# translation

lexentry: eng/telegony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telegony
trans_list: Telegonie
sense:
The belief that, in the case of siblings from the same mother but different fathers, the second sibling could inherit characteristics from the father of the first.


lexentry: eng/telegraph__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: telegraph
trans_list: Telegraph | Telegraf
sense:
(chiefly, _, historical) The electrical device gradually developed in the early 19th century to transmit messages (telegrams) using Morse code; the entire system used to transmit its messages including overhead lines and transoceanic cables.


lexentry: eng/telegraphy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telegraphy
trans_list: Telegraphie
sense:
Any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a code, especially by means of electrified wires or radio waves using Morse code.


lexentry: eng/telehandler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telehandler
trans_list: Teleskoplader
sense:
A vehicle with a telescopically extensible boom, which can be fitted with various lifting or manipulative devices such as pallet forks or grab.


lexentry: eng/telemark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telemark
trans_list: Telemark
sense:
(uncountable, skiing) Telemark skiing, a method of skiing using the telemark turn and a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes.


lexentry: eng/telemarketing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telemarketing
trans_list: Telefonverkauf | Telemarketing
sense:
The business of selling products or services by making unsolicited telephone calls to potential customers.


lexentry: eng/telemedicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telemedicine
trans_list: Telemedizin
sense:
The transfer of medical information by means of telecommunication technologies for the purpose of consulting or for remote medical procedures or examinations.


lexentry: eng/telemetry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telemetry
trans_list: Telemetrie
sense:
(spaceflight, telecommunications) The science, and associated technology, of the automatic recording and transmission of data from a remote source to a receiving station for analysis.


lexentry: eng/telenursing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telenursing
trans_list: Telepflege
sense:
(medicine) The use of telecommunication technology to provide nursing services, including consulting with patients and receiving health data from them.


lexentry: eng/telepath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telepath
trans_list: Telepath
sense:
(parapsychology, science fiction) A person with telepathic ability, capable of reading the thoughts of others around them.


lexentry: eng/telepathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telepathy
trans_list: Telepathie | Gedankenlesen | Gedankenübertragung
sense:
(parapsychology) The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.


lexentry: eng/telephone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telephone
trans_list: Telefon | Fernsprecher | Telephon
sense:
(countable, telephony) A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).


lexentry: eng/telephone_directory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telephone directory
trans_list: Telefonbuch
sense:
A listing of telephone subscribers in a specific geographical area, together with their telephone numbers and, sometimes, a street address.


lexentry: eng/telephone_operator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: telephone operator
trans_list: Telefonist | Telefonistin
sense:
A person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone.


lexentry: eng/telephoto_lens__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: telephoto lens
trans_list: Tele | Teleobjektiv
sense:
(photography) A lens which produces a magnified view of distant objects and which is sufficiently compact to have a physical length shorter than its focal length (as distinct from a long-focus lens).


lexentry: eng/teleport__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teleport
trans_list: teleportieren
sense:
(intransitive) To travel, often instantaneously, from one point to another without physically crossing the distance between the two points.


lexentry: eng/teleportation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teleportation
trans_list: Teleportation
sense:
Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways.


lexentry: eng/teleprompter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teleprompter
trans_list: Prompter
sense:
A device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera.


lexentry: eng/telescopic_sight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telescopic sight
trans_list: Zielfernrohr
sense:
A device used e.g. on a rifle in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.


lexentry: eng/teletype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teletype
trans_list: Fernschreiber
sense:
(historical) A telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols, typically resembling a typewriter in appearance.


lexentry: eng/televangelist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: televangelist
sense:
A religious minister (often a Christian priest or minister) who devotes a large portion of his or her ministry to television broadcasts to a regular viewing audience.

trans_list:
Fernsehprediger | Fernsehpredigerin | Fernsehevangelist | Fernsehevangelistin | TV-Evangelist | TV-Evangelistin


lexentry: eng/television__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: television
trans_list: Fernseher | Fernsehgerät | Fernsehapparat | Glotze
sense:
(countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.


lexentry: eng/television_show__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: television show
trans_list: Fernsehsendung | Fernsehshow
sense:
A live or recorded broadcast or program, or series of broadcasts or programs, meant to be viewed on television.


lexentry: eng/televoting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: televoting
trans_list: Teleabstimmung | Telefonabstimmung | Televoting
sense:
A process that allows viewers to participate in a telecast through phone calls or SMS, to choose between candidates or performers to qualify or be eliminated.


lexentry: eng/telicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telicity
trans_list: Telizität
sense:
(linguistics) The property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense.


lexentry: eng/tell_apart__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tell apart
trans_list: auseinanderhalten | unterscheiden
sense:
(idiomatic) To perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate.


lexentry: eng/tell_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tell on
trans_list: verpetzen
sense:
(usually childish) To inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.


lexentry: eng/telltale__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: telltale
trans_list: Fadensonde
sense:
(nautical) A length of yarn or ribbon attached to a sail or shroud etc to indicate the direction of the flow of the air relative to the boat.


lexentry: eng/telltale__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: telltale
trans_list: Kontrolleinrichtung
sense:
(engineering) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees (factory hands, watchmen, drivers, etc.) by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.


lexentry: eng/tellurian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tellurian
trans_list: tellurisch
sense:
(formal, or, literary) Of or relating to the earth; (specifically, chiefly, science fiction) inhabiting planet Earth as opposed to other planets. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/telluride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telluride
trans_list: Tellurid
sense:
(countable, inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane


lexentry: eng/tellurium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tellurium
trans_list: Tellur
sense:
(uncountable) The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.


lexentry: eng/telophase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telophase
trans_list: Telophase
sense:
(biology) The final stage of mitosis or meiosis during which the daughter chromosomes move towards opposite ends of the nuclear spindle


lexentry: eng/telson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: telson
trans_list: Telson
sense:
(zoology) The part of an arthropod or crustacean posterior to the last segment, often resembling an armored tail or tip of the tail.


lexentry: eng/temazepam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: temazepam
trans_list: Temazepam
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A compound (trademark Restoril) of the benzodiazepine class used as a tranquilizer and short-acting hypnotic.


lexentry: eng/tempeh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tempeh
trans_list: Tempeh
sense:
An Indonesian food made from partially-cooked soybeans fermented by a fungus (either Rhizopus oligosporus or Rhizopus oryzae).


lexentry: eng/temper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: temper
trans_list: Temperament | Gereiztheit | Laune
sense:
A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.


lexentry: eng/temper__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: temper
trans_list: Laune
sense:
The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.


lexentry: eng/temper__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: temper
trans_list: Anlassen | Ausheizen
sense:
The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.


lexentry: eng/temper__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: temper
trans_list: mäßigen
sense:
(archaic) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage.


lexentry: eng/temperament__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: temperament
trans_list: Stimmung
sense:
(music) The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.


lexentry: eng/temperamental__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: temperamental
trans_list: kapriziös
sense:
(of a machine or of software, figuratively) User-unfriendly, unstable, that is complicated or has poorly written instructions and is subsequently difficult to operate; unpredictable and erratic.


lexentry: eng/temperance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: temperance
trans_list: Mäßigung
sense:
Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence.


lexentry: eng/temperate_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: temperate zone
trans_list: gemäßigte Zone
sense:
Either of the parts of the Earth's surface between the tropics and the polar regions: one such zone in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/temperature__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: temperature
trans_list: Temperatur
sense:
(thermodynamics) A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity of the random actual motions of the individually mobile particulate constituents.


lexentry: eng/temperature_coefficient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: temperature coefficient
trans_list: Temperaturbeiwert | Temperaturkoeffizient
sense:
(sciences) A coefficient which relates the change of the magnitude of a physical property to a unit change in temperature.


lexentry: eng/tempering__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tempering
trans_list: Einkommen
sense:
(pottery, architecture) A non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; temper.


lexentry: eng/tempestuous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tempestuous
trans_list: stürmisch
sense:
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; also, of a place: frequently experiencing tempests; (very) stormy.


lexentry: eng/template__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: template
trans_list: Vorlage
sense:
(object-oriented) A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.


lexentry: eng/temple__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: temple
trans_list: Schläfe
sense:
(anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head of a vertebrate, including a human, behind the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.


lexentry: eng/temple_garment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: temple garment
trans_list: Tempelgewand
sense:
(religion, clothing) A form of underwear worn by Latter-day Saints after taking part in the endowment ceremony; they are a symbolic reminder of the covenants made in temple ceremonies.


lexentry: eng/tempo__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: tempo
trans_list: Tempo
sense:
(music) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)


lexentry: eng/temporal__Adjective__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: temporal
trans_list: Schläfen-
sense:
(anatomy, relational) Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits.


lexentry: eng/temporal_hour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: temporal hour
trans_list: Stunde
sense:
A unit of time defined as 1⁄12 of a day's daylight or nighttime, varying according to season, latitude, and local weather.


lexentry: eng/temporal_lobe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: temporal lobe
trans_list: Temporallappen
sense:
(neuroanatomy, anatomy) One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the temples.


lexentry: eng/temporize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: temporize
trans_list: abwarten
sense:
(intransitive) To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes so that a compromise can be reached or simply to make a conversation more temperate; to stall for time.


lexentry: eng/temporomandibular_joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: temporomandibular joint
trans_list: Kiefergelenk
sense:
(anatomy) The joint on either side of the human head where the jaw (mandible) meets the skull (at the temporal bone).


lexentry: eng/temporomandibular_joint_dysfunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: temporomandibular joint dysfunction
trans_list: Kiefergelenkserkrankung
sense:
(pathology) An umbrella term covering pain and dysfunction of the muscles of mastication (the muscles that move the jaw) and the temporomandibular joints (the joints which connect the mandible to the skull).


lexentry: eng/ten__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ten
trans_list: zehn
sense:
The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.


lexentry: eng/ten_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ten o'clock
trans_list: zehn Uhr
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the eleventh hour of the day; 10:00 a.m. (10:00).


lexentry: eng/tenancy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tenancy
trans_list: Mietverhältnis
sense:
Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more commonly used when a lease is short-term or has a periodic rent that is not merely nominal.


lexentry: eng/tend__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tend
trans_list: tendieren zu
sense:
(followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. [from mid-14th c.]


lexentry: eng/tend__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tend
trans_list: sorgen für
sense:
To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.


lexentry: eng/tendentious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tendentious
trans_list: tendenziös
sense:
(of persons or their words) Having a tendency; written or spoken with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one; implicitly or explicitly slanted; biased.


lexentry: eng/tender_loving_care__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tender loving care
trans_list: Betreuung
sense:
Considerate and compassionate care, especially as given by nurses when no other treatment is of use.


lexentry: eng/tendon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tendon
trans_list: Sehne
sense:
(anatomy) A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.


lexentry: eng/tenet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tenet
trans_list: Grundsatz | Dogma | Glaubenssatz | Grundregel | Theorem
sense:
An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.


lexentry: eng/tenner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tenner
trans_list: Zehner
sense:
(informal, UK, Irish) A monetary note (bill) whose face value is ten basic units of currency. Originally, a ten-shilling (half pound) note.


lexentry: eng/tennis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tennis
trans_list: Tennis
sense:
(sports) A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.


lexentry: eng/tennis_ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tennis ball
trans_list: Tennisball
sense:
A hollow, bouncy rubber ball, pressurized and covered with usually yellow felt, used in the game of tennis.


