin
trans_list: gaffelpen
sense:
Part of clevis fastener that allows rotation of the connected parts about the axis of the pin. A clevis pin consists of a head, shank and hole. The hole passes through the shank at the opposite end of the pin from the head. A cotter pin or similar through the hole keeps the clevis pin in place.


lexentry: eng/cliché__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cliché
trans_list: cliché | platitude | gemeenplaats
sense:
Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/click__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: click
trans_list: klikken
sense:
(GUI) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.


lexentry: eng/click_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: click beetle
trans_list: smid
sense:
Any of various beetles of the family Elateridae, generally less than 20 mm long, which, if turned upside down, flip themselves into the air with a clicking sound.


lexentry: eng/clickbait__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clickbait
trans_list: clickbait
sense:
(Internet, _, marketing, pejorative) Website content that is aimed at generating advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on sensationalist headlines to attract click-throughs; such headlines.


lexentry: eng/client__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: client
trans_list: client
sense:
(computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.


lexentry: eng/clientele__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clientele
trans_list: klantengroep
sense:
The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.


lexentry: eng/climate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate
trans_list: klimaat
sense:
The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).


lexentry: eng/climate_change__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: climate change
trans_list: klimaatsverandering | klimaatwijziging
sense:
Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.


lexentry: eng/climate_refugee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate refugee
trans_list: klimaatvluchteling
sense:
A person who is forced to relocate in response to anthropogenic climate change that has made their region unliveable.


lexentry: eng/climate_sceptic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate sceptic
trans_list: klimaatscepticus
sense:
A person who does not believe climate change is happening or does not believe it is caused by human activity.


lexentry: eng/climate_strike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate strike
trans_list: klimaatstaking
sense:
A protest in which people absent themselves from professional or educational activities in order to join demonstrations calling for action to counter climate change.


lexentry: eng/climber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climber
trans_list: klimplant | slingerplant
sense:
(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.


lexentry: eng/climbing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climbing
trans_list: klimmen | klimsport
sense:
(uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.


lexentry: eng/clinch__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: clinch
trans_list: clinch
sense:
(wrestling, combat sports) The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.


lexentry: eng/cling_film__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cling film
trans_list: huishoudfolie
sense:
(British) A plastic film (originally polyvinylidene chloride but now polyethylene) that is so light and thin that it clings to any object about which it is wrapped; used to cover and preserve foodstuffs etc.


lexentry: eng/clingy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clingy
trans_list: kleverig
sense:
(informal, usually, derogatory) Pathetically attached to, or possessive of someone, usually a significant other.


lexentry: eng/clinic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinic
trans_list: kliniek
sense:
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.


lexentry: eng/clinical_death__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinical death
trans_list: klinisch dood
sense:
(medicine, legal) A state in which usual medically observable vital signs—such as respiration, heartbeat, and corneal reflex—are not present, but from which patients are sometimes revived.


lexentry: eng/clinical_psychology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinical psychology
trans_list: klinische psychologie
sense:
(psychology) A branch of psychology with the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.


lexentry: eng/clinker-built__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinker-built
trans_list: overnaads
sense:
(nautical) Of a boat or ship: having the hull constructed using planks or plates laid so that each plank overlaps the edge of the plank or plate below it, and in the case of plates, behind it; the planks were traditionally secured by nails which had been clenched (or clinched), that is, after being hammered through the planks the points of the nails were bent to make them unremovable.


lexentry: eng/clinker__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clinker
trans_list: klinker
sense:
Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/clinometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinometer
trans_list: clinometer
sense:
An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).


lexentry: eng/clip__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clip
trans_list: kam
sense:
(military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.


lexentry: eng/clip_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clip art
trans_list: clipart
sense:
(computing) A set of images, distributed as files with other software, that may be copied and pasted into documents or other files.


lexentry: eng/clipboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clipboard
trans_list: klembord
sense:
(computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.


lexentry: eng/clipper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clipper
trans_list: klipper
sense:
(nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.


lexentry: eng/clipping__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: clipping
trans_list: verkorting
sense:
(countable, linguistics) A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.


lexentry: eng/clitic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clitic
trans_list: cliticum
sense:
(linguistics) A morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).


lexentry: eng/clitoral_hood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clitoral hood
trans_list: clitorishoed | clitoriskap
sense:
A fold of skin that surrounds and protects the clitoris, homologous with the male foreskin; the female prepuce.


lexentry: eng/clitoris__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clitoris
trans_list: clitoris | kittelaar
sense:
(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cloaca__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cloaca
trans_list: cloaca
sense:
(anatomy, zoology) The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum.


lexentry: eng/clobber__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clobber
trans_list: overschrijven
sense:
(transitive, computing, slang) To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.


lexentry: eng/clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clock
trans_list: klok
sense:
(electronics) An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.


lexentry: eng/clock_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clock in
trans_list: aannemen
sense:
(US) To begin working time, especially by punching in (entering a workplace by punching a time card with the time clock).


