# translation

lexentry: eng/impostor_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impostor syndrome
trans_list: bedriegersfenomeen | bedriegerssyndroom | oplichterssyndroom
sense:
(psychology) A psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize his or her accomplishments, remaining convinced that he or she does not deserve any accompanying success.


lexentry: eng/imposture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imposture
trans_list: oplichter
sense:
The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition


lexentry: eng/impotent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: impotent
trans_list: impotent
sense:
Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi


lexentry: eng/imprecation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imprecation
trans_list: verwensing
sense:
The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone.


lexentry: eng/impregnable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impregnable
trans_list: ondoordringbaar
sense:
(military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable.


lexentry: eng/impressionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impressionism
trans_list: impressionisme
sense:
(arts) An art movement characterized by visible brushstrokes, ordinary subject matter, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities.


lexentry: eng/impressionistic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: impressionistic
trans_list: incompleet
sense:
Based on impression rather than reason or fact; based on trying to impress somebody rather than trying for accuracy.


lexentry: eng/improvement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: improvement
trans_list: verbetering
sense:
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.


lexentry: eng/improvise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: improvise
trans_list: improviseren
sense:
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.


lexentry: eng/imprudence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imprudence
trans_list: onvoorzichtigheid
sense:
(uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.


lexentry: eng/imprudent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imprudent
trans_list: onvoorzichtig
sense:
Not prudent; lacking prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not paying attention to the consequences of one's actions.


lexentry: eng/impugn__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: impugn
trans_list: bestrijden | betwisten | aanvallen | weerspreken
sense:
(transitive) To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.


lexentry: eng/impulsive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: impulsive
trans_list: impulsief
sense:
Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.


lexentry: eng/impunity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: impunity
trans_list: straffeloosheid
sense:
(uncountable) Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.


lexentry: eng/impurity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impurity
trans_list: onreinheid | onzuiverheid
sense:
The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.


lexentry: eng/imputation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: imputation
trans_list: aantijging | beschuldiging
sense:
(theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.


lexentry: eng/in__Adverb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: in
trans_list: binnen
sense:
(in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.


lexentry: eng/in_a_word__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in a word
trans_list: in een notendop
sense:
(abbreviative action or effect): In summarization: briefly, concisely, summarily, in short; to sum up


lexentry: eng/in_cold_blood__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in cold blood
trans_list: in koelen bloede | koudbloedig
sense:
(idiomatic) In a ruthless and unfeeling manner, particularly as applied to first-degree murder committed without provocation and with malice aforethought.


lexentry: eng/in_for_a_penny,_in_for_a_pound__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in for a penny, in for a pound
trans_list: wie a zegt, moet ook b zeggen
sense:
Having started something, one must see it through to its end, rather than stopping short; one must “go the whole hog”.


lexentry: eng/in_living_memory__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in living memory
trans_list: mensenheugenis
sense:
(idiomatic) In recent history, in recorded history amongst the lifespan of extant people; events or situations which can be remembered by people that are still alive.


lexentry: eng/in_no_uncertain_terms__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in no uncertain terms
trans_list: klip-en-klaar
sense:
(idiomatic, of a statement, especially a threat or admonishment) Definitely, clearly; bluntly, forthrightly; explicitly, categorically, unequivocally.


lexentry: eng/in_order__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: in order
trans_list: in orde
sense:
(idiomatic, formal) In accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.


lexentry: eng/in_other_words__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in other words
trans_list: met andere woorden | zeg maar
sense:
(conjunctive, idiomatic) Stated or interpreted another way; Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification.


lexentry: eng/in_the_act__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in the act
trans_list: op heterdaad
sense:
(idiomatic) In the process of doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong; used to emphasize the eye-witness evidence.


lexentry: eng/in_the_land_of_the_blind,_the_one-eyed_man_is_king__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
trans_list: in het land der blinden is eenoog koning
sense:
Even someone with limited abilities or opportunities is dominant over, and considered special by, those who have even fewer abilities and opportunities; the value of any ability depends on its prevalence.


lexentry: eng/in_the_middle_of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: in the middle of
trans_list: bezig met
sense:
(often followed by the -ing form of a verb) Engaged in, but not finished with, often with something unpleasant.


lexentry: eng/in_the_offing__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: in the offing
trans_list: in het verschiet
sense:
(figurative) Soon to come; likely to happen; in the foreseeable future; projected to occur; on the horizon; in the wind.


lexentry: eng/in_wine,_there_is_truth__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in wine, there is truth
trans_list: kinderen en dronken mensen spreken altijd de waarheid
sense:
Statements made or expressed under the influence of alcohol reveal true beliefs that are not expressed when sober.


lexentry: eng/inanition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inanition
trans_list: ondervoeding
sense:
(medicine) A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them, with resulting weakness.


lexentry: eng/inanity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inanity
trans_list: zinloosheid | inhoudsloosheid | leegheid | stupiditeit
sense:
(uncountable) The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.


lexentry: eng/inaugurate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: inaugurate
trans_list: inhuldigen | inwijden | wijden
sense:
To initiate or usher in (something, as a (significant) course of action, development, organization, or period of time) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner; also (loosely) , to begin or commence (something); to start.


lexentry: eng/inauguration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inauguration
trans_list: inhuldiging | inauguratie
sense:
The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.


lexentry: eng/inbox__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inbox
trans_list: inbox
sense:
(computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose, but for electronic files, especially email.


lexentry: eng/inbreeding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inbreeding
trans_list: inteelt
sense:
(biology) Breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related.


lexentry: eng/incantation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incantation
trans_list: bezwering
sense:
The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results.


lexentry: eng/incel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incel
trans_list: incel
sense:
A member of an online subculture of people (mostly men) who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one.


lexentry: eng/incense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incense
trans_list: wierook
sense:
Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.


lexentry: eng/incest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incest
trans_list: incest | bloedschande
sense:
Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and sometimes first cousins, usually considered taboo; in many jurisdictions, close relatives are not allowed to marry, and incest is a crime.


lexentry: eng/inch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inch
trans_list: duim
sense:
An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb.


lexentry: eng/inchoative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inchoative
trans_list: inchoatief
sense:
(grammar) Aspectually indicating that a state is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.


lexentry: eng/incidence__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: incidence
trans_list: ontmoeting
sense:
(epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.


lexentry: eng/incident__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: incident
trans_list: incident | gebeurtenis | voorval | episode | gebeuren
sense:
An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.


lexentry: eng/incisor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incisor
trans_list: snijtand
sense:
(anatomy, zootomy) A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.


lexentry: eng/incline__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: incline
trans_list: neigen
sense:
(mostly, intransitive, mostly, in the passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.


lexentry: eng/inclined_plane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inclined plane
trans_list: hellend vlak
sense:
(mechanics) One of the simple machines; a sloping surface such as a ramp such that an object can be raised with less effort than being lifted vertically.


lexentry: eng/inclusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: inclusion
trans_list: insluiting
sense:
(countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.


lexentry: eng/income_statement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: income statement
trans_list: winst- en verliesrekening
sense:
(accounting) A calculation which shows the profit or loss of an accounting unit (company, municipality, foundation etc.) during a specific period of time, providing a summary of how the profit or loss is calculated from gross revenue and expenses.


lexentry: eng/incompatible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incompatible
trans_list: onverenigbaar
sense:
Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.


lexentry: eng/inconsolable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inconsolable
trans_list: ontroostbaar
sense:
Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.


lexentry: eng/incontinence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: incontinence
trans_list: incontinentie
sense:
(urology) The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents; involuntary discharge or evacuation (of urine or feces).


lexentry: eng/incorporate__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: incorporate
trans_list: inbouwen | inlijven
sense:
(US, legal) To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).


lexentry: eng/incredulity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incredulity
trans_list: ongeloof
sense:
Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.


lexentry: eng/increment__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: increment
trans_list: toename
sense:
(grammar) A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.


lexentry: eng/incubate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incubate
trans_list: broeden
sense:
(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.


lexentry: eng/incubate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: incubate
trans_list: uitbroeden
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.


lexentry: eng/incubation_period__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incubation period
trans_list: incubatietijd
sense:
(epidemiology) The time elapsed between an exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and the appearance of signs and symptoms.


lexentry: eng/incubus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incubus
trans_list: incubus
sense:
(medieval folklore) An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.


lexentry: eng/incumbent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incumbent
trans_list: rusten op | zittend
sense:
(zoology) Of a body part such as a hair, spine, or wing: bent downwards or otherwise positioned so that it, or part of it, rests on or touches something else; specifically (ornithology) , of the hind toe of a bird: fully resting on a support.


lexentry: eng/incumbent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: incumbent
trans_list: zittend
sense:
Being the current holder of an office or a title; specifically (Christianity, obsolete) , of an ecclesiastical benefice.


lexentry: eng/incumbent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incumbent
trans_list: titularis | plaatsbekleder
sense:
The current holder of an office or title; (specifically, Christianity) the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice.


lexentry: eng/incur__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incur
trans_list: zich blootstellen aan
sense:
(transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.


lexentry: eng/indefinite__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: indefinite
trans_list: onbepaald
sense:
(linguistics) Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things


lexentry: eng/indefinite_article__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indefinite article
trans_list: onbepaald lidwoord | lidwoord van onbepaaldheid
sense:
(grammar) A word preceding a noun to indicate that the noun refers to any member of the class of objects named by the noun.


lexentry: eng/indemnity__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: indemnity
trans_list: compensatie
sense:
(insurance) A principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored to the approximate financial condition occupied before the loss occurred, no better, no worse.


lexentry: eng/indent__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: indent
trans_list: inspringen
sense:
(typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "Hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.


lexentry: eng/indentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: indentation
trans_list: insprong
sense:
(typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.


lexentry: eng/indenture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indenture
trans_list: leercontract
sense:
(legal) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).


lexentry: eng/indenture__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: indenture
trans_list: leercontract
sense:
(legal) A contract relating to lending (typically for issuing a bond), a real estate transaction, or a bankruptcy that imposes additional conditions on one or both parties.


lexentry: eng/independence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: independence
trans_list: onafhankelijkheid | zelfstandigheid
sense:
The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others.


lexentry: eng/independence_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: independence day
trans_list: Onafhankelijkheidsdag | onafhankelijkheidsdag
sense:
An annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood.


lexentry: eng/index__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: index
trans_list: indexeren
sense:
(chiefly, economics) To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.


lexentry: eng/indicator__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: indicator
trans_list: richtingaanwijzer | clignoteur
sense:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, automotive ) A turn signal; each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change etc.


lexentry: eng/indict__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: indict
trans_list: aanklagen
sense:
(legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.


lexentry: eng/indictable_offence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indictable offence
trans_list: misdaad
sense:
(legal, British, Canadian, Australian, Hong Kong) An offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury, in contrast to a summary offence.


lexentry: eng/indiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indiction
trans_list: indictie
sense:
(historical) A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine in 313 C.E. (but counting from 1st September 312), used throughout the Middle Ages as a way of dating events, documents etc.


lexentry: eng/indictment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: indictment
trans_list: akte van beschuldiging
sense:
(legal) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/indigenous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indigenous
trans_list: inheems | autochtoon | oorspronkelijk
sense:
In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.


lexentry: eng/indigestion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indigestion
trans_list: indigestie
sense:
A condition of heartburn, nausea, or other stomach-related pain, sometimes caused by eating too quickly.


lexentry: eng/indigo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: indigo
trans_list: indigo
sense:
An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.


lexentry: eng/indirect_free_kick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indirect free kick
trans_list: onrechtstreekse vrije trap
sense:
(soccer) a free kick from which a goal may be scored only after the ball has been played by at least one other player


lexentry: eng/indirect_object__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indirect object
trans_list: meewerkend voorwerp
sense:
(grammar) A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that manifests a secondary or passive participant in an action, often a recipient or goal.


lexentry: eng/indispensable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indispensable
trans_list: onmisbaar
sense:
(ecclesiastical, obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules. [16th–17th c.]


lexentry: eng/indistinguishable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indistinguishable
trans_list: niet te onderscheiden | ononderscheidbaar
sense:
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct


lexentry: eng/individualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: individualism
trans_list: individualisme
sense:
The moral stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that promotes independence and self-reliance of individual people, while opposing the interference with each person's choices by society, the state, or any other group or institution.


lexentry: eng/individuality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: individuality
trans_list: individualiteit
sense:
(uncountable) The characteristics that contribute to the differentiation or distinction of someone or something from a group of otherwise comparable identity.


lexentry: eng/indole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indole
trans_list: indool
sense:
(organic compound) An organic compound, C8H7N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/inductance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inductance
trans_list: inductie
sense:
(physics) The property of an electric circuit by which a voltage is induced in it by a changing magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/inductance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inductance
trans_list: inductie
sense:
The quantity of the resulting electromagnetic flux divided by the current that produces it, measured in henries (SI symbol: H.)


lexentry: eng/induction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: induction
trans_list: inductie | toeleiding
sense:
(embryology) Given a group of cells that emits or displays a substance, the influence of this substance on the fate of a second group of cells


lexentry: eng/indulgence__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: indulgence
trans_list: aflaat
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.


lexentry: eng/indulgent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indulgent
trans_list: toegeeflijk
sense:
Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing;


lexentry: eng/industrial_design__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: industrial design
trans_list: industriële vormgeving
sense:
A process of design applied to products that are to be manufactured through techniques of mass production.


lexentry: eng/industrial_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: industrial engineering
trans_list: technische bedrijfskunde
sense:
an engineering profession concerned with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information and equipment.


lexentry: eng/industrialization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: industrialization
trans_list: industrialisatie
sense:
A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state.


lexentry: eng/inequality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inequality
trans_list: ongelijkheid
sense:
(mathematics) A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or \leq or > or \geq or \ne, as appropriate.


lexentry: eng/inertial_frame_of_reference__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inertial frame of reference
trans_list: inertiaalstelsel
sense:
(physics) A frame of reference that is stationary relative to a body moving at constant velocity and on which no force is being exerted.


lexentry: eng/inexpedient__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inexpedient
trans_list: ondoelmatig | ongeschikt | onverstandig
sense:
Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; unsuitable to time and place


lexentry: eng/infamous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: infamous
trans_list: berucht
sense:
(UK, historical) Subject to a judicial punishment that deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law.


lexentry: eng/infant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infant
trans_list: zuigeling
sense:
A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.


lexentry: eng/infanticide__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: infanticide
trans_list: infanticide | kinderdoding | kindermoord
sense:
(law, Canada) The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.


lexentry: eng/infantry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infantry
trans_list: infanterie | voetvolk
sense:
Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).


lexentry: eng/infantry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: infantry
trans_list: infanterie
sense:
(uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.


lexentry: eng/infantry_fighting_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infantry fighting vehicle
trans_list: infanteriegevechtsvoertuig
sense:
(military) An armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry soldiers and provide fire support for them.


lexentry: eng/infect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infect
trans_list: besmetten | infecteren
sense:
(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.


lexentry: eng/infect__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: infect
trans_list: infecteren
sense:
(transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion, or to communicate a feeling to others, or a feeling communicating itself to others.


lexentry: eng/infectious_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infectious disease
trans_list: infectieziekte
sense:
(medicine) An illness caused by a specific infectious agent (bacterium, virus, fungus, protozoa, prion etc.), that results from transmission of that agent from an infected person, animal, or reservoir to a susceptible host.


lexentry: eng/infer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infer
trans_list: concluderen
sense:
(transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/infidelity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infidelity
trans_list: ontrouw
sense:
Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.


lexentry: eng/infiltration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infiltration
trans_list: infiltratie
sense:
The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.


lexentry: eng/infinitive__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: infinitive
trans_list: infinitief | onbepaalde wijs
sense:
(grammar) A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.


lexentry: eng/infinity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: infinity
trans_list: oneindigheid
sense:
(uncountable) A number which is very large compared to some characteristic number. For example, in optics, an object which is much further away than the focal length of a lens is said to be "at infinity", as the distance of the image from the lens varies very little as the distance increases further.


lexentry: eng/infix__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: infix
trans_list: infix | tussenvoegsel
sense:
(linguistics, proscribed) A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English (i.e. an interfix).


lexentry: eng/inflame__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inflame
trans_list: exciteren
sense:
(transitive, figuratively) To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.


lexentry: eng/inflammation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: inflammation
trans_list: ontsteking
sense:
(pathology) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.


lexentry: eng/inflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inflation
trans_list: opblazen | inflatie
sense:
An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.


lexentry: eng/inflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: inflation
trans_list: uitdijing
sense:
(cosmology) An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang.


lexentry: eng/inflection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inflection
trans_list: flexie
sense:
(grammar, uncountable) A change in the form of a word (morphologic change) to express different grammatical categories.


lexentry: eng/inflorescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inflorescence
trans_list: bloeiwijze | bloeigestel | bloemgestel
sense:
(botany) Flower cluster; a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.


lexentry: eng/influence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: influence
trans_list: invloed | impact
sense:
The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.


lexentry: eng/influence__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: influence
trans_list: invloed
sense:
(astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.


lexentry: eng/influence__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: influence
trans_list: beïnvloeden | invloed uitoefenen
sense:
(transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.


lexentry: eng/influencer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: influencer
trans_list: influencer
sense:
(social media, marketing) A person who is able to influence consumption, lifestyle, or political preferences of their online audience by creating or engaging social media content, often as a part of a marketing campaign.


lexentry: eng/influenza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: influenza
trans_list: griep
sense:
(disease) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.


lexentry: eng/inform__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inform
trans_list: informeren | inlichten | voorlichten
sense:
(transitive) To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).


lexentry: eng/informatics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: informatics
trans_list: informatica
sense:
(computing) A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.


lexentry: eng/information__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: information
trans_list: informatie
sense:
Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/information_society__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: information society
trans_list: informatiemaatschappij
sense:
(sociology) A society where the creation, distribution, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity.


lexentry: eng/information_warfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: information warfare
trans_list: informatieoorlog
sense:
The use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that one's own information is accurate.


lexentry: eng/infotainment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infotainment
trans_list: infotainment
sense:
A form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, etc.) that provides both information and entertainment, consisting of mostly celebrity news and human drama. [from 1982]


lexentry: eng/infrared__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infrared
trans_list: infrarood
sense:
(uncountable) The electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm.


lexentry: eng/infrastructure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infrastructure
trans_list: infrastructuur
sense:
(systems theory) An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system. [from 1887]


lexentry: eng/infrastructure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: infrastructure
trans_list: infrastructuur
sense:
The basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society.


lexentry: eng/infuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: infuse
trans_list: duiken
sense:
(transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).


lexentry: eng/infusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infusion
trans_list: infusie
sense:
A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.


lexentry: eng/ingest__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ingest
trans_list: innemen
sense:
(transitive) To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.


lexentry: eng/ingot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ingot
trans_list: baar | staaf
sense:
A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.


lexentry: eng/ingratiate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ingratiate
trans_list: bemind maken | in het gevlij komen
sense:
(reflexive) To bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them; to insinuate oneself; to worm one's way in.


lexentry: eng/inhaler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inhaler
trans_list: inhalator
sense:
(medicine) A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.


lexentry: eng/inharmonicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inharmonicity
trans_list: inharmoniciteit
sense:
(music) The degree to which the frequencies of overtones (known as partial tones or harmonics) depart from whole multiples of the fundamental frequency.


lexentry: eng/inhere__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inhere
trans_list: een inherent deel van uitmaken | inhouden
sense:
(uncommon) To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something.


lexentry: eng/inherit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inherit
trans_list: erven
sense:
(transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.


lexentry: eng/inheritance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inheritance
trans_list: erfenis | erfdeel
sense:
(countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).


lexentry: eng/inheritance__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: inheritance
trans_list: erfelijkheid
sense:
(biology, genetic algorithms) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.


lexentry: eng/inheritance__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inheritance
trans_list: overerving
sense:
(programming, object-oriented) The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.


lexentry: eng/inheritance_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inheritance law
trans_list: erfrecht
sense:
(legal) The area of law pertaining to passing on property, titles, debts, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual.


lexentry: eng/inheritance_tax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inheritance tax
trans_list: erfbelasting
sense:
A tax based on the value of the property of a deceased person, and charged on the beneficiaries of the estate.


lexentry: eng/inhuman__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inhuman
trans_list: onmenselijk | inhumaan
sense:
Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.


lexentry: eng/iniquity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: iniquity
trans_list: misdaad
sense:
(countable) An act of great injustice or unfairness; a sinful or wicked act; an unconscionable deed.


lexentry: eng/initial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: initial
trans_list: aanvankelijk | begin | eerste | initieel | voorste | vroeg
sense:
Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.


lexentry: eng/initial_public_offering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: initial public offering
trans_list: beursgang | beursintroductie
sense:
(business, finance) The first offering to members of the public of stock in a company, normally followed by a listing of that stock on a stock exchange.


lexentry: eng/initialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: initialism
trans_list: initiaalwoord
sense:
(linguistics) A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter.


lexentry: eng/inject__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: inject
trans_list: spuiten
sense:
(intransitive) To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs.


lexentry: eng/injunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: injunction
trans_list: dwangbevel | gerechtelijk bevel | injunctie
sense:
(legal) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.


lexentry: eng/injury_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: injury time
trans_list: blessuretijd
sense:
(sports) Additional time played after each period of a game in order to compensate for stoppages due to player injuries; loosely extended to include time added on to compensate for all types of stoppages, i.e. synonymous with stoppage time.


lexentry: eng/ink-pad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ink-pad
trans_list: stempelkussen
sense:
A piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps. The ink gets onto the stamp by pressing the stamp on the ink-pad.


lexentry: eng/inkling__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inkling
trans_list: vaag idee | vermoeden
sense:
Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.


lexentry: eng/inkstick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inkstick
trans_list: inktstaaf
sense:
A cake of solid ink used in traditional East Asian calligraphy and painting, in combination with an inkstone and inkbrush.


lexentry: eng/inkwell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inkwell
trans_list: inktpot
sense:
A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen into it whenever a refill is needed.


lexentry: eng/inland_sea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inland sea
trans_list: binnenzee
sense:
(geography) A large but relatively shallow expanse of water within a landmass, sometimes connected to the ocean.


lexentry: eng/inlay__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inlay
trans_list: vulling
sense:
(dentistry) A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.


lexentry: eng/inner__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inner
trans_list: binnenste | binnen-
sense:
Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.


lexentry: eng/inner__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: inner
trans_list: innerlijk
sense:
Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.


lexentry: eng/inner__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inner
trans_list: verborgen
sense:
Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.


lexentry: eng/inner_cabinet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inner cabinet
trans_list: kernkabinet
sense:
The (often informal) inner circle within a cabinet (which may itself by an official inner circle within a government or council of ministers) which includes only the ministers (or secretaries of state etc.) who are closest to the executive head of state, prime minister or equivalent (notably presiding) officer


lexentry: eng/inner_city__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inner city
trans_list: binnenstad | stadskern
sense:
(urban studies) The parts of a large city closer to its core, especially older, populous areas of low-income or immigrant families as opposed to centrally located commercial areas.


lexentry: eng/inner_ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inner ear
trans_list: binnenoor
sense:
(anatomy) The portion of the ear located within the temporal bone which includes the semicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea and is responsible for hearing and balance.


lexentry: eng/inner_product__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inner product
trans_list: inproduct
sense:
(linear algebra) A generalization of the dot product for vectors of any dimensionality that may or may not be complex-numbered.


lexentry: eng/inning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inning
trans_list: zeearm
sense:
(baseball) A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.


lexentry: eng/inoculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inoculate
trans_list: inenten
sense:
(transitive, immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease. [from c. 1722]


lexentry: eng/inoculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inoculation
trans_list: inenting | inoculatie
sense:
(immunology) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.


lexentry: eng/inquiry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inquiry
trans_list: onderzoek
sense:
A search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; inquest.


lexentry: eng/inroad__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inroad
trans_list: opmars
sense:
(figuratively, usually, in the plural) Often followed by in, into, or on: initial progress made toward accomplishing a goal or solving a problem.


lexentry: eng/inscribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inscribe
trans_list: schrijven
sense:
(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.


lexentry: eng/insect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insect
trans_list: insect | kerfdier
sense:
An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.


lexentry: eng/insemination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insemination
trans_list: inseminatie
sense:
The introduction of sperm into a female’s reproductive system for the purpose of impregnating (making pregnant).


lexentry: eng/inshallah__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inshallah
trans_list: inshallah | insjallah
sense:
(chiefly, Islam) Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will.


lexentry: eng/inside__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inside
trans_list: binnen
sense:
Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.


lexentry: eng/inside_information__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inside information
trans_list: voorkennis | voorwetenschap
sense:
(US, legal, finance) Information obtained by or from a person in a position of trust (a director, an employee, a consultant) that affects the price of publicly traded securities.


lexentry: eng/insider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insider
trans_list: ingewijde | insider
sense:
A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.


lexentry: eng/insider_trading__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insider trading
trans_list: handel met voorkennis
sense:
(business, finance, law) The illegal trading of a public company's stock or other securities based on material, nonpublic information about the company.


lexentry: eng/insignia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insignia
trans_list: insigne
sense:
A symbol or token of personal power, status, or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/insinuation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insinuation
trans_list: insinuatie
sense:
The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.


lexentry: eng/insist__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insist
trans_list: aandringen
sense:
(sometimes, with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.


lexentry: eng/insolvency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insolvency
trans_list: insolventie
sense:
(finance) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business.


lexentry: eng/inspect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inspect
trans_list: inspecteren | onderzoeken
sense:
To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.


lexentry: eng/inspiration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inspiration
trans_list: inademing | inademen
sense:
(physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration.


lexentry: eng/inspiration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: inspiration
trans_list: inspiratie | ingeving
sense:
A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.


lexentry: eng/inspiration__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inspiration
trans_list: inspiratie
sense:
A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.


lexentry: eng/inspire__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inspire
trans_list: inspireren | beademen
sense:
(transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.


lexentry: eng/inspire__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inspire
trans_list: inspireren
sense:
(transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.


lexentry: eng/instability__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: instability
trans_list: instabiliteit
sense:
(physics, countable) A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.


lexentry: eng/installation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: installation
trans_list: installatie
sense:
Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.


lexentry: eng/installment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: installment
trans_list: aflevering
sense:
One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.


lexentry: eng/installment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: installment
trans_list: afbetaling | schijf
sense:
(banking, finance) One member of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equated (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), payment of which portions are serially exacted at regularly scheduled intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments of installments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.


lexentry: eng/instant_coffee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instant coffee
trans_list: oploskoffie | instantkoffie | koffiepoeder
sense:
A beverage in the form of a powder, granules, or concentrated liquid, made from coffee and able to be quickly reconstituted by adding water.


lexentry: eng/instant_noodle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instant noodle
trans_list: instantnoedels
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) One of a mass of dried precooked noodles fused with oil, usually soaked in boiling water for a few minutes before being eaten.


lexentry: eng/instantaneous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instantaneous
trans_list: bruusk
sense:
Occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/instanton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instanton
trans_list: instanton
sense:
(mathematics, physics) A solution to the imaginary time nonlinear field equation of Yang-Mills theory; carries information about quantum tunnelling.