lexentry: eng/tennis_court__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tennis court
trans_list: Tennisplatz
sense:
(tennis) A firm, rectangular surface, marked with lines and having a net across the middle, where the game of tennis is played.


lexentry: eng/tennis_elbow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tennis elbow
trans_list: Tennisarm | Tennisellenbogen
sense:
a painful inflammation of the extensor tendon of the humerus caused by overuse of the muscles of the lower arm


lexentry: eng/tennis_racket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tennis racket
trans_list: Tennisschläger
sense:
(tennis) A type of bat used to strike the ball in tennis; it has an oval frame with a taut interlaced network of strings


lexentry: eng/tenon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tenon
trans_list: Zapfen
sense:
A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.


lexentry: eng/tenor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tenor
trans_list: Tenor
sense:
(archaic, music) A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.


lexentry: eng/tension__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: tension
trans_list: Spannung
sense:
(physics, engineering) The state of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length.


lexentry: eng/tension_headache__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tension headache
trans_list: Spannungskopfschmerz
sense:
A common form of headache characterised by a feeling of constant pressure, frequently on both sides of the head at the same time.


lexentry: eng/tensor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tensor
trans_list: Tensor
sense:
(mathematics, linear algebra, physics) A mathematical object that describes linear relations on scalars, vectors, matrices and other algebraic objects, and is represented as a multidimensional array. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/tensor_product__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tensor product
trans_list: Tensorprodukt
sense:
(math) The most general bilinear operation in various contexts (as with vectors, matrices, tensors, vector spaces, algebras, topological vector spaces, modules, and so on), denoted by ⊗.


lexentry: eng/tent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tent
trans_list: Zelt
sense:
A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.


lexentry: eng/tentacle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tentacle
trans_list: Tentakel | Fangarm
sense:
(zoology) An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.


lexentry: eng/tepal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tepal
trans_list: Blütenhüllblatt | Perigonblatt
sense:
(botany) Any component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals.


lexentry: eng/tequila__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tequila
trans_list: Tequila
sense:
An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.


lexentry: eng/tera-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tera-
trans_list: tera-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1012 (short scale trillion or long scale billion). Symbol: T


lexentry: eng/terbinafine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terbinafine
trans_list: Terbinafin
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic allylamine antifungal drug that is highly lipophilic, used in the form of its hydrochloride C21H25N·HCl orally in the treatment of onychomycosis and topically in the treatment of tinea corporis, tinea cruris, and athlete's foot.


lexentry: eng/terbium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terbium
trans_list: Terbium
sense:
A metallic chemical element (symbol Tb) with an atomic number of 65: a soft, silvery-white, rare earth metal that is malleable and ductile.


lexentry: eng/terephthalic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terephthalic acid
trans_list: Terephthalsäure
sense:
(carboxylic acid) An aromatic dicarboxylic acid, benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid, used in the manufacture of polyesters


lexentry: eng/teriyaki__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: teriyaki
trans_list: Teriyaki
sense:
A cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which foods are broiled or grilled in a sweet soy sauce marinade.


lexentry: eng/term__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: term
trans_list: Begriff | Terminus | Bezeichnung
sense:
A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.


lexentry: eng/term__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: term
trans_list: Term | Begriff
sense:
With respect to a pregnancy, the usual duration of gestation for the given species (for example, nine months in humans); (metonymically) the end of this duration: the timepoint at which birth usually happens (for example, in humans, approximately 40 weeks from conception), defining the due date.


lexentry: eng/term_of_address__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: term of address
trans_list: Anrede | Anredeform
sense:
A word or phrase used to address or refer to someone or something without using his, her, their or its name (for example, His Excellency or your Honor).


lexentry: eng/term_of_endearment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: term of endearment
trans_list: Kosewort
sense:
A word, phrase, or nickname used as a term of address expressing affection; it is often a diminutive.


lexentry: eng/terminal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terminal
trans_list: Terminal
sense:
A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.


lexentry: eng/terminal__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: terminal
trans_list: Bahnhof
sense:
A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.


lexentry: eng/terminal__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: terminal
trans_list: Terminal
sense:
(computing) A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.


lexentry: eng/terminator__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: terminator
trans_list: Nachtlinie | Tag-Nacht-Grenze
sense:
(astronomy) The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/terminology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: terminology
trans_list: Terminologie | Fachsprache
sense:
The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms.


lexentry: eng/terms_of_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terms of service
trans_list: Nutzungsbedingungen | Nutzungsklauseln
sense:
(legal) The terms, conditions, or restrictions under which a person, commonly called an end user, may or may not utilize the aspects of a particular service.


lexentry: eng/tern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tern
trans_list: Seeschwalbe | Meerschwalbe
sense:
Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sterninae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.


lexentry: eng/ternary_operator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ternary operator
trans_list: Auswahloperator
sense:
(programming) An operator taking three operands, specifically the operator ?: used in many programming languages to select one of two values depending on a third value.


lexentry: eng/terpene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terpene
trans_list: Terpen
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a very large class of naturally occurring and synthetic organic compounds formally derived from the hydrocarbon isoprene; they include many volatile compounds used in perfume and food flavours, turpentine, the steroids, the carotene pigments and rubber.


lexentry: eng/terrace__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: terrace
trans_list: Terrasse | Ackerterrasse | Reisterrasse | Stehplätze | Stehtribüne
sense:
(agriculture) A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.


lexentry: eng/terrace__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: terrace
trans_list: Dachterrasse | Terrasse
sense:
(chiefly, Indian English) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.


lexentry: eng/terraform__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terraform
trans_list: terraformen
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, science fiction) To transform the atmosphere (or biosphere) of another planet into one having the characteristics of Earth.


lexentry: eng/terraforming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terraforming
trans_list: Terraforming
sense:
The hypothetical process of deliberately modifying the atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology of a planet, moon, etc. to make it similar to those of Earth and thus suitable for human life.


lexentry: eng/terramare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terramare
trans_list: Terramare
sense:
(prehistory) Bronze Age lake dwellings and settlements of the Po valley in northern Italy, characterized by the presence of ammoniacal earthy deposit (black marl) in mounds.


lexentry: eng/terrapin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terrapin
trans_list: Sumpfschildkröte
sense:
(countable) Any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae found throughout the world.


lexentry: eng/terrapin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: terrapin
trans_list: Schildkröte
sense:
(countable, obsolete) Any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water, especially the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin).


lexentry: eng/terrarium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terrarium
trans_list: Terrarium
sense:
An enclosure wherein small animals are displayed, usually with some plants, in a naturalistic setting.


lexentry: eng/terrarium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: terrarium
trans_list: Terrarium
sense:
A partially enclosed glass container for displaying plants, especially plants that need high humidity.


lexentry: eng/terrestrial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: terrestrial
trans_list: erdähnlich | terrestrisch
sense:
(astronomy) Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet.


lexentry: eng/terrestrial_planet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terrestrial planet
trans_list: erdähnlicher Planet
sense:
Any planet of the solar system or any exoplanet which is "Earth-like" in the sense that it is composed primarily of metals and rock, in contrast to a planet which is a gas giant.


lexentry: eng/terrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terrier
trans_list: Terrier
sense:
A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).


lexentry: eng/territorial_integrity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: territorial integrity
trans_list: territoriale Integrität
sense:
(international law) The principle that a state's borders are sacrosanct; the idea that nation-states should not promote secessionist movements or border changes in other nation-states.


lexentry: eng/territorial_waters__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: territorial waters
trans_list: Küstenmeer | Hoheitsgewässer
sense:
(politics, geography) A country's inland lakes and waterways as well as the portion of its coastal oceans, seas, or other adjoining bodies of water considered to fall within the political boundaries and legal jurisdiction of that country.


lexentry: eng/territory__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: territory
trans_list: Territorium | Gebiet
sense:
(Australia) One of three of Australia's federal entities, located in the country's north and southeast, with fewer powers than a state and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory.


lexentry: eng/territory__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: territory
trans_list: Revier | Gebiet
sense:
(ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.


lexentry: eng/terror_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terror bird
trans_list: Terrorvogel
sense:
Any of the family Phorusrhacidae of extinct flightless birds endemic to South America during the Cenozoic; a phorusrhacid.


lexentry: eng/terrorcore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terrorcore
trans_list: Entsetzen
sense:
A European music genre that is a faster variant of hardcore techno, often incorporating samples from horror films.


lexentry: eng/terrorism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terrorism
trans_list: Terrorismus
sense:
(historical) The system of fear and intimidation put into place during the Reign of Terror in Revolutionary France around 1793-94.


lexentry: eng/terrorist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terrorist
trans_list: Terrorist | Terroristin
sense:
A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.


lexentry: eng/tertiary_color__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tertiary color
trans_list: Tertiärfarbe
sense:
(American spelling) Any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors, or of a primary color and an adjacent secondary color.


lexentry: eng/tertiary_colour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tertiary colour
trans_list: Tertiärfarbe
sense:
(British spelling) Any colour that results from the mixing of two secondary colours, or of a primary colour and an adjacent secondary colour.


lexentry: eng/terza_rima__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: terza rima
trans_list: Terzine
sense:
(poetry) An arrangement of triplets, generally in iambic pentameter in English, with rhyme scheme aba bcb cdc.


lexentry: eng/tesla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tesla
trans_list: Tesla
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity. Symbol: T


lexentry: eng/tessellate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tessellate
trans_list: parkettieren | tessellieren
sense:
(intransitive, geometry) to cover a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge cover an area leaving no space between the shapes.


lexentry: eng/tessellate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tessellate
trans_list: parkettieren | tessellieren
sense:
(transitive, geometry) To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge.


lexentry: eng/tesseract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tesseract
trans_list: Tesserakt
sense:
(mathematics, geometry) The four-dimensional analogue of a cube; a 4D polytope bounded by eight cubes (analogously to the way a cube is bounded by six squares).


lexentry: eng/tessitura__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tessitura
trans_list: Gesangslage | Tessitur
sense:
(music) The most acceptable and comfortable vocal range for a singer or musical instrument; the range in which a given type of voice presents its best-sounding timbre.


lexentry: eng/test-driven_development__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: test-driven development
trans_list: testgetriebene Entwicklung
sense:
(software engineering) A software development process that relies on the repetition of a minimal development cycle where the developer writes an (initially failing) automated test case that defines a desired function, then produces minimal code to pass that test, and finally refactors the new code to acceptable standards.


lexentry: eng/test__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: test
trans_list: Test | Prüfung | Erprobung
sense:
A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.


lexentry: eng/test__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: test
trans_list: Gehäuse
sense:
(marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.Two sea urchin tests


lexentry: eng/test__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: test
trans_list: prüfen
sense:
(academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).


lexentry: eng/test__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: test
trans_list: erproben | prüfen
sense:
To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.


lexentry: eng/test_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: test card
trans_list: Testbild
sense:
(UK, television) A test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no programme is being broadcast (often at startup and closedown).


lexentry: eng/test_tube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: test tube
trans_list: Reagenzglas
sense:
(chemistry) A glass tube, rounded at one end and open at the other, used for small-scale laboratory tests.


lexentry: eng/testament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: testament
trans_list: Testament | Letzter Wille
sense:
(law) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her inheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiting specified heir(s).


