# translation

lexentry: eng/commissioning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commissioning
trans_list: inbedrijfstelling | ingebruikname
sense:
The process of assuring that all systems and components of a major piece of equipment, a process, a building or similar are designed, installed and tested according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client.


lexentry: eng/commit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commit
trans_list: toevertrouwen | toewijzen
sense:
(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.


lexentry: eng/committee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: committee
trans_list: comité | commissie
sense:
A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.


lexentry: eng/commodious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: commodious
trans_list: commode
sense:
(now, rare) Of life or living, endowed with conveniences; comfortable; free from hardship. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/commodity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: commodity
trans_list: grondstof | verbruiksgoed
sense:
(economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.


lexentry: eng/commodity_fetishism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commodity fetishism
trans_list: warenfetisjisme
sense:
(Marxism) The perception of the social relationships involved in production as economic relationships among the money and commodities exchanged in market trade, instead of as relationships among people.


lexentry: eng/common_European_adder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common European adder
trans_list: adder
sense:
A venomous snake of species Vipera berus, in the family Viperidae, that can be found throughout much of Europe, and as far as East Asia


lexentry: eng/common_barley__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common barley
trans_list: gerst
sense:
A plant of the species Hordeum vulgare, which yields the commercially important cereal grain barley.


lexentry: eng/common_bile_duct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common bile duct
trans_list: galgang
sense:
(anatomy) The bile duct downstream of the confluence of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct. It discharges bile into the duodenum.


lexentry: eng/common_clothes_moth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common clothes moth
trans_list: mot
sense:
Tineola bisselliella, a winged insect of Tineidae family, the caterpillar of which is a serious pest which destroys woollen materials.


lexentry: eng/common_cold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common cold
trans_list: verkoudheid
sense:
(pathology) A very common, mild viral infection of the nose and throat, whose symptoms include sneezing, sniffling, a running or blocked nose, a sore throat, coughing and a headache.


lexentry: eng/common_gender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common gender
trans_list: zijdig | de-geslacht
sense:
(linguistics) A grammatical gender in some languages, formed by the historical merging of masculine and feminine genders.


lexentry: eng/common_ground_dove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common ground dove
trans_list: musduif
sense:
Columbina passerina, a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.


lexentry: eng/common_house_martin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common house martin
trans_list: huuszwoaluwe
sense:
A migratory bird of the species Delichon urbicum, breeding in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.


lexentry: eng/common_knowledge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: common knowledge
trans_list: gemeenschappelijke kennis
sense:
(logic, game theory) A special kind of knowledge for a group of agents, such that when all the agents in a group G know p, they all know that they know p, they all know that they all know that they know p, and so on ad infinitum.


lexentry: eng/common_land__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common land
trans_list: meent
sense:
(British, Irish) an area of land in the United Kingdom or Ireland that is open to the public at all times and until the 18th century would have been land that was free for anybody to graze their animals on (often shortened to common).


lexentry: eng/common_name__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common name
trans_list: soortnaam
sense:
(taxonomy) The name by which an organism or group of organisms is known to the general public, rather than its taxonomic or scientific name.


lexentry: eng/common_sandpiper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common sandpiper
trans_list: oeverloper
sense:
A small species of wading bird, Actitis hypoleucos, widely distributed across Africa, Eurasia, and Australasia.


lexentry: eng/common_sense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common sense
trans_list: gezond verstand | boerenverstand
sense:
Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.


lexentry: eng/common_sorrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common sorrel
trans_list: veldzuring
sense:
Rumex acetosa, a taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae, garden sorrel, native in much of Europe.


lexentry: eng/common_swift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common swift
trans_list: gierzwaluw
sense:
Apus apus, a swallow-like bird native to Europe and much of temperate Asia, rarely alighting on the ground.


lexentry: eng/common_yarrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common yarrow
trans_list: duizendblad
sense:
Achillea millefolium, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.


lexentry: eng/commons__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: commons
trans_list: volksplaats
sense:
(usually singular in construction) A common#Noun (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area.


lexentry: eng/commons__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: commons
trans_list: algemeen goed | gemeengoed | gemene
sense:
(figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.


lexentry: eng/communicant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communicant
trans_list: communicant
sense:
(Christianity) A person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the elements (i.e., bread and wine) of the sacrament of Holy Communion. (Compare also these terms: communion, Communion, Lord's Supper, Mass, Eucharist, Divine Liturgy.)


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communicate
trans_list: mededelen | communiceren | meedelen
sense:
(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: communicate
trans_list: communiceren
sense:
(intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communication_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communication studies
trans_list: communicatiewetenschap
sense:
An academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time.


lexentry: eng/communism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communism
trans_list: communisme
sense:
Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution.


lexentry: eng/communist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communist
trans_list: communist | communiste | communistisch
sense:
(communism) An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.


lexentry: eng/communitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communitarianism
trans_list: communitarisme
sense:
(ethics) The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more community-based approach [from 1980s]


lexentry: eng/community__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: community
trans_list: gemeenschap
sense:
(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.


lexentry: eng/community__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: community
trans_list: gemeenschap
sense:
(countable, ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.


lexentry: eng/community_centre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: community centre
trans_list: buurthuis
sense:
A building where the people, groups, and organisations in a particular area can go in order to meet one another for recreation, education, business etc.


lexentry: eng/commutative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commutative
trans_list: commutatief
sense:
(mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation.


lexentry: eng/commute__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commute
trans_list: pendelen
sense:
(intransitive, US, UK, Canada) To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.


lexentry: eng/comorbidity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comorbidity
trans_list: comorbiditeit
sense:
(medicine, uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.


lexentry: eng/comp__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: comp
trans_list: toevoegen
sense:
(transitive) To provide (someone) with a complimentary item, such as a ticket; to provide (someone) with something for free.


lexentry: eng/company__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: company
trans_list: compagnie | bedrijf
sense:
(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.


lexentry: eng/company__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: company
trans_list: gezelschap | bedrijf | firma | compagnie | zaak | vennootschap
sense:
(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.


lexentry: eng/comparative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comparative
trans_list: vergrotende trap | vergelijkende trap
sense:
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.


lexentry: eng/comparative_method__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comparative method
trans_list: vergelijkende methode
sense:
(linguistics) A technique for studying the development of languages by performing a feature-by-feature comparison of two or more languages with a common ancestor.


lexentry: eng/compare__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compare
trans_list: vergelijken
sense:
(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.


lexentry: eng/comparison__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: comparison
trans_list: vergelijking
sense:
An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.


lexentry: eng/comparison__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: comparison
trans_list: trappen van vergelijking
sense:
(grammar) A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.


lexentry: eng/compartment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: compartment
trans_list: ondergrond
sense:
(heraldry) A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.


lexentry: eng/compass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compass
trans_list: kompas
sense:
A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).


lexentry: eng/compass_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compass point
trans_list: windrichting | windstreek
sense:
Any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass. There may be 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or even 128 compass points on a compass, depending on its size and accuracy.


lexentry: eng/compass_rose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compass rose
trans_list: windroos
sense:
(navigation) A graduated circle, usually marked in degrees, indicating directions and printed or inscribed on an appropriate medium, often a map.


lexentry: eng/compatibility__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compatibility
trans_list: compatibiliteit | overeenstemming
sense:
(telecommunication) the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.


lexentry: eng/compellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compellation
trans_list: aanspreking | benaming
sense:
(archaic, rare) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; an appellation, a designation.


lexentry: eng/compensate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: compensate
trans_list: compenseren | goedmaken
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.


lexentry: eng/compensation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: compensation
trans_list: compensatie | schuldvergelijking
sense:
(finance) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.


lexentry: eng/compensation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: compensation
trans_list: Compensatie
sense:
(real estate) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.


lexentry: eng/compensatory_lengthening__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compensatory lengthening
trans_list: compensatierekking | compensatorische rekking | vergoedingsrekking
sense:
(phonology, uncountable) The lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost, regarded as an extreme form of fusion; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/compersion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compersion
trans_list: jaliefgevoel
sense:
(neologism) Vicarious joy associated with seeing one's partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relation with another.


lexentry: eng/competence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: competence
trans_list: competentie | bekwaamheid | bevoegdheid
sense:
(countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill.


lexentry: eng/compilation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compilation
trans_list: compilatie
sense:
(countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.


lexentry: eng/complaint__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: complaint
trans_list: klacht | beklag | grieven
sense:
(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.


lexentry: eng/complaint__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: complaint
trans_list: proces-verbaal
sense:
(legal) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.


lexentry: eng/complement__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: complement
trans_list: complement
sense:
(grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/complementary_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complementary medicine
trans_list: complementaire geneeskunde
sense:
Any of several therapies that complement (augment) scientific medical practices with those of alternative medicine such as acupuncture or homeopathy.


lexentry: eng/complex__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: complex
trans_list: complex
sense:
(mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.


lexentry: eng/complex__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: complex
trans_list: complex
sense:
(mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.


lexentry: eng/complex__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: complex
trans_list: complex
sense:
(informal, by extension) A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.


lexentry: eng/complex__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: complex
trans_list: complex
sense:
(chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.


lexentry: eng/complex_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complex number
trans_list: complex getal
sense:
(complex analysis) A number of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i denotes the imaginary unit


lexentry: eng/complex_sentence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complex sentence
trans_list: onderschikkende zin
sense:
(grammar) A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.


lexentry: eng/complication__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: complication
trans_list: complicatie
sense:
(medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.


lexentry: eng/complicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complicity
trans_list: medeplichtigheid
sense:
The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.


lexentry: eng/component__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: component
trans_list: component | onderdeel
sense:
A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.


lexentry: eng/compose__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: compose
trans_list: componeren | redigeren
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.


lexentry: eng/composite_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: composite number
trans_list: samengesteld getal
sense:
(number theory) A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.


lexentry: eng/compound__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compound
trans_list: verbinding
sense:
(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.


lexentry: eng/compound_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound eye
trans_list: facetoog
sense:
A visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It consists of one to thousands of tiny independent photoreception units.


lexentry: eng/compound_interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound interest
trans_list: samengestelde interest
sense:
(banking, finance) Interest, as on a loan or a bank account, that is calculated on the total on the principal plus accumulated unpaid interest.


lexentry: eng/compound_sentence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound sentence
trans_list: gecoördineerde zin | nevenschikkende zin
sense:
(grammar) A sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') and/or punctuation (such as ',').


lexentry: eng/comprehensive_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comprehensive school
trans_list: middenschool
sense:
(British) a normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities; replaced the secondary modern schools and grammar schools


lexentry: eng/compress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compress
trans_list: kompres
sense:
(medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.


lexentry: eng/compress__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compress
trans_list: comprimeren | samendrukken | verdichten | krimpen | samenvatten
sense:
(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.


lexentry: eng/compressed_air__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compressed air
trans_list: perslucht
sense:
Air which has been reduced in volume and increased in pressure for use in industrial processes or for cleaning.


lexentry: eng/compression__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compression
trans_list: compressie
sense:
(automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.


lexentry: eng/comprise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comprise
trans_list: bevatten | omvatten
sense:
(transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). [from the earlier 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/comprise__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: comprise
trans_list: bevatten
sense:
(patent law) To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.


lexentry: eng/compulsion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compulsion
trans_list: drang | dwang
sense:
An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.


lexentry: eng/compulsory_acquisition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compulsory acquisition
trans_list: onteigening
sense:
(legal, Australia, New Zealand) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.


lexentry: eng/compulsory_education__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compulsory education
trans_list: leerplicht
sense:
(legal, education) A period of time in a child's life during which the child must receive schooling as required by law.


lexentry: eng/compulsory_purchase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compulsory purchase
trans_list: onteigening
sense:
(legal, UK, Ireland) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.


lexentry: eng/computational_linguistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computational linguistics
trans_list: computationele taalkunde
sense:
(linguistics, computer science) An interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical and/or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective. This modeling is not limited to any particular field of linguistics.


lexentry: eng/computer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer
trans_list: rekenaar
sense:
(now, rare, chiefly, historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/computer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: computer
trans_list: computer | rekenaar
sense:
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/computer_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer game
trans_list: computerspel
sense:
An electronic game, especially a game played using a general-purpose computer (as opposed to a game console).


lexentry: eng/computer_says_no__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer says no
trans_list: computer zegt nee
sense:
(humorous) Alluding to an attitude in customer service in which the default response is to check with information stored or generated electronically and then make decisions based on that, apparently without using common sense and without any desire to help the customer.


lexentry: eng/computer_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer science
trans_list: informatica | computerwetenschap | computerwetenschappen
sense:
The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.


lexentry: eng/computer_security__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: computer security
trans_list: computerbeveiliging
sense:
A branch of computer science that addresses enforcement of 'secure' behavior on the operation of computers.


lexentry: eng/computer_virus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer virus
trans_list: computervirus
sense:
(computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks and USB drives, often causing damage to systems and data.


lexentry: eng/comrade__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: comrade
trans_list: kameraad
sense:
(communism) A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or Islamist state.


lexentry: eng/con__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: con
trans_list: fraude | fraudeur
sense:
(informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.


lexentry: eng/concatenation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concatenation
trans_list: aaneenschakeling
sense:
(countable) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.


lexentry: eng/conceited__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conceited
trans_list: verwaand
sense:
Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.


lexentry: eng/concentrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concentrate
trans_list: concentreren
sense:
(ambitransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.


lexentry: eng/concentrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concentrate
trans_list: concentreren
sense:
To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.


lexentry: eng/concentration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concentration
trans_list: concentratie
sense:
The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.


lexentry: eng/concentration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concentration
trans_list: concentratie
sense:
The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.


lexentry: eng/concentration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: concentration
trans_list: concentratie
sense:
(physical chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))


lexentry: eng/concentration_camp__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concentration camp
trans_list: concentratiekamp
sense:
A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/concept__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concept
trans_list: begrip | concept | opvatting
sense:
Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).


lexentry: eng/conception__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: conception
trans_list: bevruchting | concept | ontvangenis
sense:
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.


lexentry: eng/conceptual_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conceptual art
trans_list: conceptuele kunst
sense:
A genre of art in which the transmission of ideas is more important than the creation of an art object


lexentry: eng/concern__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concern
trans_list: belang | hechten | inlaten | ongerust | verontrusten
sense:
(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.


lexentry: eng/concertation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concertation
trans_list: overleg
sense:
A form of dialogue and co-decision, implying the mutual exchange of information, open discussion and knowledge sharing, and the signature of operational agreements between public administrations and/or with representatives of the private sector.


lexentry: eng/concertina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concertina
trans_list: concertina
sense:
(musical instruments) A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.


lexentry: eng/concession__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concession
trans_list: concessie
sense:
(Canadian) A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).


lexentry: eng/concierge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concierge
trans_list: conciërge
sense:
(British) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.


lexentry: eng/conciliation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conciliation
trans_list: verzoening
sense:
(legal) A form of alternative dispute resolution, similar to but less formal than mediation, in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions, improve communications and explore possible solutions.


lexentry: eng/conclave__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conclave
trans_list: conclaaf
sense:
(Roman Catholic) The set of apartments in which the elector cardinals are secluded while a conclave takes place.


lexentry: eng/conclusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conclusion
trans_list: conclusie
sense:
(logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.


lexentry: eng/concordance__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: concordance
trans_list: concordantie
sense:
(Bible) An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.


lexentry: eng/concourse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concourse
trans_list: ruimte | wachtzaal
sense:
A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.


lexentry: eng/concrete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concrete
trans_list: beton
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.


lexentry: eng/concrete_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concrete verb
trans_list: bepaald werkwoord
sense:
(Slavic grammar) A verbal aspect in verbs of motion that is unidirectional (as opposed to multidirectional), a definitely directed motion, or a single, completed action (instead of a repeated action or series of actions). Concrete verbs may be either imperfective or perfective.


lexentry: eng/concretization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concretization
trans_list: concretisering
sense:
(countable) Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea.


lexentry: eng/concretize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concretize
trans_list: concretiseren
sense:
(transitive) To make concrete, substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.


lexentry: eng/concur__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concur
trans_list: afspreken
sense:
To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.


lexentry: eng/concussion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concussion
trans_list: hersenschudding
sense:
(uncountable, _, in, _, Commonwealth, countable, _) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.


lexentry: eng/condemnation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condemnation
trans_list: veroordeling
sense:
The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.


lexentry: eng/condense__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condense
trans_list: verdichten
sense:
(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.


lexentry: eng/condenser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condenser
trans_list: condensor
sense:
A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.


lexentry: eng/condescend__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condescend
trans_list: bevoogden | neerbuigend behandelen
sense:
(intransitive) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone).


lexentry: eng/condescend__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: condescend
trans_list: bevoogden | neerbuigend behandelen
sense:
(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone).


lexentry: eng/condition__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: condition
trans_list: voorwaarde | conditie
sense:
A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.


lexentry: eng/condition__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: condition
trans_list: conditie
sense:
(law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.


lexentry: eng/condition_precedent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condition precedent
trans_list: opschortende voorwaarde
sense:
(legal) a condition depending upon an uncertain event which must be fulfilled before an obligation arises or a legal transaction takes effect.


lexentry: eng/condition_subsequent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condition subsequent
trans_list: ontbindende voorwaarde
sense:
(legal) A condition depending upon an uncertain event which, if fulfilled, brings an end to an obligation or legal transaction.


lexentry: eng/conditional_perfect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conditional perfect
trans_list: conditionalis perfectum | futurum exactum praeteriti | voltooid verleden toekomende tijd
sense:
(grammar) A combination of the conditional mood and the perfect tense, roughly corresponding to English 'I would have...'


lexentry: eng/condolence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condolence
trans_list: condoleance
sense:
(countable, usually, in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.


lexentry: eng/condom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condom
trans_list: condoom | capotje | regenjasje
sense:
A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STIs.


lexentry: eng/condominium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condominium
trans_list: building waarbij iedere flat individuele eigendom is maar de gronden gemeenschappelijk
sense:
(US, Canada, Philippines) A building or complex of buildings that provides multiple residential units each of which is owned separately but whose grounds, structure, etc. (if any) are owned jointly. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/condone__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condone
trans_list: gedogen | vergeven
sense:
(transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).


lexentry: eng/condone__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condone
trans_list: toelaten
sense:
(transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).


lexentry: eng/condor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condor
trans_list: condor
sense:
Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.


lexentry: eng/condor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: condor
trans_list: condor
sense:
(golf) The completion of a hole four strokes under par (a quadruple birdie, triple eagle, or double albatross).


lexentry: eng/conductance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conductance
trans_list: geleidbaarheid
sense:
(physics) A measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance.


lexentry: eng/conductor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conductor
trans_list: dirigent
sense:
(musician) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.


lexentry: eng/cone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cone
trans_list: kegel
sense:
(geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.


lexentry: eng/cone_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cone cell
trans_list: kegeltje
sense:
(anatomy) Any of the photoreceptor cells in the retina that are responsible for colour vision in relatively bright light.


lexentry: eng/coneflower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coneflower
trans_list: zonnehoed
sense:
Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.


lexentry: eng/confection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confection
trans_list: suikergoed
sense:
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.


lexentry: eng/confectioner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confectioner
trans_list: banketbakker | koekenbakker | suikerbakker | taartenbakker
sense:
A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).


lexentry: eng/confectionery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confectionery
trans_list: snoep
sense:
(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.


lexentry: eng/conference__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conference
trans_list: conferentie
sense:
(business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers.


lexentry: eng/confess__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confess
trans_list: bekennen
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.


lexentry: eng/confession__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: confession
trans_list: biecht | bekentenis
sense:
A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.


lexentry: eng/confessional__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confessional
trans_list: biechtstoel
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.


lexentry: eng/confessional_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confessional chair
trans_list: biechtstoel
sense:
A chair, or rather booth, in various constructional variations, typically in church or chapel, where the confessor, seated in one compartment, can privately (to protect the sacred secret of the sacrament) hear confession from the person in the other


lexentry: eng/confetti__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confetti
trans_list: confetti
sense:
Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.


lexentry: eng/confidence_interval__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confidence interval
trans_list: betrouwbaarheidsinterval
sense:
(statistics) A range defined such that there is a fixed probability that the value of the measured parameter will fall within the range.


lexentry: eng/confidential__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confidential
trans_list: vertrouwelijk
sense:
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly


lexentry: eng/configuration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: configuration
trans_list: station
sense:
(astrology) The aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.


lexentry: eng/configuration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: configuration
trans_list: configuratie
sense:
(countable, physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.


lexentry: eng/configure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: configure
trans_list: configureren
sense:
(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking


lexentry: eng/confine__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: confine
trans_list: begrenzen | beperken | inperken
sense:
(transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/confirmation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: confirmation
trans_list: vormsel | confirmatie
sense:
A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.


lexentry: eng/confirmation_bias__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confirmation bias
trans_list: bevestigingsvooroordeel | confirmation bias
sense:
(psychology) A cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study; a psychological tendency to look for and accept information which supports one's values and worldview and reject that which conflicts with it.


lexentry: eng/conflate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conflate
trans_list: samenvoegen | verbinden
sense:
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.


lexentry: eng/conflate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: conflate
trans_list: samenvoegen | verbinden
sense:
(by extension) To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.


lexentry: eng/conflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conflation
trans_list: samensmelting | samenspel
sense:
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.


lexentry: eng/conflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conflation
trans_list: samensmelting | samenspel
sense:
(uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.


lexentry: eng/conflict_of_interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conflict of interest
trans_list: belangenverstrengeling
sense:
(legal) A situation in which an individual or legal entity in a position of trust (such as an attorney, investment advisor, broker, politician, executive, director, scientist or physician) has competing professional or personal interests.


lexentry: eng/confluence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confluence
trans_list: samenvloeiing
sense:
The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.


lexentry: eng/conform__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conform
trans_list: conform
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, often followed by to) To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.


lexentry: eng/conformal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: conformal
trans_list: conform
sense:
(cartography, of a map projection) That preserves relative angles over small scales, at all but a limited number of distinct points.


lexentry: eng/confront__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confront
trans_list: confronteren
sense:
(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with


lexentry: eng/confrontational__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confrontational
trans_list: agressief
sense:
Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.


lexentry: eng/confuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confuse
trans_list: verwarren | in de war brengen | verbijsteren
sense:
(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand


lexentry: eng/congeal__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: congeal
trans_list: coaguleren | stollen
sense:
(transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.


lexentry: eng/congee__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: congee
trans_list: pap
sense:
(Asian, _, cuisine) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.


lexentry: eng/congestion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: congestion
trans_list: opstopping
sense:
An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.


lexentry: eng/congregate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: congregate
trans_list: samenbrengen
sense:
(transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.


lexentry: eng/congregation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: congregation
trans_list: bijeenkomst | congregatie | kudde | menigte | samenscholing | vergadering
sense:
A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).


lexentry: eng/congress__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: congress
trans_list: congres
sense:
(often, capitalized) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.


lexentry: eng/congruence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: congruence
trans_list: congruentie
sense:
(mathematics, number theory) A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number.


lexentry: eng/conic_section__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conic section
trans_list: kegelsnede
sense:
(geometry) Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.


lexentry: eng/conifer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conifer
trans_list: naaldboom | conifeer
sense:
(botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.


lexentry: eng/conjecture__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: conjecture
trans_list: vermoeden | hypothese
sense:
(mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.


lexentry: eng/conjugate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conjugate
trans_list: vervoegen
sense:
(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.


lexentry: eng/conjugation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conjugation
trans_list: vervoeging
sense:
(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.


lexentry: eng/conjugation__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: conjugation
trans_list: vervoeging | conjugatie
sense:
(grammar) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.


lexentry: eng/conjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conjunction
trans_list: voegwoord | conjunctie
sense:
(grammar) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related.


lexentry: eng/conjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conjunction
trans_list: voegwoord
sense:
(astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.


lexentry: eng/conjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: conjunction
trans_list: voegwoord
sense:
(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ (\and) operator.


lexentry: eng/conjunctiva__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conjunctiva
trans_list: bindvlies | conjunctiva
sense:
(anatomy) A clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.


lexentry: eng/conk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conk
trans_list: taal
sense:
The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connect
trans_list: verbinden | aansluiten
sense:
(intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: connect
trans_list: verbinden
sense:
(intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: connect
trans_list: verbinden | aansluiten
sense:
(transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.


lexentry: eng/connected__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: connected
trans_list: samenhangend
sense:
(mathematics, topology, of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.


lexentry: eng/connected__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: connected
trans_list: bijhorend
sense:
(mathematics, graph theory, of a graph) Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.


lexentry: eng/connecting_rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connecting rod
trans_list: drijfstang
sense:
Any rod, in an engine, that transmits power or motion, especially one that connects a reciprocating shaft to a rotating wheel, in reciprocating engines connecting piston to crankshaft


lexentry: eng/connection__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: connection
trans_list: overstap
sense:
(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.


lexentry: eng/connective_tissue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connective tissue
trans_list: bindweefsel
sense:
(anatomy) A type of tissue found in animals whose main function is binding other tissue systems (such as muscle to skin) or organs and consists of the following three elements: cells, fibers and a ground substance (or extracellular matrix).


lexentry: eng/connector__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: connector
trans_list: connector | verbindingsstuk
sense:
A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.


lexentry: eng/conning_tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conning tower
trans_list: keet
sense:
(nautical) A connecting structure between the bridge and pressure hull of a submarine; in larger, modern submarines it contains the captain's cabin and is known as the sail.


lexentry: eng/connive__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connive
trans_list: bekokstoven
sense:
(intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/connoisseur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connoisseur
trans_list: kenner | deskundige
sense:
A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.


lexentry: eng/connotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connotation
trans_list: bijbetekenis | bijklank | connotatie | associatie | gevoelswaarde
sense:
(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.


lexentry: eng/conscience__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conscience
trans_list: geweten | gewisse
sense:
(chiefly, fiction, narratology) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.


lexentry: eng/conscientious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conscientious
trans_list: consciëntieus | gewetensvol
sense:
Influenced by conscience; principled; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person).


lexentry: eng/conscientious_objector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conscientious objector
trans_list: dienstweigeraar | dienstweigeraarster | gewetensbezwaarde
sense:
Someone who refuses to perform military service (for example to fight in an armed conflict, or be compulsorily drafted in a time of peace) because of religious or moral principles.


