# translation

lexentry: eng/southwester__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: southwester
trans_list: Südwester
sense:
(more often sou'wester) A waterproof hat, often of oilskin and with a long brim at the back covering the neck, designed to repel wind and rain.


lexentry: eng/souvenir_sheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: souvenir sheet
trans_list: Gedenkblock
sense:
(philately) A small block or sheet of postage stamps, including a single value or a series of stamps, often without gum or perforations, having a wide margin with an inscription or design identifying an event being commemorated, printed as a souvenir or for collecting purposes.


lexentry: eng/sovereign_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sovereign state
trans_list: souveräner Staat
sense:
A state (country) which has sovereignty over a defined geographic area, is independent of any other country, and has its own government.


lexentry: eng/sovereignty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sovereignty
trans_list: Souveränität | Hoheit | Eigenstaatlichkeit | Eigenständigkeit | Hoheitsgewalt | Landeshoheit
sense:
(by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.


lexentry: eng/soviet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soviet
trans_list: Sowjet
sense:
(historical) A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and then instituted as the main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union; by extension, a similar organization in early Chinese communism and elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/sow_one's_wild_oats__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: sow one's wild oats
trans_list: sich die Hörner abstoßen
sense:
(by extension, often, of young adults or the recently divorced) To indulge in a period of irresponsible behavior.


lexentry: eng/sow_the_wind,_reap_the_whirlwind__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
trans_list: wer Wind sät, wird Sturm ernten
sense:
Every decision has consequences; a person's actions will come back to them; if one starts trouble or takes actions in spite of the discontent they cause, one will incur negative consequences.


lexentry: eng/soy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soy
trans_list: Soja
sense:
A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.


lexentry: eng/soy_milk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soy milk
trans_list: Sojamilch
sense:
(uncountable) A milky liquid made from soy beans and used as a beverage, cooking ingredient or substitute for dairy milk.


lexentry: eng/soy_sauce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: soy sauce
trans_list: Sojasoße
sense:
A condiment sauce and ingredient, common in Asian cuisine, made from fermented soybeans, salt, and sometimes wheat.


lexentry: eng/space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space
trans_list: Weltraum | All | Weltall
sense:
The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere. [from 17thc.]


lexentry: eng/space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space
trans_list: Freiraum | Raum
sense:
The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom. [from 20thc.]


lexentry: eng/space__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: space
trans_list: Raum
sense:
(countable, mathematics) A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space). [from 20thc.]


lexentry: eng/space__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: space
trans_list: Raum
sense:
(geometry) A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates.


lexentry: eng/space__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: space
trans_list: Zwischenraum | Leerschritt
sense:
(metal type) A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one en (compare quad). [from 17thc.]


lexentry: eng/space__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: space
trans_list: Leerzeichen | Leerstelle
sense:
A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap. [from 16thc.]


lexentry: eng/space_age__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space age
trans_list: Weltraumzeitalter
sense:
The period from the about the time of the launch of Sputnik in 1957 to the present day, during which people ventured into space.


lexentry: eng/space_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space bar
trans_list: Leertaste
sense:
(computing) A key, in the shape of a bar, near the bottom of a keyboard, that generates a space character when pressed.


lexentry: eng/space_blanket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space blanket
trans_list: Rettungsdecke
sense:
A blanket made of a plastic material covered with a reflective metal agent; designed to reduce heat loss from a person's body following trauma, or used on the exterior of a spacecraft for thermal control.


lexentry: eng/space_capsule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space capsule
trans_list: Raumkapsel
sense:
A vehicle (or a compartment of a vehicle) designed to transport, and provide life support for people in space, and during reentry through the Earth's atmosphere


lexentry: eng/space_debris__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space debris
trans_list: Weltraummüll | Weltraumschrott
sense:
All the objects in orbit around the Earth that were created by human activity, but now have no useful purpose.


lexentry: eng/space_exploration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space exploration
trans_list: Weltraumforschung
sense:
Investigation of interplanetary or interstellar space, its properties, biology and the bodies within it; usually with the use of spacecraft.


lexentry: eng/space_mission__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space mission
trans_list: Weltraummission
sense:
A journey, by a human or robotic spacecraft, into space for a specific reason (normally to gather scientific data).


lexentry: eng/space_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space science
trans_list: Raumfahrtwissenschaft | Raumforschung
sense:
Any scientific discipline concerned with the study of phenomena occurring in space, or with space flight.


lexentry: eng/space_shuttle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space shuttle
trans_list: Raumfähre | Weltraumfähre | Spaceshuttle
sense:
Any vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between the Earth's surface and outer space carrying people or cargo.


lexentry: eng/space_suit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: space suit
trans_list: Raumanzug
sense:
A system of protective and pressurized clothing, together with environmental equipment, worn by astronauts when in space.


lexentry: eng/spacelike__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spacelike
trans_list: raumartig
sense:
(physics, of the interval between two events in spacetime) lying outside each other's light cone, so that no information can pass from one to the other


lexentry: eng/spacelike__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spacelike
trans_list: raumartig
sense:
(mathematics, of a four-vector) having a space component of greater magnitude than its time component multiplied by the speed of light


lexentry: eng/spacetime__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spacetime
trans_list: Raumzeit
sense:
(physics) An n-dimensional continuum consisting of dimensions of both space and time. Normally spacetime is considered as having 4 dimensions (x, y, z, t), but higher-dimensional spacetimes are often encountered in theoretical physics, e.g. the 5-dimensional spacetime of Kaluza-Klein theory or the 11 dimensions of spacetime in M-theory.


lexentry: eng/spackle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spackle
trans_list: Spachtel
sense:
Any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.


lexentry: eng/spade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spade
trans_list: Spaten
sense:
A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.


lexentry: eng/spadix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spadix
trans_list: Kolben
sense:
(botany) A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.


lexentry: eng/spaghetti__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spaghetti
trans_list: Spaghetti
sense:
(by extension, countable, uncountable) A dish that has spaghetti (sense 1) as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.


lexentry: eng/spaghetti_western__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spaghetti western
trans_list: Italowestern | Spaghettiwestern
sense:
(film genre) A motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy.


lexentry: eng/spaghettification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spaghettification
trans_list: Spaghetti-Effekt | Spaghettifizierung | Spaghettisierung
sense:
(astrophysics) The gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes, usually near a black hole. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/spallation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spallation
trans_list: Ausbruch
sense:
(engineering, materials science) Fragmentation due to stress or impact, or any pattern of surface damage created thereby.


lexentry: eng/spam__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spam
trans_list: spammen
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, computing, Internet) To send messages repeatedly, often with disruptive effect; to flood.


lexentry: eng/spamdexing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spamdexing
trans_list: Index-Spamming | Suchmaschinen-Spamming
sense:
(SEO) The inclusion of deliberately misleading terms on a website in order to manipulate its ranking in a search engine.


lexentry: eng/span__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: span
trans_list: Spanne
sense:
The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.


lexentry: eng/spandrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spandrel
trans_list: Spandrille | Zwickel | Bogenzwickel | Pedentif
sense:
(architectural element) The space (often more or less triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between two contiguous arches and a straight feature above them.


lexentry: eng/spangle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spangle
trans_list: Flitter | Flitterblättchen | Glanzplättchen | Glitzer | Paillette
sense:
A small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for decoration; a sequin.


lexentry: eng/spangled_kookaburra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spangled kookaburra
trans_list: Aruliest
sense:
A kookaburra of the Aru Islands, with blue wings and tail, a white chest and belly, dark eyes, and a striking white-spotted black head, Dacelo tyro.


lexentry: eng/spaniel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spaniel
trans_list: Spaniel
sense:
Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.


lexentry: eng/spank__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spank
trans_list: den Hintern versohlen | auf das Gesäß schlagen
sense:
(transitive) To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.


lexentry: eng/spanner__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: spanner
trans_list: Knüppel (zwischen den Beinen) | Sand (im Getriebe)
sense:
(UK, Irish) A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works)


lexentry: eng/spanner_barb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spanner barb
trans_list: Schwarzbandfleckbarbe
sense:
A freshwater, open-water, substrate egg-scatterer fish commonly found in the Malay Peninsula and Borneo, Systomus lateristriga syn. Puntius lateristriga.


lexentry: eng/spar__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spar
trans_list: Flügelholm | Holm
sense:
(aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.


lexentry: eng/spare__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spare
trans_list: überflüssig | überschüssig
sense:
Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.


lexentry: eng/sparingly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sparingly
trans_list: sparsam
sense:
In a sparing manner; with frugality, moderation, scantiness, reserve, forbearance, or the like; sparsely.


lexentry: eng/spark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spark
trans_list: Funke
sense:
A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.


lexentry: eng/spark__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spark
trans_list: Funke
sense:
(figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.


lexentry: eng/spark_plug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spark plug
trans_list: Zündkerze
sense:
The part of some internal combustion engines which forms a high-voltage electric spark which ignites the fuel-air mixture to begin the power stroke. (Petrol engines have spark plugs. Diesel engines do not have them because the heat from their high compression ratios supplies the ignition.)


lexentry: eng/spark_testing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spark testing
trans_list: Funkenprobe
sense:
A method of determining the general classification of ferrous materials that normally requires taking a piece of metal, usually scrap, to a grinding wheel and observing the sparks emitted.


lexentry: eng/sparkle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sparkle
trans_list: funkeln
sense:
(by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle


lexentry: eng/sparkling__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sparkling
trans_list: sprudelnd | prickelnd
sense:
Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.


lexentry: eng/sparkling_wine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sparkling wine
trans_list: Schaumwein | Sekt
sense:
Any wine that is effervescent because of dissolved carbon dioxide; either because of fermentation in bottle or by physical carbonation.


lexentry: eng/sparrowhawk__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sparrowhawk
trans_list: Sperber
sense:
Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.


lexentry: eng/spat__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spat
trans_list: Kotflügel
sense:
(automotive, UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.


lexentry: eng/spate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spate
trans_list: Flut
sense:
(countable) A (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; (uncountable, archaic) flooding, inundation.


lexentry: eng/spate__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spate
trans_list: Haufen
sense:
(countable, figurative) A sudden increase or rush of something; a flood, an outburst, an outpouring.


lexentry: eng/spatula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spatula
trans_list: Pfannenwender | Spachtel
sense:
(cookware) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.


lexentry: eng/spatula__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spatula
trans_list: Spatel
sense:
(chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.


lexentry: eng/spavin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spavin
trans_list: Spat
sense:
(countable) A bony swelling which develops in a horse's leg where the shank and splint bone meet, caused by inflammation of the cartilage connecting those bones; also, a similar swelling caused by inflammation of the hock bones.


lexentry: eng/spawn__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: spawn
trans_list: erscheinen | spawnen
sense:
(ergative, video games) To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time.


lexentry: eng/speak__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: speak
trans_list: kommunizieren
sense:
(by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.


lexentry: eng/speak_in_tongues__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speak in tongues
sense:
(archaic) To speak in a language unknown to the speaker, especially when in a state of religious ecstasy; glossolalia.

trans_list:
Sprachenrede praktizieren | Zungenrede praktizieren | Zungenreden praktizieren | glossolalieren | in Sprachen reden | in fremden Sprachen reden


lexentry: eng/speak_of_the_devil__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speak of the devil
trans_list: wenn man vom Teufel spricht, dann ist er nicht weit | wenn man vom Teufel spricht, dann kommt er
sense:
(idiomatic, humorous) An expression sometimes used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive on the scene.


lexentry: eng/speaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: speaker
sense:
(politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.

trans_list:
Parlamentspräsident | Parlamentspräsidentin | Vorsitzende | Vorsitzender | Bundestagspräsident | Bundestagspräsidentin


lexentry: eng/speaking_in_tongues__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speaking in tongues
trans_list: Glossolalie | Glossolalieren | Glottolalie | Zungenrede | Zungenreden
sense:
The act of speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of a deity or spirits); glossolalia.


lexentry: eng/spear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spear
trans_list: Speer
sense:
A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.


lexentry: eng/spearmint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spearmint
trans_list: grüne Minze | krause Minze
sense:
A herb of the mint family (Mentha spicata), commonly used in herb tea, candy and to treat mild stomach ache.


lexentry: eng/special__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: special
trans_list: Sonderangebot | Sondersendung
sense:
A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.


lexentry: eng/special_drawing_right__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: special drawing right
trans_list: Sonderziehungsrecht
sense:
A monetary unit of account maintained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the value of which is based on a basket of major currencies, currently (since 2016) consisting of the US dollar, the euro, the renminbi, the Japanese yen, and the pound sterling.


lexentry: eng/special_education__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: special education
trans_list: Sonderpädagogik
sense:
Any of several educational services designed for students with learning difficulties, mental health problems, or other disabilities.


lexentry: eng/special_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: special effect
trans_list: Spezialeffekt
sense:
(film, television, theatre) An effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means, as for example by the digital manipulation of previously filmed footage.


lexentry: eng/special_military_operation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: special military operation
trans_list: Sondermilitäroperation
sense:
(euphemism, neologism) A military situation resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.


lexentry: eng/special_relativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: special relativity
trans_list: Spezielle Relativitätstheorie | spezielle Relativitätstheorie
sense:
(relativity) A theory that (neglecting the effects of gravity) reconciles the principle of relativity with the observation that the speed of light is constant in all frames of reference.


lexentry: eng/special_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: special school
trans_list: Förderschule | Sonderschule
sense:
A school specifically run for students with disabilities or other problems that need special treatment.


lexentry: eng/specialization__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: specialization
trans_list: Spezialisierung
sense:
(biology) The adaptation of an organism to a specific environment, or adaptation of an organ to a particular function.


lexentry: eng/speciation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: speciation
trans_list: Speziierung
sense:
(chemistry) The formation of different (inorganic) species (especially of ions) as the environment changes.


lexentry: eng/species__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: species
trans_list: Art | Spezies | Species
sense:
(biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.


lexentry: eng/species__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: species
trans_list: Art | Spezies
sense:
A group of plants or animals in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance.


lexentry: eng/species_barrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: species barrier
trans_list: Artenbarriere | Artengrenze
sense:
(pathology, zoology) The inability of a disease to be transmitted from one species to a different one.


lexentry: eng/specific__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: specific
trans_list: spezifisch
sense:
Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.


lexentry: eng/specific__Adjective__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: specific
trans_list: spezifisch
sense:
(physics) A measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air).


lexentry: eng/specific_epithet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: specific epithet
trans_list: Art-Epitheton | Artbeiname | Artepithet | Artepitheton | Artname | Artzusatz
sense:
(taxonomy) The second (uncapitalized) word in the scientific name of a species, following the name of the genus.


lexentry: eng/specific_gravity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: specific gravity
trans_list: spezifisches Gewicht
sense:
(physics) The ratio of the mass of a substance to that of an equal volume of water at 4°C (or to some other reference substance)


lexentry: eng/specificity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: specificity
trans_list: Spezifität
sense:
(statistics) The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.


lexentry: eng/specificker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: specificker
trans_list: Spezifiker
sense:
(history, homeopathy, originally, _, pejorative, obsolete) A homoeopathic practitioner who sought to ascertain the aetiologies of diseases, focusing on the symptoms most regularly associated with their diagnosis (to the exclusion of peripheral and occasional symptoms), and who, for their treatment, selected remedies (administered in more-or-less undiluted form) on the basis of their general physiological effects, ignoring incidental and side-effects. [mid-19th–late 19th c., first attested in 1847 and common in the 1860s]


lexentry: eng/specimen_signature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: specimen signature
trans_list: Musterunterschrift | Musterzeichnungserklärung | Zeichnungsmuster
sense:
(law) A document (often authenticated by a notary public or a lawyer) with a sample signature handwritten by a person, kept by a bank or another organization, which lets them verify that other signatures were also written by the same person.


lexentry: eng/speckled_wood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speckled wood
trans_list: Waldbrettspiel
sense:
A brown and cream butterfly with a row of small eyespots, Pararge aegeria, of the family Nymphalidae.


lexentry: eng/spectacle_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spectacle case
trans_list: Brillenetui
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spectacles,‎ case. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/spectacles__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spectacles
trans_list: Brille
sense:
(dated) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.


lexentry: eng/spectral_class__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spectral class
trans_list: Spektralklasse
sense:
(star) A classification of stars depending on their spectra and luminosity; usually one of O, B, A, F, G, K, M.


lexentry: eng/spectral_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spectral line
trans_list: Spektrallinie
sense:
(physics) a dark or bright line in an otherwise continuous spectrum caused by the absorption or emission of light, at a single wavelength, by the movement of electrons between energy levels of an atom or molecule


lexentry: eng/spectrometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spectrometer
trans_list: Spektrometer
sense:
(analytical chemistry) An optical instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances; typically it will plot a graph of absorption versus wavelength or frequency, and the patterns produced are used to identify the substances present, and their internal structure.


lexentry: eng/spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spectrum
trans_list: Spektrum
sense:
Specifically, a range of colours representing light (electromagnetic radiation) of contiguous frequencies; hence electromagnetic spectrum, visible spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum, etc. [from later 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: spectrum
trans_list: Spektrum
sense:
(mathematics, functional analysis) Of a bounded linear operator A, the set of scalar values λ such that the operator A—λI, where I denotes the identity operator, does not have a bounded inverse; intended as a generalisation of the linear algebra sense.


lexentry: eng/spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: spectrum
trans_list: Spektrum
sense:
(commutative algebra, algebraic geometry) An abstract object in mathematics created from a commutative ring R and denoted \operatorname{Spec}(R) or \operatorname{Spec} R and said to be the spectrum of R; useful in the study of such rings for providing a geometric object which encodes many of the properties R, and in modern geometry for generalizing the notion of an algebraic variety to that of an affine scheme. Formally, the set of all prime ideals R equipped with the Zariski topology and augmented with a sheaf of rings called the structure sheaf, generated by the B-sheaf on the distinguished open sets D_f which assigns the localization of R at f to each set D_f, regarded as a ring of functions on D_f. See w:Spectrum of a ring on Wikipedia.Wikipedia


lexentry: eng/speculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speculate
trans_list: spekulieren
sense:
(obsolete, intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.


lexentry: eng/speculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: speculate
trans_list: spekulieren
sense:
(intransitive, business, finance) To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.


lexentry: eng/speculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: speculation
trans_list: Spekulation
sense:
(business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.


lexentry: eng/speculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: speculation
trans_list: Spekulation
sense:
The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.


lexentry: eng/speculative_fiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speculative fiction
trans_list: Fantastik | Phantastik
sense:
(uncountable) A class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural, or futuristic elements, including fantasy, horror, and science fiction, dealing with worlds, themes, and characters not part of everyday life. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/speculator__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: speculator
trans_list: Spekulant | Spekulantin
sense:
(business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.


lexentry: eng/speculum__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: speculum
trans_list: Flügelspiegel
sense:
(ornithology) A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.


lexentry: eng/speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speech
trans_list: Sprache | Rede
sense:
(uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.


lexentry: eng/speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: speech
trans_list: Rede | Ansprache
sense:
(countable) A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.


lexentry: eng/speech_act__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speech act
trans_list: Sprechakt
sense:
(linguistics) An act carried out by speech, such as promising, ordering, greeting, warning, inviting and congratulating.


lexentry: eng/speech_from_the_throne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speech from the throne
trans_list: Thronrede
sense:
An event in certain monarchies in which the reigning sovereign, or their representative, reads a prepared speech to members of the nation's legislature.


lexentry: eng/speech_is_silver,_silence_is_golden__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speech is silver, silence is golden
trans_list: Reden ist Silber, Schweigen ist Gold
sense:
(idiom) Not saying anything is often better than speaking too much or saying something inappropriate.


lexentry: eng/speech_recognition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speech recognition
trans_list: Spracherkennung
sense:
(computing) The function of a front-end software system which processes input in the form of spoken language into a sequence of phonemes or characters, or into electronic commands for a computing system.


lexentry: eng/speechless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speechless
trans_list: sprachlos | fassungslos | stumm
sense:
Not speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due to surprise, amazement, etc.; wordless.


lexentry: eng/speed__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: speed
trans_list: Geschwindigkeit | Schnelligkeit
sense:
(mathematics, physics) The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.


lexentry: eng/speed__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: speed
trans_list: Amphe | Pep | Speed
sense:
(slang, uncountable) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.


lexentry: eng/speed__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: speed
trans_list: rasen
sense:
To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.


lexentry: eng/speed_bump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speed bump
trans_list: Bremsschwelle | Bodenschwelle | Fahrbahnschwelle | Hubbel | Verkehrshubbel
sense:
A traffic calming measure, consisting of a transverse ridge in the road, to limit the speed of vehicles.


lexentry: eng/speed_camera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speed camera
trans_list: Blitzer | Radarfalle | Radarsäule | Starenkasten
sense:
A roadside camera, triggered by a speeding vehicle, that takes a photograph of the offending vehicle and records its speed.


lexentry: eng/speed_cushion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speed cushion
trans_list: Berliner Kissen
sense:
A form of speed bump, often one of a series, that allows larger (especially emergency) vehicles to straddle them without slowing down


lexentry: eng/speed_dating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speed dating
trans_list: Speed-Dating
sense:
An organized event in which prospective romantic partners meet each other through a series of short one-to-one meetings.


lexentry: eng/speed_dial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speed dial
trans_list: Kurzwahl
sense:
A function on some telephones allowing a phone number to be dialed by pressing only one or two keys.


lexentry: eng/speed_of_light__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speed of light
trans_list: Lichtgeschwindigkeit
sense:
(physics) The speed of electromagnetic radiation, which in a perfect vacuum is equivalent to 299,792,458 metres per second.


lexentry: eng/speedometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speedometer
trans_list: Tachometer | Geschwindigkeitsmesser | Tacho
sense:
An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.


lexentry: eng/speedrun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speedrun
trans_list: Speedrun
sense:
(video games) A playthrough of a computer or video game in which the whole game or a select part of it, such as a single level, is played with the intent of completing it as quickly as possible, optionally with certain prerequisites.


lexentry: eng/speedway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speedway
trans_list: Schlacke
sense:
(uncountable) A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.


lexentry: eng/speedy_delete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: speedy delete
trans_list: schnelllöschen
sense:
(wiki, chiefly, WMF, transitive) To summarily delete one or more pages without having a discussion on whether to keep or to delete, almost always if the page is obviously worthy of uncontroversial deletion.


lexentry: eng/spell__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spell
trans_list: Weile | Weilchen | Zeitdauer | kurze Periode
sense:
(colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/spell__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spell
trans_list: buchstabieren | schreiben | bilden | ergeben
sense:
(intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/spell__Verb__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spell
trans_list: bedeuten | vorhersagen
sense:
(transitive) To indicate that (some event) will occur; typically followed by a single-word noun. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/spelling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spelling
trans_list: Rechtschreibung | Buchstabieren | Orthografie
sense:
(uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.


lexentry: eng/spelling_alphabet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spelling alphabet
trans_list: Buchstabieralphabet | Buchstabiertafel
sense:
A set of code words that stand for the usual names of the letters of an alphabet, usually for clarity of communication when spelling out words, especially over the radio#Noun and especially despite any static#Noun thereon.


lexentry: eng/spelling_bee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spelling bee
trans_list: Buchstabierwettbewerb | Rechtschreibwettbewerb
sense:
A spelling contest or competition where contestants, usually children, are asked to spell out words (orally, letter by letter); the individual or team spelling the most words correctly wins.


lexentry: eng/spelling_pronunciation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spelling pronunciation
trans_list: Buchstabenaussprache | Schriftaussprache | buchstabengetreue Aussprache
sense:
A pronunciation that has been modified from its traditional form in order to reflect (one or another interpretation of) the spelling of the word in question.


lexentry: eng/spelt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spelt
trans_list: Dinkel | Spelz
sense:
A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.


lexentry: eng/spermatozoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spermatozoid
trans_list: Spermatozoon
sense:
(biology) A motile, ciliated male gamete produced in the antheridium of an alga, fern or gymnosperm.


lexentry: eng/spermatozoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spermatozoon
trans_list: Spermium | Samenzelle
sense:
(cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.


lexentry: eng/spessartine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spessartine
trans_list: Spessartin
sense:
(mineral) A type of garnet, a neosilicate of manganese and aluminium with the chemical formula Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3.


lexentry: eng/sphalerite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sphalerite
trans_list: Sphalerit | Zinkblende
sense:
(mineral) A yellow, brown or black, sometimes red, green white or colorless mineral with cubic crystals, of a chemical formula (Zn,Fe)S, often containing also minor metals, such as cadmium, gallium, germanium and indium.


lexentry: eng/sphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: sphere
trans_list: Sphäre | Bereich | Kugel
sense:
(figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/sphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: sphere
trans_list: Kugel | Sphäre
sense:
(logic, dated) The domain of reference of a proposition, subject, or predicate, or the totality of the particular subjects to which it applies.


lexentry: eng/sphere_of_influence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sphere of influence
trans_list: Einflussbereich | Einflussphäre
sense:
(figurative, by extension) A concept division over which a person, organization, etc. exerts control.


lexentry: eng/spherical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spherical
trans_list: kugelförmig | sphärisch
sense:
(astrology) Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.


lexentry: eng/spherical_aberration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spherical aberration
trans_list: Sphärische Aberration
sense:
(optics) A type of lens aberration which causes blurriness, particularly away from the centre of the lens.


lexentry: eng/spherical_geometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spherical geometry
trans_list: Geometrie auf der Kugel | Kugelgeometrie | sphärische Geometrie
sense:
(geometry, uncountable) The geometry of the 2-dimensional surface of a sphere;(countable) a given geometry of the surface of a sphere; a geometry of the surface of a given sphere, regarded as distinct from that of other spheres.


lexentry: eng/spherical_triangle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spherical triangle
trans_list: Kugeldreieck
sense:
(geometry, spherical geometry) A triangle, described on the surface of the sphere, whose each side is an arc of some great circle.


lexentry: eng/sphericity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sphericity
trans_list: Sphärizität
sense:
(geometry, countable) The ratio of the surface area of a given particle to the surface area of a sphere with the same volume.


lexentry: eng/spice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spice
trans_list: Gewürz | Würze
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavor food.


lexentry: eng/spicule__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spicule
trans_list: Kalknadel
sense:
(biology) Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.


lexentry: eng/spider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spider
trans_list: Spinne
sense:
Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.


lexentry: eng/spiff__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spiff
trans_list: Verkaufsprämie
sense:
(countable, commerce, slang) A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.


lexentry: eng/spiff__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spiff
trans_list: herausputzen
sense:
(transitive, informal) (usually with up or out) To make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)


lexentry: eng/spike__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spike
trans_list: Ähre
sense:
(botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.


lexentry: eng/spike__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: spike
trans_list: Nadel | Spitze
sense:
A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.


lexentry: eng/spike__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: spike
trans_list: Schmetterball
sense:
(volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.


lexentry: eng/spike_addition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spike addition
trans_list: Standard-Addition
sense:
(chemistry) A calibration technique for quantification that involves adding known amounts of a substance to an aliquot of an analyte.


lexentry: eng/spike_protein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spike protein
trans_list: Peplomer
sense:
(virology) A protein used to bind or connect membranes together, such as a transmembrane link between a virus and a cell.


lexentry: eng/spikelet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spikelet
trans_list: Ährchen
sense:
(botany) A small, or secondary spike, especially one of many in the inflorescence of a grass or sedge.


lexentry: eng/spillikins__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spillikins
trans_list: Mikado
sense:
A game in which players attempt to remove flat, carved sticks of ivory or wood (the individual spillikins of meaning 1) from a scattered pile without disturbing any stick other than the one currently being removed.


lexentry: eng/spin-off__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spin-off
trans_list: Ableger
sense:
(fiction) A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.


lexentry: eng/spin-off__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spin-off
trans_list: Ableger | Spin-off
sense:
The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.


lexentry: eng/spin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spin
trans_list: Spin
sense:
(quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.


lexentry: eng/spin__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spin
trans_list: Beschönigung | Schönfärberei | Zurechtlegung | passende Auslegung
sense:
(countable, uncountable, figurative) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.


lexentry: eng/spin__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: spin
trans_list: Trudeln | Drall
sense:
(aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.


lexentry: eng/spin__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spin
trans_list: rotieren | schleudern
sense:
(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.


lexentry: eng/spin__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spin
trans_list: beschönigen | positiv darstellen | schönreden
sense:
(figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.


lexentry: eng/spin__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: spin
trans_list: spinnen
sense:
To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.


lexentry: eng/spin_doctor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spin doctor
trans_list: Imageberater | PR-Berater | Schönredner | Spindoktor | Tatsachenbeschöniger
sense:
(business, politics) A person employed to gloss over a poor public image (or present it in a better light) in business and politics, especially after unfavourable results have been achieved. A lobbyist; PR person.


lexentry: eng/spin_dryer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spin dryer
trans_list: Schleuder
sense:
A machine in which wet clothes are spun in a cylinder full of holes to remove water from them, taking advantage of centrifugal force.


lexentry: eng/spin_the_bottle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spin the bottle
trans_list: Flaschendrehen
sense:
(games) A party game in which the players sit in a circle and spin a bottle in the middle, having to kiss (or perform some other dare with) the person at whom the bottle points when it stops.


lexentry: eng/spina_bifida__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spina bifida
trans_list: Spina bifida
sense:
(pathology) A birth defect resulting in a cleft in the spinal column through which the spinal membranes and spinal cord may protrude. It is characterised by hydrocephalus and other neurological disorders.


lexentry: eng/spinal_canal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinal canal
trans_list: Spinalkanal
sense:
(anatomy) The canal which runs down through the vertebrae and contains the spinal cord and spinal meninges.


lexentry: eng/spinal_cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinal cord
trans_list: Rückenmark | Myelon
sense:
(anatomy) A thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue which is a major part of the vertebrate central nervous system. It extends from the brain stem down through the spine, with nerves branching off to various parts of the body.


lexentry: eng/spindle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spindle
trans_list: Spindel | Handspindel
sense:
(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.


lexentry: eng/spindle__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spindle
trans_list: Spindelstrauch
sense:
Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.


lexentry: eng/spindrift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spindrift
trans_list: Gischt
sense:
(nautical) Sea spray (clouds of water droplets) blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea.


lexentry: eng/spine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spine
trans_list: Rückgrat | Wirbelsäule
sense:
Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.


lexentry: eng/spine__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spine
trans_list: Rücken | Buchrücken
sense:
The narrow, bound edge of a book that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's and publisher's name.


lexentry: eng/spine__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spine
trans_list: Dorn | Stachel
sense:
(zootomy, botany, mycology) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant.


lexentry: eng/spine_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spine board
trans_list: Schachbrettmuster
sense:
(emergency medicine) A rigid carrying surface for an injured person, designed to prevent the movement of the spine during transportation in order to prevent further damage to it.


lexentry: eng/spinel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinel
trans_list: Spinell
sense:
(mineral) Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.


lexentry: eng/spinelessness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinelessness
trans_list: Rückgratlosigkeit | Willenlosigkeit
sense:
The state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine (literally or figuratively)); cowardice.


lexentry: eng/spinnaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinnaker
trans_list: Falter
sense:
(nautical) A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind.


lexentry: eng/spinner__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: spinner
trans_list: Spinner
sense:
(computing, graphical user interface) An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.