lexentry: eng/instar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instar
trans_list: sportpark
sense:
Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity.


lexentry: eng/instigation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instigation
trans_list: instigatie
sense:
The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.


lexentry: eng/instigator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instigator
trans_list: aanstichter
sense:
A person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble.


lexentry: eng/institution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: institution
trans_list: instelling
sense:
A long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.


lexentry: eng/instructive_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instructive case
trans_list: instructief
sense:
(grammar) : noun case used to indicate means. It answers the question "how?", and in English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase by means of, as in "by means of the house". Languages that use the instructive case include Finnish and (rarely) Estonian.


lexentry: eng/instrumental__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: instrumental
trans_list: instrumentaal
sense:
(music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).


lexentry: eng/instrumental__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: instrumental
trans_list: instrumentaal
sense:
(music) A composition written or performed without lyrics or singing, using a lead instrument to replace vocals.


lexentry: eng/instrumental_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instrumental case
trans_list: instrumentalis
sense:
(grammar) A noun case used to express means or agency—and is generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective. Languages that use the instrumental case include Armenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Dyirbal, Georgian, Latvian, Slovene, Polish, Ukrainian, Quechua, Russian, Assamese, Turkish and Sanskrit. Extinct languages that used the instrumental case include Old English, Old Saxon and Old High German.


lexentry: eng/insubordination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insubordination
trans_list: insubordinatie
sense:
The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor.


lexentry: eng/insular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insular
trans_list: afgelegen
sense:
Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others opinions or prejudices; provincial.


lexentry: eng/insular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: insular
trans_list: eiland
sense:
(linguistics, anthropology) (often with a capital letter) Relating to the varieties of a language or languages spoken chiefly on islands. Insular Latin, Latin as it was spoken in Britain and Ireland. Insular Celtic, the Celtic languages of Britain, Ireland and also Brittany, as opposed to those spoken in mainland Europe other than Brittany. Insular Scandinavian, relating to the Icelandic and Faroese languages as opposed to the ones spoken in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.


lexentry: eng/insulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insulate
trans_list: isoleren
sense:
To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.


lexentry: eng/insulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: insulation
trans_list: isolatie
sense:
(engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound


lexentry: eng/insulator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insulator
trans_list: isolator | isolatiemateriaal
sense:
A substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).


lexentry: eng/insulator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insulator
trans_list: isolatie
sense:
A non-conductive structure, coating or device that does not transmit sound, heat or electricity (see image)


lexentry: eng/insult__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insult
trans_list: belediging
sense:
(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.


lexentry: eng/insult__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insult
trans_list: beledigen
sense:
(transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/insurance_policy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insurance policy
trans_list: verzekeringscontract | verzekeringspolis
sense:
(insurance) A legal document outlining a particular insurance cover for an insured entity for a given risk.


lexentry: eng/insure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insure
trans_list: verzekeren
sense:
(transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.


lexentry: eng/insurgent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insurgent
trans_list: opstandeling | rebel
sense:
One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.


lexentry: eng/insurrection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insurrection
trans_list: opstand | muiterij | rebellie
sense:
(uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.


lexentry: eng/integer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: integer
trans_list: geheel getal
sense:
(arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.


lexentry: eng/integral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: integral
trans_list: integraal
sense:
(mathematics) One of the two fundamental operations of calculus (the other being differentiation), whereby a function's displacement, area, volume, or other qualities arising from the study of infinitesimal change are quantified, usually defined as a limiting process on a sequence of partial sums. Denoted using a long s: ∫, or a variant thereof.


lexentry: eng/integral_calculus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: integral calculus
trans_list: integraalrekening
sense:
(calculus) The calculus that generalizes summation to find areas, masses, volumes, sums, and totals of quantities described by continuously varying functions.


lexentry: eng/integrated_circuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: integrated circuit
trans_list: geïntegreerde schakeling
sense:
(semiconductors) A thin chip, usually of silicon, consisting of at least two interconnected semiconductor devices, mainly transistors.


lexentry: eng/integration__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: integration
trans_list: integratie | integraalrekening
sense:
(biology) In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.


lexentry: eng/intellect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intellect
trans_list: intellect
sense:
(uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.


lexentry: eng/intellectual_property__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intellectual property
trans_list: intellectueel eigendom
sense:
(uncountable) Any product of someone's intellect that has commercial value: a piece of literature, a painting, an invention, a trademark, a trade secret, etc. Works protected under intellectual property law, and accorded intellectual property rights such as copyrights and patents.


lexentry: eng/intelligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intelligence
trans_list: intelligentie
sense:
(mostly, uncountable) The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities: depth of understanding, mental quickness.


lexentry: eng/intelligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: intelligence
trans_list: inlichting | inlichtingendienst
sense:
(countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.


lexentry: eng/intelligence_agency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intelligence agency
trans_list: inlichtingendienst | inteligentiedienst
sense:
A governmental agency that is tasked with information gathering (known in the context as "intelligence") for purposes of national security and defense.


lexentry: eng/intelligence_quotient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intelligence quotient
trans_list: intelligentiequotiënt
sense:
A score derived from one of several different standardized tests attempting to measure a person's intelligence relative to that of the general population, with the average usually calibrated to a number around 100.


lexentry: eng/intelligent_design__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intelligent design
trans_list: intelligent design
sense:
The belief that biological life on Earth, or more broadly, the universe as a whole, was created by an intelligent agent (specified or unspecified) rather than being the result of undirected natural processes.


lexentry: eng/intend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intend
trans_list: van plan zijn
sense:
(ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon


lexentry: eng/intendment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intendment
trans_list: wet
sense:
(legal) the sense in which the legal system interprets something, especially the intention of legislation


lexentry: eng/intensive_care__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intensive care
trans_list: intensieve zorg | intensive care
sense:
(medicine) The support and monitoring of critically ill patients, especially by the use of instrumentation and specialized staff and equipment.


lexentry: eng/intensive_care_unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intensive care unit
trans_list: intensievezorgafdeling | intensive care-afdeling
sense:
A hospital ward into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored (abbreviation: ICU).


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inter-
trans_list: inter-
sense:
Intermittently: the root verb is done between or among temporal entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form.


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inter-
trans_list: inter-
sense:
Internally: the root verb is done in between or among relevant entities; also formining nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form.


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inter-
trans_list: inter-
sense:
Intersocially: the root verb is done between or among social entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form.


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inter-
trans_list: inter-
sense:
Interspatially: the root verb is done between or among spatial entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form.


lexentry: eng/interaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interaction
trans_list: interactie | wisselwerking
sense:
The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.


lexentry: eng/interactive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interactive
trans_list: interactief
sense:
Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.


lexentry: eng/interbreed__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: interbreed
trans_list: hybridiseren
sense:
(ambitransitive) To breed or reproduce within a heterogenous community, the products of which produce hybrids.


lexentry: eng/intercalary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intercalary
trans_list: tabblad
sense:
(botany) of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.


lexentry: eng/intercept__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intercept
trans_list: onderscheppen
sense:
(transitive, American football) Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.


lexentry: eng/interchange__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interchange
trans_list: knooppunt | verkeersknooppunt | verkeerswisselaar | aansluiting
sense:
(countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.


lexentry: eng/interchange__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: interchange
trans_list: knooppunt | verkeersknooppunt | verkeerswisselaar
sense:
(rail transport, countable) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.


lexentry: eng/interdict__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interdict
trans_list: interdictie
sense:
A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.


lexentry: eng/interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interest
trans_list: interest | rente
sense:
(uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. [from earlier 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interest
trans_list: interesse | interest
sense:
(uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity. [from later 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: interest
trans_list: belang
sense:
(countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.


lexentry: eng/interest__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: interest
trans_list: interesseren
sense:
(obsolete, often, _, impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.


lexentry: eng/interface__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: interface
trans_list: interface
sense:
(object-oriented) The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module,


lexentry: eng/interface__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: interface
trans_list: interface
sense:
(object-oriented) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.


lexentry: eng/interface__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: interface
trans_list: aansluiting | koppeling | raakpunt
sense:
(object-oriented programming) In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.


lexentry: eng/interferon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interferon
trans_list: interferon
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of glycoproteins, produced by the immune system, that prevent viral replication in infected cells.


lexentry: eng/interfix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interfix
trans_list: interfix | invoegsel
sense:
(linguistic morphology) A morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as the empty morphs English -i- and -o-.


lexentry: eng/interjection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interjection
trans_list: tussenwerpsel
sense:
(grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.


lexentry: eng/interlace__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: interlace
trans_list: enjambement
sense:
(electronics) A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.


lexentry: eng/interleave__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: interleave
trans_list: dooreenstrengelen
sense:
(transitive) To intersperse (something) at regular intervals between the parts of a thing or between items in a group.


lexentry: eng/interlingual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interlingual
trans_list: interlinguaal
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies) Spanning multiple languages; having a multilingual flair or quality.


lexentry: eng/interlocking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interlocking
trans_list: het seinhuisje
sense:
(rail) An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set of intersecting tracks, such as junctions or crossings.


lexentry: eng/interloper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interloper
trans_list: indringer
sense:
One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.


lexentry: eng/intermezzo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intermezzo
trans_list: intermedium
sense:
(music, arts) A short piece of music or act in the interval of the main spectacle; a theatrical interlude.


lexentry: eng/intermission__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intermission
trans_list: entr’acte
sense:
A break, especially between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.


lexentry: eng/internal_combustion_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: internal combustion engine
trans_list: interne verbrandingsmotor | verbrandingsmotor
sense:
A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.


lexentry: eng/international_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: international law
trans_list: volkenrecht
sense:
Set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations, serving as a framework for the practice of stable and organized international relations.


lexentry: eng/international_organization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: international organization
trans_list: internationale organisatie
sense:
(international law) An organisation established by a treaty or other instrument governed by international law and possessing its own international legal personality.


lexentry: eng/international_waters__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: international waters
trans_list: internationale wateren
sense:
(international law) Those parts of the ocean that are not legally recognized as being under the jurisdiction of any national government.


lexentry: eng/internet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: internet
trans_list: internetten
sense:
(intransitive, Internet, informal) To use the Internet; specifically, to search for information using the Internet.


lexentry: eng/internment_camp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: internment camp
trans_list: interneringskamp | strafkamp
sense:
(euphemism) a concentration camp, especially a non-Nazi one from before or during WWII; a detention center; a relocation camp.


lexentry: eng/interoperability__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: interoperability
trans_list: interoperabiliteit
sense:
(military) The capacity for a service, piece of equipment etc., to be operated by different forces or groups.


lexentry: eng/interpellate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interpellate
trans_list: interpelleren
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, politics) To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business.


lexentry: eng/interpellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interpellation
trans_list: interpellatie
sense:
(politics) The act of interpellating (questioning); the period in which government officials are questioned about and explain an act, a policy or a point raised during a debate.


lexentry: eng/interpolate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interpolate
trans_list: interpoleren
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text.


lexentry: eng/interpret__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interpret
trans_list: vertalen | tolken
sense:
To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.


lexentry: eng/interpret__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: interpret
trans_list: interpreteren
sense:
To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.


lexentry: eng/interpretation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interpretation
trans_list: tolken
sense:
(uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).


lexentry: eng/interpreter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interpreter
trans_list: tolk | uitlegger
sense:
A person who converts spoken or signed language into a different language for the benefit of one or more others who do not understand the first language being used (especially if in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating). (Contrasted with translator.)


lexentry: eng/interpreter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interpreter
trans_list: tolk
sense:
(computing) A program that executes another program written in a high-level language by reading the instructions in real time rather than by compiling it in advance.


lexentry: eng/interregnum__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interregnum
trans_list: onderbreking
sense:
(by extension) An intermission in any order of succession; any breach of continuity in action or influence.


lexentry: eng/interrobang__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interrobang
trans_list: interrobang
sense:
The nonstandard punctuation mark ⟨‽⟩ (a combination of ⟨?⟩ and ⟨!⟩), which may be used at the end of a sentence to express excitement or disbelief, or to indicate that it is a rhetorical question. [from 1962.]


lexentry: eng/interrogative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interrogative
trans_list: interrogatief | vraagwoord
sense:
(grammar) A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc.


lexentry: eng/interrogative_pronoun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interrogative pronoun
trans_list: vragend voornaamwoord
sense:
(grammar) A pronoun used in a question. In English, the five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose (also used as relative pronouns). These require no antecedent.


lexentry: eng/interrupt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interrupt
trans_list: onderbreken | afbreken
sense:
(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.


lexentry: eng/intersection__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: intersection
trans_list: kruispunt | doorsnijding
sense:
(geometry) The point or set of points common to two geometrical objects (such as the point where two lines meet or the line where two planes intersect).


lexentry: eng/intersectionality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intersectionality
trans_list: intersectionaliteit | kruispuntdenken
sense:
The study of (or a sociological methodology of studying) overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination.


lexentry: eng/intersex__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intersex
trans_list: interseks | interseksueel
sense:
Of an individual, having any of a variety of inherent conditions (in a species with distinct sexes) in which one's sex characteristics differ from those of a typical male and female; for example, having sex characteristics relating to both male and female sexes.


lexentry: eng/intersexuality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intersexuality
trans_list: intersekse | interseksualiteit
sense:
The state of having the physical features of both sexes, or of having ambiguous sex, i.e. not unambiguously male or female.


lexentry: eng/interstice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interstice
trans_list: tussenruimte | opening
sense:
A small opening or space between objects, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, such as between cords in a rope, components of a multiconductor electrical cable or atoms in a crystal.


lexentry: eng/interstitial_fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interstitial fluid
trans_list: weefselvloeistof | weefselvocht
sense:
(physiology) A solution found in tissue spaces that inundates and moistens cells in multicellular animals.


lexentry: eng/intertextuality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intertextuality
trans_list: Intertekstualiteit
sense:
The idea that a given text is a response to what has already been written, be it explicit or implicit.


lexentry: eng/intertidal_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intertidal zone
trans_list: getijdenverschil
sense:
(oceanography) The part of a shore between high water and low water, especially the beach exposed at maximum ebb spring tides.


lexentry: eng/interval__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interval
trans_list: interval
sense:
(music) The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).


lexentry: eng/interview__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interview
trans_list: interview | vraaggesprek
sense:
A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/interwar__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interwar
trans_list: interbellum
sense:
During or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939).


lexentry: eng/intestine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intestine
trans_list: darm | ingewanden
sense:
(anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.


lexentry: eng/intestine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intestine
trans_list: darm | ingewanden
sense:
One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.


lexentry: eng/intimacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intimacy
trans_list: intimiteit
sense:
(uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality.


lexentry: eng/intimacy_coordinator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intimacy coordinator
trans_list: intimiteitscoördinator
sense:
(film, TV) A member of a film crew who ensures the well-being of actors who participate in sex scenes or other intimate scenes.


lexentry: eng/intimidate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intimidate
trans_list: intimideren | inschuchteren
sense:
(transitive) To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.


lexentry: eng/into__Preposition__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: into
trans_list: in
sense:
(mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".


lexentry: eng/intolerance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intolerance
trans_list: intolerantie
sense:
(countable, medicine) Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.


lexentry: eng/intolerant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intolerant
trans_list: onverdraagzaam | intolerant
sense:
Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas; indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.


lexentry: eng/intractable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intractable
trans_list: moeilijk
sense:
(maths) (of a mathematical problem) Not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve.


lexentry: eng/intralingual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intralingual
trans_list: intralinguaal
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies) Contained within the same language; involving a monolingual process.


lexentry: eng/intrauterine_device__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intrauterine device
trans_list: spiraal | spiraaltje
sense:
A contraceptive device consisting of a spiral or similar shape of plastic or metal inserted through the vagina into the uterus in order to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg.


lexentry: eng/intrigue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intrigue
trans_list: intrige
sense:
A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.


lexentry: eng/intrinsic_value__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intrinsic value
trans_list: intrinsieke waarde
sense:
(finance, economics) The real value of something within itself, which may not take into account its market value or face value.


lexentry: eng/introit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: introit
trans_list: introïtus
sense:
(Roman Catholicism, music) A prayer, typically part of a psalm or other portion of the Bible, read or sung at the start of Mass while or immediately after the priest ascends to the altar.


lexentry: eng/intron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intron
trans_list: intron
sense:
(genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.


lexentry: eng/introspection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: introspection
trans_list: introspectie | zelfonderzoek | zelfreflectie
sense:
(psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.


lexentry: eng/introvert__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: introvert
trans_list: in zichzelf gekeerd
sense:
(zoology) An organ or other body part that is or can be turned inside out, especially an anterior portion of some annelid worms capable of retraction.


lexentry: eng/introvert__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: introvert
trans_list: in zichzelf gekeerd
sense:
(psychology) An introverted person: one who is considered more thoughtful than social, with a personality more inwardly than outwardly directed; one who often prefers to have time in non-social situations.


lexentry: eng/intrude__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intrude
trans_list: binnendringen | storen
sense:
(intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.


lexentry: eng/intrusive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intrusive
trans_list: intrusief
sense:
Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.


lexentry: eng/intuitionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intuitionism
trans_list: intuïtionisme
sense:
(mathematics) An approach to mathematics/logic which avoids proof by contradiction, and which requires that, in order to prove that something exists, one must construct it.


lexentry: eng/intuitionistic_logic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intuitionistic logic
trans_list: intuïtionistische logica
sense:
(mathematics, logic) A type of logic which rejects the axiom law of excluded middle or, equivalently, the law of double negation and/or Peirce's law. It is the foundation of intuitionism.


lexentry: eng/inure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inure
trans_list: gewennen | verharden | harden | iemand begunstigen | in voege treden | stalen
sense:
(transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/invalid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: invalid
trans_list: invalide | bedlegerige | zieke
sense:
(dated, sometimes, offensive) A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves.


lexentry: eng/invasion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: invasion
trans_list: invasie | inval
sense:
A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.


lexentry: eng/inveigh__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inveigh
trans_list: krachtig protesteren | schelden | tieren
sense:
(intransitive, with against or occasionally about, formerly also with on, at, upon) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/invention__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: invention
trans_list: uitvinding
sense:
(music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.


lexentry: eng/inventive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inventive
trans_list: vindingrijk
sense:
Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.


lexentry: eng/inverse_Fourier_transform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inverse Fourier transform
trans_list: inverse Fourier-transformatie | inverse Fouriertransformatie
sense:
(mathematics) A mathematical operation that transforms a function for a discrete or continuous spectrum into a function for the amplitude with the given spectrum; an inverse transform of the Fourier transform.


lexentry: eng/inverse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inverse
trans_list: invers
sense:
(geometry) That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.


lexentry: eng/inverse__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: inverse
trans_list: inverse
sense:
(mathematics) A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element, specifically:


lexentry: eng/inverse__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inverse
trans_list: tegendeel | tegengestelde | tegenovergestelde
sense:
(card games) The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome.


lexentry: eng/inversion__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inversion
trans_list: kentering
sense:
(music) The flipping of a melody or contrapuntal line so that high notes become low and vice versa; the reversal of a pitch contour.


lexentry: eng/invert__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: invert
trans_list: omdraaien | omkeren
sense:
(transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.


lexentry: eng/invert_sugar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: invert sugar
trans_list: invertsuiker
sense:
An equal mixture of glucose and fructose formed by the enzymatic hydrolysis of sucrose; it is found in honey and some fruits, and also produced industrially.


lexentry: eng/investigation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: investigation
trans_list: onderzoek | nasporing
sense:
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination


lexentry: eng/investigative_journalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: investigative journalism
trans_list: onderzoeksjournalistiek
sense:
A form of journalism in which the reporter deeply investigates a single topic of interest, often involving crime or corruption.


lexentry: eng/investiture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: investiture
trans_list: investituur
sense:
The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.


lexentry: eng/investment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: investment
trans_list: investering
sense:
(finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.


lexentry: eng/investment_bank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: investment bank
trans_list: investeringsbank | zakenbank
sense:
(banking, finance) A financial institution that deals with raising capital, trading in securities and managing corporate mergers and acquisitions.


lexentry: eng/invisible_hand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: invisible hand
trans_list: onzichtbare hand
sense:
(economics) A metaphor for the principle that in a free market, an individual pursuing his own self-interest also tends to promote the good of his community as a whole.


lexentry: eng/invitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: invitation
trans_list: uitnodiging
sense:
(bridge) A bid that tells one's partner that game or slam is likely if their hand is at the strong end of what they have indicated.


lexentry: eng/invocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: invocation
trans_list: gebed
sense:
The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.


lexentry: eng/invoice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: invoice
trans_list: factuur | rekening
sense:
A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.


lexentry: eng/involution__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: involution
trans_list: regressie
sense:
(mathematics) An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.


lexentry: eng/involve__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: involve
trans_list: betrekken
sense:
To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.


lexentry: eng/involve__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: involve
trans_list: betrekken
sense:
(figuratively) To entangle, intertwine, or mingle (something with one or more other things, or several things together); especially, to entangle (someone or something) in a confusing or troublesome situation.


lexentry: eng/involve__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: involve
trans_list: betrekken
sense:
To form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds; to entwine, to fold up, to roll, to wind round.


lexentry: eng/involved__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: involved
trans_list: betrokken
sense:
Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)


lexentry: eng/ion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ion
trans_list: ion
sense:
An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.


lexentry: eng/ionic_bond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ionic bond
trans_list: ionische binding
sense:
(physical chemistry) A type of chemical bond where two atoms or molecules are connected to each other by electrostatic attraction.


lexentry: eng/ionization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ionization
trans_list: ionisatie
sense:
(chemistry, physics) Any process that leads to the dissociation of a neutral atom or molecule into charged particles ions; the state of being ionized.


lexentry: eng/ionize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ionize
trans_list: ioniseren
sense:
(physical chemistry) To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated.


lexentry: eng/ionosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ionosphere
trans_list: ionosfeer
sense:
The part of the Earth's atmosphere beginning at an altitude of about 50 kilometers (31 miles) and extending outward 500 kilometers (310 miles) or more.


lexentry: eng/irenic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irenic
trans_list: irenisch | vredelievend
sense:
(chiefly, theology) Promoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful.


lexentry: eng/iridium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iridium
trans_list: iridium
sense:
(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.


lexentry: eng/iris__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iris
trans_list: iris | lis
sense:
(botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See w:Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).


lexentry: eng/iris__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: iris
trans_list: iris | regenboogvlies
sense:
(anatomy) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See w:Iris (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).


lexentry: eng/irksome__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irksome
trans_list: vervelend
sense:
Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition


lexentry: eng/iron(II)_sulfate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iron(II) sulfate
trans_list: rosacea
sense:
(inorganic compound) The green, crystalline salt of divalent iron and sulfuric acid, FeSO4, used as a pigment, and in water treatment.


lexentry: eng/iron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iron
trans_list: ijzer
sense:
(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.


lexentry: eng/iron__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iron
trans_list: strijken
sense:
(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.


lexentry: eng/iron_oxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iron oxide
trans_list: ijzeroxide
sense:
(chemistry) Either of two compounds obtained by the reaction of oxygen on iron. Generally known as rust when hydrated.


lexentry: eng/ironing_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ironing board
trans_list: strijkplank
sense:
A long board, often covered with fabric and having on legs that are usually collapsible, on which one can iron clothes.


lexentry: eng/ironwood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ironwood
trans_list: ijzerhout
sense:
Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.


lexentry: eng/irony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irony
trans_list: ironie
sense:
(rhetoric) The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.


lexentry: eng/irony__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: irony
trans_list: ironie
sense:
(informal) Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected. [from the 1640s]


lexentry: eng/irrational__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: irrational
trans_list: irrationaal | irrationale
sense:
(mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.


lexentry: eng/irredentist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irredentist
trans_list: irredentistisch
sense:
Someone who calls for the seizure or recovery of territories or states currently subject to other countries; an adherent of irredentism.


lexentry: eng/irregular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: irregular
trans_list: onregelmatig
sense:
(grammar, of a word) not following the regular or expected patterns of inflection in a given language


lexentry: eng/irrelevant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irrelevant
trans_list: irrelevant
sense:
Not usefully related: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed: not materially applicable; having connections not applicable in the present situation.


lexentry: eng/irresponsibility__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irresponsibility
trans_list: onverantwoordelijkheid
sense:
The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability.


lexentry: eng/irreverent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irreverent
trans_list: oneerbiedig
sense:
Lacking respect; not having or not showing respect for or seriousness towards something that is usually treated with respect; going against conventional precepts.


lexentry: eng/irrigation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irrigation
trans_list: irrigatie | bevloeiing
sense:
The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.


lexentry: eng/irritable_bowel_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irritable bowel syndrome
trans_list: prikkelbaredarmsyndroom
sense:
(pathology) A functional disorder causing the nerves and muscles of the large intestine to be oversensitive, leading to symptoms such as cramp, bloating, flatulence, diarrhoea and constipation.


lexentry: eng/irritation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: irritation
trans_list: boosheid
sense:
A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.


lexentry: eng/is_anyone_sitting_here__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: is anyone sitting here
trans_list: gaat iemand hier zitten?
sense:
Used to ask whether a seat near the interlocutor is currently occupied (by someone temporarily absent).


lexentry: eng/isabelline_shrike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isabelline shrike
trans_list: Daurische klauwier | izabelklauwier
sense:
Lanius isabellinus, a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was formerly considered conspecific with the red-tailed shrike and the red-backed shrike.


lexentry: eng/ischemia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ischemia
trans_list: ischemie
sense:
(cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).


lexentry: eng/ischemic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ischemic
trans_list: ischemisch
sense:
(pathology) Characteristic of, or accompanied by, ischemia — localised anaemia due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply, creating a local disturbance in blood circulation.


lexentry: eng/isidium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isidium
trans_list: isidium
sense:
(lichenology) A vegetative reproductive structure present in some lichens; an outgrowth of the thallus surface, usually with a columnar structure, and consisting of both fungal hyphae and algal cells.


lexentry: eng/isinglass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isinglass
trans_list: vislijm
sense:
A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.


lexentry: eng/island__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: island
trans_list: eiland
sense:
(by extension, in place names) A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; A peninsula; A half-island.


lexentry: eng/island_chain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: island chain
trans_list: eilandenketen | eilandenrij
sense:
An archipelago consisting of neighboring islands which are roughly aligned, as if chained one to the next.


lexentry: eng/isobutyric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isobutyric acid
trans_list: 2-methylpropaanzuur
sense:
(fatty acid) 2-methyl-propanoic acid, (CH3)2CHCOOH, an isomer of butyric acid, that occurs in carob beans and croton oil.


lexentry: eng/isolation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isolation
trans_list: isolatie
sense:
(chiefly, uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people.


lexentry: eng/isolation_transformer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isolation transformer
trans_list: scheidingstrafo | scheidingstransformator
sense:
A transformer used to transfer electrical power from a source of alternating current (AC) power to some equipment or device while galvanically isolating the device from the power source, usually for safety reasons.


lexentry: eng/isometric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: isometric
trans_list: isometrisch
sense:
(physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle remains the same. See also: Wikipedia:isometric exercise


lexentry: eng/isometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isometry
trans_list: isometrie
sense:
(mathematics) A function between metric spaces (or on a single metric space) having the property that the distance between two images is equal to the distance between their preimages.