lexentry: eng/clock_tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clock tower
trans_list: klokkentoren
sense:
(architecture) A tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces.


lexentry: eng/clockwork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clockwork
trans_list: uurwerk
sense:
A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.


lexentry: eng/cloister__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloister
trans_list: kloostergang | kruisgang
sense:
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:


lexentry: eng/cloister_vault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloister vault
trans_list: kloostergewelf
sense:
(architecture) A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel vaults crossing in a right angle. The angles of intersection are groins with projecting angles at the base, which die away at the summit.


lexentry: eng/clone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clone
trans_list: kloon
sense:
A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.


lexentry: eng/close,_but_no_cigar__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close, but no cigar
trans_list: bijna telt niet | het is net niks
sense:
(idiomatic, originally, US, colloquial) Used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/close-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close-up
trans_list: close-up
sense:
(photography) A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale, and occupies most or all of the frame.


lexentry: eng/close__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close
trans_list: sluiten | dichten | dichtdoen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.


lexentry: eng/close__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close
trans_list: sluiten
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.


lexentry: eng/close__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: close
trans_list: sluiten
sense:
(intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.


lexentry: eng/close_ranks__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: close ranks
trans_list: de rangen sluiten
sense:
(figuratively) To regroup forces, especially when this involves overlooking differences in order to face a challenge or adverse situation. Often implies making a show of unity, especially to the public.


lexentry: eng/close_the_stable_door_after_the_horse_has_bolted__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close the stable door after the horse has bolted
trans_list: achter de feiten aanlopen | als het kalf verdronken is, dempt men de put
sense:
(idiomatic) To attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred; to design and implement a preventive mechanism that is too late (after the first failure instead of before).


lexentry: eng/closet__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: closet
trans_list: kast
sense:
(figuratively) A secret or hiding place, (particularly) the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet.


lexentry: eng/closet__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: closet
trans_list: kast
sense:
(obsolete) Clipping of closet of ease, (later, UK) clipping of water closet: a room containing a toilet.


lexentry: eng/closeup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: closeup
trans_list: close-up
sense:
(film) A video or film recording made with the camera positioned close to an actor, often so that only the head or face is visible.


lexentry: eng/cloth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloth
trans_list: doek | kleed
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.


lexentry: eng/clothes_dryer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clothes dryer
trans_list: wasdroger
sense:
An electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum.


lexentry: eng/clothes_moth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clothes moth
trans_list: klerenmot | kleermot
sense:
Any of several small, yellowish or buff-colored moths of the family Tineidae, feeding on textiles (wool, fur, feathers).


lexentry: eng/clothes_peg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clothes peg
trans_list: wasknijper | wasspeld
sense:
(British, Australia, NZ, Canada) An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.


lexentry: eng/clotted_cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clotted cream
trans_list: strijkroom
sense:
A thick, sweet dairy product, made by skimming the thickened layer off the top of unhomogenized cream that has been heated and allowed to stand. Fat content is at least 55%.


lexentry: eng/cloud__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: cloud
trans_list: cloud | wolk
sense:
(computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.


lexentry: eng/clouded_leopard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clouded leopard
trans_list: nevelpanter
sense:
A medium-sized, arboreal cat (Neofelis nebulosa) found in Southeast Asia. It has a disproportionately long tail and canines, and a tawny coat with dark, irregular, oval markings.


lexentry: eng/clout__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clout
trans_list: doelwit | roos
sense:
(archery) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.


lexentry: eng/clove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clove
trans_list: kruidnagel
sense:
(uncountable, countable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.


lexentry: eng/clove_hitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clove hitch
trans_list: mastworp
sense:
(nautical) a bend formed by two half hitches in the same direction, used to make a line fast to a spar or to a larger rope; it will not slip


lexentry: eng/clover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clover
trans_list: klaver
sense:
A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.


lexentry: eng/cloverleaf_interchange__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloverleaf interchange
trans_list: klaverbladknooppunt
sense:
(US, Canada) A junction of two highways, one crossing over the other, having a series of exit and entrance ramps, arranged in the form of a four-leaf clover, such that traffic may proceed from either highway in all directions.


lexentry: eng/clown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clown
trans_list: clown
sense:
A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.


lexentry: eng/clown_nose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clown nose
trans_list: clownsneus
sense:
A fake nose, typically near spherical, bright red in color and sometimes capable of producing a honking sound when squeezed, commonly used by clowns and occasionally as a prop by people during parties.


lexentry: eng/club__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: club
trans_list: club
sense:
An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.


lexentry: eng/club__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: club
trans_list: klaveren
sense:
(card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.


lexentry: eng/club_moss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: club moss
trans_list: wolfsklauw
sense:
Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Lycopodiaceae, that resemble mosses and produce spores.


lexentry: eng/cluster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cluster
trans_list: tros
sense:
(linguistics) Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”)


lexentry: eng/cluster_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cluster bomb
trans_list: clusterbom
sense:
An explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller explosives, thus spreading the blast over a larger area.