lexentry: eng/spinning_top__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinning top
trans_list: Kreisel
sense:
A toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string.


lexentry: eng/spinning_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinning wheel
trans_list: Spinnrad
sense:
A domestic device for making yarn or thread; having a single spindle and a wheel driven by hand or foot.


lexentry: eng/spinor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinor
trans_list: Spinor
sense:
(algebra) An element of the fundamental representation of a Clifford algebra that transforms to its negative when the space is rotated through a complete turn from 0° to 360°.


lexentry: eng/spinous_process__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinous process
trans_list: Dornfortsatz
sense:
(anatomy) A bony process of a vertebra that projects posteriorly from the neural arch and serves as attachment for muscles and ligaments.


lexentry: eng/spinster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spinster
trans_list: alte Jungfer | Junggesellin | unverheiratete Frau | älteres Fräulein
sense:
(sometimes, derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.


lexentry: eng/spintronics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spintronics
trans_list: Spintronik
sense:
(physics) The storage and transfer of information using the spin state of electrons as well as their charge.


lexentry: eng/spiny_dogfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spiny dogfish
trans_list: Dornhai
sense:
Squalus acanthias, one of the best known of the dogfish which are members of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes


lexentry: eng/spiral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spiral
trans_list: Spirale
sense:
(geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.


lexentry: eng/spiral_galaxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spiral galaxy
trans_list: Spiralgalaxie
sense:
(galaxy) A galaxy consisting of a number of arms of younger stars that spiral out from the center containing older ones.


lexentry: eng/spire__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spire
trans_list: Turmspitze | Turmhelm
sense:
(architectural element) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/spirillum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spirillum
trans_list: Spirille
sense:
Any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, having an elongated spiral form and bearing a tuft of flagella.


lexentry: eng/spirit__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: spirit
trans_list: Sprit | Schnaps | Alkohol
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.


lexentry: eng/spirit_level__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spirit level
trans_list: Wasserwaage
sense:
(tool) A tool employing a chamber with a colored liquid (usually alcohol, hence spirit) and an air bubble, used to determine a horizontal or vertical reference line.


lexentry: eng/spirit_photography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spirit photography
trans_list: Geisterfotografie
sense:
(parapsychology) The purported art of taking photographs of the spirits of dead people, other spiritual entities, ectoplasm, auras, and the like; a common practice in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, especially using black-and-white photography and the technique of double exposure.


lexentry: eng/spiritual_world__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spiritual world
trans_list: Geisterwelt
sense:
(religion, mythology) A metaphysical plane of existence parallel to the material world and occupied by spirits and other unearthly forces.


lexentry: eng/spiritualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spiritualism
trans_list: Spiritualismus
sense:
(philosophy) A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.


lexentry: eng/spiritualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spiritualism
trans_list: Spiritismus
sense:
A belief that the dead communicate with the living, especially through a medium. Used in a broader sense than spiritism.


lexentry: eng/spiritualist__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spiritualist
trans_list: Spiritualist | Spiritualistin
sense:
One who practises spiritism (a.k.a. spiritualism); a believer in the possibility of communication with the dead; one who attempts to communicate with the dead.


lexentry: eng/spirochete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spirochete
trans_list: Spirochäte
sense:
Any of several coiled bacteria of the order Spirochaetales, most of which are pathogenic to both humans and other animals.


lexentry: eng/spit__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spit
trans_list: Spaten | Spatentiefe
sense:
The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.


lexentry: eng/spit_it_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spit it out
trans_list: spuck's aus
sense:
(informal, often, imperative) To overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general.


lexentry: eng/spit_roast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spit roast
trans_list: Spießbraten | Spießgrillen
sense:
(cooking) The technique of roasting an animal over a fire, where the cook pokes a rod through the animal and sets the ends on two sticks to suspend the animal over the fire.


lexentry: eng/spitchcock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spitchcock
trans_list: Brataal
sense:
(obsolete) A method of cooking an eel (or occasionally some other fish) by splitting it along the back, cutting it into pieces, and broiling or frying it. [late 16th – 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/spitchcock__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spitchcock
trans_list: Brataal
sense:
(by extension, archaic, or, obsolete) An eel (or other fish) prepared in this way. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/spite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spite
trans_list: Gehässigkeit | Boshaftigkeit
sense:
Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice


lexentry: eng/spitting_spider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spitting spider
trans_list: Leimschleuderspinne | Speispinne
sense:
Any spider from the family Scytodidae. These spiders catch their prey by spitting an immobilizing fluid at them.


lexentry: eng/splash__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: splash
trans_list: plätschern | platschen
sense:
(intransitive) To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.


lexentry: eng/splash_screen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: splash screen
trans_list: Startbildschirm
sense:
(graphical user interface) An initial screen displayed by an application, usually containing a logo, version information, and a copyright notice.


lexentry: eng/splashback__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: splashback
trans_list: Küchenrückwand | Spritzschutz | Spritzwand
sense:
(countable) A shield of an easily-cleaned material, such as those placed behind an oven top or kitchen sink and at industrial facilities, construction sites, etc, in order to catch splashes of liquid.


lexentry: eng/splay__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: splay
trans_list: Abkantung | Abschrägung
sense:
A bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window, by which an opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.


lexentry: eng/spleen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spleen
trans_list: Milz | Groll | Trübsinn
sense:
(anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.


lexentry: eng/splice__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: splice
trans_list: spleißen
sense:
To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.


lexentry: eng/spline__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spline
trans_list: Polynomzug | Spline | Straklatte
sense:
A flexible strip of metal or other material, that may be bent into a curve and used in a similar manner to a ruler to draw smooth curves between points.


lexentry: eng/spline__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spline
trans_list: Polynomzug | Spline
sense:
(mechanics) A ridge or tooth on a drive shaft that meshes with a corresponding groove in a mating piece and transfers torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between the pieces; either the ridge or the groove, as part of a set of both (splines); the whole set of ridges and grooves.


lexentry: eng/splinter_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: splinter group
trans_list: Splittergruppe
sense:
A group of members of a political party or of a similar organisation who have decided to create their own organisation.


lexentry: eng/split-second__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: split-second
trans_list: Sekundenbruchteil
sense:
A fraction of a second; hence (figurative, also, attributive) a very short time period; an instant, a moment.


lexentry: eng/split_pea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: split pea
trans_list: Schälerbse
sense:
(botany, culinary) An agricultural or culinary preparation consisting of the dried, peeled, and split seeds of Pisum sativum, the pea.


lexentry: eng/split_pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: split pin
trans_list: Splint
sense:
A metal fastener with two tines, the ends of which project through an object being fastened and are bent back to hold it in place.


lexentry: eng/split_pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: split pin
trans_list: Musterbeutelklammer
sense:
A stationery fastener that is inserted into punched holes in a stack of paper before being bent to secure them.


lexentry: eng/splits__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: splits
trans_list: Spagat
sense:
(dance, cheerleading, gymnastics) A maneuver in which the legs are extended straight out and perpendicular to the body, either to the sides or in front and behind.


lexentry: eng/splitting_field__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: splitting field
trans_list: Zerfällungskörper
sense:
(algebra, Galois theory) (of a polynomial) Given a polynomial p over a field K, the smallest extension field L of K such that p, as a polynomial over L, decomposes into linear factors (polynomials of degree 1); (of a set of polynomials) given a set P of polynomials over K, the smallest extension field of K over which every polynomial in P decomposes into linear factors.


lexentry: eng/spodumene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spodumene
trans_list: Spodumen
sense:
(mineral) The mineral lithium aluminium inosilicate (LiAl(SiO3)2), a pyroxene and ore of lithium, sometimes regarded as a gemstone, which may be greenish, yellowish or pinkish in appearance.


lexentry: eng/spoil__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spoil
trans_list: Abraum | Aushub | Schotter
sense:
(uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else.


lexentry: eng/spoil__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: spoil
trans_list: kaputtmachen | verwöhnen | verziehen | verderben | ruinieren
sense:
(transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/spoil__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: spoil
trans_list: den Spaß verderben | spoilern
sense:
(transitive) To prematurely reveal major events or the ending of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing ahead of time as a spoiler.


lexentry: eng/spoiler__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spoiler
trans_list: Spoiler
sense:
A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc. [from 1970s]


lexentry: eng/spoke_wrench__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spoke wrench
trans_list: Speichenschlüssel
sense:
A wrench or tool used to adjust the tension in the spokes of a tension-spoked wheel, such as a typical bicycle wheel.


lexentry: eng/spokeshave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spokeshave
trans_list: Schinder | Schabhobel | Schweifhobel
sense:
A hand tool, mainly for woodworking, used to shape and smooth rods and shafts; often used in carving wheel spokes, chair legs, or arrows.


lexentry: eng/spokesmodel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spokesmodel
trans_list: Gesicht der Kampagne | Gesicht der Marke
sense:
(sometimes derogatory) A spokesperson hired based on appearance or celebrity rather than credibility.


lexentry: eng/spoliation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spoliation
trans_list: Beweisvereitelung
sense:
(uncountable) The intentional destruction of, or tampering with, a document so as to impair its evidentiary value.


lexentry: eng/sponge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sponge
trans_list: Schwamm | Badeschwamm
sense:
(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.


lexentry: eng/sponge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sponge
trans_list: Schwamm | Badeschwamm
sense:
(countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).


lexentry: eng/sponge__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: sponge
trans_list: Schnorrer
sense:
(slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).


lexentry: eng/sponge_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sponge cake
trans_list: Biskuit | Biskuitkuchen | Biskuitmasse
sense:
A light, soft, baked dessert (commonly layered with cream and jam) that is typically made with flour, sugar, baking powder and eggs, and has a firm, yet well aerated structure, similar to that of a sea sponge.


lexentry: eng/sponsor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sponsor
trans_list: Sponsor | Sponsorin
sense:
A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.


lexentry: eng/sponsor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sponsor
trans_list: Sponsor | Sponsorin
sense:
One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertizing time.


lexentry: eng/spoofing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spoofing
trans_list: Spoofing
sense:
(computing) A method of attacking a computer program, in which the program is modified so as to appear to be working normally when in reality it has been modified with the purpose of circumventing security mechanisms.


lexentry: eng/spoon-feed__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spoon-feed
trans_list: eingeben
sense:
(intransitive) To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon.


lexentry: eng/spoon-feed__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spoon-feed
trans_list: abnagen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To explain (something, to someone) in simple words; to explain (it, to them) in words of one syllable; to spell (it) out (for them).


lexentry: eng/spoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spoon
trans_list: Löffel
sense:
An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.


lexentry: eng/spoonbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spoonbill
trans_list: Löffler
sense:
Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.


lexentry: eng/spoonerism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spoonerism
trans_list: Schüttelreim
sense:
A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.


lexentry: eng/spore__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spore
trans_list: Spore
sense:
A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.


lexentry: eng/spork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spork
trans_list: Göffel
sense:
An eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided into tines like those of a fork, and so has the function of both implements; some sporks have a serrated edge so they can also function as a knife.


lexentry: eng/sporophyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sporophyte
trans_list: Sporophyt
sense:
(botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.


lexentry: eng/sporran__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sporran
trans_list: Sporran
sense:
A small pouch, usually made of either fur or plain or fur-trimmed leather, which is worn, suspended from a belt or chain, on the front of a kilt and used to hold various items normally carried in trouser pockets.


lexentry: eng/sport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sport
trans_list: Sport
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.


lexentry: eng/sport_utility_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sport utility vehicle
trans_list: Geländelimousine | Sport Utility Vehicle
sense:
A passenger vehicle which combines the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan or station wagon together with on- or off-road ability.


lexentry: eng/sports_bra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sports bra
trans_list: Sport-BH
sense:
A type of bra that is more supportive than an everyday bra, worn when practising sports or other physical activities.


lexentry: eng/sports_drink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sports drink
trans_list: Sportgetränk
sense:
(sports) A drink whose purpose is to replenish the body's water and energy levels when doing exercise.


lexentry: eng/sports_jacket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sports jacket
trans_list: Sakko
sense:
A tailored jacket that is not part of a suit; especially one of a sturdy fabric originally designed for outdoor sports.


lexentry: eng/sports_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sports medicine
trans_list: Sportmedizin
sense:
(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the effects of sport and exercise on the body, especially the treatment of injuries so received, and also studies the physiology of exercise


lexentry: eng/spot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spot
trans_list: Punkt | Fleck
sense:
A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.


lexentry: eng/spot_date__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spot date
trans_list: nächstmöglicher Buchungstag
sense:
(accounting) The normal settlement day when the transaction is carried out as soon as practical, i.e. "on the spot".


lexentry: eng/spotlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spotlight
trans_list: Scheinwerfer
sense:
A bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage.


lexentry: eng/spotted_bee_balm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spotted bee balm
trans_list: Pferdeminze
sense:
Monarda punctata, found in Quebec, Ontario, eastern and south-central United States, California, and northeastern Mexico.


lexentry: eng/spotted_spurge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spotted spurge
trans_list: Gefleckte Wolfsmilch
sense:
A prostrate, annual spurge, native to North America and an invasive species throughout the rest of the world, of species Euphorbia maculata.


lexentry: eng/spotted_whistling_duck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spotted whistling duck
trans_list: Tüpfelpfeifgans
sense:
A species of whistling duck, Dendrocygna guttata (family Anatidae), of the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia.


lexentry: eng/spotter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spotter
sense:
(weightlifting, gymnastics, climbing) One who supervises a person performing an activity, in order to help them should they be unable to complete it.

trans_list:
Beobachter | Beobachtungsoffizier | Kampfbeobachter | Kampfbeobachtungsoffizier | Waffensystemoffizier | Übungshelfer


lexentry: eng/spotter__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spotter
trans_list: Einweiser
sense:
(US) A person who gives directions for a crane or vehicle (that is challenging to navigate) from a different point of view to the moved load.


lexentry: eng/spotter__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spotter
trans_list: Fleckendelfin
sense:
Dolphins of the genus Stenella, and specifically Stenella attenuata distinguished from the streaker (Stenella coeruleoalba) and the spinner (Stenella longirostris).


lexentry: eng/spotter__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: spotter
sense:
(broadcasting) A person employed to assist a sports presenter by identifying the players or events during a game.

trans_list:
Beobachter | Beobachtungsoffizier | Kampfbeobachter | Kampfbeobachtungsoffizier | Waffensystemoffizier | Übungshelfer


lexentry: eng/spotting_scope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spotting scope
trans_list: Spektiv | Beobachtungsfernrohr
sense:
A compact high-power monocular telescope optimized for detailed observation of distant objects such as wildlife or the strike of a bullet on a target.


lexentry: eng/sprachbund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sprachbund
trans_list: Sprachbund
sense:
(linguistics) A group of languages sharing a number of areal features (similar grammar, vocabulary, etc.) which are primarily due to language contact rather than cognation.


lexentry: eng/sprain__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sprain
trans_list: verstauchen
sense:
To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation


lexentry: eng/spray__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: spray
trans_list: Spray
sense:
(countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.


lexentry: eng/spray__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: spray
trans_list: Blütenstand | Reisig
sense:
(metalworking, countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.


lexentry: eng/spray_bottle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spray bottle
trans_list: Sprühflasche
sense:
An unpressurized canister equipped with a sprayer that is operated by pressing a handle; used e.g. for detergents.


lexentry: eng/spread__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spread
trans_list: ausbreiten | verteilen | spreizen
sense:
(transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/spread__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spread
trans_list: verbreiten | ausbreiten
sense:
(transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/spreader__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spreader
trans_list: Rah
sense:
(nautical) A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.


lexentry: eng/spreadsheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: spreadsheet
trans_list: Kalkulationstabelle | Tabelle
sense:
(dated) A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which financial data is recorded and totals calculated manually.


lexentry: eng/spring__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spring
trans_list: Quelle
sense:
(astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.


lexentry: eng/spring__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: spring
trans_list: Frühling | Frühjahr | Lenz | Frühjahrszeit | Frühlingszeit
sense:
(countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.


lexentry: eng/spring__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: spring
trans_list: Feder | Sprungfeder
sense:
An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.


lexentry: eng/spring_constant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spring constant
trans_list: Federkonstante
sense:
(physics) A characteristic of a spring which is defined as the ratio of the force affecting the spring to the displacement caused by it.


lexentry: eng/spring_roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spring roll
trans_list: Frühlingsrolle
sense:
A type of savoury food consisting of shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake made from rice flour and then fried.


lexentry: eng/spring_tide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spring tide
trans_list: Springflut | Springtide
sense:
The tide which occurs when the moon is new or full; the effects of the Sun and moon being reinforced so that this tide is of maximum range.


lexentry: eng/springboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: springboard
trans_list: Sprungbrett
sense:
A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.


lexentry: eng/springed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: springed
trans_list: gefedert
sense:
(usually with preceding modifier) Having (a given type of) springs; equipped with (a given type of) springs.


lexentry: eng/springform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: springform
trans_list: Springform
sense:
(often, attributive) A round baking tin with a rim that can be detached from the base, making it easy to remove the contents after baking.


lexentry: eng/springwater__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: springwater
trans_list: Quellwasser
sense:
Water that is purportedly, and marketed as, originating from a spring, but is mostly or entirely filtered or tap water.


lexentry: eng/springy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: springy
trans_list: elastisch
sense:
That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.


lexentry: eng/sprinkle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sprinkle
trans_list: sprühen
sense:
(transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).


lexentry: eng/sprinkling__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sprinkling
trans_list: Anstrich | Ausstreuen | Ausstreuung | Beregnen | Beregnung | Berieseln
sense:
A small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to something.


lexentry: eng/sprite__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sprite
trans_list: Kobold | Sprite
sense:
(meteorology) A large electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm, which appears as a luminous red or orange flash.


lexentry: eng/spritsail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spritsail
trans_list: Blinde
sense:
(nautical) A form of three- or four-sided fore-and-aft sail and its rig, supporting the leech of the sail by means of a sprit.


lexentry: eng/spruce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spruce
trans_list: Fichte
sense:
Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.


lexentry: eng/spruce_grouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spruce grouse
trans_list: Tannenhuhn
sense:
A medium-sized grouse closely associated with the coniferous boreal forests or taiga of North America (Dendrapagus canadensis, syn. Falcipennis canadensis).


lexentry: eng/sprung__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sprung
trans_list: hoffnungslos verknallt
sense:
(slang, African American Vernacular English) Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest; originally and literally, having a penile erection.


lexentry: eng/spur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spur
trans_list: Sporn
sense:
A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.


lexentry: eng/spur__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: spur
trans_list: Eckblatt
sense:
(architecture) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.


lexentry: eng/sputter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sputter
trans_list: spucken
sense:
(intransitive) To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.


lexentry: eng/sputter__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sputter
trans_list: mit feuchter Aussprache sprechen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage.


lexentry: eng/sputum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sputum
trans_list: Sputum
sense:
(physiology) Matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from the respiratory passages such as mucus, phlegm or pus.


lexentry: eng/spy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spy
trans_list: Spion | Spionin | Schlapphut | Schnüffler | Spitzel
sense:
(espionage) A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).


lexentry: eng/spyware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: spyware
trans_list: Spionagesoftware | Spyware
sense:
(Internet) Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user. [from 1990s]


lexentry: eng/squacco__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squacco
trans_list: Rallenreiher
sense:
A species of pond heron, Ardeola ralloides, which is small, and brown and white in colour; it is found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe. [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/squad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squad
trans_list: Kader
sense:
(cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.


lexentry: eng/squadron__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: squadron
trans_list: Schwadron
sense:
(military, historical, army) A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.


lexentry: eng/squadron__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: squadron
trans_list: Geschwader
sense:
(military, navy) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer


lexentry: eng/squadron__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: squadron
trans_list: Staffel | Geschwader
sense:
(military, air force) A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).


lexentry: eng/squalene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squalene
trans_list: Squalen
sense:
(organic compound) A linear triterpene hydrocarbon found in shark liver oil and in human sebum; it plays a role in the biosynthesis of steroids.


lexentry: eng/square__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: square
trans_list: Quadrat | Platz | Scheibe
sense:
(printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.


lexentry: eng/square__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: square
trans_list: Platz
sense:
An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.


lexentry: eng/square__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: square
trans_list: Quadrat | quadratisch
sense:
(mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.


lexentry: eng/square__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: square
trans_list: Normalo | Spießer | Stino
sense:
(1950s, _, slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends.


lexentry: eng/square__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: square
trans_list: Quadrat
sense:
(real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.


lexentry: eng/square__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: square
trans_list: quadrieren
sense:
(transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.


lexentry: eng/square_bracket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: square bracket
trans_list: eckige Klammer
sense:
Either of a pair of symbols, [ ], used for various purposes, e.g. to enclose text inserted or replaced by an editor, and to indicate various mathematical operations.


lexentry: eng/square_foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: square foot
trans_list: Quadratfuß
sense:
A unit of area, regardless of its shape, equal to the area of a square whose sides are one foot long.


lexentry: eng/square_kilometre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: square kilometre
trans_list: Quadratkilometer
sense:
Standard unit of area, symbol km2, equal to the area of a square whose sides are one kilometre long; 106 square metres.


lexentry: eng/square_meal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: square meal
trans_list: Fressen
sense:
(idiomatic) A (nutritionally) complete and satisfying meal, especially one suitable for a person performing physical labour.


lexentry: eng/square_metre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: square metre
trans_list: Quadratmeter
sense:
A standard unit of area, regardless of its shape, equal to the area of a square whose sides are one metre long (that is, an area one meter square) Symbol: m2


lexentry: eng/square_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: square number
trans_list: Quadratzahl
sense:
(mathematics) Any integer which is the product of some integer times itself: any integer whose square root is also an integer.


lexentry: eng/square_the_circle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: square the circle
trans_list: den Kreis quadrieren
sense:
(geometry) To construct a square with the same area as a given circle by using only a finite number of steps with compass and straightedge, a task which is mathematically impossible.


lexentry: eng/square_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: square wave
trans_list: Rechteckschwingung | Rechtecksignal
sense:
(calculus, engineering, signal processing) A function or waveform that alternates regularly and instantaneously between two levels.


lexentry: eng/squash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squash
trans_list: Squash
sense:
(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.


lexentry: eng/squash__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squash
trans_list: Kürbis
sense:
(botany, countable) A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.


lexentry: eng/squat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: squat
trans_list: Kniebeuge
sense:
(exercise) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.


lexentry: eng/squat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: squat
trans_list: Kniebeuge
sense:
(weightlifting) A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat).


lexentry: eng/squat__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: squat
trans_list: hocken | besetzen | kauern
sense:
To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.


lexentry: eng/squat_toilet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squat toilet
trans_list: Hocktoilette | Hockklo | Stehklo | Türkenklo
sense:
A toilet, usually consisting of a hole in the ground and sometimes a tank, which is used while squatting instead of sitting.


lexentry: eng/squawk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squawk
trans_list: Kreischen | Krächzen | Schreien
sense:
A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.


lexentry: eng/squeal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squeal
trans_list: Kreischen | Quieken | Schrei
sense:
A high-pitched sound, such as the scream of a child or a female person, or noisy worn-down brake pads.


lexentry: eng/squeal__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: squeal
trans_list: kreischen | quieken
sense:
(intransitive, slang) To give sensitive information about someone to a third party; to rat on someone.


lexentry: eng/squeegee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squeegee
trans_list: Abzieher | Gummiabzieher | Gummiwischer
sense:
(nautical) A long-handled tool used on ships for swabbing the decks and spreading protective coatings. [1844]


lexentry: eng/squeegee_mop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squeegee mop
trans_list: Schwammwischer Multimop
sense:
A mop with a sponge at right angles to a handle, which is used for mopping floors and by use of a second levered arm may be squeezed out into a standard bucket with no grating or grill as required for a conventional mop.


lexentry: eng/squeeze__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: squeeze
trans_list: Abklatsch
sense:
A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.


lexentry: eng/squelch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: squelch
trans_list: Rauschsperre | Rauschunterdrückung
sense:
(radio technology) The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.


lexentry: eng/squicky__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squicky
trans_list: schmutzig
sense:
(slang) Engendering a feeling of disgust, distaste, nausea, or revulsion, but without a judgment regarding rightness or wrongness (of the stimulus).


lexentry: eng/squid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squid
trans_list: Kalmar | Tintenfisch
sense:
Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles


lexentry: eng/squid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: squid
trans_list: Kalmar | Tintenfisch
sense:
A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.


lexentry: eng/squill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squill
trans_list: Blaustern
sense:
A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties


lexentry: eng/squinch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squinch
trans_list: Trompe
sense:
(architecture) A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.


lexentry: eng/squint__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squint
trans_list: blinzeln | die Augen zusammenkneifen
sense:
(intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.


lexentry: eng/squint__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: squint
trans_list: schielen
sense:
(intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.


lexentry: eng/squirrel_monkey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: squirrel monkey
trans_list: Totenkopfäffchen
sense:
(zoology, primatology) Any of several small New World monkeys, of the genus Saimiri, that live in Central and South America.


lexentry: eng/stab-in-the-back_myth__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stab-in-the-back myth
trans_list: Dolchstoßlegende
sense:
(historical) The Dolchstoßlegende: a widespread historical conspiracy theory in right-wing circles in Germany after 1918, claiming that Germany did not lose World War I militarily and capitulated needlessly after having been betrayed by civilian leaders (especially Communists).


lexentry: eng/stab__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stab
trans_list: stechen | erstechen | niederstechen
sense:
(transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.


lexentry: eng/stabilizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stabilizer
trans_list: Stabilisator
sense:
Any substance added to something in order to stabilize it, as for example a fuel additive that prolongs the shelf life of petrol.


lexentry: eng/stabilizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stabilizer
trans_list: Stabilisator
sense:
(mathematics) For a group operating on a set and an element x of the set, the set of all group elements fixing x.


lexentry: eng/stable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stable
trans_list: stabil | dauerhaft
sense:
Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.


lexentry: eng/stable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stable
trans_list: Stall | Pferdestall | Rennstall | Kuhstall | Ochsenstall
sense:
A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.


lexentry: eng/stable__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: stable
trans_list: Kuhstall | Ochsenstall
sense:
A group of people who are looked after, mentored, or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.


lexentry: eng/stable_fly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stable fly
trans_list: Wadenstecher
sense:
Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus Stomoxys, of the family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals.


lexentry: eng/stabling_siding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stabling siding
trans_list: Abstellgleis
sense:
(rail, UK) A storage siding for rolling stock, in particular passenger trains not being used in service.


lexentry: eng/staccato__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: staccato
trans_list: Stakkato
sense:
(music) An articulation marking directing that a note or passage of notes are to be played in an abruptly disconnected manner, with each note sounding for a very short duration, and a short break lasting until the sounding of the next note; as opposed to legato. Staccato is indicated by a dot directly above or below the notehead.


lexentry: eng/stack__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stack
trans_list: Stapelspeicher | Stapel
sense:
(computing, often with "the") A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.


lexentry: eng/stadion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stadion
trans_list: Stadion
sense:
(historical) A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres.


lexentry: eng/staff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: staff
trans_list: Stab
sense:
(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.


lexentry: eng/staff__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: staff
trans_list: Notenlinien
sense:
(music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.


lexentry: eng/staff__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: staff
trans_list: Stab
sense:
(military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.


lexentry: eng/staff_sergeant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: staff sergeant
trans_list: Unterfeldwebel
sense:
A non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of several countries, ranking above a sergeant (or, in the US Air Force, above a senior airman).


lexentry: eng/stag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stag
trans_list: Hirsch | Hirschbock | Rothirsch
sense:
(countable) An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.


lexentry: eng/stag__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: stag
trans_list: Konzertzeichner
sense:
(countable, finance) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.


lexentry: eng/stag_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stag beetle
trans_list: Hirschkäfer
sense:
Any of numerous large beetles of the family Lucanidae, the males having elaborate mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag


lexentry: eng/stage-coach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stage-coach
trans_list: Postkutsche
sense:
(historical) A horse-drawn coach that runs routinely between two destinations to transport passengers and mail.


lexentry: eng/stage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stage
trans_list: Bühne | Brettl
sense:
(by extension) One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.


lexentry: eng/stage_direction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stage direction
trans_list: Regieanweisung | Bühnenanweisung
sense:
An instruction given to an actor that tells the actor what should be done and in what manner to do it.


lexentry: eng/stage_diving__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stage diving
trans_list: Stagediving
sense:
The practice of jumping from the stage in a rock concert to be caught and carried aloft by the crowd.


lexentry: eng/stage_fright__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stage fright
trans_list: Lampenfieber | Rampenfieber
sense:
(uncountable) A state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; a lack of self-assurance before an audience.


lexentry: eng/stage_manager__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stage manager
trans_list: Inspizient
sense:
A person responsible for the organization of a stage production, and who is in charge of the stage during the performance.


lexentry: eng/stage_race__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stage race
trans_list: Etappenrennen
sense:
(cycle racing) A multi-day cycle race consisting of a series of separate races (called stages) of various types (road races, criteriums, time trials) usually held one stage per day and all linked together by the general classification (GC).


lexentry: eng/stage_screw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stage screw
trans_list: Bühnenschraube | Theater-Schraube | Theaterschraube
sense:
(theater) A forged, or sometimes cast low thread count cut thread screw with a handle (sometimes made up of three holes) used to hold scenery in place in theaters (mostly prior to the 1990s).


lexentry: eng/stagflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stagflation
trans_list: Stagflation
sense:
(economics) Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment. [from 1965]


lexentry: eng/stagger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stagger
trans_list: Schwanken | Wanken
sense:
An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.


lexentry: eng/stagger__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stagger
trans_list: torkeln | taumeln | wanken | wackeln
sense:
(intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.


lexentry: eng/stagger__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stagger
trans_list: wanken | zweifeln
sense:
(transitive) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.


lexentry: eng/staging__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: staging
trans_list: Inszenierung | Regie | Aufführung
sense:
The classification of a case of a disease, usually a cancer, into its anatomic or prognostic stage, which is a category of severity.


lexentry: eng/stainless_steel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stainless steel
trans_list: Edelstahl
sense:
Any of a class of steels that resist corrosion; they are all alloys of iron, chromium, and carbon, and most also contain certain other elements as well (such as molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, or others).


lexentry: eng/stairlift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stairlift
trans_list: Treppenaufzug
sense:
A motorized platform installed in a stairway, which traverses the stairs when activated and can be ridden by those for whom the stairs are a barrier.


lexentry: eng/stake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stake
trans_list: Pfahl | Pflock
sense:
A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.


lexentry: eng/stake__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stake
trans_list: Einsatz | Poule
sense:
A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.


lexentry: eng/stake__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: stake
trans_list: Marterpfahl | Scheiterhaufen
sense:
(with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.


lexentry: eng/stake__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: stake
trans_list: Pfahl
sense:
(Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.


lexentry: eng/stake_of_Zion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stake of Zion
trans_list: Pfahl Zions | Zionspfahl
sense:
(Mormonism) A territorial subdivision of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consisting of several wards and, possibly, branches.


lexentry: eng/stakeholder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stakeholder
trans_list: Wetteinsatzverwalter
sense:
A person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to the winner of the bet.


lexentry: eng/stakeholder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stakeholder
trans_list: Treuhänder
sense:
(legal) A person such as a trustee, escrow agent or garnishee, who holds money or assets under trust for another party in a contractual agreement or as part of a claim.