lexentry: eng/isomorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: isomorphism
trans_list: isomorfisme
sense:
(category theory) A morphism which has a two-sided inverse; the composition of the morphism and such an inverse yields either one of two identity morphisms (depending on the order of composition).


lexentry: eng/isomorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: isomorphism
trans_list: isomorfisme
sense:
(group algebra) A bijection f such that both f and its inverse f −1 are homomorphisms, that is, structure-preserving mappings.


lexentry: eng/isopentane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isopentane
trans_list: isopentaan
sense:
(organic compound) An aliphatic hydrocarbon with the chemical structure CH2CH2CH(CH3)2; isomeric with pentane and neopentane.


lexentry: eng/isoprene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isoprene
trans_list: isopreen
sense:
(organic compound) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, that is readily polymerized; natural rubber (caoutchouc) is cis-1,4-polyisoprene, and trans-1,4-polyisoprene is present in gutta-percha and balata; it is the structural basis for the terpenes.


lexentry: eng/isotherm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isotherm
trans_list: isotherm
sense:
A line on a graph or chart, such as a weather map, along which all the points have the same temperature.


lexentry: eng/isotope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isotope
trans_list: isotoop
sense:
(nuclear physics) Any of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. Thus, isotopes have the same atomic number but a different mass number.


lexentry: eng/issue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: issue
trans_list: nummer
sense:
The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.


lexentry: eng/issue__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: issue
trans_list: probleem
sense:
(US, originally, _, psychology, usually, in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now, _, informal, figurative, _, and, _) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.


lexentry: eng/isthmus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isthmus
trans_list: landengte | istmus
sense:
(landforms) A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.


lexentry: eng/it's_about_time__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: it's about time
trans_list: dat werd tijd | eindelijk | het werd tijd
sense:
(idiomatic, sarcastic) Used to express impatience at the eventual occurrence of something that the speaker or writer considered to be long overdue.


lexentry: eng/it__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: it
trans_list: het | hij
sense:
The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.


lexentry: eng/it__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: it
trans_list: het | hem | ze
sense:
The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement (known as the dummy pronoun, dummy it or weather it).


lexentry: eng/it__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: it
trans_list: het | hem | ze
sense:
The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.


lexentry: eng/it__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: it
trans_list: het | er
sense:
The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.


lexentry: eng/it_figures__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: it figures
trans_list: natuurlijk
sense:
(idiomatic, North America) Used to indicate that a preceding event or statement by another is an unsurprising accompaniment of known facts and circumstances.


lexentry: eng/italic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: italic
trans_list: cursief
sense:
(typography, of a typeface or font) Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.


lexentry: eng/itch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: itch
trans_list: jeuk
sense:
A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.


lexentry: eng/itch__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: itch
trans_list: jeuken in de handen | jeuken in de vingers
sense:
(intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.


lexentry: eng/iterative_aspect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iterative aspect
trans_list: frequentatief
sense:
(grammar) A subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the iterative verb sniffle, as opposed to the noniterative sniff.


lexentry: eng/itself__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: itself
trans_list: zichzelf
sense:
(reflexive pronoun) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject


lexentry: eng/itself__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: itself
trans_list: zelf | zichzelf
sense:
(emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate


lexentry: eng/ivory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ivory
trans_list: ivoor | ivoorkleurig
sense:
(uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.


lexentry: eng/ivory_tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ivory tower
trans_list: ivoren toren
sense:
(idiomatic) A sheltered, overly-academic existence or perspective, implying a disconnection or lack of awareness of reality or practical considerations.


lexentry: eng/jabiru__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jabiru
trans_list: jabiroe
sense:
A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas.


lexentry: eng/jack-o'-lantern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jack-o'-lantern
trans_list: jack-o'-lantern
sense:
A carved pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decorated to represent a face, illuminated from within by a candle. It is a symbol of Halloween.


lexentry: eng/jack__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jack
trans_list: aansluiting | aansluitpunt | stekker | stopkontakt
sense:
(electronics) A switch for a jack plug, a jackknife switch; (more generally) a socket used to connect a device to a circuit, network etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/jack__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jack
trans_list: krik | aansluiting | aansluitpunt | stekker | stopkontakt
sense:
A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/jack__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jack
trans_list: jekker
sense:
Each of a series of blocks in a harpsichord or the earlier virginal, communicating the action of the key to the quill; sometime also, a hopper in a modern piano. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/jack__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: jack
trans_list: ezel | geus
sense:
(nautical) A small ship's flag used as a signal or identifying device; a small flag flown at the bow of the vessel. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/jack_mackerel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jack mackerel
trans_list: horsmakreel
sense:
Any of various edible fish, especially of genus Trachurus, but also genera Caranx, Acanthocybium and Euthynnus.


lexentry: eng/jack_of_all_trades,_master_of_none__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jack of all trades, master of none
trans_list: twaalf stielen, dertien ongelukken
sense:
(idiomatic) A person who has a competent grasp of many skills but who is not outstanding in any one.


lexentry: eng/jackal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jackal
trans_list: jakhals
sense:
Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.


lexentry: eng/jacket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jacket
trans_list: jas
sense:
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.


lexentry: eng/jackhammer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jackhammer
trans_list: drilboor
sense:
A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.


lexentry: eng/jade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jade
trans_list: jade | jadegroen
sense:
A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.


lexentry: eng/jail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jail
trans_list: gevangenis
sense:
A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.


lexentry: eng/jake_brake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jake brake
trans_list: motorrem
sense:
(slang) Especially on trucks, an engine compression release braking system that opens the exhaust valves in each cylinder near the top of their compression strokes in order to slow the vehicle; an engine retarder.


lexentry: eng/jalousie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jalousie
trans_list: jaloezie | blinden
sense:
Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.


lexentry: eng/jam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jam
trans_list: jam | confituur
sense:
(less common in the, _, US, &, Canada) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.


lexentry: eng/jam_session__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jam session
trans_list: os
sense:
(music) An informal gathering of musicians to play music, especially improvised jazz or a similar genre.


lexentry: eng/jambalaya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jambalaya
trans_list: jambalaya
sense:
Any of various of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole cooking; most often with shrimp, oysters, chicken or ham.


lexentry: eng/janissary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: janissary
trans_list: janitsaar
sense:
(historical) An infantry soldier, often of European Christian background from the Balkans as well as Eastern Europe and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former elite Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826).


lexentry: eng/janitor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: janitor
trans_list: conciërge
sense:
(Scotland, Hong Kong) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles.


lexentry: eng/jar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jar
trans_list: kruik | urn
sense:
(originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/jar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jar
trans_list: pot | schroefpot
sense:
A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.


lexentry: eng/jasmine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jasmine
trans_list: jasmijn
sense:
Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.


lexentry: eng/jasper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jasper
trans_list: jaspis
sense:
An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.


lexentry: eng/jaundice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jaundice
trans_list: geelzucht
sense:
(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/javelin_throw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: javelin throw
trans_list: speerwerpen
sense:
(athletics) An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear-like object made of metal, fiberglass and, in some cases, kyshashrek.


lexentry: eng/jaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: jaw
trans_list: bek
sense:
One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.


lexentry: eng/jazz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jazz
trans_list: jazz
sense:
(music genre) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.


lexentry: eng/jealous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jealous
trans_list: jaloers
sense:
Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/jealous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jealous
trans_list: jaloers
sense:
Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/jealous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: jealous
trans_list: jaloers
sense:
Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/jeer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jeer
trans_list: spotten
sense:
(intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.


lexentry: eng/jejunum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jejunum
trans_list: nuchtere darm
sense:
(anatomy) The central of the three divisions of the small intestine which lies between the duodenum and the ileum


lexentry: eng/jelly__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jelly
trans_list: gelei
sense:
(North America, Britain (certain specific usages)) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin. Normally known as "jam" in Commonwealth English but see redcurrant jelly and jeely.


lexentry: eng/jelly_fungus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jelly fungus
trans_list: echt judasoor
sense:
Any of various fungi with an irregularly branched fruiting body apparently of jelly-like consistency.


lexentry: eng/jellyfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jellyfish
trans_list: kwal
sense:
An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.


lexentry: eng/jerboa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jerboa
trans_list: springmuis
sense:
Any of a number of species comprising most of the family Dipodidae, native to the deserts of Asia and northern Africa, being a small, jumping rodent with a long tufted tail, very small forefeet and very long hind legs.


lexentry: eng/jeremiad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jeremiad
trans_list: jeremiade
sense:
A long speech or prose work that bitterly laments the state of society and its morals, and often contains a prophecy of its coming downfall.


lexentry: eng/jerk__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: jerk
trans_list: lul | klojo | droplul | zak
sense:
(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable; an arsehole.


lexentry: eng/jerkin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jerkin
trans_list: jas
sense:
(historical) A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.


lexentry: eng/jersey__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jersey
trans_list: trui
sense:
(countable, US) A shirt worn by a member of an athletic team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype.


lexentry: eng/jet_bridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jet bridge
trans_list: aviobrug | passagiersbrug | slurf | vliegtuigslurf
sense:
(aviation) An elevated corridor connecting an airport to a plane, usually enclosed and used for disembarking and embarking passengers and crew.


lexentry: eng/jet_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jet engine
trans_list: straalmotor
sense:
An engine that obtains thrust by taking in air at the front, using it to burn fuel, then ejecting the hot combustion products at the rear through a propulsive nozzle.


lexentry: eng/jet_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jet engine
trans_list: straalmotor
sense:
Any engine propelled by expelling a high speed fluid jet (jet propulsion), such as a rocket, turbojet, turbofan, ramjet, etc.


lexentry: eng/jet_lag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jet lag
trans_list: jetlag
sense:
(aviation) A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.


lexentry: eng/jet_pack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jet pack
trans_list: jetpack | raketrugzak
sense:
(aviation) A piece of equipment that may be strapped to a person’s back and generate vertical thrust by a downward discharge of jet fluid, thereby rendering the person capable of flight.


lexentry: eng/jet_ski__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jet ski
trans_list: jetski
sense:
A small motorized watercraft with a flattish hull and an upright centre, which a rider sits astride.


lexentry: eng/jet_stream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jet stream
trans_list: straalstroom
sense:
(meteorology) any of the high-speed, high-altitude air currents that circle the Earth in a westerly direction


lexentry: eng/jetty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jetty
trans_list: pier
sense:
A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.


lexentry: eng/jewel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jewel
trans_list: sieraad
sense:
A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.


lexentry: eng/jewellery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jewellery
trans_list: juweel
sense:
Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.


lexentry: eng/jib__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jib
trans_list: fok
sense:
(nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.


lexentry: eng/jib_boom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jib boom
trans_list: kluiverboom
sense:
(nautical) A spar attached to the outboard end of a bowsprit or flying jib boom with an additional stay to increase sail area.


lexentry: eng/jigger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jigger
trans_list: teen
sense:
(US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).


lexentry: eng/jiggermast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jiggermast
trans_list: jagermast
sense:
(nautical) The fourth-tallest mast on a ship with more than three masts; particularly a full-rigged ship.


lexentry: eng/jigsaw_puzzle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jigsaw puzzle
trans_list: legpuzzel | puzzel
sense:
A type of puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture that has been cut (originally, with a jigsaw) into many small interlocking pieces.


lexentry: eng/jihadism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jihadism
trans_list: jihadisme
sense:
The ideological movement within modern Islamism that advocates armed jihad and hostility against non-believers.


lexentry: eng/jimsonweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jimsonweed
trans_list: doornappel
sense:
(US) A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, occasionally ingested as a hallucinogen.


lexentry: eng/jingle_bell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jingle bell
trans_list: schelringen
sense:
A small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper, which is attached to a horse's harness as a signal, or (percussion instrument) used as a musical instrument.


lexentry: eng/jingoism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jingoism
trans_list: hoerapattriotisme
sense:
(uncountable) Excessive patriotism or aggressive nationalism, especially with regards to foreign policy.


lexentry: eng/jingoistic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jingoistic
trans_list: chauvinistisch
sense:
Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.


lexentry: eng/jinn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jinn
trans_list: djinn
sense:
(Arabic culture) A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.


lexentry: eng/jive__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jive
trans_list: dansen | swingen
sense:
(intransitive, colloquial) To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.


lexentry: eng/jizya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jizya
trans_list: djizja
sense:
(Islam, historical) A per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim citizens, who meet certain criteria.


lexentry: eng/job__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: job
trans_list: job | baan | taak
sense:
(computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).


lexentry: eng/job_interview__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: job interview
trans_list: sollicitatiegesprek
sense:
A formal interview in which a job applicant must answer questions, especially in a professional manner, to determine whether they are suitable for the job applied for.


lexentry: eng/jobsworth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jobsworth
trans_list: pennenlikker
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, derogatory, informal) A minor official or worker who refuses to be flexible in the application of rules to help a client or customer.


lexentry: eng/jockstrap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jockstrap
trans_list: suspensoir
sense:
(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.


lexentry: eng/john__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: john
trans_list: latrine
sense:
(slang, US) A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.


lexentry: eng/joint-stock_company__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joint-stock company
trans_list: naamloze vennootschap
sense:
(business, finance, legal, UK) A company with transferable ownership interests and limited shareholder liability.


lexentry: eng/joint-stock_company__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: joint-stock company
trans_list: naamloze vennootschap
sense:
(business, finance, legal, US) A company with transferable ownership interests and unlimited shareholder liability.


lexentry: eng/joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: joint
trans_list: gewricht | zaak
sense:
(anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.


lexentry: eng/joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: joint
trans_list: verbinding
sense:
A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied.


lexentry: eng/joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: joint
trans_list: zaak
sense:
(chiefly, US, _, slang, may be somewhat, _, pejorative) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries; sometimes extended to any place that is a focus of human connection or activity (e.g., schools, hangouts, party spots).


lexentry: eng/joint_lock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joint lock
trans_list: sleutel
sense:
(combat sports) Any lock designed to hyperextend one of the joints of the body, leading to pain and/or injury.


lexentry: eng/joint_venture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joint venture
trans_list: joint venture
sense:
A cooperative partnership between two individuals or businesses in which profits and risks are shared.


lexentry: eng/joist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joist
trans_list: drager
sense:
A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.


lexentry: eng/joker__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: joker
trans_list: joker
sense:
A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.


lexentry: eng/jotun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jotun
trans_list: reus
sense:
(Norse mythology) A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor.


lexentry: eng/joule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joule
trans_list: joule
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Equivalent to one watt of power for a duration of one second. Symbol: J


lexentry: eng/joust__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joust
trans_list: steekspel
sense:
A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.


lexentry: eng/joy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joy
trans_list: vreugde
sense:
A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.


lexentry: eng/joystick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joystick
trans_list: bedieningshendel | joystick | stuurknuppel
sense:
A mechanical device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.


lexentry: eng/jubilee__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jubilee
trans_list: jubileum
sense:
A major anniversary of an event, particularly the fiftieth (50th) anniversary of a coronation or marriage. [from late 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/judge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: judge
trans_list: rechter | richter
sense:
A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.


lexentry: eng/judgement_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: judgement day
trans_list: dag des oordeels
sense:
(Christianity, Islam, Judaism) The final trial of all humankind, both the living and the dead, by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to their merits; the Final Judgment, the Last Judgment.


lexentry: eng/judgment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: judgment
trans_list: gezond oordeel | uitspraak | veroordeling | vonnis
sense:
The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely


lexentry: eng/judgment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: judgment
trans_list: oordeel
sense:
(legal) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.


lexentry: eng/judgment_call__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: judgment call
trans_list: beslissing
sense:
Any decision or other determination based on subjective criteria, especially one which takes into account the particular circumstances of a situation.


lexentry: eng/judicial_branch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: judicial branch
trans_list: rechterlijke macht
sense:
The branch of government which is concerned with the administration of justice through the interpretation of the law.


lexentry: eng/jug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jug
trans_list: kan | kruik
sense:
A serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, an ear handle and often a stopper or top.


lexentry: eng/juggle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: juggle
trans_list: jongleren
sense:
To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.


lexentry: eng/juggling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: juggling
trans_list: jongleren
sense:
The art of moving objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner.


lexentry: eng/jugular_vein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jugular vein
trans_list: halsader
sense:
(anatomy) Any of several veins on each side of the neck, which drain the brain, face and neck of deoxygenated blood.


lexentry: eng/jukebox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jukebox
trans_list: jukebox
sense:
A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music; it has push-buttons to make selections. [from 1939]


lexentry: eng/jumble_sale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jumble sale
trans_list: rommelmarkt
sense:
(UK, Irish) A sale of used goods by individuals operating tables or stalls, usually held indoors and open to the public.


lexentry: eng/jump-start__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jump-start
trans_list: tegen de bank spelen
sense:
(transitive) To start a motor vehicle by passing an electrical current from a charged battery to the discharged ("dead" or "flat") battery of the vehicle being started, by using booster cables to temporarily connect the two batteries in parallel.


lexentry: eng/jump__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: jump
trans_list: sprong
sense:
(mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.


lexentry: eng/jump__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jump
trans_list: springen | opspringen
sense:
(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.


lexentry: eng/jump__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: jump
trans_list: opschrikken | opspringen
sense:
(intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.


lexentry: eng/jump__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: jump
trans_list: springen | zetten
sense:
(intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.


lexentry: eng/jump_rope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jump rope
trans_list: touwtjespringen
sense:
(uncountable) (also jump-roping, jumping rope) The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants.


lexentry: eng/jump_rope__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jump rope
trans_list: touwtjespringen
sense:
(intransitive) To repeatedly jump over a rope, the ends of which are held by the jumper or by two others, while the rope is swung under the feet and over the head of the jumper; to play the game of jump rope; to exercise by jumping rope.


lexentry: eng/jump_the_queue__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jump the queue
trans_list: voordringen
sense:
To move into a queue ahead of others who have been waiting longer or that have a higher priority; push in.


lexentry: eng/jumping_jack__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jumping jack
trans_list: trekpop
sense:
(dated) A toy figure of a person, with jointed limbs, that can be made to jump or dance by means of pulling attached strings.


lexentry: eng/junction__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: junction
trans_list: las | naad | voeg
sense:
The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.


lexentry: eng/jungle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jungle
trans_list: oerwoud | jungle
sense:
A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest.


lexentry: eng/jungle_gym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jungle gym
trans_list: klimrek
sense:
(US, Israel) A play structure designed for children to climb on, traditionally constructed as a frame of metal bars as introduced in 1920.


lexentry: eng/junior_high_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: junior high school
trans_list: hogeschool
sense:
(education) A school for children who have completed elementary school or grade school, but are not yet old enough for high school. In the US, it often includes grades 7 and 8, and possibly also 6 or 9.


lexentry: eng/juniper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: juniper
trans_list: jeneverbes
sense:
Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones.


lexentry: eng/juniper_titmouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: juniper titmouse
trans_list: Ridgways mees
sense:
A bird of species Baeolophus ridgwayi, in the tit family Paridae, found from southeastern Oregon to west Texas and nearby Mexico.


lexentry: eng/junk_food__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: junk food
trans_list: junkfood
sense:
(informal) Food with little or no nutritional value; alternatively, food that supplies a large amount of nutrients but also excess calories, excess sugar or starch, and so on.


lexentry: eng/junk_mail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: junk mail
trans_list: spam
sense:
(post) Any mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited and typically sent in bulk; especially mail of a commercial nature such as advertising circulars and form letters.


lexentry: eng/junket__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: junket
trans_list: snoepreisje | uitje
sense:
A pleasure-trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment.


lexentry: eng/junket__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: junket
trans_list: goktent | speelzaal
sense:
(gambling) A gaming room for which the capacity and limits change daily, often rented out to private vendors who run tour groups through them and give a portion of the proceeds to the main casino.


lexentry: eng/juridical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: juridical
trans_list: juridisch
sense:
Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).


lexentry: eng/juridical_act__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: juridical act
trans_list: rechtshandeling
sense:
(civil, _, law, Louisiana, Philippines) Any conduct by a person intended to create, modify, transfer, preserve, or extinguish a right, obligation, or legal relationship.


lexentry: eng/juristic_act__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: juristic act
trans_list: rechtshandeling
sense:
(civil, _, law, South Africa) Any conduct by a person intended to create, modify, transfer, preserve, or extinguish a right, obligation, or legal relationship.


lexentry: eng/jury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jury
trans_list: gezworenen | jury
sense:
(law) A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.


lexentry: eng/justiciable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: justiciable
trans_list: justitiabel
sense:
(legal) Of or pertaining to justiciability; able to be evaluated and resolved by the courts; that can be adjudicated.


lexentry: eng/justification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: justification
trans_list: rechtvaardiging
sense:
(countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.


lexentry: eng/justify__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: justify
trans_list: uitlijnen
sense:
(transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.


lexentry: eng/jute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jute
trans_list: jute
sense:
The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.


lexentry: eng/kaboom__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kaboom
trans_list: kaboem
sense:
(mimesis) An explosion; the word is typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.


lexentry: eng/kabuki__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kabuki
trans_list: kabuki
sense:
(often, capitalized) A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.


lexentry: eng/kachina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kachina
trans_list: kachina
sense:
A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among other things).


lexentry: eng/kaddish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kaddish
trans_list: kaddisj
sense:
(Judaism) A Jewish prayer of praise to God recited during services, and specifically when mourning the death of a close relative.


lexentry: eng/kaffir__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: kaffir
trans_list: kaffer
sense:
(countable, South Africa, Rhodesia, ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory) A black person. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/kafir__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kafir
trans_list: kafir
sense:
(Islam, countable, offensive, religious slur, political) A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim.


lexentry: eng/kakapo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kakapo
trans_list: kakapo
sense:
A large flightless parrot, Strigops habroptila, with greenish plumage, that is nocturnal and native to New Zealand.


lexentry: eng/kakistocracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kakistocracy
trans_list: kakistocratie
sense:
(political science) Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens. [from 1829.]


lexentry: eng/kakuro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kakuro
trans_list: kruissompuzzel
sense:
(games) A type of number puzzle, similar to a crossword but with numbers. Each "clue" is the sum of the digits to be placed in its group of squares, and no digit can be repeated within a group.


lexentry: eng/kale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kale
trans_list: boerenkool
sense:
An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)


lexentry: eng/kaleidoscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kaleidoscope
trans_list: caleidoscoop
sense:
An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can be seen. [from 1817]


lexentry: eng/kamichi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kamichi
trans_list: anioema
sense:
A South American bird with a long, slender, horn-like ornament on its head and two sharp spurs on each wing, the horned screamer, Anhima cornuta.


lexentry: eng/kangaroo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kangaroo
trans_list: kangoeroe
sense:
A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/kangaroo_court__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kangaroo court
trans_list: volksgericht
sense:
(originally, US, idiomatic) A judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, or a group of people which conducts such proceedings, which is without proper authority, and often acts abusively or decides unjustly. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/kantele__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kantele
trans_list: Finse citer
sense:
(musical instrument) A plucked string instrument (a zither) of the Baltic psaltery family, traditionally with five strings but now more widely varying, originating in the folk music of Finland, where it is seen as a national symbol.


lexentry: eng/kaolinite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kaolinite
trans_list: kaoliniet
sense:
(mineral) A common hydrous aluminosilicate mineral found in sediments, soils and sedimentary rocks, Al2Si2O5(OH)4; one of the kaolin group of minerals.


lexentry: eng/kaon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kaon
trans_list: kaon
sense:
(particle) any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark


lexentry: eng/kapok_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kapok tree
trans_list: kapokboom | kankantri
sense:
Ceiba pentandra, a tree of the tropical Americas and west-central Africa, with white flowers, cultivated in south-east Asia for its seed fibre.


lexentry: eng/karaoke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: karaoke
trans_list: karaoke
sense:
(uncountable) A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.


lexentry: eng/karate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: karate
trans_list: karate
sense:
An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.


lexentry: eng/karma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: karma
trans_list: karma
sense:
(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.


lexentry: eng/karst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: karst
trans_list: karst
sense:
(geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.


lexentry: eng/karyotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: karyotype
trans_list: karyotype
sense:
(genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species.


lexentry: eng/katakana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: katakana
trans_list: katakana
sense:
(uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.


lexentry: eng/kayak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kayak
trans_list: kajak
sense:
A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck


lexentry: eng/kazoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kazoo
trans_list: kazoo
sense:
(musical instrument) A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.


lexentry: eng/kebab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kebab
trans_list: kebab
sense:
(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.


lexentry: eng/keel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: keel
trans_list: kiel
sense:
(nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.


lexentry: eng/keel_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keel over
trans_list: kapseizen | omvallen
sense:
(intransitive, nautical, also, _, figuratively) Of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover; to capsize or turn turtle.


lexentry: eng/keelhaul__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keelhaul
trans_list: kielhalen
sense:
(transitive, nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship with the intent of causing painful injuries.


lexentry: eng/keelson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keelson
trans_list: weger
sense:
(nautical) A longitudinal beam fastened on top of the keel of a vessel for strength and stiffness. [from c. 1611]


lexentry: eng/keep-away__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keep-away
trans_list: lummelen
sense:
A children's game in which players pass an object, usually a ball, between each other while trying to prevent a selected player from intercepting it, and if said selected player catches the ball, he or she exchanges places with whoever last touched it.


lexentry: eng/keep_one's_head_above_water__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keep one's head above water
trans_list: het de baas kunnen | het overleven | zijn hoofd boven water houden
sense:
(idiomatic) To survive or endure, especially in a situation in which one is struggling to avoid being overwhelmed by adverse financial circumstances.


lexentry: eng/keep_someone_company__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keep someone company
trans_list: gezelschap houden
sense:
(idiomatic) To remain with or accompany someone, especially to make them feel more comfortable with a certain situation.


lexentry: eng/keep_up_appearances__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keep up appearances
trans_list: de schijn ophouden
sense:
(idiomatic) To artificially maintain an outward sign of normality; to maintain an appearance of wealth, comfort, or propriety.


lexentry: eng/keeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: keeper
trans_list: bewaker | behoeder | bewaakster | bewaarder | bewaarster | conservator
sense:
A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.


lexentry: eng/keeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: keeper
trans_list: doelman | keeper | doelvrouw | doelwachter
sense:
(sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper. In quidditch (both Muggle quidditch and the game in the original Harry Potter series), this is someone responsible for guarding the three goalposts.


lexentry: eng/keeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: keeper
trans_list: houder
sense:
A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.


lexentry: eng/keepie-uppie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keepie-uppie
trans_list: hooghouden
sense:
(uncountable) The action of continuously bouncing a soccer ball in the air without the use of the hands.


lexentry: eng/keepsake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keepsake
trans_list: aandenken | herinnering
sense:
Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.


lexentry: eng/keirin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keirin
trans_list: keirin
sense:
(cycle racing) A form of track cycling originating in Japan, where riders must initially race behind a motorised pace-setter, the derny.


lexentry: eng/kelpie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kelpie
trans_list: kelpie
sense:
(Celtic mythology) A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland.


lexentry: eng/kelvin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kelvin
trans_list: kelvin
sense:
In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1⁄273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K".


lexentry: eng/keratoconus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keratoconus
trans_list: keratoconus
sense:
(pathology) A degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve.