lexentry: eng/consecutio_temporum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consecutio temporum
trans_list: consecutio temporum
sense:
(linguistics, grammar) A set of grammatical rules of a particular language, governing the agreement between the tenses of verbs in related clauses or sentences; agreement between tenses of verbs in accordance with said set of rules.


lexentry: eng/consecutive_interpreting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consecutive interpreting
trans_list: consecutief tolken
sense:
(translation studies) A type of oral translation from one language into another which is produced after a person has finished speaking and typically with the aid of notetaking.


lexentry: eng/consensus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: consensus
trans_list: consensus | eensgezindheid | overeenstemming
sense:
General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.


lexentry: eng/conservation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conservation
trans_list: bewaren | conserveren
sense:
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.


lexentry: eng/conservative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conservative
trans_list: conservatief
sense:
(US, Canada, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.


lexentry: eng/conservative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conservative
trans_list: conservatief
sense:
(US, Canada, politics) A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.


lexentry: eng/conservator__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: conservator
trans_list: restaurateur | restauratrice
sense:
A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.


lexentry: eng/consideration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consideration
trans_list: overleg | beraad
sense:
The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).


lexentry: eng/consideration__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: consideration
trans_list: vergoeding | tegemoetkoming
sense:
(law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.


lexentry: eng/consist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consist
trans_list: samenstelling
sense:
(rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.


lexentry: eng/consistency__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: consistency
trans_list: samenhang
sense:
(logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.


lexentry: eng/consistent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consistent
trans_list: consequent | veel voorkomend
sense:
Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]


lexentry: eng/consociational__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consociational
trans_list: pacificatiepolitiek
sense:
(politics, of a state) Having major internal divisions along ethnic, religious, or linguistic lines, with none of the divisions large enough to form a majority group, yet nonetheless stable due to consultation among the elites of each of its major social groups.


lexentry: eng/consolation_prize__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consolation prize
trans_list: troostprijs
sense:
An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.


lexentry: eng/consommé__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consommé
trans_list: consommé
sense:
a clear broth made from reduced meat or vegetable stock, served either hot as a soup or chilled as a jelly


lexentry: eng/consonant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consonant
trans_list: medeklinker | consonant
sense:
(phonetics) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.


lexentry: eng/consortium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consortium
trans_list: consortium
sense:
An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.


lexentry: eng/conspire__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conspire
trans_list: samenzweren
sense:
(intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.


lexentry: eng/constable__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: constable
trans_list: grootofficier
sense:
(historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).


lexentry: eng/constellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constellation
trans_list: sterrenbeeld | constellatie | gesternte
sense:
(astronomy) An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism.


lexentry: eng/constellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constellation
trans_list: sterrenbeeld | constellatie
sense:
(modern, _, astronomy) Any of the 88 regions of the sky officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/consternation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consternation
trans_list: consternatie | verbijstering
sense:
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.


lexentry: eng/constipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constipation
trans_list: constipatie
sense:
A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces


lexentry: eng/constipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: constipation
trans_list: constipatie
sense:
The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.


lexentry: eng/constitution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constitution
trans_list: grondwet
sense:
The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.


lexentry: eng/constitution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: constitution
trans_list: grondwet | constitutie
sense:
(government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.


lexentry: eng/constitutional_court__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constitutional court
trans_list: constitutioneel hof | grondwettelijk hof
sense:
a high court whose jurisdiction is focused on constitutional law or constitutional issues, such as the review of the constitutionality of laws, draft laws, political and bureaucratic decisions, acts of political parties, etc.


lexentry: eng/constitutional_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constitutional law
trans_list: constitutioneel recht
sense:
(legal) The area of law which deals with the interpretation and application of a constitution, particularly that of a national government.


lexentry: eng/constitutionality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constitutionality
trans_list: grondwettigheid
sense:
(legal) The status of being constitutional; of being in accord with the provisions of the appropriate constitution.


lexentry: eng/construct__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: construct
trans_list: aanleg
sense:
(genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.


lexentry: eng/construct__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: construct
trans_list: maken
sense:
(transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.


lexentry: eng/constructed_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constructed language
trans_list: kunsttaal
sense:
Any language—whether a human language, a programming language, or markup language—that is not a natural language.


lexentry: eng/construction_site__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: construction site
trans_list: bouwwerf | bouwterrein
sense:
A place where a building or other physical structure is under construction. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/constructivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constructivism
trans_list: constructivisme
sense:
(arts) A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.


lexentry: eng/constructor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: constructor
trans_list: paardenstal
sense:
(automotive) A company or individual who builds racing vehicles. In Formula One, constructor status is strictly defined by the rules, but in other motorsports the term is merely a descriptor. Depending on the racing rules, some constructors (e.g. Cosworth) may provide vehicles to racing teams who are not themselves constructors, while others are both teams and constructors (Ducati Corse, Scuderia Ferrari).


lexentry: eng/construe__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: construe
trans_list: begrijpen | uitleggen
sense:
(transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning (of something), usually language.


lexentry: eng/consul__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: consul
trans_list: consul
sense:
(by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.


lexentry: eng/consulate_general__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consulate general
trans_list: consulaat-generaal
sense:
The residence, office, or jurisdiction of a consul general; the base of operations for the highest ranking consul for one nationality in a specific foreign country.


lexentry: eng/consult__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consult
trans_list: raadplegen
sense:
(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.


lexentry: eng/consultant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: consultant
trans_list: consulent
sense:
A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.


lexentry: eng/consumer_price_index__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consumer price index
trans_list: consumentenprijsindex
sense:
(economics) A statistical estimate of the level of prices of goods and services bought for consumption purposes by households.


lexentry: eng/contact_details__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact details
trans_list: contactgegevens
sense:
Information on how to contact a person or entity, typically including a telephone number, address etc.


lexentry: eng/contact_lens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact lens
trans_list: contactlens
sense:
A thin lens, made of flexible or rigid plastic, that is placed directly on to the eye to correct vision, used as an alternative to spectacles, or, if coloured, to change one's eye color cosmetically.


lexentry: eng/contact_sport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact sport
trans_list: contactsport
sense:
(sports) An athletic contest which involves a significant amount of physical contact between the participating athletes.


lexentry: eng/contact_tracing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact tracing
trans_list: bron- en contactonderzoek
sense:
(epidemiology) The process of identification of persons ("contacts") who may have come into contact with a person carrying an infectious disease.


lexentry: eng/contagion__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: contagion
trans_list: besmetting
sense:
(finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.


lexentry: eng/container_deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: container deposit
trans_list: statiegeld
sense:
A monetary deposit on a beverage or other container at the point of sale, refundable when the container is returned for reuse, recycling or proper disposal.


lexentry: eng/container_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: container ship
trans_list: containerschip
sense:
(watercraft) A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.


lexentry: eng/containerization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: containerization
trans_list: containerisatie
sense:
The process of containerizing; the use of containers in shipping and transport, especially shipping containers.


lexentry: eng/contamination__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: contamination
trans_list: contaminatie
sense:
(linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.


lexentry: eng/contamination__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: contamination
trans_list: contaminatie | verontreiniging
sense:
The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.


lexentry: eng/contemplate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contemplate
trans_list: beschouwen | overwegen | contempleren
sense:
To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.


lexentry: eng/contempt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contempt
trans_list: verachting | minachting
sense:
(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.


lexentry: eng/contempt__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: contempt
trans_list: minachting
sense:
(legal) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.


lexentry: eng/content__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: content
trans_list: inhoud
sense:
Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.


lexentry: eng/content__Noun__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: content
trans_list: inhoud
sense:
(mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon); length, area or volume, generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions.


lexentry: eng/contention__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contention
trans_list: bewering
sense:
A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.


lexentry: eng/contents_insurance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contents insurance
trans_list: inboedelverzekering
sense:
Insurance that pays for damage to, or loss of, an individual’s personal possessions whilst they are located within that individual’s home.


lexentry: eng/context__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: context
trans_list: context
sense:
The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.


lexentry: eng/continent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: continent
trans_list: continent | werelddeel
sense:
Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.


lexentry: eng/contingency__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contingency
trans_list: contingentie
sense:
(countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. [from 1610s]


lexentry: eng/contingency_plan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contingency plan
trans_list: plan B
sense:
An alternative plan to be put into operation if needed, especially in case of emergencies, or if a primary plan fails.


lexentry: eng/contingent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contingent
trans_list: contingent
sense:
(with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.


lexentry: eng/continuance__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: continuance
trans_list: verdaging
sense:
(countable, legal, chiefly, US) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.


lexentry: eng/continuity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: continuity
trans_list: continuïteit
sense:
(narratology) A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.


lexentry: eng/continuous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: continuous
trans_list: continu
sense:
(mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).


lexentry: eng/continuously_variable_transmission__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: continuously variable transmission
trans_list: continu variabele transmissie
sense:
(automotive) Any of several forms of automatic transmission, without specific gears, in which the gear ratio may be changed without any noticeable steps.


lexentry: eng/continuum_hypothesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: continuum hypothesis
trans_list: continuümhypothese
sense:
(set theory) The hypothesis which states that any infinite subset of ℝ must have the cardinality of either the set of natural numbers or of ℝ itself.


lexentry: eng/contrabassoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrabassoon
trans_list: contrafagot
sense:
(musical instruments) A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.


lexentry: eng/contraceptive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contraceptive
trans_list: voorbehoedmiddel | voorbehoedsmiddel
sense:
A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.


lexentry: eng/contract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contract
trans_list: contract
sense:
An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.


lexentry: eng/contract__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contract
trans_list: overeenkomst | contract
sense:
(legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.


lexentry: eng/contract_of_sale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contract of sale
trans_list: koopcontract | koopovereenkomst | verkoopcontract | verkoopovereenkomst
sense:
(legal) A contract that involves an exchange of goods, services or property to be exchanged from seller (or vendor) to buyer (or purchaser) for an agreed upon value in money (or money equivalent) paid or the promise to pay same.


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contraction
trans_list: wee
sense:
(biology, medicine) A shortening of a muscle during its use; specifically, a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contraction
trans_list: samentrekking
sense:
(linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are reduced or lost, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.


lexentry: eng/contractor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contractor
trans_list: uitvoerder
sense:
A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.


lexentry: eng/contradiction_in_terms__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contradiction in terms
trans_list: contradictie | tegenspraak
sense:
A phrase or expression in which the component words contradict one another, often unintentionally, or are claimed to do so when seen from a particular point of view.


lexentry: eng/contrafact__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrafact
trans_list: contrafact
sense:
A new musical composition built out of an already existing one, most often a new melody overlaid on a familiar harmonic structure. An important part of the development of bebop. Contrafacts are not to be confused with musical quotations, which borrow rhythms or melodies from an existing composition.


lexentry: eng/contrail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrail
trans_list: condensspoor
sense:
An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.


lexentry: eng/contraindication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contraindication
trans_list: tegenindicatie
sense:
(medicine) A factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually.


lexentry: eng/contralto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contralto
trans_list: alt
sense:
(music) The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to a similar musical pitch, but among singers, the term contralto is reserved for female singers; the equivalent male form is counter-tenor. Originally the contratenor altus was a high countermelody sung against the tenor or main melody.


lexentry: eng/contraposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contraposition
trans_list: contrapositie
sense:
(countable, logic) The statement of the form "if not Q then not P", given the statement "if P then Q".


lexentry: eng/contrarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrarian
trans_list: opponent
sense:
A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority persuasion, usually because of spite or nonconformity.


lexentry: eng/contrast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrast
trans_list: contrast
sense:
(countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.


lexentry: eng/contrast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrast
trans_list: contrast
sense:
(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.


lexentry: eng/contravention__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contravention
trans_list: schending
sense:
The act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement.


lexentry: eng/control_surface__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control surface
trans_list: roer
sense:
(aeronautics) A moveable surface attached to a machine such as an aircraft or submarine that can be used to control the machine's motion in roll, pitch or yaw.


lexentry: eng/control_tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control tower
trans_list: verkeerstoren | controletoren
sense:
(aviation) An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport.


lexentry: eng/contumelious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contumelious
trans_list: geringschattend
sense:
(archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.


lexentry: eng/convection_oven__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convection oven
trans_list: heteluchtoven
sense:
an oven that features fans to recirculate heated air to accelerate heating provided by traditional radiant heat sources found in the oven


lexentry: eng/convenience_store__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convenience store
trans_list: kruidenier | buurtwinkel | gemakswinkel | kruidenierszaak | superette
sense:
A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of items such as staples, junk food, and drugstore items, and which is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.


lexentry: eng/convention__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: convention
trans_list: conventie | praktijk
sense:
A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.


lexentry: eng/conversation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conversation
trans_list: gesprek | conversatie
sense:
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/conversion__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: conversion
trans_list: bekering | omzetting
sense:
(law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.


lexentry: eng/conversion_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conversion disorder
trans_list: conversiestoornis
sense:
(psychiatry, neurology) A condition where the patient displays neurological symptoms such as numbness, blindness, paralysis, or fits, but without any neurological explanation, usually traced back to a psychological trigger.


lexentry: eng/conversion_therapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conversion therapy
trans_list: conversietherapie
sense:
(LGBT, pseudoscience) The practice of psychiatric or psychological treatment to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of an LGBT person; used especially as an attempt to turn gay people heterosexual.


lexentry: eng/convertible__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: convertible
trans_list: cabriolet
sense:
(vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.


lexentry: eng/conveyor_belt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conveyor belt
trans_list: loopband
sense:
A continuous flexible band moved by a series of rollers to transport objects or material from one place to another, especially within a factory or mine.


lexentry: eng/convince__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convince
trans_list: overtuigen
sense:
To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.


lexentry: eng/convivial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convivial
trans_list: gezellig
sense:
Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity


lexentry: eng/convocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: convocation
trans_list: convocatie
sense:
(ecclesiastical) An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.


lexentry: eng/convoy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convoy
trans_list: konvooi
sense:
(nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.


lexentry: eng/convulse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convulse
trans_list: stuiptrekken
sense:
(intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.


lexentry: eng/cony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cony
trans_list: konijn
sense:
A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).


lexentry: eng/cookie-cutter__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cookie-cutter
trans_list: doorsnee | gietvormig | modelvormig | standaard
sense:
(figuratively, often, pejorative) Having a similar appearance or seeming identical; created by some standard or common means, often with the implication that the result is common, boring, or not applicable to all needs.


lexentry: eng/cookie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cookie
trans_list: koekje
sense:
(UK, Commonwealth) A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it.


lexentry: eng/cooking_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooking oil
trans_list: bakolie
sense:
A purified fat taken from plant material that is commonly used in cooking, e.g. olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, etc.


lexentry: eng/cool__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: cool
trans_list: beheerst | cool | koelbloedig | zelfzeker
sense:
(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.


lexentry: eng/cooler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cooler
trans_list: koelbox
sense:
An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.


lexentry: eng/cooler_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooler bag
trans_list: frigobox
sense:
Insulated bag used to keep food items cool for a limited amount of time (for example on the way from a grocery store to one's house).


lexentry: eng/coolie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coolie
trans_list: koelie
sense:
An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.


lexentry: eng/cooling-off_period__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooling-off period
trans_list: afkoelingsperiode | bedenktijd
sense:
A length of time in which the two sides to a purchase agreement, or contract can think things over and cancel with no penalty. This period is often stipulated by national law. In the UK it is currently (2008) 14 days. In many countries it is 10 days.


lexentry: eng/cooling_tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooling tower
trans_list: koeltoren
sense:
A large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air


lexentry: eng/cooper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooper
trans_list: kuiper
sense:
A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.


lexentry: eng/coordinate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinate
trans_list: coördinaat
sense:
(mathematics, cartography, astronomy) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.


lexentry: eng/coordinate_clause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinate clause
trans_list: hoofdzin
sense:
(grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.


lexentry: eng/coordinate_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinate system
trans_list: coördinatenstelsel
sense:
(geometry, analysis) A method of representing the position of any individual point in a space of given dimensionality as a tuple of numerical coordinates.


lexentry: eng/coordinating_conjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinating conjunction
trans_list: nevenschikkend voegwoord | nevenschikkende conjunctie
sense:
(grammar) A conjunction that joins two grammatical elements of the same status or construction. It can join subjects, objects, verbs, nouns, adjectives, phrases, and independent clauses. [from 1875–80]


lexentry: eng/coordination__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: coordination
trans_list: coördinatie
sense:
(grammar) An equal joining together of two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and, or, or but.


lexentry: eng/coot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coot
trans_list: koet | meerkoet
sense:
Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.


lexentry: eng/cootie_catcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cootie catcher
trans_list: happertje
sense:
(informal, US) A form of origami with hidden fortunes, activities, etc. written on the folds, and used mainly in children's games, where a person is asked to choose a fold to open.


lexentry: eng/cop-out__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cop-out
trans_list: smoes
sense:
(slang) An excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty; a reason offered when someone cops out.


lexentry: eng/cope__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cope
trans_list: koorkap
sense:
(liturgy) A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.


lexentry: eng/coping__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coping
trans_list: coping
sense:
(psychology) The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.


lexentry: eng/coping_strategy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coping strategy
trans_list: copingstrategie
sense:
(psychology) A conscious, subconscious or unconscious thought process or behavior that a person habitually employs in order to cope with a particular type of situation.


lexentry: eng/copper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copper
trans_list: koper | roodkoper
sense:
(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.


lexentry: eng/copper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: copper
trans_list: ketel
sense:
(UK, AU, dated) A large pot, often used for heating water or washing clothes over a fire. In Australasia at least, it could also be a fixed installation made of copper, with a fire underneath and its own chimney. Generally made redundant by the advent of the washing machine.


lexentry: eng/copper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: copper
trans_list: koperbruin | koperen | koperkleur | koperrood
sense:
(countable, dated) Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item.


lexentry: eng/coppice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coppice
trans_list: hakhout
sense:
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.


lexentry: eng/coprocessor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coprocessor
trans_list: coprocessor
sense:
(computer hardware) An additional microprocessor used to supplement the functionality of the central processing unit, performing tasks such as floating-point arithmetic (floating-point unit) or graphics calculations (graphics processing unit).


lexentry: eng/coprolalia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coprolalia
trans_list: coprolalie
sense:
(psychiatry) The uncontrolled use of abusive, obscene or scatological language; especially such behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.


lexentry: eng/copula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copula
trans_list: koppelwerkwoord
sense:
(linguistics, grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.


lexentry: eng/copulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: copulation
trans_list: copulatie
sense:
(uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.


lexentry: eng/copy-paste__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copy-paste
trans_list: copy-pasten | kopiëren en plakken
sense:
(computing) The action of duplicating (text, an object, etc.) by copying it and later pasting somewhere else.


lexentry: eng/copy__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: copy
trans_list: kopij
sense:
(marketing, advertising) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.


lexentry: eng/copy_editor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copy editor
trans_list: redacteur
sense:
Someone who corrects printed material (copy) and prepares it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.


lexentry: eng/copycat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: copycat
trans_list: na-aper
sense:
A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just or recently been committed by someone else.


lexentry: eng/copyedit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copyedit
trans_list: corrigeren
sense:
(transitive, printing) To correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.


lexentry: eng/copyright__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copyright
trans_list: auteursrecht
sense:
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.


lexentry: eng/copyright__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copyright
trans_list: onder auteursrecht plaatsen
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.


lexentry: eng/coquina__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coquina
trans_list: coquina
sense:
(uncountable, geology) A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells, sometimes used as a building or road paving material. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/cor_anglais__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cor anglais
trans_list: Engelse hoorn | althobo
sense:
(musical instruments) A double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family that is pitched in F, one-fifth lower than the oboe and is consequently approximately one-third longer than the oboe.


lexentry: eng/coral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coral
trans_list: koraal
sense:
(countable) Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.


lexentry: eng/coral__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: coral
trans_list: koraalrood | koraal
sense:
(countable) A somewhat yellowish orange-pink colour; the colour of red coral (Corallium rubrum) of the Mediterranean Sea, commonly used as an ornament or gem.


lexentry: eng/coral_snake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coral snake
trans_list: koraalslang
sense:
About 16 species of Old World coral snakes in three genera (Calliophis, Hemibungarus, Sinomicrurus), some banded.


lexentry: eng/coral_snake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coral snake
trans_list: koraalslang
sense:
Any of various venomous snakes of six genera in family Elapidae, many displaying distinctive color bands.


lexentry: eng/cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cord
trans_list: touw | koord | zeel
sense:
(countable) A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (a rope, for example).


lexentry: eng/cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cord
trans_list: kabel
sense:
A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.


lexentry: eng/cordon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cordon
trans_list: band
sense:
(archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: core
trans_list: kern
sense:
A technical term for classification of things denoting those parts of a category that are most easily or most likely understood as within it.


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: core
trans_list: kern | binnenste
sense:
The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: core
trans_list: kern | klokhuis | binnenste
sense:
(engineering, manufacturing) The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.


lexentry: eng/core_competency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: core competency
trans_list: kerncompetentie
sense:
(management) An important special capability or expertise, especially that of a business affording it sustainable competitive advantage.


lexentry: eng/core_hours__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: core hours
trans_list: werktijd
sense:
The fixed block of time during which an employee is expected to be at work; excludes flexitime and leave.


lexentry: eng/core_sample__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: core sample
trans_list: boorkern
sense:
A cylindrical section of a naturally occurring substance, typically obtained by drilling into the substance, for example sediment or rock, with a core drill.


lexentry: eng/corgi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corgi
trans_list: corgi
sense:
Short for Welsh corgi (“a type of herding dog originating from Wales, having a small body, short legs, and fox-like features such as large ears; two separate breeds are recognized: the Cardigan Welsh Corgi and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi”).


lexentry: eng/cork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cork
trans_list: kurk | kurken | kurkschors
sense:
The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.


lexentry: eng/corkscrew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corkscrew
trans_list: kurkentrekker
sense:
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.


lexentry: eng/cormorant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cormorant
trans_list: aalscholver | schollevaar | scholver | waterraaf
sense:
Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).


lexentry: eng/corn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn
trans_list: graan | koren
sense:
(Commonwealth English, but not Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.


lexentry: eng/corn_bunting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn bunting
trans_list: grauwe gors
sense:
A passerine bird (Emberiza calandra, syn. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra) whose male and female plumages are (untypically for buntings) similar.


lexentry: eng/corn_salad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn salad
trans_list: veldsla
sense:
Any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta.


lexentry: eng/corn_smut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn smut
trans_list: builenbrand | maisbrand
sense:
A fungus that affects corn (maize), taxonomic name Ustilago maydis, which induces tumors in the plant, known to be eaten as a delicacy.


lexentry: eng/corncrake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corncrake
trans_list: kwartelkoning
sense:
A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.


lexentry: eng/cornea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornea
trans_list: hoornvlies
sense:
(anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.


lexentry: eng/cornel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornel
trans_list: kornoelje
sense:
Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel.


lexentry: eng/corner_kick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corner kick
trans_list: hoekschop
sense:
(soccer) A kick awarded to the attacking team when the ball leaves the field of play by wholly crossing the goal line without a goal having been scored, having last touched a player from the defending team. For the kick, the ball is placed within the corner arc closest to where it went out of play.


lexentry: eng/corner_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corner time
trans_list: in de hoek staan
sense:
(education) A punishment consisting of a period of time for which the culprit (usually a misbehaving child) must stand still in a corner, facing the wall.


lexentry: eng/cornerstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cornerstone
trans_list: hoeksteen
sense:
Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.


lexentry: eng/cornet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornet
trans_list: kornet
sense:
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.


lexentry: eng/cornett__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornett
trans_list: cornetto | zink
sense:
(musical instruments) An early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.


lexentry: eng/cornflower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornflower
trans_list: korenbloem | blauwbol | bol | echte korenbloem
sense:
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).


lexentry: eng/cornice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornice
trans_list: kroonlijst | deklijst
sense:
(architectural element) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.


lexentry: eng/cornucopia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornucopia
trans_list: hoorn des overvloeds
sense:
(Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.


lexentry: eng/corolla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corolla
trans_list: bloemkroon | kroon
sense:
(botany) An outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.


lexentry: eng/corollary__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: corollary
trans_list: gevolg | gevolgtrekking | uitvloeisel
sense:
(mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.


lexentry: eng/coronary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coronary
trans_list: coronair
sense:
(anatomy) Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.


lexentry: eng/coronation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coronation
trans_list: kroning
sense:
(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.


lexentry: eng/coronavirus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronavirus
trans_list: coronavirus
sense:
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridaews, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA. [from 1968]


lexentry: eng/coroner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coroner
trans_list: lijkschouwer | patholoog-anatoom
sense:
(Commonwealth, Ireland, Japan, legal) A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove.


lexentry: eng/corporal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corporal
trans_list: korporaal
sense:
(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.


lexentry: eng/corporal__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corporal
trans_list: corporale
sense:
(ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.


lexentry: eng/corporation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corporation
trans_list: corporatie | naamloze vennootschap
sense:
A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.


lexentry: eng/corpus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: corpus
trans_list: corpus
sense:
(specifically, linguistics) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.


lexentry: eng/corpus_callosum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corpus callosum
trans_list: hersenbalk | corpus callosum
sense:
(neuroanatomy) In placental mammals, a broad band of nerve fibres that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.


lexentry: eng/corpus_cavernosum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corpus cavernosum
trans_list: zwellichaam
sense:
(anatomy) One of the pair of cylindrical columns of erectile tissue that form the bulk of the clitoris and penis.


lexentry: eng/correction_fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correction fluid
trans_list: tipex
sense:
A white, opaque fluid, applied to paper to mask textual errors; used especially to mask errors in typing so that corrections may be overtyped.


lexentry: eng/corrective_rape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corrective rape
trans_list: correctieve verkrachting | corrigerende verkrachting
sense:
The act of raping someone because of their perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in an attempt to force the person to be heterosexual or to enforce gender stereotypes.


lexentry: eng/correlation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: correlation
trans_list: correlatie
sense:
(statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.


lexentry: eng/correlation_coefficient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correlation coefficient
trans_list: correlatiecoëfficiënt
sense:
(statistics) Any of the several measures indicating the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two random variables.