lexentry: eng/stakeholder__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stakeholder
sense:
(business) A person or organisation with a legitimate interest (a stake) in a given situation, action or enterprise.

trans_list:
Interessenträger | Stakeholder | Stakeholderin | Anspruchsberechtigter | Anspruchsgruppe | Anspruchsperson


lexentry: eng/stalactite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stalactite
trans_list: Stalaktit
sense:
(geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or another mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that hangs from the roof of a cave.


lexentry: eng/stalagmite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stalagmite
trans_list: Stalagmit
sense:
(geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lies on the ground of a cave.


lexentry: eng/stale__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stale
trans_list: altbacken | abgestanden | abgedroschen | veraltet | schal | ausgelutscht
sense:
No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.


lexentry: eng/stalk__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: stalk
trans_list: Stängel | Stiel | Strunk | Holm
sense:
(mathematics, sheaf theory) Informally, a construction which generalizes that of the notion of the ring of germs of functions near a point to the context of arbitrary sheaves. Formally, given a sheaf \mathcal{F} on a space X, and a point x in X, the direct limit of the sections of F on the open neighborhoods of x ordered by reverse inclusion. See w:Stalk (sheaf) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia


lexentry: eng/stalker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stalker
trans_list: Pirschjäger | Pirschjägerin
sense:
A person who engages in stalking, i.e., quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game.


lexentry: eng/stall__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stall
trans_list: Strömungsabriss
sense:
(aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.


lexentry: eng/stall_handler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stall handler
trans_list: Aussteller
sense:
(horse racing) Someone responsible for manoeuvring the horse between the gates before the start of a race.


lexentry: eng/stamen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stamen
trans_list: Staubblatt | Stamen
sense:
(botany) In flowering plants, a male reproductive structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.


lexentry: eng/stamina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stamina
trans_list: Ausdauer | Durchhaltevermögen
sense:
The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.


lexentry: eng/stamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: stamp
trans_list: Briefmarke
sense:
A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.


lexentry: eng/stamp__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: stamp
trans_list: stempeln
sense:
(transitive) To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.


lexentry: eng/stamp_duty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stamp duty
trans_list: Stempelsteuer
sense:
(economics) A tax levied upon certain documents, a stamp being applied to show that tax has been paid.


lexentry: eng/stamp_mill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stamp mill
trans_list: Pochwerk
sense:
type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores


lexentry: eng/stamp_pad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stamp pad
trans_list: Stempelkissen
sense:
A porous pad, often made of a felt-like material, impregnated with ink, used for inking rubber stamps.


lexentry: eng/stampede__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stampede
trans_list: Massenpanik | Stampede
sense:
A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to move in the same direction at the same time, especially in consequence of a panic.


lexentry: eng/stand-alone__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stand-alone
trans_list: autark | eigenständig | selbstständig
sense:
Operating, functioning, or existing without additions or assistance; independent; able to be separate or separated; not attached to anything.


lexentry: eng/stand-in__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stand-in
trans_list: Double | Ersatz | Lichtdouble | Springer | Springerin
sense:
A person of similar size and shape to an actor who "stands in" for that actor during the lengthy process of setting up a shot, but who, unlike a double, does not appear in the film.


lexentry: eng/stand__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stand
trans_list: stellen | abstellen | aufstellen | hinstellen
sense:
(intransitive, copulative) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.


lexentry: eng/stand__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stand
trans_list: stehen
sense:
(intransitive, copulative) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.


lexentry: eng/stand__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stand
trans_list: ausstehen | ertragen | aushalten
sense:
(intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.


lexentry: eng/stand_back__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stand back
trans_list: zurückbleiben | zurücktreten
sense:
(intransitive, cricket) (of a wicket-keeper) to stand a long way behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a fast bowler


lexentry: eng/stand_corrected__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stand corrected
sense:
(idiomatic) To acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified.

trans_list:
etwas zurücknehmen müssen | falsch gelegen haben | sich berichtigen müssen | sich eines Besseren belehren lassen müssen


lexentry: eng/stand_one's_ground__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stand one's ground
trans_list: standhaft bleiben
sense:
(idiomatic) To maintain or adhere to an opinion or position; to remain resolute in the face of opposition.


lexentry: eng/stand_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stand out
trans_list: herausragen | herausstechen
sense:
(intransitive) To be extraordinary and different or to have features and qualities which make someone or something special.


lexentry: eng/stand_tall__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stand tall
trans_list: Rückgrat haben
sense:
(idiomatic) To behave in a brave, proud, or unyielding manner, without retreating from confrontation, danger, or adversity.


lexentry: eng/stand_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stand up
trans_list: sitzen lassen | versetzen
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.


lexentry: eng/stand_up_to__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stand up to
trans_list: Widerstand leisten | sich entgegenstellen
sense:
(transitive) To object to or interfere with the actions of (someone seen as bullying, pushy, or controlling).


lexentry: eng/standard_deviation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standard deviation
trans_list: Standardabweichung
sense:
(statistics) A measure of how spread out data values are around the mean, defined as the square root of the variance. Represented with the Greek letter σ.


lexentry: eng/standard_gravity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standard gravity
trans_list: Normfallbeschleunigung | Standard-Erdbeschleunigung | Standardschwerkraft
sense:
A measure of the nominal gravitational acceleration of an object in a vacuum near the surface of the Earth, defined by standard as 9.80665 m/s2.


lexentry: eng/standard_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: standard language
trans_list: Standardsprache | Hochsprache | Schriftsprache | Ausbausprache | Einheitssprache | Literatursprache
sense:
(sociolinguistics) A language that has a standard form as one of its varieties; a language that has undergone standardization.


lexentry: eng/standard_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standard time
trans_list: Zonenzeit
sense:
Time as measured by synchronizing clocks in different geographical locations within a time zone to the same time, rather than using the local meridian, as in local mean time or solar time.


lexentry: eng/standby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standby
trans_list: Bereitschaft
sense:
A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).


lexentry: eng/standby__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standby
trans_list: abwarten | dranbleiben | in Wartestellung bleiben | kurz warten
sense:
(proscribed, nonstandard, operations) To wait briefly, as for additional communication by radio or telephone; .


lexentry: eng/standing_army__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standing army
trans_list: Berufsheer | stehendes Heer
sense:
A professional permanent army composed of full-time career soldiers, and not disbanded during times of peace.


lexentry: eng/standing_committee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standing committee
trans_list: ständiger Ausschuss
sense:
An established parliamentary or congressional committee to which all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters regarding a defined scope of subjects get referred to and then returned to parliament or congress along with a recommended measure.


lexentry: eng/standing_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: standing order
trans_list: Dauerauftrag
sense:
(banking) Transfer of a fixed amount from one bank account to another at fixed intervals (e.g. monthly bill payment)


lexentry: eng/standing_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standing wave
trans_list: Stehwelle | stehende Welle
sense:
(physics) A wave form which occurs in a limited, fixed medium in such a way that the reflected wave coincides with the produced wave. A common example is the vibration of the strings on a musical stringed instrument.


lexentry: eng/standoff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: standoff
trans_list: Abstandhalter | Halter
sense:
A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring.


lexentry: eng/stannite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stannite
trans_list: Stannit
sense:
a dark-gray lustrous mineral, a mixed sulfide of copper, iron, and tin, Cu2FeSnS4, used as an ore of tin


lexentry: eng/staple__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: staple
trans_list: Krampe | Heftklammer
sense:
A U-shaped wire fastener, made of thick wire, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.


lexentry: eng/staple__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: staple
trans_list: Heftklammer
sense:
A wire fastener, made of thin wire, used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.


lexentry: eng/staple__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: staple
trans_list: Krampe
sense:
One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.


lexentry: eng/stapler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stapler
trans_list: Tacker | Hefter | Heftgerät | Heftmaschine | Heftapparat
sense:
A device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and simultaneously folding over the ends of the staple against the back surface of the paper.


lexentry: eng/star-of-Bethlehem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: star-of-Bethlehem
trans_list: Milchstern
sense:
Any of the genus Ornithogalum of perennial plants mostly native to southern Europe and southern Africa, with clusters of typically white star-shaped flowers.


lexentry: eng/star__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: star
trans_list: Stern | Star
sense:
(geometry) A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, usually with four, five, or six points.


lexentry: eng/star__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: star
trans_list: Sternchen | Asterisk | Asteriskus
sense:
(printing) An asterisk (*) or comparable symbol (e.g., ★, ☆, ✶, ✦, ✧, ✷, ✪, ⭐) inspired by a celestial star.


lexentry: eng/star__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: star
trans_list: Stern | Gestirn | Himmelskörper | Star
sense:
A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.


lexentry: eng/star__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: star
trans_list: Stern | Star
sense:
A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.


lexentry: eng/star__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: star
trans_list: Stern | Star
sense:
(networking) A network topology with multiple computers individually merging to one central switch, thus free of risk of collisions. A single point of failure can occur if the switch experiences corruption.


lexentry: eng/star__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: star
trans_list: die Hauptrolle spielen
sense:
(transitive) To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.


lexentry: eng/star_anise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: star anise
trans_list: Sternanis
sense:
A plant, Illicium verum, used primarily for its star-shaped seed which resembles anise in scent and flavor, and which is used as a spice.


lexentry: eng/star_cluster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: star cluster
trans_list: Sternhaufen
sense:
(astronomy) A group of gravitationally bound stars and other material (such as nebulae and planets), conventionally with one generation of similarly aged stars from the same pre-stellar nebula.


lexentry: eng/star_seed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: star seed
trans_list: Sternensaat
sense:
(New Age) A person who lived a previous lifetime in one star system but was then reincarnated in another star system.


lexentry: eng/star_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: star system
trans_list: Sternsystem | Sternensystem
sense:
(star) A group of stars (and possibly smaller bodies such as planets or asteroids) that orbit one another.


lexentry: eng/starboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: starboard
trans_list: Steuerbord
sense:
The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object.


lexentry: eng/stardust__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stardust
trans_list: Sternenstaub
sense:
(informal, dated) A distant cluster of stars resembling a cloud of dust, especially if the individual stars of which cannot be resolved with a telescope.


lexentry: eng/stardust__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stardust
trans_list: kosmischer Staub
sense:
Small fragments of dustlike material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars, which was then incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System condensed.


lexentry: eng/starets__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: starets
trans_list: Starez
sense:
(Eastern Orthodoxy, mostly, _, Russian Orthodox) An Eastern Orthodox elder, typically a monk or hieromonk, often renowned for holy wisdom, who functions as an adviser and teacher.


lexentry: eng/starfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: starfish
trans_list: Seestern
sense:
Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.


lexentry: eng/stargate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stargate
trans_list: Sternentor
sense:
(neologism, scifi) A hypothetical device consisting of a traversable portal (typically a wormhole) that can send one to another location light years away nearly instantaneously.


lexentry: eng/stargazer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stargazer
trans_list: Himmelsgucker | Sterngucker | Sternguckerin
sense:
(now, colloquial) Someone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/start__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: start
trans_list: starten | beginnen | anlassen | lösen
sense:
(ergative, of an object) To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.


lexentry: eng/starter_dough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: starter dough
trans_list: Sauerteig
sense:
(baking) A small amount of "live" dough used in traditional bakery to start the fermentation process necessary for preparing sourdough.


lexentry: eng/startle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: startle
trans_list: erschrecken
sense:
(transitive) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.


lexentry: eng/stasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stasis
trans_list: Blutstau
sense:
(pathology) A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.


lexentry: eng/statal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: statal
trans_list: Staat
sense:
(linguistics) Pertaining to a word or word form (such as a passive verb or a modifier) or other linguistic element that denotes a state rather than an action or process.


lexentry: eng/state__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: state
trans_list: Staat | Zustand
sense:
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.


lexentry: eng/state__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: state
trans_list: Staat | Land | Bundesland
sense:
A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.


lexentry: eng/state__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: state
trans_list: Zustand
sense:
(mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.


lexentry: eng/state_capitalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state capitalism
trans_list: Staatskapitalismus
sense:
The form of capitalism where for-profit commercial activities are undertaken by the state; either via corporatized government agencies, or via ownership or control of nominally private organizations.


lexentry: eng/state_of_emergency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state of emergency
trans_list: Notstand
sense:
An unusually difficult or dangerous situation in which a government gives itself special powers or suspends normal legal procedures so as to regain control.


lexentry: eng/state_of_grace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state of grace
trans_list: Gnadenzustand | Zustand der Gnade
sense:
(Christianity) A condition free from mortal sin, in which one has the favor of God and enjoys unmerited divine assistance.


lexentry: eng/state_of_matter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state of matter
trans_list: Aggregatzustand
sense:
(sciences) Any of the different phases of matter whose properties are dependent on the motions and forces of the molecules of which they are composed.


lexentry: eng/state_of_mind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state of mind
trans_list: Geisteszustand | Gemütszustand | Gemütslage
sense:
The psychological state of someone's cognitive processes at a certain time; the condition or character of a person's thoughts or feelings.


lexentry: eng/state_of_siege__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state of siege
trans_list: Belagerungszustand
sense:
(law) An exceptional legal condition in which constitutional limits on the powers of the government are suspended, usually owing to military necessity and implying martial law.


lexentry: eng/state_of_the_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state of the art
trans_list: Stand der Technik | aktuelle Technik
sense:
The condition of scientific or technical knowledge, particularly the peak or highest level thereof, at a particular time. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/state_pattern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state pattern
trans_list: Zustand
sense:
(software, design) A behavioural design pattern similar to the strategy pattern that is used to represent the state of an object.


lexentry: eng/state_police__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: state police
trans_list: Landespolizei | Staatspolizei
sense:
Outside the USA or Australia, the national police, i.e. the police force belonging to the national (state) government.


lexentry: eng/state_secret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: state secret
trans_list: Staatsgeheimnis
sense:
Information which pertains to the affairs of a country, access to which is restricted by the government.


lexentry: eng/stateful__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stateful
trans_list: zustandsorientiert
sense:
(computing) That supports different states, reacting to the same input differently depending on the current state.


lexentry: eng/statement__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: statement
trans_list: Anweisung
sense:
(computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.


lexentry: eng/static__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: static
trans_list: statisch
sense:
(programming) Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.


lexentry: eng/static__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: static
trans_list: Schnee
sense:
(uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.


lexentry: eng/static_typing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: static typing
trans_list: statische Typisierung
sense:
(programming) A system in which typechecking is performed during compilation and not at run time, opposed to dynamic typing.


lexentry: eng/statin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statin
trans_list: Statin
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) Any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.


lexentry: eng/station_wagon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: station wagon
trans_list: Kombi | Kombiwagen
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, automotive) A body style for cars in which the roof is extended rearward to produce an enclosed area in the position and serving the function of the boot (trunk) of a sedan or saloon.


lexentry: eng/stationary_distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stationary distribution
trans_list: stationäre Verteilung
sense:
(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a Markov chain) a row vector \pi whose entries sum to 1 that satisfies the equation \pi P=\pi, where P is the transition matrix of the Markov chain.


lexentry: eng/stationary_phase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stationary phase
trans_list: stationäre Phase
sense:
(chemistry) The solid or liquid phase of a chromatography system on which the materials are to be separated or selectively absorbed Wp


lexentry: eng/stationary_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stationary point
trans_list: stationären Punkt
sense:
(mathematics) A point on a curve where the gradient is zero. This point can be a maximum, a minimum, or a point of inflection.


lexentry: eng/stationmaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stationmaster
trans_list: Bahnhofsvorsteher | Bahnhofsvorstand
sense:
(rail) The person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a station used by two or more railroads.


lexentry: eng/statism__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: statism
trans_list: Etatismus
sense:
(mostly, libertarianism, and, anarchism) The belief that the state is a legitimate societal organization. [1912]


lexentry: eng/statistical_analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statistical analysis
trans_list: Analyse
sense:
The process of examining data to draw conclusions or insights, and determine cause-and-effect patterns between events; for example determining the safety and efficacy of new drugs by drawing out a probability as to whether the fact that a patient got better (or worse) was due to the drug or some other (perhaps random) factor.


lexentry: eng/statistical_inference__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statistical inference
trans_list: statistische Inferenz
sense:
(statistics) The drawing of conclusions about a population from a random sample drawn from it, or, more generally, about a random process from its observed behavior during a finite period of time.


lexentry: eng/statistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statistics
trans_list: Statistik
sense:
A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.


lexentry: eng/statistics__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statistics
trans_list: Statistik
sense:
A systematic collection of data on measurements or observations, often related to demographic information such as population counts, incomes, population counts at different ages, etc.


lexentry: eng/statue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statue
trans_list: Statue | Standbild
sense:
A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.


lexentry: eng/statuette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statuette
trans_list: Statuette
sense:
A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.


lexentry: eng/status__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: status
trans_list: Status
sense:
(social media) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.


lexentry: eng/status_quo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: status quo
trans_list: Status quo | Ausgangslage | Ausgangszustand
sense:
The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.


lexentry: eng/statute__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: statute
trans_list: Statut
sense:
(law, historical) A (theoretical) type of statutory law specified as regulating a person or thing. [from 1791]


lexentry: eng/statute_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statute law
trans_list: Gesetzesrecht
sense:
(legal, countable) A law enacted by a legislative body, as opposed to a regulation made by the executive branch or case law made by court precedent.


lexentry: eng/statute_of_limitations__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: statute of limitations
trans_list: Verjährung
sense:
(law) A law passed by a legislative body that sets a maximum time limit after an incident, in which legal proceedings may be initiated.


lexentry: eng/stauropegion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stauropegion
trans_list: Stauropegia
sense:
(initially) In Eastern Orthodoxy, the placement of a cross by a bishop which symbolises his approval of the construction of a church or monastery on the site the cross is placed.


lexentry: eng/stave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stave
trans_list: Daube
sense:
One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.


lexentry: eng/stave__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stave
trans_list: Sprosse
sense:
One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel


lexentry: eng/stave__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: stave
trans_list: Notenlinien | Notensystem
sense:
(music) The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.


lexentry: eng/stavesacre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stavesacre
trans_list: Stephanskraut
sense:
A highly toxic, perennial plant with purple flowers (Staphisagria macrosperma, syn. Delphinium staphisagria).


lexentry: eng/stay__Noun__3
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stay
trans_list: Stag | Abspannung | Strebe | Stütze
sense:
A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.


lexentry: eng/stay__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stay
trans_list: bleiben | aufhalten
sense:
(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.


lexentry: eng/stay__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: stay
trans_list: bleiben | aufhalten
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).


lexentry: eng/staysail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: staysail
trans_list: Stagsegel
sense:
(nautical) A fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast.


lexentry: eng/stead__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: stead
trans_list: statt
sense:
(of a person or thing) The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/steak_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steak knife
trans_list: Steakmesser
sense:
A table knife with a sharp, narrow, and often serrated blade designed for cutting tougher foods such as cooked meats.


lexentry: eng/steak_tartare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steak tartare
trans_list: Tatar
sense:
A French dish made of raw minced beef steak, often served with onions, capers and other ingredients.


lexentry: eng/steal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: steal
trans_list: Raub | Diebstahl | Schnäppchen
sense:
(slang, figurative) A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it.


lexentry: eng/steal__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steal
trans_list: stehlen | klauen | entwenden | mopsen | rauben
sense:
(transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.


lexentry: eng/steal__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: steal
trans_list: stehlen | rauben
sense:
(transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.


lexentry: eng/steal__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: steal
trans_list: stehlen | klauen | entwenden | mopsen
sense:
(transitive, baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.


lexentry: eng/stealth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stealth
trans_list: Heimlichkeit
sense:
(uncountable) The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.


lexentry: eng/stealth_bomber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stealth bomber
trans_list: Tarnkappenbomber
sense:
(military, aviation) A bomber (military aircraft) with a smaller than usual radar signature, due to its body shape, outer coating, and thermal dissipation.


lexentry: eng/stealth_fighter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stealth fighter
trans_list: Stealthflugzeug | Tarnkappenflugzeug
sense:
(military, aviation) A fighter aircraft with a smaller-than-usual radar signature because of its unique body shape, outer coating, and thermal dissipation.


lexentry: eng/steam_power__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steam power
trans_list: Dampfantrieb | Dampfkraft
sense:
Power derived from water heated into steam, usually converted to motive power by a reciprocating engine (a steam engine) or turbine (a steam turbine).


lexentry: eng/steam_reforming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steam reforming
trans_list: Dampfreformierung
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) The production of hydrogen (and carbon monoxide) from water and methane at high temperature


lexentry: eng/steam_turbine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steam turbine
trans_list: Dampfturbine
sense:
A system of angled and shaped blades arranged on a rotor through which steam is passed to generate rotational energy. Today, normally used in power stations.


lexentry: eng/steamer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steamer
trans_list: Dampfer
sense:
A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing and in various processes of manufacture.


lexentry: eng/steaming__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: steaming
trans_list: Dämpfen
sense:
The raising of steam by a steam locomotive etc; the maintenance of a head of steam during operation; (metonymically) operation under load.


lexentry: eng/steampunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steampunk
trans_list: Steampunk
sense:
(uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction that depicts advanced technology combined with Victorian style and aesthetics, such as steam-powered machines and vehicles, visible gears and screws and people dressed in 19th-century attires.


lexentry: eng/stearic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stearic acid
trans_list: Stearinsäure
sense:
(fatty acid) octadecanoic acid; the most common saturated fatty acid; it is found in all animal and most vegetable oils and fats; it is used in the manufacture of soap etc.


lexentry: eng/steel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steel
trans_list: Stahl
sense:
(countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.


lexentry: eng/steel_guitar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: steel guitar
trans_list: Hawaiigitarre
sense:
(musical instrument, countable) Any of several types of guitar designed to be played using this method.


lexentry: eng/steep__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steep
trans_list: steil
sense:
Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.


lexentry: eng/steeplechase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steeplechase
trans_list: Steeplechase
sense:
(chiefly, British, equestrianism) A horse race, either across open country, or over an obstacle course.


lexentry: eng/steeplechase__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: steeplechase
trans_list: Hindernislauf
sense:
(athletics) An athletics event in which the runners have to run 3000 metres round a track, jumping hurdles and a water obstacle along the way.


lexentry: eng/steer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steer
trans_list: steuern
sense:
(intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).


lexentry: eng/steer__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: steer
trans_list: steuern
sense:
(transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).


lexentry: eng/steerage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: steerage
trans_list: Zwischendeck
sense:
(countable) The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins.


lexentry: eng/steering_committee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steering committee
trans_list: Lenkungsausschuss
sense:
A committee set up to determine the order of business for another body, or to manage the general course of an operation


lexentry: eng/steering_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steering group
trans_list: Lenkungsgruppe | Steuerungsgruppe
sense:
A committee whose function is to arrange the schedules of business for a legislative assembly or other organization


lexentry: eng/steering_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steering wheel
trans_list: Lenkrad | Steuerrad | Steuer | Volant
sense:
A wheel-shaped control that is rotated by the driver to steer, existing in most modern land vehicles.


lexentry: eng/steganography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steganography
trans_list: Steganographie | Steganografie
sense:
The practice of hiding messages, so that the presence of the message itself is hidden, often by writing them in places where they may not be found until someone finds the secret message in whatever is being used to hide it.


lexentry: eng/stegosaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stegosaur
trans_list: Stegosaurier
sense:
Any extinct herbivorous dinosaur, of the suborder Stegosauria, having two rows of bony plates along the back. [from c. 1900]


lexentry: eng/stegosaurus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stegosaurus
trans_list: Stegosaurus
sense:
A stegosaur, a member of the suborder Stegosauria, of the order Ornithischia of the middle Jurassic to early Cretaceous period.


lexentry: eng/steinstrasse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steinstrasse
trans_list: Steinstraße
sense:
(medicine) A complication of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in the treatment of kidney stones, in which multiple small stone fragments line up within the ureter, causing obstruction.


lexentry: eng/stele__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stele
trans_list: Stele
sense:
(architecture, archaeology, obsolete) An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple.


lexentry: eng/stellar_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stellar day
trans_list: Sterntag
sense:
(astronomy) The rotational period of Earth; the time in which Earth rotates exactly 360 degrees around its axis, measured relative to the stars.


lexentry: eng/stellify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stellify
trans_list: Star
sense:
(transitive, mythology) To transform from an earthly body into a celestial body; to place in the sky as such


lexentry: eng/stem__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: stem
trans_list: Stamm | Wortstamm | Stängel | Sprossachse | Strunk | Stiel
sense:
A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.


lexentry: eng/stem__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: stem
trans_list: Steven | Vordersteven | Vorsteven
sense:
(nautical, precisely) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.


lexentry: eng/stem__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stem
trans_list: ausstemmen | im Schneepflug fahren
sense:
(skiing) To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.


lexentry: eng/stem_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stem cell
trans_list: Stammzelle
sense:
(medicine, cytology) A primal undifferentiated cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation.


lexentry: eng/stencil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stencil
trans_list: Schablone
sense:
A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet.


lexentry: eng/stenographer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stenographer
trans_list: Stenograf | Stenograph | Stenografin | Stenographin
sense:
Someone skilled in the writing of shorthand or the use of a stenotype machine, especially for the purpose of rapid transcription of speech. One employed in such a role: a professional transcriptionist who employs shorthand.


lexentry: eng/stenography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stenography
trans_list: Kurzschrift | Stenographie
sense:
The practice of transcribing speech (primarily for later dictation or testimony), usually using shorthand


lexentry: eng/stent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stent
trans_list: Stent
sense:
A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure.


lexentry: eng/step-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: step-
trans_list: stief-
sense:
A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.


lexentry: eng/step-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: step-up
trans_list: Aufsteiger | Treppensteigen | Treppensteiger
sense:
(exercise) A workout movement wherein one leg stands on an elevated surface and lifts in the concentric part the rest of the body up onto it to target – depending on angle and starting distance of the other leg and weights applied by the arms – the femoral and gluteal muscles variously.


lexentry: eng/step__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: step
trans_list: Stufe | Sprosse
sense:
A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.


lexentry: eng/step__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: step
trans_list: Schritt
sense:
(machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.


lexentry: eng/step__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: step
trans_list: treten | schreiten
sense:
(intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.


lexentry: eng/step_ladder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: step ladder
trans_list: Stufenleiter | Trittleiter | Bockleiter | Leitertritt | Stehleiter | Tritt
sense:
A ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs that is hinged in the middle to form an inverted V, with stays to keep the two halves at a fixed angle.


lexentry: eng/step_on_someone's_toes__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: step on someone's toes
trans_list: auf die Füße treten
sense:
(idiomatic) To cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs.


lexentry: eng/step_over__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: step over
trans_list: Übersteiger
sense:
(football) A dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, in which the foot is moved over the ball without making contact with it.


lexentry: eng/step_stool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: step stool
trans_list: Trittschemel
sense:
A stool of various designs with one or more steps; in some designs the steps may be folded away underneath the seat when not in use.


lexentry: eng/stepchair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stepchair
trans_list: Leiterstuhl | Treppenstuhl
sense:
A chair that has an inbuilt set of steps, allowing its use as a stepladder, or a child's highchair with the child climbing the steps.


lexentry: eng/stepfather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stepfather
trans_list: Stiefvater | Stiefelternteil
sense:
(in the narrow sense) The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.


lexentry: eng/stepgrandfather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stepgrandfather
trans_list: Stiefgrossvater | Stiefgroßvater | Stiefopa | Stiefopi
sense:
The stepfather of one's mother or father and the husband of one's grandmother, and not one's biological grandfather, especially following the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandfather.


lexentry: eng/stepgrandmother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stepgrandmother
trans_list: Stiefgrossmutter | Stiefgroßmutter | Stiefoma | Stiefomi
sense:
The stepmother of one's father or mother and the wife of one's grandfather, usually a woman that one's grandfather marries after the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandmother.


lexentry: eng/stepgrandson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stepgrandson
trans_list: Stiefenkel | Stiefenkelsohn
sense:
The grandson of one's stepgrandfather's wife or stepgrandmother's husband from previous marriage, or the stepson of one's child.


lexentry: eng/steppe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steppe
trans_list: Steppe
sense:
The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savanna. [from 1671]


lexentry: eng/steppe_eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steppe eagle
trans_list: Steppenadler
sense:
Aquila nipalensis, a bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. Previously considered to be closely related to the non-migratory tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) and the two forms have previously been treated as conspecific.


lexentry: eng/stepping_motor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stepping motor
trans_list: Schrittmotor
sense:
An electromagnetic actuator that converts digital pulses of input into analog rotary motion, the degree of rotation being proportional to the number of pulses received.


lexentry: eng/steradian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steradian
trans_list: Steradiant
sense:
(geometry) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of solid angle; the solid angle subtended at the centre of a sphere of radius r by a portion of the surface of the sphere that has area r2. Symbol: sr


lexentry: eng/stercoranist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stercoranist
trans_list: Sterkoranist
sense:
(Christianity, derogatory, historical) One who believes that the Eucharist undergoes the process of digestion in, and eventually elimination from, the body of the recipient, not just in the empirical accidents of its elements, but as the body and blood of Christ. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/stereo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stereo
trans_list: Stereoanlage
sense:
(by extension) Any object or device equipped with audio components that reproduces sound in stereo, such as a stereo console in the home.


lexentry: eng/stereochemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stereochemistry
trans_list: Stereochemie
sense:
(chemistry, uncountable) the branch of chemistry that involves the spatial arrangement of the atoms of molecules, and studies how this affects the physical and chemical properties of such species


lexentry: eng/stereolithography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stereolithography
trans_list: Stereolithographie
sense:
A means of rapid prototyping in which a laser hardens successive layers of a photopolymer to create a part with a shape defined by a computer model.


lexentry: eng/stereophonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stereophonic
trans_list: stereofonisch
sense:
Of or pertaining to sound reproduction using two channels to give a more natural two-dimensional sound distribution.


lexentry: eng/stereotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stereotype
trans_list: Stereotyp | Klischee | Rollenklischee
sense:
A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).


lexentry: eng/stereotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: stereotype
trans_list: Stereotyp
sense:
(software engineering) An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations.


lexentry: eng/sterilize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sterilize
trans_list: sterilisieren | entkeimen
sense:
(transitive, biology) To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product.


lexentry: eng/steroid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: steroid
trans_list: Steroid
sense:
(biochemistry, organic compound) A class of organic compounds having a structure of 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids.


lexentry: eng/stevia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stevia
trans_list: Honigkraut | Stevia | Stevie | Süßblatt | Süßkraut
sense:
Any of the sweet herbs of genus Stevia, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and western North America. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/steward__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: steward
trans_list: Verwalter
sense:
(higher education) An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.


lexentry: eng/stewardess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stewardess
trans_list: Flugbegleiterin | Stewardess | Stewardeß
sense:
A female flight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers).


lexentry: eng/stibnite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stibnite
trans_list: Stibnit
sense:
A grey mineral, Sb2S3, that is the main ore of antimony; in powdered form, used as the cosmetic called kohl.


lexentry: eng/stichomythia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stichomythia
trans_list: Stichomythie
sense:
(poetry) A technique in drama or poetry, in which alternating lines, or half-lines, are given to alternating characters, voices, or entities.


lexentry: eng/stick_'em_up__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stick 'em up
trans_list: Hände hoch
sense:
A command stereotypically given by robbers, particularly when pointing a gun: Put your hands in the air! Surrender!