lexentry: eng/kerb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kerb
trans_list: stoeprand | borduur
sense:
(British, AU, NZ) The raised edge between the pavement and the roadway, typically made of concrete though originally consisting of a line of kerbstones.


lexentry: eng/kerfuffle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kerfuffle
trans_list: tumult
sense:
(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/kernel__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: kernel
trans_list: kern
sense:
(mathematics, linear algebra, group theory, functional analysis) For a given function (especially a linear transformation between vector spaces or homomorphism between groups), the set of elements in the domain which are mapped to zero; (formally) given f : X → Y, the set {x ∈ X : f(x) = 0}.


lexentry: eng/kerosene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kerosene
trans_list: kerosine
sense:
A thin, often colorless or blue or straw-colored petroleum-based fuel, heavier than gasoline/petrol or naptha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.


lexentry: eng/ketamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ketamine
trans_list: ketamine | keta
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used as an anesthetic and analgesic drug and also (illicitly) as a hallucinogen.


lexentry: eng/ketch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ketch
trans_list: kits
sense:
A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.


lexentry: eng/ketchup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ketchup
trans_list: tomatenketchup | ketchup
sense:
(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup. A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners.


lexentry: eng/ketoacidosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ketoacidosis
trans_list: ketoacidose
sense:
(biology, medicine) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.


lexentry: eng/ketone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ketone
trans_list: keton
sense:
(organic compound) A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.


lexentry: eng/kettlebell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kettlebell
trans_list: girya | kettlebell
sense:
A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.


lexentry: eng/kettledrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kettledrum
trans_list: pauk
sense:
(musical instruments) A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl.


lexentry: eng/kettling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kettling
trans_list: fuik
sense:
A crowd control technique, used by police, where a hostile group of protesters or rioters are surrounded and not allowed to disperse, sometimes with the use of temporary fencing to corral and isolate portions of the group.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: key
trans_list: toets
sense:
(computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: key
trans_list: toets | sleutel
sense:
In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: key
trans_list: sleutel
sense:
In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: key
trans_list: sleutel
sense:
(historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: key
trans_list: sleutel
sense:
(cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: key
trans_list: sleutel
sense:
(databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: key
trans_list: sleutel
sense:
(biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.


lexentry: eng/key_signature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: key signature
trans_list: keper
sense:
(music) An indication of the key of a composition, giving the number of sharps or flats in the corresponding scale.


lexentry: eng/keyboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: keyboard
trans_list: keyboard | klavier | toetsenbord
sense:
(music) A component of many instruments including the piano, organ, and harpsichord consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.


lexentry: eng/keyboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: keyboard
trans_list: keyboard | toetsenbord
sense:
(music) A device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.


lexentry: eng/keyboard_shortcut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keyboard shortcut
trans_list: sneltoets
sense:
(computing) A key, or more usually a combination of keys, on the keyboard of a personal computer that activates a specific, predefined function.


lexentry: eng/keycard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keycard
trans_list: sleutelkaart
sense:
A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.


lexentry: eng/keyhole__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: keyhole
trans_list: sleutelgat
sense:
Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.


lexentry: eng/keynote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keynote
trans_list: argument
sense:
A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.


lexentry: eng/khagan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: khagan
trans_list: grootkan
sense:
(historical) A khan of khans, a ruler of a khaganate; (the holder of) an imperial rank used among certain Turkic and Mongolian peoples, equal in status to an emperor.


lexentry: eng/khat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: khat
trans_list: qat
sense:
A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.


lexentry: eng/khedive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: khedive
trans_list: kedive
sense:
The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.


lexentry: eng/khoomei__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: khoomei
trans_list: keelzang
sense:
(music genre) A style of throat singing, often accompanied by the horsehead fiddle, from Mongolia and eastern Siberia.


lexentry: eng/khorovod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: khorovod
trans_list: gezelschap
sense:
a Slavic art form, a combination of a circle dance and chorus singing, similar to chorea of ancient Greece, also in Romania (horă)


lexentry: eng/kibbutz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kibbutz
trans_list: kibboets
sense:
A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.


lexentry: eng/kibitz__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kibitz
trans_list: kommentaar geven
sense:
(intransitive) To give unsolicited or unwanted advice or make unhelpful or idle comments, especially to someone playing a game.


lexentry: eng/kick_around__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kick around
trans_list: rekken
sense:
(usually in the present continuous) To wander loose; to float around; to hang around; to exist; to remain unexploited or unused.


lexentry: eng/kick_into_touch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kick into touch
trans_list: uit de weg gaan
sense:
(UK, sports) To kick a ball over the touchline in a game of rugby, often to avoid pressure from the opponent team in a difficult situation, to end injury time or to gain territory.


lexentry: eng/kick_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: kick off
trans_list: knallen
sense:
(intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight; to behave aggressively.


lexentry: eng/kick_rocks__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kick rocks
trans_list: opzouten
sense:
(slang, derogatory, idiomatic) To leave or run away; to skedaddle; (often used imperatively and dismissively).


lexentry: eng/kick_someone's_ass__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kick someone's ass
trans_list: kapot maken
sense:
(idiomatic, sometimes considered, vulgar, chiefly, US, Canada) To clobber someone; to beat someone severely.


lexentry: eng/kick_upstairs__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kick upstairs
trans_list: wegpromoveren
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To promote (an employee considered troublesome) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status.


lexentry: eng/kick_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kick wheel
trans_list: pottenbakkersschijf
sense:
(ceramics) A wheel or disc used to throw pots, turned by kicking or pushing a heavy stone or concrete base with the foot.


lexentry: eng/kickback__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kickback
trans_list: omkopen
sense:
(countable, informal) A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe.


lexentry: eng/kickback__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: kickback
trans_list: terugslag
sense:
(uncountable, firearms, machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.


lexentry: eng/kickboxing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kickboxing
trans_list: kickboksen
sense:
(martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.


lexentry: eng/kicksled__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kicksled
trans_list: ijsstep | stepslee
sense:
A type of small sled consisting of a handlebar mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners. The driver stands on the runners and kicks the sled forward with one foot. In front of the handlebar there's often a seat for a passenger.


lexentry: eng/kickstand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kickstand
trans_list: standaard
sense:
A levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.


lexentry: eng/kidnap__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kidnap
trans_list: ontvoeren | kidnappen
sense:
(transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/killdeer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: killdeer
trans_list: killdeerplevier
sense:
A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to attract predators and spare the young in the nest.


lexentry: eng/kiln__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kiln
trans_list: oven | drooghut | droogkamer
sense:
An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.


lexentry: eng/kilo-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kilo-
trans_list: kilo-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1,000. Symbol: k


lexentry: eng/kilo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kilo
trans_list: kilo
sense:
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.


lexentry: eng/kilogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kilogram
trans_list: kilogram
sense:
In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg


lexentry: eng/kiloton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kiloton
trans_list: kiloton
sense:
A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.


lexentry: eng/kilt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kilt
trans_list: kilt
sense:
A traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/kilt__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: kilt
trans_list: kilt
sense:
A variety of non-bifurcated garments made for men and loosely resembling a Scottish kilt, but most often made from different fabrics and not always with tartan plaid designs.


lexentry: eng/kilter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kilter
trans_list: staat
sense:
(chiefly in the negative) Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/kimono__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kimono
trans_list: kimono
sense:
A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.


lexentry: eng/kinase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kinase
trans_list: kinase
sense:
(enzyme, organic compound) Any of a group of enzymes that transfer phosphate groups from high-energy donor molecules, such as ATP, to specific target molecules (substrates), in a process termed phosphorylation.


lexentry: eng/kindergarten__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kindergarten
trans_list: kleuterschool
sense:
(North America, Australia) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]


lexentry: eng/kinematics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kinematics
trans_list: kinematica
sense:
(physics) The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.


lexentry: eng/kinesthesia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kinesthesia
trans_list: kinesthesie
sense:
Proprioception or static position sense; the perception of the position and posture of the body; also, more broadly, including the motion of the body as well. See usage notes below.


lexentry: eng/kinetic_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kinetic energy
trans_list: kinetische energie
sense:
(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.


lexentry: eng/kinetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kinetics
trans_list: kinetica
sense:
(mechanics) The branch of mechanics concerned with motion of objects, as well as the reason i.e. the forces acting on such bodies. This, along with kinematics constitute dynamics, which is concerned purely with the effects of forces on moving bodies.


lexentry: eng/king__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: king
trans_list: koning
sense:
A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.


lexentry: eng/king__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: king
trans_list: koning | heer
sense:
(card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.


lexentry: eng/king__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: king
trans_list: koning
sense:
(chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.


lexentry: eng/king__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: king
trans_list: dam
sense:
A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.


lexentry: eng/king_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: king cake
trans_list: koningentaart | driekoningentaart
sense:
(Louisiana) A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on Epiphany. In many traditions it contains a pea, a trinket or some other small object which entitles its finder to be the "king" for one day.


lexentry: eng/king_cobra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: king cobra
trans_list: koningscobra
sense:
A large venomous snake found in East Asia (Ophiophagus hannah), the longest venomous snake in the world.


lexentry: eng/kingdom__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: kingdom
trans_list: rijk | dierenrijk | plantenrijk
sense:
(taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).


lexentry: eng/kingfisher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kingfisher
trans_list: ijsvogel
sense:
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.


lexentry: eng/kingpin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kingpin
trans_list: as
sense:
(transportation) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt.


lexentry: eng/kingpin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kingpin
trans_list: as
sense:
(transportation) The pivot or connector between a tractor and trailer in the fifth-wheel coupling of semi-trailer truck.


lexentry: eng/kingpin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: kingpin
trans_list: as
sense:
(ten-pin, _, bowling) The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex.


lexentry: eng/kinky__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kinky
trans_list: kinky
sense:
(informal) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.


lexentry: eng/kiosk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kiosk
trans_list: kiosk
sense:
A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.


lexentry: eng/kip__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kip
trans_list: dutten | een uiltje knappen | maffen
sense:
(informal, chiefly, UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.


lexentry: eng/kiss__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kiss
trans_list: kussen | zoenen
sense:
(transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.


lexentry: eng/kiss__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: kiss
trans_list: kussen | zoenen
sense:
(reciprocal) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.


lexentry: eng/kiss_me__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kiss me
trans_list: kus me
sense:
I informally request that you kiss me—that you touch my lips with your lips or press the lips against, as an expression of love or affection.


lexentry: eng/kit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kit
trans_list: mand
sense:
A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight.


lexentry: eng/kit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: kit
trans_list: set
sense:
Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.


lexentry: eng/kitchen_paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kitchen paper
trans_list: keukenpapier
sense:
(UK) Paper towels intended for kitchen purposes such as absorbing spillages and wrapping sandwiches.


lexentry: eng/kitchen_sink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kitchen sink
trans_list: gootsteen
sense:
A sink in a kitchen used for washing crockery, cutlery, utensils, food, etc., and disposing of waste.


lexentry: eng/kitchen_sink__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kitchen sink
trans_list: allegaartje
sense:
(also, attributive) A miscellaneous item or a miscellany, especially exemplifying an indiscriminate profusion.


lexentry: eng/kitchenware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kitchenware
trans_list: keukengerei
sense:
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.


lexentry: eng/kite__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: kite
trans_list: vlieger | kite
sense:
(geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.


lexentry: eng/kite__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: kite
trans_list: vlieger | kite
sense:
(sailing, dated) In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail.


lexentry: eng/kitsch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kitsch
trans_list: kitsch
sense:
Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.


lexentry: eng/kittiwake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kittiwake
trans_list: drieteenmeeuw
sense:
Either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae that nest in colonies on sea cliffs and spend the winter on the open ocean.


lexentry: eng/kiwi_fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kiwi fruit
trans_list: kiwi
sense:
A Chinese gooseberry vine fruit, having a hairy brown skin and dark green (or in the case of the kiwi fruit gold, yellow) flesh with fine black seeds, almost always varieties of Actinidia deliciosa.


lexentry: eng/klaxon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: klaxon
trans_list: claxon
sense:
A loud electric alarm or horn, especially as used in automobiles in the early 20th century. [from 1908]


lexentry: eng/klepht__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: klepht
trans_list: dief
sense:
(historical) An anti-Ottoman insurgent living in the mountains when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/kleptomania__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kleptomania
trans_list: kleptomanie | steelzucht
sense:
(psychology) A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.


lexentry: eng/klipspringer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: klipspringer
trans_list: klipspringer
sense:
A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus).


lexentry: eng/kludge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kludge
trans_list: behelpen
sense:
(informal) Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.


lexentry: eng/knackwurst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knackwurst
trans_list: knakworst
sense:
A highly seasoned scalded sausage made from beef, pork, and fatty tissue similar to a frankfurter, but shorter and thicker.


lexentry: eng/knead__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knead
trans_list: kneden
sense:
(transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.


lexentry: eng/knee-high__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knee-high
trans_list: kniekous
sense:
(US, usually, in the plural) A sock or stocking that reaches to the knees; chiefly, women's nylon stockings that end slightly above the knee and supported by garter belts.


lexentry: eng/knee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knee
trans_list: knie
sense:
(anatomy) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.


lexentry: eng/knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knife
trans_list: mes
sense:
A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.


lexentry: eng/knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: knife
trans_list: mes
sense:
A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing or stabbing but too short to be called a sword; a dagger.


lexentry: eng/knife_rest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knife rest
trans_list: messenlegger
sense:
A piece of kitchenware for temporarily resting a knife on while it is not in use, and without touching the table.


lexentry: eng/knight__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: knight
trans_list: paard
sense:
(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.


lexentry: eng/knight_banneret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knight banneret
trans_list: baanderheer
sense:
(law, historical) A knight entitled to subinfeudate his estate and to lead troops under his own banner.


lexentry: eng/knit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knit
trans_list: breien
sense:
(ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.


lexentry: eng/knit__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: knit
trans_list: breien
sense:
(ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.


lexentry: eng/knobhead__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: knobhead
trans_list: domkop
sense:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, vulgar, slang, synecdochically) A fool; an idiot; a contemptible person.


lexentry: eng/knock__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: knock
trans_list: botsen
sense:
(transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.


lexentry: eng/knock_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knock down
trans_list: neerhalen
sense:
(transitive) To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.


lexentry: eng/knock_it_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knock it off
trans_list: voleinden
sense:
(colloquial, mostly, imperative, idiom) To cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; to desist.


lexentry: eng/knock_on_wood__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knock on wood
trans_list: hout vasthouden | afkloppen
sense:
(idiomatic, US, Philippines) To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.


lexentry: eng/knock_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: knock up
trans_list: bezwangeren
sense:
(dated, intransitive) To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/knockoff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knockoff
trans_list: namaak | nepper
sense:
An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually lower in quality and price than the original.


lexentry: eng/knockout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knockout
trans_list: knock-out
sense:
The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.


lexentry: eng/knot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knot
trans_list: knoop | knot
sense:
A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.


lexentry: eng/knot__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: knot
trans_list: knoop
sense:
(mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).


lexentry: eng/knot__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: knot
trans_list: knoop
sense:
(aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.


lexentry: eng/knot__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knot
trans_list: knot
sense:
One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).


lexentry: eng/knout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knout
trans_list: knoet
sense:
A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.


lexentry: eng/know-it-all__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: know-it-all
trans_list: betweter | wijsneus
sense:
(chiefly, US, pejorative) Someone who claims to be knowledgeable or an expert in something, obnoxiously dismissing the opinions, advice, suggestions, etc. of others.


lexentry: eng/know__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: know
trans_list: weten
sense:
(transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.


lexentry: eng/knowledge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knowledge
trans_list: kennis | weten | wetenschap
sense:
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/knowledge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: knowledge
trans_list: weten | medeweten | kennis
sense:
Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/knowledge_is_power__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knowledge is power
trans_list: kennis is macht
sense:
Scientia potentia est; with knowledge and/or education, one's potential or ability to succeed in the pursuit of one's objectives will certainly increase.


lexentry: eng/koala__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: koala
trans_list: koala | koalabeer | koalabeertje
sense:
A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.


lexentry: eng/koan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: koan
trans_list: aporie
sense:
A riddle with no solution, used to provoke reflection on the inadequacy of logical reasoning, and to lead to enlightenment.


lexentry: eng/kobold__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kobold
trans_list: kobold
sense:
(German folklore) A mischievous elf or goblin, or one connected (and helpful) to a family or household.


lexentry: eng/kofta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kofta
trans_list: köfte
sense:
Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans.


lexentry: eng/kohl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kohl
trans_list: kohl
sense:
A dark powder, usually powdered antimony, used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries; stibnite.


lexentry: eng/koi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: koi
trans_list: koi
sense:
Ornamental domesticated varieties of the Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus), of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring.


lexentry: eng/kola_nut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kola nut
trans_list: kolanoot
sense:
The edible seed of the kola tree, Cola acuminata and related species, used as a flavoring and as a source of caffeine.


lexentry: eng/kompromat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kompromat
trans_list: kompromat
sense:
Compromising material, blackmail material, (real or fabricated) evidence that a person does not want revealed, dirt.


lexentry: eng/kore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kore
trans_list: dochter
sense:
(arts, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.


lexentry: eng/korfball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: korfball
trans_list: korfbal
sense:
(uncountable) A non-contact unisex team sport originating from the Netherlands, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.


lexentry: eng/krill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: krill
trans_list: krill
sense:
any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.


lexentry: eng/kroepoek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kroepoek
trans_list: kroepoek
sense:
An Indonesian (Javanese) shrimp cracker, made from tapioca flour, salt, ground shrimps and various spices.


lexentry: eng/krone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: krone
trans_list: kruis
sense:
The currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar.


lexentry: eng/kroužek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kroužek
trans_list: cirkel
sense:
A ring-shaped diacritical mark (˚), whose use is largely restricted to Å, å and Ů, ů, and whereon it represents an etymological ‘o’.


lexentry: eng/krupuk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: krupuk
trans_list: kroepoek
sense:
An Indonesian (Javanese) cracker, made from tapioca flour, salt, ground shrimps and various traditional spices.


lexentry: eng/krypton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: krypton
trans_list: krypton
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/kshatriya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kshatriya
trans_list: kshattriya
sense:
A member of the second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste.


lexentry: eng/kudu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kudu
trans_list: koedoe
sense:
A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).


lexentry: eng/kuduro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kuduro
trans_list: kuduro
sense:
An energetic, danceable style of music originating in Angola, combining local styles like semba with influences from Caribbean music, especially zouk and soca.


lexentry: eng/kugel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kugel
trans_list: bol
sense:
A traditional savoury or sweet Jewish dish consisting of a baked pudding of pasta, potatoes, or rice, with vegetables, or raisins and spices.


lexentry: eng/kugel__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kugel
trans_list: kerstbal
sense:
A traditional hanging ornament of German origin made of coloured glass, usually spherical but also produced in other shapes such as bunches of grapes and drops.


lexentry: eng/kulak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kulak
trans_list: koelak
sense:
(historical) A prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers.


lexentry: eng/kumari__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kumari
trans_list: godin
sense:
(Hinduism, chiefly, _, Nepal) A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.


lexentry: eng/kumquat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kumquat
trans_list: kumquat
sense:
A small, orange citrus-like fruit which is native to Asia (Citrus japonica, syn. Fortunella japonica).


lexentry: eng/kurta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kurta
trans_list: kurta
sense:
A traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women.


lexentry: eng/kurtosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kurtosis
trans_list: kurtosis
sense:
(statistics) A measure of "heaviness of the tails" of a probability distribution, defined as the fourth cumulant divided by the square of the variance of the probability distribution.


lexentry: eng/kuru__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kuru
trans_list: kuru
sense:
A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.


lexentry: eng/lab_rat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lab rat
trans_list: proefkonijn
sense:
(idiomatic) A person or group used as the subject of an experiment or test, especially unwillingly or unwittingly.


lexentry: eng/label__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: label
trans_list: etiket | label
sense:
A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.


lexentry: eng/label__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: label
trans_list: bestempelen | categoriseren
sense:
(ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.


lexentry: eng/labium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: labium
trans_list: schaamlip
sense:
(anatomy, usually, in the plural) A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.


lexentry: eng/labor-intensive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: labor-intensive
trans_list: arbeidsintensief
sense:
(American spelling) Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital.


lexentry: eng/labor_market__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: labor market
trans_list: arbeidsmarkt
sense:
(economics) The market consisting of the supply of unemployed workers in relation to the demand for them.


lexentry: eng/labour__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: labour
trans_list: arbeid
sense:
(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.


lexentry: eng/labour_force__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: labour force
trans_list: werkkracht
sense:
The collective group of people who are available for employment, whether currently employed or unemployed (though sometimes only those unemployed people who are seeking work are included).


lexentry: eng/labyrinth__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: labyrinth
trans_list: labyrint
sense:
(anatomy) A complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance. It consists of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).


lexentry: eng/lac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lac
trans_list: vernis
sense:
A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.


lexentry: eng/lace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lace
trans_list: kant
sense:
(uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp


lexentry: eng/laches__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: laches
trans_list: nalatigheid | verwijtbaar
sense:
(legal) An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim alleging a wrong, which means the person who waited shall not be permitted to seek an equitable remedy because the delay prejudiced the moving party.


lexentry: eng/lack_of_sleep__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lack of sleep
trans_list: slaapgebrek | slaaptekort
sense:
The condition of not having slept enough at any given time without any specification of cause. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/lacquer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lacquer
trans_list: lak
sense:
A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.


lexentry: eng/lacrimal_caruncle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lacrimal caruncle
trans_list: traanheuvel
sense:
(anatomy) A small globular nodule at the inner corner of the eye that covers sebaceous and sudoriferous glands.


lexentry: eng/lacrosse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lacrosse
trans_list: lacrosse
sense:
(sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.


lexentry: eng/lactase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lactase
trans_list: lactase
sense:
(enzyme, organic compound) A β-galactosidase enzyme that is involved in the hydrolysis of the disaccharide lactose into constituent galactose and glucose monomers.


lexentry: eng/lactic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lactic acid
trans_list: melkzuur
sense:
(carboxylic acid) 2-hydroxy-propanoic acid (CH3.CHOH.CO2H), a syrupy liquid, soluble in water; found in milk, wine and many fruits; used as a food additive and in many industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/lactose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lactose
trans_list: lactose | melksuiker
sense:
(carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.


lexentry: eng/lacuna__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lacuna
trans_list: taalhiaat
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies) A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.


lexentry: eng/lacuna__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lacuna
trans_list: lacune
sense:
An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.


lexentry: eng/ladder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ladder
trans_list: ladder | trap
sense:
A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).


lexentry: eng/ladder__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ladder
trans_list: ladder
sense:
(figuratively) The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.


lexentry: eng/ladder__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ladder
trans_list: ladder
sense:
(chiefly, Britain) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.


lexentry: eng/ladder__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ladder
trans_list: ladder | trap
sense:
In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.


lexentry: eng/lady's_thumb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lady's thumb
trans_list: perzikkruid
sense:
A perennial plant of the knotweed family, native to Eurasia but introduced to many other regions, Persicaria maculosa.


lexentry: eng/lady-in-waiting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lady-in-waiting
trans_list: hofdame
sense:
A lady, often a noblewoman, in the household of a queen, princess, or other woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant, generally a role considered an honour.


lexentry: eng/lady__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: lady
trans_list: dame
sense:
A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.


lexentry: eng/ladybird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ladybird
trans_list: lieveheersbeestje
sense:
Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.


lexentry: eng/lagniappe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lagniappe
trans_list: bediening
sense:
(chiefly, Louisiana, Mississippi, Trinidad and Tobago) An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they purchase something.


lexentry: eng/lahmacun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lahmacun
trans_list: Turkse pizza | lahmajoen
sense:
A dish of Arab origin consisting of a round, thin piece of dough topped with minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb).


lexentry: eng/lair__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lair
trans_list: schuilplaats
sense:
(figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.


lexentry: eng/lamassu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lamassu
trans_list: stierman
sense:
An Assyrian protective deity, often depicted as having the head of a human, the body of an ox or lion, and the wings of a bird.


lexentry: eng/lambada__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lambada
trans_list: lambada
sense:
(preceded by definite article) A fast-paced, erotic Brazilian dance in which couples dance with their stomachs touching.


lexentry: eng/lambda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lambda
trans_list: labda | lambda
sense:
The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.


lexentry: eng/lambdacism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lambdacism
trans_list: lambdacisme
sense:
(phonology) A pronunciation shift whereby /l/ or other closely related phonemes are substituted for other sounds (typically /r/), as Sally for Sarah or Molly for Mary.


lexentry: eng/lametta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lametta
trans_list: regen
sense:
Thin wire or foil made of brass, gold or silver; now especially thin strips of metallic foil used as Christmas decoration.


lexentry: eng/lamia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lamia
trans_list: lamia
sense:
(Greek mythology) A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.


lexentry: eng/laminate_flooring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laminate flooring
trans_list: laminaat
sense:
Multi-layer synthetic flooring product fused together with a lamination process and simulating wood.


lexentry: eng/lampblack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lampblack
trans_list: roet
sense:
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.


lexentry: eng/lampoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lampoon
trans_list: pamflet
sense:
A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.


lexentry: eng/lamprey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lamprey
trans_list: lamprei | prik | negenoog
sense:
Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.


lexentry: eng/lampshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lampshade
trans_list: lampenkap
sense:
A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.


lexentry: eng/lance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lance
trans_list: lans
sense:
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.


lexentry: eng/lance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lance
trans_list: lans
sense:
A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.


lexentry: eng/lance_corporal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lance corporal
trans_list: korporaal
sense:
(US) An enlisted rank of grade E-3 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above private first class and below corporal. Abbreviated as LCpl.


lexentry: eng/lanceolate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lanceolate
trans_list: lancetvormig
sense:
(botany, mycology) Having the general shape of a lance; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and a pointed apex.


lexentry: eng/land__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: land
trans_list: land | grond
sense:
Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.


lexentry: eng/land__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: land
trans_list: grond
sense:
In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.


lexentry: eng/land_bridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: land bridge
trans_list: landbrug
sense:
(biogeography) An isthmus or other land connection between what at other times are separate land masses.


lexentry: eng/landau__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: landau
trans_list: kinderwagen
sense:
A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.


lexentry: eng/landgrave__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: landgrave
trans_list: landgraaf
sense:
County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).


lexentry: eng/landing_gear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: landing gear
trans_list: landingsgestel
sense:
(uncountable, countable, aviation) The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft; its undercarriage.


lexentry: eng/landing_net__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: landing net
trans_list: schepnet
sense:
(fishing) A fishnet mounted on a ring which is connected to a handle, used by anglers to secure a catch when pulling it out of the water by the line to which it is hooked.


lexentry: eng/landrace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: landrace
trans_list: landras
sense:
(often, attributive) Any local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work). [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/landscape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: landscape
trans_list: landschap
sense:
A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.


lexentry: eng/landscape__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: landscape
trans_list: landschap
sense:
A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc.


lexentry: eng/landscape__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: landscape
trans_list: liggend
sense:
(computing, printing, uncountable) a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides


lexentry: eng/landslide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: landslide
trans_list: aardverschuiving | lawine
sense:
A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.