lexentry: eng/cluster_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cluster set
trans_list: clusterset
sense:
(bodybuilding) A set of repetitions of an exercise with measured interrepetition / intraset rest periods.


lexentry: eng/clusterfuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clusterfuck
trans_list: teringzooi
sense:
(slang, vulgar) A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong, often caused by communication failure, a complex environment, or incompetence.


lexentry: eng/clustering__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clustering
trans_list: samenvoeging
sense:
(writing) A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.


lexentry: eng/clutch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clutch
trans_list: koppeling | klauw
sense:
A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/clutch__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clutch
trans_list: ontkoppelingspedaal | koppeling
sense:
The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.


lexentry: eng/clutch_pedal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clutch pedal
trans_list: koppelingspedaal
sense:
(automotive) A pedal in a manual transmission car that modulates the clutch mechanism, via clutch plate pressure.


lexentry: eng/cnidarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cnidarian
trans_list: neteldier
sense:
(zoology) Any of various invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, hydras, sea anemones, corals and formerly sponges and ctenophores that belong to the phylum Cnidaria. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/co-brother-in-law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: co-brother-in-law
trans_list: schoonbroer
sense:
(uncommon) One's spouse's brother-in-law (one's spouse's sibling's husband), especially one's wife's sister's husband; either of two (or more) men who marry sisters, in relation to the other; the brother of one spouse in relation to the siblings of the other spouse.


lexentry: eng/co-cathedral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: co-cathedral
trans_list: cokathedraal
sense:
(Christianity) One of a group of churches (usually a pair) which share the function of being the seat of a bishop.


lexentry: eng/co-counselling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: co-counselling
trans_list: cocounselen
sense:
A form of self-help counselling in which each person takes equal turns, usually in pairs, to work on the things in themselves and their lives that they would like to change. This person is mostly or wholly in charge; the other person or people mainly give supportive attention, or suggest ways of working.


lexentry: eng/coagulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coagulation
trans_list: bloedstolling | coagulatie | stolling
sense:
The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes. (e.g. coagulation of proteins)


lexentry: eng/coal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coal
trans_list: kool | steenkool
sense:
(uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/coal_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coal gas
trans_list: kolengas | lichtgas | steenkolengas
sense:
(petrochemistry) The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking etc and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam (gasification); it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; sometimes synonymous with synthesis gas or town gas.


lexentry: eng/coalfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coalfish
trans_list: koolvis
sense:
Any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.


lexentry: eng/coaming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coaming
trans_list: luikhoofd | zetboord
sense:
(nautical) On a boat, the vertical side of above-deck structures, such as the coach roof, hatch, and cockpit.


lexentry: eng/coaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coaster
trans_list: coaster
sense:
A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.


lexentry: eng/coaster__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coaster
trans_list: onderzetter | viltje
sense:
A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.


lexentry: eng/coaster_brake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coaster brake
trans_list: achteruittraprem | terugtraprem
sense:
A special rear hub for a bicycle that functions as a brake when the user pedals backwards, and which allows the bicycle to roll without forcing the pedals to turn.


lexentry: eng/coastline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coastline
trans_list: kustlijn
sense:
The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. (The term coastline is generally used to describe the approximate boundaries at relatively large spatial scales.)


lexentry: eng/coat_hanger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coat hanger
trans_list: kleerhanger
sense:
A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.


lexentry: eng/coat_of_arms__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coat of arms
trans_list: wapen | wapenschild | rijkswapen | staatswapen
sense:
(heraldry) Hereditary designs and symbols depicted on an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of a heraldic achievement, such as a helm, crest, crest coronet, torse, mantling and supporters; described by a blazon.


lexentry: eng/coat_rack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coat rack
trans_list: kapstok
sense:
A rack or stand with hooks or pegs for holding hats and coats, often placed near an entrance for temporary use


lexentry: eng/coati__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coati
trans_list: neusbeer
sense:
Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua or Nasuella, in order Carnivora, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina.


lexentry: eng/coax__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coax
trans_list: overhalen
sense:
(transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.


lexentry: eng/coax__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: coax
trans_list: verleiden
sense:
(transitive) To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.


lexentry: eng/coaxial_cable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coaxial cable
trans_list: coaxiale kabel
sense:
(electronics, telecommunications) A transmission line, consisting of a conducting wire surrounded by an insulated spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath; used to carry high frequency signals such as TV.


lexentry: eng/cob__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: cob
trans_list: stroleem
sense:
(uncountable) A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.


lexentry: eng/cobber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobber
trans_list: oud
sense:
(Australia, slang, dated) A pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another.


lexentry: eng/cobble_together__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobble together
trans_list: klussen
sense:
To put together (something) without adequate preparation or equipment; to improvise (something) minimally usable.