lexentry: eng/stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stick
trans_list: Stock
sense:
a stick of butter
(chiefly, North America) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).


lexentry: eng/stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: stick
trans_list: Stock
sense:
(figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)


lexentry: eng/stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: stick
trans_list: Stock
sense:
(computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.


lexentry: eng/stick_in_the_mud__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stick in the mud
trans_list: Beton
sense:
(idiomatic, pejorative) More generally, one who is slow, old-fashioned, or unprogressive; an old fogey.


lexentry: eng/stick_out_like_a_sore_thumb__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stick out like a sore thumb
trans_list: auffallen wie ein bunter Hund
sense:
(simile) To be very noticeably (and undesirably or humorously) different; to be prominently out of place; to be particularly obtrusive or conspicuous (usually unintentionally); to attract unwanted attention or notice.


lexentry: eng/stick_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stick up
trans_list: bekleben
sense:
(transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick,‎ up. To put or post up by sticking.


lexentry: eng/sticker__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: sticker
trans_list: Abstandshalter | Abstandsstab | Lagerleiste | Leiste | Zwischenleiste
sense:
A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation and to create a gap so the unit can be picked up with a forklift (also kiln sticker).


lexentry: eng/stickleback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stickleback
trans_list: Stichling
sense:
Any one of numerous species of small fish of the family Gasterosteidae. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct nests from weeds.


lexentry: eng/stickler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stickler
trans_list: Pedant | Verfechter
sense:
Someone who insistently advocates for something, especially for strict observance of a formal rule. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/stiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stiction
trans_list: Haftreibung
sense:
(physics) The static friction that needs to be overcome to enable relative motion of stationary objects in contact.


lexentry: eng/stiff__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: stiff
trans_list: steif
sense:
(of, _, muscles or parts of the body) Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.


lexentry: eng/stiff__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stiff
trans_list: prellen
sense:
To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.


lexentry: eng/stifle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stifle
trans_list: ersticken | erdrücken
sense:
(transitive, also, figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.


lexentry: eng/stifle__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stifle
trans_list: unterdrücken
sense:
(transitive, also, figuratively) To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.


lexentry: eng/stigma__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stigma
trans_list: Narbe
sense:
(Christianity, chiefly, _, in the plural, _, stigmata) A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion on Jesus's body, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.


lexentry: eng/stilbene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stilbene
trans_list: Stilben
sense:
(organic compound) Either of two isomeric hydrocarbons, diphenylethylene, but especially the trans isomer, used in the manufacture of dyes and many other compounds.


lexentry: eng/stile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stile
trans_list: Mauertritt | Zauntritt | Heckensteigleiter | Zaunübertritt
sense:
A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.


lexentry: eng/stiletto_heel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stiletto heel
trans_list: Pfennigabsatz | Bleistiftabsatz
sense:
A heel of a shoe that is very narrow the bottom - the base has less than one square centimeter of surface. They are typically 5 to 10 centimeters (2 to 4 inches) high, but can be much higher. Lower ones are sometimes called kitten heels.


lexentry: eng/still_waters_run_deep__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: still waters run deep
trans_list: stille Wasser sind tief | stille Wasser gründen tief
sense:
A person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellect.


lexentry: eng/still_wine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: still wine
trans_list: Stillwein
sense:
A type of table wine, produced by a method of vinification that leaves it free from carbon dioxide and therefore not sparkling or effervescent.


lexentry: eng/stilt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stilt
trans_list: Stelze
sense:
Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.


lexentry: eng/stilt__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stilt
trans_list: Stelzenläufer
sense:
Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.


lexentry: eng/stilted__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stilted
trans_list: gestelzt
sense:
(figuratively) Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.


lexentry: eng/stimulant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stimulant
trans_list: Stimulans
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A substance that acts to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body.


lexentry: eng/stimulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stimulus
trans_list: Auslöseimpuls | Stimulus
sense:
An external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon; for example, a spur or incentive that drives a person to take action or change behaviour.


lexentry: eng/stimulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stimulus
trans_list: Stimulus
sense:
(physiology, psychology, medicine) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response, or that affects any of the sensory apparatuses.


lexentry: eng/sting__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: sting
trans_list: verdeckte Operation
sense:
(law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to engage in criminal activity in order to catch a criminal.


lexentry: eng/stingray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stingray
trans_list: Stachelrochen
sense:
Any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.


lexentry: eng/stink_to_high_heaven__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stink to high heaven
trans_list: zum Himmel stinken
sense:
(slang, derogatory, figuratively) Of a person or situation: to be highly ethically dubious; also, of a person: to be very incompetent.


lexentry: eng/stinkbug__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stinkbug
trans_list: Baumwanze | Stinkwanze
sense:
(entomology) Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"), in the suborder Heteroptera, principally in the superfamily Pentatomoidea or Coreoidea.


lexentry: eng/stint__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stint
trans_list: Strandläufer
sense:
Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.


lexentry: eng/stipend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stipend
trans_list: Gehalt | Besoldung | Stipendium
sense:
(archaic) A regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/stipule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stipule
trans_list: Nebenblatt
sense:
(botany) A basal appendage of a typical leaf of a flowering plant, usually appearing paired beside the petiole although sometimes absent or highly modified.


lexentry: eng/stir-fry__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stir-fry
trans_list: pfannenrühren | anbraten | anrösten | unter ständigem Rühren anbraten
sense:
(transitive) To fry quickly in hot oil whilst constantly stirring, especially in a wok or similar pan.


lexentry: eng/stir__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stir
trans_list: rühren | umrühren
sense:
(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.


lexentry: eng/stishovite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stishovite
trans_list: Stishovit
sense:
(mineral) A fine-grained mineral, of SiO2, that is a polymorphic form of quartz formed under very high pressure.


lexentry: eng/stitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stitch
trans_list: Seitenstechen
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.


lexentry: eng/stochastic_differential_equation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stochastic differential equation
trans_list: stochastische Differentialgleichung
sense:
(calculus) a type of differential equation in which one or more of the terms is a stochastic process resulting in a solution which is itself a stochastic process


lexentry: eng/stochastic_matrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stochastic matrix
trans_list: stochastische Matrix | Übergangsmatrix
sense:
(linear algebra, probability theory, statistics) A matrix having the property that the entries in each column are non-negative, real and sum to 1.


lexentry: eng/stochastic_process__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stochastic process
trans_list: Zufallsprozeß | stochastischer Prozess
sense:
(mathematics, probability theory) A function that maps elements of an index set to elements of a collection of random variables; historically, a collection of random variables indexed by a set of numbers usually regarded as points in time.


lexentry: eng/stock__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stock
trans_list: Aktie
sense:
(finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.


lexentry: eng/stock__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stock
trans_list: Brühe | Fond
sense:
(cooking, uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.


lexentry: eng/stock_character__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stock character
trans_list: Typus
sense:
(writing, theatre, cinema) Any fictional character drawn from some stereotype who is instantly recognizable.


lexentry: eng/stock_market_crash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stock market crash
trans_list: Börsenkrach
sense:
(finance) A sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market.


lexentry: eng/stock_ticker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stock ticker
trans_list: Börsenticker
sense:
A device, used primarily in the 20th century, which printed prices and volumes of stock trades on paper tape as the data became available.


lexentry: eng/stockbroker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stockbroker
trans_list: Börsenmakler | Aktienhändler | Broker
sense:
(finance) A person who buys and sells shares (stock) on a stock exchange on behalf of clients. May also provide investment advice and/or company information, depending on the level of service offered (or chosen by the client).


lexentry: eng/stockpile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stockpile
trans_list: Lager | Lagerhalde | Vorrat
sense:
A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.


lexentry: eng/stocks__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stocks
trans_list: Stapel | Pranger | Schandpfahl
sense:
(plurale tantum) A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.


lexentry: eng/stoic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stoic
trans_list: Stoiker
sense:
(philosophy) Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.


lexentry: eng/stoically__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stoically
trans_list: stoisch
sense:
In a manner that endures pain and hardship without outwardly showing suffering or expressing complaint.


lexentry: eng/stoich.__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stoich.
trans_list: stoich.
sense:
(in epigraphical publications, of a stoichedon inscription) Denotes that the inscription it annotates contains the specified number of letters per row.


lexentry: eng/stoichiometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stoichiometry
trans_list: Stöchiometrie
sense:
(uncountable, chemistry) The study and calculation of quantitative (measurable) relationships of the reactants and products in chemical reactions (chemical equations).


lexentry: eng/stoicism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stoicism
trans_list: Stoizismus
sense:
A school of philosophy popularized during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress.


lexentry: eng/stole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stole
trans_list: Stola
sense:
A garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck, each end hanging over the chest, worn in ecclesiastical settings or sometimes as a part of graduation dress.


lexentry: eng/stoma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stoma
trans_list: Stoma
sense:
(botany) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.


lexentry: eng/stomachache__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stomachache
trans_list: Bauchschmerzen | Magenschmerzen | Leibschmerzen | Magendrücken | Magenweh
sense:
A pain in the abdomen, often caused by indigestion, in which the pain is usually lower than the stomach and related to the intestines.


lexentry: eng/stomatology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stomatology
trans_list: Stomatologie
sense:
(medicine) The study of the mouth and its disorders and diseases; increasingly called oral medicine in current usage.


lexentry: eng/stone__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: stone
trans_list: Stein | Kern
sense:
(botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.


lexentry: eng/stone__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: stone
trans_list: Stein
sense:
(board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.


lexentry: eng/stone__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: stone
trans_list: Stein
sense:
(printing, historical) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.


lexentry: eng/stone_loach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stone loach
trans_list: Bachschmerle
sense:
Barbatula barbatula, a species of ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae or subfamily Nemacheilinae in family Balitoridae (hillstream loaches).


lexentry: eng/stone_paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stone paper
trans_list: Steinpapier
sense:
a type of paper manufactured from calcium carbonate mixed with a high density polyethylene bonding agent


lexentry: eng/stonecrop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stonecrop
trans_list: Fetthenne | Mauerpfeffer
sense:
Any of various succulent plants of the Crassulaceae family, native to temperate zones, especially in genus Sedum


lexentry: eng/stonefish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stonefish
trans_list: Steinfisch
sense:
A venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock, of the genus Synanceia, found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean


lexentry: eng/stool__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stool
trans_list: Hocker | Schemel | Taburett
sense:
(dated) A close-stool; a seat used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot, commode, outhouse seat, or toilet.


lexentry: eng/stoop__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stoop
trans_list: Treppeneingang
sense:
(chiefly, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also, Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.


lexentry: eng/stop-motion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stop-motion
trans_list: Stop-Motion-Technik | Stop-Motion-Verfahren
sense:
(uncountable, photography) An animation technique wherein physical objects are slightly altered and photographed one picture at a time to give an illusion of movement when displayed in sequence.


lexentry: eng/stop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stop
trans_list: Haltestelle | Busstopp
sense:
A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.


lexentry: eng/stop__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: stop
trans_list: Punkt
sense:
A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.


lexentry: eng/stop__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: stop
trans_list: Stoppball
sense:
(tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.


lexentry: eng/stop_at_nothing__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stop at nothing
trans_list: hör vor nichts auf
sense:
(idiomatic) To take any measures to do or achieve something, especially if it involves great risk or danger; to do everything in one's power.


lexentry: eng/stop_codon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stop codon
trans_list: Stopcodon
sense:
(biology, genetics, biochemistry) a sequence of three RNA nucleotides (A, C, G or U) that instruct the synthesis, or translation, of a protein to stop. The three-letter stop codon sequences have been given names: "UAG" is amber, "UGA" is opal, and "UAA" is ochre.


lexentry: eng/stop_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stop sign
trans_list: Stoppschild
sense:
A sign by the side of a road or street, often at an intersection, instructing vehicle drivers to stop.


lexentry: eng/stop_the_car__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stop the car
trans_list: halten Sie den Wagen an
sense:
When giving directions to a person (for example, a taxi driver), indicates that he or she should stop the vehicle.


lexentry: eng/stopgap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stopgap
trans_list: Lückenbüßer | Notlösung | Lochstopfer | Lückenfüller
sense:
A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.


lexentry: eng/stopwatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stopwatch
trans_list: Stoppuhr
sense:
A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.


lexentry: eng/storage__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: storage
trans_list: Speicher | Lagerung
sense:
(usually, uncountable, computer hardware) Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term than main memory.


lexentry: eng/storage_heater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: storage heater
trans_list: Nachtspeicherheizung
sense:
An electrical heater which stores thermal energy during the evening or at night when electricity is available at lower cost, and releases the heat during the day as required.


lexentry: eng/storage_power_station__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: storage power station
trans_list: Speicherkraftwerk
sense:
A power station that generates a store of power when power is available from other sources, and releases it to the network when needed (normally by pumping water to a high-level reservoir)


lexentry: eng/storax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: storax
trans_list: Storaxbaum
sense:
Any member of the genus Styrax of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees, mostly native to temperate or tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/stork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stork
trans_list: Storch | Adebar
sense:
A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.


lexentry: eng/storm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: storm
trans_list: Sturm
sense:
(meteorology) A disturbed state of the atmosphere between a severe or strong gale and a hurricane on the modern Beaufort scale, with a wind speed of between 89 and 102 kilometres per hour (55–63 miles per hour; 10 on the scale, known as a "storm" or whole gale), or of between 103 and 117 kilometres per hour (64–72 miles per hour; 11 on the scale, known as a "violent storm").


lexentry: eng/storm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: storm
trans_list: Sturm
sense:
Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.


lexentry: eng/storm__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: storm
trans_list: stürmen
sense:
(chiefly, military) To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.


lexentry: eng/storm_drain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: storm drain
trans_list: Einlaufgitter
sense:
(US) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without passing through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.


lexentry: eng/storm_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: storm oil
trans_list: Wellenberuhigungsöl | Wellenöl
sense:
Oil carried by a ship and dispersed into an area of water to calm it (as it absorbs some of the energy of waves, and covers a large area in a slick film upon which wind can get less traction to produce waves).


lexentry: eng/storm_petrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: storm petrel
trans_list: Sturmschwalbe
sense:
Any of several small seabirds, of the families Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels) or Oceanitidae (southern storm petrels), having dark plumage and a white rump.


lexentry: eng/stormy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stormy
trans_list: stürmisch
sense:
Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.


lexentry: eng/story_arc__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: story arc
trans_list: Brillenfassung
sense:
(narratology) The chronological construction of a plot or storyline, especially one specific to a particular character or plot aspect; an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television or comic books.


lexentry: eng/strabismus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strabismus
trans_list: Strabismus | Schielen
sense:
A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint.


lexentry: eng/straddle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: straddle
sense:
(transitive) To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.

trans_list:
abdecken | sich über beide Seiten erstrecken | überbrücken | überdecken | überspannen | überspreizen


lexentry: eng/straight__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: straight
trans_list: gerade
sense:
(engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.


lexentry: eng/straight_flush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: straight flush
trans_list: Straight Flush
sense:
(poker) A hand that is both straight (the cards are all in sequence) and flush (the cards are all of the same suit).


lexentry: eng/straight_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: straight line
trans_list: Gerade | Luftlinie
sense:
(geometry) A line with no curvature; a line with constant direction. The path of shortest length between two points.


lexentry: eng/straight_man__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: straight man
trans_list: Stichwortgeber | Stichwortgeberin
sense:
(idiomatic) A member (of any gender) of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in dialog with another comedian playing a more eccentric or otherwise more interesting character; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy.


lexentry: eng/straight_razor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: straight razor
trans_list: Rasiermesser
sense:
A razor of a plain and traditional type with no feature that would limit the depth of exposure to the blade during use; often having a blade that can fold into the handle.


lexentry: eng/strain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: strain
trans_list: Stamm | Erregerstamm | Form | Linie | Rasse | Sorte
sense:
(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.


lexentry: eng/strain__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: strain
trans_list: Art | Ausprägung | Form | Typ | Weise
sense:
(music, poetry) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, etc.


lexentry: eng/strain__Noun__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: strain
trans_list: Dehnung | Deformation | Verformung
sense:
(uncountable, engineering) A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.


lexentry: eng/strain__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: strain
trans_list: recken | reißen | verrenken | zerren | überanstrengen | überbeanspruchen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.


lexentry: eng/strainer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strainer
trans_list: Sieb | Durchschlag
sense:
A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.


lexentry: eng/strainer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: strainer
trans_list: Sieb | Durchschlag
sense:
A perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.


lexentry: eng/straitjacket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: straitjacket
trans_list: Zwangsjacke
sense:
A jacket-like garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving his or her arms. Often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.


lexentry: eng/strake__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: strake
trans_list: Planke
sense:
(nautical) A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501).


lexentry: eng/strange_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strange bird
trans_list: komischer Vogel
sense:
An unusual person, especially one with an idiosyncratic personality or peculiar behavioral characteristics.


lexentry: eng/strange_quark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strange quark
trans_list: Strange-Quark
sense:
(particle) A quark having a fractional electric charge of -\frac{1}{3} and a mass of about 80 to 130 MeV.Symbol: s


lexentry: eng/strangeness__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: strangeness
trans_list: Seltsamkeit
sense:
(particle physics) One of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles, depending upon the relative number of strange quarks and anti-strange quarks.


lexentry: eng/strangle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strangle
trans_list: erwürgen | strangulieren | würgen
sense:
(transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.


lexentry: eng/strangler_fig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strangler fig
trans_list: Würgefeige
sense:
Any of a number of kinds of figs (genus Ficus) that sprout on branches of other trees and crowd them out as they mature.


lexentry: eng/strangury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strangury
trans_list: Blasenkrampf
sense:
(pathology, urology) A painful, frequent need to urinate, when the bladder is largely empty or with little urine production.


lexentry: eng/strap__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: strap
trans_list: Riemen | Streichriemen
sense:
A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.


lexentry: eng/strappado__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strappado
trans_list: Strappado | Pendel
sense:
A form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which are tied together behind the victim's back.


lexentry: eng/strategic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: strategic
trans_list: strategisch
sense:
Of or relating to military operations that are more large-scale or long-range than local or tactical ones.


lexentry: eng/strategy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strategy
trans_list: Strategie
sense:
(uncountable) The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.


lexentry: eng/strategy_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strategy game
trans_list: Strategiespiel
sense:
A game in which the players' decision-making skills have a high significance in determining the outcome, such as chess, checkers or go.


lexentry: eng/stratosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stratosphere
trans_list: Stratosphäre
sense:
(meteorology) The region of the uppermost atmosphere where temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone. The stratosphere extends from the tropopause (10–15 kilometers) to approximately 50 kilometers, where it is succeeded by the mesosphere.


lexentry: eng/stratovolcano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stratovolcano
trans_list: Schichtvulkan | Stratovulkan
sense:
(vulcanology) A tall conical volcano, composed of layers (or strata) of hardened lava, tephra and ash.


lexentry: eng/stratus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stratus
trans_list: -n
sense:
(meteorology) A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base, usually not associated with precipitation, and capable of producing corona phenomena and a weak, uniform luminance; abbreviated St.


lexentry: eng/straw__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: straw
trans_list: Stroh
sense:
(uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.


lexentry: eng/straw_man__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: straw man
trans_list: Strohmann
sense:
(figurative) An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.


lexentry: eng/straw_mushroom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: straw mushroom
trans_list: Dunkelstreifiger Scheidling
sense:
A small, edible mushroom used primarily in the cuisines of East and Southeast Asia, Volvariella volvacea.


lexentry: eng/straw_poll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) A survey of opinion or a vote that is nonbinding, unofficial, casual, or ad hoc.
written_rep: straw poll
trans_list:
Blitzumfrage | Meinungsbild | Probeabstimmung | Probeumfrage | inoffizielle Umfrage | unverbindliche Abstimmung


lexentry: eng/strawberry_blonde__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strawberry blonde
trans_list: rotblond
sense:
An uncommon orange hair colour; it is characterized as a combination of pale light yellow (often called blonde) and red. Strawberry blonde hair appears blonde in dim light, but when exposed to sun or a bright light, the hair may assume a slight tinge of pink or red color.


lexentry: eng/strawberry_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strawberry tree
trans_list: Erdbeerbaum | westlicher Erdbeerbaum
sense:
A cane apple, an evergreen shrub or small tree (Arbutus unedo), in family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe north to western France and Ireland, which bears fruits which resemble strawberries.


lexentry: eng/stray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stray
trans_list: Streuner
sense:
Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.


lexentry: eng/stray__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stray
trans_list: sich verlaufen | verloren gehen
sense:
(intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.


lexentry: eng/stream__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: stream
trans_list: streamen
sense:
(Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.


lexentry: eng/streamer__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: streamer
trans_list: Streamer
sense:
(Internet) A person who streams activities on their computer (especially video gaming) to a live online audience.


lexentry: eng/streaming__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: streaming
trans_list: Streaming
sense:
(computing) The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.


lexentry: eng/streamlined__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: streamlined
trans_list: windschnittig
sense:
Designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid, especially by having sleek, graceful lines.


lexentry: eng/street-smart__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: street-smart
trans_list: bauernschlau
sense:
Having practical rather than theoretical knowledge, like that learned on the streets rather than in the classroom.


lexentry: eng/street_market__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: street market
trans_list: Messe
sense:
A temporary public market, normally set up outdoors on certain days of the week, often, but not always, in a street. Sometimes they can be found in a car park or in a market square.


lexentry: eng/street_organ__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: street organ
trans_list: Drehorgel | Leierkasten
sense:
(musical instrument) A type of mechanically-played barrel organ designed to be played in the street.


lexentry: eng/street_performer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: street performer
trans_list: Straßenkünstler
sense:
An artist (musician, actor, painter, etc), who performs in a public place, usually for donated money.


lexentry: eng/street_shoes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: street shoes
trans_list: Alltagsschuhe
sense:
Ordinary shoes worn during everyday life, in contrast to those worn for some special occasion such as an athletic activity.


lexentry: eng/street_urchin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: street urchin
trans_list: Straßenkind | Straßenjunge
sense:
(British, dated) A child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets; sometimes a petty thief or pickpocket.


lexentry: eng/streetscape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: streetscape
trans_list: Straßenbild
sense:
The visual elements of a street, including the road, adjoining buildings, sidewalks, street furniture, trees and open spaces, etc, that combine to form the street's character.


lexentry: eng/streetwalker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: streetwalker
trans_list: Strichmädchen | Bordsteinschwalbe
sense:
(informal, derogatory) A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.


lexentry: eng/strength_training__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strength training
trans_list: Krafttraining
sense:
A form of exercise in which the goal is to increase the strength of muscles through low numbers of repetitions of an exercise performed with high resistance.


lexentry: eng/strengthen__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strengthen
trans_list: verstärken | stärken | stärker werden
sense:
(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.


lexentry: eng/strepsirrhine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strepsirrhine
trans_list: Feuchtnasenaffe | Feuchtnasenprimat | Nacktnasenaffe
sense:
(zoology) Any member of the clade Strepsirrhini, one of the two suborders of primates, besides haplorhines (which includes monkeys and apes).


lexentry: eng/streptococcus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: streptococcus
trans_list: Streptokokken | Streptokokke
sense:
A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in the human mouth and gut, and though many species are non-pathogenic, other species can cause diseases including strep throat and more serious conditions.


lexentry: eng/stress__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stress
trans_list: Spannung
sense:
(countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.


lexentry: eng/stress__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: stress
trans_list: Betonung
sense:
(uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).


lexentry: eng/stress_accent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stress accent
trans_list: Druckakzent
sense:
(phonology) A method or application of realizing phonological prominence of a segment phonetically by loudness or duration.


lexentry: eng/stress_ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stress ball
trans_list: Stressball
sense:
A small, malleable toy ball filled with soft material, used to relieve muscle tension in one's palm and hand and alleviate general feelings of anxiety.


lexentry: eng/stretch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stretch
trans_list: weit hergeholt
sense:
A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.


lexentry: eng/stretch__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: stretch
trans_list: dehnen | recken | strecken | stretchen
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.


lexentry: eng/stretch_mark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stretch mark
trans_list: Dehnungsstreifen
sense:
(dermatology) Any of a series of red (or purple or faded), irregular stripes on the surface of the skin caused by rapid growth of the tissues lying just underneath. They may appear as a result of pregnancy, puberty, obesity, rapid muscle growth or family history.


lexentry: eng/stretching__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stretching
trans_list: Dehngymnastik
sense:
A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.


lexentry: eng/strew__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strew
trans_list: streuen
sense:
(dated, except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.


lexentry: eng/striated_muscle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: striated muscle
trans_list: quergestreifte Muskulatur
sense:
Muscle tissue that appears striped under the microscope as a result of the myofibrils being organized into regular units (sarcomeres).


lexentry: eng/stricto_sensu__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stricto sensu
trans_list: i. e. S. | im engeren Sinne | stricto sensu
sense:
(sciences, academics) Narrowly: in the narrow sense (of a polysemic word with narrow and broad senses).


lexentry: eng/stridulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stridulate
trans_list: zirpen
sense:
(intransitive) To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.


lexentry: eng/strike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strike
trans_list: Strike
sense:
(baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.


lexentry: eng/strike__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: strike
trans_list: prägen
sense:
(transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.


lexentry: eng/strike_a_chord__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: strike a chord
trans_list: ansprechen
sense:
(idiomatic) To convey a feeling or meaning which someone personally internalizes and takes to heart.


lexentry: eng/strike_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: strike out
trans_list: aufbrechen
sense:
(ergative, baseball, softball) Of a batter, to be retired after three strikes (missed swings, as opposed to any other way of becoming "out"); of a pitcher, to cause this to happen to the batter.


lexentry: eng/strike_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strike up
trans_list: schließen
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To start something with somebody else, such as a conversation or relationship.


lexentry: eng/string__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: string
trans_list: Saite
sense:
(musical instrument) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.


lexentry: eng/string__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: string
trans_list: Saite
sense:
A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.


lexentry: eng/string__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: string
trans_list: String | Zeichenkette
sense:
(countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.


lexentry: eng/string__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: string
trans_list: String | Saite
sense:
(countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.


lexentry: eng/string_quartet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: string quartet
trans_list: Streichquartett
sense:
(music) A group of four musicians playing string instruments, usually two violins, a viola and a cello.


lexentry: eng/string_quintet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: string quintet
trans_list: Streichquintett
sense:
(music) a group of five musicians playing string instruments, usually adding a second viola or cello to the string quartet's formation.


lexentry: eng/string_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: string theory
trans_list: Stringtheorie | Superstringtheorie
sense:
(physics) A candidate unified theory of all physical forces and particles; a theory which suggests that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings rather than zero-dimensional points. It also suggests that space-time can have up to nine dimensions, plus the dimension of time.


lexentry: eng/string_trimmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: string trimmer
trans_list: Rasentrimmer
sense:
(horticulture) A powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc., without damaging other objects.


lexentry: eng/stringer__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: stringer
trans_list: Holm | freier Mitarbeiter
sense:
(journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.


lexentry: eng/strip__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: strip
trans_list: strippen | abisolieren
sense:
(transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling.


lexentry: eng/strip_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: strip off
trans_list: ausziehen
sense:
(intransitive, British, Ireland, idiomatic) To remove all of one's clothes (or sometimes to remove all except underclothes, or figuratively).


lexentry: eng/striped_bass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: striped bass
trans_list: Felsenbarsch
sense:
A popular fish among sport fisherman along Atlantic coast north of Virginia to Canada, Morone saxatilis.


lexentry: eng/striped_skunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: striped skunk
trans_list: Streifenskunk
sense:
A carnivore of the species Mephitis mephitis, known for the persistent pungent aroma of the scent it sprays when threatened.


lexentry: eng/stripling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stripling
trans_list: Jüngling
sense:
(archaic, also, attributive, sometimes, humorous) A young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. [from 14th c.].


lexentry: eng/stripper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stripper
trans_list: Stripperin | Stripper | Stripteasetänzer | Nackttänzer | Nackttänzerin | Striptease-Tänzer
sense:
Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment.


lexentry: eng/striptease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: striptease
trans_list: Striptease
sense:
The act of slowly taking off one's clothes to sexually arouse the viewer, often accompanied by music and in exchange for money.


lexentry: eng/strobilation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strobilation
trans_list: Strobilation
sense:
(biology) A form of asexual reproduction by division into body segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfish


lexentry: eng/strobilus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strobilus
trans_list: Zapfen
sense:
(botany) Sensu strictissimo a more-or-less cone-shaped fruiting body of any of various vascular Pteridophyta, such as horsetail, that bear spores;


lexentry: eng/stroboscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stroboscope
trans_list: Stroboskop
sense:
Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: Hub | Strich | Schlag | Streich
sense:
(golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: Schlag
sense:
(tennis) The hitting of a ball with a racket; also, the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: Schlaganfall | Apoplex | Apoplexie | Hirninfarkt | Hirnschlag | Schlagerl
sense:
(by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: Hub
sense:
(technology) A single movement or thrust of a reciprocating device (such as a piston or connecting rod); the length of this movement.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: Zug | Schlag
sense:
The movement of an oar or paddle through water: either the cycle of movement as a whole, or the propelling phase (as opposed to the return); the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: Strich | Zug | Federstrich
sense:
A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: Strich | Schlag
sense:
(music) A bow or pluck of a string or strings of a stringed instrument; also, the manner in which a musical instrument is played; hence, a melody, a tune.


lexentry: eng/stroke__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stroke
trans_list: streichen | streicheln
sense:
To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.


lexentry: eng/stroller__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stroller
trans_list: Kinderwagen | Buggy
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia) A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children.


lexentry: eng/strong__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: strong
trans_list: stark
sense:
(grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.


lexentry: eng/strong__Adjective__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: strong
trans_list: stark | kräftig
sense:
(mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)


lexentry: eng/strong_declension__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strong declension
trans_list: starke Deklination
sense:
(linguistics) A class of words in many Germanic languages including English, which decline irregularly rather than by suffixation (for example goose, whose plural is geese).


lexentry: eng/strong_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strong verb
trans_list: starkes Verb | ablautendes Verb | ablautendes Verbum | ablautendes Zeitwort | starkes Verbum
sense:
(grammar) Any of a class of Germanic verbs which use ablaut as opposed to a dental affix to indicate tense.


lexentry: eng/strontium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strontium
trans_list: Strontium
sense:
The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.


lexentry: eng/strop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strop
trans_list: Riemen
sense:
A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor.


lexentry: eng/stroppy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stroppy
trans_list: beschränkt
sense:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.


lexentry: eng/structural_biology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: structural biology
trans_list: Strukturbiologie
sense:
(chemistry, biology) A branch of biochemistry or biophysics in which the three-dimensional structures of biomolecules, such as proteins, DNA, or RNA, are obtained using X-ray crystallography or nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR).


lexentry: eng/structural_formula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: structural formula
trans_list: Strukturformel
sense:
(chemistry) Any of various diagrammatic representations of the structure of a molecule that shows how its atoms are linked to each other, with what type of bonds, and the presence of any charges


lexentry: eng/structuralism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: structuralism
trans_list: Strukturalismus
sense:
(linguistics) The theory that a human language is a self-contained structure related to other elements which make up its existence.


lexentry: eng/strudel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strudel
trans_list: Strudel
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) A pastry made from multiple thin layers of dough rolled up and filled with fruit, etc.