lexentry: eng/langsat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: langsat
trans_list: langsat
sense:
A small, whitish-brown fruit of Southeast Asia, from the tree Lansium domesticum, with fleshy pulp and subacid taste.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: language
trans_list: taal | spraak | tong
sense:
(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: language
trans_list: taal | jargon
sense:
(uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: language
trans_list: taal
sense:
(countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.


lexentry: eng/language_barrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: language barrier
trans_list: taalkloof
sense:
A conceptual barrier to effective communication, occurring when people who speak different languages attempt to communicate with each other.


lexentry: eng/language_contact__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: language contact
trans_list: taalcontact
sense:
(linguistics) The phenomenon in which speakers of two or more languages or varieties interact and influence each other.


lexentry: eng/language_model__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: language model
trans_list: taalmodel
sense:
(ML) A machine learning model that assigns probabilities to sequences of characters or words, and/or is capable of generating plausible subsequent text from a given prompt.


lexentry: eng/languid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: languid
trans_list: atono
sense:
Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic.


lexentry: eng/languish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: languish
trans_list: verslappen | verzwakken
sense:
(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/languish__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: languish
trans_list: smachten | verlangen
sense:
(intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/languor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: languor
trans_list: loomheid
sense:
(uncountable) A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/lansquenet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lansquenet
trans_list: landsknecht | lansknecht
sense:
(countable, historical) Any of a class of German mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikemen and foot soldiers.


lexentry: eng/lantern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lantern
trans_list: lantaarn | lantaren
sense:
A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.


lexentry: eng/lantern_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lantern wheel
trans_list: lantaarn
sense:
A pinion with cylindrical staves, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates.


lexentry: eng/lanternfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lanternfish
trans_list: Lantaarnvissen
sense:
any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.


lexentry: eng/lanthanide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lanthanide
trans_list: lanthanide
sense:
(chemistry) Any of the 15 rare earth elements from lanthanum to lutetium in the periodic table; because their outermost orbitals are not filled, they have very similar chemistry; below them are the actinides.


lexentry: eng/lanthanum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lanthanum
trans_list: lanthaan | lanthanium
sense:
(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/lanyard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lanyard
trans_list: sleutelkoord | houwtouw
sense:
(by extension) A cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object to be carried such as an identity card or security pass, key, knife, or whistle.


lexentry: eng/lap_dance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lap dance
trans_list: lapdance
sense:
An erotic form of entertainment, typically at a men's club, where a naked or nearly-nude performer straddles a customer and moves in a rhythmic, sexual manner over his or her lap.


lexentry: eng/lap_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lap dog
trans_list: schoothond | schoothondje
sense:
A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.


lexentry: eng/laparoscopy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laparoscopy
trans_list: laparoscopie
sense:
(medicine) Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.


lexentry: eng/laparotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laparotomy
trans_list: laparotomie
sense:
(surgery) The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.


lexentry: eng/lapel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lapel
trans_list: revers
sense:
Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.


lexentry: eng/lapidary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lapidary
trans_list: beknopt
sense:
Of a piece of writing or a writing style: characteristic of or suitable for an inscription; embodying the precision and refinement of inscriptions on monuments; concise and stately.


lexentry: eng/lapping__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: lapping
trans_list: garnering
sense:
(lutherie) Lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel.


lexentry: eng/lapwing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lapwing
trans_list: kievit
sense:
Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.


lexentry: eng/larceny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: larceny
trans_list: diefstal | ontvreemding
sense:
(legal, uncountable) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently. [from mid-15th c.]


lexentry: eng/lard__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lard
trans_list: larderen
sense:
To distribute, garnish or strew, especially with reference to fatty or greasy things or words or phrases in speech and writing.


lexentry: eng/largehearted__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: largehearted
trans_list: grootmoedig
sense:
Possessing the properties associated with the heart as the seat of love; compassionate, generous, benevolent, forgiving, etc.


lexentry: eng/largescale_archerfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: largescale archerfish
trans_list: schuttersvis
sense:
An archerfish of species Toxotes chatareus, which is sooty in colour compared to the silveriness of most archerfish.


lexentry: eng/largesse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: largesse
trans_list: gift | gul
sense:
(also, figuratively) A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically (historical) at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity.


lexentry: eng/larkspur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: larkspur
trans_list: ridderspoor
sense:
A delphinium: any plant of the genus Delphinium, especially Delphinium ajacis and other plants of the subgenus Delphinium subg. Consolida


lexentry: eng/larva__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: larva
trans_list: larve | larvestadium
sense:
(figurative) A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.


lexentry: eng/larynx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: larynx
trans_list: strottenhoofd
sense:
(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production.


lexentry: eng/lasagna__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lasagna
trans_list: lasagne
sense:
An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce).


lexentry: eng/laser_printer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laser printer
trans_list: laserprinter
sense:
(computer hardware) A computer printer that uses a laser beam to produce an image on a rotating drum before transferring it to the paper.


lexentry: eng/lassie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lassie
trans_list: meisje
sense:
(chiefly, Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.


lexentry: eng/last__Determiner__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: last
trans_list: vorige
sense:
(of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.


lexentry: eng/last__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: last
trans_list: last
sense:
(obsolete) An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.


lexentry: eng/last_but_not_least__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: last but not least
trans_list: laatst maar niet het minst
sense:
An expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.


lexentry: eng/last_night__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: last night
trans_list: vannacht | gisteravond | gisterenavond | gisterennacht
sense:
during the previous day’s nighttime; during the night before today (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/last_night__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: last night
trans_list: gisteravond | gisterenavond | gisterennacht | vannacht
sense:
(often, used adverbially) The evening or night immediately before the present. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/last_straw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: last straw
trans_list: de druppel die de emmer doet overlopen
sense:
(idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) A small addition to a burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.


lexentry: eng/last_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: last word
trans_list: kroon
sense:
(idiomatic, often preceded by the and followed by in) The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.


lexentry: eng/latch-key_child__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: latch-key child
trans_list: sleutelkind
sense:
(idiomatic) A child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent(s).


lexentry: eng/latch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: latch
trans_list: klink
sense:
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.


lexentry: eng/latchkey_kid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: latchkey kid
trans_list: sleutelkind
sense:
(informal) A schoolchild who carries keys to his or her house because there is usually no parent home when school finishes.


lexentry: eng/late__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: late
trans_list: wijlen
sense:
(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)


lexentry: eng/lathe__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lathe
trans_list: draaibank
sense:
(tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.


lexentry: eng/latissimus_dorsi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: latissimus dorsi
trans_list: brede rugspier
sense:
(muscle) A large, flat, dorsolateral muscle on the trunk, posterior to the arm, and partly covered by the trapezius on its median dorsal region.


lexentry: eng/latitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: latitude
trans_list: breedtegraad
sense:
(geography, astronomy, countable) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.


lexentry: eng/latitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: latitude
trans_list: breedtegraad
sense:
(geography) An imaginary line (in the form of a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.


lexentry: eng/latrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: latrine
trans_list: latrine
sense:
(India, otherwise, _, military) Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.


lexentry: eng/latte__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: latte
trans_list: koffie verkeerd
sense:
A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea).


lexentry: eng/lattermath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lattermath
trans_list: etgroen | nagras
sense:
(literally) The latter (i.e. second) mowing, a second crop of grass grown after the first was harvested


lexentry: eng/lattice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lattice
trans_list: latwerk | raster
sense:
A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.


lexentry: eng/lattice__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lattice
trans_list: kristalrooster | rooster
sense:
(crystallography) A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.


lexentry: eng/lattice__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: lattice
trans_list: tralie
sense:
(mathematics, order theory) A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.


lexentry: eng/laugh__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laugh
trans_list: lachen | lach
sense:
(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.


lexentry: eng/laugh__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: laugh
trans_list: lachen
sense:
(intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.


lexentry: eng/laugh__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: laugh
trans_list: lachen | uitlachen
sense:
(intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.


lexentry: eng/laughing_falcon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laughing falcon
trans_list: lachvalk
sense:
A South American hawk (Herpetotheres cachinnans), so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laughing.


lexentry: eng/laughing_gull__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: laughing gull
trans_list: lachmeeuw
sense:
An American gull (Leucophaeus atricilla); in summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black.


lexentry: eng/laughing_kookaburra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laughing kookaburra
trans_list: gewone kookaburra | kookaburra | lachvogel
sense:
A kookaburra of species Dacelo novaeguineae, native to eastern Australia and famed for its loud laugh-like call.


lexentry: eng/laughter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: laughter
trans_list: lachen | gelach
sense:
A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.


lexentry: eng/launch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: launch
trans_list: lancering | tewaterlating
sense:
The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)


lexentry: eng/launch__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: launch
trans_list: lanceren | te water laten
sense:
(transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.


lexentry: eng/launch__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: launch
trans_list: aanzetten | lanceren
sense:
(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation


lexentry: eng/launcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: launcher
trans_list: granaatwerper
sense:
One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch.


lexentry: eng/launcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: launcher
trans_list: draagraket
sense:
(computing) An application that launches another or others, often holding icons or menus for frequently used programs.


lexentry: eng/laundry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: laundry
trans_list: wasserij | was | washok
sense:
A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.


lexentry: eng/laundry_basket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laundry basket
trans_list: wasmand
sense:
A container, often made of plastic, for holding and transporting clothing and household textiles, especially before and after being laundered.


lexentry: eng/laurel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laurel
trans_list: laurier
sense:
Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.


lexentry: eng/lava__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lava
trans_list: lava
sense:
The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.


lexentry: eng/lava_lamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lava lamp
trans_list: lavalamp
sense:
A kind of lamp, typically used more for decoration than illumination, in which the gentle flow of randomly-shaped clumps of wax purportedly suggests the flowing of lava.


lexentry: eng/lavaret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lavaret
trans_list: grote marene
sense:
(zoology) A European whitefish Coregonus lavaretus, found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland, and in the archipelago in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland.


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: law
trans_list: wet | recht
sense:
(usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: law
trans_list: wet
sense:
(cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: law
trans_list: wet
sense:
(mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: law
trans_list: wet
sense:
A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: law
trans_list: wet
sense:
Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)


lexentry: eng/law_of_large_numbers__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: law of large numbers
trans_list: wet van de grote aantallen
sense:
(statistics) The statistical tendency toward a fixed ratio in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; law of averages.


lexentry: eng/lawnmower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lawnmower
trans_list: grasmaaier | grasmaaimachine
sense:
A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.


lexentry: eng/lawsuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lawsuit
trans_list: rechtszaak | zaak
sense:
(legal) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.


lexentry: eng/lawyer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lawyer
trans_list: advocaat | jurist | raadsman | advocate | raadsvrouw
sense:
A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.


lexentry: eng/lay_brother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lay brother
trans_list: lekenbroeder
sense:
(Christianity) A layman who is a member of a religious congregation or monastic order without the intention to become a priest.


lexentry: eng/lay_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: lay down
trans_list: schetsen
sense:
(transitive) To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).


lexentry: eng/lay_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: lay down
trans_list: gaan liggen
sense:
(intransitive, nonstandard, proscribed) To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.


lexentry: eng/lay_judge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lay judge
trans_list: schepen
sense:
A lay person who acts as (or is) a judge, or who assists a (professional) judge, in a court proceeding (especially in jurisdictions which do not use juries).


lexentry: eng/lay_of_the_land__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lay of the land
trans_list: stand van zaken
sense:
(idiomatic) The trends, feelings, intentions, and other factors influencing a strategic, political, or social situation.


lexentry: eng/lay_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lay off
trans_list: ontslaan | de zak geven
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, US, idiom) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.


lexentry: eng/lay_open__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lay open
trans_list: blootleggen
sense:
(patents, Japan and South Korea) To publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.


lexentry: eng/lay_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lay out
trans_list: bevelen
sense:
(transitive) To arrange (physically) in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart; to display (e.g. merchandise or a collection).


lexentry: eng/lay_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: lay out
trans_list: uit de doeken doen
sense:
(transitive, colloquial) To render (someone) unconscious; to knock out; to cause to fall to the floor.


lexentry: eng/laying_on_of_hands__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laying on of hands
trans_list: handoplegging
sense:
(religion, chiefly, Christianity) The practice of using touch to communicate spiritual energy from one person to another, especially as an act of healing.


lexentry: eng/layout__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: layout
trans_list: lay-out | opzet
sense:
(publishing) The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information to fit within certain constraints.


lexentry: eng/layout__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: layout
trans_list: plan
sense:
(engineering) A map or a drawing of a construction site showing the position of roads, buildings or other constructions.


lexentry: eng/lazaretto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lazaretto
trans_list: quarantainegebouw
sense:
(also, figuratively) A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to temporarily isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/lazaretto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lazaretto
trans_list: quarantainegebouw
sense:
A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lead
trans_list: lood
sense:
(uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lead
trans_list: dieplood | verloden
sense:
(countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: lead
trans_list: interliniëren
sense:
(uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lead
trans_list: leiden | leiding | voorsprong | aanvoeren | voorlopen | vooroplopen
sense:
(countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: lead
trans_list: leiden | uitkomen | uitkomst
sense:
(uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
sense_num: 13
written_rep: lead
trans_list: leiden | aanvoeren | vooroplopen
sense:
In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
sense_num: 15
written_rep: lead
trans_list: leiden | leiden naar
sense:
(horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
sense_num: 17
written_rep: lead
trans_list: leiden | aanwijzing | begeleiden | leiden naar | meevoeren
sense:
Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
sense_num: 19
written_rep: lead
trans_list: leidraad
sense:
Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
sense_num: 21
written_rep: lead
trans_list: leiden | begeleiden | meevoeren
sense:
(US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
sense_num: 26
written_rep: lead
trans_list: leiden
sense:
(music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lead
trans_list: leiden
sense:
To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lead
trans_list: leiden | leiding | aanwijzing | begeleiden | begeleiding | leidraad
sense:
To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lead
trans_list: leiden | begeleiden | lengte | meevoeren | uitkomst | vaargeul
sense:
To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lead
trans_list: lood
sense:
(intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: lead
trans_list: leiden
sense:
(transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure


lexentry: eng/lead_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lead time
trans_list: doorlooptijd | levertijd | productietijd
sense:
(idiomatic) The amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered.


lexentry: eng/leaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: leaf
trans_list: blad
sense:
(publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).


lexentry: eng/leaf_litter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leaf litter
trans_list: strohuls
sense:
Dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs, that has fallen to the ground and may be used by animals as habitat or for nest-building, eventually decomposing and releasing nutrients into the soil.


lexentry: eng/leaf_node__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leaf node
trans_list: blad
sense:
(botany) One of the spots upon a stem where buds and intercalary meristems occur, usually marking the end of a season's growth.


lexentry: eng/league_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: league table
trans_list: stand
sense:
(sports) A tabular display of the teams in some league in order of win percentage or points awarded, often also including number of matches played, won, lost, and drawn, goal difference, etc.


lexentry: eng/leap_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leap day
trans_list: schrikkeldag
sense:
An extra day intercalated into a year, especially the day intercalated into the Julian calendar every fourth year and into the Gregorian calendar every fourth year excepting centuries not divisible by 400, usually reckoned as February 29th.


lexentry: eng/leap_year__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leap year
trans_list: schrikkeljaar
sense:
A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.


lexentry: eng/leapfrog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leapfrog
trans_list: haasje-over
sense:
(games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated.


lexentry: eng/learned_borrowing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: learned borrowing
trans_list: geleerde ontlening
sense:
(linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another on purpose instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.


lexentry: eng/lease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lease
trans_list: pacht | lease
sense:
(formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.


lexentry: eng/least_common_multiple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: least common multiple
trans_list: kleinste gemene veelvoud
sense:
(number theory) The smallest positive integer which is divisible by (equivalently, is an integer multiple of) each of a specified finite set of integers.


lexentry: eng/least_flycatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: least flycatcher
trans_list: kleine feetiran
sense:
A small insect-eating passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, and the smallest member of the genus Empidonax, native to North America.


lexentry: eng/least_weasel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: least weasel
trans_list: wezel
sense:
The common weasel, little weasel, or simply weasel (Mustela nivalis), the smallest member of the weasel genus Mustela, native to Eurasia, North America, and North Africa.


lexentry: eng/leather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leather
trans_list: leer | leder
sense:
A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.


lexentry: eng/leatherette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leatherette
trans_list: kunstleer | skai
sense:
(countable, uncountable, also, attributively) A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.


lexentry: eng/leave__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leave
trans_list: achterlaten | laten
sense:
(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.


lexentry: eng/leave__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: leave
trans_list: beëindigen | verlaten
sense:
(transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).


lexentry: eng/leave__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: leave
trans_list: overdragen | overlaten
sense:
(transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.


lexentry: eng/leave_me_alone__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leave me alone
trans_list: laat me met rust
sense:
stop talking to me, stop being near me, stop interfering with my life (used especially when one is angry, frustrated, or annoyed).


lexentry: eng/leave_someone_in_the_lurch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leave someone in the lurch
trans_list: aanplanten
sense:
(idiomatic) To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.


lexentry: eng/lebensraum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lebensraum
trans_list: leefruimte | levensruimte
sense:
(chiefly, with reference to nations and peoples) Hitherto unoccupied “living space” claimed as one’s rightful domain.


lexentry: eng/lecithin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lecithin
trans_list: lecithine
sense:
(organic chemistry) The principal phospholipid in animals; it is particularly abundant in egg yolks, and is extracted commercially from soy. It is a major constituent of cell membranes, and is commonly used as a food additive (as an emulsifier).


lexentry: eng/lectern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lectern
trans_list: lessenaar
sense:
A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service.


lexentry: eng/lectionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lectionary
trans_list: lectionarium
sense:
(Christianity, Judaism) A book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Jewish worship on a given day or occasion.


lexentry: eng/lecturer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lecturer
trans_list: lector
sense:
A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader; docent; lector.


lexentry: eng/lede__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lede
trans_list: lead
sense:
(chiefly, US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article; the lead or lead-in. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/leechline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leechline
trans_list: lijkentouw
sense:
(nautical) A line attached to the leech ropes of sails, passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the leeches by.


lexentry: eng/leek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leek
trans_list: prei | porrei
sense:
A vegetable of variety variety, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.


lexentry: eng/leer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leer
trans_list: lonken | wellustig bekijken
sense:
(intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.


lexentry: eng/lees__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lees
trans_list: bezinksel
sense:
The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.


lexentry: eng/left__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: left
trans_list: links | linker
sense:
Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←


lexentry: eng/leg__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: leg
trans_list: poot
sense:
A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.


lexentry: eng/leg__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: leg
trans_list: broekspijp
sense:
(cricket, attributive) Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.


lexentry: eng/leg_warmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leg warmer
trans_list: beenwarmer
sense:
A type of garment similar to a footless sock, which usually extends from below the knee to above the ankle.


lexentry: eng/legal_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: legal person
trans_list: rechtspersoon
sense:
(legal) An aggregate of people, legal entity, or body corporate who have (some of) the legal rights and responsibilities of a natural person under the law.


lexentry: eng/legal_positivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: legal positivism
trans_list: positivisme
sense:
(legal) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values, i.e. the law is posited by lawmakers (humans).


lexentry: eng/legal_representative__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: legal representative
trans_list: advocaat
sense:
(law) One who represents or acts on behalf of another under authority recognised by law, such as a parent or guardian of a minor, a manager of a legal person, etc.


lexentry: eng/legal_tender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: legal tender
trans_list: wettig betaalmiddel
sense:
(legal) Any form of currency that by law cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt equal to the amount offered.


lexentry: eng/legalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: legalize
trans_list: legaliseren
sense:
To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.


lexentry: eng/legate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: legate
trans_list: legaat
sense:
A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.


lexentry: eng/legion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: legion
trans_list: legioen
sense:
(military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.


lexentry: eng/legionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: legionary
trans_list: legionair
sense:
A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).


lexentry: eng/legman__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: legman
trans_list: verslaggever
sense:
(originally, US, journalism) A reporter who frequently travels to conduct research, interview witnesses, etc., and then conveys the information to a rewriteman who writes up the story.


lexentry: eng/legumin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: legumin
trans_list: legumine
sense:
(biochemistry, organic compound) Any of a group of globulins, resembling casein, found mostly in legumes and grains.


lexentry: eng/leishmaniasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leishmaniasis
trans_list: leishmaniasis
sense:
(disease) Any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.


lexentry: eng/leisure_centre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leisure centre
trans_list: recreatiecentrum | vrijetijdscentrum
sense:
(UK, Ireland, AU, Canada) A building or site open to the public for fitness and sporting activities.


lexentry: eng/lemma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lemma
trans_list: lemma
sense:
(mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.


lexentry: eng/lemma__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lemma
trans_list: lemma
sense:
(psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.


lexentry: eng/lemniscate__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lemniscate
trans_list: lemniscaat
sense:
(mathematics) Any of a variety of quartic functions producing similar figure-of-eight closed curves.


lexentry: eng/lemon__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: lemon
trans_list: citroengeel | citroensmaak
sense:
(geometry) The surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle less than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints.


lexentry: eng/lemon_balm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lemon balm
trans_list: citroenmelisse | bijenkruid | citronella | vrouwenkruid
sense:
A perennial herb, of species Melissa officinalis, of southern Europe; used as a flavouring in ice cream etc.


lexentry: eng/lemon_juice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lemon juice
trans_list: citroensap
sense:
The liquid extract of lemon fruit, notably sour and often condensed, as used especially in food preparation.


lexentry: eng/lemon_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lemon shark
trans_list: citroenhaai
sense:
A shark of species Negaprion brevirostris, growing up to 10 feet long and found along the Atlantic coast of North and South America.


lexentry: eng/lemon_verbena__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lemon verbena
trans_list: citroenverbena
sense:
A deciduous perennial shrub native to South America, used for its lemon-like fragrance and flavor, Aloysia citrodora.


lexentry: eng/lemonade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lemonade
trans_list: kwast | limonade
sense:
(US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment.


lexentry: eng/lemonade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lemonade
trans_list: limonade
sense:
(UK, AU, NZ) A clear, usually carbonated, beverage made from lemon or artificial lemon flavouring, water, and sugar.


lexentry: eng/lemongrass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lemongrass
trans_list: citroengras
sense:
One of various species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon, especially Cymbopogon citratus, which have a lemon-like taste and aroma, and are used in cooking, for tea, and for fragrance.


lexentry: eng/lemur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lemur
trans_list: lemur
sense:
(colloquial) Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.


lexentry: eng/lend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lend
trans_list: lenen | uitlenen
sense:
(transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.


lexentry: eng/lens__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lens
trans_list: lens
sense:
(geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.


lexentry: eng/lens_flare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lens flare
trans_list: lensgloed
sense:
A stray patch of brightness in a photographic image resulting from aberrant refractions or reflections within the lens due to an exceptionally bright light source, sometimes one just outside the image proper.


lexentry: eng/lentil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lentil
trans_list: linze | linzenplant
sense:
Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.


lexentry: eng/leonine__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leonine
trans_list: leeuwen-
sense:
(pathology) Of a facies: resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes leontiasis; also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.


lexentry: eng/leopard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leopard
trans_list: luipaard
sense:
Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess) .


lexentry: eng/leopard_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leopard shark
trans_list: luipaardhaai
sense:
A hound shark, Triakis semifasciata, having distinctive markings; it is found in the coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.


lexentry: eng/leotard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leotard
trans_list: maillot
sense:
A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)


lexentry: eng/leper_colony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leper colony
trans_list: lazerij | leprakolonie | leprozerie
sense:
An isolated community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.


lexentry: eng/lepidolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lepidolite
trans_list: lepidoliet
sense:
(mineral) A pale lilac mica mineral that is a mixed basic fluoride and aluminosilicate of potassium, lithium and aluminium.


lexentry: eng/leprosy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leprosy
trans_list: lepra | melaatsheid
sense:
(disease, medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.


lexentry: eng/leptin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leptin
trans_list: leptine
sense:
(hormone) A protein hormone produced in adipose tissue; it plays a role in regulating appetite and metabolism.


lexentry: eng/lepton__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lepton
trans_list: lepton
sense:
(particle physics) An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon.


lexentry: eng/leptospirosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leptospirosis
trans_list: leptospirose
sense:
An acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.


lexentry: eng/lese_majesty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lese majesty
trans_list: majesteitsschennis
sense:
The crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.


lexentry: eng/lesion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lesion
trans_list: laesie | benadeling
sense:
(medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.


lexentry: eng/lesion__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: lesion
trans_list: benadeling
sense:
(law) Injury or an unfair imbalance in a commutative contract wherein the consideration is less than half of the market value, which then serves as a basis for the injured party to sue to rescind the agreement.


lexentry: eng/less_is_more__Proverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: less is more
trans_list: minder is meer
sense:
That which is less complicated is often better understood and more appreciated than what is more complicated; brevity in communication is more effective than verbosity.


lexentry: eng/lesser__Adjective__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lesser
trans_list: minder
sense:
Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.


lexentry: eng/lesser_celandine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lesser celandine
trans_list: speenkruid
sense:
A European perennial herb (Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria), having heart-shaped leaves and solitary yellow flowers


lexentry: eng/lesser_flamingo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lesser flamingo
trans_list: dwergflamingo
sense:
A flamingo the Old World species of flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor, syn. Phoenicopterus minor, found principally in the Great Rift Valley of Africa, smaller than flamingos of the other Old World species.


lexentry: eng/let's__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: let's
trans_list: laten we
sense:
Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.


lexentry: eng/let_alone__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: let alone
trans_list: gezwegen van | laat staan | om maar te zwijgen van
sense:
(idiomatic, negative polarity item) Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.


lexentry: eng/let_alone__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: let alone
trans_list: laat staan
sense:
(idiomatic, positive polarity item, rare) Not to mention, as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first.


lexentry: eng/let_bygones_be_bygones__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: let bygones be bygones
trans_list: geen oude koeien uit de sloot halen | zand erover
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To disregard or ignore a past difficulty in a relationship or an offence (when dealing with another individual).


lexentry: eng/let_go__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: let go
trans_list: loslaten
sense:
(intransitive, with of, and, transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.


lexentry: eng/let_him_who_is_without_sin_cast_the_first_stone__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: let him who is without sin cast the first stone
sense:
Only those who are faultless have the right to pass judgment upon others (implying that no one is faultless and that, therefore, no one has such a right to pass judgment).

trans_list:
laat hij die zelf nooit zondigt, de eerste steen maar gooien | wie zonder zonde is werpe de eerste steen


lexentry: eng/let_loose__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: let loose
trans_list: ontketenen
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic, sometimes followed by with or on) To shout, make a loud sound, or perform a sudden, vehement action; to behave in a raucous, frenzied manner.


lexentry: eng/let_sleeping_dogs_lie__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: let sleeping dogs lie
trans_list: slapende honden wekt men niet
sense:
(idiomatic) To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.


lexentry: eng/lethality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lethality
trans_list: letaliteit
sense:
The degree of lethal (mortal) danger that something (usually a disease or a weapon) presents; the magnitude of its power to kill organisms exposed to it; this property is indirectly measured by any of various proxy rates, including mortality rate, case fatality rate, or infection fatality rate (for diseases) or kill rate (for weapons, pesticides, or parasites).