lexentry: eng/testament__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: testament
trans_list: Testament
sense:
One of the two parts to the scriptures of the Christian religion: the New Testament, considered by Christians to be a continuation of the Hebrew scriptures, and the Hebrew scriptures themselves, which they refer to as the Old Testament.


lexentry: eng/testimonial__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: testimonial
trans_list: Abschiedsspiel
sense:
(football) A match played in tribute to a particular player (who sometimes receives a proportion of the gate money).


lexentry: eng/testimony__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: testimony
trans_list: Zeugnis | Glaubenszeugnis | Lebenszeugnis
sense:
(religion) In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony.


lexentry: eng/testosterone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: testosterone
trans_list: Testosteron
sense:
(steroid hormone) A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.


lexentry: eng/tetanus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetanus
trans_list: Tetanus | Wundstarrkrampf
sense:
(pathology, countable) A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.


lexentry: eng/tetany__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetany
trans_list: Tetanie
sense:
(medicine) A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism.


lexentry: eng/tether__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tether
trans_list: koppeln | zusammenschalten
sense:
(Internet, transitive) To connect (a smartphone) to a personal computer in order to give the computer access to the phone's Internet connection.


lexentry: eng/tethered_aerostat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tethered aerostat
trans_list: Fesselballon
sense:
an aerostat, such as a balloon, connected to the ground by a cable and winch, and used as an observation platform etc.


lexentry: eng/tetracycline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetracycline
trans_list: Tetracyclin
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug, uncountable) A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C22H24N2O8 produced by streptomyces or synthetically.


lexentry: eng/tetracycline__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tetracycline
trans_list: Tetracyclin
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug, countable) Any of a large group of antibiotics with the same general structure derived from tetracene with many hydroxyl and other groups.


lexentry: eng/tetradecane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetradecane
trans_list: Tetradecan
sense:
(organic compound) Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having fourteen carbon atoms (C14H30)


lexentry: eng/tetrahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetrahedron
trans_list: Tetraeder | 4-Flächner | Vierflächner
sense:
(geometry) A polyhedron with four faces; the regular tetrahedron, the faces of which are equal equilateral triangles, is one of the Platonic solids.


lexentry: eng/tetrahydrocannabinol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetrahydrocannabinol
trans_list: Tetrahydrocannabinol
sense:
(organic compound) The psychoactive substance present in cannabis, a hydrogenated derivative of cannabinol.


lexentry: eng/tetrahydrofuran__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetrahydrofuran
trans_list: Tetrahydrofuran
sense:
(organic compound) A heterocyclic ether having a five-membered ring with four carbon atoms and one oxygen; it is a colourless liquid with an ether-like smell, and is used as a polar solvent.


lexentry: eng/tetralogy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetralogy
trans_list: Tetralogie
sense:
A set of four works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as four individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.


lexentry: eng/tetralogy_of_Fallot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetralogy of Fallot
trans_list: Fallot-Tetralogie
sense:
(disease) A congenital heart defect, characterised by the four findings of ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, right ventricular hypertrophy and an overriding aorta.


lexentry: eng/tetramorph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetramorph
trans_list: Tetramorph
sense:
A symbolic arrangement of four differing elements, or the combination of four disparate elements in one unit.


lexentry: eng/tetrapod__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tetrapod
trans_list: Vierbeiner
sense:
Any vertebrate (such as birds or snakes) that has evolved from early tetrapods; especially any member of the superclass Tetrapoda


lexentry: eng/tetrarch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetrarch
trans_list: Tetrarch
sense:
A governor or ruler of a quarter of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in or client state of Ancient Rome.


lexentry: eng/tetrarchy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetrarchy
trans_list: Tetrarchie
sense:
(politics) A government where power is shared by four people, especially (historical) the Herodian tetrarchy established in Judea after the death of Herod and the Tetrarchy of Diocletian which ruled the Roman Empire in the years 293-313.


lexentry: eng/tetration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetration
trans_list: Potenzturm | Tetration
sense:
(arithmetic) The arithmetic operator consisting of repeated exponentiation, by analogy with exponentiation being repeated multiplication and multiplication being repeated addition, ^ba denoting a to the power of a to the power of \ldots to the power of a, in which a appears b times.


lexentry: eng/tetrode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetrode
trans_list: Tetrode
sense:
A thermionic valve similar to a triode with the addition of a screen grid to improve the thermionic emission.


lexentry: eng/tetrodotoxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tetrodotoxin
trans_list: Tetrodotoxin
sense:
(neurotoxin) A neurotoxin, originally discovered in Tetraodontiformes, and found in pufferfish, blue-ringed octopus, etc.


lexentry: eng/texel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: texel
trans_list: Texelschaf
sense:
(computer graphics) An image representing the smallest unit of a texture that may be repeated to tile a region of the display.


lexentry: eng/text__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: text
trans_list: Text
sense:
A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.


lexentry: eng/text__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: text
trans_list: simsen
sense:
(transitive) To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.


lexentry: eng/text_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: text box
trans_list: Kasten | Textbox
sense:
(typography) A block of printed text contained within borders that is intended to be read separately from the major text of the page.


lexentry: eng/text_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: text box
trans_list: Textfeld
sense:
(computing, graphical user interface) A rectangular widget that accepts textual input on an interactive electronic display.


lexentry: eng/text_editor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: text editor
trans_list: Texteditor
sense:
(computing) A program which allows a user to edit the contents of a text file, usually in an interactive way with immediate visual feedback.


lexentry: eng/text_file__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: text file
trans_list: Textdatei
sense:
(computing) A datafile containing only plain, human-readable text, distinct from documents with embedded formatting.


lexentry: eng/textbook__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: textbook
trans_list: Bilderbuch | lehrbuchmäßig
sense:
(figuratively) Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook.


lexentry: eng/textbook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: textbook
trans_list: Lehrbuch | Schulbuch | Handbuch
sense:
(education) A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.


lexentry: eng/textile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: textile
trans_list: Textilie
sense:
(usually, in the plural) Any material made of interlacing fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles.


lexentry: eng/textual_criticism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: textual criticism
trans_list: Textkritik
sense:
A field of scholarly enquiry dedicated to reconstructing the oldest form(s) of a text that is or are possible to retrieve and to explaining any attested variants.


lexentry: eng/texture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: texture
trans_list: Textur
sense:
The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.


lexentry: eng/textured_vegetable_protein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: textured vegetable protein
trans_list: Sojafleisch | texturiertes Soja
sense:
A meat analog derived from soy, a by-product of extracting soybean oil, in the form of small chunks that can be reconstituted with water and cooked.


lexentry: eng/thalamus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thalamus
trans_list: Thalamus
sense:
(neuroanatomy) Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.


lexentry: eng/thaler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thaler
trans_list: Taler
sense:
(historical, numismatics) A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.


lexentry: eng/thalidomide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thalidomide
trans_list: Contergan | Thalidomid
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A drug sold during the late 1950s and early 1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.


lexentry: eng/thallium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thallium
trans_list: Thallium
sense:
A metallic chemical element (symbol Tl) with atomic number 81: a gray post-transition metal that discolors when exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/thallophyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thallophyte
trans_list: Thallophyt | Thalluspflanze
sense:
(botany) Any of very many primitive plants that consist of a thallus (plant body not differentiated into roots, stems and leaves), formerly collected in the obsolete taxonomic group Thallophyta.


lexentry: eng/thalweg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thalweg
trans_list: Talweg
sense:
(geology, geography, cartography) The line that connects the lowest points in a valley or river channel, and thus the line of fastest flow or deepest water along a river’s course.


lexentry: eng/than__Preposition__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: than
trans_list: als
sense:
Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.


lexentry: eng/thanakha__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thanakha
trans_list: Thanaka
sense:
A yellowish-white cosmetic paste made from ground wood apple tree bark, worn mainly by Burmese women.


lexentry: eng/thanatology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thanatology
trans_list: Sterbensforschung | Thanatologie
sense:
The scientific study of death and the practices associated with it, including the study of the needs of the terminally ill and their families.


lexentry: eng/thank_God__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thank God
trans_list: Gott sei Dank | gottseidank
sense:
Used to express gratitude or relief, usually literally (religiously) but sometimes figuratively (nonreligiously).


lexentry: eng/thank__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thank
trans_list: bedanken | danken
sense:
Chiefly followed by for: to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible, especially for something negative; to blame.


lexentry: eng/thanks_for_nothing__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thanks for nothing
trans_list: danke für nichts
sense:
(idiomatic, ironic) Expression of displeasure towards a person who has not provided what was wanted.


lexentry: eng/that'll_be_the_day__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: that'll be the day
trans_list: wenn Ostern und Pfingsten auf einen Tag fällt
sense:
(originally, Australia, New Zealand, idiomatic, informal) Said in reply to something that one believes will never happen.


lexentry: eng/that's_what_I'm_talking_about__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: that's what I'm talking about
trans_list: So sieht's aus
sense:
(slang, orignally, AAVE) Used to express enthusiastic support for an object or person that has just been referenced or for an event that has just occurred.


lexentry: eng/that__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: that
trans_list: damit | sodass
sense:
Introducing a clause that is the object of a verb, especially a reporting verb or verb expressing belief, knowledge, perception, etc.


lexentry: eng/that__Determiner__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: that
trans_list: jener | jenes | jene
sense:
(demonstrative) The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.


lexentry: eng/that__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: that
trans_list: jener | jenes | jene
sense:
(demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action, or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. [from 9thc.]


lexentry: eng/that__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: that
trans_list: das | der | die
sense:
(relative, plural that) In a relative clause, referring to a previously mentioned noun, as subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition; which, who. [from 9thc.]


lexentry: eng/that_one__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: that one
trans_list: der | jener | derjenige
sense:
A specified object, thing or person (especially one further away/over there or known or mentioned later). (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/thatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thatch
trans_list: Dachstroh | Reet
sense:
Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.


lexentry: eng/thaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thaw
trans_list: Tauwetter | Schmelze
sense:
The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost


lexentry: eng/thaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: thaw
trans_list: Tauwetter
sense:
(figuratively) A period of relaxation, of reduced reserve, tension, or hostility or of increased friendliness or understanding.


lexentry: eng/thaw__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: thaw
trans_list: auftauen
sense:
(transitive) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.


lexentry: eng/the__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the
trans_list: je + comp., desto + comp. | je + comp., je + comp. | je + comp., umso + comp.
sense:
With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.


lexentry: eng/the__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: the
trans_list: umso
sense:
With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none.


lexentry: eng/the__Article__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the
trans_list: der | das
sense:
Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/the__Article__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the
trans_list: der | die | das
sense:
The definite grammatical article that shows that the noun phrase that immediately follows it is definitely identifiable...


lexentry: eng/the__Article__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the
trans_list: der | das
sense:
Used before a body part, a family member, a pet (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun. [from 12th c.]


lexentry: eng/the__Article__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the
trans_list: der | das
sense:
Used before a noun phrase beginning with superlative or comparative adjective or an ordinal number, indicating that the noun refers to a single item.


lexentry: eng/the__Article__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the
trans_list: der | das
sense:
Used in many idiomatic expressions and proverbs to refer to common objects, roles, or situations connected with something definite, in the manner of an analogy


lexentry: eng/the__Article__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: the
trans_list: dieser
sense:
Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/the_apple_does_not_fall_far_from_the_tree__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the apple does not fall far from the tree
trans_list: der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm
sense:
(idiom) A child grows up to be similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.