lexentry: eng/strum__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strum
trans_list: schrammeln
sense:
(ambitransitive) To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.


lexentry: eng/strut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strut
trans_list: Stolzieren | Stratzen
sense:
(also, figuratively) A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.


lexentry: eng/strut__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strut
trans_list: herumstolzieren | sich aufplustern | stolzieren
sense:
(intransitive) Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.


lexentry: eng/strut__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: strut
trans_list: ausbeulen | herausstehen | hervorstehen | sich aufblähen | vorstehen
sense:
(intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by out: to protuberate or stick out due to being full or swollen; to bulge, to swell.


lexentry: eng/strut__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strut
trans_list: verstreben
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, construction, also, figuratively) To brace or support (something) by a strut or struts; to hold (something) in place or strengthen by a diagonal, transverse, or upright support.


lexentry: eng/strut_one's_stuff__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strut one's stuff
trans_list: angeben
sense:
(idiomatic, intransitive) To behave or perform in a showy or ostentatious manner, as if to impress others; to show off.


lexentry: eng/strychnine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: strychnine
trans_list: Strychnin
sense:
(organic compound) A very toxic, colorless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide.


lexentry: eng/stub__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stub
trans_list: Abreißzettel
sense:
A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.


lexentry: eng/stub__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: stub
trans_list: Stub | Stutzen
sense:
(computing, middleware) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing.


lexentry: eng/stub__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stub
trans_list: kürzen (kurz über dem Grund) | roden
sense:
(transitive) To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.


lexentry: eng/stubborn__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stubborn
trans_list: stur | dickköpfig
sense:
Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.


lexentry: eng/stuck_up__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stuck up
trans_list: eingebildet
sense:
(idiomatic) snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others, usually because of abundant success; haughty; arrogant or egotistical.


lexentry: eng/stud__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stud
trans_list: Pfosten | Holzständer | Holzstütze | Nasenstecker | Ohrstecker | Piercing
sense:
(construction) A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.


lexentry: eng/stud__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: stud
trans_list: Achsbolzen | Bolzen | Buckel | Bundbolzen | Gewindebolzen | Knauf
sense:
(engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.


lexentry: eng/student__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: student
trans_list: Student | Studentin | Studierende | Hochschüler | Hochschülerin | Studierender
sense:
(in particular) A person who is enrolled at a college or university (as contrasted with a pupil or schoolchild attending a primary or secondary school).


lexentry: eng/student__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: student
trans_list: Student | Studentin | Studierende | Hochschüler | Hochschülerin | Lernende
sense:
A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution.


lexentry: eng/student_council__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: student council
trans_list: Schülervertretung
sense:
In elementary and secondary schools, an elected student body which mediates between students and staff and also organizes schoolwide activities.


lexentry: eng/students'_union__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: students' union
trans_list: Studentenschaft
sense:
(UK) A student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social, organizational activities, and representation.


lexentry: eng/study__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: study
trans_list: Arbeitszimmer | Studierzimmer
sense:
A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.


lexentry: eng/study__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: study
trans_list: studieren | lernen | erforschen
sense:
(transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.


lexentry: eng/study_hall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: study hall
trans_list: Verfügungsstunde
sense:
(North America) A class period, usually in boarding school or high school, where students are afforded the time for independent study and homework assignments, as part of the curriculum or after hours, the last notably as a punishment called detention.


lexentry: eng/stuff__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stuff
trans_list: füllen | ausstopfen | voll sein
sense:
(transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.


lexentry: eng/stuff__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: stuff
trans_list: verstopfen
sense:
(transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.


lexentry: eng/stuffed_shirt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stuffed shirt
trans_list: Wichtigmacher | Wichtigtuer
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) One who is pompous or self-important, especially one who is either officious or punctilious in a position of authority.


lexentry: eng/stultify__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stultify
trans_list: blamieren | lächerlich machen | veralbern
sense:
(transitive, dated) To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/stump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stump
trans_list: Stumpf | Stubben
sense:
The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.


lexentry: eng/stump__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: stump
trans_list: Estompe
sense:
(drawing) An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.


lexentry: eng/stumped__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stumped
trans_list: Schuss
sense:
(cricket, of a batsman, not comparable) out as a result of the wicket-keeper breaking the wicket with the ball while the batsman is out of his crease.


lexentry: eng/stunt_double__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stunt double
trans_list: Futter
sense:
(film, television) A type of body double: a skilled stand-in used for dangerous film or video sequences such as jumping out of a building, leaping from vehicle to vehicle, and fight sequences.


lexentry: eng/stuntman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stuntman
trans_list: Stuntman | Kaskadeur
sense:
In films, someone who performs stunts that are deemed too dangerous or physically difficult for the main actors to attempt.


lexentry: eng/stupefy__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stupefy
trans_list: betäuben
sense:
(transitive, especially, law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.


lexentry: eng/stupor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stupor
trans_list: Sopor
sense:
A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; (particularly, symptom) a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness.


lexentry: eng/sturgeon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sturgeon
trans_list: Stör
sense:
Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/style__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: style
trans_list: Stil
sense:
(by extension from sense 1.1) A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.


lexentry: eng/style__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: style
trans_list: Stil
sense:
A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.


lexentry: eng/style__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: style
trans_list: Stil
sense:
A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable.


lexentry: eng/stylesheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stylesheet
trans_list: Formatvorlage | Stilblatt | Stilvorlage
sense:
(publishing) A document issued by a publisher informing authors how to style their works for publication; a small style guide.


lexentry: eng/stylesheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stylesheet
trans_list: Formatvorlage | Stilblatt | Stilvorlage | Stylesheet
sense:
(web design) A document consisting of markup that describes the layout and presentation to be used when displaying other documents.


lexentry: eng/stylist__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stylist
trans_list: Stilist | Stilistin
sense:
A writer or speaker distinguished for excellence or individuality of style; one who cultivates, or is a master or critic of, literary style.


lexentry: eng/stylite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stylite
trans_list: Säulenheilige | Säulenheiliger | Stylit | Stylitin
sense:
(Christianity, historical) A Christian ascetic in ancient times who lived alone on top of a tall pillar.


lexentry: eng/stylization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: stylization
trans_list: Abstrahieren | Schematisieren | Schematisierung
sense:
Simplified representation; reduction to a pattern or conventional form; abstraction; decorative generalization.


lexentry: eng/stylobate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stylobate
trans_list: Stylobat
sense:
(Classical Greek, _, architecture) The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure of the building is erected.


lexentry: eng/stylus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stylus
trans_list: Eingabestift | Schreibgriffel | Schreibspitze | Stilus | Stylus | Touchpen
sense:
(writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.


lexentry: eng/stylus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: stylus
trans_list: Grammofonnadel | Saphir
sense:
A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.


lexentry: eng/styptic_pencil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: styptic pencil
trans_list: Alaunstift | Blutstillstift | Rasierstift
sense:
A short medicated stick, typically containing alum, used to stop bleeding from small wounds (as in shaving).


lexentry: eng/styrene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: styrene
trans_list: Cinnamol
sense:
(chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon; a colourless, oily liquid, used in the manufacture of polymers such as polystyrene.


lexentry: eng/stød__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: stød
trans_list: Stoßlaut | Stoßton
sense:
(phonology) a phenomenon of most Danish accents, in which stressed long vowels or consonants are laryngealised in certain contexts; sometimes a simple glottal stop that follows said vowel/consonant


lexentry: eng/sub-Saharan_Africa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sub-Saharan Africa
trans_list: Schwarzafrika
sense:
Africa south of the Sahara, particularly used to distinguish the areas chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples.


lexentry: eng/sub-lieutenant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sub-lieutenant
trans_list: Oberleutnant zur See
sense:
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand) A commissioned officer of the navy ranking above an acting sub-lieutenant and below a lieutenant.


lexentry: eng/subaltern__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subaltern
trans_list: Subaltern | Subalternoffizier
sense:
Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military rank) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.


lexentry: eng/subaltern_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subaltern studies
trans_list: Geschichte von unten
sense:
(historiography) The study and writing of history with a particular focus on the experiences and perspectives of common people, rather than that of political leaders or the elite.


lexentry: eng/subarachnoid_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subarachnoid space
trans_list: Subarachnoidalraum
sense:
(neuroanatomy) The space between the arachnoid mater and the pia mater that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, through which the cerebrospinal fluid circulates and major blood vessels pass, and across which extend delicate trabeculae of connective tissue.


lexentry: eng/subatomic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subatomic
trans_list: subatomar
sense:
(physics) Relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.


lexentry: eng/subcarrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subcarrier
trans_list: Hilfsträger
sense:
(telecommunications) A separate signal carried on a main radio transmission, often carrying additional information such as voice or data.


lexentry: eng/subcategory__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: subcategory
trans_list: Unterkategorie
sense:
(category theory) A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's.


lexentry: eng/subclass__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: subclass
trans_list: Subklasse | Unterklasse | Kindklasse
sense:
(object-oriented programming) An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.


lexentry: eng/subcontinent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subcontinent
trans_list: Subkontinent
sense:
A large landmass which is either smaller than a continent (such as Greenland), or part of an even larger continent (such as the Indian subcontinent).


lexentry: eng/subcontractor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subcontractor
trans_list: Subunternehmer | Subunternehmen
sense:
A contractor hired by another contractor (often a general contractor) and thus employed by that contractor rather than directly hired by the customer.


lexentry: eng/subculture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subculture
trans_list: Subkultur
sense:
A portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features, often in contrast to the larger mainstream culture.


lexentry: eng/subdeacon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subdeacon
trans_list: Subdiakon
sense:
(Catholicism, chiefly, historical) A Catholic clerical rank in the major orders below that of a deacon.


lexentry: eng/subgroup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subgroup
trans_list: Untergruppe
sense:
A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.


lexentry: eng/subheading__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: subheading
trans_list: Haupttitel
sense:
A heading or caption subordinate to a main headline, heading, or title especially when inserted as a divider between sections (as of a newspaper or periodical article or story or text of a book).


lexentry: eng/subhuman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subhuman
trans_list: Untermensch
sense:
(inherently emic, usually, offensive) Any sentient creature, especially a humanoid one, which is less than human by some value judgment, opinion, or belief system (as for example an anthropocentric view of nonhuman primates or a Nazi view of various human outgroups).


lexentry: eng/subitize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subitize
trans_list: simultanerfassen
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, psychology) To judge (the number of objects in a group) rapidly, accurately and confidently without counting them. [from 1949]


lexentry: eng/subject__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subject
trans_list: Subjekt | Satzgegenstand | Thema
sense:
(grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.


lexentry: eng/subject__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: subject
trans_list: Testperson | Versuchsperson
sense:
A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.


lexentry: eng/subject__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: subject
trans_list: Subjekt
sense:
(philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.


lexentry: eng/subject__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subject
trans_list: aussetzen | unterziehen
sense:
(transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.


lexentry: eng/subject_matter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subject matter
trans_list: Inhalt
sense:
The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study.


lexentry: eng/subjective__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subjective
trans_list: subjektiv
sense:
Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, rather than upon observation or purely logical reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment.


lexentry: eng/subjective_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subjective case
trans_list: Subjektfall
sense:
(grammar) The form of a noun or pronoun used as the subject of a finite verb. In the active voice this is the agent, in the passive voice the subject is the receiver of the action. In both cases the subject is the thing subjected to what is said about it, it is the “topic of the statement”.


lexentry: eng/subjectivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: subjectivism
trans_list: Subjektivismus
sense:
(ethics) The doctrine that values and moral principles come from attitudes, convention, whim, or preference.


lexentry: eng/subjunctive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subjunctive
trans_list: subjunktiv | subjunktivisch
sense:
(grammar, of a verb) Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.


lexentry: eng/subjunctive_mood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subjunctive mood
trans_list: Konjunktiv | Möglichkeitsform | Subjunktiv
sense:
(grammar) Mood expressing an action or state which is hypothetical or anticipated rather than actual, including wishes and commands.


lexentry: eng/sublative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sublative
trans_list: Sublativ
sense:
(grammar) A case of nouns in Finno-Ugric languages used to express the destination of movement, originally onto the surface of something (e.g. climb onto a tree), and, by extension, in other figurative meanings as well (e.g. to university).


lexentry: eng/sublicense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sublicense
trans_list: Unterlizenz
sense:
(legal) A license granted by a licensee to a third party, under the authority of the license originally granted by a licensor to the licensee.


lexentry: eng/sublimate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sublimate
trans_list: sublimieren
sense:
(figurative, psychoanalysis) To modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of (such an instinct) into some acceptable activity.


lexentry: eng/sublimate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sublimate
trans_list: sublimieren
sense:
(generally) To change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/sublimate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sublimate
trans_list: sublimieren
sense:
(figurative, psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.


lexentry: eng/sublimation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sublimation
trans_list: Sublimation | Sublimierung
sense:
(chemistry) The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor state such that it does not pass through the intermediate liquid phase. [from late 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/sublime__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sublime
trans_list: grandios | vortrefflich
sense:
Of an aspect of art or nature: causing awe or deep respect due to its beauty or magnificence; awe-inspiring, impressive.


lexentry: eng/subliminal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subliminal
trans_list: unterschwellig | subtil | unterbewusst
sense:
(physiology) Of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also (generally) , below the threshold where a response can be produced. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/subliminal_message__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subliminal message
trans_list: unterschwellige Werbung
sense:
A signal or message embedded in another object, designed to pass below the normal limits of perception.


lexentry: eng/submanifold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: submanifold
trans_list: Untermannigfaltigkeit
sense:
(topology) A manifold which is a subset of another, so that the inclusion function is an embedding or, sometimes, an immersion.


lexentry: eng/submenu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: submenu
trans_list: Untermenü
sense:
(computing, graphical user interface) A secondary menu available through another menu, especially one that branches off the first.


lexentry: eng/submersible__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: submersible
trans_list: Tauchboot
sense:
(US) A very small "baby" submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications. Slang synonyms: midget-submarine, anchor.


lexentry: eng/submit__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: submit
trans_list: unterwerfen
sense:
(transitive, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.


lexentry: eng/submodule__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: submodule
trans_list: Untermodul
sense:
(algebra) A module contained in a larger module, both over the same ring, such that the ring multiplication in the former is a restriction of that in the latter.


lexentry: eng/subnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: subnet
trans_list: Netzwerkbereich | Subnetz | Teilnetz
sense:
(networking) A portion of a network that shares a network address in which each component is identified by a number.


lexentry: eng/subnival__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subnival
trans_list: subnival
sense:
Of a habitat: of an altitude, latitude, or type just below that which would be permanently covered by snow (the snow line).


lexentry: eng/suborbital__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suborbital
trans_list: suborbital
sense:
(astronomy) Not reaching orbit; having a trajectory that does not reach orbital velocity and so must return to ground eventually.


lexentry: eng/subordinate_clause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subordinate clause
trans_list: Nebensatz
sense:
(grammar) A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence but rather functions as either a noun, adjective, or adverb within a sentence, having been cued by any of various introductory words that subordinate it (complementize it).


lexentry: eng/subpoena__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subpoena
trans_list: Vorladung | Zwangsvorladung | Auskunftsanordnung
sense:
(law) A writ requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to produce evidence (subpoena duces tecum), in default of which the person may be punished.


lexentry: eng/subpoena__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subpoena
trans_list: zwangsvorladen
sense:
(law) To summon (someone) with a subpoena (noun sense 1) to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony or to produce evidence; to serve a subpoena on (someone).


lexentry: eng/subrogation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subrogation
trans_list: Surrogation
sense:
(legal) Substitution of a different person in place of a creditor or claimant with respect to certain rights and duties.


lexentry: eng/subscribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subscribe
trans_list: abonnieren
sense:
(ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.


lexentry: eng/subscribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: subscribe
trans_list: abonnieren
sense:
To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access, a cell phone plan, or a streaming service.


lexentry: eng/subscript__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (typography) A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it.
written_rep: subscript
trans_list:
Subskript | Tiefstellung | tiefgestelltes Druckzeichen | tiefgestelltes Zeichen | tiefstehendes Zeichen


lexentry: eng/subside__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: subside
trans_list: abklingen | abschwellen | nachlassen
sense:
(intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.


lexentry: eng/subsidence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: subsidence
trans_list: Absenkung | Senkung | Setzung
sense:
(geology) A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation, seismic activity or underground or ground water depletion, or the rocks in a geological basin, due to continued deposition from above.


lexentry: eng/subsidiarity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subsidiarity
trans_list: Subsidiarität
sense:
The principle that initiative (whether in government, business or religion) ought to reside at the lowest feasible level (i.e. at the local or regional level, instead of the national or supranational level, unless the latter presents clear advantages)


lexentry: eng/subsidiary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subsidiary
sense:
A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.

trans_list:
Tochtergesellschaft | Tochterfirma | Tochterunternehmen | Tochter | Zweigniederlassung | Zweigunternehmen


lexentry: eng/substantia_nigra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: substantia nigra
trans_list: Substantia nigra
sense:
(anatomy) A brain structure located in the mesencephalon (midbrain) that plays an important role in reward, addiction, and movement, damage to which occurs in Parkinson's and Parkinsonian patients. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/substantive_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: substantive law
trans_list: materielles Recht
sense:
(legal) The statutory or written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it.


lexentry: eng/substation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: substation
trans_list: Umspannwerk | Unterwerk
sense:
A site where electricity supplied by long-distance (high-voltage) transmission lines is transformed or regulated for local (low-voltage) distribution.


lexentry: eng/substituent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: substituent
trans_list: Substituent
sense:
(chemistry) Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.


lexentry: eng/substitute__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: substitute
trans_list: Auswechselspieler | Ersatzspieler | Austauschspieler
sense:
(sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.


lexentry: eng/substitute__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: substitute
trans_list: ersetzen
sense:
(transitive, formerly, _, proscribed, in the phrase "substitute X with/by Y") To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.


lexentry: eng/substitution__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: substitution
trans_list: Substituierung | Substitution
sense:
(chemistry, especially, organic chemistry) The replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another.


lexentry: eng/substitution__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: substitution
trans_list: Ersetzung | Substitution | lexikalische Ersetzung
sense:
(linguistics) The expansion of the lexicon of a language by native means in correspondence to a foreign term.


lexentry: eng/substrate__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: substrate
trans_list: Substrat | Substratsprache
sense:
(linguistics) A language that is replaced in a population by another language and that influences the language imposed on its speakers.


lexentry: eng/subsume__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subsume
trans_list: einordnen | fassen | klassifizieren | subsumieren | zusammenfassen
sense:
(transitive) To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.


lexentry: eng/subtend__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: subtend
trans_list: abschneiden | begrenzen | gegenüberliegen | sich erstrecken gegenüber von
sense:
(transitive, also mathematics) To extend or stretch opposite something; to be part of a straight or curved line that is opposite to and delimits an angle.


lexentry: eng/subterfuge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subterfuge
trans_list: Trick | Täuschung
sense:
(countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and diplomatics.


lexentry: eng/subtitle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: subtitle
trans_list: Untertitel
sense:
(cinematography, television) Textual versions of the dialogue in films (and similar media such as television or video games), usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.


lexentry: eng/subtlety__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subtlety
trans_list: Subtilität | Feinheit | Feinsinn | Feinsinnigkeit | Geschicklichkeit | Raffinesse
sense:
The quality of being done in a clever way that is not obvious or not direct; the quality of being carefully thought out. (of things)


lexentry: eng/suburb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suburb
trans_list: Vorstadt | Vorort
sense:
A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.


lexentry: eng/suburban__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suburban
trans_list: vorstädtisch | Vorort
sense:
Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.


lexentry: eng/subvert__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: subvert
trans_list: untergraben | unterlaufen
sense:
(transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).


lexentry: eng/subway-surface__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: subway-surface
trans_list: Stadtbahn
sense:
(rail, US) Streetcar lines whose sections in the city center operate in tunnels like subway lines; typically built to speed up streetcar service by bypassing congested streets, as provision for future conversion to rapid transit, or both.


lexentry: eng/subway__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: subway
trans_list: U-Bahn | Untergrundbahn
sense:
(Canada, US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.


lexentry: eng/succeed__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: succeed
trans_list: nachfolgen | gelingen | geraten
sense:
(intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).


lexentry: eng/successful__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: successful
trans_list: erfolgreich
sense:
Resulting in success; assuring, or promoting, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect


lexentry: eng/succinic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: succinic acid
trans_list: Bernsteinsäure
sense:
(carboxylic acid) A colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2, that occurs naturally in amber and is important in the metabolic Krebs cycle.


lexentry: eng/succubus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: succubus
trans_list: Sukkubus
sense:
(medieval folklore) A female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death.


lexentry: eng/such__Determiner__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: such
trans_list: solch | derartig | so ein
sense:
(demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.


lexentry: eng/suck__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suck
trans_list: saugen
sense:
(transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/suck__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: suck
trans_list: lutschen | saugen
sense:
(transitive) To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/suck__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: suck
trans_list: Scheiße sein | mies sein | zum Kotzen sein
sense:
(chiefly, North American, intransitive, stative, colloquial, sometimes, vulgar) To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/suck_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suck in
trans_list: einsaugen
sense:
(transitive) To draw inward using suction. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck,‎ in.


lexentry: eng/suck_it_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suck it up
trans_list: auf seine Kappe nehmen
sense:
(slang, idiomatic) To put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.


lexentry: eng/suck_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: suck up
trans_list: einschleimen
sense:
(slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.


lexentry: eng/sucker__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: sucker
trans_list: Säufer | Wurzelbrut | Wurzelschössling | Wurzelspross | Wurzeltrieb
sense:
A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; formerly used by children as a plaything.


lexentry: eng/sucker__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: sucker
trans_list: Blödmann | Depp | Dummkopf | Naivling | Volltrottel
sense:
(American, slang) A person who is easily deceived, tricked or persuaded to do something; a naive or gullible person. [from 1830s]


lexentry: eng/sucrose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sucrose
trans_list: Saccharose
sense:
(carbohydrate) A disaccharide with formula C12H22O11, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.


lexentry: eng/suction__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suction
trans_list: lutschen
sense:
To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in order to draw matter between the spaces.


lexentry: eng/sudden_infant_death_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sudden infant death syndrome
trans_list: Kindstod
sense:
(pathology) The sudden and unexplained death of an infant aged one month to one year, normally while sleeping.


lexentry: eng/sudoku__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sudoku
trans_list: Sudoku
sense:
(games, puzzles) A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants.


lexentry: eng/suede__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suede
trans_list: Wildleder | Veloursleder
sense:
A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.


lexentry: eng/suet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suet
trans_list: Flomenschmalz
sense:
The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.


lexentry: eng/suet_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suet cake
trans_list: Meisenknödel | Meisenring
sense:
A nutritional supplement for wild birds, commonly made of sunflower seeds and wheat or oat flakes mixed with suet, pork fat, or coconut oil.


lexentry: eng/suffice__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suffice
trans_list: ausreichen | genügen | reichen | genug sein
sense:
(intransitive) To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.


lexentry: eng/suffix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suffix
trans_list: Suffix | Nachsilbe | Suffixum | Postfix | Affixum | Affix
sense:
(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.


lexentry: eng/suffragette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suffragette
trans_list: Suffragette
sense:
(historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.


lexentry: eng/suffuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suffuse
trans_list: bedecken | durchfluten | erfüllen | überziehen
sense:
(transitive) To spread through or over (something), especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.


lexentry: eng/sufganiyah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sufganiyah
trans_list: Sufganiyah
sense:
a deep-fried ball-shaped doughnut, usually filled with jelly or custard and topped with powdered sugar


lexentry: eng/sugar-free__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sugar-free
trans_list: zuckerfrei
sense:
Of food, drink, medication, chewing gum, etc: not containing sugar (and usually sweetened with a sugar substitute instead).


lexentry: eng/sugar-loaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sugar-loaf
trans_list: Zuckerhut | Zuckerstock
sense:
(historical) A block of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone, in which form it was traditionally exported from the Caribbean and Brazil from the 17th century to the 19th century.


lexentry: eng/sugar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sugar
trans_list: Zucker
sense:
(uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.


lexentry: eng/sugar__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sugar
trans_list: Zucker
sense:
(countable, chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.


lexentry: eng/sugar_cane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sugar cane
trans_list: Zuckerrohr
sense:
A tropical grass of the genus Saccharum (especially the species Saccharum officinarum, including hybrids) having stout, fibrous, jointed stalks, the sap of which is a source of sugar.


lexentry: eng/sugar_daddy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sugar daddy
trans_list: Sponsor
sense:
(slang) A man who spends money on an often younger romantic or sexual partner in order to maintain the relationship.


lexentry: eng/sugar_glider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sugar glider
trans_list: Kurzkopfgleitbeutler
sense:
Petaurus breviceps, an omnivorous gliding arboreal marsupial, endemic to mainland Australia and New Guinea, and introduced to Tasmania in 1835.


lexentry: eng/sugar_mama__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sugar mama
trans_list: Sugar Mama
sense:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, informal) An older woman who spends money on a younger person, usually for romantic or sexual reasons.


lexentry: eng/sugar_maple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sugar maple
trans_list: Zuckerahorn
sense:
A North American hardwood tree, Acer saccharum, famed as the source of maple sugar and maple flavoring; the wood from such a tree.


lexentry: eng/sugar_phosphate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sugar phosphate
trans_list: Zuckerphosphat
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any phosphate ester of a sugar, many of which are used as a source of biochemical energy


lexentry: eng/sugar_spoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sugar spoon
trans_list: Zuckerlöffel
sense:
A spoon used for serving granulated sugar from a sugar bowl, often with a wider head than most other types of spoon.


lexentry: eng/sugarcoat__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sugarcoat
trans_list: beschönigen | schönreden
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to.


lexentry: eng/sugary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sugary
trans_list: süßlich | zuckrig | übersüßt
sense:
(figurative, somewhat, derogatory) Exaggeratedly sweet and pleasant, often to the point of aversion.


lexentry: eng/suicidal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: suicidal
trans_list: Selbstmord | suizidal
sense:
(of a voluntarily-chosen course of action) Highly likely to certain to result in the deaths of the participants; dangerous or reckless to such a degree as to be tantamount to suicide for those taking part.


lexentry: eng/suicidal_ideation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suicidal ideation
trans_list: Selbstmordgedanke | Selbstmordverherrlichung
sense:
Feelings, thoughts, contemplation of, a preoccupation with or a general desire for one's own suicide, or the idea of ceasing to exist. [20th c.]


lexentry: eng/suicide__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: suicide
trans_list: Selbstmord | Suizid | Freitod
sense:
(countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.


lexentry: eng/suicide__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: suicide
trans_list: Suizid
sense:
(figuratively) An action that could cause the literal or figurative death of a person or organization, although death is not the aim of the action.


lexentry: eng/suicide_bomber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suicide bomber
trans_list: Selbstmordattentäter | Selbstmordattentäterin
sense:
One who carries explosives on his or her body or in a vehicle and intends to detonate them (dying in the process) to kill people and inflict widespread damage, usually motivated by a political or religious cause.


lexentry: eng/suicide_note__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suicide note
trans_list: Abschiedsbrief
sense:
A message, usually a written note, left by someone who later attempts or commits suicide, usually explaining the reason for the suicide.


lexentry: eng/suicide_tourism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suicide tourism
trans_list: Sterbetourismus
sense:
Travel for the purpose of committing suicide, as for example to a country where assisted suicide is legal.


lexentry: eng/suit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: suit
trans_list: Anzugträger | Anzug
sense:
(pejorative, slang, metonym) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.


lexentry: eng/suit__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: suit
trans_list: Anzug | Farbe
sense:
(card games) Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by colour and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards.


lexentry: eng/suit__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: suit
trans_list: passen
sense:
(intransitive) To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with).


lexentry: eng/suitable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suitable
trans_list: geeignet | passend | angemessen
sense:
Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.


lexentry: eng/suitcase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suitcase
trans_list: Koffer | Reisetasche
sense:
A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.


lexentry: eng/suite__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: suite
trans_list: Suite
sense:
(music) An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet The Nutcracker, and the Carmen Suite is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera Carmen.


lexentry: eng/suitor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suitor
trans_list: Freier | Liebeswerber
sense:
One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.


lexentry: eng/sulcus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sulcus
trans_list: Furche
sense:
(anatomy) A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue, especially that marking the convolutions of the surface of the brain.


lexentry: eng/sulfasalazine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sulfasalazine
trans_list: Sulfasalazin
sense:
(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A sulfonamide antibiotic used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) and several types of inflammatory arthritis (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis).


lexentry: eng/sulfide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sulfide
trans_list: Sulfid | Sulfide
sense:
(American spelling, chemistry) Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.


lexentry: eng/sulfone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sulfone
trans_list: Sulfon
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds that have a sulfonyl functional group attached to two carbon atoms; drugs of this structure have been used to treat leprosy.


lexentry: eng/sulfosalt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sulfosalt
trans_list: Sulfosalz
sense:
(mineral) A complex sulfide mineral with certain proportions of a metal, a semi-metal, and sulfur (or, rarely, selenium).


lexentry: eng/sulfur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sulfur
trans_list: Schwefel
sense:
(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder, and matchsticks.


lexentry: eng/sulfur_dioxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sulfur dioxide
trans_list: Schwefeldioxid
sense:
(American spelling, inorganic compound) A toxic gas, of molecular formula SO2 that is found in the emissions of volcanos and those of burning coal or petroleum; dissolves in water to form sulfurous acid and, in the presence of oxygen, sulfuric acid, and is thus responsible for acid rain.


lexentry: eng/sulfur_hexafluoride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sulfur hexafluoride
trans_list: Schwefelhexafluorid
sense:
(chemistry) a gaseous binary compound, SF6, of sulfur and fluorine, used in the electricity industry as a dielectric


lexentry: eng/sulfur_trioxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sulfur trioxide
trans_list: Schwefeltrioxid
sense:
(inorganic compound) A corrosive liquid, SO3, which forms sulfuric acid on contact with water; made commercially by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide.


lexentry: eng/sulfuric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sulfuric acid
trans_list: Schwefelsäure
sense:
(American spelling, inorganic compound) A transparent, oily liquid, formula H2SO4, that is a strong acid with very many industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/sulfurous_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sulfurous acid
trans_list: schweflige Säure
sense:
(inorganic compound) The weak acid, H2SO3, present in a solution of sulfur dioxide in water; it is a reducing agent and mild bleach.


lexentry: eng/sultan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sultan
trans_list: Sultan
sense:
A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, Morocco (until 1956) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/sum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sum
trans_list: Summe
sense:
(often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).


lexentry: eng/summa_cum_laude__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: summa cum laude
trans_list: sehr gut mit Auszeichnung | summa cum laude
sense:
With highest (of three degrees of) praise; as noted, as an honor, on diplomas and degrees for work that is considered to be of the highest quality.


lexentry: eng/summary_offence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: summary offence
trans_list: Vergehen
sense:
(legal, British, Australian, Canadian, Hong Kong) A crime in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment, as required for an indictable offence.


lexentry: eng/summer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: summer
trans_list: Sommer | Sommerzeit
sense:
One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/summer_roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: summer roll
trans_list: Frühlingsrolle
sense:
(cuisine) Gỏi cuốn, a Vietnamese roll made of pork, prawn, vegetables, rice vermicelli, and other ingredients wrapped in rice paper.