lexentry: eng/lethargy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lethargy
trans_list: lethargie | futloosheid | lusteloosheid | onverschilligheid | slaapzucht
sense:
A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/letter_carrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: letter carrier
trans_list: postbode | postbezorger
sense:
An employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes.


lexentry: eng/letter_of_intent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: letter of intent
trans_list: intentieverklaring
sense:
A legal document outlining one or more agreements between two or more parties before the actual agreements are finalized


lexentry: eng/letter_of_marque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: letter of marque
trans_list: kaperbrief
sense:
(nautical, historical) An official commission from a government authorizing someone to seize the property or people of another nation; especially to attack merchant shipping of another nation.


lexentry: eng/letter_of_recommendation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: letter of recommendation
trans_list: aanbevelingsbrief
sense:
A letter written by one person who is familiar with another, usually a teacher, employer, or person of similar authority, evaluating and often extolling the fitness of the other person for a position.


lexentry: eng/letterbox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: letterbox
trans_list: brievenbus
sense:
A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.


lexentry: eng/letters_patent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: letters patent
trans_list: octrooi | wapendiploma
sense:
(law) A type of legal document in the form of an open letter issued by an authority to direct that some action be taken; to grant a monopoly, right, status, or title to a person or organization; or to record a contract.


lexentry: eng/lettuce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lettuce
trans_list: sla | salade | slaplant
sense:
An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.


lexentry: eng/lettuce__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lettuce
trans_list: salade | slaatje | sla
sense:
(uncountable) The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.


lexentry: eng/leucism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leucism
trans_list: leucisme
sense:
(zoology, pathology) An animal condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes (caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin).


lexentry: eng/leukemia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leukemia
trans_list: leukemie
sense:
(oncology, pathology) Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.


lexentry: eng/leukocyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leukocyte
trans_list: witte bloedcel | leukocyt
sense:
(hematology, cytology, immunology) Any of a class of blood cells that play various roles in cell-mediated immunity.


lexentry: eng/leukoplakia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leukoplakia
trans_list: leukoplakie
sense:
(medicine) Patches of keratosis on the mucous membranes of the oral cavity and in other areas, associated with smoking.


lexentry: eng/level__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: level
trans_list: waterpas
sense:
A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.


lexentry: eng/level__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: level
trans_list: niveau
sense:
(video games) One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.


lexentry: eng/level_crossing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: level crossing
trans_list: spoorwegovergang | overweg
sense:
(chiefly, British) An at-grade crossing between a railway line and an ordinary road, with rails and road at the same level.


lexentry: eng/leveling_seat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leveling seat
trans_list: ausgleichsmandat
sense:
Seats of additional members elected to supplement the members directly elected by each constituency, for ensuring that each party's share of the total seats is roughly proportional to the parties' overall shares of votes at the national level.


lexentry: eng/leverage__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: leverage
trans_list: hefboomfonds | leverage
sense:
(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.


lexentry: eng/leverage__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leverage
trans_list: uitbuiten | profiteren
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).


lexentry: eng/leviathan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leviathan
trans_list: leviathan
sense:
(Bible, mythological creature) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.


lexentry: eng/levitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: levitation
trans_list: levitatie
sense:
The raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind


lexentry: eng/levitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: levitation
trans_list: draadloze ophanging
sense:
The suspension of something via technical means without any mechanical support, such as by magnetism


lexentry: eng/lexeme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lexeme
trans_list: lexeem
sense:
(linguistics) A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form.


lexentry: eng/lexical_category__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lexical category
trans_list: woordsoort
sense:
(linguistics) A linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as noun or verb.


lexentry: eng/lexical_item__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lexical item
trans_list: lexicale eenheid
sense:
(semantics) A term (that is, a word or sequence of words) that acts as a unit of meaning, including words, phrases, phrasal verbs and proverbs; exemplified by cat, traffic light, take care of, by-the-way, and don't count your chickens before they hatch.


lexentry: eng/lexicography__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lexicography
trans_list: lexicografie
sense:
(uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.


lexentry: eng/lexicology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lexicology
trans_list: lexicologie
sense:
(uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.


lexentry: eng/li__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: li
trans_list: li
sense:
The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).


lexentry: eng/liability_insurance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: liability insurance
trans_list: aansprakelijkheidsverzekering
sense:
Any insurance against a potential loss due to the insured's liability for injury or damage to others.


lexentry: eng/libation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: libation
trans_list: plengoffer
sense:
The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.


lexentry: eng/libelous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: libelous
trans_list: lasterlijk
sense:
Defamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially with malice or disregard.


lexentry: eng/liberal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: liberal
trans_list: liberaal
sense:
(politics) Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.


lexentry: eng/liberalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: liberalism
trans_list: liberalisme
sense:
(politics) Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed.


lexentry: eng/liberalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: liberalism
trans_list: liberalisme
sense:
(economics) An economic ideology in favour of laissez faire and the free market (related to economic liberalism).


lexentry: eng/libertarian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: libertarian
trans_list: libertair
sense:
(originally, US, politics) Relating to, or advocating, libertarianism; also, relating to a political party supporting libertarianism.


lexentry: eng/libertarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: libertarian
trans_list: libertair
sense:
(politics) One who advocates libertarianism; also, a member of a political party supporting libertarianism.


lexentry: eng/libertarian_socialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: libertarian socialism
trans_list: libertair socialisme
sense:
Any of a group of political philosophies dedicated to opposing coercive forms of authority and social hierarchy, prominent examples being capitalism and the State; especially one that encourages the direct seizure by the people of the means of production with the aim of moving toward the creation of a radical direct democracy.


lexentry: eng/libertarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: libertarianism
trans_list: libertarisme
sense:
(economics, philosophy, politics) A political philosophy maintaining that all persons are the absolute owners of their own lives, and should be free to do whatever they wish with their persons or property, provided they allow others that same liberty.


lexentry: eng/libido__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: libido
trans_list: libido
sense:
(psychology) Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.


lexentry: eng/library__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: library
trans_list: bibliotheek | boekerij
sense:
An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.


lexentry: eng/libre__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: libre
trans_list: vrij
sense:
(software) With very few limitations on distribution or the right to access the source code to create improved versions, but not necessarily free of charge. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/license__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: license
trans_list: vergunning
sense:
Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).


lexentry: eng/license_plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: license plate
trans_list: kentekenplaat | nummerplaat | nummerbord
sense:
An identifying tag, usually of metal, bearing a sequence of letters, numbers, or both identifying the vehicle, and placed at the back and, often, also at the front of a motor vehicle.


lexentry: eng/licentious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: licentious
trans_list: licentieus | wellustig | wulps | libertijns | losbandig
sense:
Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.


lexentry: eng/lich__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lich
trans_list: zielenzuiger
sense:
(fantasy, RPG) A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.


lexentry: eng/lichen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lichen
trans_list: korstmos
sense:
Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.


lexentry: eng/lichenometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lichenometry
trans_list: lichenometrie
sense:
(archaeology, paleontology, geomorphology) A geomorphic method of geochronologic dating that uses lichen growth to determine the age of exposed rock.


lexentry: eng/licorice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: licorice
trans_list: zoethout
sense:
(countable) A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.


lexentry: eng/licorice__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: licorice
trans_list: drop
sense:
(uncountable, chemistry) A flavouring agent made from dried root portions of the aforementioned plant.


lexentry: eng/lien__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lien
trans_list: retentierecht
sense:
(legal) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lieutenant
trans_list: luitenant
sense:
A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant commander.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lieutenant
trans_list: luitenant
sense:
(military) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant_colonel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lieutenant colonel
trans_list: luitenant-kolonel
sense:
An English-language term used as a general categorization for military officer ranks that are the equivalent of lieutenant colonel, the relative rank level is found in most countries.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant_general__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lieutenant general
trans_list: luitenant-generaal
sense:
A commissioned officer in the British Army or Royal Marines or the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, or United States Air Force, ranked above a major general and below a general.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant_governor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lieutenant governor
trans_list: luitenant-gouverneur
sense:
(government) The state representative of, or second-in-command of a governor, or Crown, who usually acts as the nominal chief executive officer of the realm.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant_governor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lieutenant governor
trans_list: luitenant-gouverneur
sense:
(US, government) The next-in-line to the chief executive of a primary political division of the United States of America, such as a state, second to the governor.


lexentry: eng/life__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: life
trans_list: leven
sense:
(uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.


lexentry: eng/life__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: life
trans_list: leven
sense:
The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.


lexentry: eng/life__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: life
trans_list: leven
sense:
(video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.


lexentry: eng/life__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: life
trans_list: levenslang
sense:
(countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).


lexentry: eng/life_belt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: life belt
trans_list: reddingsboei
sense:
A buoyant ring carried on board ships that can be thrown to someone in the water in an emergency to keep themselves afloat.


lexentry: eng/life_cycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: life cycle
trans_list: levenscyclus
sense:
(biology) The course of stages through which an organism passes from fertilized zygote until maturity, reproduction, and death.


lexentry: eng/life_drawing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: life drawing
trans_list: academie
sense:
A sketched study of a model holding a pose, normally nude, or the process of creating such an image.


lexentry: eng/life_insurance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: life insurance
trans_list: levensverzekering
sense:
A form of insurance on the life of a person, whereby if the person dies then the insurance policy pays out a sum of money to the beneficiary (such as a person's family).


lexentry: eng/life_interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: life interest
trans_list: lijfrente
sense:
(law) A right, typically in the form of regular income, that lasts for the lifetime of the person benefiting from that right.


lexentry: eng/life_jacket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: life jacket
trans_list: reddingsvest
sense:
an article of protective clothing that is designed to keep the wearer's head floating above the surface of the water.


lexentry: eng/life_partner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: life partner
trans_list: levenspartner
sense:
A romantic partner for life. This can be same-sex or opposite-sex, married or without marriage, and monogamous or polyamorous.


lexentry: eng/life_raft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: life raft
trans_list: reddingsboot
sense:
A usually inflatable raft carried aboard a ship or airplane, used to save lives in case the vessel has to be abandoned in an emergency on the sea.


lexentry: eng/life_stance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: life stance
trans_list: levensbeschouwing
sense:
The relation that one has with what he or she accepts as being of ultimate importance, the presuppositions and theory of this, and the commitments and practice of working it out in living.


lexentry: eng/lifeboat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lifeboat
trans_list: reddingsboot
sense:
(nautical) A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).


lexentry: eng/lifeguard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lifeguard
trans_list: badmeester | reddingszwemmer | strandmeester
sense:
A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.


lexentry: eng/lift__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lift
trans_list: lift
sense:
(UK, Australia, and, New Zealand, puristic, _, elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.


lexentry: eng/liftoff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: liftoff
trans_list: opstijgen
sense:
(aerospace) The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.


lexentry: eng/liftshaft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: liftshaft
trans_list: put
sense:
(UK) The vertical shaft in a building which contains a lift (elevator) platform or cab, and through which it is moved from floor to floor.


lexentry: eng/ligature__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ligature
trans_list: afbinding | band | verbinding
sense:
(countable) A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct.


lexentry: eng/ligature__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ligature
trans_list: ligatuur
sense:
(countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ĳ; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature.


lexentry: eng/ligature__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: ligature
trans_list: ligatuur
sense:
(countable, music) A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase.


lexentry: eng/light__Adjective__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: light
trans_list: licht
sense:
(nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.


lexentry: eng/light__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: light
trans_list: licht
sense:
(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light.


lexentry: eng/light__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: light
trans_list: aansteken
sense:
(transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.


lexentry: eng/light_bulb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: light bulb
trans_list: gloeilamp | peer | peertje
sense:
An evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament which is heated by electrical resistance to produce light.


lexentry: eng/light_bulb__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: light bulb
trans_list: peer | peertje
sense:
(by extension) An article that resembles such a bulb and converts electricity to light by any process.


lexentry: eng/light_pollution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: light pollution
trans_list: lichtvervuiling
sense:
An excess of artificial light, especially near urban areas, reducing visibility of stars, etc. in the night sky.


lexentry: eng/light_switch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: light switch
trans_list: lichtknopje
sense:
A switch, usually mounted on a wall in a building, used to turn the light or another appliance such as a fan on and off.


lexentry: eng/light_year__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: light year
trans_list: lichtjaar
sense:
(astronomy) A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (1016 metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances.


lexentry: eng/lighter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lighter
trans_list: aansteker
sense:
A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.


lexentry: eng/lighter__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lighter
trans_list: lichter
sense:
A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).


lexentry: eng/lightland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lightland
trans_list: Lichtland
sense:
(Egyptology) Synonym of Akhet (the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets)


lexentry: eng/lightning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lightning
trans_list: bliksem | bliksemflits | bliksemschicht | weerlicht
sense:
A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.


lexentry: eng/lightning_rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lightning rod
trans_list: bliksemafleider | donderroede
sense:
A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground to protect the building from damage by lightning.


lexentry: eng/lightning_strike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lightning strike
trans_list: blikseminslag
sense:
A lightning bolt, stroke of lightning, one of the events during an electrical storm when lightning strikes (an object on) the ground or an aircraft in flight.


lexentry: eng/lightship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lightship
trans_list: lichtschip
sense:
(nautical) A vessel riding at anchor and displaying a light for the guidance of sailors, in a position where a fixed lighthouse structure would be impracticable.


lexentry: eng/like__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: like
trans_list: like
sense:
(internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.


lexentry: eng/like__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: like
trans_list: dat soort dingen | evenknie | gelijkaardige dingen | gelijkaardigheden
sense:
(sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.


lexentry: eng/like__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: like
trans_list: liken
sense:
(Internet, social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.


lexentry: eng/likelihood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: likelihood
trans_list: waarschijnlijkheid
sense:
The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.


lexentry: eng/liken__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: liken
trans_list: vergelijken
sense:
Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.


lexentry: eng/lily__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lily
trans_list: lelie
sense:
Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.


lexentry: eng/limaçon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limaçon
trans_list: limaçon van Pascal | slaklijn van Pascal
sense:
(geometry) A plane curve with polar equation \rho = a + b\,\sin\,\theta or \rho = a + b\,\cos\,\theta, of which the cardioid is a special case.


lexentry: eng/limber_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limber up
trans_list: lenig, los, soepel maken
sense:
(intransitive) To stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, usually as a preparation for physical exercise.


lexentry: eng/limbic_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limbic system
trans_list: limbisch systeem
sense:
(neuroanatomy) Part of the human brain involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory; includes amygdala, cingulate gyrus, fornicate gyrus, hippocampus, hypothalamus, mammillary body, nucleus accumbens, orbitofrontal cortex and parahippocampal gyrus.


lexentry: eng/limbo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limbo
trans_list: limbus | limbo | voorgeborchte
sense:
(Roman Catholicism, uncountable) A speculation, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/limbo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: limbo
trans_list: limbo
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/limbo__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limbo
trans_list: limbo
sense:
(dances, also, attributively) A competitive dance originating from Trinidad and Tobago in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards. The bar is lowered with each round, and the competition is won by the dancer who passes under the bar in the lowest position without dislodging it or falling down.


lexentry: eng/lime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lime
trans_list: kalk
sense:
(chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).


lexentry: eng/lime__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lime
trans_list: lijm
sense:
(poetic) Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.


lexentry: eng/lime__Noun__3
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lime
trans_list: limoengeel | limoengroen
sense:
(uncountable) A brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.


lexentry: eng/limelight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limelight
trans_list: kalklicht
sense:
A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of incandescent quicklime.


lexentry: eng/limerence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limerence
trans_list: verliefdheid
sense:
(psychology) An involuntary romantic infatuation with another person, especially combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one's feelings reciprocated. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/limerick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limerick
trans_list: limerick
sense:
A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.


lexentry: eng/limescale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limescale
trans_list: kalkaanslag
sense:
A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.


lexentry: eng/limestone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limestone
trans_list: kalksteen
sense:
An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO3); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.


lexentry: eng/limit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: limit
trans_list: limiet
sense:
(mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).


lexentry: eng/limit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limit
trans_list: begrenzen | beperken
sense:
(transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.


lexentry: eng/limit_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limit point
trans_list: verdichtingspunt
sense:
(topology) Given a subset S of a given topological space T, any point p whose every neighborhood contains some point, distinct from p, which belongs to S.


lexentry: eng/limited_liability_company__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limited liability company
trans_list: besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid | besloten vennootschap | bv
sense:
(legal) A type or form of for-profit incorporated company where ownership is divided into shares, and where the governing rules are set forth in a contract entered into by all of the initial shareholders. The name derives from the fact that regardless of potential losses or even bankruptcy of the corporation, individual shareholders will bear a maximum liability of the price they paid for their shares.


lexentry: eng/limited_partnership__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limited partnership
trans_list: commanditaire vennootschap
sense:
(legal) A form of partnership including limited partners whose potential liability is limited to their investment.


lexentry: eng/limnology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limnology
trans_list: limnologie
sense:
(ecology) The science concerning the biological, physical and geological properties of fresh water bodies, especially lakes and ponds.


lexentry: eng/limonene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limonene
trans_list: limoneen
sense:
(organic compound) A monoterpene hydrocarbon 1-methyl-4-prop-1-en-2-yl-cyclohexene found in the essential oils of oranges, lemons and similar fruit, and mainly responsible for their fragrance


lexentry: eng/limonite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limonite
trans_list: limoniet
sense:
(mineral) Any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hemite with clays and manganese oxide.


lexentry: eng/limousine__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: limousine
trans_list: limo | limousine
sense:
A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s]


lexentry: eng/limpet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limpet
trans_list: napslak
sense:
A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores.


lexentry: eng/limpkin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: limpkin
trans_list: koerlan
sense:
A large bird, Aramus guarauna, found in marshes in the Caribbean, Central America and southern Florida.


lexentry: eng/linchpin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: linchpin
trans_list: luns
sense:
A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device.


lexentry: eng/linchpin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: linchpin
trans_list: spil | sleutelfiguur
sense:
(figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: line
trans_list: lijn | rechte
sense:
(geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: line
trans_list: regel | lijn
sense:
(music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: line
trans_list: lijn | rechte | streep
sense:
A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: line
trans_list: loopgraaf
sense:
A procession, either physical or conceptual, which results from the application or effect of a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: line
trans_list: lijn | aansluiting | verbinding
sense:
The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: line
trans_list: verbinding
sense:
A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: line
trans_list: loopgraaf
sense:
(especially, military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: line
trans_list: rij | file | lijn | meetlat | regel
sense:
A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. [from mid-16th c.]


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
sense_num: 20
written_rep: line
trans_list: lijn
sense:
A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
sense_num: 21
written_rep: line
trans_list: lijn | touw | regel
sense:
A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
sense_num: 22
written_rep: line
trans_list: lijn | methode | visie
sense:
Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. [from earlier 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
sense_num: 23
written_rep: line
trans_list: lijn | loopgraaf
sense:
The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction. [from later 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
sense_num: 25
written_rep: line
trans_list: aanbod | gamma | maatschappij | productlijn
sense:
A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
sense_num: 32
written_rep: line
trans_list: uitlijning
sense:
(engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).


lexentry: eng/line__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: line
trans_list: opstellen | uitlijnen
sense:
(transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.


lexentry: eng/line__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: line
trans_list: versterken
sense:
(transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.


lexentry: eng/line_break__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: line break
trans_list: wagenterugloop
sense:
(typesetting) A point in writing where text that would normally continue on the same line starts at the beginning of a new line.


lexentry: eng/line_of_business__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: line of business
trans_list: afdeling
sense:
A product or a set of related products that serve a particular customer transaction or business need.


lexentry: eng/lineage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lineage
trans_list: afkomst | afstamming | geslacht | lijnental | nakomelingschap
sense:
Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.


lexentry: eng/linear_algebra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: linear algebra
trans_list: lineaire algebra
sense:
(mathematics) The branch of mathematics that deals with vectors, vector spaces, linear transformations and systems of linear equations.


lexentry: eng/linear_combination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: linear combination
trans_list: lineaire combinatie
sense:
(linear algebra) a sum, each of whose summands is an appropriate vector times an appropriate scalar (or ring element)


lexentry: eng/linearity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: linearity
trans_list: lineariteit
sense:
(mathematics) A relationship between several quantities which can be considered as proportional and expressed in terms of linear algebra, or any mathematical property of a relationship, operation or function that is analogous to such proportionality, satisfying additivity and homogeneity.


lexentry: eng/liner__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: liner
trans_list: voering
sense:
(South Korean idol fandom) person born in a certain year (XX liner); person who belongs to a certain line


lexentry: eng/lineup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lineup
trans_list: osloconfrontatie
sense:
(US, legal, &, law enforcement) a physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime, allowing a witness to identify them


lexentry: eng/linger__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: linger
trans_list: blijven hangen | talmen | treuzelen | weifelen
sense:
(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.


lexentry: eng/linger__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: linger
trans_list: aanslepen
sense:
(intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.


lexentry: eng/linger__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: linger
trans_list: weifelen
sense:
(intransitive, often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.


lexentry: eng/lingo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lingo
trans_list: jargon
sense:
(informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.


lexentry: eng/lingua_franca__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lingua franca
trans_list: lingua franca
sense:
A common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one that is not the first language of any of its speakers.


lexentry: eng/link__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: link
trans_list: schakel | link | schalm
sense:
(kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.


lexentry: eng/link__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: link
trans_list: link | koppeling | verwijzing
sense:
(engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.


lexentry: eng/link__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: link
trans_list: schakel | link | schalm
sense:
(chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.


lexentry: eng/linkage__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: linkage
trans_list: ligament
sense:
(US, politics, historical) A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.


lexentry: eng/linking_element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: linking element
trans_list: epenthesis
sense:
(linguistics) An element of morphological analysis, usually carrying no meaning, used to connect words or stems to form compounds.


lexentry: eng/linnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: linnet
trans_list: kneu
sense:
A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.


lexentry: eng/linoleum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: linoleum
trans_list: linoleum
sense:
An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.


lexentry: eng/linseed_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: linseed oil
trans_list: lijnzaadolie | lijnolie
sense:
An oil, extracted from flax seeds (and usually then boiled), used as a drying agent in paints, varnishes, etc.


lexentry: eng/lintel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lintel
trans_list: latei
sense:
(architectural element) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.


lexentry: eng/lip-sync__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lip-sync
trans_list: lippen | playbacken
sense:
(music, singing) To move lips in synchronization with sounds (generally recorded) so it appears they are the source of the sounds.


lexentry: eng/lip__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lip
trans_list: lip
sense:
(by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.


lexentry: eng/lip_balm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lip balm
trans_list: lipbalsem | lippenbalsem
sense:
A substance topically applied to the lips of the mouth to relieve chapped or dry lips, angular cheilitis or stomatitis, and cold sores.


lexentry: eng/lip_sync__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lip sync
trans_list: playback
sense:
(music, singing) The synchronization of prerecorded audio signals and movement of the lips such that there is no lack of simultaneity between them.


lexentry: eng/lipid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lipid
trans_list: lipide
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body.


lexentry: eng/lipodystrophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lipodystrophy
trans_list: lipodystrofie
sense:
(pathology) A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.


lexentry: eng/liquefied_natural_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: liquefied natural gas
trans_list: vloeibaar aardgas
sense:
(petrochemistry) Natural gas that has been cooled and compressed to liquid form for transport and storage.


lexentry: eng/liqueur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: liqueur
trans_list: likeur
sense:
A flavoured alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.


lexentry: eng/liquid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: liquid
trans_list: vloeibaar | vloeistof
sense:
Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.


lexentry: eng/liquid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: liquid
trans_list: vloeistof | vloeibaar
sense:
A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.


lexentry: eng/liquid_crystal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: liquid crystal
trans_list: vloeibaar kristal
sense:
(chemistry, physics) A phase of matter similar to a liquid, in which the molecules are arranged regularly in one or two dimensions.


lexentry: eng/liquidity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: liquidity
trans_list: liquiditeit
sense:
(economics, countable) An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash.


lexentry: eng/liquor__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: liquor
trans_list: sterke drank | sterkedrank
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.


lexentry: eng/lisp__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lisp
trans_list: lispenen | slissen
sense:
To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.


lexentry: eng/list__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: list
trans_list: lijst
sense:
A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. [from 1600]


lexentry: eng/list__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: list
trans_list: lijst
sense:
(computing, programming) A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.


lexentry: eng/list__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: list
trans_list: oplijsten
sense:
(transitive) To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.


lexentry: eng/list_price__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: list price
trans_list: catalogusprijs
sense:
(business) The retail selling price of an item, as recommended by the manufacturer or retail distributor, or as listed in a catalog.


lexentry: eng/listen__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: listen
trans_list: luisteren | horen | opletten
sense:
(intransitive, _, except in archaic usage) To use one's sense of hearing in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound.


lexentry: eng/listenership__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: listenership
trans_list: auditorium
sense:
The audience that listens to a certain form or genre of audio material (specifically (Internet, radio) , an audio broadcast such as a radio program or a podcast).


lexentry: eng/litany__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: litany
trans_list: litanie
sense:
A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation.


lexentry: eng/literal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: literal
trans_list: letterlijk
sense:
Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical, and etymonic rather than idiomatic.


lexentry: eng/literal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: literal
trans_list: literaal
sense:
(programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.


lexentry: eng/literalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: literalism
trans_list: letterlijkheid
sense:
Literal interpretation or understanding; adherence to the exact letter or precise significance, as in interpreting or translating.


lexentry: eng/literally__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: literally
trans_list: letterlijk
sense:
Word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor; without overstatement, understatement, euphemism, or dysphemism.


lexentry: eng/literary_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: literary science
trans_list: letterkunde | literatuurwetenschap
sense:
In many European countries, all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature, including history of literature, literary criticism, comparative literature, and literary theory.


lexentry: eng/literature__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: literature
trans_list: literatuur | letterkunde
sense:
(usually preceded by the) All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.


lexentry: eng/literature_review__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: literature review
trans_list: literatuuronderzoek
sense:
A scholarly paper, or part of one, compiled from published sources, which sums up current knowledge of a particular topic.


lexentry: eng/lithium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lithium
trans_list: lithium
sense:
(uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3. It is a soft, silvery metal.


lexentry: eng/lithium_aluminium_hydride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lithium aluminium hydride
trans_list: lithiumaluminiumhydride
sense:
(inorganic compound) LiAlH4, a powerful reducing agent with many applications in organic chemistry; contains the aluminohydride anion AlH4-.


lexentry: eng/lithium_carbonate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lithium carbonate
trans_list: lithiumcarbonaat
sense:
(organic compound) The lithium salt of carbonic acid, Li2CO3, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, and medically, in the treatment of bipolar disorder.


lexentry: eng/lithium_hydride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lithium hydride
trans_list: lithiumhydride
sense:
(inorganic compound) LiH, a gray solid that reacts violently with water, and can ignite spontaneously in air; it has a number of industrial applications, and is used in the manufacture of lithium aluminium hydride.


lexentry: eng/lithography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lithography
trans_list: lithografie
sense:
The process of printing an image by drawing the image with a water-repellent material onto a hard, flat surface (typically metal), then copying the surface by applying water and ink (or the equivalent) to it and pressing another material against it. [from 1813]


lexentry: eng/lithosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lithosphere
trans_list: lithosfeer
sense:
(geology) The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth; divided into twelve major plates.