lexentry: eng/the_buck_stops_here__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the buck stops here
sense:
(idiomatic) A statement that no excuses will be made, that the speaker is going to take direct responsibility for matters, rather than pass the responsibility to higher authorities.

trans_list:
die Verantwortung liegt hier bei mir und nirgendwo anders | die Verantwortung liegt hier bei uns und nirgendwo anders


lexentry: eng/the_captain_goes_down_with_the_ship__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the captain goes down with the ship
trans_list: der Kapitän geht als Letzter von Bord
sense:
A leader is ultimately responsible for the penalities of a catastrophe, even if they result from external causes or the misactions of others under the leader's purview.


lexentry: eng/the_cure_is_worse_than_the_disease__Phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: the cure is worse than the disease
trans_list: vom Regen in die Traufe kommen
sense:
(figuratively) The solution or proposed solution to a problem produces a worse net result than the problem does (or threatens a non-negligible risk of doing so), especially via unintended consequences.


lexentry: eng/the_devil_is_in_the_details__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the devil is in the details
trans_list: der Teufel steckt im Detail
sense:
(idiomatic) The specific provisions of, or particular steps for implementing, a general plan, policy, or contract may be complicated, controversial, or unworkable.


lexentry: eng/the_die_is_cast__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the die is cast
trans_list: die Würfel sind gefallen
sense:
(idiomatic) A conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner; the point of no return has been passed; the future is determined; there are no more options.


lexentry: eng/the_early_bird_gets_the_worm__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the early bird gets the worm
trans_list: Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund | der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm
sense:
Whoever arrives first has the best chance of success; some opportunities are available only to the first competitors.


lexentry: eng/the_end_justifies_the_means__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the end justifies the means
trans_list: der Zweck heiligt die Mittel
sense:
Morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary to achieve morally right outcomes; actions can be considered morally right or wrong only by virtue of the morality of the outcome.


lexentry: eng/the_enemy_of_my_enemy_is_my_friend__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the enemy of my enemy is my friend
trans_list: der Feind meines Feindes ist mein Freund
sense:
It is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat.


lexentry: eng/the_fuck__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the fuck
trans_list: verfickt nochmal | zum Fick | zum Scheiß | zum Teufel
sense:
(vulgar, slang) Used with an interrogative pronoun as an intensifier to express anger, frustration, incredulity, or other strong emotion.


lexentry: eng/the_fuck__Phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: the fuck
trans_list: verfickt nochmal
sense:
(vulgar, slang) Used after verbs forming a part of a phrasal verb as an intensifier to imply aggressive emphasis.


lexentry: eng/the_grass_is_always_greener_on_the_other_side__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: The circumstances of others seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
written_rep: the grass is always greener on the other side
trans_list:
die Kirschen aus Nachbars Garten schmecken immer besser | die Kirschen aus Nachbars Garten schmecken immer noch am besten


lexentry: eng/the_hell__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: the hell
trans_list: zur Hölle
sense:
(mildly, vulgar) Expletive used for emphasis, typically after an interrogative term or relative pronoun.


lexentry: eng/the_jug_goes_to_the_well_until_it_breaks__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the jug goes to the well until it breaks
trans_list: der Krug geht so lange zum Brunnen, bis er bricht
sense:
Even though something can be used well at the moment, it will eventually break down as everything does.


lexentry: eng/the_man__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the man
trans_list: der Mann
sense:
The oppressive powers that be, including the government and corporations; the system, as coordinated outside of one's control.


lexentry: eng/the_more_things_change,_the_more_they_stay_the_same__Proverb__1
sense_num: 02
sense: A change of heart must accompany experience before lasting change occurs.
written_rep: the more things change, the more they stay the same
trans_list:
je mehr sich alles ändert, desto mehr bleibt alles gleich | je mehr sich verändert, desto mehr bleibt sich gleich


lexentry: eng/the_nail_that_sticks_out_gets_hammered_down__Proverb__1
written_rep: the nail that sticks out gets hammered down
trans_list:
vorstehende Nägel werden eingeschlagen | wer den Kopf zu weit aus dem Loch steckt, kann ihn leicht verlieren


lexentry: eng/the_quick_brown_fox_jumps_over_the_lazy_dog__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
sense:
A phrase containing every letter of the English alphabet (a pangram), used to demonstrate typographical fonts etc.

trans_list:
Franz jagt im komplett verwahrlosten Auto quer durch Bayern | zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Viktor quer über den großen Sylter Deich


lexentry: eng/the_rest_is_history__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the rest is history
trans_list: der Rest ist Geschichte
sense:
(informal, idiomatic) One does not need to continue narrating a story as the subsequent events are assumed to be well-known.


lexentry: eng/the_spirit_is_willing,_but_the_flesh_is_weak__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
trans_list: der Geist ist willig, aber das Fleisch ist schwach
sense:
As much as one wishes to achieve something, the frailties of the human body often make it impossible. Sometimes extended to jocular or organizational referents.


lexentry: eng/the_straw_that_broke_the_camel's_back__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: the straw that broke the camel's back
trans_list: der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt
sense:
(idiomatic) A small and seemingly insignificant addition to a burden that renders it too much to bear; the small thing which causes failure, or causes inability or unwillingness to endure any more of something.


lexentry: eng/theater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theater
trans_list: Theater | Schauspielhaus | Theatergebäude | Theaterhaus
sense:
(countable) A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.


lexentry: eng/theism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: theism
trans_list: Theismus
sense:
(narrowly) Belief in the existence of a personal creator god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses present and active in the governance and organization of the world and the universe. The God may be known by or through revelation.


lexentry: eng/theme__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: theme
trans_list: Theme | Thema
sense:
Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (GUI) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.


lexentry: eng/theme__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: theme
trans_list: Stamm | Wortstamm
sense:
(film, television, video games) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.


lexentry: eng/theme_song__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theme song
trans_list: Erkennungsmelodie | Titellied | Titelmelodie | Titelmusik
sense:
(music, broadcasting) A song which accompanies a television or radio program, usually as an intro or outro.


lexentry: eng/themselves__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: themselves
trans_list: sich
sense:
(reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).


lexentry: eng/themselves__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: themselves
trans_list: sich
sense:
(reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).


lexentry: eng/theodicy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theodicy
trans_list: Theodizee
sense:
(theology, philosophy) A justification of a deity or of particular attributes of a deity; specifically, a justification of the existence of evil and suffering in the world; a work or discourse justifying the ways of God.


lexentry: eng/theodolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theodolite
trans_list: Theodolit
sense:
A surveying instrument, consisting of a small mounted telescope, used to measure horizontal and vertical angles.


lexentry: eng/theogony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theogony
trans_list: Theogonie
sense:
(chiefly, in ancient, _, religion) The origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods.


lexentry: eng/theology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theology
trans_list: Theologie
sense:
(uncountable) The study of God, a god, or gods; and of the truthfulness of religion in general. [from mid-14th c.]


lexentry: eng/theophylline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theophylline
trans_list: Theophyllin
sense:
(organic chemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A bitter crystalline compound present in small quantities in tea leaves, isomeric with theobromine; used as a drug in therapy for respiratory diseases.


lexentry: eng/theorem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theorem
trans_list: Theorem | Lehrsatz | Satz
sense:
(mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.


lexentry: eng/theoretical_physics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theoretical physics
trans_list: theoretische Physik
sense:
(physics) The description of natural phenomena in mathematical form, especially in order to derive the fundamental laws of nature and to derive conclusions from these laws.


lexentry: eng/theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: theory
trans_list: Theorie
sense:
(sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: theory
trans_list: Theorie
sense:
(mathematics) A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: theory
trans_list: Theorie
sense:
(countable, logic) A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them; or, a set of statements which are deductively closed. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems). The statements may be required to all be bound (i.e., to have no free variables).


lexentry: eng/theory_of_everything__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theory of everything
trans_list: Theorie von Allem | Weltformel
sense:
(physics) A theory that would unite the four known fundamental forces of nature: gravity, electromagnetism, strong nuclear force (color force), weak nuclear force.


lexentry: eng/theory_of_relativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theory of relativity
trans_list: Relativitätstheorie
sense:
(physics) The theories of special relativity and general relativity, two theories in physics developed mainly by Albert Einstein at the beginning of the 20th century from which several important results such as the equivalence of matter and energy and the Einstein field equations are derived.


lexentry: eng/theosophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theosophy
trans_list: Theosophie
sense:
(philosophy, religion) Any doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism claiming that knowledge of God can be attained through mystical insight and spiritual ecstasy, and that direct communication with the transcendent world is possible.


lexentry: eng/there's_a_grain_of_truth_in_every_joke__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: there's a grain of truth in every joke
trans_list: In jedem Scherz steckt ein Körnchen Wahrheit
sense:
Whenever a person is joking, they are actually disguising thoughts and emotions, either subconsciously or deliberately.


lexentry: eng/there's_more_than_one_way_to_skin_a_cat__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: there's more than one way to skin a cat
trans_list: viele Wege führen nach Rom
sense:
(originally, US) A problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal.


lexentry: eng/there's_no_accounting_for_taste__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: there's no accounting for taste
trans_list: über Geschmack lässt sich nicht streiten | über den Geschmack lässt sich nicht streiten
sense:
In subjective matters of taste, people have wildly different opinions; disagreements about matters of taste cannot be objectively resolved.


lexentry: eng/there's_no_fool_like_an_old_fool__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: there's no fool like an old fool
trans_list: Alter schützt vor Torheit nicht
sense:
If a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful.


lexentry: eng/there,_there__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: there, there
trans_list: aber, aber | ei ei | na na | nicht doch
sense:
Conveys comfort; used to calm somebody or urge somebody to relax, especially when the person is crying.


lexentry: eng/there__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: there
trans_list: dort | da | dahin | dorthin
sense:
(location) In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).


lexentry: eng/there__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: there
trans_list: es
sense:
Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.


lexentry: eng/there_is_nothing_new_under_the_sun__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: there is nothing new under the sun
trans_list: nichts Neues unter der Sonne
sense:
There is nothing truly novel in existence; every new idea has some sort of precedent or echo from the past.


lexentry: eng/there_you_go__Phrase__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: there you go
trans_list: siehst du
sense:
Expressing that the conclusion is the same as it was suggested before; the other party's statement actually implies the same thing as one's own idea.


lexentry: eng/therefore__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: therefore
trans_list: deswegen | daher | also | deshalb | somit | darum
sense:
(conjunctive) Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.


lexentry: eng/theremin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theremin
trans_list: Theremin
sense:
An electronic musical instrument that generates sound of varying pitch and volume depending on the proximity of the musician’s hands to two antennae mounted on the instrument.


lexentry: eng/theriac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theriac
trans_list: Theriak
sense:
(pharmacology, historical) A universal antidote against all poisons, particularly medicines considered to derive from a recipe of the Roman physician Andromachus and representing an improvement on mithridate.


lexentry: eng/thermal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermal
trans_list: Thermik
sense:
(meteorology) A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of a planet's surface.


lexentry: eng/thermal_break__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermal break
trans_list: Wärmedämmung
sense:
A thermal insulator placed between two thermal conductors to reduce the flow of heat; often used in aluminum doors and windows.