lexentry: eng/correspond__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correspond
trans_list: corresponderen
sense:
(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.


lexentry: eng/correspond__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: correspond
trans_list: corresponderen
sense:
(intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.


lexentry: eng/correspondence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correspondence
trans_list: briefwisseling | correspondentie
sense:
(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.


lexentry: eng/correspondent__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: correspondent
trans_list: correspondent
sense:
A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.


lexentry: eng/corrigendum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: corrigendum
trans_list: erratum
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections. (The items thus listed will sometimes be corrected in subsequent print runs, if any occur; they are then called reprint corrections.)


lexentry: eng/corrosive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corrosive
trans_list: corrosief
sense:
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.


lexentry: eng/corrupt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corrupt
trans_list: verderven | verworden
sense:
(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.


lexentry: eng/corruption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corruption
trans_list: corruptie
sense:
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.


lexentry: eng/corruption__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: corruption
trans_list: corruptie
sense:
Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, and so on.


lexentry: eng/cortex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cortex
trans_list: schors
sense:
(countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.


lexentry: eng/cortex__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cortex
trans_list: cortex
sense:
(uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.


lexentry: eng/cortical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cortical
trans_list: dop
sense:
(anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.


lexentry: eng/cortisone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cortisone
trans_list: cortisone
sense:
(steroid hormone, pharmaceutical drug) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, produced by the adrenal cortex. One of the glucocorticoids, it is also made synthetically for use as an anti-inflammatory and antiallergy agent. 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C21H28O5.


lexentry: eng/corundum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corundum
trans_list: korund
sense:
(mineral) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al2O3, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.


lexentry: eng/corvette__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: corvette
trans_list: korvet
sense:
(nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.


lexentry: eng/coset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coset
trans_list: laag
sense:
(algebra, group theory) The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a given fixed element of the group on each element of a given subgroup.


lexentry: eng/cosine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosine
trans_list: cosinus
sense:
(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos


lexentry: eng/cosmetic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmetic
trans_list: cosmetisch
sense:
Any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner; makeup.


lexentry: eng/cosmetologist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmetologist
trans_list: schoonheidsspecialist | schoonheidsspecialiste
sense:
A person who advises people (normally women) on cosmetics and other beauty treatments; a beautician.


lexentry: eng/cosmodrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmodrome
trans_list: kosmodroom | ruimtehaven
sense:
A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.


lexentry: eng/cosmogony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmogony
trans_list: kosmogonie
sense:
The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.


lexentry: eng/cosmopolis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmopolis
trans_list: kosmopolis
sense:
An important city, such as a capital city, inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds.


lexentry: eng/cost-benefit_analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cost-benefit analysis
trans_list: kosten-batenanalyse
sense:
(finance, economics) A methodology to help appraise or assess the case for a project or proposal, by estimating the net cost or benefit of the project of proposal.


lexentry: eng/cost_of_living__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cost of living
trans_list: kosten van levensonderhoud | kosten voor levensonderhoud | levensduurte
sense:
The average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life, especially of food, shelter and clothing.


lexentry: eng/costume__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: costume
trans_list: klederdracht | kostuum
sense:
A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.


lexentry: eng/cot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cot
trans_list: wieg | kinderbed | ledikantje
sense:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.


lexentry: eng/cotangent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotangent
trans_list: cotangens
sense:
(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle. Symbols: cot, ctg, or ctn


lexentry: eng/cotillion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotillion
trans_list: cotillon
sense:
(dance) A bold dance performed in groups of eight where women lift their skirts to display their ankles. [from 1766]


lexentry: eng/cotoneaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotoneaster
trans_list: dwergmispel
sense:
Any of several erect or creeping shrubs, of the genus Cotoneaster, that have pinkish flowers and red berries.


lexentry: eng/cotton_swab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotton swab
trans_list: wattenstaafje
sense:
A small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod, made of wood, rolled paper, or plastic. The most common uses for cotton swabs include aural hygiene and cosmetics application.


lexentry: eng/cottonwood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cottonwood
trans_list: populier
sense:
A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.


lexentry: eng/cotyledon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cotyledon
trans_list: zaadlob
sense:
(botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.


lexentry: eng/couch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: couch
trans_list: sofa | bank
sense:
(North America, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.


lexentry: eng/couch_potato__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: couch potato
trans_list: bankhanger
sense:
(idiom) A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol. [from 1976]


lexentry: eng/cough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cough
trans_list: hoest | kuch
sense:
A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.


lexentry: eng/cough__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cough
trans_list: hoesten | kuchen
sense:
Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.


lexentry: eng/cough_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cough medicine
trans_list: hoestdrank
sense:
A medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions, usually in liquid or syrup form.


lexentry: eng/coulomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coulomb
trans_list: coulomb
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C


lexentry: eng/coulter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coulter
trans_list: kouter
sense:
(British) A knife or cutter attached to the beam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the share and mouldboard.


lexentry: eng/councillor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: councillor
trans_list: aanraden
sense:
In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor


lexentry: eng/countable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: countable
trans_list: aftelbaar
sense:
(mathematics, of a set) finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.


lexentry: eng/countdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: countdown
trans_list: aftellen | aftelling
sense:
A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.


lexentry: eng/counter__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: counter
trans_list: aanrecht
sense:
In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.


lexentry: eng/counterculture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterculture
trans_list: tegencultuur
sense:
Any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to Western culture.


lexentry: eng/counterespionage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterespionage
trans_list: contraspionage
sense:
All those activities undertaken to neutralize or exploit the espionage activities of another nation or an enemy.


lexentry: eng/counterexample__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterexample
trans_list: tegenvoorbeeld
sense:
(logic) An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.


lexentry: eng/counterpoint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterpoint
trans_list: contrapunt
sense:
(music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.


lexentry: eng/counterweight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterweight
trans_list: contragewicht
sense:
A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: country
trans_list: land
sense:
The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area; a sovereign state. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: country
trans_list: land
sense:
A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, speakers of the same language etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: country
trans_list: platteland | open veld
sense:
(uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/country_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: country house
trans_list: landhuis | buitenhuis
sense:
(British) A weekend and holiday residence, located outside of urban areas, used as a retreat from city life.


lexentry: eng/country_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: country music
trans_list: countrymuziek
sense:
(music) A style of popular music that originated in the folk music of the rural population of the southern and western United States and characterized by string-band instruments and simple melodies.


lexentry: eng/country_of_origin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: country of origin
trans_list: land van herkomst
sense:
(international trade) The country in which the last stage of substantial transformation of goods occurred.


lexentry: eng/county__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: county
trans_list: graafschap
sense:
An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana).


lexentry: eng/coup_d'état__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coup d'état
trans_list: staatsgreep | coup | putsch
sense:
(politics, government) The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.


lexentry: eng/couple__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: couple
trans_list: koppel | paar
sense:
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.


lexentry: eng/coupon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coupon
trans_list: bon
sense:
A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.


lexentry: eng/courage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: courage
trans_list: moed | dapperheid
sense:
The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.


lexentry: eng/course__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: course
trans_list: achtervolgen | achternazitten
sense:
(transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.


lexentry: eng/coursebook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coursebook
trans_list: cursusboek
sense:
A textbook, a book designed to accompany a specific academic course, or one specified by the writers of the course to be read by its students.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court
trans_list: hof | binnenruimte | koer
sense:
An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: court
trans_list: hofhouding | hof
sense:
The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: court
trans_list: rechtbank | baan | gerecht
sense:
The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: court
trans_list: baan
sense:
(sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games


lexentry: eng/court_jester__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court jester
trans_list: nar | hofnar
sense:
A person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.


lexentry: eng/court_of_cassation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court of cassation
trans_list: Hof van Cassatie | verbrekingshof
sense:
(legal) In many legal systems, the highest-level court of appeal in procedural matters, which is asked to squash a verdict but then refers the case back for a new court case at the previous level.


lexentry: eng/court_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court order
trans_list: gerechtelijk bevel | rechterlijk bevel
sense:
(legal) A written command, issued by a judge, requiring whomever it is served upon to do whatever the order says, under penalty of being held in contempt of court.


lexentry: eng/court_shoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court shoe
trans_list: pump
sense:
A shoe with no fastening and a low-cut front, worn by men with formal dress such as court dress or white tie, but now usually by women.


lexentry: eng/courtship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: courtship
trans_list: binnenplaats
sense:
The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.


lexentry: eng/cousin-in-law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Husband or wife of one's cousin.
written_rep: cousin-in-law
trans_list:
aangetrouwde neef | aangetrouwde nicht | echtgenoot van neef | echtgenoot van nicht | echtgenote van neef | echtgenote van nicht


lexentry: eng/cousin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cousin
trans_list: neef | nicht | kozijn | volle neef | volle nicht
sense:
(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.


lexentry: eng/covalent_bond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covalent bond
trans_list: covalente binding
sense:
(physical chemistry) A type of chemical bond where two atoms are connected to each other by the sharing of two or more electrons.


lexentry: eng/covariance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covariance
trans_list: covariantie
sense:
(statistics) A statistical measure defined as \scriptstyle\operatorname{Cov}(X, Y) = \operatorname{E}((X - \mu) (Y - \nu)) given two real-valued random variables X and Y, with expected values \scriptstyle E(X)\,=\,\mu and \scriptstyle E(Y)\,=\,\nu.


lexentry: eng/cove__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cove
trans_list: inham
sense:
A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds;bight. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/covenstead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covenstead
trans_list: heiligdom
sense:
(Wicca) A permanent circle or temple used to meet for rituals and to store religious items, often a mundane location.


lexentry: eng/cover__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: cover
trans_list: omslag | kaft | cover
sense:
(music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.


lexentry: eng/cover__Verb__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: cover
trans_list: coveren
sense:
(music, transitive) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).


lexentry: eng/cover__Verb__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: cover
trans_list: bedekken | dekken
sense:
(military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.


lexentry: eng/cover__Verb__1
sense_num: 23
written_rep: cover
trans_list: dekken | bedekken
sense:
(transitive) To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.


lexentry: eng/cover_charge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cover charge
trans_list: gedekt van andere kleur
sense:
An amount of money added to a restaurant bill in lieu of tips, and to pay for uncharged items such as bread and water.


lexentry: eng/cover_girl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cover girl
trans_list: covergirl
sense:
(informal) An attractive, usually well-known, female model whose image has been featured on one or more magazine covers.


lexentry: eng/cover_letter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cover letter
trans_list: sollicitatiebrief | begeleidbrief | begeleidende brief | motivatiebrief
sense:
A letter or written communication that serves to introduce an accompanying document; especially, a letter that introduces a résumé or curriculum vitae.


lexentry: eng/cover_version__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cover version
trans_list: cover
sense:
(music) A version of a song that is a new performance or rerecording of that song by a different artist.


lexentry: eng/coverall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coverall
trans_list: overall
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A loose-fitting jumpsuit-style protective garment worn over other clothing.


lexentry: eng/coverb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coverb
trans_list: bijwerkwoord
sense:
(grammar) Any of a class of words in various languages including Chinese and Hungarian whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions, and postpositions of other languages.


lexentry: eng/covet__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: covet
trans_list: lusten | smachten
sense:
(intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.


lexentry: eng/covidiot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covidiot
trans_list: covidioot
sense:
(pejorative, jocular, neologism) A person who is foolishly reckless with respect to avoiding contracting or spreading COVID-19.


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cow
trans_list: rund | koe
sense:
(loosely, or, informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cow
trans_list: koe
sense:
(biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cow
trans_list: domme koe | koe
sense:
(derogatory, UK, Irish, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.


lexentry: eng/cow_chip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cow chip
trans_list: flatten
sense:
A piece of dried cow dung, used especially as fuel in the Third World and by early North American settlers.


lexentry: eng/cowboy_hat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowboy hat
trans_list: cowboyhoed
sense:
A broad-brimmed hat worn by cowboys, ranchers, and farmers, common in the western United States and Mexico.


lexentry: eng/cowcatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowcatcher
trans_list: koevanger
sense:
(rail transport, principally, _, US) A plough-shaped device affixed to the front of a locomotive (or other large vehicle), usually wedge or V-shaped so as to push or deflect objects on the tracks out of the way, to clear out the train's path and prevent the risk of derailment or major damage to it.


lexentry: eng/cowgirl_position__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowgirl position
trans_list: amazone
sense:
(idiomatic) A sex position in which the man lies on his back, and the woman sits on top of him facing him.


lexentry: eng/cowlick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowlick
trans_list: weerborstel
sense:
An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.


lexentry: eng/coypu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coypu
trans_list: beverrat
sense:
A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/cozen__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cozen
trans_list: bedriegen
sense:
(archaic) To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/crack__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crack
trans_list: spleet
sense:
(slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.


lexentry: eng/crack__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: crack
trans_list: spleet
sense:
(hydrodynamics, US, dated) An expanding circle of white water surrounding the site of a large explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress of the shock wave through the air above the water.A nuclear explosion in shallow water; the crack is clearly visible on the water's surface.


lexentry: eng/crack_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crack down
trans_list: bedwingen
sense:
(idiomatic, often with 'on') To take harsh action (against), as when enforcing a law more stringently than before.


lexentry: eng/cradle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cradle
trans_list: wieg | bakermat
sense:
(figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.


lexentry: eng/cradle__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cradle
trans_list: haak
sense:
An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: craft
trans_list: gewiekstheid | vakmanschap
sense:
Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity [9th century].


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: craft
trans_list: vak | stiel
sense:
(countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation [since the 9th century].


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: craft
trans_list: toestel | voertuig
sense:
(countable, plural craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space [since the 17th century].


lexentry: eng/cram__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cram
trans_list: volproppen
sense:
(transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.


lexentry: eng/cram__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cram
trans_list: stampen
sense:
(transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.


lexentry: eng/crampon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crampon
trans_list: kanker
sense:
An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.


lexentry: eng/cranberry_juice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranberry juice
trans_list: veenbessap
sense:
The unfermented juice of squeezed cranberries, often mixed with water and a sweetener, used as a beverage.


lexentry: eng/crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crane
trans_list: kraanvogel | kraan | hijskraan
sense:
Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.


lexentry: eng/crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crane
trans_list: hijskraan | kraan | hefkraan
sense:
A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.


lexentry: eng/cranefly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranefly
trans_list: langpootmug
sense:
Any of various large flies of the suborder Tipulomorpha that have slender bodies and very long legs and that resemble giant mosquitoes.


lexentry: eng/craniotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: craniotomy
trans_list: craniotomie
sense:
(surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, prior to a treatment. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the operation.


lexentry: eng/cranium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranium
trans_list: hersenpan
sense:
(skeleton) That part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.


lexentry: eng/crank__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crank
trans_list: zwengel | aluhoedje | complotdenker | krukas
sense:
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.


lexentry: eng/crash__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crash
trans_list: crash | computercrash
sense:
(computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.


lexentry: eng/crash__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crash
trans_list: beurscrash | crash
sense:
(finance) A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).


lexentry: eng/crash__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crash
trans_list: binnenvallen
sense:
(transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.


lexentry: eng/crash__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: crash
trans_list: overnachten
sense:
(intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.


lexentry: eng/crash_landing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crash landing
trans_list: noodlanding
sense:
The landing of an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous circumstances, usually with damage to the aircraft.


lexentry: eng/crash_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crash test
trans_list: botsproef
sense:
A test of crashworthiness, usually involving the controlled crashing of a vehicle with dummies in place of human passengers.


lexentry: eng/crasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crasis
trans_list: crasis
sense:
(linguistics) External vowel sandhi; contraction of a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word with a vowel or diphthong at the start of the following word.


lexentry: eng/cratedigger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cratedigger
trans_list: platensnuffelaar
sense:
(music, slang) A person who habitually looks through crates of vinyl records at music shops, especially in pursuit of interesting or rare records.


lexentry: eng/crater__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crater
trans_list: krater
sense:
(geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [from 1610s]


lexentry: eng/crawl__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crawl
trans_list: kruipen
sense:
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.


lexentry: eng/crawl_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crawl space
trans_list: kruipruimte
sense:
(construction) A narrow opening underneath the bottom of a building or storey used to give access to pipes, cables and other utilities.


lexentry: eng/crayfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crayfish
trans_list: rivierkreeft
sense:
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.


lexentry: eng/crazy_eights__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crazy eights
trans_list: pesten
sense:
(card games) A card game in which players try to rid themselves of their cards by playing a matching rank or suit on the previous card played, having to draw an additional card if unable to do this; a player who plays an eight can dictate the suit to be played next.


lexentry: eng/creak__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creak
trans_list: krassen
sense:
(intransitive) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.


lexentry: eng/cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cream
trans_list: room | crème de la crème
sense:
The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.


lexentry: eng/cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cream
trans_list: crème | zalf
sense:
(medicine) A viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)


lexentry: eng/creamy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creamy
trans_list: romig
sense:
Of food or drink, having the rich taste or thick, smooth texture of cream, whether or not it actually contains cream.


lexentry: eng/crease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crease
trans_list: kreukel | plooi
sense:
A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.


lexentry: eng/create__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: create
trans_list: scheppen | creëren | maken
sense:
(especially, of a, god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.


lexentry: eng/create__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: create
trans_list: scheppen | creëren | ontwerpen
sense:
To make#Verb or produce#Verb from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.


lexentry: eng/creatine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creatine
trans_list: creatine
sense:
(amino acid) An amino acid, 2-(carbamimidoyl-methyl- amino)acetic acid, which naturally occurs in vertebrates and helps to supply energy to muscle and nerve cells.


lexentry: eng/creatinine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creatinine
trans_list: creatinine
sense:
(biochemistry) A heterocyclic amine, 2-amino-1-methyl-5H-imidazol-4-one, formed by the metabolism of creatine.


lexentry: eng/creationism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creationism
trans_list: creationisme | scheppingsleer
sense:
Any creationary belief, especially a belief that the origin of things is due to an event or process of creation brought about by the deliberate act of any divine agency, such as a Creator God.


lexentry: eng/creative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creative
trans_list: creatief
sense:
Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.


lexentry: eng/creative_work__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creative work
trans_list: werk
sense:
(chiefly, copyright) A tangible manifestation of creative effort, such as literature, music, paintings, and software.


lexentry: eng/creator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creator
trans_list: schepper | maker | maakster | schepster
sense:
(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: credit
trans_list: krediet | betalingsuitstel
sense:
(uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: credit
trans_list: kredietwaardigheid
sense:
(uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: credit
trans_list: saldo
sense:
(accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.


lexentry: eng/credit_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit card
trans_list: creditcard | kredietkaart
sense:
(banking) A plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit account and used to buy goods or services.


lexentry: eng/credit_note__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit note
trans_list: creditnota
sense:
A commercial document issued by a seller to adjust downwards the amount of an invoice already issued, i.e. to cancel part or all of it.


lexentry: eng/creed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creed
trans_list: geloofsovertuiging
sense:
That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.


lexentry: eng/creed__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creed
trans_list: credo | geloofsbelijdenis
sense:
(specifically, religion) A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive.


lexentry: eng/creek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creek
trans_list: kreek | slenk
sense:
(British) A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.


lexentry: eng/creep__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: creep
trans_list: engerd
sense:
(uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.


lexentry: eng/creep__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: creep
trans_list: engerd | griezel
sense:
(informal, pejorative) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.


lexentry: eng/creep__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: creep
trans_list: kruipen | opschuiven
sense:
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.


lexentry: eng/creeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: creeper
trans_list: klimplant
sense:
Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.


lexentry: eng/crema__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crema
trans_list: slagroom
sense:
A Mexican foodstuff, the Mexican version of crème fraîche or sour cream. Its fat content is usually higher than that of sour cream, and it is thinner and less sour.


lexentry: eng/crenellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crenellation
trans_list: kantelen
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture.


lexentry: eng/creole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creole
trans_list: creools
sense:
(linguistics) A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.


lexentry: eng/crescent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crescent
trans_list: maansikkel | wassenaar
sense:
The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.


lexentry: eng/crescent_moon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crescent moon
trans_list: wassenaar
sense:
The Moon as it appears early in its first quarter or late in its last quarter, when only a small arc-shaped section of the visible portion is illuminated by the Sun.


lexentry: eng/cress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cress
trans_list: waterkers
sense:
(plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.


lexentry: eng/crest__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crest
trans_list: golfkam | kuif | kam | golftop
sense:
A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.


lexentry: eng/crest__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crest
trans_list: pluim
sense:
The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.


lexentry: eng/crest__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crest
trans_list: helmteken
sense:
(heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.


lexentry: eng/crested_tit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crested tit
trans_list: kuifmees
sense:
Lophophanes cristatus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae, with an erectile crest, the tip of which is often recurved.


lexentry: eng/cretin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cretin
trans_list: cretin
sense:
(pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. [from 1779]


lexentry: eng/crew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crew
trans_list: bemanning | gezelschap | ploeg | team
sense:
A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.


lexentry: eng/crib__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crib
trans_list: wieg
sense:
(US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.


lexentry: eng/crib__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: crib
trans_list: trog | voederbak
sense:
A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.


lexentry: eng/crib__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: crib
trans_list: plagiaat
sense:
The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi.


lexentry: eng/crib__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: crib
trans_list: spiekbriefje | plagiaat
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.


lexentry: eng/cricket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cricket
trans_list: krekel
sense:
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.


lexentry: eng/cricothyrotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cricothyrotomy
trans_list: coniotomie | cricothyreotomie
sense:
(surgery) An incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations, such as airway obstruction by a foreign body, angioedema, or massive facial trauma.


lexentry: eng/crier__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crier
trans_list: omroeper
sense:
An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.


lexentry: eng/crime_against_humanity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crime against humanity
trans_list: misdaad tegen de menselijkheid | misdaad tegen de mensheid
sense:
(now, chiefly, legal) A very destructive and immoral act; later specifically, something causing widespread human misery or loss of life; an atrocity. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/crime_of_passion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crime of passion
trans_list: crime passionnel
sense:
(law, criminology) A crime, typically a violent crime such as assault or murder, committed against a loved one because of sudden jealous rage or heartbreak rather than as a premeditated act.


lexentry: eng/crime_scene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crime scene
trans_list: plaats delict
sense:
The location of a crime, especially one at which forensic evidence is collected in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/criminal_code__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: criminal code
trans_list: strafwetboek
sense:
(legal) A document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.


lexentry: eng/criminalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: criminalization
trans_list: criminalisering
sense:
The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.


lexentry: eng/crimini__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crimini
trans_list: champignon
sense:
A dark brown edible mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, that has a rounded cap; called a portobello when mature


lexentry: eng/crimp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crimp
trans_list: ekster
sense:
A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.


lexentry: eng/cripple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cripple
trans_list: kreupele
sense:
(sometimes, _, offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.


lexentry: eng/crippled__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crippled
trans_list: kreupel | verminkt
sense:
(usually, _, offensive) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.


lexentry: eng/crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crisis
trans_list: crisis
sense:
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.


lexentry: eng/crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crisis
trans_list: crisis
sense:
(medicine) A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.


lexentry: eng/critical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: critical
trans_list: kritiek
sense:
(physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.


lexentry: eng/critical_condition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: critical condition
trans_list: kritieke toestand
sense:
(medicine) A precarious state of health of a person, who is in need of intensive care to remain alive. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/critical_mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: critical mass
trans_list: kritische massa
sense:
(nuclear physics) The minimum amount of fissile material needed to support a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.


lexentry: eng/critical_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: critical point
trans_list: kritisch punt
sense:
(thermodynamics) The temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal, at which point there is no difference between gas and liquid.


lexentry: eng/critical_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: critical point
trans_list: kritisch punt
sense:
(mathematics) A maximum, minimum or point of inflection on a curve; a point at which the derivative of a function is zero or undefined.


lexentry: eng/critical_thinking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: critical thinking
trans_list: kritische geest
sense:
The application of logical principles, rigorous standards of evidence, and careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues.


lexentry: eng/croak__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: croak
trans_list: de pijp uit gaan | sneven
sense:
To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.


lexentry: eng/crochet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crochet
trans_list: haken
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.


lexentry: eng/crockery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crockery
trans_list: servies
sense:
Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.


lexentry: eng/crocket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crocket
trans_list: hogel
sense:
(architectural element) Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture.


lexentry: eng/crocodile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crocodile
trans_list: krokodil
sense:
Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.


lexentry: eng/crocodiledom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crocodiledom
trans_list: echte krokodillen
sense:
The state of being a crocodile, or of belonging to the world of crocodiles; crocodiles, collectively.


lexentry: eng/crocus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crocus
trans_list: krokus
sense:
A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.


lexentry: eng/crony_capitalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crony capitalism
trans_list: vriendjespolitiek
sense:
(politics, idiomatic) A form of capitalism in which success in business depends on corrupt close relationships with government officials, often implying favouritism.


lexentry: eng/cronyism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cronyism
trans_list: vriendjespolitiek
sense:
(originally, US, derogatory) Favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications; especially (politics) , in their appointment to political positions.


lexentry: eng/crook__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: crook
trans_list: herdersstaf
sense:
A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.


lexentry: eng/croon__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croon
trans_list: neuriën
sense:
To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice.


lexentry: eng/crop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crop
trans_list: gewas | voedselgewas | voedselplant
sense:
(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.


lexentry: eng/crop__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: crop
trans_list: krop | keelzak
sense:
(anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.


lexentry: eng/crop__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crop
trans_list: bijknippen | bijsnijden
sense:
(transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.


lexentry: eng/crop_rotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crop rotation
trans_list: gewasrotatie | vruchtwisseling | wisselteelt
sense:
(agriculture) A farming practice in which the same land is used to grow different crops in successive seasons or years (when once the land would have been left fallow); used to prevent erosion and increase fertility.


lexentry: eng/croquet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croquet
trans_list: croquet
sense:
(uncountable, games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).


lexentry: eng/croquette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croquette
trans_list: kroket
sense:
(culinary) A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs.


lexentry: eng/crosier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crosier
trans_list: bisschopsstaf
sense:
A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.


lexentry: eng/cross-country_skiing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-country skiing
trans_list: langlaufen
sense:
(sports) An endurance sport and method of getting about involving travelling on skis, uphill as well as downhill.