lexentry: eng/litmus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: litmus
trans_list: lakmoes
sense:
(uncountable) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels.


lexentry: eng/litmus_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: litmus test
trans_list: lakmoesproef | lakmoestest
sense:
(figuratively, by extension) Any test which produces a binary, decisive result (for example, determining whether to appoint someone to a job) by measuring a single indicator.


lexentry: eng/litotes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: litotes
trans_list: litotes
sense:
(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite, particularly the negation of a negative quality to say something positive.


lexentry: eng/litter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: litter
trans_list: strooisel
sense:
(uncountable) Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals. [1325]


lexentry: eng/litter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: litter
trans_list: vuilnis | afval | vuil | zwerfafval | zwerfvuil
sense:
(countable) A mobile bed or couch transported upon or suspended from poles placed over human shoulders or animal backs. [1330s]


lexentry: eng/litter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: litter
trans_list: vuilnis | afval | vuil | zwerfafval | zwerfvuil
sense:
(medical, countable) Synonym of stretcher, such a vehicle used for transporting the sick and injured, inclusive of designs carried in the hand.


lexentry: eng/litter__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: litter
trans_list: worp
sense:
(countable) The whole group of live young born at the same time, typically in reference to mammals or (figurative, pejorative) unpleasant people or objects. [1486]


lexentry: eng/litter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: litter
trans_list: sluikstorten
sense:
(intransitive) To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).


lexentry: eng/litter_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: litter box
trans_list: strohuls
sense:
A box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with kitty litter, sand, clay chips, etc.


lexentry: eng/little_boy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: little boy
trans_list: jongetje
sense:
(AU, NZ) A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties, also known as a cocktail sausage or a cheerio.


lexentry: eng/little_bustard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: little bustard
trans_list: kleine trap
sense:
Tetrax tetrax, a migratory bird of the family Otididae (bustards) found in parts of Europe and Central Asia


lexentry: eng/little_egret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: little egret
trans_list: kleine zilverreiger
sense:
A species of egret, Egretta garzetta, family Ardeidae, widely distributed throughout the Old World, the Caribbean, and Eastern North America.


lexentry: eng/little_penguin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: little penguin
trans_list: dwergpinguïn
sense:
The smallest species of penguin, Eudyptula minor, found in New Zealand, southern Australia, and the Chatham Islands.


lexentry: eng/liturgy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: liturgy
trans_list: liturgie
sense:
A predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion; a book in which they are recorded.


lexentry: eng/live__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: live
trans_list: leven
sense:
(transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.


lexentry: eng/live_and_let_live__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: live and let live
trans_list: leef en laat leven
sense:
(idiomatic) To be tolerant; to enjoy the pleasures and opportunities which life offers and to allow others to do the same.


lexentry: eng/live_by_the_sword,_die_by_the_sword__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: live by the sword, die by the sword
trans_list: wie leeft bij het zwaard, zal sterven bij het zwaard
sense:
One who uses violence can expect a violent response; it is better to try to use peaceful means wherever possible.


lexentry: eng/live_paycheck_to_paycheck__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: live paycheck to paycheck
trans_list: van de hand in de tand leven
sense:
(US, idiomatic) To have the entirety of what one earns consumed by living expenses, thus having nothing left over to save; make just enough (money, etc.) to survive; to scratch by.


lexentry: eng/lived_experience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lived experience
trans_list: levenservaring
sense:
(phenomenology) The experiences and choices of a given person, and the knowledge that they gain as a result.


lexentry: eng/livelihood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: livelihood
trans_list: levensonderhoud
sense:
A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/liver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: liver
trans_list: lever
sense:
(anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.


lexentry: eng/liverwort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: liverwort
trans_list: levermos
sense:
A type of bryophyte with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.


lexentry: eng/livery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: livery
trans_list: livrei
sense:
Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.


lexentry: eng/living_fossil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: living fossil
trans_list: levend fossiel
sense:
(evolutionary theory) Any species discovered first as a fossil and believed extinct, but which is later found living; an organism that has remained unchanged over geological periods. [from 1859]


lexentry: eng/living_fossil__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: living fossil
trans_list: levend fossiel
sense:
(evolutionary theory) Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives in most anatomical details.


lexentry: eng/living_hell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: living hell
trans_list: door de hel gaan
sense:
A continuing state of extreme pain, punishment, suffering, or torment with no seeming chance of reprieve.


lexentry: eng/living_thing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: living thing
trans_list: levend wezen
sense:
An entity such as an animal, a plant, a fungus or a microorganism; something that lives, as opposed to being non-living or dead.


lexentry: eng/living_will__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: living will
trans_list: levenstestament
sense:
(legal) A document, made by a person when still legally fit to do so, which provides clear instructions or principles to be employed by a surrogate decision-maker, such as expressing a desire to be allowed to die instead of being kept alive by artificial means, in the event of being severely disabled or suffering from a terminal illness.


lexentry: eng/livor_mortis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: livor mortis
trans_list: lijkvlek
sense:
(medicine) A settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body, causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin, typically occurring after death.


lexentry: eng/llama__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: llama
trans_list: lama
sense:
A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.


lexentry: eng/load__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: load
trans_list: lading
sense:
A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.


lexentry: eng/loaded__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: loaded
trans_list: geladen
sense:
(of a word or phrase) Having strong connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke an emotional response. Sometimes used loosely to describe a word that simply has many different meanings.


lexentry: eng/loader__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: loader
trans_list: shovel | wiellader
sense:
A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, wheel loader, etc.


lexentry: eng/loading_gauge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loading gauge
trans_list: sjabloon
sense:
(rail, UK) The maximum permitted height and width for a rail vehicle, governed by clearances in tunnels, under bridges and past lineside structures.


lexentry: eng/loading_gauge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: loading gauge
trans_list: sjabloon
sense:
(rail) A physical structure, often a metal frame above a railroad track, to check the maximum height and width of a vehicle.


lexentry: eng/loam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loam
trans_list: leem
sense:
(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.


lexentry: eng/loan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: loan
trans_list: lening
sense:
(law, banking, finance) A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).


lexentry: eng/lobby__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lobby
trans_list: lobby
sense:
(politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.


lexentry: eng/lobbyist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lobbyist
trans_list: lobbyist
sense:
A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.


lexentry: eng/lobe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lobe
trans_list: lel | lob
sense:
Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/lobe__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lobe
trans_list: kwab
sense:
(anatomy) A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/lobster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lobster
trans_list: kreeft | zeekreeft | hommer
sense:
A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.


lexentry: eng/lobster__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lobster
trans_list: kreeft | zeekreeft | hommer
sense:
A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.


lexentry: eng/lobster_pot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lobster pot
trans_list: fuik
sense:
A trap used to catch lobsters, resembling a crate with a small opening that a lobster can enter but has trouble exiting.


lexentry: eng/local__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: local
trans_list: lokaal
sense:
(computing, of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program.


lexentry: eng/local__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: local
trans_list: lokaal | plaatselijk
sense:
(group theory, of a property of a finite group) Detectable from the behavior of the normalizers of the nontrivial p-subgroups.


lexentry: eng/local_administrative_unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: local administrative unit
trans_list: gemeente
sense:
(administration, legal) In the European union, a low-level administrative division of a country, ranked below a province, region, or state.


lexentry: eng/local_maximum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: local maximum
trans_list: maximum
sense:
(mathematics) A maximum within a restricted domain; a point on a function whose value is greater than the values of all other points near it, especially if another local maximum of greater value is known to exist.


lexentry: eng/local_train__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: local train
trans_list: boemel | boemeltrein | forensentrein | lokaaltrein | sprinter | stoptrein
sense:
(rail) A train (either the service or the train itself) making stops at all stations along its route.


lexentry: eng/locale__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: locale
trans_list: locale | taalregio
sense:
(computing) The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.


lexentry: eng/localization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: localization
trans_list: landelijke aanpassing
sense:
(software engineering) The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.


lexentry: eng/localization__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: localization
trans_list: lokalisatie
sense:
(algebra) A ring of fractions of a given ring, such that the complement of the set of allowed denominators is an ideal.


lexentry: eng/locate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: locate
trans_list: lokaliseren
sense:
(transitive) To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)


lexentry: eng/locative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: locative case
trans_list: locatief | locativus
sense:
(linguistics, grammar) A case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein; corresponding roughly to the English prepositions "in", "on", "at", and "by".


lexentry: eng/lochia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lochia
trans_list: kraamvloed | lochia
sense:
Normal post-partum vaginal discharge; blood, mucus, and placental tissue that are discharged from a female's vagina (similar to menstruation) for several weeks after she has given birth.


lexentry: eng/lock__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lock
trans_list: sluis
sense:
A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.


lexentry: eng/lock__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: lock
trans_list: slot | sluis | haan
sense:
A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.


lexentry: eng/lock_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lock down
trans_list: opsluiten
sense:
To blockade and lock (e.g. a building or campus) so as to prevent ingress or egress; to make the occupants (of an area) stay locked indoors for their safety.


lexentry: eng/lock_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lock in
trans_list: opsluiten
sense:
(transitive, colloquial) To prevent (someone or something) from escaping, deteriorating, or switching to an alternative.


lexentry: eng/lockdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lockdown
trans_list: lockdown
sense:
The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.


lexentry: eng/locker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: locker
trans_list: strafblad
sense:
A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers.


lexentry: eng/locking_differential__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: locking differential
trans_list: sperdifferentieel
sense:
(automotive) A kind of automotive differential that provides increased traction by restricting each of the two wheels on an axle to the same rotational speed without regard to available traction or differences in resistance seen at each wheel.


lexentry: eng/lockjaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lockjaw
trans_list: klem
sense:
(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.


lexentry: eng/lockkeeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lockkeeper
trans_list: sluiswachter | sluismeester | sluismeesteres | sluiswachteres | sluiswachtster
sense:
The person assigned to look after a canal or river lock, operating it and organizing its maintenance.


lexentry: eng/lockout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lockout
trans_list: werkliedenuitsluiting
sense:
(labor) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.


lexentry: eng/locum_tenens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: locum tenens
trans_list: plaatsvervanger
sense:
A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.


lexentry: eng/locust__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: locust
trans_list: sprinkhaan | treksprinkhaan
sense:
Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; locust tree. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/lodge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lodge
trans_list: portierswoning
sense:
Short for porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom.


lexentry: eng/log_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: log in
trans_list: inloggen | aanmelden
sense:
(computing, transitive, intransitive) To gain access to a computer system, usually by providing a previously registered username and password.


lexentry: eng/log_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: log out
trans_list: afmelden
sense:
(computing) To exit a user account in a computer system, so that one is not recognized until signing in again.


lexentry: eng/loganberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loganberry
trans_list: loganbes
sense:
A hybrid berry, produced by crossing a raspberry with a blackberry, considered a species Rubus loganobaccus, a variety Rubus ursinus var. loganobaccus, or a nothospecies Rubus × loganobaccus.


lexentry: eng/logarithm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: logarithm
trans_list: logaritme
sense:
(mathematics) For a number x, the power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain x. Written \log_b x. For example, \log_{10} 1000 = 3 because 10^3 = 1000 and \log_2 16 = 4 because 2^4 = 16.


lexentry: eng/logbook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: logbook
trans_list: logboek
sense:
(nautical) A book in which measurements from the ship's log are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage.


lexentry: eng/loge__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: loge
trans_list: kleedkamer
sense:
An exclusive box or seating region in older theaters and opera houses, having wider, softer, and more widely spaced seats than in the gallery.


lexentry: eng/loggerhead_duck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loggerhead duck
trans_list: Falklandbooteend
sense:
Tachyeres brachypterus, a shellfish-eating duck of the Falkland Islands; a poor diver, incapable of true flight.


lexentry: eng/logic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: logic
trans_list: logica
sense:
(uncountable) A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method.


lexentry: eng/logic__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: logic
trans_list: logica
sense:
(uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements.


lexentry: eng/logic__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: logic
trans_list: logica
sense:
(countable, mathematics) A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics.


lexentry: eng/logic__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: logic
trans_list: logica
sense:
(countable) Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person.


lexentry: eng/logic__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: logic
trans_list: logica
sense:
(countable, sociology) A system of thought or collection of rhetoric, especially one associated with a social practice.


lexentry: eng/logic_gate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: logic gate
trans_list: doel
sense:
A physical device, typically electronic, which computes a Boolean logical output (0 or 1) from Boolean input or inputs according to the rules of some logical operator.


lexentry: eng/login__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: login
trans_list: aanmelden | aanmeldgegevens | inloggegevens | inloggen
sense:
(computing) Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.


lexentry: eng/logistic_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: logistic function
trans_list: logistische functie
sense:
(mathematics) A function, the result of the division of two exponential functions, that gives rise to the logistic curve.


lexentry: eng/logistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: logistics
trans_list: logistiek
sense:
(operations) The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from their point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of satisfying customer requirements.


lexentry: eng/logistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: logistics
trans_list: logistiek
sense:
(military) The procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation of equipment, facilities, and personnel.


lexentry: eng/logo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: logo
trans_list: logo
sense:
A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.


lexentry: eng/logopedics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: logopedics
trans_list: logopedie
sense:
The study, and correction, of speech and language defects, disorders in communication and swallowing disorders.


lexentry: eng/logopedist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: logopedist
trans_list: logopedist | logopediste
sense:
A specialist who deals with the correction of the speech sounds, the disorders in writing, reading, the ability to create any forms of mathematical operations, disorders in use of language and swallowing disorders.


lexentry: eng/logophor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: logophor
trans_list: logofoor | logofora
sense:
(linguistics) A reflexive pronoun with discourse antecedents; i.e. a reflexive pronoun whose antecedent does not occur in the sentence itself.


lexentry: eng/logotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: logotype
trans_list: logo
sense:
A symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity, usually referred to as a logo.


lexentry: eng/loin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loin
trans_list: lende
sense:
The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips.


lexentry: eng/loll__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loll
trans_list: achterover buigen
sense:
(intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. [from mid-14th c.]


lexentry: eng/long-distance_relationship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: long-distance relationship
trans_list: langeafstandrelatie
sense:
A romantic relationship between two people who live far apart, but usually maintain contact telematically.


lexentry: eng/long-eared_bat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: long-eared bat
trans_list: grootoorvleermuis
sense:
Any of many vesper bats with ears longer than bats of similar size, especially the brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus), of Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/long-eared_owl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: long-eared owl
trans_list: ransuil
sense:
Asio otus, a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America. Long eared owls are partially migratory, moving south in winter from the northern parts of their range.


lexentry: eng/long-legged_buzzard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: long-legged buzzard
trans_list: arendbuizerd
sense:
Buteo rufinus, a bird of prey in the Buteo genus, resident or breeding from North Africa to central Asia.


lexentry: eng/long-suffering__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: long-suffering
trans_list: lankmoedig
sense:
Having endured mental or physical discomfort for a protracted period of time patiently or without complaint.


lexentry: eng/long-tailed_blue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: long-tailed blue
trans_list: tijgerblauwtje
sense:
A small, blue gossamer-winged with brown border butterfly with cryptic, dull under wing, Lampides boeticus, of the family Lycaenidae.


lexentry: eng/long-tailed_tit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: long-tailed tit
trans_list: staartmees
sense:
Any of many subspecies of small passerine birds with long tails, Aegithalos caudatus, found throughout Europe and Asia


lexentry: eng/long_COVID__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: long COVID
trans_list: long covid
sense:
(diseases) Long-term sequelae or symptoms (such as brain fog, extreme fatigue, or shortness of breath) following a COVID-19 infection, which persist after the SARS-CoV-2 virus is no longer active. [from 2020]


lexentry: eng/long_arm_of_the_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: long arm of the law
trans_list: lange arm der wet
sense:
(idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) The influence or effectiveness of law enforcement institutions; law enforcement officers collectively.


lexentry: eng/long_division__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: long division
trans_list: staartdeling
sense:
(mathematics) A procedure for dividing multidigit numbers, breaking down the division into a series of easier steps.


lexentry: eng/long_johns__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: long johns
trans_list: lange onderbroek
sense:
(US) A full-length undergarment, worn on the bottom half of the body, or two-piece, to keep the wearer warm in cold weather.


lexentry: eng/long_jump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: long jump
trans_list: verspringen
sense:
An athletics field event where competitors attempt to jump as far as possible, after taking a run-up; a jump such as one performed in such an event.


lexentry: eng/long_ton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: long ton
trans_list: Engelse ton
sense:
(chiefly, _, historical) A traditional unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each, equivalent to approximately 1016 kilograms.


lexentry: eng/long_weekend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: long weekend
trans_list: sandwich
sense:
A weekend extended by one or more days off falling on a day or days immediately preceding or following it.


lexentry: eng/longbow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: longbow
trans_list: langboog
sense:
A large bow that has a strong tension, and is usually more than 3 feet tall. The most famous longbows in history were the English longbows, which were crafted of yew.


lexentry: eng/longitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: longitude
trans_list: meridiaan | lengtegraad
sense:
(geography, astronomy) Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.


lexentry: eng/longline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: longline
trans_list: beug
sense:
(fishing) gear consisting of a long and thick mainline, with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods (or gangions)


lexentry: eng/longspine_snipefish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: longspine snipefish
trans_list: snipvis
sense:
A moderately elongate species of snipefish with a tubular snout equal to about a quarter of the total body length, Macroramphosus scolopax.


lexentry: eng/longsword__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: longsword
trans_list: grootzwaard | slagzwaard
sense:
A European sword with a long, straight double-edged blade, a cruciform hilt, and a grip for two-handed use; prevalent from the 14th to 16th centuries.


lexentry: eng/loofah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loofah
trans_list: luffa
sense:
Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.


lexentry: eng/look_and_feel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: look and feel
trans_list: look-and-feel
sense:
(software, of an application, operating system, etc.) The combination of the visual design and behaviour of a user interface.


lexentry: eng/look_forward_to__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: look forward to
trans_list: verheugen | uitkijken
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to.


lexentry: eng/look_up_to__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: look up to
trans_list: eerbiedigen
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive) To show respect or admiration for (someone); to see (someone) as a role model.


lexentry: eng/lookout__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: lookout
trans_list: probleem
sense:
One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in a possessive form).


lexentry: eng/loom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: loom
trans_list: weefgetouw
sense:
A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.


lexentry: eng/loon__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loon
trans_list: duiker | zeeduiker
sense:
(US, Canada) Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.


lexentry: eng/loop__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: loop
trans_list: lus | herhaling | repetitie
sense:
(programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.


lexentry: eng/loophole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loophole
trans_list: schietgat
sense:
(historical) A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light. Also written loop hole.


lexentry: eng/loophole__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: loophole
trans_list: achterdeur | maas
sense:
(figurative) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.


lexentry: eng/loose_ablative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loose ablative
trans_list: losse ablatief
sense:
(grammar) A syntactic construction which uses the past participle, inflected in the ablative case, without an auxiliary verb yet not as an adjective, but silently supposing a verb to depend upon.


lexentry: eng/loose_cannon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: loose cannon
trans_list: ongeleid projectiel
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) An uncontrolled or unpredictable person who causes damage to their own team, faction, political party, etc.


lexentry: eng/loosestrife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loosestrife
trans_list: kattenstaart | wederik
sense:
Any of certain flowering plants of the genera Lythrum and Lysimachia, which are not closely related.


lexentry: eng/loot__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loot
trans_list: plunderen
sense:
(transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.


lexentry: eng/lop__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lop
trans_list: doorsnijden
sense:
(transitive, usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.


lexentry: eng/lop_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lop off
trans_list: doorsnijden
sense:
(transitive) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.


lexentry: eng/loquat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: loquat
trans_list: loquat
sense:
The fruit of this tree. It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds.


lexentry: eng/lord__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lord
trans_list: heer | landheer | overste
sense:
One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)


lexentry: eng/lord__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lord
trans_list: heerser
sense:
(transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.


lexentry: eng/lore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lore
trans_list: overlevering
sense:
All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.


lexentry: eng/lory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lory
trans_list: lori
sense:
Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.


lexentry: eng/lose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lose
trans_list: verliezen
sense:
(transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).


lexentry: eng/lose_face__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lose face
trans_list: het gezicht verliezen
sense:
(idiomatic, intransitive) To lose the respect of others; to be humiliated or experience public disgrace.


lexentry: eng/lose_one's_head__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lose one's head
trans_list: gek worden
sense:
(idiomatic) To behave irrationally or to lose one's self-control, especially in a distressing situation or as a result of falling in love.


lexentry: eng/loss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loss
trans_list: verlies
sense:
(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.


lexentry: eng/loss__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: loss
trans_list: verlies | verslagenheid
sense:
(uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.


lexentry: eng/lost_and_found__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lost and found
trans_list: gevonden voorwerpen
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners.


lexentry: eng/lost_with_all_hands__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lost with all hands
trans_list: met man en muis vergaan
sense:
(nautical, of a ship, boat, or other vessel) Destroyed or sunk, with all passengers and crew having died in the process.


lexentry: eng/lot__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: lot
trans_list: lood
sense:
(historic) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.


lexentry: eng/lottery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lottery
trans_list: loterij | loting | lottrekking
sense:
A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.


lexentry: eng/lotus-eater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lotus-eater
trans_list: lotofagen
sense:
(Greek mythology) A member of the legendary people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree, who have forgotten their homes due to the fruits' narcotic and stupefying effect.


lexentry: eng/lotus_position__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lotus position
trans_list: lotushouding
sense:
A cross-legged sitting position in which the feet are resting on the thigh of the opposite leg; a meditative position in Hinduism and Buddhism, also used in yoga and sexual intercourse.


lexentry: eng/lotus_position__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lotus position
trans_list: kleermakerszit
sense:
(colloquial) a cross-legged sitting position in which the feet are resting below the lower leg of the opposite leg


lexentry: eng/lotus_seed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lotus seed
trans_list: lotuszaad
sense:
Any of the seeds derived from the plants in the genus Nelumbo, particularly the species Nelumbo nucifera, as used in East Asian cuisine, traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese desserts.


lexentry: eng/loud__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: loud
trans_list: fel | schreeuwerig | vloekend
sense:
(of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.


lexentry: eng/loudmouth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loudmouth
trans_list: druktemaker
sense:
(derogatory) One who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.


lexentry: eng/lounge__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: lounge
trans_list: sofa
sense:
A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.


lexentry: eng/louse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: louse
trans_list: (arme) luis
sense:
(colloquial, dated, not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.


lexentry: eng/louver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: louver
trans_list: luifel
sense:
A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/louver__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: louver
trans_list: luifel
sense:
(chiefly, _, in plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/love-in-a-mist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: love-in-a-mist
trans_list: juffertje-in-het-groen
sense:
Nigella damascena, an annual flowering plant of the genus Nigella, the blooms of which are generally blue in colour, though also found in shades of pink, white or pale purple.


lexentry: eng/love__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: love
trans_list: houden van | liefhebben | beminnen | graag zien
sense:
(usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).


lexentry: eng/love__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: love
trans_list: houden van | liefhebben | gek zijn op | smachten naar
sense:
(usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive) To seek the good or honor of (someone), care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).


lexentry: eng/love_child__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: love child
trans_list: liefdeskind
sense:
(euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.


lexentry: eng/love_handle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: love handle
trans_list: luchtband
sense:
(colloquial, euphemistic, mostly, in the plural) A protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips.


lexentry: eng/love_hotel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: love hotel
trans_list: shortstay
sense:
A short-stay hotel found in Japan and elsewhere, operated primarily for the purpose of allowing lovers privacy to have sexual intercourse.


lexentry: eng/lovebird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lovebird
trans_list: dwergpapegaai | agapornis
sense:
Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other.


lexentry: eng/loved_one__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: loved one
trans_list: dichtbij
sense:
A very close friend or family member for whom a person has feelings of endearment, one of someone's close ones; sometimes: next of kin (for example on hospital admission form).


lexentry: eng/lover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lover
trans_list: minnaar | minnares
sense:
One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.


lexentry: eng/lovingkindness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lovingkindness
trans_list: goedertierenheid
sense:
(uncountable) Kindness or mercy which is based on, or arises from, love; (countable) an act of such kindness or mercy.


lexentry: eng/low-fat__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: low-fat
trans_list: vetarm | mager
sense:
(nutrition) Not having a high number of calories from fat or great amount of fats, especially an alternate variety of food designed to have lower calories, dietetic.


lexentry: eng/low__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: low
trans_list: laag | diep
sense:
Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.


lexentry: eng/low__Adjective__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: low
trans_list: laag | lage
sense:
(phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.


lexentry: eng/lowboy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lowboy
trans_list: dieplader
sense:
(trucking) A semi-trailer designed for hauling vehicles and other mobile equipment, with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels; so named because the trailer's main deck is situated close to the ground for easy loading and unloading of vehicles and equipment.


lexentry: eng/lower__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: lower
trans_list: reduceren
sense:
(computing, transitive) To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.


lexentry: eng/lower_back__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lower back
trans_list: onderrug
sense:
The region of the back above the waist, also known as the lumbar region; the area surrounding the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.


lexentry: eng/lower_class__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lower class
trans_list: onderklasse
sense:
A class of people in a society characterized by low incomes, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status.


lexentry: eng/lower_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lower house
trans_list: lagerhuis
sense:
(government) The lower legislative house in a bicameral legislature; in many cases, the one that is directly elected and/or has more practical power, such as the power to raise and spend money.


lexentry: eng/lowlife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lowlife
trans_list: viezerik
sense:
(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.


lexentry: eng/lozenge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lozenge
trans_list: ruit
sense:
(shapes, heraldiccharge) A quadrilateral with sides of equal length (rhombus), having two acute and two obtuse angles.


lexentry: eng/lubrication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lubrication
trans_list: smering
sense:
The application of a substance (lubricant) between moving surfaces in contact in order to reduce friction and minimize heating.


lexentry: eng/lubrication_payment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lubrication payment
trans_list: smeergeld
sense:
(idiomatic, business, ethics, euphemism) A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.


lexentry: eng/lucky_dip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lucky dip
trans_list: perzik
sense:
(UK) A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.


lexentry: eng/lucre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lucre
trans_list: gewin | profijt
sense:
Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.


lexentry: eng/ludicrous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ludicrous
trans_list: absurd
sense:
Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.


lexentry: eng/lug__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: lug
trans_list: peul
sense:
(electricity) A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw.


lexentry: eng/lug__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lug
trans_list: meeslepen
sense:
(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull.


lexentry: eng/luge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: luge
trans_list: rodelen
sense:
(countable) A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.


lexentry: eng/lumbago__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lumbago
trans_list: lumbago | spit | verschot
sense:
(uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.


lexentry: eng/lumbar__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lumbar
trans_list: lenden
sense:
Related to the lower back or loin, specifically the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.


lexentry: eng/lumbar_puncture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lumbar puncture
trans_list: lumbaalpunctie
sense:
(medical) A diagnostic and at times therapeutic procedure performed to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid for biochemical, microbiological, and cytological analysis, or rarely to relieve increased intracranial pressure.