lexentry: eng/thermal_camera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermal camera
trans_list: Wärmebildgerät | Wärmebildkamera | Infrarotkamera | WBG
sense:
A camera that is sensitive to infrared radiation (heat) instead of visible light as ordinary camera.


lexentry: eng/thermal_grease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermal grease
trans_list: Wärmeleitpaste
sense:
A viscous fluid substance, originally with properties akin to grease, which increases the thermal conductivity of a thermal interface by filling microscopic air-gaps present due to the imperfectly flat and smooth surfaces of the components.


lexentry: eng/thermal_printer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermal printer
trans_list: Thermodrucker | Thermoprinter
sense:
(computer hardware) A printer that operates by applying heat to selected areas of specially treated paper.


lexentry: eng/thermal_radiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermal radiation
trans_list: Wärmestrahlung
sense:
(physics) The electromagnetic radiation emitted from a body as a consequence of its temperature; increasing the temperature of the body increases the amount of radiation produced, and shifts it to shorter wavelengths (higher frequencies) in a manner explained only by quantum mechanics.


lexentry: eng/thermistor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermistor
trans_list: Thermistor
sense:
(electronics) A resistor whose resistance varies rapidly and predictably with temperature and as a result can be used to measure temperature.


lexentry: eng/thermite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermite
trans_list: Thermit
sense:
(chemistry) A mixture of a metal and a metal oxide capable of producing a thermite reaction, such as aluminium metal and ferric oxide; used in incendiary devices.


lexentry: eng/thermoception__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermoception
trans_list: Temperatursinn | Thermorezeption | Thermozeption
sense:
(biology) The sense of heat and cold: the ability of humans, and many other organisms, to perceive temperature.


lexentry: eng/thermocouple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermocouple
trans_list: Thermoelement
sense:
A transducer consisting of two different metals welded together at each end; a voltage is produced that is proportional to the difference in temperature between the two junctions (one of which is normally held at a known temperature)


lexentry: eng/thermography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermography
trans_list: Thermografie | Thermographie
sense:
(physics) Any of several techniques for the remote measurement of the temperature variations of a body, especially by creating images produced by infrared radiation.


lexentry: eng/thermoregulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermoregulation
trans_list: Thermoregulation
sense:
(biology) The maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism independent of the temperature of the environment.


lexentry: eng/thermos__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermos
trans_list: Thermoskanne
sense:
A bottle, flask or similar vessel having a vacuum between its inner and outer silvered walls; designed to maintain the temperature of its contents


lexentry: eng/thermostat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thermostat
trans_list: Thermostat | Temperaturregler
sense:
A device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting.


lexentry: eng/thesaurus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thesaurus
trans_list: Thesaurus | Synonymwörterbuch | Begriffswörterbuch | Sachgruppenwörterbuch
sense:
A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.


lexentry: eng/thesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thesis
trans_list: Dissertation | Abschlussarbeit | Doktorarbeit | Bachelorarbeit | Diplomarbeit | Masterarbeit
sense:
(by extension) A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.


lexentry: eng/thesis_defense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thesis defense
trans_list: Disputation | Verteidigung
sense:
(academy) The final step in earning a doctorate: an oral examination in which the doctorand publicly defends his/her thesis to the examiners.


lexentry: eng/theurgy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: theurgy
trans_list: Theurgie
sense:
A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities.


lexentry: eng/they__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: they
trans_list: sier
sense:
(the third-person singular nominative, occasionally, proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary. [since 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/they__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: they
trans_list: man
sense:
(indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.


lexentry: eng/thiamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thiamine
trans_list: Thiamin
sense:
(vitamin) One of the constituents of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast and bran, that is necessary for the metabolism of carbohydrates.


lexentry: eng/thief_in_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thief in law
trans_list: Dieb im Gesetz
sense:
A criminal who is respected, has authority and a high ranking status within the criminal underworld in the old Soviet Union, Russia and the republics that formed the former Soviet Union.


lexentry: eng/thimble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thimble
trans_list: Fingerhut
sense:
(sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.


lexentry: eng/thimble__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: thimble
trans_list: Kausch | Kausche | Seilkausche
sense:
(nautical) A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing.


lexentry: eng/thimblerig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thimblerig
trans_list: Goldschulterstärling
sense:
A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.


lexentry: eng/thin-film_transistor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thin-film transistor
trans_list: Dünnfilmtransistor | Dünnschichttransistor
sense:
A form of transistor manufactured by depositing layers of semiconductor, dielectric and metal on a substrate


lexentry: eng/thin_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thin out
trans_list: ausdünnen
sense:
(transitive) To make sparse; to remove some of a group of newly-planted plants in order to allow the remaining ones to grow unimpeded.


lexentry: eng/thingy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thingy
trans_list: Dingsda | Dings | Dingsbums | Etwas
sense:
(informal) A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).


lexentry: eng/thinhorn_sheep__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thinhorn sheep
trans_list: Alaska-Schneeschaf | Dall-Schaf
sense:
Ovis dalli, a species of sheep native to northwestern North America, ranging from white to slate brown in color and having curved yellowish brown horns.


lexentry: eng/think_tank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: think tank
trans_list: Thinktank | Denkfabrik
sense:
(idiomatic) A group of people who collectively perform research and develop reports and recommendations on topics relating to strategic planning or public policy, and which is usually funded by corporate, government, or special interests.


lexentry: eng/thioether__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thioether
trans_list: Thioether
sense:
(chemistry) Any analogue of an ether, or general formula RSR', in which the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur; an organic sulfide.


lexentry: eng/thiophene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thiophene
trans_list: Thiophen
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and a sulfur atom; especially the simplest one, C4H4S.


lexentry: eng/thiosulfuric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thiosulfuric acid
trans_list: Thioschwefelsäure
sense:
(inorganic compound) An unstable acid, H2S2O3, formally derived from sulfuric acid by the substitution of a sulfur atom in the place of an oxygen one; it is known only in solution or as its salts and esters, the thiosulfates.


lexentry: eng/third-person_shooter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: third-person shooter
trans_list: Third-Person-Shooter
sense:
(video games) A combat-themed video game of a kind with a perspective view, typically positioning the camera over the shoulder of the player.


lexentry: eng/third_dimension__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: third dimension
trans_list: dritte Dimension
sense:
the quality, of depth or thickness, that differentiates a solid object from a two-dimensional image of it


lexentry: eng/third_estate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: third estate
trans_list: Dritter Stand
sense:
(originally) The caste of commoners in France prior to 1789, as distinct from the nobility and clergy.


lexentry: eng/third_party__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: third party
trans_list: Dritte
sense:
(business, commerce) Someone not directly involved in a transaction; an entity beyond the seller (first party) and customer (second party).


lexentry: eng/third_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: third person
trans_list: dritte Person
sense:
(grammar) the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who.


lexentry: eng/thirst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirst
trans_list: Durst
sense:
A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane.


lexentry: eng/thirteen__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirteen
trans_list: dreizehn
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIII and in Arabic numerals as 13.


lexentry: eng/thirteenth_grade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirteenth grade
trans_list: dreizehnte Klasse
sense:
(US, education) The year in school that comes after twelfth grade in some schools in the US, and that came after twelfth grade before 1988 in Ontario, Canada.


lexentry: eng/thirty-eighth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirty-eighth
trans_list: achtunddreißigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number thirty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 38 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/thirty-fifth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirty-fifth
trans_list: fünfunddreißigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number thirty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 35 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/thirty-third__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirty-third
trans_list: dreiunddreißigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number thirty-three, describing a person or thing in position number 33 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/thirty__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thirty
trans_list: dreißig | dreissig
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.


lexentry: eng/this__Determiner__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: this
trans_list: so ein
sense:
(informal) A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".


lexentry: eng/this_is_a_book__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: this is a book
trans_list: das ist ein Buch
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see this,‎ is,‎ a,‎ book: Indicates to the interlocutor that the indicated object is a book


lexentry: eng/this_one__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: this one
trans_list: der | dieser
sense:
A specified object, thing or person (especially one nearby or known). (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/thixotropic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thixotropic
trans_list: thixotrop
sense:
(chemistry, medicine, of a gel) Becoming a fluid when agitated but solid or semi-solid when allowed to stand.


lexentry: eng/thixotropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: thixotropy
trans_list: Thixotropie
sense:
(medicine) The property of certain gels whereby they become fluids when agitated and return to being solid or semi-solid when allowed to stand.


lexentry: eng/thong__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: thong
trans_list: Flipflop | Badelatschen
sense:
(usually, in the plural, Australia) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.


lexentry: eng/thong__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: thong
trans_list: Tanga | Tangaslip
sense:
(UK, US) An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.


lexentry: eng/thoracic_cavity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thoracic cavity
trans_list: Brusthöhle
sense:
(anatomy) A chamber located within the upper human torso (and other animal bodies) which contains the heart and lungs.


lexentry: eng/thoracic_duct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thoracic duct
trans_list: Ductus thoracicus
sense:
(anatomy) A major vessel of the lymphatic system that originates in the abdomen and drains into the blood circulation at the commencement of the left brachiocephalic vein.


lexentry: eng/thorax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thorax
trans_list: Thorax
sense:
(anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.


lexentry: eng/thorax__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: thorax
trans_list: Thorax
sense:
(entomology, and, arachnology) The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.


lexentry: eng/thorium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thorium
trans_list: Thorium
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Th) with atomic number 90: a weakly radioactive, malleable, moderately hard silvery metal that tarnishes black when exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/thorp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thorp
trans_list: Dorf
sense:
(archaic, now, chiefly, _, in, _, placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.


lexentry: eng/thou__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thou
trans_list: duzen
sense:
(transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of contempt or familiarity.


lexentry: eng/thought-world__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thought-world
trans_list: Gedankenwelt
sense:
The world as seen in terms of the attitudes, belief systems, assumptions etc. of a given society or people.


lexentry: eng/thought__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thought
trans_list: Gedanke
sense:
(countable) Representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.


lexentry: eng/thought__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: thought
trans_list: Gedanke
sense:
(uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.


lexentry: eng/thought_blocking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thought blocking
trans_list: Sperrung
sense:
(psychiatry) The phenomenon, in schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders, where a person's speech is suddenly interrupted by silences.


lexentry: eng/thought_bubble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thought bubble
trans_list: Gedankenblase
sense:
A rounded or cloud-shaped outline, usually containing words, representing thought in a cartoon, and typically emanating from the thinker by a path of small circles.


lexentry: eng/thought_leader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thought leader
trans_list: Vordenker
sense:
A person, organization, publication, etc. regarded as an authoritative source of new ideas or intellectual trends.


lexentry: eng/thoughtcrime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thoughtcrime
trans_list: Gedankenverbrechen
sense:
A crime committed by having unorthodox, unofficial, controversial or socially unacceptable thoughts.


lexentry: eng/thrash_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thrash metal
trans_list: Thrash Metal
sense:
A heavy and intense form of heavy metal music with a focus on speed, technical precision, alternate picking, extended guitar solos, and aggressive vocals.


lexentry: eng/thread__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thread
trans_list: Faden | Garn | Zwirn | Nähgarn | Strang
sense:
A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.


lexentry: eng/thread__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: thread
trans_list: Thread
sense:
(computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.