lexentry: eng/cobbler__Noun__6
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobbler
trans_list: fruittaart | taart
sense:
(US) Often preceded by a descriptive word as in apple cobbler, peach cobbler, etc.: a kind of pie, usually filled with fruit, originally having a crust at the base but nowadays generally lacking this and instead topped with a thick, cake-like pastry layer.


lexentry: eng/cobelligerent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobelligerent
trans_list: bondgenoot
sense:
Country that wages war against a common enemy, without the countries on the same side having a formal treaty of military alliance.


lexentry: eng/coca__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coca
trans_list: coca
sense:
The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.


lexentry: eng/cocaine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocaine
trans_list: cocaïne | coke | sos
sense:
(uncountable, organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.


lexentry: eng/cochineal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cochineal
trans_list: cochenilleluis
sense:
(countable) A scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).


lexentry: eng/cock__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cock
trans_list: (de haan) spannen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.


lexentry: eng/cock__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cock
trans_list: neuken
sense:
(British, Irish, transitive, slang) To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.


lexentry: eng/cock_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cock ring
trans_list: cockring
sense:
(slang, vulgar, sex) A band, worn around the base of the penis, used to slow down the flow of blood from the penile tissue and hence maintain an erection.


lexentry: eng/cock_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cock up
trans_list: verknallen
sense:
(ambitransitive, chiefly, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang, mildly) To ruin (something) unintentionally; to fuck up, mess up, or screw up.


lexentry: eng/cockatiel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cockatiel
trans_list: valkparkiet
sense:
Nymphicus hollandicus, a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest, native to Australia. Avicultural forms come in many color mutations such as White Face Gray, White Face Pearl, Fallow, Pearl Pied, Cinnamon Pearl, and White Face Pied.


lexentry: eng/cockatrice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cockatrice
trans_list: slangdraak
sense:
(mythology) A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics.


lexentry: eng/cockfighting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cockfighting
trans_list: vechthaan
sense:
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.


lexentry: eng/cockle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cockle
trans_list: hartschelp | kokhaan | kokkel
sense:
Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.


lexentry: eng/cockle__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cockle
trans_list: hartschelp | kokhaan | kokkelboon
sense:
Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).


lexentry: eng/cockpit__Noun__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cockpit
trans_list: cockpit
sense:
The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/cocksucker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocksucker
trans_list: lulzuiger | pikzuiger | kankerlijer
sense:
(vulgar, colloquial, derogatory, or, offensive) A very annoying or objectionable person; any contemptible person.


lexentry: eng/cocktail_sauce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocktail sauce
trans_list: cocktailsaus
sense:
A sauce served with oysters and other seafood, typically ketchup mixed with horseradish or mayonnaise.


lexentry: eng/cocoa_butter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocoa butter
trans_list: cacaoboter
sense:
The fat that is extracted from the cocoa bean to make chocolate; it has a relatively sharp melting point so does not feel greasy when eaten.


lexentry: eng/cocoa_powder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocoa powder
trans_list: cacaopoeder | cacao
sense:
(baking, cooking) A powder derived from ground cocoa solids, which is used to make the drink of cocoa, various chocolate products, also used as an ingredient in baking.


lexentry: eng/coconut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut
trans_list: kokosnoot
sense:
A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.


lexentry: eng/coconut_crab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut crab
trans_list: klapperdief
sense:
A terrestrial hermit crab of species Birgus latro, that lives on the shores of the Indian Ocean and the central Pacific Ocean and feeds on fruits, nuts, seeds and coconut flesh.


lexentry: eng/coconut_milk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut milk
trans_list: kokosmelk | klappermelk | santen
sense:
A thick white liquid produced by soaking the white inner flesh of the seed of the coconut in water and straining. It is traditionally used in Southeast Asian cuisine in curry and other gravy.


lexentry: eng/coconut_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut oil
trans_list: kokosolie
sense:
A type of cooking oil extracted from the kernel or meat of matured coconuts harvested from the coconut palm.


lexentry: eng/cocoyam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocoyam
trans_list: tajer
sense:
New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.


lexentry: eng/cod__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cod
trans_list: kabeljauw
sense:
Sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, inclusive of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).


lexentry: eng/cod_liver_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cod liver oil
trans_list: levertraan
sense:
Oil derived from the liver of codfish, often used as a nutritional supplement due to its high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA, and very high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D.


lexentry: eng/code__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: code
trans_list: wetboek | code
sense:
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.


lexentry: eng/code__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: code
trans_list: code
sense:
(cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.


lexentry: eng/code__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: code
trans_list: code
sense:
(programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.


lexentry: eng/code_name__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code name
trans_list: codenaam
sense:
(business, espionage, military) A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something, either for military or espionage purposes, or for commercial confidentiality.


lexentry: eng/code_of_honour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code of honour
trans_list: erecode
sense:
Certain rules by which social intercourse is regulated among a social group, and which are founded on a regard for reputation.