lexentry: eng/lumber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lumber
trans_list: timmerhout
sense:
(North America) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/lumen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lumen
trans_list: lumen
sense:
(physics) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.


lexentry: eng/luminary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: luminary
trans_list: lichtend voorbeeld | uitblinker
sense:
One who is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in one's chosen field; a leading light.


lexentry: eng/luminescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: luminescence
trans_list: luminescentie
sense:
(physics) Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body.


lexentry: eng/luminous_intensity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: luminous intensity
trans_list: lichtsterkte
sense:
(physics) A measure of the power emitted by a source of light; equal to the flux density per solid angle.


lexentry: eng/lump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lump
trans_list: brok | klont | klonter
sense:
Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.


lexentry: eng/lump__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lump
trans_list: bij elkaar doen | klonteren
sense:
(transitive) To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).


lexentry: eng/lump_sum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lump sum
trans_list: eenmalig bedrag
sense:
A relatively large single payment of money often paid and received instead of, or in addition to, a sequence of smaller payments.


lexentry: eng/lumpenproletariat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lumpenproletariat
trans_list: lompenproletariaat
sense:
(Marxism) The lowest stratum of the proletariat, whose mental and physical health, mores and morale have deteriorated, through exploitation by the bourgeoisie, to a degree where they cannot build class consciousness and hence cannot be mobilized for the revolution.


lexentry: eng/lunar__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: lunar
trans_list: lunair
sense:
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.


lexentry: eng/lunar_calendar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lunar calendar
trans_list: maankalender
sense:
A calendar that measures the passage of the year according to the phases of the moon, as opposed to the revolution of the earth around the sun; a calendar of the lunar year.


lexentry: eng/lunar_phase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lunar phase
trans_list: schijngestalte van de Maan
sense:
(astronomy) Any of the near-monthly cyclically occurring aspects or appearances presented by a moon#Noun as seen from its planet (unless otherwise specified, the Moon as seen from Earth).


lexentry: eng/lunation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lunation
trans_list: lunatie | synodische maand
sense:
A month of an average of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.


lexentry: eng/lunge__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lunge
trans_list: gleuf
sense:
An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.


lexentry: eng/lungeing_cavesson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lungeing cavesson
trans_list: kaptoom
sense:
a special type of halter or headcollar with extra rings on the noseband for attaching a lunge line (or rein)


lexentry: eng/lunula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lunula
trans_list: lunula
sense:
(anatomy) Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.


lexentry: eng/lupin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lupin
trans_list: wolfsboon
sense:
A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly.


lexentry: eng/lupus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lupus
trans_list: lupus
sense:
(pathology) Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.


lexentry: eng/lure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lure
trans_list: lokkertje | lokmiddel
sense:
(also, figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.


lexentry: eng/lurker__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lurker
trans_list: observant
sense:
(Internet slang) A user who observes a community rather than participating; someone who reads or takes advantage of content on a website, newsgroup, etc. but does not contribute.


lexentry: eng/lust__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lust
trans_list: begeren | lusten | smachten
sense:
(intransitive, usually in the phrase "lust after") To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.


lexentry: eng/luster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: luster
trans_list: lustrum | glans | schittering
sense:
The ability or condition of shining when light is applied, inclusive of shine, sheen, polish, gloss, sparkle, etc.


lexentry: eng/lustrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lustrum
trans_list: kroonluchter
sense:
(historical) A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/lute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lute
trans_list: luit
sense:
A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.


lexentry: eng/lutetium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lutetium
trans_list: lutetium
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Lu) with an atomic number of 71, a silvery-white metal which resists corrosion in dry air.


lexentry: eng/luthier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: luthier
trans_list: vioolbouwer
sense:
A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.


lexentry: eng/lux__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lux
trans_list: lux
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx


lexentry: eng/lycanthropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lycanthropy
trans_list: weerwolfsziekte
sense:
(mythology) The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily during a full moon; werewolfdom.


lexentry: eng/lycanthropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lycanthropy
trans_list: weerwolfsziekte
sense:
(mythology, by extension) The state of being a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and an animal, whether or not it is a wolf.


lexentry: eng/lymph__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lymph
trans_list: lymfe
sense:
(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.


lexentry: eng/lymph_node__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lymph node
trans_list: lymfeklier
sense:
(anatomy, immunology) Each of the small oval bodies of the lymphatic system, distributed along the lymphatic vessels, that are clustered in the armpits, groin, neck, chest and abdomen. They act as filters, with an internal honeycomb of connective tissue filled with lymphocytes and macrophages that collect and destroy bacteria, viruses and foreign matter from lymph. When the body is fighting an infection, these lymphocytes multiply rapidly and produce a characteristic swelling of the lymph nodes.


lexentry: eng/lymphatic_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lymphatic system
trans_list: lymfvatstelsel
sense:
(anatomy) In mammals, including humans, a network of lymph vessels and lymph nodes that transport fluid, fats, proteins, and lymphocytes to the bloodstream as lymph, and remove microorganisms and other debris from tissues.


lexentry: eng/lymphocyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lymphocyte
trans_list: lymfocyt
sense:
(cytology, immunology) Any of several types of white blood cell with a spherical nucleus occurring in the lymphatic system, including B cells, T cells and natural killer cells.


lexentry: eng/lynch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lynch
trans_list: lynchen
sense:
To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.


lexentry: eng/lynx_spider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lynx spider
trans_list: lynxspin
sense:
Any of the family Oxyopidae of spiders, which hunt their prey rather than spinning webs to ensnare them.


lexentry: eng/lyre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lyre
trans_list: lier
sense:
(string instrument) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.


lexentry: eng/lysosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lysosome
trans_list: lysosoom
sense:
(cytology) An organelle found in all types of animal cells which contains a large range of digestive enzymes capable of splitting most biological macromolecules.


lexentry: eng/macaroni__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: macaroni
trans_list: macaroni
sense:
(uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes, typically boiled and served in soup, with a sauce, or in melted cheese; a dish of this. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/macaroni_penguin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: macaroni penguin
trans_list: macaronipinguïn
sense:
A species of penguins, Eudyptes chrysolophus, with distinctive yellow and black plumes on the top of their heads.


lexentry: eng/macaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: macaw
trans_list: ara
sense:
Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.


lexentry: eng/machete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: machete
trans_list: kapmes
sense:
A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.


lexentry: eng/machicolation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: machicolation
trans_list: mezekouw | mezenkooi
sense:
(architectural element) An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls.


lexentry: eng/machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: machine
trans_list: machine | apparaat
sense:
A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.


lexentry: eng/machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: machine
trans_list: machine
sense:
(historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.


lexentry: eng/machine_gun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: machine gun
trans_list: mitrailleur | machinegeweer
sense:
A type of fully automatic firearm that fires bullets in rapid succession by a single action of the trigger and is capable of sustained fire.


lexentry: eng/machine_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: machine language
trans_list: machinetaal
sense:
(programming) The set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute; generated from an assembly language by an assembler, or from a high-level language by a compiler or interpreter.


lexentry: eng/machine_pistol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: machine pistol
trans_list: machinepistool
sense:
A lightweight submachine gun, usually capable of being fired with one hand (but sometimes with a second grip at the front of the barrel and then fired like a rifle).


lexentry: eng/machine_tool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: machine tool
trans_list: werktuigmachine
sense:
(machining, manufacturing) A tool, typically a power-driven machine and typically stationary, used especially for machining (removing hard material via cutting, grinding, or other subtractive processes) and (more broadly) for any mix of subtractive, forming/stamping, or additive work.


lexentry: eng/machine_translation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: machine translation
trans_list: computervertaling | machinevertaling
sense:
(translation studies) The act of translating something from one language to another by means of a machine, especially a computer.


lexentry: eng/mackerel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mackerel
trans_list: makreel
sense:
Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,


lexentry: eng/mackerel_sky__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mackerel sky
trans_list: schapen
sense:
A sky filled with a regular pattern of altocumulus clouds somewhat resembling the skin of a mackerel.


lexentry: eng/macrocosm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: macrocosm
trans_list: macrokosmos
sense:
(philosophy) A complex structure, such as a society, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar, smaller-scale structures.


lexentry: eng/macroeconomics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: macroeconomics
trans_list: macro-economie
sense:
The study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices.


lexentry: eng/macromolecule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: macromolecule
trans_list: macromolecuul
sense:
(organic compound, biochemistry) A very large molecule, especially used in reference to large biological polymers (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins).


lexentry: eng/macron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: macron
trans_list: macron
sense:
(orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/macrophage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: macrophage
trans_list: macrofaag
sense:
(immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.


lexentry: eng/macula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: macula
trans_list: gele vlek | macula
sense:
(anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.


lexentry: eng/madrasah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: madrasah
trans_list: Koranschool
sense:
(Islam) A school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level; usually specifically a school that teaches Islamic theology.


lexentry: eng/mafic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mafic
trans_list: mafisch
sense:
(geology) Describing rocks, such as silicate minerals, magmas, and volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks, which contain relatively high concentrations of magnesium and iron.


lexentry: eng/magazine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magazine
trans_list: tijdschrift | magazine
sense:
A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.


lexentry: eng/magazine__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: magazine
trans_list: magazijn
sense:
A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.


lexentry: eng/magenta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magenta
trans_list: magenta
sense:
A colour which is close to an equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary colour but a subtractive primary colour evoked by the combination of red and blue light.


lexentry: eng/maggot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maggot
trans_list: made
sense:
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/magic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magic
trans_list: magie | tovenarij | toverkunst
sense:
(rare, countable) A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/magic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magic
trans_list: magie | toverij | toverkunst | toverkracht
sense:
The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/magic__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: magic
trans_list: goochelkunst | illusionisme
sense:
(entertainment) The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.


lexentry: eng/magic_carpet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magic carpet
trans_list: vliegend tapijt
sense:
(fiction) A carpet capable either of magical flight, or instantaneous transport from one place to another, used as a means of travel.


lexentry: eng/magic_lantern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magic lantern
trans_list: toverlantaarn
sense:
(historical) An early light projector and precursor to the slide projector that could achieve simple animation by moving and merging images.


lexentry: eng/magic_trick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magic trick
trans_list: goocheltruc
sense:
A remarkable act carried out purportedly by magical means but in reality performed by trickery or illusion, generally as a form of entertainment.


lexentry: eng/magical_girl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magical girl
trans_list: maho shojo
sense:
In Japanese anime and manga, a young girl with superhuman abilities who is called upon to fight evil.


lexentry: eng/magistrate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magistrate
trans_list: magistraat
sense:
(legal) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.


lexentry: eng/magma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magma
trans_list: magma
sense:
(geology) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.


lexentry: eng/magna_cum_laude__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magna cum laude
trans_list: met grote onderscheiding
sense:
"With great praise"; an honor added to a diploma or degree for work considered to be of much higher quality than average.


lexentry: eng/magnesite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magnesite
trans_list: magnesiet
sense:
(mineral) A form of magnesium carbonate, MgCO3, occurring as dolomite (with calcite) but rarely found in the pure state.


lexentry: eng/magnesium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magnesium
trans_list: magnesium
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.


lexentry: eng/magnesium_hydroxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magnesium hydroxide
trans_list: magnesiumhydroxide
sense:
(inorganic compound) The base Mg(OH)2 that occurs naturally as brucite; it is used as an antacid and in many industrial processes


lexentry: eng/magnetar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magnetar
trans_list: magnetar
sense:
(star) A neutron star or pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field, especially those on which starquakes occur, thought to be the source of some gamma-ray bursts.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_field__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magnetic field
trans_list: magnetisch veld | magneetveld
sense:
(physics) A condition in the space around a magnet or electric current in which there is a detectable magnetic force and two magnetic poles are present.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_tape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magnetic tape
trans_list: magneetband
sense:
A type of (usually) acrylic tape with a fine coating of magnetically sensitive material on one side, used for recording audio and other data.


lexentry: eng/magnetometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magnetometer
trans_list: magnetometer
sense:
(physics) An instrument used to measure the intensity and direction of a magnetic field, especially at points on the Earth's surface; sometimes used as metal detector.


lexentry: eng/magnetotail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magnetotail
trans_list: magnetostaart
sense:
(astronomy) The long, trailing part of a magnetosphere on the side of a planet furthest from the sun


lexentry: eng/magpie-goose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: magpie-goose
trans_list: ekstergans
sense:
Anseranas semipalmata, the only non-extinct bird of the family Anseranatidae, resident breeder in northern Australia and southern New Guinea, having black and white plumage and yellowish legs.


lexentry: eng/maharajadhiraja__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maharajadhiraja
trans_list: maharajadhiraja
sense:
A royal ruler's title in South and Southeast Asia, roughly meaning 'great king of kings', a prestigious indication of the princely state's particularly high rank.


lexentry: eng/mahjong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mahjong
trans_list: mahjong | matjok
sense:
A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.


lexentry: eng/mahogany__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mahogany
trans_list: mahonie
sense:
(uncountable) The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/maidenhair__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: maidenhair
trans_list: adiantum
sense:
Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris.


lexentry: eng/mail__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mail
trans_list: post
sense:
(chiefly, _, US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person. [from 19thc.]


lexentry: eng/mailing_list__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mailing list
trans_list: adressenlijst | nieuwslijst
sense:
A collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material (such as letters or junk mail) to multiple recipients.


lexentry: eng/mailman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mailman
trans_list: postbode | brievenbesteller | postbesteller
sense:
(North America) someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes


lexentry: eng/main__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: main
trans_list: hoofd-
sense:
(not in generic modern use) That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.


lexentry: eng/main_sequence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: main sequence
trans_list: foofdreeks
sense:
(star) A major grouping of stars represented on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram by a nearly uniform band of increasing luminosity with increasing surface temperature.


lexentry: eng/main_street__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: main street
trans_list: hoofdstraat
sense:
the principal street of a town, but not necessarily named "Main Street" (qv); there can be more than one main street in some towns.


lexentry: eng/mainland_China__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mainland China
trans_list: Chinese vasteland | continentaal China
sense:
The People's Republic of China, viewed as the general geographical region administered by the PRC in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War (as opposed to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan which are coastal and insular areas)


lexentry: eng/mainmast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mainmast
trans_list: grote mast
sense:
(nautical) The tallest mast of a sailing ship that has more than one mast; particularly a full-rigged ship.


lexentry: eng/mains__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mains
trans_list: elektriciteit
sense:
(chiefly, British) The domestic electrical power supply, especially as connected to a network or grid.


lexentry: eng/mainstream__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mainstream
trans_list: commercieel
sense:
Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.


lexentry: eng/major__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: major
trans_list: majoor
sense:
(military ranks) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.


lexentry: eng/major__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: major
trans_list: hoofdvak
sense:
(education, North America, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.


lexentry: eng/major_scale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: major scale
trans_list: grote terts
sense:
(music) One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.


lexentry: eng/major_third__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: major third
trans_list: grote terts
sense:
(music) A musical interval in Western music that is equal to or approximates a frequency ratio of 5/4. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of four standard semitones, spans three degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a diminished fourth. Major scales are so named because of the major third interval between the tonic and mediant of a major tonic triad.


lexentry: eng/majordomo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: majordomo
trans_list: butler
sense:
The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler.


lexentry: eng/majorette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: majorette
trans_list: majorette
sense:
A dancer who twirls and performs stunts with a lightweight baton, whether as a solo, in a group of majorettes, or in the company of a marching band.


lexentry: eng/majority__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: majority
trans_list: meerderheid
sense:
In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate.


lexentry: eng/make-up_artist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: make-up artist
trans_list: grimeur | grimeuse
sense:
A person who applies makeup and prosthetics for theatrical, television, film, fashion, magazines and similar productions.


lexentry: eng/make__Verb__1
sense_num: 30
written_rep: make
trans_list: maken | doen | brengen | denken | interpreteren | vormen
sense:
(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.


lexentry: eng/make_a_mountain_out_of_a_molehill__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: make a mountain out of a molehill
trans_list: van een mug een olifant maken | van een muis een olifant maken
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.


lexentry: eng/make_a_virtue_of_necessity__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: make a virtue of necessity
trans_list: van de nood een deugd maken
sense:
(idiomatic) To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits.


lexentry: eng/make_do__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: make do
trans_list: genoegen nemen
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To survive, get by (with), or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources).


lexentry: eng/make_ends_meet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: make ends meet
trans_list: de eindjes aan elkaar knopen | rondkomen
sense:
(idiomatic) To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).


lexentry: eng/make_it__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: make it
trans_list: halen
sense:
To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.


lexentry: eng/make_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: make over
trans_list: achterstand wegwerken
sense:
(idiomatic) To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them.


lexentry: eng/make_peace__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: make peace
trans_list: vrede sluiten
sense:
To end hostilities; to reach a peace agreement; to initiate or resume a cordial relationship after a period of animosity.


lexentry: eng/make_sense__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: make sense
trans_list: betekenisvol | kloppen | zinvol
sense:
(informal) Used to express interest or desire in something; to be pleasing or beneficial; to work, be operative, or be advantageous to.


lexentry: eng/make_someone's_blood_boil__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: make someone's blood boil
trans_list: ergeren
sense:
(idiomatic) To cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others.


lexentry: eng/make_sure__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: make sure
trans_list: opletten | zorgen
sense:
To make oneself certain (of something, or that something is the case); to verify, to ascertain. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/make_the_bed__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: make the bed
trans_list: het bed opmaken
sense:
To arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the mattress.


lexentry: eng/make_the_most_of__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: make the most of
trans_list: profiteren
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive) To realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of (something); to derive as much benefit or profit from (something) as is possible.


lexentry: eng/makeup__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: makeup
trans_list: schmink | make-up
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.


lexentry: eng/making-of__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: making-of
trans_list: making-of
sense:
(television, film) A documentary about how a film or television show was made, with behind-the-scenes footage.


lexentry: eng/malachite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: malachite
trans_list: malachiet
sense:
(mineral) A bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, Cu2CO3(OH)2; one of the principal ores of copper.


lexentry: eng/malachite_green__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: malachite green
trans_list: malachietgroen
sense:
(organic compound) A toxic chemical used as a dye, as a treatment for infections in fish (when diluted), and as a bacteriological stain


lexentry: eng/malapropism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: malapropism
trans_list: verhaspeling
sense:
(uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.


lexentry: eng/malaria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: malaria
trans_list: malaria
sense:
(disease) A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.


lexentry: eng/male__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: male
trans_list: mannelijk | man- | mannen- | mannetjes- | masculien
sense:
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/male__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: male
trans_list: mannelijk | mannetje
sense:
(of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).


lexentry: eng/male_circumcision__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: male circumcision
trans_list: besnijdenis
sense:
An operation involving the surgical removal of all or most of the foreskin (prepuce) and frenulum of the male genitalia.


lexentry: eng/malic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: malic acid
trans_list: appelzuur
sense:
(carboxylic acid) A colorless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, hydroxy-malonic acid, found in wine, apples and other fruit; it is converted to lactic acid by malolactic fermentation.


lexentry: eng/malice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: malice
trans_list: kwaadaardigheid
sense:
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.


lexentry: eng/mallard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mallard
trans_list: wilde eend
sense:
Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.


lexentry: eng/malleable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: malleable
trans_list: hamerbaar | smeedbaar
sense:
Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.


lexentry: eng/mallow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mallow
trans_list: kaasjeskruid
sense:
Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.


lexentry: eng/malt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: malt
trans_list: mouten
sense:
(transitive) To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.


lexentry: eng/maltose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maltose
trans_list: maltose | moutsuiker
sense:
(carbohydrate) A disaccharide, C12H22O11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose


lexentry: eng/mama_bear__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mama bear
trans_list: moederkloek | curlingmoeder | curlingmoeders | helikoptermoeder | helikoptermoeders | moederkloeken
sense:
(by extension, slang) A woman, especially a mother, who is extremely protective of a child or children.


lexentry: eng/mambo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mambo
trans_list: mambo
sense:
A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/mamma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mamma
trans_list: mam
sense:
(anatomy, plural mammae) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.


lexentry: eng/mammal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mammal
trans_list: zoogdier
sense:
An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.


lexentry: eng/mammography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mammography
trans_list: mammografie
sense:
(medicine) X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.


lexentry: eng/mammoth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mammoth
trans_list: mammoet
sense:
Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/mammy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mammy
trans_list: mammie
sense:
(US, historical, often pejorative) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.


lexentry: eng/man-of-war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: man-of-war
trans_list: strijder
sense:
(military, archaic, except, humorous) A man whose occupation is fighting in wars; a soldier, a warrior.


lexentry: eng/man-of-war__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: man-of-war
trans_list: oorlogsschip
sense:
(military, watercraft, chiefly, historical) A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.


lexentry: eng/man_Friday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: man Friday
trans_list: matroos
sense:
A trusted man whose job is to assist and organize someone else's day-to-day business or personal tasks; a personal assistant, a right-hand man; also, a trusted male companion.


lexentry: eng/man__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: man
trans_list: man | heer
sense:
A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.


lexentry: eng/man_flu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: man flu
trans_list: mannengriep
sense:
(British, colloquial) A cold or similar minor ailment as suffered by a male seen as wildly exaggerating the severity of his symptoms.


lexentry: eng/man_in_the_moon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: man in the moon
trans_list: mannetje in de maan | mannetje op de maan
sense:
An image of a man perceived in the dark maria (plains or "seas") and light highlands or other features of the Moon, originally regarded as a man with a burden on his back or accompanied by a small dog, and now more commonly as a man's face in the full moon or his profile in a crescent moon; hence, an imaginary man thought to be living on the Moon.


lexentry: eng/man_overboard__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: man overboard
trans_list: man overboord
sense:
(nautical) A cry used to announce that one of the crew or passengers has fallen over the side of the vessel.


lexentry: eng/manacle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: manacle
trans_list: handboeien
sense:
A shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined rings; a handcuff; (by extension) a similar device put around an ankle to restrict free movement.


lexentry: eng/management__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: management
trans_list: administratie | beheer | bestuur | directie | management
sense:
(uncountable) Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.


lexentry: eng/manager__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: manager
trans_list: directeur | manager
sense:
(management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.


lexentry: eng/manager__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: manager
trans_list: beheer
sense:
(software) A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the system.


lexentry: eng/mandala__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mandala
trans_list: mandala
sense:
(Hinduism, Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_duck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mandarin duck
trans_list: mandarijneend
sense:
A colorful perching duck that has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face, Aix galericulata.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_orange__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mandarin orange
trans_list: mandarijnenboom
sense:
A small citrus tree (Citrus reticulata) with oblate fruits smaller than the (so-named) sweet oranges.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_orange__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mandarin orange
trans_list: mandarijn
sense:
The fruit of this tree; in loose, informal usage, the term may include other similar citrus fruits such as Citrus unshiu (satsuma or mikan).


lexentry: eng/mandate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mandate
trans_list: mandaat
sense:
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.


lexentry: eng/mandola__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mandola
trans_list: mandola
sense:
(musical instruments) A stringed musical instrument resembling the mandolin, but of larger size and tuned lower.


lexentry: eng/mandolin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mandolin
trans_list: mandoline
sense:
(string instrument) A stringed instrument of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back.


lexentry: eng/mandrake__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mandrake
trans_list: alruin | mandragora
sense:
Any plant of the genus Mandragora, certain of which are said to have medicinal or aphrodisiac properties; the root of these plants often resembles the shape of a small person, hence occasioning various mythic, magical, or occult uses.


lexentry: eng/mandrake__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mandrake
trans_list: alruin | mandragora
sense:
A root of a mandrake plant that resembled human form, especially one kept or used for magic or occult purposes.


lexentry: eng/mandrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mandrel
trans_list: doorn
sense:
A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.


lexentry: eng/mandrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mandrel
trans_list: doorn
sense:
A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.


lexentry: eng/manes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: manes
trans_list: manen
sense:
The souls or spirits of dead ancestors, conceived as deities or the subjects of reverence, or of other deceased relatives.


lexentry: eng/maneuver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maneuver
trans_list: manoeuvre
sense:
(military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/maneuver__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: maneuver
trans_list: manoeuvre
sense:
A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/maneuver__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maneuver
trans_list: manoeuvreren | laveren
sense:
(ambitransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position; to wrestle.


lexentry: eng/manga__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: manga
trans_list: manga
sense:
(countable, loosely, sometimes, proscribed) Any comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin.


lexentry: eng/manganese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: manganese
trans_list: mangaan | manganium
sense:
(uncountable) A metallic chemical element (symbol Mn) with an atomic number of 25, not a free element in nature but often found in minerals in combination with iron, and useful in industrial alloy production.


lexentry: eng/mange__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mange
trans_list: schurft
sense:
(veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).


lexentry: eng/manhood__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: manhood
trans_list: man
sense:
All of the men of a given place, area, or any human subgroup (ethnicity, nation, race, religion, family, work crew or ship's crew, etc.) regarded collectively.


lexentry: eng/manhood__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: manhood
trans_list: man
sense:
The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.


lexentry: eng/manifest__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: manifest
trans_list: manifesteren
sense:
(transitive) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.


lexentry: eng/manifest_destiny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: manifest destiny
trans_list: Manifest Destiny
sense:
The political doctrine or belief held by the United States of America, particularly during its expansion, that the nation was destined to expand toward the west.


lexentry: eng/manifest_destiny__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: manifest destiny
trans_list: Manifest Destiny
sense:
The political doctrine or belief held by many citizens of the United States of America that their system is best, and the idea that all humans would like to become Americans.


lexentry: eng/manifest_destiny__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: manifest destiny
trans_list: Manifest Destiny
sense:
The belief that God supports the expansion of the United States of America throughout the entire North American continent except Mexico.


lexentry: eng/manifold__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: manifold
trans_list: variëteit
sense:
(mathematics) A topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space \mathbb{R}^n and is Hausdorff.


lexentry: eng/manila_paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: manila paper
trans_list: bobbeltjespapier
sense:
(sometimes, capitalized) A stiff paper with a yellowish-brown finish made from hemp obtained from the abaca plant.


lexentry: eng/manioc__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: manioc
trans_list: maniok
sense:
(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which cassava and tapioca are prepared.


lexentry: eng/maniple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: maniple
trans_list: manipel
sense:
(Ancient Rome, military) A division of the Roman army numbering 120 (or sometimes 60) soldiers exclusive of officers; (generally, obsolete) any small body of soldiers.


lexentry: eng/maniple__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: maniple
trans_list: manipel
sense:
(Christianity, chiefly, historical) In Western Christianity, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, and sometimes the Church of England.


lexentry: eng/manipulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: manipulate
trans_list: manipuleren
sense:
(transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose


lexentry: eng/manliness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: manliness
trans_list: mannelijkheid
sense:
The quality of being manly; the set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men (as opposed to women or children); similarity to a man.


lexentry: eng/manner_of_articulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: manner of articulation
trans_list: manier van articulatie
sense:
(phonetics, of a consonant) The configuration and interaction of the articulators (speech organs such as the tongue, lips, and palate) when making a speech sound.


lexentry: eng/mannerism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mannerism
trans_list: maniërisme
sense:
A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.


lexentry: eng/manometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: manometer
trans_list: manometer
sense:
An instrument to measure pressure in a fluid, especially a double-legged liquid column gauge used to measure the difference in the pressures of two fluids.