lexentry: eng/thread__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: thread
trans_list: Thread | Diskussionsfaden | Diskussionsstrang
sense:
(Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.


lexentry: eng/thread_of_life__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thread of life
trans_list: Lebensfaden
sense:
(Greek mythology) A metaphor for a person’s lifespan, as generated by Clotho, measured out by Lachesis, and terminated by Atropos.


lexentry: eng/threadbare__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: threadbare
trans_list: fadenscheinig
sense:
Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.


lexentry: eng/three-card_monte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: three-card monte
trans_list: Kümmelblättchen
sense:
A confidence game in which the victim, or mark, is tricked into betting a sum of money that they can find the money card, for example the queen of hearts, among three face-down playing cards.


lexentry: eng/three-legged_race__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: three-legged race
trans_list: Dreibeinlauf
sense:
(games, athletics) A race in which a team of two players are joined together at opposite ankles, and must complete a short sprint before the other teams.


lexentry: eng/three-quarter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: three-quarter
trans_list: drei Viertel
sense:
(rugby) A player positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs (properly a three-quarter back)


lexentry: eng/three__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: three
trans_list: drei | Drei
sense:
A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).


lexentry: eng/three_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: three hundred
trans_list: dreihundert
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after two hundred ninety-nine and before three hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 300.


lexentry: eng/three_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: three o'clock
trans_list: drei Uhr
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the fourth hour of the day; 3:00 a.m. (03:00).


lexentry: eng/three_poisons__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: three poisons
trans_list: die drei Geistesgifte
sense:
(Buddhism) The three root kleshas of Moha (delusion and confusion), Raga (greed and sensual attachment) and Dvesha (aversion and hate), which are considered to be innate in a being.


lexentry: eng/thresh__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thresh
trans_list: dreschen
sense:
(transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.


lexentry: eng/thresher__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: thresher
trans_list: Dreschmaschine
sense:
(agriculture) A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.


lexentry: eng/threshing_floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: threshing floor
trans_list: Tenne | Dreschboden
sense:
(agriculture, chiefly, historical) The floor of a threshing house or similar area where grain is threshed.


lexentry: eng/threshold_potential__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: threshold potential
trans_list: Schwellenpotential
sense:
(physiology) The critical level to which a membrane potential must be depolarized to initiate an action potential.


lexentry: eng/thrill__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thrill
trans_list: begeistern | erregen | versetzen
sense:
(ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.


lexentry: eng/thrips__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thrips
trans_list: Fransenflügler
sense:
Any of the many small insects of the order Thysanoptera, especially those that attack useful plants.


lexentry: eng/throat__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: throat
trans_list: Kehle | Hals
sense:
The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.


lexentry: eng/throe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: throe
trans_list: Agonie | Krampf | Wehen
sense:
A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.


lexentry: eng/thrombosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thrombosis
trans_list: Thrombose
sense:
(pathology) The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.


lexentry: eng/thrombus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thrombus
trans_list: Thrombus | Blutgerinnsel
sense:
(hematology, pathology) A blood clot formed from platelets and other elements that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.


lexentry: eng/throttle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: throttle
trans_list: Drossel
sense:
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.


lexentry: eng/throttle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: throttle
trans_list: drosseln
sense:
(transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).


lexentry: eng/throttle__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: throttle
trans_list: drosseln | würgen
sense:
(intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.


lexentry: eng/through-composed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: through-composed
trans_list: durchkomponiert
sense:
(music) Of a song, composed so that each stanza may have different music, rather than the same being repeated for all of them.


lexentry: eng/throughline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: throughline
trans_list: durchgängiger Handlungsfaden
sense:
(narratology) In full through line of action: a theme that runs through the plot of a book, film, or other narrative work, or a series of such related works. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/throw-in__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: throw-in
trans_list: Einwurf
sense:
(Australian rules football) A throw of the ball back into play by the boundary umpire. The umpire faces away from the players and throws it in over his or her shoulder (so as to clearly not favour either side by where exactly it's thrown).


lexentry: eng/throw__Verb__1
sense_num: 21
written_rep: throw
trans_list: werfen | schmeißen
sense:
To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.


lexentry: eng/throw_pillow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: throw pillow
trans_list: Dekokissen
sense:
A small pillow, usually sealed, usually placed on a chair or sofa and used primarily for decoration rather than to sleep on.


lexentry: eng/throw_the_baby_out_with_the_bathwater__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: throw the baby out with the bathwater
trans_list: das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten
sense:
(idiomatic) To discard, inadvertently or through overzealousness, something valuable or essential ("the baby") in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted or undesirable ("the bathwater").


lexentry: eng/throw_under_the_bus__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: throw under the bus
trans_list: in die Pfanne hauen
sense:
(transitive, of a person or group) To betray or blame (something or someone); to deliberately put (something or someone) in an unfavorable situation and then leave to their fate; to make (something or someone) into a scapegoat or otherwise abandon for personal gain.


lexentry: eng/thrum__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
written_rep: thrum
trans_list:
klingen, (стъкло, чаши, монети) -  klirren, (на пиано) - klimpern, (струни) - schrammeln, (дърдоря) - faseln, labern


lexentry: eng/thrush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thrush
trans_list: Drossel
sense:
Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.


lexentry: eng/thulium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thulium
trans_list: Thulium
sense:
A metallic chemical element (symbol Tm) with atomic number 69: a fairly soft, easily workable metal with a bright silvery-gray lustre.


lexentry: eng/thumb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thumb
trans_list: Daumen
sense:
The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.


lexentry: eng/thumb_one's_nose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thumb one's nose
trans_list: eine Nase drehen | eine lange Nase machen
sense:
To place a thumb upon the tip of the nose, typically with the fingers spread and while simultaneously wiggling one's fingers, in a gesture of disrespect.


lexentry: eng/thumbtack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thumbtack
trans_list: Reißzwecke | Reißnagel | Heftzwecke | Reißbrettstift
sense:
(North America) A small nail-like tack with a slightly rounded head that can be pressed into place with light pressure from the thumb; used for hanging light articles on a wall or noticeboard.


lexentry: eng/thunder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thunder
trans_list: Donner | Donnern
sense:
The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.


lexentry: eng/thunderbird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thunderbird
trans_list: Donnervogel
sense:
(mythology) A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North American mythologies.


lexentry: eng/thunderclap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thunderclap
trans_list: Donnerschlag
sense:
A sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike; a shock of thunder, as opposed to a reverberating rumble.


lexentry: eng/thundercloud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thundercloud
trans_list: Gewitterwolke
sense:
(meteorology) A large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a storm cloud.


lexentry: eng/thunderous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thunderous
trans_list: donnernd
sense:
Very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury.


lexentry: eng/thunderstorm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thunderstorm
trans_list: Gewitter
sense:
A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.


lexentry: eng/thwack__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thwack
trans_list: schlagen | verprügeln
sense:
To hit (someone or something) hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; to thrash, to whack.


lexentry: eng/thwart__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: thwart
trans_list: Ducht
sense:
(nautical) A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.


lexentry: eng/thylakoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thylakoid
trans_list: Thylakoid
sense:
(biology) a folded membrane within plant chloroplasts from which grana are made, used in photosynthesis


lexentry: eng/thyme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thyme
trans_list: Thymian
sense:
Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.


lexentry: eng/thymine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thymine
trans_list: Thymin
sense:
(organic compound, genetics) A heterocyclic base, 5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione; it pairs with adenine in DNA.


lexentry: eng/thymol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thymol
trans_list: Thymol
sense:
(chemistry) a monoterpene phenol, C10H13OH, found in the oil extracted from thyme; used as in perfume, as an antiseptic and fungicide, and in embalming


lexentry: eng/thymus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thymus
trans_list: Thymus | Bries
sense:
(anatomy, immunology) Ellipsis of thymus gland (“A ductless gland, consisting mainly of lymphatic tissue, located behind the top of the breastbone. It is most active during puberty, after which it shrinks in size. It plays an important role in the development of the immune system and produces lymphocytes.”).


lexentry: eng/thyroid_gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thyroid gland
trans_list: Schilddrüse
sense:
(anatomy) A large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones.


lexentry: eng/thyrse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: thyrse
trans_list: Thyrsus
sense:
(botany) A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.


lexentry: eng/tic-tac-toe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tic-tac-toe
trans_list: Dodelschach | Kreis und Kreuz | Tic Tac Toe | Drei gewinnt | XXO
sense:
(games) A game in which two players take turns placing circles and crosses on a 3x3 grid and attempt to obtain three of the same symbols in a straight line.


lexentry: eng/tick-borne_encephalitis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tick-borne encephalitis
trans_list: FSME | Frühsommer-Meningoenzephalitis
sense:
(pathology) A viral infectious disease of the central nervous system borne by ticks, which most often manifests as meningitis, encephalitis, or meningoencephalitis.


lexentry: eng/tick__Noun__2
sense_num: 07
written_rep: tick
trans_list: Häkchen
sense:
(Australian, NZ, British, Irish) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.


lexentry: eng/tick_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tick off
trans_list: ankreuzen | anhaken
sense:
(sometimes, metaphorical) To sign an item on a list with a tick mark, especially as a signal that the item has veen verified or completed.


lexentry: eng/ticket_inspection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ticket inspection
trans_list: Fahrkartenkontrolle
sense:
The act of inspecting a passenger's ticket (especially on a train or bus) with the intent of disallowing the passenger to ride for free.


lexentry: eng/ticket_inspector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ticket inspector
trans_list: Kontrolleur | Kontrolleurin | Schaffner | Schaffnerin
sense:
A person who checks that passengers on a train etc have a valid ticket, and marks it so that it cannot be used again.


lexentry: eng/ticket_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ticket machine
trans_list: Fahrkartenautomat | Fahrscheinautomat
sense:
(travel) A machine that prints tickets automatically after the customer determines the destination and pays for it.


lexentry: eng/ticket_stamping_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ticket stamping machine
trans_list: Entwerter | Fahrkartenentwerter | Fahrscheinentwerter
sense:
(travel) An automatic machine that makes the ticket valid by stamping it with the location information and the timestamp.


lexentry: eng/tickle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tickle
trans_list: kitzeln
sense:
(transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.


lexentry: eng/tidal_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tidal energy
trans_list: Gezeitenenergie
sense:
(physics) The energy contained in a tide flowing in or out of an estuary or similar enclosed place, especially that part of the energy that can be converted to electricity.


lexentry: eng/tidal_flat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tidal flat
trans_list: Wattenmeer | Watt
sense:
The bed of a tidal river, estuary, or shallow sea such as the Wadden Sea which is uncovered at low tide.


lexentry: eng/tidal_force__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tidal force
trans_list: Gezeitenkraft
sense:
(physics) Any of various gravitational forces acting on a body caused by variation in the distance between it and a source of a gravitational field; such forces due to the Moon are responsible for tides.


lexentry: eng/tidal_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tidal wave
trans_list: Flutwelle | Tsunami
sense:
(proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.)


lexentry: eng/tiddlywinks__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tiddlywinks
trans_list: Flohhüpfspiel | Flohspiel
sense:
(also, attributively) A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.


lexentry: eng/tide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tide
trans_list: Gezeiten | Tide | Gezeit
sense:
The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.


lexentry: eng/tide_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tide over
trans_list: überbrücken
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To support or sustain (someone), especially financially, for a limited period.