lexentry: eng/code_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code point
trans_list: codepoint
sense:
(computing, especially, Unicode) A numerical offset in a character set, etc., as opposed to a displayed grapheme or character, which can be composed of several code points.


lexentry: eng/codeword__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: codeword
trans_list: cijfercode
sense:
A type of crossword puzzle where the letters of the alphabet are represented by numbers and the solver must identify them by their position and frequency.


lexentry: eng/codomain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: codomain
trans_list: codomein
sense:
(mathematics, analysis) The target set into which a function is formally defined to map elements of its domain; the set denoted Y in the notation f : X → Y.


lexentry: eng/codpiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: codpiece
trans_list: gulp | braguette | kulzak | schaambuidel
sense:
A part of male dress in the 15th and 16th centuries, worn in front of the breeches to cover the male genitals.


lexentry: eng/coefficient_of_friction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coefficient of friction
trans_list: wrijvingscoëfficiënt
sense:
(physics) The ratio between (1) the magnitude of the force of friction which a surface produces on an object (moving along the surface or being pressed statically against it) and (2) the magnitude of the normal force which is produced by the surface on the object and which is perpendicular to that surface.


lexentry: eng/coelacanth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coelacanth
trans_list: coelacant
sense:
Either of two species of deep-water fish, Latimeria chalumnae of the Indian Ocean and Latimeria menadoensis of Indonesia.


lexentry: eng/coeliac_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coeliac disease
trans_list: coeliakie
sense:
(UK) An auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten, causing a failure to digest food properly.


lexentry: eng/coelom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coelom
trans_list: coeloom
sense:
(zoology) A fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal. The digestive system is suspended within the cavity, which is lined by a tissue called the peritoneum.


lexentry: eng/coerce__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coerce
trans_list: forceren | afdwingen | dwingen
sense:
(transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.


lexentry: eng/coerce__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: coerce
trans_list: forceren
sense:
(transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.


lexentry: eng/coercion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coercion
trans_list: dwang
sense:
(uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.


lexentry: eng/coexist__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coexist
trans_list: co-existeren | naast elkaar bestaan | samengaan
sense:
(intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.


lexentry: eng/coexistence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coexistence
trans_list: co-existentie
sense:
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.


lexentry: eng/coffee_bean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coffee bean
trans_list: koffieboon
sense:
The seed of a tropical plant of the genus Coffea. Prepared by drying, roasting and grinding for making the beverage coffee.


lexentry: eng/coffee_break__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coffee break
trans_list: koffiepauze
sense:
A rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes). So named because it is an opportunity to get coffee.


lexentry: eng/coffee_grinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coffee grinder
trans_list: koffiemolen
sense:
A device for pulverizing or powdering coffee beans so they can be brewed as coffee. (Technically many of the machines tear the coffee beans).


lexentry: eng/coffee_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coffee table
trans_list: salontafel
sense:
(furniture) A long, low table, often placed before seating in a living room, on which drinks may be served, and magazines, etc. placed.


lexentry: eng/cofferdam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cofferdam
trans_list: kistdam
sense:
(engineering) A temporary watertight enclosure used to create a dry foundation for building bridges and other structures over water.


lexentry: eng/coffin_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coffin bone
trans_list: hoefbeen
sense:
The bottommost bone in the equine leg, encased by the hoof capsule, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals.


lexentry: eng/cofounder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cofounder
trans_list: mede-oprichter
sense:
A joint founder; one of several people involved with the creation of a business, organization, union, or entity.


lexentry: eng/cog__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cog
trans_list: kogge
sense:
(historical) The hypothetical precursor ship type of the above said to be in use during the early Middle Ages, variously alleged to be Frisian or Scandinavian.


lexentry: eng/cognate__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cognate
trans_list: cognaat
sense:
(linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.


lexentry: eng/cognate_accusative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognate accusative
trans_list: cognaat object
sense:
(grammar) An object of kindred sense or derivation; specifically, that which may adverbially follow an intransitive verb (for example, the word death in “to die the death”).


lexentry: eng/cognition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognition
trans_list: bekende
sense:
The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.


lexentry: eng/cognitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognitive
trans_list: cognitief
sense:
Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.


lexentry: eng/cognitive_behavioral_therapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognitive behavioral therapy
trans_list: cognitieve gedragstherapie
sense:
(psychology) A psychotherapeutic approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and cognitions, focussing on a client's current state rather than on their past.


lexentry: eng/cognitive_dissonance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognitive dissonance
trans_list: cognitieve dissonantie
sense:
(psychology) A conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs.


lexentry: eng/cognitive_psychology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognitive psychology
trans_list: cognitieve psychologie
sense:
(psychology) A branch of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language.


lexentry: eng/cognizance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognizance
trans_list: embleem | kenteken
sense:
An emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house.


lexentry: eng/cognize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cognize
trans_list: kennen
sense:
To make into an object of cognition (the process of acquiring knowledge through thought); to cogitate.