lexentry: eng/cross-reference__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-reference
trans_list: doorverwijzing
sense:
A reference or direction in one place in a book or other source of information to information at another place in the same work.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross
trans_list: kruis
sense:
A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cross
trans_list: kruis
sense:
(heraldiccharge) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cross
trans_list: kruis
sense:
A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: cross
trans_list: voorzet
sense:
(football) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: cross
trans_list: kruis
sense:
A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).


lexentry: eng/cross_to_bear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross to bear
trans_list: kruis
sense:
(idiomatic) A problem, or unpleasant or painful situation or person that one has to accept and deal with, although one finds it very difficult, or it causes trouble or worry over a long period of time.


lexentry: eng/crossbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossbill
trans_list: kruisbek
sense:
Any of various finches of the genus Loxia, whose bill crosses over at the tips; they are specialist feeders on conifer cones.


lexentry: eng/crossguard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossguard
trans_list: behoud
sense:
A bar of metal, at right-angles, between the blade and the hilt of a sword that stops an opponent's blade from sliding down and injuring the hand of the person wielding the sword.


lexentry: eng/crosspiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crosspiece
trans_list: sport
sense:
A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.


lexentry: eng/crosstree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crosstree
trans_list: zaling
sense:
(nautical) A light timber or metal spreader fixed athwartships part way up a mast to spread the shrouds from higher up


lexentry: eng/crossword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossword
trans_list: kruiswoordraadsel | kruiswoordpuzzel
sense:
(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.


lexentry: eng/crotch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crotch
trans_list: kruis
sense:
The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.


lexentry: eng/crotonaldehyde__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crotonaldehyde
trans_list: crotonaldehyde
sense:
(organic compound) The unsaturated aliphatic aldehyde CH3-CH=CH-CHO that is used in organic synthesis


lexentry: eng/crotonic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crotonic acid
trans_list: crotonzuur
sense:
(carboxylic acid) An unsaturated organic acid, trans--CH3-CH=CH-COOH, found in croton oil and having many industrial uses; the cis- form is isocrotonic acid.


lexentry: eng/croup__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croup
trans_list: kroep
sense:
(pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.


lexentry: eng/crow's_nest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crow's nest
trans_list: kraaiennest
sense:
(nautical) A small open-top shelter, originally a cask, on the top of the foremast, large enough to accommodate a lookout. It was used by whalers to watch for a blow (spout), or in icebound waters to seek a channel.


lexentry: eng/crow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crow
trans_list: kraaien
sense:
(intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.


lexentry: eng/crowbar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crowbar
trans_list: breekijzer | koevoet
sense:
An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.


lexentry: eng/crowd_control_barrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crowd control barrier
trans_list: dranghek | nadar
sense:
A barricade erected at a public event, such as a rally or festival, to prevent people from entering certain areas.


lexentry: eng/crowd_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crowd out
trans_list: buitensluiten | verdringen
sense:
(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To force to leave by crowding; to push out or away through strength of numbers.


lexentry: eng/crowdfunding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crowdfunding
trans_list: crowdfunding
sense:
(finance) Funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: crown
trans_list: kroon
sense:
Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
sense_num: 23
written_rep: crown
trans_list: midden | kroon
sense:
(chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
sense_num: 27
written_rep: crown
trans_list: kroon | kruin | bol
sense:
(religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.


lexentry: eng/crown__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: crown
trans_list: kronen
sense:
Of a forest fire or bushfire, to spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.


lexentry: eng/crown_jewels__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crown jewels
trans_list: kroonjuwelen
sense:
(literally) The jewelry that accompany the office of rulership in a monarchy, i.e. crown, scepter, signet ring, etc.


lexentry: eng/crown_of_thorns__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crown of thorns
trans_list: doornenkroon
sense:
(Christianity) The crown made of a thorny plant that Christ was forced to wear before his Crucifixion, in mocking reference to his alleged status as ‘king of the Jews’, or a representation of this. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/crowned_crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crowned crane
trans_list: kroonkraan
sense:
Either of two species of crane of the genus Balearica (Black Crowned Crane, Balearica pavonina and Grey Crowned Crane, Balearica regulorum) from sub-Saharan Africa.


lexentry: eng/crownvetch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crownvetch
trans_list: bont kroonkruid
sense:
A crawling leguminous vine, Securigera varia, which is native to Eurasia and Africa but widely planted elsewhere as a ground cover, where it can become an invasive weed.


lexentry: eng/crucial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crucial
trans_list: cruciaal
sense:
Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.


lexentry: eng/crucible__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crucible
trans_list: smeltkroes
sense:
(chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.


lexentry: eng/crucible__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crucible
trans_list: smeltkroes
sense:
A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.


lexentry: eng/crucible__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crucible
trans_list: vuurproef
sense:
(figuratively) A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.


lexentry: eng/crucifer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crucifer
trans_list: kruisbloem
sense:
(botany) A member of the family Cruciferae (Brassicaceae), the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.


lexentry: eng/crucifix__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crucifix
trans_list: crucifix | kruisbeeld | kruis
sense:
An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.


lexentry: eng/cruet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruet
trans_list: apotheek
sense:
A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table.


lexentry: eng/cruise__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cruise
trans_list: cruisen
sense:
(ambitransitive, colloquial) To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.


lexentry: eng/cruise_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruise control
trans_list: cruisecontrol
sense:
A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed.


lexentry: eng/cruise_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruise ship
trans_list: cruiseschip
sense:
(nautical) A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.


lexentry: eng/cruiser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruiser
trans_list: kruiser
sense:
(nautical, in the days of sail) A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships.


lexentry: eng/cruiser__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cruiser
trans_list: kruiser
sense:
(nautical) A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship.


lexentry: eng/crusade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crusade
trans_list: kruistocht | kruisvaart
sense:
(historical) Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars.


lexentry: eng/crush__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crush
trans_list: verpletteren | pletten | verdrukken
sense:
To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.


lexentry: eng/crush__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: crush
trans_list: vermorzelen | verpletteren | verdrukken
sense:
(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.


lexentry: eng/crust__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: crust
trans_list: korst
sense:
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Northern US) A slice of bread cut from the end of a loaf; the heel.


lexentry: eng/crustacean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crustacean
trans_list: schaaldier | crustacee
sense:
Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.


lexentry: eng/crusty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crusty
trans_list: nors
sense:
(informal, figuratively, of a person or behavior) Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.


lexentry: eng/crutch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crutch
trans_list: kruk
sense:
A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.


lexentry: eng/cry_wolf__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cry wolf
trans_list: loos alarm slaan
sense:
(idiomatic) To raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears.


lexentry: eng/cryovolcano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryovolcano
trans_list: cryovulkaan
sense:
(planetology, geology, vulcanology) A volcano on an icy moon that ejects volatile materials rather than magma.


lexentry: eng/crypt__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crypt
trans_list: krocht
sense:
An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/cryptobiosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptobiosis
trans_list: anabiose
sense:
(biology) A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted


lexentry: eng/cryptocurrency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptocurrency
trans_list: cryptogeld | cryptovaluta | cryptomunt
sense:
A digital currency based on a cryptographic system, usually having no central issuing or regulating authority.


lexentry: eng/cryptogam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptogam
trans_list: cryptogaam | sporenplant
sense:
Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.


lexentry: eng/cryptography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptography
trans_list: cryptografie | geheimschrift
sense:
The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.


lexentry: eng/crystal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crystal
trans_list: kristal
sense:
(countable) A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.


lexentry: eng/crystal_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crystal set
trans_list: kristalontvanger
sense:
(electronics) An early radio receiver, having no electrical power supply except the radio waves themselves; it used a crystal of lead or cadmium sulphide and a wire (the cat's whisker) touching the crystal's surface.


lexentry: eng/crystallization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crystallization
trans_list: kristallisatie
sense:
The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.


lexentry: eng/cube__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cube
trans_list: tot de derde macht verheffen
sense:
(transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.


lexentry: eng/cube_root__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cube root
trans_list: derdemachtswortel | kubiekwortel
sense:
(mathematics) Of a number or expression, a number or expression the cube of which is equal to the given number or expression.


lexentry: eng/cubeb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubeb
trans_list: staartpeper
sense:
A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.


lexentry: eng/cubic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubic
trans_list: kubiek
sense:
(geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.


lexentry: eng/cubic_centimetre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubic centimetre
trans_list: kubieke centimeter
sense:
A unit of volume equal to that of a cube having sides each one centimetre in length, equal to 10-6 cubic metres and 1 millilitre. Commonly used in fluid measure and for engine sizes.


lexentry: eng/cubism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubism
trans_list: kubisme
sense:
(often, capitalized) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes. [from 1900s]


lexentry: eng/cuckold__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuckold
trans_list: onder de kluiten schieten | bedriegen | de hoorns opzetten
sense:
(transitive) To make a cuckold or cuckquean of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing their partner or spouse.


lexentry: eng/cuckoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cuckoo
trans_list: koekoek
sense:
A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).


lexentry: eng/cuckoo_clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuckoo clock
trans_list: koekoeksklok
sense:
A clock that announces the time (hours and quarter hours) by a cuckoo sound, often equipped with a small cuckoo automaton.


lexentry: eng/cuckoo_spit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuckoo spit
trans_list: koekoeksspuug
sense:
A frothy mass of white liquid that is secreted onto plants by froghopper larvae and serves as a protective covering.


lexentry: eng/cucumiform__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cucumiform
trans_list: augurk
sense:
Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.


lexentry: eng/cud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cud
trans_list: spijsbal | spijsbrok
sense:
The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.


lexentry: eng/cue__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cue
trans_list: keu
sense:
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.


lexentry: eng/cue_ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cue ball
trans_list: steen
sense:
(snooker, pool, billiards) The white ball which, stricken by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game.


lexentry: eng/cuisine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuisine
trans_list: keuken
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.


lexentry: eng/cul-de-sac__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cul-de-sac
trans_list: papegaaiduiker
sense:
A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on the street, with little or no through-traffic.


lexentry: eng/cull__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cull
trans_list: ruimen | uitdunnen
sense:
To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/culminate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culminate
trans_list: dagen | oprijen
sense:
(intransitive, astronomy) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.


lexentry: eng/culminate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: culminate
trans_list: besluiten | culmineren | eindigen
sense:
(intransitive, figuratively) To reach a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion.


lexentry: eng/culmination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culmination
trans_list: hooghtepunt
sense:
(astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.


lexentry: eng/culpable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culpable
trans_list: schuldig | verwijtbaar
sense:
Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.


lexentry: eng/culpable_homicide__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: culpable homicide
trans_list: dood door schuld
sense:
Homicide which is culpable but does not rise to the level of murder; unlawful killing of a human being which does not constitute murder.


lexentry: eng/cult__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cult
trans_list: cultus
sense:
The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.


lexentry: eng/cult__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cult
trans_list: sekte
sense:
(chiefly, derogatory) A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.


lexentry: eng/cult_of_personality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cult of personality
trans_list: persoonsverheerlijking | persoonlijkheidscultus | persoonscultus
sense:
A situation where a leader (often a dictator) has been idolized and made into a national or group icon and is revered as a result.


lexentry: eng/cultivar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultivar
trans_list: cultivar
sense:
A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species. [from 1923]


lexentry: eng/cultivate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cultivate
trans_list: bewerken
sense:
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.


lexentry: eng/cultivator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultivator
trans_list: cultivator
sense:
Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.


lexentry: eng/cultural_Marxism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cultural Marxism
trans_list: cultuurmarxisme
sense:
(Marxism, academia) A form of Marxism perceived as subsumed by capitalism and thus as unauthentic by its critics (usually other Marxists).


lexentry: eng/cultural_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultural studies
trans_list: cultuurwetenschappen
sense:
A diverse field of study which examines representations of culture through a variety of academic theories.


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culture
trans_list: cultuur
sense:
The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize humankind, or a particular society or nation.


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: culture
trans_list: cultuur
sense:
The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising the accepted norms and values of a society.


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: culture
trans_list: cultuur
sense:
(anthropology) Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: culture
trans_list: cultuur
sense:
(microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.


lexentry: eng/culture_hero__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culture hero
trans_list: cultuurheld
sense:
(idiomatic) A mythical character or real person who is renowned as the exemplar of the values or achievements of a society, group, or time period.


lexentry: eng/culture_shock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culture shock
trans_list: cultuurschok
sense:
(anthropology, sociology) A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment.


lexentry: eng/culver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culver
trans_list: duif
sense:
(now, _, UK, south and east, _, dialect, or) A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.


lexentry: eng/cummerbund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cummerbund
trans_list: brede ceintuur
sense:
(fashion) A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as around a man's waist together with a tuxedo or dinner jacket. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cumulative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cumulative
trans_list: cumulatief
sense:
Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.


lexentry: eng/cumulonimbus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cumulonimbus
trans_list: cumulonimbus
sense:
(meteorology) A cloud, with a tall structure and a flat base, that is often associated with thunderstorms.


lexentry: eng/cuneiform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuneiform
trans_list: spijkerschrift | wigschrift
sense:
An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.


lexentry: eng/cunning__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cunning
trans_list: sluwheid
sense:
The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.


lexentry: eng/cunning_folk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cunning folk
trans_list: duivelbanners | toverdokters
sense:
(historical) professional or semi-professional practitioners of magic (who were often charlatans) who were active from at least the 15th up until the early 20th century.


lexentry: eng/cunt__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cunt
trans_list: kut | kutwijf
sense:
(vulgar, offensive, originally, synecdochically
, countable) An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in Commonwealth more usually a man).


lexentry: eng/cup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cup
trans_list: kopje | kop | beker | tas | jat | mok
sense:
A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.


lexentry: eng/cupboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cupboard
trans_list: kast | keukenkast
sense:
A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.


lexentry: eng/cupule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cupule
trans_list: bolster
sense:
Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies.


lexentry: eng/curare__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: curare
trans_list: curare
sense:
A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.


lexentry: eng/curator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curator
trans_list: conservator | conservatrice
sense:
A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.


lexentry: eng/curaçao__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curaçao
trans_list: curaçao
sense:
A liqueur made from eau de vie, sugar, and dried peel of sweet and sour oranges, naturally colorless but typically artificially colored blue.


lexentry: eng/curd__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curd
trans_list: wrongel
sense:
The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.


lexentry: eng/curdle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curdle
trans_list: stremmen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)


lexentry: eng/curdle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: curdle
trans_list: klonteren
sense:
(ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)


lexentry: eng/curette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curette
trans_list: curette
sense:
(medicine, dentistry) A hand-held surgical instrument, often with a scoop or hook at its tip, used for cleaning or debriding biological tissue.


lexentry: eng/curfew__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: curfew
trans_list: avondklok
sense:
(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.


lexentry: eng/curiosity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curiosity
trans_list: nieuwsgierigheid
sense:
(uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/curious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curious
trans_list: nieuwsgierig
sense:
Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.


lexentry: eng/curl__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: curl
trans_list: rotatie
sense:
(calculus, proper noun) The vector operator, denoted \rm{curl}\; or \vec{\nabla}\times\vec{\left(\cdot\right)}, that generates this field.


lexentry: eng/curlew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curlew
trans_list: wulp
sense:
Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.


lexentry: eng/curling__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: curling
trans_list: curling
sense:
(uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).


lexentry: eng/curly_fries__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curly fries
trans_list: krulfrieten
sense:
(chiefly, North America) A kind of fries characterized by their spring-like helical shape, being cut from whole potatoes using a specialized spiral slicer.


lexentry: eng/current__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: current
trans_list: stroom | stroming
sense:
The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) short for ocean current.


lexentry: eng/current_account__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: current account
trans_list: lopende rekening van de betalingsbalans
sense:
That part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments


lexentry: eng/curriculum_vitae__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curriculum vitae
trans_list: levensloop
sense:
(British) A written account of one's life comprising one's education, accomplishments, work experience, publications, etc.; especially, one used to apply for a job.


lexentry: eng/curry_ketchup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curry ketchup
trans_list: curry | curryketchup
sense:
A variant of ketchup to which curry and other spices have been added, the basis of the dish currywurst.


lexentry: eng/curry_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curry tree
trans_list: kerrieboom
sense:
A tree (Murraya koenigii), related to citrus, native to South Asia and used for flavoring in the local cuisines.


lexentry: eng/currywurst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: currywurst
trans_list: curryworst
sense:
A German national dish consisting of hot pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry ketchup.


lexentry: eng/curse__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: curse
trans_list: vloeken
sense:
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.


lexentry: eng/cursor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cursor
trans_list: cursor
sense:
A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.


lexentry: eng/cursor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cursor
trans_list: cursor | muisaanwijzer
sense:
(GUI) A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.


lexentry: eng/curtsey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curtsey
trans_list: nijging
sense:
A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses the shin of one leg behind the calf of her other leg and briefly bends her knees to lower her body in deference.


lexentry: eng/curve-billed_thrasher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curve-billed thrasher
trans_list: krombekspotlijster
sense:
A non-migratory species of mimid native to the southwestern United States and much of Mexico, Toxostoma curvirostre.


lexentry: eng/curve__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: curve
trans_list: figuur | rondingen
sense:
A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.


lexentry: eng/curve__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: curve
trans_list: kromme | curve
sense:
(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.


lexentry: eng/cushion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cushion
trans_list: band
sense:
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.


lexentry: eng/cushy_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cushy number
trans_list: luizenbaan
sense:
(Britain, informal) A job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding; a sinecure.


lexentry: eng/custard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: custard
trans_list: custard
sense:
(by extension) A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.


lexentry: eng/custom__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: custom
trans_list: aangepast | op maat
sense:
Created under particular specifications, specially to fit one's needs: specialized, unique, custom-made.


lexentry: eng/custom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: custom
trans_list: gebruiken | manieren
sense:
Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.


lexentry: eng/custom__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: custom
trans_list: gebruik | gewoonte
sense:
(legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.


lexentry: eng/custom_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: custom house
trans_list: douane
sense:
An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit


lexentry: eng/customer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: customer
trans_list: klant
sense:
A patron, a client; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.


lexentry: eng/customs_declaration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: customs declaration
trans_list: douane-aangifte
sense:
A statement giving the details and value of goods being imported or exported, usually required for the purpose of assessing customs duty.


lexentry: eng/custos__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: custos
trans_list: curator
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a custody of the order.


lexentry: eng/cut__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: cut
trans_list: knippen | voorsteken
sense:
(transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.


lexentry: eng/cut_one's_losses__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cut one's losses
trans_list: de handdoek in de ring gooien
sense:
To discontinue something to put a stop to continued losses after facing that it is unlikely it will ever bear fruit.


lexentry: eng/cut_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cut out
trans_list: uitvallen | (a person on the telephone): wegvallen | afslaan
sense:
(intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.


lexentry: eng/cutaneous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cutaneous
trans_list: huid-
sense:
(anatomy, zoology) Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.


lexentry: eng/cutaway__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cutaway
trans_list: uitsnijding
sense:
(music) An indentation in the upper bout of a guitar's body adjacent to the neck, allowing easier access to the upper frets.


lexentry: eng/cute__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cute
trans_list: schattig | lief | koddig | zoetjes
sense:
Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.


lexentry: eng/cute__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cute
trans_list: leuk | geestig | guitig | olijk
sense:
Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.


lexentry: eng/cutlass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cutlass
trans_list: hartsvanger
sense:
(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.


lexentry: eng/cutlet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cutlet
trans_list: kotelet
sense:
A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken, or beef) cut from the side of an animal.


lexentry: eng/cutter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cutter
trans_list: kotter
sense:
(nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.


lexentry: eng/cutting__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cutting
trans_list: stek
sense:
(countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.


lexentry: eng/cutting_edge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cutting edge
trans_list: hoogtepunt
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension, often with "on the") The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.


lexentry: eng/cuttlefish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuttlefish
trans_list: zeekat
sense:
any of various squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened


lexentry: eng/cuttlefish_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuttlefish bone
trans_list: schild
sense:
The calcareous, oval-shaped internal shell of a cuttlefish (order Sepiida), originally used in powdered form as an antacid and for absorbing moisture or polishing objects, and now chiefly as a dietary supplement for cage birds.


lexentry: eng/cuvette__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cuvette
trans_list: cuvet
sense:
(analytical chemistry) a small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer


lexentry: eng/cyan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyan
trans_list: cyaan | appelblauwzeegroen
sense:
An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.


lexentry: eng/cyanide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyanide
trans_list: cyanide
sense:
(inorganic compound, organic compound, countable) Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN− anion.


lexentry: eng/cyanoacrylate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyanoacrylate
trans_list: secondelijm
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of esters of cyanoacrylic acid that are used as instant adhesives.


lexentry: eng/cyberattack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyberattack
trans_list: cyberaanval
sense:
An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying.


lexentry: eng/cybernetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cybernetic
trans_list: cybernetisch | stuurkundig
sense:
Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in living organisms or machines.


lexentry: eng/cybersex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cybersex
trans_list: cyberseks
sense:
A virtual sexual encounter in which two or more persons connected remotely via a computer network send one another sexually explicit messages simulating a sexual experience.


lexentry: eng/cyberterrorism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyberterrorism
trans_list: cyberterrorisme
sense:
(computing) The deliberate, large-scale disruption of networks of computers, especially of computers attached to the Internet, by means of viruses etc.


lexentry: eng/cyclamen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclamen
trans_list: cyclaam
sense:
Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers.


lexentry: eng/cycle_of_fifths__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cycle of fifths
trans_list: kwintencirkel
sense:
(music, _, theory) A sequence of bass notes at intervals of one perfect fifth lower than the previous note. In twelve-tone equal temperament the sequence repeats every twelve tones, forming a cycle.


lexentry: eng/cycle_rickshaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cycle rickshaw
trans_list: riksja
sense:
A rickshaw, mostly used as taxi, with two wheels in the back for the carriage and one wheel for steering in the front (or sometimes vice versa), propelled by the action of a driver’s feet upon pedals.


lexentry: eng/cycling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cycling
trans_list: fietsen
sense:
(uncountable) The activity of riding cycles, especially bicycles (for transport, sport, physical exercise, recreation, tourism...)


lexentry: eng/cyclocross__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclocross
trans_list: cyclocross
sense:
(cycle racing) A form of bicycle racing consisting of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles and requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike whilst navigating the obstruction and remount in one motion.


lexentry: eng/cyclodextrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclodextrin
trans_list: cyclodextrine
sense:
(carbohydrate) Any of a class of cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of glucopyranose residues linked as in amylose; cycloamylose.


lexentry: eng/cyclohexane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclohexane
trans_list: cyclohexaan
sense:
(organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C6H12, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid.


lexentry: eng/cycloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cycloid
trans_list: cycloïde
sense:
(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.


lexentry: eng/cyclone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclone
trans_list: cycloon | wervelstorm
sense:
(broadly) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure.


lexentry: eng/cyclopropane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclopropane
trans_list: cyclopropaan
sense:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) The simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6, an inflammable gas, sometimes used as an anaesthetic.


lexentry: eng/cyclopropene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclopropene
trans_list: cyclopropeen
sense:
(organic compound) The cycloalkene having three carbon atoms and one double bond; any derivative of this compound


lexentry: eng/cylinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cylinder
trans_list: cilinder
sense:
(geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.


lexentry: eng/cylinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cylinder
trans_list: cilinder
sense:
A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.


lexentry: eng/cylinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cylinder
trans_list: trommel
sense:
A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder.


lexentry: eng/cylinder_head__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cylinder head
trans_list: cilinderkop
sense:
(automotive) A part of an internal combustion engine, usually made as a removable piece, that closes one end of the engine's cylinders.


lexentry: eng/cymbal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cymbal
trans_list: klankbekken
sense:
(percussion instrument) A concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.


lexentry: eng/cymose__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cymose
trans_list: cymeus
sense:
(botany) having a cyme, a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.


lexentry: eng/cynical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cynical
trans_list: cynisch
sense:
Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.


lexentry: eng/cynosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cynosure
trans_list: gastgezin
sense:
(figuratively) Something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration.


lexentry: eng/cypress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cypress
trans_list: cipres
sense:
An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.


lexentry: eng/cyst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyst
trans_list: cyste
sense:
A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.


lexentry: eng/cysteine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cysteine
trans_list: cysteïne
sense:
(amino acid) A sulphur-containing nonessential amino acid C3H7NO2S found in most animal proteins; it readily oxidizes to cystine.


lexentry: eng/cytogenetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytogenetics
trans_list: cytogenetica
sense:
(biology, genetics) The branch of genetics that studies the relationships between the structure and number of chromosomes as seen in isolated cells and variation in genotype and phenotype


lexentry: eng/cytokine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytokine
trans_list: cytokine
sense:
(protein, immunology) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.


lexentry: eng/cytokinesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytokinesis
trans_list: cytokinese
sense:
(biology) The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell divides following the division of the nucleus.


lexentry: eng/cytopathology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytopathology
trans_list: cytopathologie
sense:
(cytology, pathology) The branch of pathology that deals with abnormalities of cells, independently of the tissue architecture from which they came, as for example in aspiration biopsy such as fine-needle aspiration.


lexentry: eng/cytoplasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytoplasm
trans_list: cytoplasma
sense:
(cytology) The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.


lexentry: eng/cytosine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytosine
trans_list: cytosine
sense:
(biochemistry) A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).


lexentry: eng/cytosol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytosol
trans_list: cytosol
sense:
(cytology) The aqueous solution of a cell's cytoplasm, consisting of water, organic molecules and inorganic ions.


lexentry: eng/d-pad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: d-pad
trans_list: navigatie-pad | vierpuntsdruktoets
sense:
(video games) A plus-shaped directional input pad on a video game controller that allows for eight degrees of movement, now largely superseded by the thumbstick.


lexentry: eng/dab__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dab
trans_list: dabben
sense:
(dance, intransitive) To perform the dab dance move, by moving both arms to one side of the body parallel with your head.


lexentry: eng/dabble__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dabble
trans_list: dompelen | spetteren
sense:
(transitive) To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.


lexentry: eng/dabble__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dabble
trans_list: grondelen
sense:
(intransitive, of waterfowl) To feed without diving, by submerging the head and neck underwater to seek food, often also tipping up the tail straight upwards above the water.