lexentry: eng/summer_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: summer school
trans_list: Sommerakademie
sense:
Any of various academic sessions held in the summer at schools or universities when the usual students are away; either for supplementary or remedial study or as part of distance learning.


lexentry: eng/summer_solstice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: summer solstice
trans_list: Sommersonnenwende
sense:
(astronomy) The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun.


lexentry: eng/summer_squash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: summer squash
trans_list: Sommerkürbis
sense:
Any of various squashes, mostly varieties of Curcubita pepo, that are harvested when immature, while the rind is still tender and edible.


lexentry: eng/summer_tire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: summer tire
trans_list: Sommerreifen
sense:
(slang) all-season tires (due to the fact that they are typically factory fitted to cars for summer use, and by law, they cannot be used in some jurisdictions in winter)


lexentry: eng/summerhouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: summerhouse
trans_list: Sommerhaus
sense:
A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year.


lexentry: eng/summit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: summit
trans_list: Gipfeltreffen | Gipfel
sense:
(by extension) An assembly or gathering of the leaders of countries to discuss issues of international significance; also (loosely) , an important or high-level gathering or meeting.


lexentry: eng/summit_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: summit disease
trans_list: Gipfelkrankheit
sense:
(plant disease) A disease (usually fungal, caused by the species complex Entomophaga grylli) that affects various species of insect, especially grasshoppers, whereby the infected individual typically climbs to the upper parts of a plant, attaches itself there and dies, at which point the infecting agent disperses itself, usually in the form of spores.


lexentry: eng/summon_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: summon up
trans_list: sammeln
sense:
To look within oneself to find and put into action a particular positive quality, such as strength, energy or courage.


lexentry: eng/sumo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sumo
trans_list: Sumo
sense:
(uncountable) A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground.


lexentry: eng/sumptuary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sumptuary
trans_list: aufwendig
sense:
Chiefly in sumptuary law: of a law, regulation, etc.: intended to limit or restrain the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., or to forbid the use of certain articles (especially luxurious ones), to regulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labour, or to reinforce morals or social hierarchies.


lexentry: eng/sun_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sun dog
trans_list: Nebensonne
sense:
A bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on a parhelic circle on both sides of the sun (or occasionally above and below it), caused by the refraction of the sun's image through ice crystals.


lexentry: eng/sun_gear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sun gear
trans_list: Sonne
sense:
The central gear wheel of an epicyclic gear train; the central gear in planetary gear box, which spins the planet gears


lexentry: eng/sun_letter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sun letter
trans_list: Sonnenbuchstabe
sense:
(linguistics) One of fourteen Arabic letters that cause the "L" of a preceding definite article اَل to be assimilated in pronunciation. The sun letter suppresses the sound of the "L" and then geminates: al + ṣīn = aṣ-ṣīn. The effect of the sun letter is limited to pronunciation and does not affect the spelling, except that a shadda may be written over the sun letter and in the fully vocalised spelling lām lacks any diacritics: الصِّين. The fourteen sun letters are ت, ث, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ل, ن. Phonetically, they represent coronal consonants.


lexentry: eng/sunbathing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sunbathing
trans_list: Sonnenbaden
sense:
The act of lying outdoors exposed to the sun, usually wearing little or no clothing, especially in order to get a tan.


lexentry: eng/sunbittern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sunbittern
trans_list: Sonnenralle
sense:
Any member of species Eurypyga helias of birds found in the New World tropics, the sole member of the family Eurypygidae.


lexentry: eng/sunburn__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sunburn
trans_list: Sonnenbrand bekommen
sense:
(transitive) To burn or tan (someone's skin) by the sun; to allow (a part of one's body) to become sunburnt.


lexentry: eng/sundew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sundew
trans_list: Sonnentau
sense:
Any of a group of insectivorous plants in the genus Drosera that catch insects by sticky droplets ("dew") at the end of hairs on the leaves and grow in boggy ground all over the world.


lexentry: eng/sundial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sundial
trans_list: Sonnenuhr
sense:
A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.


lexentry: eng/sundress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sundress
trans_list: Sommerkleid
sense:
A typically sleeveless dress, usually a minidress, made of light, loose-fitting material for spring and summer wear.


lexentry: eng/sunfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sunfish
trans_list: Sonnenbarsch
sense:
Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.


lexentry: eng/sunflower_seed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sunflower seed
trans_list: Sonnenblumenkern
sense:
A seed of a sunflower, especially roasted and eaten as a snack; also used as bird food and in the manufacture of sunflower oil.


lexentry: eng/sunglasses__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sunglasses
trans_list: Sonnenbrille
sense:
Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light. May also be worn as a fashion accessory. Plural of sunglass.


lexentry: eng/sungrebe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sungrebe
trans_list: Zwergbinsenralle
sense:
A species of aquatic bird, Heliornis fulica, in a monotypic genus of the family Heliornithidae, found in Central and South America.


lexentry: eng/sunk_cost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sunk cost
trans_list: versunkene Kosten
sense:
(economics) A cost that has already been incurred and which cannot be recovered to any significant degree.


lexentry: eng/sunken__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sunken
trans_list: gesunken | versunken
sense:
caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged


lexentry: eng/sunken__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sunken
trans_list: eingefallen
sense:
(of eyes or cheeks) Seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age.


lexentry: eng/sunlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sunlight
trans_list: Sonnenlicht
sense:
All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the Earth.


lexentry: eng/sunnah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sunnah
trans_list: Sunna
sense:
(Islam) (An example of) Muhammad's way of life, as recorded in the hadiths, especially when viewed as a model for Muslims to emulate.


lexentry: eng/sunroof__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sunroof
trans_list: Schiebedach
sense:
(automotive) A fixed or operable opening in a vehicle roof (car or truck) which allows fresh air and/or light to enter the passenger compartment. A sunroof may include a transparent or opaque panel and may be manually operated or power driven.


lexentry: eng/sunscreen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sunscreen
trans_list: Sonnencreme | Sonnenkreme | Sonnenschutzcreme
sense:
A topical product for the skin containing organic compounds that absorb, and/or titanium dioxide that reflects the sun's ultraviolet radiation, such as sunblock.


lexentry: eng/sunset_clause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sunset clause
trans_list: Auslaufklausel
sense:
(law) A provision of a law which says the law or something under it, as an agency or benefit established by it, will come to an end on a particular date or after a particular period of time.


lexentry: eng/sunspot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sunspot
trans_list: Sonnenfleck
sense:
(astronomy) A region on the sun's surface with a lower temperature than its surroundings and intense magnetic activity.


lexentry: eng/sunstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sunstone
trans_list: Sonnenstein
sense:
A stone, possibly Icelandic spar, said in late medieval sources to have been used by navigators in the Viking Age and later to find the location of the sun in an overcast sky, possibly via polatization of light.


lexentry: eng/super-Earth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: super-Earth
trans_list: Supererde
sense:
(astronomy) Any extrasolar rocky planet several times larger than Earth, especially such a planet detected as it transits its star.


lexentry: eng/super_high_frequency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: super high frequency
trans_list: Zentimeterwellenbereich
sense:
(telecommunication) The frequency area from 3 GHz through 30 GHz, commonly used for microwave devices, WLAN, and radars.


lexentry: eng/superacid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superacid
trans_list: Supersäure
sense:
Any substance having a very high acidity; typically a solution of a strong Lewis acid in a Brønsted acid.


lexentry: eng/superannuate__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: superannuate
trans_list: in Pension gehen
sense:
(transitive) To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.


lexentry: eng/superatom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superatom
trans_list: Superatom
sense:
(physics, chemistry) A metamaterial, a cluster of atoms which acts like a single atom. It seems to exhibit some of the properties of elemental atoms.


lexentry: eng/supercell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supercell
trans_list: Superzelle
sense:
(meteorology) A severe thunderstorm with updrafts and downdrafts that are in near balance, allowing the storm to maintain itself for several hours. Supercells often produce large hail, powerful downpours, very strong winds and sometimes tornadoes.


lexentry: eng/superclass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superclass
trans_list: Überklasse
sense:
(computing, object-oriented programming) A high-level class that passes attributes and methods down the hierarchy to subclasses.


lexentry: eng/superconductivity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superconductivity
trans_list: Supraleitung
sense:
(physics) The property of a material whereby it has no resistance to the flow of an electric current.


lexentry: eng/supercritical_fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supercritical fluid
trans_list: überkritisches Fluid
sense:
(physics) A substance at a temperature and pressure above its own thermodynamic critical point that can diffuse through solids like a gas and dissolve materials like a liquid.


lexentry: eng/superdeterminism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superdeterminism
trans_list: Superdeterminismus
sense:
(physics, quantum mechanics) A form of determinism that precludes the assumption, made by Bell's theorem, that an experimenter can make measurements that are independent of each other and of any hidden variables.


lexentry: eng/superego__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superego
trans_list: Über-Ich | Superego
sense:
(psychoanalysis) The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.


lexentry: eng/supererogatory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supererogatory
trans_list: übergebührlich
sense:
Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is required, especially with reference to good works in Roman Catholicism.


lexentry: eng/superessive_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superessive case
trans_list: Superessiv
sense:
(grammar) Noun case used to indicate location on an object. In English, it roughly corresponds to the prepositions "on" or "on top of", as in "on top of the house". Hungarian is a language that uses the superessive case.


lexentry: eng/superficial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superficial
trans_list: oberflächlich | äußerlich
sense:
(anatomy, relational, often with to) Closer to the surface of the body; especially, situated or occurring on the skin or immediately beneath it.


lexentry: eng/superfluidity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superfluidity
trans_list: Suprafluidität
sense:
(physics) The frictionless flow that is characteristic of a fluid with zero viscosity, especially liquid helium at temperatures near absolute zero.


lexentry: eng/supergrid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supergrid
trans_list: Verbundnetz
sense:
A wide-area transmission network that makes it possible to trade high volumes of electricity across great distances.


lexentry: eng/superheating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superheating
trans_list: Überhitzung
sense:
The heating of a substance above a temperature at which a change of state normally occurs, without it occurring; especially the heating of a liquid above its boiling point.


lexentry: eng/superhero__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superhero
trans_list: Superheld
sense:
Any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things.


lexentry: eng/superlative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: superlative
trans_list: superlativisch
sense:
(grammar) Of or relating to the superlative degree (a degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs).


lexentry: eng/superlative__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: superlative
trans_list: Superlativ | Höchststufe | Meiststufe
sense:
(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing three or more entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the superlative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -est or the word most (e.g. tiniest, most fully); the superlative of inferiority, by adding the word least (e.g. least big, least fully).


lexentry: eng/superlative_degree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superlative degree
trans_list: Superlativ
sense:
(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing three or more entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the superlative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -est or the word most (e.g. biggest, most fully); the superlative of inferiority, by adding the word least (e.g. least big, least fully).


lexentry: eng/supermajority__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supermajority
trans_list: qualifizierte Mehrheit
sense:
(chiefly, North American) A majority of the items being counted that reaches some preset threshold significantly greater than 50 percent, such as two thirds.


lexentry: eng/superman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superman
trans_list: Übermensch
sense:
(chiefly, philosophy) An imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; an übermensch, an overman. [from 1903.]


lexentry: eng/supermoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supermoon
trans_list: Supermond
sense:
(astrology, astronomy) A full moon or new moon, when the Earth–Moon distance is in the lowest tenth of its range.


lexentry: eng/supernatant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supernatant
trans_list: Schwimmer
sense:
(chiefly, of a liquid) Lying or floating above a denser fluid, or above a solid sediment or precipitate (which has been separated by crystallisation, centrifugation etc.).


lexentry: eng/supernatural__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supernatural
trans_list: übernatürlich
sense:
Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born.


lexentry: eng/supernova__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supernova
trans_list: Supernova
sense:
(star) A powerful and bright explosion of a massive star, which afterwards becomes a neutron star or a black hole, or is destroyed.


lexentry: eng/superorganism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superorganism
trans_list: Superorganismus
sense:
(biology) A social colony of individuals who, through division of labour, effective communication and self-organization, form a highly connected community that functions as if it were a single organism.


lexentry: eng/superposition_principle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superposition principle
trans_list: Superpositionsprinzip
sense:
(mathematics, physics) The principle stating that for a linear system, the net response is the sum of the response associated with each individual input.


lexentry: eng/superpower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superpower
trans_list: Supermacht
sense:
(countable) A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union.


lexentry: eng/superpower__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: superpower
trans_list: Superkraft
sense:
(countable, fiction) An extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.


lexentry: eng/supersaturation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: supersaturation
trans_list: Übersättigung
sense:
(physiology) The condition of a solution of gases in a tissue having a higher concentration in terms of sum of partial pressures than the ambient pressure.


lexentry: eng/superscript__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superscript
sense:
(typography) A type of lettering form that appears as a number, figure, or symbol above the normal line of type, located at the right or left of another symbol or text.

trans_list:
Exponent | Hochstellung | Hochzahl | Superskript | hochgestelltes Druckzeichen | hochgestelltes Zeichen


lexentry: eng/superscription__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superscription
trans_list: die Aufschrift, (под илюстрация) - die Legende, (на филм) - der Untertitel
sense:
Something written (or engraved) on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, etc.


lexentry: eng/superset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superset
trans_list: Obermenge | Übermenge
sense:
(set theory) (symbol: ⊇) With respect to another set, a set such that each of the elements of the other set is also an element of the set.


lexentry: eng/supersonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supersonic
trans_list: Überschall
sense:
(of a speed) Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).


lexentry: eng/superstition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: superstition
trans_list: Aberglaube
sense:
A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way.


lexentry: eng/superstructure__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: superstructure
trans_list: Überbau
sense:
(Marxism) The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values.


lexentry: eng/supersymmetry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supersymmetry
trans_list: Supersymmetrie
sense:
(physics) A theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical symmetry between bosons and fermions.


lexentry: eng/supervillain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supervillain
trans_list: Superschurke | Schurke
sense:
A fantasy-fiction criminal or evil-doer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero.


lexentry: eng/supervisor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supervisor
trans_list: Aufseher | Vorgesetzter
sense:
(management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.


lexentry: eng/supervisory_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supervisory board
trans_list: Aufsichtsrat
sense:
A group of people chosen by the shareholders of a company to promote their interests through the governance of the company and to hire and supervise the executive directors and CEO.


lexentry: eng/supine__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: supine
trans_list: Supinum | Lagewort
sense:
(grammar, also, attributively) (obsolete terminology) The 'to'-prefixed infinitive in English or other Germanic languages, so named because the infinitive was regarded as a verbal noun and the 'to'-prefixed form of it was seen as the dative form of the verbal noun; the full infinitive.


lexentry: eng/supine_tense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supine tense
trans_list: Lagewort
sense:
(grammar) A verb form, used together with a form of the auxiliary verb ha (to have) to create the perfect and pluperfect tenses.


lexentry: eng/supplement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: supplement
trans_list: Supplement | Anhang | Nachtrag | Supplementband
sense:
An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors, or brings up to date.


lexentry: eng/supplement__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: supplement
trans_list: Beilage | Supplement
sense:
(journalism, scientific literature) An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject; an additional section of a journal issue, or an additional issue, for a similar purpose.


lexentry: eng/supplement__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: supplement
trans_list: Supplement | Ergänzungsmittel
sense:
(nutrition, bodybuilding) A vitamin, herbal extract, or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development; the dosage form that conveys or embodies it (e.g., tablet, capsule, pill, powder, beverage).


lexentry: eng/suppletion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: suppletion
trans_list: Suppletion | Suppletivismus
sense:
(linguistics, grammar) The use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking, e.g. using “to be able” as the infinitive of “can”, or “better” as the comparative of “good”, or “went” as the simple past of “go”.


lexentry: eng/suppletive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: suppletive
trans_list: suppletivisch
sense:
(grammar) Supplying an etymologically unrelated word with forms, or which is used as one of its forms, by suppletion (for example, in English, better and best are suppletive forms of good).


lexentry: eng/supplicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supplicate
trans_list: bitten
sense:
(specifically, religion) To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.


lexentry: eng/supply-side_economics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supply-side economics
trans_list: Angebotspolitik
sense:
(economics) A branch of economics that focuses on the supply side of the economy and on tax reductions.


lexentry: eng/supply__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: supply
trans_list: vertreten
sense:
(transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.


lexentry: eng/supply_and_demand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supply and demand
trans_list: Angebot und Nachfrage
sense:
(economics) A capitalistic model of price determination in a market, according to which, holding all else equal in a competitive market, the unit price for a particular good will eventually settle at a point where the quantity demanded will equal the quantity supplied (at the current price).


lexentry: eng/supply_chain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supply chain
trans_list: Lieferkette | Beschaffungskette | Zulieferkette
sense:
A system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from the supplier to the customer.


lexentry: eng/supply_teacher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supply teacher
trans_list: Vertretungslehrer | Vertretungslehrerin | Aushilfslehrer | Aushilfslehrerin
sense:
(UK, Irish, ) A teacher who fills a temporary position in a school on a short-term basis; often supplied by an agency.


lexentry: eng/support__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: support
trans_list: Träger
sense:
(mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.


lexentry: eng/support__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: support
trans_list: Lager
sense:
(structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.


lexentry: eng/support__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: support
trans_list: unterstützen | kompatibel sein
sense:
(transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).


lexentry: eng/supporter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supporter
trans_list: Anhängerin | Anhänger | Parteigänger | Parteigängerin | Unterstützer | Unterstützerin
sense:
A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.


lexentry: eng/suppose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suppose
trans_list: vermuten | annehmen | vermeinen
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.


lexentry: eng/suppository__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suppository
trans_list: Zäpfchen | Suppositorium
sense:
(medicine) A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.


lexentry: eng/suppression__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: suppression
trans_list: Verdrängung
sense:
(psychology) A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.


lexentry: eng/suppression__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: suppression
trans_list: Unterdrückung
sense:
(military) The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.


lexentry: eng/supracargo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supracargo
trans_list: Cargadeur | Cargador
sense:
(historical) An officer on board a merchant ship who is in charge of the cargo and its sale; also, if there are two of such officers, the senior one, the other being the subcargo.


lexentry: eng/supremum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: supremum
trans_list: Supremum
sense:
(set theory) (real analysis) : Given a subset X of R, the smallest real number that is ≥ every element of X; (order theory) : given a subset X of a partially ordered set P (with partial order ≤), the least element y of P such that every element of X is ≤ y.


lexentry: eng/surety__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: surety
trans_list: Bürgschaft
sense:
(legal) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.


lexentry: eng/surety__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: surety
trans_list: Bürge
sense:
(legal) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.


lexentry: eng/suretyship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suretyship
trans_list: Bürgschaft
sense:
(legal) An accessory agreement through which one binds oneself for another already bound, either in whole or in part, as for one's debt, default or miscarriage; the assumption of liability for the obligations of another.


lexentry: eng/surface-mount__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: surface-mount
trans_list: Oberflächenmontage-
sense:
(electronics) Pertaining or relating to the technology of soldering electronic components on top of printed circuit boards.


lexentry: eng/surface-to-air__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surface-to-air
trans_list: Boden-Luft
sense:
(of a missile) fired from the ground, or from a ship, at an aircraft in flight, or at an incoming missile


lexentry: eng/surface__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: surface
trans_list: Fläche | Oberfläche
sense:
(mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.


lexentry: eng/surface__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: surface
trans_list: ans Licht kommen | publik werden
sense:
(intransitive, of information, facts, content, etc) To become known or apparent; to appear or be found; to come to light.


lexentry: eng/surface_tension__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surface tension
trans_list: Oberflächenspannung
sense:
(physics) the effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is caused by unbalanced intermolecular forces


lexentry: eng/surface_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surface water
trans_list: Oberflächenwasser
sense:
(geography) Water collecting on the ground or in a stream, river, lake, sea or ocean, as opposed to groundwater.


lexentry: eng/surfactant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surfactant
trans_list: Tensid | Benetzungsmittel | Detergens | Dispergiermittel | Netzmittel | grenzflächenaktiver Stoff
sense:
(chemistry) A surface-active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic “head” and a hydrophobic “tail”.


lexentry: eng/surfboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surfboard
trans_list: Surfbrett | Wellenreiterbrett
sense:
A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.


lexentry: eng/surfeit__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: surfeit
trans_list: vollstopfen | überfüttern
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.


lexentry: eng/surficial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surficial
trans_list: oberflächlich
sense:
(geology, astronomy) Of or pertaining to the surface of something, particularly the surface of the Earth.


lexentry: eng/surge__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: surge
trans_list: Brandung
sense:
(aviation) A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to disruption of the airflow entering the engine's air intake, accompanied by loud banging noises, emission of flame, and temporary loss of thrust.


lexentry: eng/surge_protector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surge protector
trans_list: Überspannungsableiter | Überspannungsschutz
sense:
An appliance designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes by limiting the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or by shorting to ground any unwanted voltages above a safe threshold.


lexentry: eng/surgeonfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surgeonfish
trans_list: Doktorfisch
sense:
Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.


lexentry: eng/surgery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surgery
trans_list: Chirurgie | Operation
sense:
(medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.


lexentry: eng/surgery_hours__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surgery hours
trans_list: Sprechstunden
sense:
The time during which a medical doctor regularly receives patients to his or her surgery for consultation or treatment.


lexentry: eng/surgical_mask__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surgical mask
trans_list: Mundschutz | Schutzmaske | Mund-Nasen-Schutz | Mund-Nasen-Maske
sense:
(medicine, infectious disease) A mask worn to catch bacteria shed in liquid droplets and aerosols from the wearer's mouth and nose.


lexentry: eng/surjection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surjection
trans_list: Surjektion | surjektive Funktion
sense:
(set theory) A function for which every element of the codomain is mapped to by some element of the domain; (formally) Any function f: X\rightarrow Y for which for every y \in Y, there is at least one x \in X such that f(x) = y.


lexentry: eng/surmise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surmise
trans_list: Vermutung | Mutmaßung
sense:
Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.


lexentry: eng/surname__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surname
trans_list: Familienname | Nachname
sense:
The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).


lexentry: eng/surplice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surplice
trans_list: Chorhemd | Chorrock | Superpelliceum
sense:
A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.


lexentry: eng/surplus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surplus
trans_list: Überschuss | Rest
sense:
That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus; overage.


lexentry: eng/surprise_party__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surprise party
trans_list: Überraschungsparty | Überraschungfest | Überraschungsfeier
sense:
A preplanned party in which participants secretively gather in a certain location, wait for the arrival of the person they wish to honour and, traditionally, greet the arrival of the honoured person by shouting, "Surprise!".


lexentry: eng/surra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surra
trans_list: Surra
sense:
A disease of vertebrate animals caused by protozoan trypanosomes, involving fever, weakness, and lethargy.


lexentry: eng/surrealism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surrealism
trans_list: Surrealismus
sense:
(art) An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.


lexentry: eng/surrender__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: surrender
trans_list: kapitulieren | ergeben
sense:
(intransitive, or, reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.


lexentry: eng/surrogate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: surrogate
trans_list: Ersatz | Substitut
sense:
A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.


lexentry: eng/surrogate_mother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surrogate mother
trans_list: Leihmutter | Ersatzmutter
sense:
A woman who gives birth to a child with the intent to give this child to at least one of the biological parents (not including herself, if she is one of them)


lexentry: eng/surroundings__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surroundings
trans_list: Umgebung
sense:
The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance.


lexentry: eng/survey__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: survey
trans_list: Untersuchung
sense:
A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality.


lexentry: eng/survey__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: survey
trans_list: Vermessung
sense:
The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of any part of the Earth's surface.


lexentry: eng/survey__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: survey
trans_list: examinieren | inspizieren | untersuchen
sense:
To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of


lexentry: eng/survey__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: survey
trans_list: abschätzen | begutachten | evaluieren | vermessen
sense:
To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurements, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry


lexentry: eng/survey__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: survey
trans_list: abschätzen | begutachten | evaluieren
sense:
To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same.


lexentry: eng/survey__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: survey
trans_list: befragen | erfragen
sense:
To investigate the opinions, experiences, etc., of people by asking them questions; to conduct a survey; to administer a questionnaire.


lexentry: eng/surveying__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: surveying
trans_list: Vermessung
sense:
The applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them.


lexentry: eng/surveyor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: surveyor
trans_list: Gutachter
sense:
(UK) A person charged with inspecting something for the purpose of determining its condition, value, etc.


lexentry: eng/survival__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: survival
trans_list: Relikt | Überbleibsel | Überlebsel | Überrest
sense:
(anthropology) A custom or belief that persists in folklore from earlier times, when the rationale behind it is forgotten.


lexentry: eng/survivalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: survivalism
trans_list: Prepper
sense:
A belief, expressed by survivalists, in being prepared to survive disasters and cataclysms including the collapse of civilization.


lexentry: eng/survivalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: survivalist
trans_list: Prepper
sense:
A person who believes in being prepared to survive and is actively preparing for possible future emergencies and disruptions in local, regional, national, or international social or political order.


lexentry: eng/survive__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: survive
trans_list: überleben
sense:
(transitive) To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to live past (a life-threatening event); to outlast (something).


lexentry: eng/survivorship_bias__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: survivorship bias
trans_list: Überlebendenverzerrung
sense:
A form of selection bias in which only the people or things that "survived" some process are considered, while those that did not are inadvertently overlooked because of their lack of visibility.


lexentry: eng/susceptibility__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: susceptibility
trans_list: Suszeptibilität
sense:
(physics) electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).


lexentry: eng/suspended_animation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suspended animation
trans_list: Scheintod
sense:
A temporary cessation of breathing and consciousness resembling death; often the result of asphyxia.


lexentry: eng/suspended_cymbal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suspended cymbal
trans_list: hängendes Becken
sense:
(musical instruments) a cymbal that is suspended horizontally and usually played with one or two sticks


lexentry: eng/suspended_sentence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suspended sentence
trans_list: Bewährungsstrafe
sense:
(legal) A sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force.


lexentry: eng/suspender__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: suspender
trans_list: Strumpfbandhalter
sense:
(British) An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.


lexentry: eng/suspender_belt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suspender belt
trans_list: Straps | Strumpfgürtel
sense:
(UK, Irish) An item of women's underwear consisting of a belt to which are attached suspenders for holding up stockings.


lexentry: eng/suspense__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: suspense
trans_list: Anspannung | Spannung
sense:
(legal) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.


lexentry: eng/suspension__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: suspension
trans_list: Suspension
sense:
(chemistry, physics) The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.


lexentry: eng/suspension__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: suspension
trans_list: Vorhalt
sense:
(music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.


lexentry: eng/suspension__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: suspension
trans_list: Federung | Aufhängung
sense:
(vehicle) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.


lexentry: eng/sustainability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sustainability
trans_list: Nachhaltigkeit
sense:
(ecology) A means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, planning and acting for the ability to maintain these necessary resources for future generations.


lexentry: eng/sustainable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: sustainable
trans_list: nachhaltig
sense:
Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable.


lexentry: eng/sustainable_development__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sustainable development
trans_list: nachhaltige Entwicklung
sense:
(agriculture, ecology) Development which seeks to produce sustainable economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same by not exceeding the regenerative capacity of nature.


lexentry: eng/susuki_grass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: susuki grass
trans_list: Chinaschilf
sense:
Miscanthus sinensis, a species of grass native to eastern Asia, including China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea.


lexentry: eng/suture__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: suture
trans_list: Knochennaht | Sutur
sense:
(anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.


lexentry: eng/suzerain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suzerain
trans_list: Oberstaat | Suzerän | Oberherr
sense:
(international, _, politics) A dominant nation or state that has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which otherwise has domestic autonomy.


lexentry: eng/suzerainty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: suzerainty
trans_list: Suzeränität | Oberherrschaft | Oberhoheit
sense:
A relation between states in which a subservient nation has its own government, but is unable to take international action independent of the superior state; a similar relationship between other entities.


lexentry: eng/svarabhakti__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: svarabhakti
trans_list: Svarabhakti | Swarabhakti
sense:
(linguistics, phonology) The epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis.


lexentry: eng/svengali__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: svengali
trans_list: Drahtzieher | Graue Eminenz | Königsmacher | Manipulator | Puppenspieler | Strippenzieher
sense:
One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.


lexentry: eng/swab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swab
trans_list: Tupfer
sense:
(medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.


lexentry: eng/swag__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swag
trans_list: Beute | Diebesgut | Sore | Swag | Werbegeschenk
sense:
(Australia, ambitransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket). [From 1850s.]


lexentry: eng/swagman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swagman
trans_list: Tagelöhner | Wanderarbeiter
sense:
(Australia, New Zealand, historical) A man who travels around with a swag; specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging.


lexentry: eng/swale__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: swale
trans_list: Drängraben | Flutgraben | Rigole
sense:
A shallow troughlike depression created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.


lexentry: eng/swale__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: swale
trans_list: Sickergraben | Versickerungsgraben | Versickerungsmulde
sense:
Bioswale, a shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope), whose purpose is to allow water time to percolate into the soil.


lexentry: eng/swale__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: swale
trans_list: Senke
sense:
A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.


lexentry: eng/swallow-tailed_kite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swallow-tailed kite
trans_list: Schwalbenweih
sense:
Any of the species of kite native from southeastern North America through most of South America,Elanoides forficatus.


lexentry: eng/swallow__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swallow
trans_list: Schwalbe
sense:
A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.


lexentry: eng/swallow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swallow
trans_list: schlucken | schlingen
sense:
(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/swallow__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: swallow
trans_list: verschlucken | schlucken
sense:
(intransitive) To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/swallowtail__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: swallowtail
trans_list: Schwalbenschwanz
sense:
Any of various butterflies of the family Papilionidae, many of which have a long extension to each hindwing.


lexentry: eng/swamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swamp
trans_list: Sumpf | Moor
sense:
A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground that is a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals, though is ill- suited for many agricultural purposes (a type of wetland). (Compare marsh, bog, fen.)


lexentry: eng/swamp_beacon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swamp beacon
trans_list: Sumpf-Haubenpilz
sense:
An inedible mushroom of species Mitrula paludosa, commonly found in swamps and bogs across parts of North America and Europe.


lexentry: eng/swampland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swampland
trans_list: Sumpf
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Low-lying land that is regularly flooded; especially such land that is drier than a bog or a marsh.


lexentry: eng/swan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swan
trans_list: Schwan | Schwänin
sense:
Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.


lexentry: eng/swap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: swap
trans_list: Swap
sense:
(finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.


lexentry: eng/sward__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sward
trans_list: Gras
sense:
(uncountable) Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.


lexentry: eng/swarf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swarf
trans_list: Span | Späne
sense:
(uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/swarm_intelligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swarm intelligence
trans_list: Schwarmintelligenz
sense:
(artificial intelligence) The collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems, whether natural or artificial.


lexentry: eng/swastika__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swastika
trans_list: Hakenkreuz | Swastika
sense:
(countable) A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, but now mainly seen and used in the West (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.


lexentry: eng/sway__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sway
trans_list: beeinflussen | beherrschen
sense:
(transitive) To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.


lexentry: eng/sway__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: sway
trans_list: schaukeln | beeinflussen | hin- und herschwingen | schwanken | wiegen
sense:
(transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.


lexentry: eng/sweat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sweat
trans_list: Schweiß | Schwitze
sense:
Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.


lexentry: eng/sweat__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: sweat
trans_list: anschwitzen
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, cooking) To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.