lexentry: eng/tie-in__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tie-in
trans_list: Tie-in | Umsetzung | Verbundprodukt | Zusatzprodukt | angeknüpftes Produkt
sense:
An authorized product based on a media property, such as a film or video game, by way of cross-promotion.


lexentry: eng/tie__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tie
trans_list: Remis | Unentschieden
sense:
A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.


lexentry: eng/tiebeam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tiebeam
trans_list: Bindebalken | Spannbalken | Zuganker | Zugträger
sense:
(architecture) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall.


lexentry: eng/tierce__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tierce
trans_list: dritte
sense:
(now, historical) A cask of a certain size, or its volume used as a measure of capacity. Larger than a barrel but smaller than a hogshead.


lexentry: eng/tierce__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: tierce
trans_list: dritte
sense:
(card games) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.


lexentry: eng/tiger_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tiger shark
trans_list: Tigerhai
sense:
A large shark, of species Galeocerdo cuvier, of wide warm-water distribution, that hunts alone and has dark stripes across its back.


lexentry: eng/tight_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tight money
trans_list: Geldknappheit | knappes Geld
sense:
(economics) A monetary policy that makes money, credit, or both difficult for many borrowers to obtain and only at relatively high interest rates.


lexentry: eng/tightass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tightass
trans_list: Spaßtöter
sense:
(slang, mildly, _, vulgar) Someone who does not know how to have fun, or who is so worried about insignificant things as to ruin any fun that anyone around them may be having.


lexentry: eng/tighten_one's_belt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tighten one's belt
trans_list: den Gürtel enger schnallen
sense:
(figuratively) To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.


lexentry: eng/tighten_the_purse_strings__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tighten the purse strings
trans_list: den Gürtel enger schnallen
sense:
(idiomatic, colloquial) To decrease spending or disallow increased spending; to increase control of spending.


lexentry: eng/tights__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tights
trans_list: Strumpfhose
sense:
A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.


lexentry: eng/tiki-taka__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tiki-taka
trans_list: Tikitaka
sense:
(football) A style of play characterised by short passing and movement, working the ball through various channels, and maintaining possession.


lexentry: eng/tilapia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tilapia
trans_list: Tilapia | Tilapie
sense:
Any of various edible fish, formerly species of the genus Tilapia, but now placed in other cichlid genera (such as Oreochromis), native to Africa and the Middle East but cultivated worldwide.


lexentry: eng/tilde__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tilde
trans_list: Tilde
sense:
The character encoded as decimal 126 in the 1967 ASCII character set, and later in the 1992 Unicode character set.


lexentry: eng/tile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tile
trans_list: Fliese | Kachel | Dachziegel
sense:
A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.


lexentry: eng/tile__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tile
trans_list: parzellieren
sense:
(GUI) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).


lexentry: eng/till_death_do_us_part__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: till death do us part
trans_list: bis dass der Tod uns scheidet
sense:
(duration, idiomatic) Until death separates us; a common phrase stated between the bride and the groom at a Christian wedding, indicating a commitment to their union.


lexentry: eng/tiller__Noun__3
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tiller
trans_list: Helmstock | Pinne
sense:
(nautical) The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.


lexentry: eng/tilt-shift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tilt-shift
trans_list: Miniatureffekt
sense:
(photography, chiefly, attributive) The use of camera movements to simulate a miniature scene in the resulting photograph.


lexentry: eng/timber__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: timber
trans_list: Holz | Bauholz | Konstruktionsholz | Konstruktionsvollholz | Schnittholz
sense:
(outside, North America, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.


lexentry: eng/timber__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: timber
trans_list: Balken | Stiel | Stütze | Säule
sense:
(countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.


lexentry: eng/timber_rafting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timber rafting
trans_list: Flößen
sense:
A log transportation method in which logs are tied together into rafts and drifted or pulled across a water body or down a flatter river.


lexentry: eng/time-lapse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time-lapse
trans_list: Zeitraffer
sense:
(photography) Of or relating to a technique in which exposures are taken at fewer intervals than usual so that, on playback, a naturally slow process may be viewed at an accelerated pace.


lexentry: eng/time-out__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: time-out
trans_list: Auszeit
sense:
(childish) A break from a tense, heated or stressful situation (often enforced, sometimes as a disciplinary measure); a cooling-off period.


lexentry: eng/time-out__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: time-out
trans_list: Timeout
sense:
(communication) The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.


lexentry: eng/time-sharing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time-sharing
trans_list: Eigentumswohnung
sense:
(business, real estate) The joint ownership or lease of a property by multiple people who can only use it for specified periods every year, or every other year.


lexentry: eng/time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time
trans_list: Zeit
sense:
(uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.


lexentry: eng/time__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: time
trans_list: Zeit | Uhrzeit | mal | Zeitalter | Zeiten
sense:
(countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.


lexentry: eng/time__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: time
trans_list: Zeit | Zeitpunkt
sense:
(countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).


lexentry: eng/time__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: time
trans_list: Zeit | Uhrzeit
sense:
(uncountable) The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.


lexentry: eng/time_capsule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time capsule
trans_list: Zeitkapsel
sense:
A sealed container, buried at a specific location, that contains records of contemporary life, to be rediscovered in the distant future.


lexentry: eng/time_clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time clock
trans_list: Stechuhr | Stempeluhr
sense:
A device that records, on (digital or paper) timecards, the times when employees begin and finish work.


lexentry: eng/time_complexity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time complexity
trans_list: Zeitkomplexität
sense:
(computer science) The amount of time an algorithm requires to run, as a function of the amount of input, measured in such a way as to ignore constant terms and multiplication by constant terms.


lexentry: eng/time_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time control
trans_list: Bedenkzeit
sense:
(especially, chess) A mechanism in the tournament play of two-player board games in which each player has a set amount of time per game; the specific parameters of such a mechanism.


lexentry: eng/time_delay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time delay
trans_list: Zeitverzögerung
sense:
A delay used to separate the occurrence of two events, especially in a mechanical or electronic device.


lexentry: eng/time_dilation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time dilation
trans_list: Zeitdilatation
sense:
(relativity) The slowing of the passage of time experienced by objects in motion relative to an observer (measurable only at relativistic speeds), or due to being in a gravitational well.


lexentry: eng/time_is_money__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time is money
trans_list: Zeit ist Geld
sense:
Money is wasted (in lost wages, missed opportunities, etc.) when a person's time is not used productively; time is valuable and should not be wasted.


lexentry: eng/time_is_of_the_essence__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time is of the essence
trans_list: die Zeit drängt
sense:
(set phrase) Time is an essential consideration (in regard to an action or response); haste is necessary.


lexentry: eng/time_loop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time loop
trans_list: Zeitschleife
sense:
(chiefly, science fiction) A hypothetical or fictional instance of characters living through a set period of time repeatedly until the loop can be broken.


lexentry: eng/time_of_arrival__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time of arrival
trans_list: Ankunftszeit
sense:
The time when someone or something, especially a train, bus, or other public conveyance, is expected to arrive; the time when it does in fact arrive.


lexentry: eng/time_of_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: time of day
trans_list: Tageszeit
sense:
A loosely specified period of time, minutes or hours in duration, especially daytime, or point in time.


lexentry: eng/time_period__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time period
trans_list: Zeitperiode
sense:
The length of time during which an activity occurs or a condition remains, which may be measured either in seconds or in millions of years, depending upon the nature of the activity or condition being considered.


lexentry: eng/time_scale__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: time scale
trans_list: Zeitmaßstab | Zeitraum
sense:
(computer science) The ratio of the duration of time of an event as simulated by an analog computer to the actual duration of time of the event in the physical system under study.


lexentry: eng/time_series__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time series
trans_list: Zeitreihe
sense:
(statistics) A set of data points, each of which represents the value of the same variable at different times, normally at uniform intervals.


lexentry: eng/time_signal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time signal
trans_list: Zeitzeichen
sense:
A visible, audible, mechanical, or electronic signal used as a reference to determine the time of day.


lexentry: eng/time_signature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time signature
trans_list: Taktangabe
sense:
(music) A symbol or numerical sign placed on a stave to indicate the meter; in the case of a numerical time signature, the numerator is the number of beats per bar, the denominator represents the value of each beat.


lexentry: eng/time_travel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time travel
trans_list: Zeitreise
sense:
(chiefly, science fiction) Travel to the past or to the future, typically by means of a time machine or a wormhole.


lexentry: eng/time_trial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: time trial
trans_list: Zeitfahren
sense:
(cycling, motor racing) An unpaced race in which riders or teams leaving at regular intervals are timed over a preset course or distance, the winner being the rider or team to finish in the fastest time.


lexentry: eng/time_will_tell__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) Events and outcomes cannot be known beforehand.
written_rep: time will tell
trans_list:
das steht in den Sternen | das wird sich weisen | das wird sich zeigen | die Zeit wird es zeigen | die Zukunft wird es zeigen


lexentry: eng/timekeeping__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timekeeping
trans_list: Akkuratesse
sense:
The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time.


lexentry: eng/timelike__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timelike
trans_list: zeitartig
sense:
(mathematics, physics) Of a four-vector in representing a point in spacetime, having a positive or negative four-vector norm for the metric signature (+, -, -, -) and (-, +, +, +) respectively.


lexentry: eng/timelike__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: timelike
trans_list: zeitartig
sense:
(physics) (of the interval between two events in spacetime) Having overlapping light cones, so that information can pass from one to the other, and one can be envisaged as a cause of the other.


lexentry: eng/timeout__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: timeout
trans_list: Timeout | Zeitüberschreitung
sense:
(communication) The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.


lexentry: eng/timer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timer
trans_list: Timer
sense:
Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.


lexentry: eng/timeserver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timeserver
trans_list: Opportunist
sense:
A person who conforms to current opinions, especially for reasons of personal advantage; an opportunist. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/timesheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timesheet
trans_list: Arbeitszeitkonto
sense:
(business, human resources) A document that allows for the recording of hours worked on various tasks that is used as input for payroll, project accounting or client billing processes.


lexentry: eng/timestamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timestamp
trans_list: Zeitstempel
sense:
(especially, computing) A variable containing the date and time at which an event occurred, often included in a log to track the sequence of events.


lexentry: eng/timetable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timetable
trans_list: Fahrplan | Stundenplan | Zeitplan
sense:
A tabular schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures.


lexentry: eng/timocracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: timocracy
trans_list: Timokratie
sense:
(Platonism) A form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers.


lexentry: eng/timocracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: timocracy
trans_list: Timokratie
sense:
(Aristotelianism) A form of government in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns.


lexentry: eng/tin-plate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tin-plate
trans_list: verzinnen
sense:
(transitive) To coat (something, especially steel sheet) with tin, either by dipping or electroplating.


lexentry: eng/tin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tin
trans_list: Zinn
sense:
(uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.


lexentry: eng/tin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tin
trans_list: Büchse | Dose | Konservenbüchse | Konservendose | Blechbüchse
sense:
(NZ, AU, South African, Irish, British, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.


lexentry: eng/tin__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tin
trans_list: eindosen | einmachen
sense:
(transitive) To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.


lexentry: eng/tin__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tin
trans_list: vorverzinnen | verzinnen
sense:
To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire


lexentry: eng/tin_can__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tin can
trans_list: Konservendose | Blechbüchse
sense:
A container, usually cylindrical, made out of sheet metal coated with tin, or (by extension) aluminum.