lexentry: eng/dabble__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dabble
trans_list: als liefhebberij hebben | liefhebberen
sense:
(intransitive, figuratively) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.


lexentry: eng/dabbling_duck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dabbling duck
trans_list: grondeleend
sense:
One of the ducks of species in subfamily Anatinae, that feed by dabbling in shallow water, including mallards and teals.


lexentry: eng/dace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dace
trans_list: serpeling
sense:
A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.


lexentry: eng/dachshund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dachshund
trans_list: dashond | teckel
sense:
A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.


lexentry: eng/dactyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dactyl
trans_list: dactylus
sense:
A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.


lexentry: eng/daddy__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: daddy
trans_list: pappa | papa | pappie
sense:
(slang, obsolete) The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.


lexentry: eng/daddy_longlegs__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: daddy longlegs
trans_list: hooiwagen
sense:
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) Any (non-spider) arachnid of the order Opiliones, mostly with long thin legs; the harvestman.


lexentry: eng/daffodil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daffodil
trans_list: narcis
sense:
(countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.


lexentry: eng/daguerreotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daguerreotype
trans_list: daguerreotype
sense:
An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors; such a photograph.


lexentry: eng/daikon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daikon
trans_list: Chinese radijs | Daikon | Japanse radijs | winter-radijs | witte rammenas
sense:
An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.


lexentry: eng/dairy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dairy
trans_list: zuivelfabriek
sense:
A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.


lexentry: eng/dairy_cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dairy cow
trans_list: melkkoe
sense:
Any breed of cow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk, from which dairy products are made; an individual cattle beast of such a breed; especially, a female cow who has calved and lactated.


lexentry: eng/dais__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dais
trans_list: podium | verhoog
sense:
A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. [from c. 1800.]


lexentry: eng/daisy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daisy
trans_list: madeliefje
sense:
The wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals


lexentry: eng/daisy_chain__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daisy chain
trans_list: aansluiten
sense:
(electronics) To connect a network or other peripheral in sequence from one node to another through the connected devices.


lexentry: eng/dale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dale
trans_list: dal | vallei
sense:
(mainly, Britain, slightly dated outside Yorkshire etc.) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.


lexentry: eng/dam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dam
trans_list: dam
sense:
A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.


lexentry: eng/damages__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damages
trans_list: schadevergoeding
sense:
(legal) The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same.


lexentry: eng/damn__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damn
trans_list: verdomme
sense:
(sometimes, vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.


lexentry: eng/damper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damper
trans_list: demper
sense:
A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.


lexentry: eng/damper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damper
trans_list: afzuigkap | dampkap
sense:
A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.


lexentry: eng/damselfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damselfly
trans_list: juffer
sense:
Any of various insects of the suborder Zygoptera that have long slender bodies, and are similar to dragonflies but having wings folded when at rest.


lexentry: eng/dance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dance
trans_list: dans
sense:
A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.


lexentry: eng/dance_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dance card
trans_list: balboekje
sense:
(dance, dated) A card on which a person (usually a woman) lists those they have agreed to dance with. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/dance_move__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dance move
trans_list: dansmove | danspas
sense:
A bodily movement or series of movements, either traditional or improvised, that forms part of a specific dance or that is performed when dancing.


lexentry: eng/dance_to_someone's_tune__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dance to someone's tune
trans_list: naar iemands pijpen dansen
sense:
To do what someone demands or expects, do as told, defer to someone's wishes or demands, do someone's bidding.


lexentry: eng/dandelion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dandelion
trans_list: paardenbloem | leeuwentand
sense:
(countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).


lexentry: eng/dandy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dandy
trans_list: chicard
sense:
A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.


lexentry: eng/danger_pay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: danger pay
trans_list: bibbergeld
sense:
Extra payment given to anybody, civilian or soldier, who is employed in a situation where the working conditions or locale are considered to be hazardous.


lexentry: eng/danger_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: danger zone
trans_list: gevarenzone
sense:
A specifically hazardous place to be avoided, usually demarcated, such as an area with anti-personnel mines


lexentry: eng/dangerous_goods__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dangerous goods
trans_list: gevaarlijke stoffen
sense:
Substances, natural or man-made, which are intrinsically dangerous or otherwise pose a safety hazard. Examples include explosives, poisons, and corrosives.


lexentry: eng/danse_macabre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: danse macabre
trans_list: dodendans
sense:
(arts) A conventional subject in art, literature and drama, or a particular work in that style, in which death (in the form of a putrid corpse, skeleton, the Grim Reaper, etc) is shown leading people to the grave.


lexentry: eng/daredevil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daredevil
trans_list: waaghals
sense:
A person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention. [from 1794]


lexentry: eng/daric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daric
trans_list: dareik
sense:
A gold coin from Persian Empire, introduced by Darius the Great (522-486 BC) and used until Alexander the Great's invasion (330 BC).


lexentry: eng/dark_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dark energy
trans_list: donkere energie
sense:
(astronomy, astrophysics) A hypothetical form of energy which, it is supposed, is spread uniformly throughout space (and time) and has anti-gravitational properties: it represents a possible mechanism for the cosmological constant, and thus is one of the possible explanations for the current accelerating rate of expansion of the universe; and it is estimated to account for about 74% of the mass-energy of the universe.


lexentry: eng/dark_green_fritillary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dark green fritillary
trans_list: grote parelmoervlinder
sense:
A big, bright orange and black butterfly with a greenish body, Argynnis aglaja, of the family Nymphalidae


lexentry: eng/dark_horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dark horse
trans_list: planeet
sense:
(idiomatic, politics) A candidate for an election who is nominated unexpectedly, without previously having been discussed or considered as a likely choice.


lexentry: eng/dark_matter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dark matter
trans_list: donkere materie
sense:
(astronomy, astrophysics, broadly) Matter which cannot be detected by its radiation but whose presence is inferred from gravitational effects.


lexentry: eng/darn__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darn
trans_list: stoppen
sense:
(transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.


lexentry: eng/darnel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darnel
trans_list: dolik
sense:
A species of ryegrass, Lolium temulentum, often found in wheat fields and often host to a fungus intoxicating to humans and animals.


lexentry: eng/darning_egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darning egg
trans_list: maasbal
sense:
An egg-shaped ovoid of stone, porcelain, wood, or similar hard material, which is inserted into the toe or heel of a sock to hold it in the proper shape and provide a firm foundation for repairs.


lexentry: eng/darts__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darts
trans_list: darts
sense:
(games, sports) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land


lexentry: eng/dasein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dasein
trans_list: daarzijn
sense:
(philosophy) Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence


lexentry: eng/dash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dash
trans_list: koppelteken | streepje
sense:
(typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).


lexentry: eng/dashboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dashboard
trans_list: dashboard | instrumentenpaneel
sense:
(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.


lexentry: eng/dashcam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dashcam
trans_list: dashcam
sense:
(automotive) A digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle to record occurrences in the vicinity, such as traffic accidents that the vehicle has been involved in, to provide evidence for criminal prosecutions, insurance claims, etc.


lexentry: eng/dashpot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dashpot
trans_list: piston
sense:
A mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a viscous fluid (usually oil); used, in conjunction with a spring, in shock absorbers.


lexentry: eng/data__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data
trans_list: data | gegevens | informatie
sense:
(collectively, uncountable) Information, especially in a scientific or computational context, or with the implication that it is organized.


lexentry: eng/data_mining__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data mining
trans_list: datamining
sense:
(database) A technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns; used mainly to find previously unknown correlations between variables that may be commercially useful.


lexentry: eng/data_processing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data processing
trans_list: gegevensverwerking
sense:
Any of many techniques in which data is retrieved, stored, classified, manipulated, transmitted and/or reported in such a way as to generate information; especially such processing using computers.


lexentry: eng/data_structure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data structure
trans_list: datastructuur | gegevensstructuur
sense:
(computer science) Any form of storing and organizing data in a computer so that it can be accessed efficiently.


lexentry: eng/data_transfer_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data transfer rate
trans_list: gegevensoverdrachtssnelheid | overdrachtssnelheid
sense:
(computing) The transmission speed of a communications channel; measured in bits or bytes per second.


lexentry: eng/data_type__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data type
trans_list: type
sense:
(programming) A classification or category of various types of data, that states the possible values that can be taken, how they are stored, and what range of operations are allowed on them.


lexentry: eng/data_warehouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data warehouse
trans_list: database
sense:
(computing) A collection of data, from a variety of sources, organized to provide useful guidance to an organization's decision-makers.


lexentry: eng/database__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: database
trans_list: database | databank
sense:
(general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.


lexentry: eng/database__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: database
trans_list: database | databank
sense:
(computing, loosely, metonymically) A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.


lexentry: eng/date__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: date
trans_list: dadel
sense:
The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.


lexentry: eng/date__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: date
trans_list: datum
sense:
The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.


lexentry: eng/date__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: date
trans_list: datum | tijdstip
sense:
A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.


lexentry: eng/date__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: date
trans_list: dateren
sense:
(transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.


lexentry: eng/dative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dative
trans_list: datief
sense:
(grammar) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.


lexentry: eng/dative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dative
trans_list: begeven
sense:
(obsolete, legal) In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.


lexentry: eng/dative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dative
trans_list: datief
sense:
(obsolete, legal) Given by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself.


lexentry: eng/dative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dative case
trans_list: datief | dativus | derde naamval
sense:
(grammar) Case used to express direction towards an indirect object, the recipient or beneficiary of an action, and is generally indicated in English by to (when a recipient) or for (when a beneficiary) with the objective case. The direct object may be either stated or unstated where the indirect object is the beneficiary of the verbal action, but is stated where the indirect object is a recipient. If there is emphasis on the indirect object, the indirect object usually precedes the direct object and is not usually indicated with to or for; said structure is also used when neither object is being emphasized.


lexentry: eng/datolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: datolite
trans_list: datoliet
sense:
(mineral) A borosilicate of lime commonly occurring in glassy, greenish crystals, with the chemical formula CaBSiO4(OH).


lexentry: eng/datum__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: datum
trans_list: gegeven
sense:
(cartography, surveying, engineering) A fixed reference point or set of reference points which precisely define a system of measurement or a coordinate system.


lexentry: eng/datura__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: datura
trans_list: doornappel
sense:
A plant of the genus Datura, known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous properties. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/dauphin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dauphin
trans_list: dauphin
sense:
The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois.


lexentry: eng/davit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: davit
trans_list: davit
sense:
(nautical, construction) A crane, often working in pairs and usually made of steel, used to lower things over an edge of a long drop off, such as lowering a maintenance trapeze down a building or launching a lifeboat over the side of a ship.


lexentry: eng/dawdle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dawdle
trans_list: dralen | klungelen | leuteren | talmen
sense:
To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time. [from mid 17th c. (probably dialectal); in general use from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/day__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: day
trans_list: dag | etmaal
sense:
A period of time between two set times which mark the beginning and the end of day in a calendar, such as from midnight to the following midnight or (Judaism) from nightfall to the following nightfall.


lexentry: eng/day_care_center__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day care center
trans_list: kinderdagverblijf
sense:
A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work. Generally more entertaining and less educational than a preschool, but with longer hours of operation.


lexentry: eng/day_in,_day_out__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day in, day out
trans_list: dagdagelijks | dag in dag uit | dag na dag
sense:
(idiomatic) Every day; daily; constantly or continuously (especially, of something that has become routine or monotonous).


lexentry: eng/daylight_robbery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daylight robbery
trans_list: je reinste diefstal
sense:
(uncountable) The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/daylight_saving_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daylight saving time
trans_list: zomertijd
sense:
The practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the sun over the course of the day.


lexentry: eng/daylily__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daylily
trans_list: daglelies
sense:
Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Hemerocallis, that have fleshy roots, grasslike leaves and colourful flowers that bloom for just one day.


lexentry: eng/daze__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daze
trans_list: versuffen
sense:
(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.


lexentry: eng/dazzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dazzle
trans_list: verblinden | blenden
sense:
(transitive) To confuse or overpower the sight of (someone or something, such as a sensor) by means of excessive brightness.


lexentry: eng/de_facto__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: de facto
trans_list: de facto
sense:
In fact or in practice; in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status. (Often opposed to de jure.)


lexentry: eng/deacon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: deacon
trans_list: diaken
sense:
(Orthodoxy, Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.


lexentry: eng/deaconess-house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deaconess-house
trans_list: diaconessenhuis | diakonessenhuis
sense:
(chiefly, _, historical) A house inhabited or operated by deaconesses, providing basic medical attention, care for the poor and sick etc.


lexentry: eng/dead__Adjective__1
sense_num: 27
written_rep: dead
trans_list: dood | dode | gestorven | overleden
sense:
(rare, especially, religion, often with "to") Indifferent to; having no obligation toward; no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).


lexentry: eng/dead_drop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead drop
trans_list: dode brievenbus
sense:
(espionage) A location used to secretly transfer items between two people, without requiring them to meet.


lexentry: eng/dead_man's_switch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead man's switch
trans_list: dodemansknop
sense:
A switch that automatically triggers an action (for instance, to stop a machine or vehicle) if a specified input from the operator is not made or is altered.


lexentry: eng/dead_reckoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead reckoning
trans_list: gegist bestek
sense:
A method of estimating the position of a ship or aircraft by applying estimates of the distance and direction travelled from a previously known position. In respect to ships/boats, it excludes the effect of wind and current on the vessel. Compare with estimated position. Abbreviation: DR


lexentry: eng/dead_ringer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead ringer
trans_list: evenbeeld
sense:
(idiomatic) Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.


lexentry: eng/deadeye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadeye
trans_list: jufferblok
sense:
(nautical) A wooden disk having holes through which the lanyard is passed, used for tightening shrouds.


lexentry: eng/deadlift__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadlift
trans_list: deadliften
sense:
(transitive) To lift a barbell while moving the body from a bent-over position to a standing position.


lexentry: eng/deadly_nightshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadly nightshade
trans_list: belladonna | wolfskers
sense:
The plant Atropa belladonna, a perennial shrub of the nightshade family that contains high concentrations of the alkaloid atropine which can be deadly if taken in excess.


lexentry: eng/deadly_sin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadly sin
trans_list: hoofdzonde
sense:
Any of the seven deadly sins: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).


lexentry: eng/deadweight_ton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadweight ton
trans_list: draagvermogen
sense:
(nautical) A long ton (2,2240 pounds), as used to measure of a ship's carrying capacity, including bunker oil, fresh water, ballast water, crew, and provisions.


lexentry: eng/deafening_silence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deafening silence
trans_list: doodse stilte
sense:
(idiomatic) A noteworthy silence, or absence of response, especially one signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm.


lexentry: eng/deal_with__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deal with
trans_list: behandelen
sense:
(transitive) To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject.


lexentry: eng/dean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dean
trans_list: decaan | deken
sense:
A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).


lexentry: eng/dean__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dean
trans_list: deken
sense:
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.


lexentry: eng/dear__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: dear
trans_list: beste | geachte | hooggeachte | lieve | waarde | weledele
sense:
A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death
trans_list: dood | overlijden
sense:
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: death
trans_list: dood
sense:
(often, capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: death
trans_list: dood
sense:
(figuratively, especially followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).


lexentry: eng/death_adder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death adder
trans_list: doodsadders
sense:
Any snake of the genus Acanthophis, a group of highly venomous elapids found in Australia and New Guinea.


lexentry: eng/death_camp__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: death camp
trans_list: vernietigingskamp
sense:
A facility built during the Holocaust by the Nazis to kill especially the Jewish people through gassing.


lexentry: eng/death_certificate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death certificate
trans_list: doodceel | overlijdensakte
sense:
A document issued by a medical practitioner, or by a registrar, certifying the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths.


lexentry: eng/death_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death metal
trans_list: deathmetal
sense:
(music) A subgenre of heavy metal typically employing moderate to fast tempos, heavily distorted guitars, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes, often having violent or dark lyrics.


lexentry: eng/deathblow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deathblow
trans_list: flap
sense:
(figurative) Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback.


lexentry: eng/debacle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debacle
trans_list: debacle | fiasco | verplettering
sense:
An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/debasement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debasement
trans_list: vernedering
sense:
The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.


lexentry: eng/debate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debate
trans_list: debat
sense:
An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.


lexentry: eng/debate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debate
trans_list: bespreken | debatteren | uitpraten
sense:
(ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/debauched__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debauched
trans_list: bacchantisch
sense:
Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.


lexentry: eng/debauchery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debauchery
trans_list: losbandigheid | zedeloosheid
sense:
Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous/immoral activities; involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.


lexentry: eng/debit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: debit
trans_list: debet
sense:
A sum of money taken out of a bank account. Thus called, because in bank's bookkeeping a cash withdrawal diminishes the amount of money held on the account, i.e. bank's debt to the customer.


lexentry: eng/debit_note__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debit note
trans_list: debetnota
sense:
(accounting) A commercial document issued by a seller in order to adjust upwards the amount of an invoice already issued.


lexentry: eng/debt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debt
trans_list: schuld | verplichting | schulden
sense:
An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.


lexentry: eng/debt__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: debt
trans_list: schulden | schuld
sense:
(finance) Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.


lexentry: eng/debt_bondage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debt bondage
trans_list: schuldslavernij
sense:
A condition similar to slavery where people are unable to control their lives or their work due to unpaid debts.


lexentry: eng/debug__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debug
trans_list: debuggen
sense:
(computer science) To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery.


lexentry: eng/debugger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debugger
trans_list: debugger
sense:
(programming) A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.


lexentry: eng/debunk__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debunk
trans_list: doorprikken | ontmaskeren
sense:
(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.


lexentry: eng/decade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decade
trans_list: tiental | tientje
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A series of prayers counted on a rosary, typically consisting of an Our Father, followed by ten Hail Marys, and concluding with a Glory Be and sometimes the Fatima Prayer.


lexentry: eng/decade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decade
trans_list: decennium | tiental
sense:
A period of ten years [from 17th c.], particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/decal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decal
trans_list: etiket
sense:
A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.


lexentry: eng/decane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decane
trans_list: decaan
sense:
(organic compound) Any of the 75 isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C10H22


lexentry: eng/decathlon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decathlon
trans_list: tienkamp
sense:
An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.


lexentry: eng/decent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: decent
trans_list: fatsoenlijk | integer
sense:
(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.


lexentry: eng/decentralize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decentralize
trans_list: decentraliseren
sense:
To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.


lexentry: eng/deception__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deception
trans_list: bedrog | misleiding | bedriegerij
sense:
An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.


lexentry: eng/decibel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decibel
trans_list: decibel
sense:
A common measure of sound intensity ratio that is one tenth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale. It is defined as dB = ⅒log10(P1 / P2), where P1 and P2 are the relative powers of the sound.


lexentry: eng/decimal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal
trans_list: decimaal | decimale | tientallig | tientallige
sense:
(arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.


lexentry: eng/decimal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal
trans_list: decimaalstelsel | tientallig talstelsel
sense:
(countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.


lexentry: eng/decimal_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal number
trans_list: decimaal
sense:
(mathematics) A number expressed in the decimal system (base ten), (particularly) fractional numbers so represented.


lexentry: eng/decimal_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal point
trans_list: kant
sense:
(typography) A period/full stop ⟨.⟩ or middot ⟨·⟩ used to set off the decimal or fractional part of a number.


lexentry: eng/decimate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimate
trans_list: decimeren
sense:
(archaic) To kill one-tenth of (a group), (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.


lexentry: eng/decipherment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decipherment
trans_list: ontcijfering
sense:
The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.


lexentry: eng/decision__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: decision
trans_list: verdict | beslissing
sense:
(chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.


lexentry: eng/decisive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decisive
trans_list: doorslaggevend | afdoend | beslissend
sense:
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.


lexentry: eng/deck_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deck chair
trans_list: lui
sense:
A folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach or onboard a liner.


lexentry: eng/declaim__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: declaim
trans_list: declameren
sense:
To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.


lexentry: eng/declaration__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: declaration
trans_list: declaratie
sense:
(legal) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.


lexentry: eng/declaration_of_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: declaration of war
trans_list: oorlogsverklaring
sense:
A formal announcement by a country or other body with military capability that it is in a state of war with another such entity.


lexentry: eng/declaration_of_will__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: declaration of will
trans_list: wilsverklaring
sense:
(law) A private outward manifestation of intention which is directly aimed at bringing about a legal effect.


lexentry: eng/declare__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: declare
trans_list: verklaren | aangeven
sense:
(transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.


lexentry: eng/declare__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: declare
trans_list: aangeven | verklaren
sense:
(Christianity, particularly Evangelicalism) To state that a thing shall happen or affirm a condition in the hopes of seeing it happen spiritually, in contrast to prayer which takes the form of a request.


lexentry: eng/declare_war__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: declare war
trans_list: de oorlog verklaren
sense:
(of a governmental authority) To make a formal pronouncement, or sign a legal document, that initiates a state of war between one nation and another, usually before hostilities begin.


lexentry: eng/declension__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: declension
trans_list: verbuigen | verbuiging
sense:
(grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.


lexentry: eng/declension__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: declension
trans_list: verbuiging
sense:
(grammar) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.


lexentry: eng/declination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: declination
trans_list: declinatie
sense:
At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.


lexentry: eng/decline__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: decline
trans_list: verbuigen
sense:
(transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.


lexentry: eng/decompression_sickness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decompression sickness
trans_list: caissonziekte
sense:
(pathology) A sometimes fatal condition resulting from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood and tissues, because of too rapid decompression, seen especially in deep-sea divers ascending rapidly from a dive. It is characterized by severe pains in the joints and chest, skin irritation, cramps, nausea, and paralysis.


lexentry: eng/deconversion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deconversion
trans_list: ontkering
sense:
The loss of faith in a given religion and return to a previously held religion or non-religion (typically atheism, agnosticism, or rationalism).


lexentry: eng/decoration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: decoration
trans_list: decoratie | versiering
sense:
Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation.


lexentry: eng/decoration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: decoration
trans_list: decoratie | medaille
sense:
Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.


lexentry: eng/decorous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decorous
trans_list: goed | keurig | net | welvoeglijk
sense:
Marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards; becoming, seemly.


lexentry: eng/decriminalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decriminalization
trans_list: decriminalisering
sense:
The act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.)


lexentry: eng/decriminalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: decriminalization
trans_list: decriminalisering
sense:
The act of ceasing to treat a person as a criminal, by making their activities legal or no longer subjecting them to the criminal justice system (but instead possibly the mental healthcare system, etc).


lexentry: eng/dedicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dedicate
trans_list: opdragen
sense:
(transitive) To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.


lexentry: eng/dedication__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dedication
trans_list: dedicatie | toewijding
sense:
(countable) A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection.


lexentry: eng/dedovshchina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dedovshchina
trans_list: dedovsjtsjina
sense:
Hazing, the informal system of subjection and physical or sexual abuse of new junior conscripts, formerly in the Soviet Armed Forces and contemporarily in the Russian, Ukrainian, etc. armed forces.


lexentry: eng/deduce__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deduce
trans_list: afleiden | deduceren
sense:
(transitive) To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.


lexentry: eng/deduction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deduction
trans_list: afleiding
sense:
(logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.


lexentry: eng/deed__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: deed
trans_list: akte
sense:
(legal) A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before a witness; sometimes required for certain legal activities, such as the transfer of certain kinds of property.


lexentry: eng/deem__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: deem
trans_list: beschouwen
sense:
(ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.


lexentry: eng/deem__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: deem
trans_list: achten | vinden
sense:
(ambitransitive) To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.


lexentry: eng/deep-rooted__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep-rooted
trans_list: diepgeworteld
sense:
(literally, of a plant) Having deep roots; (of a non-living object) deeply and firmly embedded (in the ground, etc.).


lexentry: eng/deep__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep
trans_list: diep | zwaar
sense:
(cricket, baseball, softball) Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.


lexentry: eng/deep__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep
trans_list: dik
sense:
Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction, especially front-to-back.


lexentry: eng/deep_drawing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep drawing
trans_list: dieptrekken
sense:
A sheet metal forming process in which a sheet metal blank is radially drawn into a forming die by the mechanical action of a punch.


lexentry: eng/deep_fryer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep fryer
trans_list: frituurpan | frietketel
sense:
A heated vessel for frying food by immersing in hot oil, as opposed to shallow frying in a frying pan.


lexentry: eng/deepfake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deepfake
trans_list: deepfake
sense:
(technology, neologism) A convincingly realistic but fake image, video, or audio created with the use of artificial intelligence, especially one that imposes the face of one person onto the body of someone else.


lexentry: eng/deer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deer
trans_list: hert
sense:
A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla.


lexentry: eng/defamation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defamation
trans_list: laster | smaad | belastering
sense:
The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.


lexentry: eng/defect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defect
trans_list: overlopen | deserteren
sense:
(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.


lexentry: eng/defective__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: defective
trans_list: defectief
sense:
(grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.


lexentry: eng/defective_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defective verb
trans_list: defectief werkwoord
sense:
(grammar) A verb with an incomplete conjugation; for example, one that can only be conjugated in certain persons and numbers.


lexentry: eng/defenceman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defenceman
trans_list: pleitbezorger
sense:
In ice hockey and lacrosse, a player position with a primary responsibility to prevent the opposing team from scoring goals; same as defender in many other ballgames.


lexentry: eng/defendant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defendant
trans_list: verweerder | verdachte
sense:
(legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.


lexentry: eng/defender__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: defender
trans_list: verdediger | verdedigster
sense:
(law, rare) A lawyer who represents defendants, especially a public defender; a defense attorney (US) or defence counsel (UK).


lexentry: eng/defer__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defer
trans_list: conformeren | onderwerpen | zich voegen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.


lexentry: eng/defibrillation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defibrillation
trans_list: defibrillatie
sense:
The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.


lexentry: eng/defile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defile
trans_list: engte
sense:
A narrow passage or way (originally (military) , one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.


lexentry: eng/define__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: define
trans_list: beschrijven | omschrijven
sense:
To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.


lexentry: eng/definite_article__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: definite article
trans_list: bepaald lidwoord | lidwoord van bepaaldheid
sense:
(grammar) An article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is the and its variations.