lexentry: eng/sweating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sweating
trans_list: Schwitzen
sense:
The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.


lexentry: eng/sweating_sickness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sweating sickness
trans_list: englischer Schweiss
sense:
(historical, disease) An unidentified, highly virulent disease with aches and sweating, the cause of a series of epidemics in England and Europe between 1485 and 1551.


lexentry: eng/sweatshirt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sweatshirt
trans_list: Sweatshirt
sense:
A loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel.


lexentry: eng/sweatshop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sweatshop
trans_list: Ausbeutungsbetrieb | Sweatshop
sense:
A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal. [from 1892]


lexentry: eng/sweep__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sweep
trans_list: Steuermann | Sweeper
sense:
A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.


lexentry: eng/sweep__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: sweep
trans_list: Küstendrift | Küstenlängsströmung | Küstenströmung | Litoralströmung
sense:
A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.


lexentry: eng/sweep__Noun__1
sense_num: 19
written_rep: sweep
trans_list: Brunnenschwengel | Schwingbaum | Schöpfschwengel
sense:
A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.


lexentry: eng/sweep__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: sweep
trans_list: wischen
sense:
(curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.


lexentry: eng/sweep__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: sweep
trans_list: hinwegfegen
sense:
(sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.


lexentry: eng/sweep_something_under_the_rug__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sweep something under the rug
trans_list: unter den Teppich kehren
sense:
(idiomatic) To conceal a problem, (usually embarrassing or illegal) expediently, rather than remedy it thoroughly.


lexentry: eng/sweeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: sweeper
trans_list: Libero | Ausputzer
sense:
(video games) A character designed or capable of knocking out multiple enemies in succession, usually due to a combination of high offense and high speed.


lexentry: eng/sweet_corn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sweet corn
trans_list: Zuckermais
sense:
Any of many varieties of corn (specifically maize) most suitable for eating by humans, as distinguished from corn raised as animal feed; usually with higher sugar content than field corn.


lexentry: eng/sweet_fermented_rice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sweet fermented rice
trans_list: Reiswein
sense:
A traditional food of China, used as a dish itself, or components of other dishes, and is also a folk remedy.


lexentry: eng/sweet_flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sweet flag
trans_list: Kalmus | Deutscher Ingwer | Deutscher Zitwer
sense:
A perennial wetland plant, Acorus calamus, with an aromatic medicinal root, formerly used to strew floors.


lexentry: eng/sweet_william__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sweet william
trans_list: Bartnelke
sense:
A flowering plant, Dianthus barbatus, in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans.


lexentry: eng/sweet_woodruff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sweet woodruff
trans_list: Waldmeister
sense:
An aromatic perennial plant, formerly used as a strewing herb, Galium odoratum (formerly Asperula odorata), with small white flowers.


lexentry: eng/swift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swift
trans_list: Segler | Mauersegler
sense:
A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.


lexentry: eng/swift__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: swift
trans_list: Garnwinde
sense:
(textiles) A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.


lexentry: eng/swift_parrot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swift parrot
trans_list: Schwalbensittich
sense:
A true parrot, of the endangered species Lathamus discolor, which breeds in Tasmania and migrates to mainland south-eastern Australia.


lexentry: eng/swill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swill
trans_list: Futtersuppe | Kaspel | Schweinefutter | Spültrank
sense:
(collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.


lexentry: eng/swim__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swim
trans_list: schwimmen
sense:
(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.


lexentry: eng/swim_bladder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swim bladder
trans_list: Schwimmblase
sense:
(anatomy, usually of fish) A gas-filled sac within the bodies of most fish that variously acts as a float, lung, sound-producing organ or an aid to hearing.


lexentry: eng/swine_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swine fever
trans_list: Schweinepest
sense:
(pathology) A contagious, usually fatal, disease of pigs, causing fever, skin lesions and convulsions, caused by Pestivirus C (CSFV).


lexentry: eng/swing__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: swing
trans_list: Schaukel | Hutsche
sense:
A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.


lexentry: eng/swing__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: swing
trans_list: baumeln
sense:
(intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.


lexentry: eng/swing__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: swing
trans_list: schwingen
sense:
(transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.


lexentry: eng/swing_door__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swing door
trans_list: Pendeltür | Schwingtür | Flügeltür
sense:
A door that is opened by either pushing or pulling from either side (i.e. opens both ways) and is not normally capable of being locked.


lexentry: eng/swinging__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: swinging
trans_list: Swingen
sense:
(sex) An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners, often in a group setting.


lexentry: eng/swipe__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: swipe
trans_list: wischen
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, computing, GUI) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.


lexentry: eng/switch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: switch
trans_list: Weiche
sense:
(rail transport, US, Philippines) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.


lexentry: eng/switch__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: switch
trans_list: Spießrute
sense:
A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.


lexentry: eng/switch__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: switch
trans_list: Switch | Netzwerkweiche | Verteiler
sense:
(computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.


lexentry: eng/switchback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: switchback
trans_list: Schnur
sense:
A railway track on a steep slope in a zigzag formation, in which a train travels in a reverse direction at each switch. [from mid to late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/switchblade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: switchblade
trans_list: Springmesser
sense:
A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.


lexentry: eng/switchboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: switchboard
trans_list: Klappenschrank | Schaltschrank
sense:
(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.


lexentry: eng/swivel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swivel
trans_list: Wirbel
sense:
(mechanical) A piece, such as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis.


lexentry: eng/swivel_phone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: swivel phone
trans_list: Drehhandy
sense:
A kind of phone that сan expose its operating panel when its upper is rotated along a usually sagittal axis.


lexentry: eng/sword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sword
trans_list: Schwert | Schwertkämpfer | Schwertkämpferin
sense:
(countable) A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.


lexentry: eng/sword_and_sandal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sword and sandal
trans_list: Sandalenfilm
sense:
Of or relating to a genre of books or films relating fantasy-adventure tales involving heroic exploits in ancient or biblical times.


lexentry: eng/sword_knot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sword knot
trans_list: Portepee
sense:
A type of ribbon attached to the hilt of a sword, originally as a way of fastening it to the wrist, but later chiefly as an ornament.


lexentry: eng/sworn_virgin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sworn virgin
trans_list: Schwurjungfrau | geschworene Jungfrau
sense:
A person, assigned female at birth, who adopts a traditional masculine third-gender or transmasculine role in the Balkans, wearing masculine clothing and performing masculine tasks, and traditionally swearing a vow of chastity.


lexentry: eng/sybaritic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sybaritic
trans_list: sybaritisch
sense:
Of or having the qualities of a sybarite; dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent.


lexentry: eng/sycamore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sycamore
trans_list: Platane
sense:
(US) Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore), distinguished by its mottled bark which flakes off in large irregular masses.


lexentry: eng/sycamore__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sycamore
trans_list: Sykomore | Eselsfeige | Maulbeer-Feige | Maulbeerfeige
sense:
(originally) A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig, found in Egypt and Syria.


lexentry: eng/syconium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syconium
trans_list: Sykonium
sense:
(botany) A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig; a hollow ball with a stalk at one end and an opening (ostiole) at the other, with flowers or fruits on the inside


lexentry: eng/sycophant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sycophant
trans_list: Schmeichler | Speichellecker | Kriecher | Schleimer
sense:
One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.


lexentry: eng/syllabic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: syllabic
trans_list: Silbe
sense:
(linguistics) Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle ([ɹɪdl̩]), the two syllabic sounds are [ɪ] and [l̩].


lexentry: eng/syllabic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: syllabic
trans_list: Silbe
sense:
Of, or being a form of verse, based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities.


lexentry: eng/syllable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syllable
trans_list: Silbe
sense:
(linguistics) A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.


lexentry: eng/syllabus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syllabus
trans_list: Lehrplan | Lehrprogramm | Studienprogramm | Syllabus
sense:
(education) A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.


lexentry: eng/syllabus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: syllabus
trans_list: Lehrplan | Lehrprogramm | Studienprogramm | Syllabus
sense:
(law) The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case.


lexentry: eng/syllepsis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syllepsis
trans_list: Syllepse | Syllepsis
sense:
(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity.


lexentry: eng/syllogism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syllogism
trans_list: Syllogismus
sense:
(logic) An argument whose conclusion is supported by two premises, of which one contains the term that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other contains the term that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term that is excluded from the conclusion.


lexentry: eng/sylph__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sylph
trans_list: Sylphide
sense:
(by extension) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.


lexentry: eng/symbol__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: symbol
trans_list: Symbol | Sinnbild
sense:
(linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.


lexentry: eng/symbol__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: symbol
trans_list: Symbol | Sinnbild
sense:
(programming) An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.


lexentry: eng/symbol_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: symbol table
trans_list: Symboltabelle
sense:
(computing) A data structure where symbols (identifiers) are associated with information relating to their declaration or appearance in the source code.


lexentry: eng/symbolism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: symbolism
trans_list: Symbolik | Symbolismus
sense:
Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. [from between 1645 and 1655.]


lexentry: eng/symmetric_matrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: symmetric matrix
trans_list: symmetrische Matrix
sense:
(mathematics) A square matrix that is its own transpose, and is thereby symmetric about the main diagonal


lexentry: eng/symmetrical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: symmetrical
trans_list: symmetrisch
sense:
Exhibiting symmetry; having harmonious or proportionate arrangement of parts; having corresponding parts or relations.


lexentry: eng/sympathize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sympathize
trans_list: mitfühlen
sense:
(intransitive) To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected


lexentry: eng/sympathizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sympathizer
trans_list: Sympathisant | Sympathisantin
sense:
(often, derogatory) A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.


lexentry: eng/sympathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: sympathy
trans_list: Sympathie
sense:
An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.


lexentry: eng/sympatric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sympatric
trans_list: sympatrische
sense:
(biology, genetics) Occurring in the same, or in overlapping, territory, especially of species that do not interbreed.


lexentry: eng/symphonic_poem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: symphonic poem
trans_list: sinfonische Dichtung | Tondichtung
sense:
(music) A piece of orchestral music, in one movement, based on something non-musical, such as a story or a painting.


lexentry: eng/symplectic_matrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: symplectic matrix
trans_list: symplektische Matrix
sense:
(linear algebra) For given field F (especially the real numbers), even order 2n and nonsingular skew-symmetric matrix Ω, any 2n×2n matrix M with elements in F such that MTΩM = Ω (where MT denotes the transpose of M).


lexentry: eng/sympodium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sympodium
trans_list: Scheinachse | Sympodium | scheinbare Hauptachse
sense:
(botany) A pattern of branching, similar to dichotomous branching, where the axis or stem is morphologically made up of a series of superposed branches imitating a simple stem.


lexentry: eng/symposium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: symposium
trans_list: Symposion | Symposium | Fachtagung
sense:
A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.


lexentry: eng/symptom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: symptom
trans_list: Symptom | Anzeichen
sense:
(medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash; strictly, a symptom is felt or experienced by the patient, while a sign can be detected by an observer.


lexentry: eng/symptom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: symptom
trans_list: Symptom | Anzeichen
sense:
(figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.


lexentry: eng/symptomatology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: symptomatology
trans_list: Symptomatik | Symptomatologie | Symptomlehre
sense:
(countable) The aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease; the pattern of symptoms, and their timing, that is characteristic of it.


lexentry: eng/synaesthesia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: synaesthesia
trans_list: Synästhesie
sense:
(neurology, psychology) A neurological or psychological phenomenon whereby a particular sensory stimulus triggers a second kind of sensation. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/synagogue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: synagogue
trans_list: Synagoge
sense:
(countable, Judaism) A congregation of Jews or Samaritans for the purpose of worship or religious study.


lexentry: eng/synapse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: synapse
trans_list: Synapse
sense:
The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.


lexentry: eng/synaptic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: synaptic
trans_list: synaptische
sense:
(physiology) Of or relating to a synapse—the junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell.


lexentry: eng/synchronicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: synchronicity
trans_list: Synchronizität
sense:
(Jungian psychology) Coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related; supposedly the result of "universal forces".


lexentry: eng/synchronised_skating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: synchronised skating
trans_list: Synchroneiskunstlauf
sense:
A discipline of figure skating where 8–20 skaters skate in a team, doing simultaneous movements and precise formations with precise timing.


lexentry: eng/synchronize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: synchronize
trans_list: synchronisieren
sense:
(transitive) To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way.


lexentry: eng/synchronized_skating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: synchronized skating
trans_list: Synchroneiskunstlauf
sense:
A discipline of figure skating where 8–20 skaters skate in a team, doing synchronous movements and precise formations with precise timing.


lexentry: eng/synchronous_rotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: synchronous rotation
trans_list: gebundene Rotation
sense:
(astronomy) The situation in which an astronomical body takes just as long to rotate around its own axis as it does to revolve around its partner.


lexentry: eng/synchrotron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: synchrotron
trans_list: Synchrotron
sense:
(physics) A form of cyclotron in which charged particles are accelerated by an electric field that is synchronized with a magnetic field that keeps them in a circular path.


lexentry: eng/syncopation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syncopation
trans_list: Synkope
sense:
(linguistics, phonology) The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof.


lexentry: eng/syncopation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: syncopation
trans_list: Synkope
sense:
(music) The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter.


lexentry: eng/syncope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syncope
trans_list: Synkope
sense:
(linguistics, phonology, prosody) The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.


lexentry: eng/syncretic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syncretic
trans_list: synkretistisch
sense:
Combining disparate elements in one system, especially as in forms of religious observance, philosophical systems, or artistic creations.


lexentry: eng/syncretism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syncretism
trans_list: Synkretismus
sense:
(chiefly, religion) The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).


lexentry: eng/syndic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syndic
trans_list: Bürgermeisterin
sense:
(government) A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.


lexentry: eng/syndicalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syndicalism
trans_list: Syndikalismus
sense:
(socialism) Control of both industry and government by labor unions, especially as achieved through revolutionary direct action; advocacy for attempts to bring it about.


lexentry: eng/syndicate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syndicate
trans_list: Syndikat
sense:
A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.


lexentry: eng/syndication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: The act of syndicating a news feature by publishing it in multiple newspapers etc, simultaneously
written_rep: syndication
trans_list:
Syndikation | Verkauf von Inhalt | Weitergabe von medialen Inhalten | Weiterverbreitung von medialen Inhalten | simultane Verbreitung von Inhalten


lexentry: eng/syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syndrome
trans_list: Syndrom
sense:
(pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.


lexentry: eng/synecdoche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: synecdoche
trans_list: Synekdoche
sense:
(figure of speech) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific kind or instance to represent the general category, or the general category to represent a specific kind or instance, or the constituent material to represent the thing made from it.


lexentry: eng/synergistic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: synergistic
trans_list: synergetisch
sense:
Of or pertaining to synergy or synergism; synergic; co-operative, working together, interacting, mutually stimulating.


lexentry: eng/synergy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: synergy
trans_list: Synergie
sense:
(pharmacology) The combined action of two or more drugs where the effects are stronger than their mere sum.


lexentry: eng/synonym__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: synonym
trans_list: Synonym
sense:
(taxonomy) Any of the various names that could in theory be used for a taxon in accordance with the relevant rules.


lexentry: eng/synonym__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: synonym
trans_list: Synonym | Gleichwort | Synonymum | bedeutungsgleiches Wort
sense:
(taxonomy, by extension) Any name that has been applied to a taxon other than the one to be used, including those not allowed by the rules such as misspellings or nomina nuda.


lexentry: eng/synonymous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: synonymous
trans_list: sinnverwandt | synonym | bedeutungsgleich | bedeutungsähnlich | gleichbedeutend | synonymisch
sense:
(particularly, in, semantics, construed with with) Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)


lexentry: eng/synopsis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: synopsis
trans_list: Zusammenfassung | Übersicht | Synopse
sense:
(authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.


lexentry: eng/synoptic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: synoptic
trans_list: gleichzeitig
sense:
(meteorology, especially, of data) Obtained simultaneously over a wide area, for presenting a comprehensive and nearly instantaneous picture of the state of the atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/syntagma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syntagma
trans_list: Syntagma
sense:
(linguistics) A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.


lexentry: eng/syntax_highlighting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syntax highlighting
trans_list: Syntaxhervorhebung | Sytax-Highlighting
sense:
(computing) Highlighting of source code with color, boldfacing, etc. to indicate its syntactic structure.


lexentry: eng/synthesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: synthesis
trans_list: Synthese
sense:
(logic) A deduction from the general to the particular, by applying the rules of logic to a premise.


lexentry: eng/synthesizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: synthesizer
trans_list: Synthesizer
sense:
(musical instrument) An electronic musical instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and generally is played via a keyboard.


lexentry: eng/synthetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: synthetic
trans_list: synthetisch
sense:
(chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).


lexentry: eng/synthetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: synthetic
trans_list: synthetisch
sense:
(medicine) Produced by synthesis, thought to have the same effect as its natural counterpart, but chemically different from it.


lexentry: eng/syringe__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: syringe
trans_list: Spritze
sense:
A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.


lexentry: eng/syringic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syringic acid
trans_list: Syringasäure
sense:
(organic compound) A naturally occurring O-methylated trihydroxybenzoic acid found in various plants.


lexentry: eng/syrinx__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: syrinx
trans_list: Stimmkopf
sense:
(ornithology, zootomy) The voice organ in birds, located at or near where the trachea and the bronchi join.


lexentry: eng/syrup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syrup
trans_list: Sirup
sense:
Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.


lexentry: eng/system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: system
trans_list: Akkolade
sense:
(music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.


lexentry: eng/system_architecture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: system architecture
trans_list: Systemarchitektur
sense:
(software, system theory) The conceptual model that defines the behavior, structure, and more views of a system.


lexentry: eng/systematics__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: systematics
trans_list: Systematik
sense:
The classification system of a branch of science, especially the classification of organisms in biology.


lexentry: eng/systemic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: systemic
trans_list: systemisch | System
sense:
Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society.


lexentry: eng/systemic_circulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: systemic circulation
trans_list: Körperkreislauf | großer Blutkreislauf | systemischer Kreislauf
sense:
(anatomy) The part of blood circulation which carries oxygenated blood away from the heart, to the body, and returns deoxygenated blood back to the heart.


lexentry: eng/systemic_lupus_erythematosus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: systemic lupus erythematosus
trans_list: Lupus erythematodes
sense:
(pathology) A systemic autoimmune disease (or autoimmune connective tissue disease), where the immune system attacks the body's cells and tissue and causes inflammation and tissue damage.


lexentry: eng/systems_analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: systems analysis
trans_list: Systemanalyse
sense:
(computing) A range of techniques used especially in commercial computing in which the needs of a company or its staff are analysed and translated into a technical description of the necessary software - which is then created by programmers.


lexentry: eng/systems_analyst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: systems analyst
trans_list: Analytikerin
sense:
(computing) A person whose job is to perform systems analysis by being responsible for researching, planning and recommending software and system choices to meet an organization's business requirements.


lexentry: eng/systems_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: systems engineering
trans_list: Systems Engineering
sense:
An interdisciplinary field of engineering, focusing on the development, analysis and organization of complex systems.


lexentry: eng/syzygy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: syzygy
trans_list: Syzygie | Syzygium
sense:
(astronomy, astrology) An alignment of three celestial bodies (for example, the Sun, Earth, and Moon) such that one body is directly between the other two, such as occurs at an eclipse.


lexentry: eng/syzygy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: syzygy
trans_list: Syzygie | Syzygium
sense:
(Jungian, _, psychology) An archetypal pairing of contrasexual opposites, symbolizing the communication of the conscious and unconscious minds.


lexentry: eng/séance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: séance
trans_list: Séance
sense:
A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium.


lexentry: eng/tabbouleh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tabbouleh
trans_list: Taboulé
sense:
A Levantine salad or meze generally consisting of bulgur wheat, chopped tomatoes, parsley, olive oil and lemon juice.


lexentry: eng/tabernacle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tabernacle
trans_list: Tabernakel | Stiftshütte | Mischkan
sense:
(Bible) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.


lexentry: eng/tabernacle__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: tabernacle
trans_list: Tabernakel | Hütte des Stifts
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a church.


lexentry: eng/tabla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tabla
trans_list: Tabla
sense:
(musical instruments) A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos.


lexentry: eng/tablature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tablature
trans_list: Tabulatur
sense:
A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.


lexentry: eng/table__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: table
trans_list: Tabelle | Tisch
sense:
A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.


lexentry: eng/table_of_contents__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: table of contents
trans_list: Inhaltsverzeichnis | Inhalt
sense:
A list of titles of the parts of a book or document, organized in the order in which the parts appear.


lexentry: eng/table_salt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: table salt
trans_list: Tafelsalz | Kochsalz | Speisesalz
sense:
Sodium chloride or a mineral product chiefly composed of it: the salt most commonly used to season food at table.


lexentry: eng/table_saw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: table saw
trans_list: 1. Zirkular
sense:
A circular saw mounted beneath the surface of a table, the rotating blade protruding up through a slot.


lexentry: eng/table_tennis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: table tennis
trans_list: Tischtennis | Pingpong
sense:
A game or sport (similar to tennis) that involves the hitting of a light plastic ball across a table (fashioned like a mini tennis court) by rackets (paddles, bats (Britain)).


lexentry: eng/table_tennis_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: table tennis table
trans_list: Tischtennistisch
sense:
A specially dimensioned table with a low net across it, on which the game of table tennis is played.


lexentry: eng/tableau__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tableau
trans_list: Altarretabel
sense:
A vivid graphic scene of a group of people or objects arranged as in a painting or bas relief sculpture.


lexentry: eng/tablespoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tablespoon
trans_list: Kochlöffel
sense:
(Australia, New Zealand, Northern, _, UK) A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving.


lexentry: eng/tablespoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tablespoon
trans_list: Esslöffel
sense:
(cooking) A unit of volume, the value of which varies regionally; in the US: three teaspoons or one half fluid ounce or roughly 15 ml; in Britain and Canada: exactly 15 ml; in Russia 18 ml; in Australia: four teaspoons or 20 ml.


lexentry: eng/tablet_computer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tablet computer
trans_list: Tablet | Tablet-Computer
sense:
(computing) A hand-held portable computer characterized by a tablet form factor and a touchscreen interface.


lexentry: eng/tabloid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tabloid
trans_list: boulevardesk
sense:
(figurative) Resembling the style of journalism generally associated with a tabloid newspaper: appealing to unsophisticated people, sensational, etc.


lexentry: eng/tabloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tabloid
trans_list: Boulevardblatt | Revolverblatt | Tabloid | Skandalblatt
sense:
(newspapers) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of a broadsheet, especially characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/tabun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tabun
trans_list: Tabun
sense:
(organic compound, military) An extremely toxic nerve gas; a clear, tasteless liquid, molecular formula C5H11N2O2P.


lexentry: eng/tachistoscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tachistoscope
trans_list: Tachistoskop
sense:
A device that displays a series of brief images; used by psychologists to investigate perception, memory and learning.


lexentry: eng/tachograph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tachograph
trans_list: Tachograf | Fahrtenschreiber
sense:
A device that records the distance and time traveled by a vehicle (especially a truck or coach), used to check the drivers' working time.


lexentry: eng/tachometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tachometer
trans_list: Drehzahlmesser | Tachometer
sense:
A device for measuring the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of a revolving shaft, as with the driveshaft of an automobile.


lexentry: eng/tachycardia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tachycardia
trans_list: Tachykardie
sense:
(medicine, cardiology) A rapid resting heart rate, especially one above 100 beats per minute; palpitations. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/tack__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: tack
trans_list: Kurs | Marschroute | Verfahrensweise | Vorgehensweise
sense:
(figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.


lexentry: eng/tack__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: tack
trans_list: Wende | Wendemanöver
sense:
(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.


lexentry: eng/tack__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: tack
trans_list: Hals
sense:
(nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.


lexentry: eng/tack__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: tack
trans_list: Kurs | Lederzeug | Marschroute | Sattel- und Zaumzeug | Verfahrensweise | Vorgehensweise
sense:
Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.


lexentry: eng/tack__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: tack
trans_list: Klebrigkeit
sense:
(manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.


lexentry: eng/tack__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: tack
trans_list: anhängen | wenden
sense:
(nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.


lexentry: eng/tackle__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: tackle
trans_list: Tackling
sense:
(sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.


lexentry: eng/taco__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taco
trans_list: Taco
sense:
(culinary) A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa.


lexentry: eng/tact__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tact
trans_list: Takt | Taktgefühl
sense:
Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/tadalafil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tadalafil
trans_list: Tadalafil
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A drug, C22H19N3O4, that is used to treat erectile dysfunction and benign prostatic hyperplasia and functions similarly to sildenafil. It is marketed under the trademark Cialis.


lexentry: eng/tadpole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tadpole
trans_list: Kaulquappe
sense:
A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.


lexentry: eng/taekwondo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taekwondo
trans_list: Taekwondo
sense:
A martial arts form from Korea, known for its elaborate kicking techniques. The sparring aspect is a recognised Olympic sport.


lexentry: eng/tag_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tag on
trans_list: durchgehen
sense:
(mostly, public transport) To hover an RFID device such as a smartcard over a receiver, often with a graphical user interface, in order to make a payment or gain access to the vehicle.


lexentry: eng/tag_question__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tag question
trans_list: Nachziehfrage | Refrainfrage
sense:
(grammar) A question inviting the listener to indicate agreement, formed by adding a “tag” word or expression to a statement. For example “You love me, don’t you?”.


lexentry: eng/tagasaste__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tagasaste
trans_list: Sprossender Zwergginster
sense:
Cytisus proliferus, a small evergreen tree commonly used to improve the condition of soils used for farming.


lexentry: eng/taiga__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taiga
trans_list: Taiga | Borealer Nadelwald
sense:
A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/tail__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tail
trans_list: Schweif | Gesäß | Hintern | Hinterteil | Schwanz
sense:
An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.


lexentry: eng/tail__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: tail
trans_list: Schwanz
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.


lexentry: eng/tail__Noun__1
sense_num: 23
written_rep: tail
trans_list: Gesäß | Hintern | Hinterteil
sense:
(surgery) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.


lexentry: eng/tailback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tailback
trans_list: Stau
sense:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A line of motor vehicles causing or the result of traffic congestion or a traffic jam.


lexentry: eng/tailgate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tailgate
trans_list: Heckklappe
sense:
(automotive) A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.


lexentry: eng/tailgate_party__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tailgate party
trans_list: Parkplatzparty
sense:
A celebration, held in a parking lot, with picnic food served out of the back of automobiles or pickup trucks; usually held at sporting events.


lexentry: eng/tailings__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tailings
trans_list: Müll
sense:
(mining) The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining.


lexentry: eng/taillight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taillight
trans_list: Rücklicht | Rückleuchte | Heckleuchte | Rückscheinwerfer
sense:
One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.


lexentry: eng/tailor's_chalk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tailor's chalk
trans_list: Schneiderkreide
sense:
A chalk-like material used for marking alterations on fabric in tailoring and dressmaking. The marks are brushed or washed off the material when no longer needed.


lexentry: eng/tailpiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tailpiece
trans_list: Saitenhalter
sense:
(music, lutherie) An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.


lexentry: eng/tailplane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tailplane
trans_list: Hohenruderflosse
sense:
A horizontal airfoil, at the rear of an aircraft, to which the elevator is attached; usually associated with the tailfin


lexentry: eng/tailsitter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tailsitter
trans_list: Heckstarter
sense:
A vertical-takeoff spacecraft whose fuselage is perpendicular to the ground at both takeoff and landing; a spacecraft that can land vertically.


lexentry: eng/tailwind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tailwind
trans_list: Rückenwind
sense:
(nautical, physics) A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc.


lexentry: eng/taint__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taint
trans_list: verderben
sense:
(transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.


lexentry: eng/tajine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tajine
trans_list: Tajine
sense:
(by extension) A stew, originally from Morocco, the ingredients of which are traditionally cooked slowly in such a pot; the dish is normally served with couscous.


lexentry: eng/take_French_leave__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take French leave
trans_list: französischen Abschied nehmen | einen Polnischen machen | sich auf Französisch empfehlen
sense:
To leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone; to slip out. [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/take__Verb__1
sense_num: 29
written_rep: take
trans_list: einnehmen | nehmen
sense:
(transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).


lexentry: eng/take__Verb__1
sense_num: 49
written_rep: take
trans_list: nehmen | einnehmen
sense:
(transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.


lexentry: eng/take_a_break__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take a break
trans_list: eine Pause machen
sense:
To have a short rest period in one's work, studies, or other activities (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/take_a_powder__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take a powder
trans_list: sich aus dem Staub machen
sense:
(idiomatic, US, colloquial) To leave without saying goodbye; to leave quietly, to run away; to scram; to depart without taking leave or notifying anyone, often with the implication of avoiding something unpleasant or shirking responsibility.


lexentry: eng/take_aim__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take aim
trans_list: transformieren
sense:
(intransitive) To position oneself and/or one's weapon so as to be aimed specifically at a chosen mark or target (which is indicated after 'at)


lexentry: eng/take_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: take down
trans_list: niederwerfen | umhauen
sense:
(combat sports) To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.


lexentry: eng/take_for_granted__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: take for granted
trans_list: für selbstverständlich halten
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic, especially of a person) To give little attention to or to underestimate the value of; to fail to appreciate, especially something one has grown heavily accustomed to; not to value or care for appropriately, out of the assumption that the person or thing not valued cannot be lost.


lexentry: eng/take_hostage__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take hostage
trans_list: als Geisel nehmen
sense:
(transitive) To take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand; to take as hostage.


lexentry: eng/take_its_toll__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take its toll
trans_list: seine Opfer fordern | seinen Tribut fordern
sense:
(idiomatic, often followed by on) To affect something, especially negatively; to damage or degrade; to cause harm or destruction.


lexentry: eng/take_one's_turn__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take one's turn
trans_list: als Nächster dran sein
sense:
(intransitive) To assume a place in a sequence of successions; to be one of a group that takes turns.


lexentry: eng/take_out_of_context__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take out of context
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive) To report (something) without taking into account the context in which it occurred.

trans_list:
aus dem Kontext reißen | aus dem Zusammenhang nehmen | aus dem Zusammenhang reißen | dekontextualisieren


lexentry: eng/take_point__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take point
trans_list: führen
sense:
(military) To assume the first and most exposed position in a formation in combat; to serve as the lead soldier or unit advancing through hostile or unsecured territory.


lexentry: eng/take_seriously__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take seriously
trans_list: ernst nehmen
sense:
(transitive) To consider important and meaningful (information or a matter that somebody is mentioning or discussing).


lexentry: eng/take_sides__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take sides
trans_list: Partei ergreifen | auf eine Seite schlagen
sense:
(idiomatic) To ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or group; to support one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation.


lexentry: eng/take_someone_at_their_word__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take someone at their word
trans_list: beim Wort nehmen
sense:
(transitive) To take someone literally even though they may not have been serious; to take someone seriously even though they were joking; to take up a challenge that was initially meant as a joke.


lexentry: eng/take_something_as_it_comes__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take something as it comes
trans_list: etwas nehmen, wie es kommt
sense:
(idiomatic) To accept and deal with something (an event, etc.) as it occurs, with a composed state of mind.