lexentry: eng/cognomen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognomen
trans_list: voornaamwoord
sense:
(historical) A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.


lexentry: eng/cohabit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cohabit
trans_list: hokken | samenleven | samenwonen
sense:
(intransitive) To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.


lexentry: eng/cohort__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cohort
trans_list: cohort
sense:
(statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.


lexentry: eng/coif__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coif
trans_list: helm
sense:
(historical) A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.


lexentry: eng/coilgun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coilgun
trans_list: spoelgeweer
sense:
Any of various devices that use electromagnets to accelerate a magnetic projectile via non contact means


lexentry: eng/coin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coin
trans_list: munt | geldstuk | muntstuk
sense:
(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.


lexentry: eng/coin_slot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coin slot
trans_list: ingooi
sense:
A small opening on a vending machine, arcade game machine, parking meter, etc. to accept the payment that operates the mechanism.


lexentry: eng/coir__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coir
trans_list: apostolische stoel
sense:
The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.


lexentry: eng/coke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coke
trans_list: cokes
sense:
(uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.


lexentry: eng/colander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colander
trans_list: vergiet | verzijp
sense:
A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.


lexentry: eng/colchicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colchicine
trans_list: colchicine
sense:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A highly toxic alkaloid, chemical formula C22H25NO6, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum and formerly used to treat rheumatic complaints, now used mainly in the treatment of gout.


lexentry: eng/cold__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cold
trans_list: verkoudheid
sense:
(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.


lexentry: eng/cold_fusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold fusion
trans_list: koude kernfusie
sense:
A hypothetical form of nuclear fusion not requiring the usual immensely high temperatures; nuclear fusion at or near room temperature.


lexentry: eng/cold_sore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold sore
trans_list: koortslip
sense:
(pathology) A small bump (namely a vesicle) on the lips resulting from infection by herpes simplex viruses (mostly HHV1 but also HHV2).


lexentry: eng/cold_turkey__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold turkey
trans_list: ineens
sense:
(idiomatic) Not gradually; all at once. Refers especially to quitting a habit by force of will rather than by a gradual reduction.


lexentry: eng/cold_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold war
trans_list: koude oorlog
sense:
A period of hostile relations between rivals where direct open warfare between them is largely undesired and avoided; especially, either the Cold War or Cold War II. [from 1945]


lexentry: eng/coleslaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coleslaw
trans_list: coleslaw | koolsla
sense:
A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).


lexentry: eng/colewort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colewort
trans_list: kool
sense:
A plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head used for food, such as kale.


lexentry: eng/colic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colic
trans_list: koliek
sense:
(pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).


lexentry: eng/collagen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collagen
trans_list: collageen
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of more than 28 types of glycoprotein that form elongated fibers, usually found in the extracellular matrix of connective tissue.


lexentry: eng/collar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collar
trans_list: boord | halsboord | kraag
sense:
The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.


lexentry: eng/collared_flycatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collared flycatcher
trans_list: withalsvliegenvanger
sense:
Ficedula albicollis, an Old World flycatcher breeding in eastern Europe and across Central Asia, overwintering in Africa


lexentry: eng/collate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: collate
trans_list: sorteren
sense:
(transitive) To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding.


lexentry: eng/collate__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: collate
trans_list: beroepen
sense:
(transitive, Christianity) To admit a cleric to a benefice; to present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; followed by to.


lexentry: eng/collateral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collateral
trans_list: onderpand | pand | zekerheid
sense:
(finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.


lexentry: eng/collateral__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: collateral
trans_list: nevenverwant | zijdelings verwant
sense:
(marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).


lexentry: eng/collateral__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: collateral
trans_list: collateraal
sense:
(anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.


lexentry: eng/collateral_damage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collateral damage
trans_list: nevenschade | randschade
sense:
(military, euphemistic) Damage to civilian property or civilian casualties that is the unintended result of military operations.


lexentry: eng/collateral_form__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collateral form
trans_list: nevenvorm
sense:
(linguistics) A synonymous but not identical, coexisting form (variation) of a word, such as an accepted alternative spelling.


lexentry: eng/collecting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collecting
trans_list: collectie
sense:
A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.


lexentry: eng/collection__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: collection
trans_list: collectie | verzameling
sense:
(set theory, topology, analysis) A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.


lexentry: eng/collection__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: collection
trans_list: inzameling
sense:
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.


lexentry: eng/collective_noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collective noun
trans_list: verzamelnaam | collectivum
sense:
(grammar) A noun which, though singular, refers to a group of things or animals. Examples: a school of fish, a pride of lions.


lexentry: eng/collective_unconscious__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collective unconscious
trans_list: collectief onbewuste
sense:
(psychology) The common experiences, thoughts and opinions of a large group of people taken as a whole.


lexentry: eng/collectivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collectivism
trans_list: collectivisme
sense:
An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively


lexentry: eng/collision_course__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collision course
trans_list: ramkoers
sense:
A course or path between two or more objects which, if continued at the current rate, will result in a collision.