lexentry: eng/definition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: definition
trans_list: definitie | omschrijving | definiëring
sense:
(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).


lexentry: eng/deflagration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deflagration
trans_list: deflagratie
sense:
The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.


lexentry: eng/deflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deflation
trans_list: deflatie
sense:
(economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages.


lexentry: eng/deforestation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deforestation
trans_list: ontbossing
sense:
The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.


lexentry: eng/deform__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deform
trans_list: misvormen
sense:
(also, figuratively) To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance.


lexentry: eng/deform__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deform
trans_list: vervormen
sense:
To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.


lexentry: eng/defragment__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defragment
trans_list: defragmenteren
sense:
(computing) To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.


lexentry: eng/defy__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: defy
trans_list: uitdagen | afzweren | het hoofd bieden
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.


lexentry: eng/degeneration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: degeneration
trans_list: verergering
sense:
(uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.


lexentry: eng/deglaze__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deglaze
trans_list: deglaceren
sense:
(transitive, cooking) To detach small pieces of cooked food from a pan by adding liquid, so that they can be used in further cooking.


lexentry: eng/degree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: degree
trans_list: graad | titel
sense:
A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.) [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/degree__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: degree
trans_list: graad
sense:
(geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1⁄360 of a circle's circumference. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/degree__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: degree
trans_list: graad
sense:
(physics) A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/degree_of_comparison__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: degree of comparison
trans_list: trap van vergelijking
sense:
(linguistics, grammar) A form of an adjective that indicates a different degree of the attribute the adjective denotes; like the positive, comparative and superlative forms.


lexentry: eng/degree_of_freedom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: degree of freedom
trans_list: vrijheidsgraad
sense:
(physics) Any of the coordinates, a minimum number of which are needed to specify the motion of a mechanical system.


lexentry: eng/dehiscence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dehiscence
trans_list: dehiscentie
sense:
(botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.


lexentry: eng/dehumanize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dehumanize
trans_list: ontmenselijken | dehumaniseren
sense:
(transitive) To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.


lexentry: eng/dehydration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dehydration
trans_list: dehydratie | uitdroging
sense:
The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.


lexentry: eng/deism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deism
trans_list: deïsme
sense:
A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural phenomena or specific religious doctrines.


lexentry: eng/delation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: delation
trans_list: aangifte
sense:
(legal) An accusation or charge brought against someone, especially by an informer; the act of accusing someone.


lexentry: eng/delative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delative case
trans_list: delatief
sense:
(grammar) case used to indicate movement from an object. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions from or off of, as in "down off of the house." Hungarian is a language that uses the delative case, see -ról.


lexentry: eng/delay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delay
trans_list: vertraging
sense:
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.


lexentry: eng/delayed-onset_muscle_soreness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delayed-onset muscle soreness
trans_list: spierkater
sense:
(medicine) The pain and stiffness felt in muscles several hours to days after unaccustomed or strenuous exercise.


lexentry: eng/delegate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: delegate
trans_list: delegeren
sense:
(computing, Internet, transitive) (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.


lexentry: eng/delegation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: delegation
trans_list: delegatie
sense:
(legal) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)


lexentry: eng/delete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delete
trans_list: verwijderen
sense:
(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]


lexentry: eng/deliberation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deliberation
trans_list: afweging
sense:
The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.


lexentry: eng/delicacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: delicacy
trans_list: lekkernij
sense:
Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.


lexentry: eng/delirium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delirium
trans_list: delirium | delier
sense:
(symptom) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.


lexentry: eng/delirium_tremens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delirium tremens
trans_list: delirium tremens
sense:
(pathology) A psychosis of chronic alcoholism, usually due to alcohol withdrawal, which can be fatal. Symptoms include sweating, tremors, terrifying hallucinations, insomnia, restlessness, disorientation and anxiety.


lexentry: eng/delivery_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delivery room
trans_list: verloskamer
sense:
(medicine) An operating theatre or similar room in a hospital or other medical facility, furnished with suitable equipment and staffed by physicians, surgeons, or other medical workers, for the purpose of assisting mothers with the births of their babies.


lexentry: eng/delta__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: delta
trans_list: delta
sense:
(mathematics, physics, engineering) The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".


lexentry: eng/delusion_of_grandeur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delusion of grandeur
trans_list: grootheidswaanzin
sense:
(usually, in the plural) The false belief that one is important or powerful, accompanying certain mental disorders.


lexentry: eng/delusional_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delusional disorder
trans_list: waanstoornis
sense:
A mental disorder characterized by isolated delusions without any accompanying symptoms like hallucinations, thought disorder or flat affect.


lexentry: eng/demagogue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demagogue
trans_list: demagoog | volksmenner | volksopruier
sense:
(pejorative) A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.


lexentry: eng/demagogue__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demagogue
trans_list: demagogie bedrijven | demagogie gebruiken | volksmennen
sense:
(intransitive, and, transitive) To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about (an issue) in the manner of a demagogue.


lexentry: eng/demand__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: demand
trans_list: navraag | vraag
sense:
(economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.


lexentry: eng/demanding__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: demanding
trans_list: veeleisend
sense:
Making great demands in terms of quality, quantity, accuracy or other criteria; difficult to satisfy.


lexentry: eng/demarcation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demarcation
trans_list: demarcatie | demarkatie
sense:
The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.


lexentry: eng/demeanor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demeanor
trans_list: gedragswijze
sense:
(American spelling) The social, non-verbal behaviours (such as body language and facial expressions) that are characteristic of a person.


lexentry: eng/dementia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dementia
trans_list: dementie
sense:
(pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.


lexentry: eng/demesne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demesne
trans_list: grondbezit | domein | landgoed
sense:
A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.


lexentry: eng/demijohn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demijohn
trans_list: dame-jeanne
sense:
A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.


lexentry: eng/demise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demise
trans_list: overdracht
sense:
(legal) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.


lexentry: eng/demise__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: demise
trans_list: falen | neergang | overdracht
sense:
Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.


lexentry: eng/demissionary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: demissionary
trans_list: demissionair
sense:
(sometimes, after the noun modified) Having resigned or been removed from a position, but retaining some status or powers.


lexentry: eng/demiurge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demiurge
trans_list: demiurg
sense:
(Platonic, _, philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.


lexentry: eng/demo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: demo
trans_list: demo
sense:
(informal) A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.


lexentry: eng/democracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: democracy
trans_list: democratie
sense:
(uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).


lexentry: eng/democracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: democracy
trans_list: democratie
sense:
(countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/democrat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: democrat
trans_list: democraat | democrate
sense:
A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).


lexentry: eng/democratic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: democratic
trans_list: democratisch
sense:
Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.


lexentry: eng/democratization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: democratization
trans_list: democratisatie | democratisering
sense:
The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.


lexentry: eng/demography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demography
trans_list: demografie | bevolkingsleer
sense:
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.


lexentry: eng/demoiselle_crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demoiselle crane
trans_list: jufferkraanvogel
sense:
A crane, Grus virgo (syn. Anthropoides virgo), found in central Asia, 85-100 centimeters long with a loud trumpeting call.


lexentry: eng/demolition_derby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demolition derby
trans_list: autorodeo
sense:
(chiefly, US) a competition in which contestants crash old cars into each other, the last vehicle surviving being the winner.


lexentry: eng/demonetize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: demonetize
trans_list: ontwaarden
sense:
(Internet, transitive) To demote (published content, or its creator) so that it is no longer eligible to earn money for its publisher.


lexentry: eng/demonstrative_adjective__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demonstrative adjective
trans_list: bijvoegelijk aanwijzend voornaamwoord
sense:
An adjective that points out which person, object or concept is being referred to; whether it is singular or plural; and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer.


lexentry: eng/demonstrative_pronoun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demonstrative pronoun
trans_list: aanwijzend voornaamwoord
sense:
(grammar) a pronoun that replaces a noun whose identity can be understood from the context; it indicates whether the noun is singular or plural, and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer


lexentry: eng/demoscene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demoscene
trans_list: demoscene
sense:
(computing) The informal computer art subculture that produces and watches demos (audiovisual computer programs).


lexentry: eng/demotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: demotic
trans_list: demotisch
sense:
Of, relating to, or written in the ancient Egyptian script that developed from Lower Egyptian hieratic writing starting from around 650 BCE and was chiefly used to write the Demotic phase of the Egyptian language, with simplified and cursive characters that no longer corresponded directly to their hieroglyphic precursors.


lexentry: eng/demur__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demur
trans_list: verzet aantekenen
sense:
Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception.


lexentry: eng/den__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: den
trans_list: hol | huiskamer | leefkamer | woonkamer
sense:
A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.


lexentry: eng/denature__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: denature
trans_list: denatureren
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, biochemistry) To alter its original form or state, especially of a protein, by heat, acidity etc.


lexentry: eng/denazification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: denazification
trans_list: denazificatie | denazificering
sense:
The process of the removal of Nazis from public office and positions of responsibility in Germany and Austria after World War II.


lexentry: eng/dendrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dendrite
trans_list: dendriet
sense:
(cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.


lexentry: eng/dendrochronology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dendrochronology
trans_list: dendrochronologie
sense:
(biology, archaeology) The science that uses the spacing between the annual growth rings of trees to date their exact year of formation.


lexentry: eng/dengue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dengue
trans_list: dengue | knokkelkoorts
sense:
An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.


lexentry: eng/dengue_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dengue fever
trans_list: dengue
sense:
An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.


lexentry: eng/denial__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: denial
trans_list: weigering
sense:
(psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.


lexentry: eng/denialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: denialism
trans_list: negationisme
sense:
The practice of rejecting propositions which are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence, and often of seeking to influence policy processes and outcomes accordingly.


lexentry: eng/denizen__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: denizen
trans_list: ingeburgerde
sense:
(British, historical) A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.


lexentry: eng/denomination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: denomination
trans_list: aanduiding
sense:
(countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals.


lexentry: eng/denomination__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: denomination
trans_list: kerk
sense:
(countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.


lexentry: eng/denotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: denotation
trans_list: betekenis | denotatie
sense:
(logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.


lexentry: eng/denounce__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: denounce
trans_list: afkeuren | beschuldigen
sense:
(transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.


lexentry: eng/denounce__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: denounce
trans_list: afkeuren
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.


lexentry: eng/density__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: density
trans_list: dichtheid
sense:
The ratio of one quantity, representing something of interest, to another quantity representing space, area, or extent in which the thing of interest is distributed.


lexentry: eng/density__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: density
trans_list: dichtheid
sense:
(mathematics, statistics) The probability that an outcome will fall into a given range, per unit of that range; the relative likelihood of possible values of a continuous random variable.


lexentry: eng/dental__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dental
trans_list: tand
sense:
(phonetics) Articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or with the blade of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, so that the tip of the tongue rests near the teeth.


lexentry: eng/dental_dam__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dental dam
trans_list: beflapje | liklapje
sense:
(dentistry) A thin, flexible piece of latex or similar material used to isolate one or more teeth during some dental procedures.


lexentry: eng/dental_hygienist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dental hygienist
trans_list: mondhygiënist
sense:
A licensed dental professional who specializes in preventive oral health, typically focusing on techniques in oral hygiene.


lexentry: eng/denticulated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: denticulated
trans_list: getand
sense:
(heraldry, of a, bordure, very, rare) Embattled, but with only the projecting portions visible, so that the bordure appears non-contiguous (but the spaces are part of the field, unlike compony).


lexentry: eng/dentil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dentil
trans_list: tandlijst
sense:
(architectural element) Any one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice.


lexentry: eng/dentistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dentistry
trans_list: tandheelkunde
sense:
(uncountable) The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.


lexentry: eng/dentition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dentition
trans_list: gebit
sense:
The type, number and arrangement of the normal teeth of an organism or of the actual teeth of an individual


lexentry: eng/deontology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deontology
trans_list: deontologie
sense:
(ethics) The normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to rules or obligations rather than either the inherent goodness or the consequences of those actions. [from 1930]


lexentry: eng/deoxyribonucleic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deoxyribonucleic acid
trans_list: desoxyribonucleïnezuur
sense:
(biochemistry, genetics) A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction.


lexentry: eng/deoxyribose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deoxyribose
trans_list: deoxyribose
sense:
(carbohydrate) A derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which the 2' hydroxyl (-OH) is reduced to a hydrogen (H); it is a constituent of the nucleotides that constitute the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.


lexentry: eng/department_store__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: department store
trans_list: warenhuis
sense:
A large store containing many different departments, each of which deals in the sale of different goods or services.


lexentry: eng/departure__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: departure
trans_list: vertrek
sense:
(navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.


lexentry: eng/departure__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: departure
trans_list: vertrek
sense:
(legal) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another


lexentry: eng/depend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depend
trans_list: afhangen
sense:
(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.


lexentry: eng/dependency_injection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dependency injection
trans_list: dependency injection
sense:
(software architecture) A type-safe way of supplying an external dependency to a software component.


lexentry: eng/depict__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depict
trans_list: beschrijven | afbeelden
sense:
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. [from early 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/deplete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deplete
trans_list: afbreken | leegmaken | opruimen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.


lexentry: eng/depleted_uranium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depleted uranium
trans_list: verarmd uranium
sense:
Uranium that contains a reduced (depleted) amount of the fissile isotope U-235 compared to natural uranium; it is used in applications where the nuclear properties of the uranium are not important, and the uranium is instead being used for its mechanical or chemical properties.


lexentry: eng/deponent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deponent
trans_list: deponent
sense:
(grammar, of a verb) Having passive grammatical form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning.


lexentry: eng/depopulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depopulation
trans_list: ontvolking
sense:
The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.


lexentry: eng/depose__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: depose
trans_list: getuigen
sense:
(law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition


lexentry: eng/deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deposit
trans_list: afzetting | neerzetting
sense:
(geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.


lexentry: eng/deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: deposit
trans_list: aanbetaling
sense:
(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.


lexentry: eng/deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: deposit
trans_list: statiegeld | borg
sense:
A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit


lexentry: eng/deprecate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: deprecate
trans_list: als verouderd verklaren
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.


lexentry: eng/deprecation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deprecation
trans_list: bidden
sense:
(countable) A praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.


lexentry: eng/depreciation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: depreciation
trans_list: depreciatie
sense:
(accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.


lexentry: eng/depression__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depression
trans_list: depressie
sense:
(psychology, usually, uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.


lexentry: eng/depression__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: depression
trans_list: depressie
sense:
(psychology, countable) A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.


lexentry: eng/deprivation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deprivation
trans_list: ontberingen
sense:
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.


lexentry: eng/deprive__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deprive
trans_list: beroven | ontnemen
sense:
(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.


lexentry: eng/depth_charge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depth charge
trans_list: dieptebom | waterbom
sense:
(military, nautical, aviation) A form of bomb, launched from a ship or dropped from an aircraft, that is designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater for the purposes of attacking a submerged enemy, especially a submarine.


lexentry: eng/deputation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deputation
trans_list: deputatie
sense:
The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.


lexentry: eng/deputy__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: deputy
trans_list: vertegenwoordiger | vertegenwoordigster
sense:
(US) a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency.


lexentry: eng/dereference__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dereference
trans_list: volgen
sense:
(programming) To access the value or object located in a memory location addressed by a pointer or another value interpreted as such; to access a value being referenced by something else.


lexentry: eng/dereference__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dereference
trans_list: volgen
sense:
(computing, in operating systems derived from Unix) To operate on the file or directory pointed to by a symbolic link, rather than on the link itself.


lexentry: eng/derivative__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: derivative
trans_list: afgeleide
sense:
The value of such a derived function for a given value of its independent variable: the rate of change of a function at a point in its domain.


lexentry: eng/derived_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: derived function
trans_list: afleiding
sense:
(calculus) Of a function, another function, the value of which for any value of the independent variable is the instantaneous rate of change of the given function at that value of the independent variable.


lexentry: eng/derrick__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: derrick
trans_list: boortoren
sense:
A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes.


lexentry: eng/dervish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dervish
trans_list: derwisj
sense:
(Islam) An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.


lexentry: eng/descend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: descend
trans_list: afdalen | neerdalen
sense:
(intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.


lexentry: eng/descend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: descend
trans_list: afstammen
sense:
(reflexive) To come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself; to condescend or stoop to something.


lexentry: eng/descend__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: descend
trans_list: afstammen
sense:
(intransitive, often, passive voice) Chiefly followed by from or (obsolete) of: to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source; to originate, to stem.


lexentry: eng/descendant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: descendant
trans_list: afstammeling | nakomeling | nazaat | telg
sense:
One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.


lexentry: eng/descender__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: descender
trans_list: staart
sense:
(typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).


lexentry: eng/description__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: description
trans_list: beschrijving | descriptie
sense:
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.


lexentry: eng/descry__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: descry
trans_list: ontdekken
sense:
(transitive) To see, especially from afar; to discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.


lexentry: eng/desert__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desert
trans_list: woestijn | woestenij
sense:
A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.


lexentry: eng/desert__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desert
trans_list: deserteren | achterlaten | aan m | verlaten
sense:
To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.


lexentry: eng/desert_island__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desert island
trans_list: onbewoond eiland
sense:
A deserted island, an uninhabited island, especially one in the tropics and (now, frequently, _, misunderstood, _, as) a small and almost entirely sandy desert.


lexentry: eng/deserter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deserter
trans_list: deserteur
sense:
(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving


lexentry: eng/desertification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desertification
trans_list: verwoestijning | woestijnvorming
sense:
The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity.


lexentry: eng/desideratum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desideratum
trans_list: wens
sense:
Something that is wished for, or considered desirable, particularly when thought to be essential. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/design__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: design
trans_list: ontwerp
sense:
A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.


lexentry: eng/design__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: design
trans_list: ontwerpen
sense:
(obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.


lexentry: eng/designate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: designate
trans_list: aanduiden als | benoemen | bepalen | noemen
sense:
To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description


lexentry: eng/designated_driver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: designated driver
trans_list: bob
sense:
A person who avoids drinking alcohol at a social engagement for the purpose of driving their companions home.


lexentry: eng/desire_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desire line
trans_list: olifantenpad
sense:
A path that pedestrians or vehicles take informally rather than taking a sidewalk or set route, for example, a well-worn ribbon of dirt cutting across a patch of grass, or a path in the snow.


lexentry: eng/desk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desk
trans_list: bureau | schrijftafel | lessenaar
sense:
A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.


lexentry: eng/desk__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: desk
trans_list: bureau | schrijftafel | lessenaar | deelredactie | deskredactie
sense:
A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.


lexentry: eng/desktop__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: desktop
trans_list: bureaublad | desktop
sense:
(computing, GUI) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.


lexentry: eng/desktop_computer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desktop computer
trans_list: desktopcomputer
sense:
A computer of a size designed to be used on a desk or table, as opposed to larger machines, such as mainframes, and smaller machines, such as laptops and palmtops.


lexentry: eng/desktop_publishing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desktop publishing
trans_list: desktoppublishing
sense:
(computer graphics) The use of page layout software on a desktop computer to produce publishable documents.


lexentry: eng/desman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desman
trans_list: desman
sense:
Either of two species, Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus, of aquatic or semi-aquatic insectivore of the mole family, Talpidae, found in Europe.


lexentry: eng/despair__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: despair
trans_list: wanhopen
sense:
(intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.


lexentry: eng/desperate_times_call_for_desperate_measures__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desperate times call for desperate measures
trans_list: nood breekt wet | nood breekt wetten
sense:
In adverse circumstances, actions that might have been rejected under other circumstances may become the best choice.


lexentry: eng/despotism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: despotism
trans_list: despotisme
sense:
Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.


lexentry: eng/dessertspoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dessertspoon
trans_list: theelepel
sense:
(rare) An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert.


lexentry: eng/destalinization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: destalinization
trans_list: destalinisatie
sense:
The process, begun by Nikita Khrushchev, of discrediting and then reforming the policies of Joseph Stalin.


lexentry: eng/destination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: destination
trans_list: bestemming
sense:
(countable) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.


lexentry: eng/destitution__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: destitution
trans_list: armoede | berooidheid
sense:
An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.


lexentry: eng/destroy__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: destroy
trans_list: vernietigen | verwoesten | vernielen | kapot maken | slopen | tenietdoen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.


lexentry: eng/desuetude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desuetude
trans_list: onbruik
sense:
(uncountable) The state when something (for example, a custom or a law) is no longer observed nor practised; disuse, obsolescence; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/desulfurize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desulfurize
trans_list: ontzwavelen
sense:
(American spelling, transitive) To remove the sulfur from something (such as petroleum or flue gases).


lexentry: eng/desultory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desultory
trans_list: onsamenhangend
sense:
Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.


lexentry: eng/detachment__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: detachment
trans_list: detachement | detachering
sense:
(uncountable, military) The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.


lexentry: eng/detective__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: detective
trans_list: detective | rechercheur | speurder
sense:
(law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.


lexentry: eng/detector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: detector
trans_list: detector
sense:
A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.


lexentry: eng/detention__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: detention
trans_list: detentie | houderschap
sense:
(pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.


lexentry: eng/detention__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: detention
trans_list: detentie | houderschap
sense:
(civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.


lexentry: eng/determinant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: determinant
trans_list: determinant
sense:
(linear algebra) A scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a given transformation matrix; the unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value 1 for the unit matrix; abbreviated as: det.


lexentry: eng/determination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: determination
trans_list: vastberadenheid
sense:
(countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.


lexentry: eng/determine__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: determine
trans_list: bepalen
sense:
To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.


lexentry: eng/determiner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: determiner
trans_list: determinator
sense:
(grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.


lexentry: eng/determiner__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: determiner
trans_list: determinator
sense:
(grammar) A dependent function in a noun phrase that marks it as definite or indefinite. This function is usually filled by words in the determinative class but may be filled by other elements such as a genitive pronoun.


lexentry: eng/determiner__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: determiner
trans_list: aanwijzer
sense:
Something (some input factor, a nonsentient agent) that determines, or helps someone to determine, something else.


lexentry: eng/determinism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: determinism
trans_list: determinisme
sense:
(philosophy) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.


lexentry: eng/deterritorialization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deterritorialization
trans_list: deterritorialisering
sense:
The eradication of social, political, or cultural practices from their native places and populations.


lexentry: eng/detonate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: detonate
trans_list: exploderen
sense:
(intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust or decompose supersonically via shock compression.


lexentry: eng/detonation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: detonation
trans_list: knal
sense:
(chemistry) An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.


lexentry: eng/detrain__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: detrain
trans_list: uitstappen
sense:
(rail transport, transitive) to remove a passenger or passengers from a train; to evacuate passengers from a train.


lexentry: eng/deutoxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deutoxide
trans_list: dioxide
sense:
(chemistry) A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; a dioxide or binoxide.


lexentry: eng/devastate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: devastate
trans_list: verwoesten
sense:
To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.


lexentry: eng/developer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: developer
trans_list: projectontwikkelaar | promotor
sense:
A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land.


lexentry: eng/developing_country__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: developing country
trans_list: ontwikkelingsland | groeiland
sense:
(economics) A country with an emerging and low- and middle-income but still industrializing its economy.


lexentry: eng/deviance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deviance
trans_list: afwijking
sense:
(sociology) Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.


lexentry: eng/device_driver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: device driver
trans_list: stuurprogramma
sense:
(computing) Software, usually supplied with the operating system or by a hardware manufacturer, that communicates between the operating system of a personal computer and a specific hardware device.


lexentry: eng/devil's_advocate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: devil's advocate
trans_list: advocaat van de duivel
sense:
(idiomatic) One who debates from a viewpoint which one may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity or simply for the sake of argument.


lexentry: eng/devil__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: devil
trans_list: duivel | deugniet
sense:
A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.


lexentry: eng/devil__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: devil
trans_list: duivel | duvel
sense:
A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.


lexentry: eng/devilment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: devilment
trans_list: boosaardigheid | duivelse streek
sense:
(uncountable) Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/devote__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: devote
trans_list: toewijden | wijden
sense:
to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter


lexentry: eng/dew__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dew
trans_list: dauw
sense:
(uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.


lexentry: eng/dexter__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dexter
trans_list: rechts
sense:
(archaic, outside, heraldry) Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)


lexentry: eng/dexter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dexter
trans_list: echt
sense:
(archaic, outside, heraldry) The right side (of a building, an equation, a heraldic shield [from the wearer's perspective], etc).


lexentry: eng/diabetes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diabetes
trans_list: diabetes | suikerziekte
sense:
(disease) Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/diabetes_mellitus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diabetes mellitus
trans_list: suikerziekte
sense:
A medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating. It is classified in two types, which are different etiologically but similar in clinical effects: type 1 and type 2.


lexentry: eng/diaeresis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diaeresis
trans_list: trema
sense:
(orthography) The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable.


lexentry: eng/diaeresis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diaeresis
trans_list: diërese | diëresis
sense:
A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction.


lexentry: eng/diaeresis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: diaeresis
trans_list: diërese | diëresis
sense:
(prosody) A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse.


lexentry: eng/diagenesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diagenesis
trans_list: diagenese
sense:
(geology) All the chemical, physical, and biological changes sediment goes through during and after lithification, not including weathering or other surface changes.


lexentry: eng/diagnosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diagnosis
trans_list: diagnose
sense:
The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).


lexentry: eng/diagnostics__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diagnostics
trans_list: diagnose
sense:
(of devices) The process of determining the state of or capability of a component to perform its function(s).


lexentry: eng/diagonalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diagonalize
trans_list: diagonaliseren
sense:
(mathematics, transitive) To convert a square matrix into a diagonal matrix by multiplying it by a second matrix and its inverse.


lexentry: eng/diagram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diagram
trans_list: diagram
sense:
A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.


lexentry: eng/dial__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dial
trans_list: kanaalkiezer
sense:
A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.


lexentry: eng/dial_tone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dial tone
trans_list: kiestoon
sense:
A telephony signal, usually in the form of a sound, used to indicate that the telephone exchange is working, has recognized an off-hook, and is ready to accept a call.


lexentry: eng/dialect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialect
trans_list: dialect | streektaal | mondaard
sense:
(linguistics, strict sense) A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).


lexentry: eng/dialect__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dialect
trans_list: dialect | streektaal | mondaard
sense:
(linguistics, broad sense) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.