lexentry: eng/take_the_bull_by_the_horns__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take the bull by the horns
trans_list: den Stier an den Hörnen fassen | den Stier bei den Hörnen packen
sense:
(idiomatic) To deal with a matter in a direct manner, especially to confront a difficulty rather than avoid it.


lexentry: eng/take_the_cake__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take the cake
trans_list: den Vogel abschießen | nicht mehr zu toppen sein
sense:
(idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly, US) Used as an affirmation or accolade when one is deemed the top position in a comparison or contest; to win or be the best (at).


lexentry: eng/take_the_plunge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) To begin any major commitment.
written_rep: take the plunge
trans_list:
einen Schritt tun | einen Schritt wagen | einen Sprung wagen | es riskieren | es wagen | etwas riskieren


lexentry: eng/take_the_point__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: take the point
trans_list: rechtfertigen
sense:
(idiomatic) To grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying, to understand a person's argument and point of view.


lexentry: eng/take_the_wind_out_of_someone's_sails__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take the wind out of someone's sails
trans_list: jemandem den Wind aus den Segeln nehmen
sense:
(idiomatic) To discourage someone greatly; to cause someone to lose hope or the will to continue; to thwart or minimize someone's ambitions.


lexentry: eng/take_to_the_cleaners__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take to the cleaners
trans_list: ausnehmen | schröpfen
sense:
(originally, US, slang, idiomatic) To take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through overcharging, litigation, unfavorable investing, gambling, fraud, etc.


lexentry: eng/take_turns__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: take turns
trans_list: sich abwechseln
sense:
(intransitive, polite) Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately.


lexentry: eng/takeaway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: takeaway
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Australia, South Africa, and, New Zealand) A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere.

trans_list:
Abholrestaurant | Abholspeise | Essen zum Mitnehmen | Gaststätte mit Außer-Haus-Verkauf | Imbiss | Mitnahmegericht


lexentry: eng/takeaway__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: takeaway
trans_list: Erkenntnis | Erkenntnisgewinn | Punkt | Schlussfolgerung
sense:
(frequently, in the plural) An idea from a talk, presentation, etc., that the listener or reader should remember and consider.


lexentry: eng/takedown__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: takedown
trans_list: Flachlegen | Takedown | Zubodenbringen | zu Boden Bringen
sense:
(martial arts) A taking down: an act of bringing one's opponent to the ground by grabbing one or both legs and applying a rearward bending moment.


lexentry: eng/takeoff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: takeoff
trans_list: Abflug | Start
sense:
A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.


lexentry: eng/takeover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: takeover
trans_list: Geschäftsübernahme | Übernahme
sense:
(economics) The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.


lexentry: eng/taking__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: taking
trans_list: Anfall | erratische Verfassung | geistiger Ausnahmezustand
sense:
(uncountable) A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).


lexentry: eng/taking__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: taking
trans_list: Einnahmen
sense:
(in the plural, Commonwealth, UK, Irish) Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).


lexentry: eng/talapoin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: talapoin
trans_list: Zwergmeerkatzen
sense:
A monkey from one of two species of Old World monkeys, of the genus Miopithecus, distinguished by a short-snouted head with a hairless face.


lexentry: eng/talaria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: talaria
trans_list: Flügelschuhe
sense:
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The winged sandals worn by certain gods and goddesses, especially the Roman god Mercury (and his Greek counterpart Hermes).


lexentry: eng/talc__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: talc
trans_list: Talk
sense:
(obsolete) Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic.


lexentry: eng/talc__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: talc
trans_list: Talk
sense:
A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.


lexentry: eng/talent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: talent
trans_list: Talent
sense:
(historical) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East, equal to about 30 to 60 kg in various times and places. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/talent_scout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: talent scout
trans_list: Talentscout
sense:
A person who locates and recruits talented people in a specific field, especially in entertainment or sports.


lexentry: eng/talisman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: talisman
trans_list: Talisman
sense:
A magical object providing protection against ill will, or the supernatural, or conferring the wearer with a boon such as good luck, good health, or power(s).


lexentry: eng/talk_a_blue_streak__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: talk a blue streak
trans_list: ohne Punkt und Komma
sense:
(originally, US) To talk for a long duration of time, at a rapid pace without giving others a chance to speak, or to the point of tedium.


lexentry: eng/talk_back__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: talk back
trans_list: Widerworte geben | frech antworten
sense:
(idiomatic, intransitive, often, with to + d.o.) To reply impertinently or rudely; to answer in a cheeky or rude manner.


lexentry: eng/talk_out_of_turn__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: talk out of turn
trans_list: dummes Zeug daherreden | ein loses Maul haben | ein loses Mundwerk haben | herumplappern
sense:
(idiomatic) To make a remark or provide information when it is inappropriate or indiscreet to do so, or when one does not have permission or the authority to do so.


lexentry: eng/talk_shop__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: talk shop
trans_list: fachsimpeln | über die Arbeit reden
sense:
(intransitive, informal) To discuss one's work or (sometimes, by extension) hobby; especially, to do so in a way that only insiders would understand, is tedious or boring to the listener, or both.


lexentry: eng/talk_show__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: talk show
trans_list: Talkshow
sense:
(broadcasting) A television or radio programme in which a host converses on various topics with guests who may be experts, celebrities, or members of the listening or viewing audience.


lexentry: eng/talking_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: talking point
trans_list: Gesprächsthema
sense:
A specific topic raised in a conversation or argument which is intended as a basis for further discussion, especially one which represents a point of view.


lexentry: eng/tall__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tall
trans_list: groß | lang
sense:
(of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.


lexentry: eng/tall__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tall
trans_list: hoch
sense:
(of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent.


lexentry: eng/tall_tale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tall tale
trans_list: Märchengeschichte | Phantasterei | Seemannsgarn | Spinnerei | dick aufgetragene Geschichte
sense:
(idiomatic) A tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated; also, an account of questionable veracity; a lie, an untruth.


lexentry: eng/tallit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tallit
trans_list: Bettuch | Tallit
sense:
(Judaism) A traditional Jewish prayer shawl with tassels which covers the chest and upper part of the back.


lexentry: eng/tallow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tallow
trans_list: Talg | Hammeltalg | Rindertalg | Schöpsentalg
sense:
A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants.


lexentry: eng/tally__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tally
trans_list: Strichliste | Zähler
sense:
(by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.


lexentry: eng/tally_stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tally stick
trans_list: Kerbstock | Kerbholz | Zählholz | Zählstab
sense:
(historical) A bone, or piece of wood, on which notches or scores are cut, as the marks of number, for account keeping.


lexentry: eng/tamale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tamale
trans_list: Tamale
sense:
A Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.


lexentry: eng/tamanu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tamanu
trans_list: Alexandrischer Lorbeer
sense:
A tree (Calophyllum inophyllum), widely distributed in the Pacific islands, that is a source of a resin, and a bitter oil (tamanol)


lexentry: eng/tamarind__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tamarind
trans_list: Tamarinde
sense:
(culinary) The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce.


lexentry: eng/tamarisk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tamarisk
trans_list: Tamariske
sense:
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Tamarix, native to arid regions in Eurasia and Africa, often invasive in other arid regions.


lexentry: eng/tambourine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tambourine
trans_list: Tamburin
sense:
A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.


lexentry: eng/tamp__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tamp
trans_list: abschwächen | dämpfen | herunterfahren | mindern | reduzieren | stopfen
sense:
(blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.


lexentry: eng/tamper__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tamper
trans_list: einmischen | fälschen | herumhantieren | manipulieren
sense:
(intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).


lexentry: eng/tampon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tampon
trans_list: Tampon
sense:
A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation.


lexentry: eng/tamponade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tamponade
trans_list: Tamponade
sense:
(medical) A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction.


lexentry: eng/tan__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tan
trans_list: braun | hellbraun | loh | lohfarben | sonnengebräunt
sense:
Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun or an artificial process intended to mimic this effect.


lexentry: eng/tan__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tan
trans_list: gerben | walken
sense:
(transitive, stative) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.


lexentry: eng/tan_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tan line
trans_list: Bräunungsstreifen
sense:
the division between skin that has darkened or tanned from exposure to sun and skin that has not been exposed to sun


lexentry: eng/tanager__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tanager
trans_list: Tangare
sense:
Any of numerous species of often colorful passerine birds that inhabit New World forests within the family Thraupidae.


lexentry: eng/tandem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tandem
trans_list: Tandem
sense:
(countable) A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing pulling power but only the animal in front being able to steer. [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/tandem__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tandem
trans_list: Tandem
sense:
(countable) A group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence (uncountable) , close collaboration.


lexentry: eng/tandem_bicycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tandem bicycle
trans_list: Tandem
sense:
(cycling) A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front being able to steer.


lexentry: eng/tang__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: tang
trans_list: Angel | Erl
sense:
The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.


lexentry: eng/tangent_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tangent line
trans_list: Tangens
sense:
(differential geometry) Synonym of tangent (“straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there”).


lexentry: eng/tangent_plane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tangent plane
trans_list: Tangentialebene
sense:
(differential geometry) The plane passing through a given point which contains the tangent lines of all the curves on a surface passing through that same point.


lexentry: eng/tangram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tangram
trans_list: Tangram
sense:
A Chinese puzzle made of a square that is cut up into different triangular pieces which can then be reassembled to make designs.


lexentry: eng/tank__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: tank
trans_list: Panzer | Tank | Kampfpanzer
sense:
An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks.


lexentry: eng/tank__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: tank
trans_list: Panzer
sense:
(role-playing games, board games, video games) A unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).


lexentry: eng/tank_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tank engine
trans_list: Tenderlokomotive
sense:
A steam locomotive that carries its fuel and water containers on the locomotive frames rather than in a separate tender.


lexentry: eng/tankard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tankard
trans_list: Krug | Humpen | Seidel
sense:
A large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.Tankard


lexentry: eng/tannic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tannic acid
trans_list: Gerbsäure
sense:
(chemistry) Any of various complex phenols extracted from the bark or galls of trees; used in tanning.


lexentry: eng/tantalum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tantalum
trans_list: Tantal
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.


lexentry: eng/tantamount__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tantamount
trans_list: gleichbedeutend
sense:
Equivalent in meaning or effect; amounting to the same thing in practical terms, even if being technically distinct. [1641–]


lexentry: eng/tanto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tanto
trans_list: Messer
sense:
(weaponry) A traditional Japanese small sword or knife; often used as a secondary weapon to a katana.


lexentry: eng/tanzanite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tanzanite
trans_list: Tansanit
sense:
A trichroic violet-blue variety of the mineral zoisite mined in Tanzania, used as a gemstone. [from 1968]


lexentry: eng/tap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tap
trans_list: Abgang | Abzweig
sense:
(Britain, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering) A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.


lexentry: eng/tap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tap
trans_list: Gewindebohrer | Innengewindeschneider
sense:
(mechanics) A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.


lexentry: eng/tap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tap
trans_list: Abhören | Anzapfen
sense:
A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.


lexentry: eng/tap__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tap
trans_list: Antippen | Tippen
sense:
(graphical user interface) An act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen of an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function.


lexentry: eng/tap__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tap
trans_list: abhören | anzapfen
sense:
(communication, chiefly, law enforcement) To connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication). [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/tap__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tap
trans_list: abzweigen | anhauen | anpumpen
sense:
(informal) To ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.


lexentry: eng/tap__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tap
trans_list: bohren | schneiden
sense:
To cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); also, to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole, or to create an internally threaded hole in (something).


lexentry: eng/tap__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tap
trans_list: zapfen | anzapfen
sense:
To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).


lexentry: eng/tap__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tap
trans_list: klopfen | stippen | stupsen | tippen | trommeln
sense:
(combat, _, sports) To force (an opponent) to submit, chiefly by indicating their intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.


lexentry: eng/tap__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tap
trans_list: antippen
sense:
(graphical user interface) To invoke a function on an electronic device such as a mobile phone by touching (a button, icon, or specific location on its touch screen).


lexentry: eng/tap__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tap
trans_list: antippen | klopfen | stippen | stupsen | tippen | trommeln
sense:
(combat, _, sports) To submit to an opponent, chiefly by indicating an intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.


lexentry: eng/tape_dispenser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tape dispenser
trans_list: Klebebandabroller
sense:
A device used to hold and dispense adhesive tape, typically with a cutting edge to facilitate tearing.


lexentry: eng/tapeworm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tapeworm
trans_list: Bandwurm
sense:
(countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.


lexentry: eng/taphonomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taphonomy
trans_list: Taphonomie
sense:
The study of the fate of the remains of organisms after they die, especially the study of fossilization. [From 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/tappet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tappet
trans_list: Stößel
sense:
A lever or projection which is moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, in order to produce change or regulate motion.


lexentry: eng/taproot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taproot
trans_list: Pfahlwurzel
sense:
(botany) A long, tapering root, exhibited by many plant species (such as carrots and dandelions). [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/tar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tar
trans_list: Teer | Pech
sense:
(usually, uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.


lexentry: eng/tar_with_the_same_brush__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tar with the same brush
trans_list: über einen Kamm scheren
sense:
(transitive, figuratively) To characterize (someone or something) using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly.


lexentry: eng/taramosalata__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taramosalata
trans_list: Taramosalata
sense:
A Turkish and Greek dish of fish roe (carp or cod), lemon juice, breadcrumbs, onion, garlic, and olive oil; often served as a meze or with pitta bread.


lexentry: eng/tarantism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tarantism
trans_list: Tanzwut
sense:
An extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula (Lycosa tarantula) and prevalent in southern Italy in the 15th through 17th centuries.


lexentry: eng/tarantula__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tarantula
trans_list: Vogelspinne | Tarantel
sense:
(by extension) A member of certain other groups of spiders, generally characterized by large size, hairiness, or membership of infraorder Mygalomorphae to which Theraphosidae family also belongs.


lexentry: eng/tarantula__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tarantula
trans_list: Tarantel
sense:
(dated) A species of wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, native to southern Europe, the mildly poisonous bite of which was once thought to cause an extreme urge to dance (tarantism). [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/tare__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tare
trans_list: austarieren
sense:
(chiefly, business, and, legal) To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.


lexentry: eng/tare__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tare
trans_list: nullen | austarieren
sense:
(sciences) To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.


lexentry: eng/target__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: target
trans_list: Ziel | Zielscheibe | Schießscheibe
sense:
A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.


lexentry: eng/target_audience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: target audience
trans_list: Zielgruppe | Zielpublikum
sense:
(media, marketing) The primary group of people for whom a publication, advertisement or other type of media is designed to appeal.


lexentry: eng/target_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: target group
trans_list: Zielgruppe
sense:
(marketing) The primary group of people that something, usually an advertising campaign, is designed to appeal to.


lexentry: eng/target_practice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: target practice
trans_list: Scharfschießen
sense:
Any exercise in which projectiles are fired at a specified target, typically for the purpose of improving aim.


lexentry: eng/targeted_killing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: targeted killing
trans_list: gezielte Tötung
sense:
(warfare, euphemistic) The intentional killing by a government or its agents of a civilian or "unlawful combatant" who is not in that government's custody, and who is taking part in an armed conflict or terrorism, whether by bearing arms or otherwise, and is thus regarded by the government as having lost the immunity from being targeted that he or she would otherwise have under the Geneva Conventions.


lexentry: eng/targum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: targum
trans_list: Targum
sense:
(Judaism) An Aramaic translation of the Tanakh written or compiled between the Second Temple period and the early Middle Ages.


lexentry: eng/tariff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tariff
trans_list: Tarif | Zoll
sense:
A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.


lexentry: eng/tarot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tarot
trans_list: Tarotkarte
sense:
Any of the set of 78 playing cards (divided into five suits, including one of permanent trumps), often used for mystical divination.


lexentry: eng/tarsier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tarsier
trans_list: Koboldmaki
sense:
An insectivorous primate of the family Tarsiidae, having very large eyes and long feet, native mainly to several islands of Southeast Asia.


lexentry: eng/tarsus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tarsus
trans_list: Fußwurzel | Tarsus
sense:
(skeleton) A group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot.


lexentry: eng/tart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tart
trans_list: Tarte | Törtchen
sense:
A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).


lexentry: eng/tartan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tartan
trans_list: Tartan
sense:
(uncountable) Woven woollen fabric with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles originally associated with Scottish Highlanders, now with different clans (though this only dates from the late 18th century) and some Scottish families and institutions having their own patterns; (countable) a particular type of such fabric.


lexentry: eng/tartar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tartar
trans_list: Weinstein
sense:
A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar.


lexentry: eng/tartare_sauce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tartare sauce
trans_list: Tatarensoße
sense:
A sauce made from mayonnaise and a chopped mixture of pickled gherkins, capers, olives and shallots; traditionally served with fish or other seafood.


lexentry: eng/tartaric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tartaric acid
trans_list: Weinsäure
sense:
(carbohydrate, carboxylic acid) The aldaric acid, 2,3 dihydroxy-succinic acid, that occurs naturally in many plants, in wine and in tamarind; it is used as the salts cream of tartar and Rochelle salt.


lexentry: eng/tarte_flambée__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tarte flambée
trans_list: Flammkuchen
sense:
A baked dish consisting of a thin, crispy bread base covered with crème fraîche, usually topped with onion and bacon.


lexentry: eng/task_force__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: task force
sense:
(business, government, military) A group of people working towards a particular task, project, or activity, especially assigned in a particular capacity.

trans_list:
Arbeitsgruppe | Eingreiftruppe | Einsatzabteilung | Einsatzkommando | Einsatzmannschaft | Einsatztruppe


lexentry: eng/tassel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tassel
trans_list: Quaste | Klunker | Troddel
sense:
A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).


lexentry: eng/taste__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taste
trans_list: Geschmack | Schmecken
sense:
One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.


lexentry: eng/taste__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: taste
trans_list: Geschmack
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.


lexentry: eng/taste__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: taste
trans_list: schmecken | kosten
sense:
(intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.


lexentry: eng/taste_of_one's_own_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taste of one's own medicine
trans_list: am eigenen Leib erfahren | am eigenen Leib spüren | mit gleicher Münze
sense:
(idiomatic, usually preceded by a) Harsh treatment inflicted on one who previously inflicted similar or equivalent treatment on others.


lexentry: eng/tasteful__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tasteful
trans_list: geschmackvoll
sense:
Having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate.


lexentry: eng/taster__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: taster
trans_list: Vorkoster
sense:
Someone who tastes something; especially, either (1) to check its quality (in food science, winemaking, etc.) or (2) as a security measure to prevent assassination of a protectee.


lexentry: eng/tattle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tattle
trans_list: petzen
sense:
(intransitive, Canada, US, pejorative) Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of authority over the accused person; to tell on somebody. [from late 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/tattle__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tattle
trans_list: tratschen | klatschen
sense:
(intransitive, obsolete) To speak like a baby or young child; to babble, to prattle; to speak haltingly; to stutter.


lexentry: eng/tattoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tattoo
trans_list: Tätowieren
sense:
A method of decorating a body part, usually the skin, by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).


lexentry: eng/tau__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tau
trans_list: Tau
sense:
The letter Τ//τ in the Greek alphabet; being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, and the twenty-first letter of the Old and Ancient Greek alphabets.


lexentry: eng/tau_protein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tau protein
trans_list: Tau-Protein | Tauprotein
sense:
(neurology) A protein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules, and when misfolded is associated with forms of dementia such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.


lexentry: eng/taunt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taunt
trans_list: Spott treiben mit | hänseln | verspotten
sense:
(transitive) To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.


lexentry: eng/tauon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tauon
trans_list: Tauon
sense:
An unstable elementary particle which is a type of lepton, having a mass almost twice that of a proton, a negative charge, and a spin of ½; it decays into hadrons (usually pions) or other leptons, and neutrinos.


lexentry: eng/taurine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taurine
trans_list: Taurin
sense:
(organic compound, biochemistry) An amino-sulfonic acid, NH2CH2CH2SO3H, that has regulatory functions in mammals.


lexentry: eng/tauroctony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tauroctony
trans_list: Tauroktonie
sense:
(Mithraism, historical, arts) A depiction (typically in relief or sculpture) of Mithras killing a bull; associated with the practice of Mithraism (as a cult) in the Roman Empire.


lexentry: eng/tautology__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tautology
trans_list: Tautologie
sense:
(countable, logic, propositional logic) A statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables.


lexentry: eng/tautology__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: tautology
trans_list: Tautologie
sense:
(countable, logic, first-order logic) A statement that is true for all truth values of its Boolean atoms.


lexentry: eng/tawny_pipit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tawny pipit
trans_list: Brachpieper
sense:
Anthus campestris, a medium-to-large passerine bird that breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia, and northwest Africa.


lexentry: eng/tax_evasion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tax evasion
trans_list: Steuerhinterziehung | Steuerflucht
sense:
(taxation, criminology) The illegal reduction of paying tax, especially by making a false declaration of income etc.


lexentry: eng/tax_haven__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tax haven
trans_list: Steueroase | Steuerparadies
sense:
(law, business, taxation) A jurisdiction that levies low tax rates on certain economic activities, especially to attract wealthy individuals and foreign businesses.


lexentry: eng/tax_return__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tax return
trans_list: Steuererklärung
sense:
(finance) A declaration of income etc. for tax purposes: a report of income, deductions, contributions, and related financial information filed by a taxpayer with a national or local tax authority, used by the authority to determine the amount of taxation, usually consisting of forms completed by the taxpayer


lexentry: eng/tax_wedge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tax wedge
trans_list: Steuerkeil
sense:
(economics) difference between the price that includes all taxes and the untaxed price of a good, particularly the difference between the employer's labour cost and the employee's take-home pay


lexentry: eng/taxi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taxi
trans_list: Taxi | Taxe
sense:
A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.


lexentry: eng/taxi_stand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taxi stand
trans_list: Taxenstand | Taxistand
sense:
A designated place in a street, railway station, airport etc where taxicabs line up to wait for passengers.


lexentry: eng/taximeter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taximeter
trans_list: Taxameter
sense:
A device installed in a taxicab that calculates the fare based upon distance travelled and waiting time.


lexentry: eng/taxine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taxine
trans_list: Taxin
sense:
Any of several poisonous alkaloids that may be extracted from the leaves and seeds of the yew tree (Taxus baccata)


lexentry: eng/taxiway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taxiway
trans_list: Rollbahn | Rollweg | Rollfeld
sense:
(aviation) A road or path within an airport designated for the taxiing of aircraft connecting the runways with ramps, hangars, terminals and other facilities.


lexentry: eng/taxon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: taxon
trans_list: Taxon
sense:
(taxonomy) A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.


lexentry: eng/tayberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tayberry
trans_list: Taybeere
sense:
A cultivated shrub of the genus Rubus fruticosus x idaeus, a cross between the blackberry (R. fruiticosus) and raspberry (R. idaeus).


lexentry: eng/tea__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: tea
trans_list: Tasse Tee | Tee
sense:
(countable, Commonwealth, northern, _, US) A cup or (East Asia, Southern, _, US) glass of any of these drinks, often with milk, sugar, lemon, and/or tapioca pearls.


lexentry: eng/tea_break__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tea break
trans_list: Teepause
sense:
(British, Australia) A short break or rest period during the day when a cup of tea or coffee is drunk.


lexentry: eng/tea_ceremony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tea ceremony
trans_list: Teezeremonie
sense:
A detailed ritual in Japan for preparing, serving and drinking green tea, seen as an expression of Zen Buddhism; also any similar ritual performed in other Asian cultures.


lexentry: eng/tea_leaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tea leaf
trans_list: Teeblatt
sense:
(usually, used in the plural) A dried fragment of a leaf of the tea plant used in making the drink tea.


lexentry: eng/tea_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tea oil
trans_list: Kamelienöl
sense:
An oil contained in seeds of species of Camellia, including the tea plant, used in cooking especially in southern China.


lexentry: eng/tea_plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tea plant
trans_list: Teepflanze | Tee
sense:
The bush Camellia sinensis, the leaves of which are picked, dried and used to make the beverage tea.


lexentry: eng/tea_whisk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tea whisk
trans_list: Matchabesen | Teebesen
sense:
a kitchen utensil shaped and used like a shaving brush but typically made of bamboo rather than badger hair and manipulated above matcha to dissolve it and make it foam.


lexentry: eng/teabag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teabag
trans_list: Teebeutel
sense:
A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.


lexentry: eng/teacake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teacake
trans_list: Rührkuchen
sense:
(UK, and, Ireland, chiefly, Southern England) A flat, round bread bun, usually containing currants, sultanas or peel and often served toasted and buttered with tea.


lexentry: eng/teach__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: teach
trans_list: lehren | beibringen | unterrichten
sense:
(intransitive, stative) To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.


lexentry: eng/teach_someone_a_lesson__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teach someone a lesson
trans_list: eine Lektion erteilen
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) To punish someone for a serious transgression they have committed so that they do not commit it again.


lexentry: eng/teacher's_desk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teacher's desk
trans_list: Katheder | Lehrerpult | Lehrertisch
sense:
(This entry is a translation hub.) A desk at the front of a school classroom used by a teacher. In grade schools these often resemble tables or desks with cabinets; at the university level lecterns are often encountered.


lexentry: eng/teacup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teacup
trans_list: Teetasse
sense:
A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.


lexentry: eng/teak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teak
trans_list: Teak | Teakholz
sense:
(uncountable, countable) An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).


lexentry: eng/teal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teal
trans_list: Krickente | Kriekente
sense:
(countable) Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.


lexentry: eng/tealight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tealight
trans_list: Teelicht
sense:
A small, typically circular candle encased in a thin metal cup, so that it liquefies completely when lit and burns as a wick immersed in molten wax.


lexentry: eng/team__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: team
trans_list: Mannschaft | Team
sense:
A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus.


lexentry: eng/team_pursuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: team pursuit
trans_list: Mannschaftsverfolgung
sense:
(cycle racing) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams of up to four cyclists start on opposite sides of the velodrome track and try to catch their opponents, or get a faster time over a pre-decided distance.


lexentry: eng/tear__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tear
trans_list: reißen | zerreißen
sense:
(transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.


lexentry: eng/tear_away__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tear away
trans_list: absetzen
sense:
(transitive, often, reflexive) To remove (oneself or another person), overcoming that person's reluctance to be so removed.


lexentry: eng/tear_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tear gas
trans_list: Tränengas
sense:
Any lachrymatory, non-lethal chemical compound that causes the eyes to sting and water and/or irritates the respiratory system, mostly used for controlling crowds during riots or as self-defense.


lexentry: eng/tearjerker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tearjerker
trans_list: Schnulze
sense:
(informal) An emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, television episode, etc., usually with one or more sad passages or ending, so termed because it suggests one is likely to cry during its performance.


lexentry: eng/teaser__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: teaser
trans_list: Teaser
sense:
(marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.


lexentry: eng/teat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teat
trans_list: Brustwarze
sense:
(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.


lexentry: eng/tebibyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tebibyte
trans_list: Tebibyte
sense:
(computing) Strictly, 240 (10244, or 1,099,511,627,776) bytes or 210 (1024) gibibytes, as opposed to a terabyte.


lexentry: eng/technical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: technical
trans_list: technisch | Fach- | fachlich | fachspezifisch | fachsprachlich | markttechnisch
sense:
(securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.


lexentry: eng/technical_analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: technical analysis
trans_list: Technische Analyse
sense:
(finance) A stock or commodity market analysis technique which examines only market action such as prices, trading volume and open interest.


lexentry: eng/technical_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: technical school
trans_list: Fachschule
sense:
A school that provides training in practical skills such as welding, hairdressing, plumbing and so on.


lexentry: eng/technique__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: technique
trans_list: Technik
sense:
(uncountable) The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/techno__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: techno
trans_list: Techno
sense:
(music genre) A repetitive style of music originally produced for use in a continuous DJ set. The central rhythmic component is most often in common time (4/4), where time is marked with a bass drum on each quarter note pulse, a backbeat played by snare or clap on the second and fourth pulses of the bar, and an open hi-hat sounding every second eighth note.


lexentry: eng/technobabble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: technobabble
trans_list: Technobabbel | Technobrabbel
sense:
(fiction) Technical or scientific language used to convey a false impression of meaningful technical or scientific content.


lexentry: eng/technocracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: technocracy
trans_list: Technokratie
sense:
A system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise.


lexentry: eng/technological_singularity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: technological singularity
trans_list: technologische Singularität
sense:
A hypothetical future event in human history caused by the ever-increasing ability of new technology to speed up the rate at which new technology is developed.


lexentry: eng/technologist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: technologist
trans_list: Technologe | Techniker | Technologin
sense:
A scientist, engineer, or technician who specializes in a particular technology, or who uses technology in a particular field.


lexentry: eng/technology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: technology
trans_list: Technologie | Technik
sense:
The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.


lexentry: eng/technology_transfer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: technology transfer
trans_list: Technologietransfer
sense:
The movement of (especially new) technology from one field or region to another, especially from a research institution to the marketplace in order to allow commercialization.


lexentry: eng/tectonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tectonic
trans_list: tektonisch
sense:
(geology) Of, relating to, or caused by large-scale movements of the Earth's (or a similar planet's) lithosphere.


lexentry: eng/tectonic_plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tectonic plate
trans_list: Platte | tektonische Platte
sense:
(geology) Any of several large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere which participate in plate tectonics.


lexentry: eng/teem__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: teem
trans_list: austreiben | wimmeln
sense:
(obsolete) To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.


lexentry: eng/teenybopper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teenybopper
trans_list: Kindskopf
sense:
A child, especially a girl in her preteens and early teens, who follows popular clothing fashions, music trends, etc.


lexentry: eng/teeter-totter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teeter-totter
trans_list: Wippe
sense:
(North America, often, childish) A seesaw; a piece of playground equipment consisting of a long board with seats at either end, with a pivot point in the center.


lexentry: eng/teether__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teether
trans_list: Beißring
sense:
A device given to infants to help soothe inflamed gums during teething, often filled with a fluid or gel that can be frozen or refrigerated.


lexentry: eng/tefilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tefilla
trans_list: Tefillin
sense:
(countable, often, in plural) Synonym of phylactery (“either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible”).


lexentry: eng/teh_tarik__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teh tarik
trans_list: Teh Tarik
sense:
(Malaysia, Singapore) An Indian-style hot drink made from black tea with condensed milk or evaporated milk, poured back and forth between two vessels to give it a frothy top.


lexentry: eng/tektite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tektite
trans_list: Tektit
sense:
A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of molten ejecta from meteorite impacts.


lexentry: eng/telangiectasia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telangiectasia
trans_list: Teleangiektasie
sense:
(medicine, pathology) A condition characterized by dilatation of the capillaries, causing them to appear as small red or purple clusters, often spidery in appearance, on the skin or the surface of an organ.


lexentry: eng/telecommunication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telecommunication
trans_list: Telekommunikation
sense:
(uncountable) The science and technology of the communication of messages over a distance using electric, electronic or electromagnetic impulses. [1932]


lexentry: eng/telecommute__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telecommute
trans_list: telearbeiten | im Homeoffice arbeiten
sense:
To work from home, sometimes for part of a working day or week, using a computer connected to one's employer's network or via the Internet.


lexentry: eng/telecommuting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telecommuting
trans_list: Telearbeit | Homeoffice | Heimarbeit
sense:
The practice of using telecommunications technology to do one's work at a location remote from one's office, such as one's home, an Internet café, etc.