lexentry: eng/collocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: collocation
trans_list: collocatie
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.


lexentry: eng/collodion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collodion
trans_list: collodion
sense:
A syrupy solution of nitrocellulose (pyroxylin) in alcohol and ether that evaporates on a surface to form a clear elastic film; used in surgical dressings, photographic plates and lacquer paints.


lexentry: eng/colloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colloid
trans_list: colloïde
sense:
(physical chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.


lexentry: eng/colloquium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: colloquium
trans_list: colloquium
sense:
An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.


lexentry: eng/cologne__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cologne
trans_list: eau de cologne
sense:
Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.


lexentry: eng/colon__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colon
trans_list: karteldarm
sense:
(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)


lexentry: eng/colonel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colonel
trans_list: kolonel
sense:
A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).


lexentry: eng/colonel_general__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colonel general
trans_list: kolonel-generaal
sense:
(military rank) A general officer's rank in some nations' militaries, corresponding to the rank of either a lieutenant general or full general in the United States rank system.


lexentry: eng/colonialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colonialism
trans_list: kolonialisme
sense:
The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.


lexentry: eng/colony__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: colony
trans_list: kolonie
sense:
A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.


lexentry: eng/colophon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colophon
trans_list: colofon
sense:
(printing, publishing) In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on their exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, their own name.


lexentry: eng/color__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: color
trans_list: kleur
sense:
(heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert.


lexentry: eng/color__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: color
trans_list: kleur
sense:
These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television).


lexentry: eng/color__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: color
trans_list: kleur
sense:
(finance, uncountable) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.


lexentry: eng/color__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: color
trans_list: kleuren
sense:
(intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.


lexentry: eng/color_blind__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: color blind
trans_list: kleurenblind
sense:
(of a, person or animal) Unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors (usually red and green).


lexentry: eng/color_blindness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: color blindness
trans_list: kleurenblindheid | daltonisme
sense:
(medicine, ophthalmology) Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially achromatopsia, Daltonism.


lexentry: eng/colored__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: colored
trans_list: gekleurd
sense:
(South Africa, Namibia, sometimes, capitalized) Belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian). (Under apartheid, used as a metadescription for mixed-race people and peoples such as the Cape Coloureds.)


lexentry: eng/coloring_book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coloring book
trans_list: kleurboek
sense:
A book containing line art for readers (usually children) to add color using crayons, colored pencils, markers, paint, or other artistic media.


lexentry: eng/colorize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: colorize
trans_list: kleuren
sense:
(photography, filmology) To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as is often done in digital photography and in video special effects).


lexentry: eng/colostrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colostrum
trans_list: colostrum | voormelk | biest
sense:
(medicine) A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth. Human and bovine colostrum is thick and yellowish. In humans, it has high concentrations of nutrients and antibodies, but it is small in quantity.


lexentry: eng/coltan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coltan
trans_list: coltan
sense:
(mineralogy) A metallic ore, (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6, from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted.


lexentry: eng/coltsfoot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coltsfoot
trans_list: klein hoefblad
sense:
An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East; yellow coltsfoot.


lexentry: eng/columbarium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: columbarium
trans_list: columbarium | duivenhuis
sense:
(historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.


lexentry: eng/columbarium__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: columbarium
trans_list: columbarium
sense:
A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.


lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: column
trans_list: kolom
sense:
(architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.


lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: column
trans_list: kolom | colonne
sense:
A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.


lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: column
trans_list: kolom | column
sense:
Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.


lexentry: eng/colza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colza
trans_list: koolzaad
sense:
Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes.


lexentry: eng/combination_pliers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combination pliers
trans_list: combinatietang
sense:
(US, UK) A type of pliers used by linemen, electricians, and other tradesmen primarily for gripping, twisting, bending and cutting wire, cable and small metalwork components.


lexentry: eng/combinatorics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combinatorics
trans_list: combinatoriek
sense:
(mathematics) a branch of mathematics that studies (usually finite) collections of objects that satisfy specified criteria


lexentry: eng/combining_form__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combining form
trans_list: samenstelling
sense:
(grammar) A type of word part; a bound morpheme; used in combination with a word, a different combining form, or an affix to form a new word.


lexentry: eng/combustion_chamber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combustion chamber
trans_list: verbrandingskamer
sense:
An enclosed space, within a heat engine, in which the fuel is mixed and reacted with air or other oxidizing agent in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/combustor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combustor
trans_list: verbrandingskamer
sense:
A chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.


lexentry: eng/come_about__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: come about
trans_list: overstag gaan | wenden
sense:
(intransitive, nautical) To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking. See also come to.


lexentry: eng/come_across__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: come across
trans_list: overkomen
sense:
(idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]


lexentry: eng/come_again__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: come again
trans_list: alstublieft
sense:
(idiomatic, informal, by ellipsis) A polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said, or to indicate surprise.