lexentry: eng/dialect_continuum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialect continuum
trans_list: dialectcontinuüm
sense:
(linguistics) A range of dialects that vary slightly across a geographical area, but whose differences accumulate over a certain distance.


lexentry: eng/dialect_levelling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialect levelling
trans_list: dialectnivellering
sense:
(linguistics) the reduction of dialectal diversity within a language due to the propagation of a single prestige variety


lexentry: eng/dialectical_behavior_therapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialectical behavior therapy
trans_list: dialectische gedragstherapie
sense:
(psychology) A psychotherapeutic approach used to treat personality disorders, mood disorders, eating disorders, suicidal ideation, interpersonal conflicts, self-harm, substance abuse and other maladaptive coping strategies, which focuses on synthesizing the importance of self-acceptance with the acceptance of a need to change one's behavior.


lexentry: eng/dialectical_materialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialectical materialism
trans_list: dialectisch materialisme
sense:
(philosophy) The concept of reality in which material things are in the constant process of change brought about by the tension between conflicting or interacting forces, elements, or ideas.


lexentry: eng/dialectics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialectics
trans_list: dialectiek
sense:
(philosophy, uncountable) A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas.


lexentry: eng/dialog__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialog
trans_list: dialogeren | discussiëren | kortsluiten
sense:
(American spelling, informal, business) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.


lexentry: eng/dialogue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dialogue
trans_list: dialoog | gesprek
sense:
(authorship) In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.


lexentry: eng/dialogue_tag__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dialogue tag
trans_list: citaatinbedder | citaatuitluider
sense:
(narratology, authorship) A sentence part that attributes a piece of written dialogue to its speaker. (e.g. In "Get out of here," he said, "he said" is a dialogue tag.)


lexentry: eng/dialysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialysis
trans_list: kunstnier
sense:
(chemistry) A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.


lexentry: eng/dialysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dialysis
trans_list: kunstnier
sense:
(medicine) Use of this method for removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.


lexentry: eng/diamagnetism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diamagnetism
trans_list: diamagnetisme
sense:
(physics) a weak form of magnetism that is only observed in the presence of an external magnetic field; due to an induced magnetic field in an opposite direction


lexentry: eng/diamond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diamond
trans_list: diamant
sense:
(uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.


lexentry: eng/diamond_crossover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diamond crossover
trans_list: afrit
sense:
(rail transport) superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling a letter X, permitting to travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks


lexentry: eng/diapause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diapause
trans_list: diapauze
sense:
(biology, entomology, ichthyology) A temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes)


lexentry: eng/diaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diaper
trans_list: luier | pamper
sense:
(North America, Philippines, India) An absorbent garment worn by a baby, by a young child not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent; a nappy.


lexentry: eng/diaper_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diaper bag
trans_list: luiertas
sense:
(North America) A bag used during outings for the storage of items and supplies needed to take care of a baby, such as diapers, wet wipes, toiletries, food and toys.


lexentry: eng/diaphoneme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diaphoneme
trans_list: diafoneem
sense:
(phonology) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.


lexentry: eng/diaphragm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diaphragm
trans_list: middenrif | diafragma
sense:
(anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.


lexentry: eng/diaphragm__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: diaphragm
trans_list: diafragma | membraan
sense:
(mechanics) A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.


lexentry: eng/diapositive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diapositive
trans_list: dia | diapositief
sense:
(photography, graphic arts) An image suitable to overlay (superimpose) over another (as for example a gel for an overhead projector, a slide that complements another slide as a superimposition for it, or a digital virtual equivalent of these); its coloration is adjusted to contrast with the underlying image (for example, text may be white instead of black in areas where the background is dark).


lexentry: eng/diastole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diastole
trans_list: diastole
sense:
(chiefly, uncountable, physiology) The phase or process of relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers, between contractions, during which they fill with blood; an instance of the process.


lexentry: eng/diatom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diatom
trans_list: diatomee | kiezelwier
sense:
Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.


lexentry: eng/diatonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diatonic
trans_list: diatonisch
sense:
(music) Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major or natural minor scales.


lexentry: eng/diazepam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diazepam
trans_list: diazepam
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug (trademark Valium) used chiefly to relieve anxiety.


lexentry: eng/dibber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dibber
trans_list: pootstok
sense:
A tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc. Also known as a dibble or dib.


lexentry: eng/dice_snake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dice snake
trans_list: dambordslang | dobbelsteenslang
sense:
Natrix tessellata, a European non-venomous snake belonging to the family of Colubridae, subfamily Natricinae


lexentry: eng/dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
trans_list: 4,4’-(2,2,2-trichloroethaan-1,1-diyl)bis(chloorbenzeen)
sense:
(organic compound) A chlorinated hydrocarbon originally used as an insecticide, often abbreviated as DDT.


lexentry: eng/dick__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dick
trans_list: lul
sense:
(countable, vulgar, slang, derogatory, offensive) A highly contemptible or obnoxious person; a jerk; traditionally, especially, a male jerk.


lexentry: eng/dictation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dictation
trans_list: dictee
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.


lexentry: eng/dictation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dictation
trans_list: dictee
sense:
(countable, uncountable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.


lexentry: eng/dictatorship_of_the_proletariat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dictatorship of the proletariat
trans_list: dictatuur van het proletariaat
sense:
(Marxism) A socio-political power, as opposed to the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, characterized by a struggle to achieve a communist society.


lexentry: eng/dictionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dictionary
trans_list: woordenboek | dictionaire
sense:
A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings (senses), and sometimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, and translations, as well as other data.


lexentry: eng/dictionary_attack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dictionary attack
trans_list: woordenboekaanval
sense:
(cryptography) An attack that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess passwords or decryption keys.


lexentry: eng/didgeridoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: didgeridoo
trans_list: didgeridoo
sense:
A musical instrument, endemic to the Top End of Australia, consisting of a long hollowed-out log which, when blown into, produces a low, deep mesmerising drone with sweeping rhythms.


lexentry: eng/die__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: die
trans_list: dobbelsteen | teerling | mal | matrijs | plint | rafelsteen
sense:
An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.


lexentry: eng/die__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: die
trans_list: sterven
sense:
(intransitive, uncommon, idiomatic) To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.


lexentry: eng/diehard__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: diehard
trans_list: zeker
sense:
Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.


lexentry: eng/dieldrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dieldrin
trans_list: dieldrin
sense:
(organic compound) A cyclodiene insecticide, related to aldrin, that is a persistent organic pollutant.


lexentry: eng/dielectric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dielectric
trans_list: isolator
sense:
(metamaterial) An electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, i.e. its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field.


lexentry: eng/diencephalon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diencephalon
trans_list: tussenhersen
sense:
(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The region of the human brain, specifically the human forebrain, that includes the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus, the prethalamus or subthalamus, and the pretectum.


lexentry: eng/diesel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diesel
trans_list: diesel
sense:
A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed.


lexentry: eng/diesel_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diesel engine
trans_list: dieselmotor
sense:
(mechanical engineering) a piston engine that operates using the Diesel cycle, with fuel being sprayed into the hot, high-pressure air in the combustion chamber at the end of the compression stroke


lexentry: eng/diet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diet
trans_list: dieet
sense:
(countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.


lexentry: eng/diet__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diet
trans_list: landdag | parlement | rijksdag
sense:
(usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.


lexentry: eng/dietary_fibre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dietary fibre
trans_list: voedingsvezel
sense:
Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract.


lexentry: eng/dietary_supplement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dietary supplement
trans_list: voedingssupplement
sense:
(medicine) Any substance, such as a vitamin or mineral, taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients that would otherwise be missing in a person's diet.


lexentry: eng/diethyl_ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diethyl ether
trans_list: diethylether
sense:
(organic compound) A clear, colorless, highly flammable liquid with a low boiling point and chemical formula CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3. Used as a solvent and in the past as a general anesthetic.


lexentry: eng/difference_quotient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: difference quotient
trans_list: differentiaalquotiënt
sense:
(analysis) The slope of a secant as obtained by dividing the vertical difference between two intersections of the secant and a curve with their horizontal distance. When the horizontal distance approaches zero the slope of the secant approaches the derivative of the curve.


lexentry: eng/differentiable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: differentiable
trans_list: differentieerbaar
sense:
(calculus, not comparable) Having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.


lexentry: eng/differential__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: differential
trans_list: differentiaal
sense:
(calculus) A quantity representing an infinitesimal change in a variable, now only used as a heuristic aid except in nonstandard analysis but considered rigorous until the 20th century; a fluxion in Newtonian calculus, now usually written in Leibniz's notation as \operatorname{d}\!x.


lexentry: eng/differential_gear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: differential gear
trans_list: differentieel
sense:
An arrangement of bevel gears permitting the rotation of two shafts at two different speeds whilst supplying the same torque; used on the drive axles or between the driven wheels of automobiles to aid cornering.


lexentry: eng/differentiate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: differentiate
trans_list: differentiëren
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, often in the, _, passive, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.


lexentry: eng/diffraction_grating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diffraction grating
trans_list: tralie
sense:
(physics) a surface having many closely spaced lines or slits; used to produce optical spectra by mutual interference


lexentry: eng/diffuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diffuse
trans_list: omroepen
sense:
(transitive) To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.


lexentry: eng/diffuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diffuse
trans_list: omroepen
sense:
(intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.


lexentry: eng/dig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dig
trans_list: opgraving
sense:
An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.


lexentry: eng/dig__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dig
trans_list: graven | delven
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.


lexentry: eng/digest__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: digest
trans_list: compendium | overzicht
sense:
Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list including a week's postings, or a magazine arranging a collection of writings.


lexentry: eng/digest__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digest
trans_list: ordenen
sense:
(transitive) To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.


lexentry: eng/digest__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: digest
trans_list: verteren
sense:
(transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.


lexentry: eng/digest__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: digest
trans_list: overdenken | verteren
sense:
(transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.


lexentry: eng/digestion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digestion
trans_list: vertering | spijsvertering
sense:
The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.


lexentry: eng/digestive_tract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digestive tract
trans_list: maag-darmkanaal | spijsverteringskanaal
sense:
System of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste.


lexentry: eng/digger_wasp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digger wasp
trans_list: graafwesp
sense:
Any of several solitary, predatory wasps, of the families Sphecidae or Crabronidae, that nest in the soil.


lexentry: eng/digital__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: digital
trans_list: discreet | digitaal
sense:
Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.


lexentry: eng/digital_camera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digital camera
trans_list: digitale camera
sense:
An electronic, often battery-powered device for recording and storing photographs in digital format, especially on a flash card.


lexentry: eng/digital_divide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digital divide
trans_list: digitale kloof
sense:
(information technology, sociology, neologism) The gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies (and the computer literacy to use them) and those without it.


lexentry: eng/digital_humanities__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digital humanities
trans_list: digitale geesteswetenschappen
sense:
An academic field concerned with the application of computational tools and methods to traditional humanities disciplines such as literature, history, and philosophy.


lexentry: eng/digitalis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digitalis
trans_list: vingerhoedskruid
sense:
Any plant of the genus Digitalis (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea).


lexentry: eng/digitigrade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digitigrade
trans_list: teenganger
sense:
(zoology, chiefly, in the plural) A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.


lexentry: eng/digitize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digitize
trans_list: digitaliseren
sense:
(transitive, computing) To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits.


lexentry: eng/digits__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digits
trans_list: nummer
sense:
(US, _, slang, dated) Synonym of telephone number; especially, the one that belongs to a potential dating partner.


lexentry: eng/digress__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digress
trans_list: afdwalen
sense:
(intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.


lexentry: eng/digression__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: digression
trans_list: uitweiding
sense:
(generally, _, uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.


lexentry: eng/dilapidation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dilapidation
trans_list: bouwvalligheid | verkrotting | verloedering | verval
sense:
(in the plural) Money paid at the end of an incumbency by the incumbent or his heirs for the purpose of putting the parsonage etc. in good repair for the succeeding incumbent.


lexentry: eng/dilatory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dilatory
trans_list: vertragend
sense:
Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.


lexentry: eng/dilemma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dilemma
trans_list: dilemma
sense:
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.


lexentry: eng/dilettante__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dilettante
trans_list: amateur | liefhebber
sense:
An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.


lexentry: eng/dilettante__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dilettante
trans_list: amateur | liefhebber
sense:
(sometimes, derogatory) A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.


lexentry: eng/diligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: diligence
trans_list: diligence | postkoets
sense:
(historical) A four-wheeled public stage-coach, widely used in France before the general establishment of the railways.


lexentry: eng/dill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dill
trans_list: dille
sense:
Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.


lexentry: eng/dimension__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dimension
trans_list: dimensie | afmeting
sense:
(geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.


lexentry: eng/dimension__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: dimension
trans_list: dimensie
sense:
(physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.


lexentry: eng/dimensional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dimensional
trans_list: dimensie
sense:
(mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".


lexentry: eng/diminish__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: diminish
trans_list: verminderen | afnemen | verkleinen | verlagen
sense:
(transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).


lexentry: eng/diminutive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: diminutive
trans_list: verkleinwoord | diminutief
sense:
(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.


lexentry: eng/dimorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dimorphism
trans_list: dimorfisme
sense:
(geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.


lexentry: eng/dimple__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dimple
trans_list: kuiltje
sense:
Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.


lexentry: eng/dinar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dinar
trans_list: middageten
sense:
The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.


lexentry: eng/diner__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: diner
trans_list: mensa1
sense:
(US) A typically small restaurant, usually modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other, and often decorated in 50s and 60s pop culture themes and playing popular music from those decades.


lexentry: eng/ding__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ding
trans_list: beboeten
sense:
(transitive, colloquial) To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.


lexentry: eng/dinghy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dinghy
trans_list: jol | kleine kano | rubberboot
sense:
(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.


lexentry: eng/dining_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dining room
trans_list: eetkamer
sense:
A room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten. Some restaurants provide private dining rooms for hire, away from the main public eating areas.


lexentry: eng/dinosaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dinosaur
trans_list: dinosaurus
sense:
(proscribed) Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago.


lexentry: eng/diode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diode
trans_list: diode
sense:
(electronics) An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.


lexentry: eng/dioecious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dioecious
trans_list: tweehuizig
sense:
(botany) Having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants (of the same species) rather than different parts of the same plant.


lexentry: eng/diopside__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diopside
trans_list: diopsied
sense:
(mineral) A monoclinic pyroxene mineral, a magnesium calcium silicate with the chemical formula CaMgSi2O6, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks.


lexentry: eng/dipeptide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dipeptide
trans_list: dipeptide
sense:
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) An organic compound formed from two amino acids joined by a peptide bond.


lexentry: eng/diphtheria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diphtheria
trans_list: difterie
sense:
(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.


lexentry: eng/diphthong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diphthong
trans_list: diftong | tweeklank
sense:
(phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.


lexentry: eng/diplodocus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diplodocus
trans_list: diplodocus
sense:
Any of several herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Diplodocus, known as fossils from the late Jurassic in North America.


lexentry: eng/diploid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diploid
trans_list: diploïd
sense:
(genetics) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.


lexentry: eng/diploma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diploma
trans_list: diploma
sense:
A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.


lexentry: eng/diplomacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diplomacy
trans_list: diplomatie
sense:
The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.


lexentry: eng/diplomat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diplomat
trans_list: diplomaat
sense:
A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations


lexentry: eng/diplomatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diplomatic
trans_list: diplomatiek
sense:
Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments.


lexentry: eng/diploë__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diploë
trans_list: diploë
sense:
(dated, mostly before 1920) The thin layer of soft, spongy or cancellate tissue between the bone plates which constitute the skull.


lexentry: eng/dipped_headlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dipped headlight
trans_list: stadslicht
sense:
The main light on a motor vehicle, with the beam in a lower angle position, to enable oncoming traffic to see.


lexentry: eng/dipper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dipper
trans_list: waterspreeuw
sense:
Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.


lexentry: eng/dipstick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dipstick
trans_list: ijkinstrument
sense:
A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.


lexentry: eng/diptych__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diptych
trans_list: diptiek
sense:
A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.


lexentry: eng/dire_wolf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dire wolf
trans_list: reuzenwolf
sense:
An extinct canine (†Aenocyon dirus) from the Pleistocene epoch, heavier and slightly larger than the modern grey wolf.


lexentry: eng/direct_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direct current
trans_list: gelijkstroom
sense:
(physics) An electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time.


lexentry: eng/direct_debit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direct debit
trans_list: automatische incasso
sense:
a single order to allow a commercial, or similar entity to charge directly to one's bank for a regular payment.


lexentry: eng/direct_speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direct speech
trans_list: directe rede
sense:
(grammar, narratology) the writing of speech, using the exact words of the speaker, usually between quotation marks


lexentry: eng/direct_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direct verb
trans_list: persoonsvorm
sense:
(grammar) A verb that agrees in person and number with the subject of a clause, by conjugation. Conjugation is a form of inflection.


lexentry: eng/directed_graph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: directed graph
trans_list: digraaf | gerichte graaf
sense:
(graph theory) A graph in which the edges are ordered pairs, so that, if the edge (a, b) is in the graph, the edge (b, a) need not be in the graph and is distinct from (a, b) if it is.


lexentry: eng/direction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direction
trans_list: richting
sense:
A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).


lexentry: eng/directive__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: directive
trans_list: richtlijn
sense:
(European Union law) A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.


lexentry: eng/directly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: directly
trans_list: dadelijk | direct | meteen | zo | zodadelijk
sense:
(chiefly, dated, or, dialect, including, South Midlands, Cornwall) Soon; next; in due time; as soon as it becomes convenient.


lexentry: eng/director__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: director
trans_list: regisseur | directeur | directrice | regisseuse
sense:
One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).


lexentry: eng/director_general__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: director general
trans_list: directeur-generaal
sense:
The highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. In reference to government, the executive officer below the minister of the department.


lexentry: eng/directory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: directory
trans_list: map | Gouden gids | Witte gids | folder | gids | repertorium
sense:
A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.


lexentry: eng/directrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: directrix
trans_list: richtlijn
sense:
(geometry) A line used to define a curve or surface; especially a line, the distance from which a point on a conic has a constant ratio to that from the focus.


lexentry: eng/dirham__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dirham
trans_list: dirham
sense:
(currencies) A unit of currency used in the Arab world, currently the name of the currency of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.


lexentry: eng/dirty_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dirty bomb
trans_list: vuile bom
sense:
A device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material, designed to spread radiation over a wide area.


lexentry: eng/dirty_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dirty money
trans_list: zwart geld
sense:
(idiomatic, business, law) Money that is illegally gained, illegally transferred or illegally utilized, especially money gained through forgery, bribery, prostitution, money laundering, or theft.


lexentry: eng/disable__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: disable
trans_list: deactiveren | uitschakelen
sense:
(chiefly, electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).


lexentry: eng/disabled__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disabled
trans_list: gehandicapte | gehandicapten | invaliden | persoon met een beperking
sense:
(nonstandard) One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)


lexentry: eng/disabuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disabuse
trans_list: ontdoen | terugbrengen van een dwaling | uit de droom helpen
sense:
(transitive) To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (someone).


lexentry: eng/disambiguate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disambiguate
trans_list: desambigueren
sense:
To remove ambiguities from; to make less ambiguous; to clarify or specify which of multiple possibilities applies – e.g., possible meanings of an ambiguous statement – or to invite or require this.


lexentry: eng/disappear__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: disappear
trans_list: verdwijnen | laten verdwijnen | verzwinden
sense:
(transitive, often, euphemistic) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.


lexentry: eng/disappoint__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disappoint
trans_list: teleurstellen
sense:
(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.


lexentry: eng/disappointment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disappointment
trans_list: teleurstelling | tegenslag | tegenvaller
sense:
(countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.


lexentry: eng/disarm__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disarm
trans_list: ontwapenen
sense:
(transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.


lexentry: eng/disarmament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disarmament
trans_list: ontwapening
sense:
The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.


lexentry: eng/disaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disaster
trans_list: ramp | catastrofe | onheil
sense:
An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.


lexentry: eng/disaster_area__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disaster area
trans_list: rampgebied
sense:
An area that has been the site of a natural disaster that receives an official designation entitling residents and organizations within that area to receive relief and benefits.


lexentry: eng/disavow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disavow
trans_list: verloochenen
sense:
(transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.


lexentry: eng/disc_brake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disc brake
trans_list: schijfrem
sense:
(automotive, British spelling) A type of brake where the friction is produced by brake pads which are pressed against a disc.


lexentry: eng/disc_jockey__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disc jockey
trans_list: diskjockey | dj | DJ | discjockey | livedj
sense:
A person who plays, and sometimes mixes, recorded music at nightclubs, dances, parties, or some other social event; and/or as a backup musician for spoken word, or hip hop performers.


lexentry: eng/discern__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: discern
trans_list: onderscheiden
sense:
(transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate.


lexentry: eng/disclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disclosure
trans_list: bekendmaking | onthulling | openbaarmaking | publicatie | terkennisgeving | vrijgave
sense:
(legal) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.


lexentry: eng/discography__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: discography
trans_list: werk
sense:
List of all of the releases of a certain musical act, usually with release dates, and often with other information about the releases.


lexentry: eng/discontinue__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discontinue
trans_list: beëindigen | stopzetten
sense:
(transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.


lexentry: eng/discourage__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discourage
trans_list: ontmoedigen
sense:
(transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.


lexentry: eng/discourse__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: discourse
trans_list: discours | vertoog
sense:
(social sciences, countable) An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).


lexentry: eng/discreet__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discreet
trans_list: discreet
sense:
Respectful of privacy or secrecy; exercising caution in order to avoid causing embarrassment; quiet; diplomatic.


lexentry: eng/discrete_Fourier_transform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discrete Fourier transform
trans_list: discrete fouriertransformatie
sense:
(mathematics) The process of converting a discrete time-based function into its frequency-based representation.


lexentry: eng/discretize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discretize
trans_list: discretiseren
sense:
(transitive, mathematics, computing) To convert (a continuous space) into an equivalent discrete space, often for the purposes of easier calculation.


lexentry: eng/discrimination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discrimination
trans_list: discriminatie | onderscheid
sense:
(uncountable, countable) Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/discrimination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: discrimination
trans_list: discriminatie
sense:
(uncountable, countable, sometimes, with, "against") Differential treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/discus_throw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discus throw
trans_list: discuswerpen
sense:
(athletics) An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy lenticular disc called discus.


lexentry: eng/disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disease
trans_list: ziekte
sense:
(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.


lexentry: eng/disenchant__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disenchant
trans_list: desillusioneren
sense:
(transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.


lexentry: eng/disenfranchisement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disenfranchisement
trans_list: Ontneming van het kiesrecht | Ontzetting uit een recht
sense:
Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant, the right to vote, to a person or group of people.


lexentry: eng/disfigure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disfigure
trans_list: misvormen
sense:
to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.


lexentry: eng/disgruntlement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disgruntlement
trans_list: ontevredenheid
sense:
The state of being disgruntled, usually displayed in a stereotypical form such as frowning and annoyance; the acts of sulky dissatisfaction.


lexentry: eng/disguise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disguise
trans_list: vermomming | mom
sense:
Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.


lexentry: eng/disguise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disguise
trans_list: vermommen | verhullen
sense:
(transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.


lexentry: eng/dish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dish
trans_list: bord | gerecht | taloor
sense:
A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.


lexentry: eng/dish__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dish
trans_list: vaat
sense:
(in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.


lexentry: eng/dish_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dish up
trans_list: opdienen
sense:
(transitive) To serve (cooked food); to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc. and put in dishes to be served at table.


lexentry: eng/disillusionment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disillusionment
trans_list: teleurstelling
sense:
A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged.


lexentry: eng/disintegrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disintegrate
trans_list: desintegreren | ontbinden | opbreken
sense:
(science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.


lexentry: eng/disinterested__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disinterested
trans_list: belangeloos
sense:
Having no stake or interest in the outcome, and no conflicts of interest; free of bias, impartial. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/disjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: disjunction
trans_list: disjunctie
sense:
(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator.


lexentry: eng/dismay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dismay
trans_list: teleurstelling
sense:
A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits


lexentry: eng/dismiss__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: dismiss
trans_list: afwimpelen | wegwuiven
sense:
(transitive) To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).


lexentry: eng/disorganized_schizophrenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disorganized schizophrenia
trans_list: gedesorganiseerde schizofrenie | hebefrene schizofrenie
sense:
(pathology) A form of schizophrenia marked by disorganized behavior and speech as well as inappropriate emotional responses or affect.


lexentry: eng/disparage__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disparage
trans_list: onteren
sense:
To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.


lexentry: eng/dispatch__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dispatch
trans_list: verzenden
sense:
(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.


lexentry: eng/dispensation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dispensation
trans_list: dispensatie
sense:
The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption.


lexentry: eng/disperse__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: disperse
trans_list: verstrooien
sense:
(physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.


lexentry: eng/displacement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: displacement
trans_list: Verplaatsing
sense:
The weight of a ship or other floating vessel, traditionally measured or calculated by finding the volume of the vessel below the waterline when afloat, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the whole displacing body.


lexentry: eng/display__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: display
trans_list: verkoopstandaard
sense:
A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.


lexentry: eng/disport__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disport
trans_list: zich vermaken
sense:
(ambitransitive, reflexive, dated) To amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; in particular, to cavort or gambol.


lexentry: eng/dispute__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dispute
trans_list: betwisten
sense:
to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of


lexentry: eng/disquisition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disquisition
trans_list: bespreking
sense:
A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; (loosely) a dissertation or treatise.


lexentry: eng/diss__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diss
trans_list: dissen
sense:
(slang) To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.


lexentry: eng/disseminate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disseminate
trans_list: uitdragen
sense:
(transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.


lexentry: eng/dissemination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissemination
trans_list: verbreiding | verspreiding
sense:
The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.


lexentry: eng/dissertation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissertation
trans_list: dissertatie | proefschrift | thesis
sense:
A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree in the US and a non-doctoral degree in the UK; a thesis.


lexentry: eng/dissident__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissident
trans_list: dissident
sense:
A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws.


lexentry: eng/dissimulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissimulate
trans_list: verschuilen
sense:
(intransitive) To practise deception by concealment or omission, or by feigning a false appearance; to dissemble.


lexentry: eng/dissipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dissipation
trans_list: losbandigheid
sense:
A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.


lexentry: eng/dissociate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dissociate
trans_list: scheiden
sense:
(chemistry, transitive) To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.


lexentry: eng/dissociation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dissociation
trans_list: dissociatie
sense:
(chemistry) The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances.


lexentry: eng/dissociative_identity_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissociative identity disorder
trans_list: meervoudigepersoonlijkheidsstoornis
sense:
(psychiatry) A mental disorder characterized by the presence of two or more personality states or distinct identities that repeatedly take control of a person's behavior.


lexentry: eng/dissolve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissolve
trans_list: fade-out
sense:
(cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next


lexentry: eng/dissolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dissolve
trans_list: oplossen | ontbinden
sense:
(physical chemistry) (transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.


lexentry: eng/distaff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distaff
trans_list: rokken | spinrokken | spinstok
sense:
A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.


lexentry: eng/distance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: distance
trans_list: afstand | eind
sense:
(military) The amount of space between soldiers or cavalry riders marching or standing in a rank; also, the amount of space between such ranks.


lexentry: eng/distance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: distance
trans_list: verte
sense:
Chiefly preceded by the, especially in into or in the distance: the place that is far away or remote.


lexentry: eng/distance__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: distance
trans_list: verwijderen
sense:
To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something.


lexentry: eng/distance_learning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distance learning
trans_list: afstandsonderwijs
sense:
Education obtained remotely, often involving written material together with audio-visual material transmitted via the internet and, sometimes, summer schools and local tutorials.


lexentry: eng/distil__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distil
trans_list: branden | stoken | via distillatie vervaardigen
sense:
(also, figuratively) To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation.


lexentry: eng/distil__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distil
trans_list: distilleren | gedistilleerd worden
sense:
To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.


lexentry: eng/distil__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: distil
trans_list: afdruppelen | druppelsgewijs afscheiden | neerdruppelen | sijpelen
sense:
To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.


lexentry: eng/distillation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: distillation
trans_list: destillatie
sense:
(chemistry, chemical engineering) The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.


lexentry: eng/distinction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distinction
trans_list: verschil
sense:
That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination.


lexentry: eng/distinction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: distinction
trans_list: onderscheiding
sense:
(specifically) A feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; the quality of being distinguished.


lexentry: eng/distraint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distraint
trans_list: bezigheid
sense:
(legal) The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.


lexentry: eng/distributary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distributary
trans_list: aftakking
sense:
(hydrology) A stream of water (either natural or artificial) that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel.


lexentry: eng/distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: distribution
trans_list: distributie | verdeling
sense:
(business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.


lexentry: eng/distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: distribution
trans_list: distributie | verdeling
sense:
(mathematics, statistics) A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.


lexentry: eng/distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: distribution
trans_list: distributie | verdeling
sense:
(mathematics, differential geometry) A subset of the tangent bundle of a manifold that satisfies certain properties; used to construct the notions of integrability and foliation of a manifold.


lexentry: eng/distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: distribution
trans_list: opdeling | verdeling
sense:
(printing, historical) The process of sorting the types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.


lexentry: eng/district_attorney__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: district attorney
trans_list: advocaat-generaal
sense:
(American) The title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged criminals.


lexentry: eng/district_heating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: district heating
trans_list: stadsverwarming
sense:
A system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements.


lexentry: eng/disturb__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disturb
trans_list: storen | verstoren
sense:
(transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.


lexentry: eng/disulfide_bond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disulfide bond
trans_list: zwavelbrug
sense:
(organic chemistry) A bond, consisting of a covalent bond between two sulfur atoms, formed by the reaction of two thiol groups, especially between the thiol groups of two proteins


lexentry: eng/dittander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dittander
trans_list: peperkers
sense:
A peppergrass of species Lepidium latifolium, native from Iberia to the Himalayas, introduced elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/ditto__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ditto
trans_list: herhalingsteken
sense:
The ditto mark, 〃; a symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated.


lexentry: eng/diva__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diva
trans_list: diva | prima-donna
sense:
(slang, derogatory, informal) A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension, himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others, and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.


lexentry: eng/divan__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: divan
trans_list: canapé
sense:
A couch- or sofa-like piece of furniture made of a mattress lying against the wall and on either the floor or an elevated structure.


lexentry: eng/dive__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: dive
trans_list: een fopduik maken | een schwalbe maken | fopduiken
sense:
(sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.


lexentry: eng/dive_bomber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dive bomber
trans_list: duikbommenwerper
sense:
(aviation, historical) A bomber aircraft that dives directly at its target in order to drop a bomb with greater accuracy.


lexentry: eng/diverge__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diverge
trans_list: uiteenlopen | divergeren | uiteenwijken
sense:
(intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.


lexentry: eng/divergence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: divergence
trans_list: divergentie
sense:
(calculus) the operator which maps a function F=(F1, ... Fn) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{\partial F_i}{\partial x_i}


lexentry: eng/diverse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: diverse
trans_list: divers
sense:
Composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics in terms of, for example, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc., and having a sizeable representation of people that are minorities in a given area.


lexentry: eng/diversify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diversify
trans_list: variëren
sense:
(transitive) To make (something) diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects, as:


lexentry: eng/diversion__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: diversion
trans_list: omleiding
sense:
(transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a different mode of transportation before arrival at the ultimate destination.


lexentry: eng/diverticulosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diverticulosis
trans_list: diverticulose
sense:
(pathology) The condition of having diverticula, or small pouches, formed along the mucosa of the colon.


lexentry: eng/divest__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divest
trans_list: nemen
sense:
(transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).


lexentry: eng/divide__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: divide
trans_list: delen | verdelen
sense:
(transitive, arithmetic, with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).


lexentry: eng/divide_and_conquer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divide and conquer
trans_list: deel en heers | divide et impera | verdeel en heers
sense:
To use a combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.


lexentry: eng/dividend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dividend
trans_list: dividend | deeltal
sense:
(finance) A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).


lexentry: eng/diving_bell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diving bell
trans_list: duikerklok
sense:
An airtight chamber, open at the bottom, that is lowered on a cable underwater to operate as a base or a means of transport for a diver or a small number of divers.


lexentry: eng/diving_duck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diving duck
trans_list: duikeend
sense:
Any of the ducks that feed mainly by diving such as pochards and scaups, of species in tribe Aythyini.


lexentry: eng/diving_mask__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diving mask
trans_list: duikmasker
sense:
A mask worn by divers over the eyes or face to allow them to see clearly underwater, having a watertight seal around its edges to hold it securely to the face.


lexentry: eng/divining_rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divining rod
trans_list: wichelroede | wichelstok
sense:
Rod used for dowsing, a technique of divination used to locate subterranean sources of water, metal, other mineral resources or even various other things through magic, or according to many believers a natural phenomenon.


lexentry: eng/division__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: division
trans_list: delen | deling | afdeling | divisie | eenheid
sense:
(music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.


lexentry: eng/division__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: division
trans_list: deelbaarheid
sense:
(legal) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.


lexentry: eng/division_of_labour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: division of labour
trans_list: arbeidsdeling
sense:
(economics) The separation of work into different categories or tasks, each category or task being carried out by different groups of workers.


lexentry: eng/division_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: division ring
trans_list: lichaam | scheef lichaam
sense:
(algebra) A ring with 0 ≠ 1, such that every non-zero element a has a multiplicative inverse, meaning an element x with ax = xa = 1.


lexentry: eng/divorce_from_bed_and_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divorce from bed and board
trans_list: scheiding van tafel en bed
sense:
A situation where spouses live apart without having legally dissolved their marriage; this may be either a long-term arrangement or a first step towards actual divorce.


lexentry: eng/divot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divot
trans_list: kotelet
sense:
(especially, golf) A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.


lexentry: eng/divulge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divulge
trans_list: openbaren
sense:
(transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.


lexentry: eng/djembe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: djembe
trans_list: djembé
sense:
(music) A large, rope-tuned, skin-covered drum played with the bare hands, used in West African and some fusion music.


lexentry: eng/do-gooder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do-gooder
trans_list: goedmens
sense:
(derogatory) One who advocates a certain course of action, often of political or social concern, and often with the naive conviction of their own moral superiority.


lexentry: eng/do_I_know_you__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Used to ask the interlocutor whether or not he/she has met the speaker before.
written_rep: do I know you
trans_list:
ken ik je ergens van? | ken ik je niet ergens van? | ken ik je? | ken ik jullie? | ken ik u ergens van? | ken ik u niet ergens van?


lexentry: eng/do__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do
trans_list: zitten
sense:
(pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.


lexentry: eng/do_it_yourself__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do it yourself
trans_list: doe-het-zelf
sense:
The practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself, rather than employing a professional.


lexentry: eng/do_not_disturb__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do not disturb
trans_list: niet storen
sense:
Used to indicate that somebody does not wish to be disturbed, e.g. a sign on a hotel room door, or a "busy" mode of an instant messenger.


lexentry: eng/do_the_dishes__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do the dishes
trans_list: afwassen | de afwas doen
sense:
(intransitive) To wash up dirty crockery (plates and dishes) and cutlery (knives, forks, and spoons).


lexentry: eng/do_unto_others_as_you_would_have_them_do_unto_you__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do unto others as you would have them do unto you
trans_list: wat gij niet wilt, dat u geschiedt, doe dat ook een ander niet
sense:
One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself; an expression of the golden rule.


lexentry: eng/do_you_think_you_can_walk__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do you think you can walk
trans_list: denk je dat je kunt lopen?
sense:
Asked to find out whether an ill or wounded person is able to walk or needs to sit down or lie down.


lexentry: eng/dock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dock
trans_list: zuring
sense:
Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.


lexentry: eng/docking__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: docking
trans_list: docking
sense:
(sexuality, slang) The sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.


lexentry: eng/doctor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: doctor
trans_list: doctor | dokter
sense:
A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.


lexentry: eng/doctor__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: doctor
trans_list: dokteren | valsificeren
sense:
(transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.


lexentry: eng/doctor_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doctor bird
trans_list: colibri à tête noire | wimpelstaartkolibrie
sense:
Trochilus polytmus; a red-billed streamertail; scissor-tail hummingbird; scissors tail hummingbird (hummingbird)


lexentry: eng/doctor_blade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doctor blade
trans_list: rakel
sense:
(printing) A metal blade used in printing for scraping off excess ink or toner from the printing roll.


lexentry: eng/doctorandus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doctorandus
trans_list: doctorandus
sense:
(historical, in the Netherlands) A person who has passed an doctoral exam at a university, but has not yet attained a doctorate.


lexentry: eng/doctrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: doctrine
trans_list: doctrine | leer
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.


lexentry: eng/document__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: document
trans_list: document
sense:
An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.


lexentry: eng/documentary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: documentary
trans_list: documentaire | docu | documentairefilm
sense:
A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.


lexentry: eng/documentary_hypothesis__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: documentary hypothesis
trans_list: oorkondenhypothese
sense:
(theology) The hypothesis that the Pentateuch consists of two or more, usually four, originally distinct major documents. [ca. 1840]


lexentry: eng/documentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: documentation
trans_list: documentatie
sense:
(computing, mechanical engineering) Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.


lexentry: eng/dodder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodder
trans_list: warkruid
sense:
Any of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it is now placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.


lexentry: eng/dodecahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodecahedron
trans_list: dodecaëder | regelmatig twaalfvlak
sense:
(geometry) A polyhedron with twelve faces; the regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.


lexentry: eng/dodecane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodecane
trans_list: dodecaan
sense:
(organic compound) Any of very many isomers of the alkane having twelve carbon atoms, but especially n-dodecane that is used as a solvent and is present in Diesel fuel.


lexentry: eng/dodecaphonist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodecaphonist
trans_list: dodecafonist | dodecaphonist
sense:
(music) A practitioner or proponent of dodecaphony, i.e. use of the dodecaphonic musical scale, which has twelve tones per octave


lexentry: eng/dodge_a_bullet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodge a bullet
trans_list: met de schrik vrijkomen
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) To have a narrow escape; to avoid injury, disaster, or some other undesirable situation.


lexentry: eng/dodger__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dodger
trans_list: buiskap
sense:
(countable, nautical) A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.


lexentry: eng/dodo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodo
trans_list: dodo | walgvogel
sense:
A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.


lexentry: eng/dodo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dodo
trans_list: dodo
sense:
(figuratively) A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.


lexentry: eng/doe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doe
trans_list: hinde | reegeit | damherthinde
sense:
A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).


lexentry: eng/does_a_bear_shit_in_the_woods__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: does a bear shit in the woods
trans_list: is de paus katholiek? | schijt een beer in het bos?
sense:
(colloquial, rhetorical question, mildly, vulgar) A rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.


lexentry: eng/dog's_mercury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog's mercury
trans_list: bosbingelkruid
sense:
Mercurialis perennis, a herbaceous, downy perennial woodland plant with erect stems bearing simple, serrate leaves, found in much of Europe.


lexentry: eng/dog-ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog-ear
trans_list: ezelsoor
sense:
The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.


lexentry: eng/dog_cart__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dog cart
trans_list: dogcar
sense:
A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two transverse seats back to back. The rear seat originally closed up to form a box for carrying dogs.


lexentry: eng/dog_days__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog days
trans_list: hondsdagen
sense:
(archaic) The days following the heliacal rising of Sirius, now in early August (Gregorian) at dates varying by latitude.


lexentry: eng/doggy_style__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doggy style
trans_list: doggy | doggy style | op z'n hondjes
sense:
(slang, of sexual intercourse) In a position whereby one partner is on all fours and the other partner is penetrating from behind.


lexentry: eng/dogma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dogma
trans_list: dogma | leerstelling | leerstuk | geloofspunt
sense:
An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.


lexentry: eng/dogma__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dogma
trans_list: dogmatiek | dogma
sense:
A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.


lexentry: eng/doldrums__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doldrums
trans_list: kommer
sense:
Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise.


lexentry: eng/doldrums__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: doldrums
trans_list: windstilte
sense:
(nautical) Usually preceded by the: the state of a sailing ship when it is impeded by calms or light, baffling winds, and is unable to make progress.


lexentry: eng/doll_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doll up
trans_list: optutten
sense:
(transitive, slang) To dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing as if for a special occasion.


lexentry: eng/dollar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dollar
trans_list: dollar
sense:
(currencies) Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.


lexentry: eng/dolmen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolmen
trans_list: hunebed
sense:
A prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow.


lexentry: eng/dolphin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolphin
trans_list: dolfijn
sense:
A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of infraorder Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.


lexentry: eng/dolphin__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolphin
trans_list: dukdalf
sense:
(nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.


lexentry: eng/domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: domain
trans_list: domein
sense:
(computing, Internet) A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains.


lexentry: eng/domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: domain
trans_list: domein
sense:
(computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside.


lexentry: eng/domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: domain
trans_list: domein
sense:
(taxonomy) The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system, one of the taxa Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota.


lexentry: eng/domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: domain
trans_list: domein
sense:
(biochemistry) A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function; the equivalent section of a chromosome.


lexentry: eng/domain_name__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domain name
trans_list: domein | domeinnaam
sense:
(Internet) A unique, case-insensitive name that identifies a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet.


lexentry: eng/domestic_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domestic cat
trans_list: huiskat
sense:
(zoology) A domesticated cat, of the species Felis catus or Felis silvestris catus, especially one kept as a pet or for vermin control.


lexentry: eng/domestic_duck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domestic duck
trans_list: tamme eend
sense:
The domesticated subspecies or form of mallard, sometimes Anas platyrhynchos domesticus or Anas platyrhynchos f. domestica.


lexentry: eng/domestication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domestication
trans_list: domesticatie
sense:
The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.


lexentry: eng/domestique__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domestique
trans_list: knecht
sense:
(cycle racing) A cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders (for example, by riding in front of them to create a slipstream, or to set the pace), even if at the expense of their own individual performance.


lexentry: eng/domicile__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: domicile
trans_list: verblijfplaats
sense:
(legal) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.


lexentry: eng/dominance__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dominance
trans_list: dominantie
sense:
(physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.


lexentry: eng/dominant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dominant
trans_list: dominant
sense:
(music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.


lexentry: eng/dominate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dominate
trans_list: dominaat
sense:
(historical) The late period of the Roman Empire, following the principate, during which the emperor's rule became more explicitly autocratic and remaining vestiges of the Roman Republic were removed from the formal workings of government; the reign of any particular emperor during this period.


lexentry: eng/dominical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dominical
trans_list: zondags
sense:
(historical) Of or pertaining to the ancient system of dominical letters, used for determining Sundays (particularly Easter Sunday) in any given year.


lexentry: eng/domino__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domino
trans_list: ) graat
sense:
(dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. [from c. 1800]


lexentry: eng/don't_count_your_chickens_before_they're_hatched__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: don't count your chickens before they're hatched
trans_list: de huid niet verkopen voor de beer geschoten is
sense:
One should not depend upon a favorable (and typically overoptimistic) outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur.


lexentry: eng/don't_mention_it__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: don't mention it
trans_list: geen dank | niets te danken
sense:
A polite way of responding to thanks, by suggesting that the service is too trivial or humble to warrant thanks; you're welcome.


lexentry: eng/don't_shoot_the_messenger__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (sarcastic, or, humorous) The bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for it.
written_rep: don't shoot the messenger
trans_list:
geef niet de boodschapper de schuld | schiet niet op de boodschapper | schiet niet van de boodschapper


lexentry: eng/donate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: donate
trans_list: doneren
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.


lexentry: eng/dongle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dongle
trans_list: dongel
sense:
(computer hardware) Any small device that plugs into an electronic device, typically a computer, and alters its functionality. Common examples include wireless modems, digital media players, software copy protect devices, and adapters.


lexentry: eng/dongle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dongle
trans_list: dongel
sense:
(computer hardware) A hardware device used by a specific application for purposes of copy protection.


lexentry: eng/doofus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doofus
trans_list: beuling
sense:
(slang, derogatory, sometimes affectionately, humorous) A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.


lexentry: eng/doohickey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doohickey
trans_list: dinges
sense:
(slang, originally, US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)


lexentry: eng/doom_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doom metal
trans_list: doommetal
sense:
(music genre) A subgenre of heavy metal characterised by a slow tempo and low-tuned guitars, often emphasizing despairing lyrics.


lexentry: eng/door__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: door
trans_list: deur | portier
sense:
A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.


lexentry: eng/doorbell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doorbell
trans_list: deurbel | schel
sense:
A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.


lexentry: eng/doorman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doorman
trans_list: conciërge
sense:
A person who holds open the door at the entryway (entrance) to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services.


lexentry: eng/doozy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doozy
trans_list: hamer
sense:
(US, colloquial) Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.


lexentry: eng/dopamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dopamine
trans_list: dopamine
sense:
(neurotransmitter, pharmaceutical drug) A monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.


lexentry: eng/dope__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dope
trans_list: beits | vernis
sense:
(uncountable, aeronautics) Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.


lexentry: eng/dope__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dope
trans_list: doteren
sense:
(transitive, electronics) To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).


lexentry: eng/doping__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: doping
trans_list: dotering
sense:
The addition of small quantities of an element (a dopant) to a semiconductor to change its characteristics.


lexentry: eng/dorayaki__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dorayaki
trans_list: dorayaki
sense:
A Japanese confection consisting of two sponge cake patties baked to resemble gongs, sandwiching a filling of sweet azuki bean paste.


lexentry: eng/dormant_volcano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dormant volcano
trans_list: slapende vulkaan
sense:
(geology) A volcano that has not erupted for a considerable length of time, but is still capable of erupting.


lexentry: eng/dormitory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dormitory
trans_list: slaapzaal | slaapcel
sense:
A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.


lexentry: eng/dormitory__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dormitory
trans_list: internaat | studentenhuis
sense:
A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.


lexentry: eng/dormouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dormouse
trans_list: relmuis | hazelmuis
sense:
Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae (syns. Myoxidae, Muscardinidae).


lexentry: eng/dorsal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dorsal
trans_list: rug
sense:
(anatomy, zootomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.


lexentry: eng/dorveille__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dorveille
trans_list: indommelen
sense:
(literary) A dreamlike semi-conscious state, such as while falling asleep or waking up, between periods of sleep, or from exhaustion; generally with reference to an altered mental state where there is no distinction between the fantastic and the familiar.


lexentry: eng/dossier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dossier
trans_list: dossier | map | folder
sense:
A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.


lexentry: eng/dot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dot
trans_list: punt
sense:
(grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.


lexentry: eng/dot_matrix_printer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dot matrix printer
trans_list: matrixprinter
sense:
(computer hardware) A type of printer that prints characters using an array of small wires that produce an array of dots when striking the paper.


lexentry: eng/dot_the_i's_and_cross_the_t's__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dot the i's and cross the t's
trans_list: de puntjes op de i zetten
sense:
(idiomatic) To take care of every detail, even minor ones; to be meticulous or thorough; to finish off something close to complete.


lexentry: eng/double-barrelled_shotgun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-barrelled shotgun
trans_list: dubbelschots geweer
sense:
A type of shot-firing gun with two long, parallel barrels, allowing the user to fire twice in quick succession.


lexentry: eng/double-click__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-click
trans_list: dubbelklik
sense:
(computing) The action of pushing the button on a mouse twice in quick succession in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a single-click or triple-click.


lexentry: eng/double-click__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-click
trans_list: dubbelklikken
sense:
(computing) To push the button on a mouse twice in quick succession in order to perform a different task than would be performed from a single-click or triple-click.


lexentry: eng/double-entry__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-entry
trans_list: dubbel boekhouden | dubbele boekhouding
sense:
(accounting) Describing a method of bookkeeping in which each transaction is entered in two accounts, for debits and for credits.


lexentry: eng/double_English__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double English
trans_list: roman
sense:
(printing, US, dated) The size of type between double pica and double great primer, standardized as 28-point.


lexentry: eng/double_bond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double bond
trans_list: dubbele binding
sense:
(physical chemistry) A covalent bond in which two electron pairs (instead of the usual one) are shared between two atoms; most common between carbon atoms and carbon, oxygen or nitrogen atoms, but several other forms are known.


lexentry: eng/double_bridle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double bridle
trans_list: hoofdstel
sense:
(equestrian) A Weymouth bridle, which uses both a bradoon, held by a sliphead, and a curb bit, and is used with two reins.


lexentry: eng/double_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double down
trans_list: inzet verdubbelen
sense:
(gambling, intransitive) To double one's wager, particularly, the name of a specific doubling bet allowed in blackjack.


lexentry: eng/double_entendre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double entendre
trans_list: dubbele bodem
sense:
A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.


lexentry: eng/double_factorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double factorial
trans_list: dubbelfaculteit
sense:
(mathematics, combinatorics) For an odd integer, the result of multiplying all the odd integers from 1 to the given number; or for an even integer, the result of multiplying all the even integers from 2 to the given number; symbolised by a double exclamation mark (!!). For example, 9!! = 1 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 9 = 945.


lexentry: eng/double_fault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double fault
trans_list: dubbelfout
sense:
(tennis) The missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver.


lexentry: eng/double_glazing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double glazing
trans_list: dubbele beglazing
sense:
A system of insulated windows (and doors) having two parallel layers of glass separated by an air space


lexentry: eng/double_life__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double life
trans_list: dubbelleven
sense:
An existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from some people.


lexentry: eng/double_penetration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double penetration
trans_list: dubbele penetratie | sandwich
sense:
The simultaneous sexual penetration of one or more orifices of one person by two other people or objects.


lexentry: eng/double_plural__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double plural
trans_list: stapelmeervoud
sense:
(grammar) A word doubly inflected for the plural grammatical number in relation to its singular form; e.g., medium → media → medias.


lexentry: eng/double_reed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double reed
trans_list: dubbelriet
sense:
(music) A pair of reeds, in any of several wind instruments, that are joined together and vibrate together.


lexentry: eng/double_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double room
trans_list: tweepersoonskamer
sense:
A room, especially in a hotel, that is designed for two people and has two single beds (sometimes called a twin room) or one double bed.


lexentry: eng/double_standard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: double standard
trans_list: dubbele moraal | met twee maten meten
sense:
A pair of monetary values, i.e. a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are legal tender.


lexentry: eng/doublet__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: doublet
trans_list: doublet | tweelingwoord
sense:
(quantum mechanics) A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.


lexentry: eng/doublethink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doublethink
trans_list: dubbeldenk
sense:
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.


lexentry: eng/doubletree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doubletree
trans_list: balans
sense:
a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected to a singletree, two of which are connected to a doubletree, which, in turn, is connected to the implement.


lexentry: eng/doubling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doubling
trans_list: verdubbeling
sense:
The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/doubloon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doubloon
trans_list: dubloen
sense:
(historical, numismatics) A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/doubly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doubly
trans_list: dubbel
sense:
(usually, of relative importance, of degree, quantity or measure) In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.


lexentry: eng/doubt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doubt
trans_list: twijfel
sense:
(uncountable, countable) Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.


lexentry: eng/douche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: douche
trans_list: stortbad
sense:
A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation.


lexentry: eng/douchebag__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: douchebag
trans_list: klootzak | debiel | eikel | idioot | lul | vlegel
sense:
(US, slang, vulgar, humorous) A jerk or asshole; a mean or rude person; someone seen as being arrogant, snobby or obnoxious.


lexentry: eng/dough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dough
trans_list: deeg
sense:
A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.


lexentry: eng/dough_scraper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dough scraper
trans_list: pottenlikker
sense:
A rubber or metal implement used to scrape food, such as dough, off a countertop, out of a bowl, etc.


lexentry: eng/doughnut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doughnut
trans_list: donut | berlinerbol
sense:
A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.


lexentry: eng/doula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doula
trans_list: doula
sense:
A trained support person who provides emotional, physical and practical assistance to a pregnant woman or couple before, during or after childbirth.


lexentry: eng/dove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dove
trans_list: duif
sense:
(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.


lexentry: eng/dovecote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dovecote
trans_list: duivenkot | duiventil
sense:
A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.


lexentry: eng/dovetail__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dovetail
trans_list: zwaluwstaart
sense:
In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.