lexentry: eng/come_apart__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: come apart
trans_list: door elkaar gooien
sense:
(intransitive) To have an emotional breakdown; to become emotionally dysfunctional; to have an intense emotional reaction.


lexentry: eng/come_around__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: come around
trans_list: zwichten
sense:
(idiomatic) To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.


lexentry: eng/come_back__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: come back
trans_list: terugkomen
sense:
(intransitive) To return to a former state, usually a desirable one; to become fashionable once more.


lexentry: eng/come_from__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: come from
trans_list: begrijpen
sense:
(transitive, slightly, informal) To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point.


lexentry: eng/come_full_circle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: come full circle
trans_list: de cirkel rond maken
sense:
(idiomatic) To complete a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things.


lexentry: eng/come_out_of_the_closet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: come out of the closet
trans_list: uit de kast komen
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To tell others about one's homosexuality, bisexuality, transness, or any minority or disapproved-of identity, belief, preference, etc., where previously this had been kept secret.


lexentry: eng/come_up_with__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: come up with
trans_list: bedenken | verzinnen
sense:
(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.


lexentry: eng/comeback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comeback
trans_list: terugkeer
sense:
A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.


lexentry: eng/comely__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comely
trans_list: bevallig
sense:
Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.


lexentry: eng/comfort_food__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: comfort food
trans_list: troosteten | troostvoedsel
sense:
Food, often high in carbohydrates or sugar, consumed to feel comfort or alleviate stress rather than to receive nutrition.


lexentry: eng/comfort_woman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comfort woman
trans_list: troostmeisje
sense:
(idiomatic, historical, euphemistic) A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.


lexentry: eng/comfort_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: comfort zone
trans_list: luie stoel
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) The range of circumstances in which a person feels relaxed or able to cope.


lexentry: eng/comfortable_in_one's_own_skin__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comfortable in one's own skin
trans_list: goed in zijn vel
sense:
(idiomatic) Relaxed and confident in one's manner of presenting oneself and interacting with others; conveying the impression that one has a clear, satisfying understanding of one's own abilities and situation.


lexentry: eng/comfrey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comfrey
trans_list: smeerwortel
sense:
Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically Symphytum officinale.


lexentry: eng/comic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: comic
trans_list: grappig | komisch
sense:
Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/comic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: comic
trans_list: strip | stripverhaal | stripboek
sense:
A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.


lexentry: eng/comic_book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comic book
trans_list: stripboek
sense:
(comics) A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to narrate a story or a series of stories, primarily in a serialized form, usually fiction.


lexentry: eng/comic_relief__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comic relief
trans_list: vrolijke noot
sense:
(narratology) The inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.


lexentry: eng/comic_strip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comic strip
trans_list: stripboek
sense:
(comics) A series of drawings, in sequence, often but not necessarily depicting something funny or satirical in nature.


lexentry: eng/comitative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comitative
trans_list: comitatief
sense:
(grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that is used in some languages to indicate accompaniment.


lexentry: eng/comitative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comitative case
trans_list: comitatief
sense:
(grammatical case) Noun case used to denote companionship. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase in company with, together with or with, as in "with the house." Languages that use the comitative case include Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Inari Sami, Northern Sami, Skolt Sami, and Quechua. It is also found in many Australian Aboriginal languages, where it is commonly used to form names of places and languages.


lexentry: eng/comitology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comitology
trans_list: comitologie
sense:
(European Union) The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.


lexentry: eng/comma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comma
trans_list: komma
sense:
(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.


lexentry: eng/command__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: command
trans_list: opdracht
sense:
(computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.


lexentry: eng/commandeer__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: commandeer
trans_list: onderwerpen
sense:
(transitive, by extension) To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force).


lexentry: eng/commandery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commandery
trans_list: commanderij
sense:
(historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.


lexentry: eng/commando__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commando
trans_list: commando
sense:
A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.


lexentry: eng/commemorative__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: commemorative
trans_list: memorial
sense:
(philately) A postage stamp issued to commemorate, usually a person or event; also commonly applied to thematic (topical) stamp issues.


lexentry: eng/commencement__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: commencement
trans_list: afsluitceremonie
sense:
A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.


lexentry: eng/commensalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commensalism
trans_list: commensalisme
sense:
(ecology) A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales.


lexentry: eng/comment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: comment
trans_list: commentaar
sense:
(programming) A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.


lexentry: eng/commentator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commentator
trans_list: commentator
sense:
(media) A person who comments; especially someone who is paid to give his/her opinions in the media about current affairs, sports, etc.


lexentry: eng/commerce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commerce
trans_list: handel | commercie
sense:
(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.


lexentry: eng/commie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commie
trans_list: rood
sense:
(pejorative, slang) A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.


lexentry: eng/commissariat__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: commissariat
trans_list: commissariaat
sense:
(historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.


lexentry: eng/commissioned_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commissioned officer
trans_list: officier
sense:
(military) An officer who derives authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, holds a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position.