lexentry: eng/tinamou__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tinamou
trans_list: Steißhühner
sense:
Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.


lexentry: eng/tincture__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tincture
trans_list: Tinktur
sense:
(pharmacy) A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent.


lexentry: eng/tinderbox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tinderbox
trans_list: Feuerzeug | Zunderbüchse
sense:
(historical) A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire.


lexentry: eng/tinfoil_hat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tinfoil hat
trans_list: Aluhut
sense:
A piece of headgear made from one or more sheets of tin foil, aluminium foil, or other similar material, especially when worn in the belief that it shields the brain from electromagnetic fields, or against mind control or mind reading.


lexentry: eng/tinfoil_hatter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tinfoil hatter
trans_list: Aluhutträger | Aluhutträgerin
sense:
(slang, pejorative) A person who believes in or propagates conspiracy theories; a conspiracy theorist.


lexentry: eng/tinge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tinge
trans_list: tönen
sense:
(transitive) To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.


lexentry: eng/tinker__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tinker
trans_list: basteln | tüfteln | frickeln
sense:
(ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.


lexentry: eng/tinnitus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tinnitus
trans_list: Tinnitus | Ohrensausen
sense:
(otolaryngology, pathology) The experience of auditory sensations, such as a ringing or pulsating sound, occurring in the absence of any external stimulus.


lexentry: eng/tinsel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tinsel
trans_list: Flittergold | Rauschgold | Lametta | Rauschsilber
sense:
A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.


lexentry: eng/tip__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tip
trans_list: Halde
sense:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/tip__Noun__4
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tip
trans_list: Trinkgeld
sense:
A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation. [from mid-18th c.]


lexentry: eng/tip__Noun__5
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tip
trans_list: Tipp
sense:
A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. [from mid-19th c.]


lexentry: eng/tip__Verb__4
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tip
trans_list: ein Trinkgeld geben
sense:
To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/tip_of_the_iceberg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tip of the iceberg
trans_list: Spitze des Eisbergs
sense:
(idiomatic) A small indication of a larger possibility; the first part encountered of a problem that is much bigger than it seems.


lexentry: eng/tip_one's_hand__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tip one's hand
trans_list: sich verraten
sense:
(figurative) To inadvertently reveal any secret, particularly a secret that puts one at an advantage or disadvantage.


lexentry: eng/tipcat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tipcat
trans_list: Kibbel-Kabbel | Kibbel-Kabbel-Spiel | Pinneken kloppen | Spatzeckspiel
sense:
(uncountable) An old game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible.


lexentry: eng/tipiti__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tipiti
trans_list: Tipiti
sense:
A long tube woven from jacitara palm leaves, into which cut or mashed cassava roots (manioc) are placed so the poisonous juice can be pressed out of them.


lexentry: eng/tipping_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tipping point
trans_list: Kipppunkt | Wendepunkt
sense:
(mathematics, catastrophe theory, figuratively, by extension) The point at which a slow, reversible change becomes irreversible, often with dramatic consequences.


lexentry: eng/tipple__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tipple
trans_list: Kippvorrichtung
sense:
(countable, rail transport) An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done.


lexentry: eng/tipsy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tipsy
trans_list: beschwipst | angetrunken | angeheitert | bedudelt | betütert
sense:
(informal, slang) Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.


lexentry: eng/tiptoe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tiptoe
trans_list: auf den Zehenspitzen gehen
sense:
(intransitive) To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. [from late 14th C.]


lexentry: eng/tiramisu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tiramisu
trans_list: Tiramisu
sense:
An Italian semifreddo dessert, originally from Veneto, made from ladyfinger biscuits, cocoa, mascarpone cheese, Marsala wine, eggs (or sometimes cream), sugar and espresso coffee.


lexentry: eng/tire_iron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tire iron
trans_list: Montiereisen | Reifenheber
sense:
A tool used for installing or removing an automotive wheel, in the form of bar made of strong metal, with a chisel end for prying off the hubcap and a socket wrench end for loosening or tightening lug nuts.


lexentry: eng/tire_swing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tire swing
trans_list: Reifenschaukel
sense:
a swing (hanging seat) using a tire as the seat, which may be considered a children's toy, particularly the U.S.


lexentry: eng/tissue__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tissue
trans_list: Taschentuch | Papier | Toilettenpapier | Tuch
sense:
A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.


lexentry: eng/tissue__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: tissue
trans_list: Gewebe
sense:
(biology) A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.


lexentry: eng/tit_fuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tit fuck
trans_list: Mammalverkehr | Busen-Sex | Tittenfick
sense:
(sex position, vulgar) A sex position or sex act where the penis is stimulated in between the partner's breasts.


lexentry: eng/titanium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titanium
trans_list: Titan | Titanium
sense:
A chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.


lexentry: eng/titanium_dioxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titanium dioxide
trans_list: Titandioxid
sense:
(chemistry) a brilliant white powder, TiO2, used as a pigment, and in sunblock, toothpaste, and cosmetics.


lexentry: eng/tithe__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tithe
trans_list: Zehnt
sense:
(historical) The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses; a tax taking ten percent of land or stock profits, used for religious or charitable purposes.


lexentry: eng/tithi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tithi
trans_list: Tithi
sense:
The lunar date based on the Hindu calendar. There are 30 tithis in each lunar month. Tithis begin at varying times of a solar day and vary in duration from approximately 19 to 26 hours.


lexentry: eng/titivate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titivate
trans_list: schniedeln
sense:
To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.


lexentry: eng/title__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: title
trans_list: Titel
sense:
An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification; a style. (For examples, see :Category:en:Titles.)


lexentry: eng/title_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: title bar
trans_list: Titelleiste
sense:
(GUI) The bar at the top of a window or a dialogue box displaying the name of the application or open document.


lexentry: eng/titmouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titmouse
trans_list: Meise
sense:
Any small passerine bird mostly of the genus Baeolophus, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.


lexentry: eng/titrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titrate
trans_list: titrieren
sense:
(analytical chemistry) To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction.


lexentry: eng/titration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titration
trans_list: Titration
sense:
(analytical chemistry) The determination of the concentration of some substance in a solution by slowly adding measured amounts of some other substance (normally using a burette) until a reaction is shown to be complete, for instance by the colour change of an indicator.


lexentry: eng/titter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: titter
trans_list: kichern
sense:
To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.


lexentry: eng/tió_de_Nadal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tió de Nadal
trans_list: Tió de Nadal
sense:
A traditional Catalan Christmas character made by decorating a short log. It is “fed” with gifts each day from December 8th until Christmas, at which time it is sung to and beaten with sticks until it “poops”.


lexentry: eng/to-do_list__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to-do list
trans_list: Aufgabenliste | To-do-Liste
sense:
A list of errands and other tasks – often written on a piece of paper as a memory aid – that one needs or intends to accomplish.


lexentry: eng/to__Preposition__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: to
trans_list: zu | hoch | nach
sense:
(arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.


lexentry: eng/to_all_intents_and_purposes__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to all intents and purposes
trans_list: so gut wie
sense:
(idiomatic, British) For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking.


lexentry: eng/to_be_continued__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to be continued
trans_list: Fortsetzung folgt
sense:
(writing, television) Used at the end of an episode of a serial publication or program to indicate that the story continues in the next episode.


lexentry: eng/to_go__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to go
trans_list: zum Mitnehmen
sense:
(idiomatic) Served in a package or takeout container so as to be taken away from a restaurant rather than eaten on the premises.


lexentry: eng/to_say_nothing_of__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to say nothing of
trans_list: ganz zu schweigen von
sense:
(idiomatic) An apophasis used to mention another important, usually related, point: not taking into account, not to mention, without considering.


lexentry: eng/to_the_day__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to the day
trans_list: auf den Tag | auf den Tag genau
sense:
Of temporal measurements or comparisons: exactly; measured on the level of days, rather than more loosely by weeks, months etc.


lexentry: eng/to_whom_it_may_concern__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: to whom it may concern
trans_list: sehr geehrte Damen und Herren
sense:
Used as a formal salutation in a letter when the writer does not know the recipient or the identity of the recipient.


lexentry: eng/toad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toad
trans_list: Kröte
sense:
An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.


lexentry: eng/toad_in_the_hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toad in the hole
trans_list: Würstchen im Teig
sense:
(UK, Irish) A traditional English dish of roasted sausages (or formerly other kinds of meat) in batter.


lexentry: eng/toady__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toady
trans_list: Arschkriecher | Schleimer
sense:
A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.


lexentry: eng/toast__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: toast
trans_list: anstoßen | auf jemandes Wohl trinken | toasten
sense:
(ambitransitive) To engage in a salutation, often with raising of the drinking vessel, while drinking an alcoholic beverage in honor of someone or something.


lexentry: eng/tobacco__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tobacco
trans_list: Tabak | Tabakpflanze
sense:
(uncountable) Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.


lexentry: eng/tobacco_pipe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tobacco pipe
trans_list: Pfeife
sense:
A small, hand-held device in its simplest form consisting of a bowl and stem; used for inhaling the smoke of burning tobacco.


lexentry: eng/tobacconist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and sundry items.
written_rep: tobacconist
trans_list:
Tabakhändler | Tabakhändlerin | Tabaktrafikant | Tabaktrafikantin | Tabakwarenhändler | Tabakwarenhändlerin


lexentry: eng/toboggan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toboggan
trans_list: Toboggan
sense:
A long sled without runners, with the front end curled upwards, which may be pulled across snow by a cord or used to coast down hills.


lexentry: eng/toccata__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toccata
trans_list: Toccata
sense:
(music) A piece of music (usually for a keyboard instrument) designed to emphasise the dexterity of the performer.


lexentry: eng/tocsin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tocsin
trans_list: Alarmglocke | Alarmsignal | Glockenalarm
sense:
An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, originally especially with reference to France.


lexentry: eng/toddler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toddler
trans_list: Kleinkind | Knirps | Dreikäsehoch | Hosenmatz
sense:
A young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old.


lexentry: eng/toe__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: toe
trans_list: Zeh | Zehe | Spur
sense:
(automotive) An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round.


lexentry: eng/toe_jam__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: toe jam
trans_list: Zehenkeil
sense:
(countable) A rock-climbing maneuver entailing exerting force with two opposite surfaces of the toe of a shod foot, against two different rock surfaces, for the purpose of preventing motion of that foot in a direction parallel to both of those rock surfaces.


lexentry: eng/toe_the_line__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toe the line
sense:
(idiomatic) To abide by the rules or conventions; (politics, in particular) to follow the party line.

trans_list:
an der Linie ausrichten | an die Regeln halten | anständig benehmen | linientreu sein | nicht aus der Reihe tanzen


lexentry: eng/toeboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toeboard
trans_list: Prellbock
sense:
(athletics) In throwing sports such as javelin and shot put, a board on the ground, over which the thrower must not step.


lexentry: eng/toehold__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: toehold
trans_list: Ansatzpunkt
sense:
(by extension) Any small advantage which allows one to make significant progress; a slight footing or foothold.


lexentry: eng/toff__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: toff
trans_list: Pinkel
sense:
(UK, Irish, derogatory) A person of the upper class or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority.


lexentry: eng/toffee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toffee
trans_list: Karamelle | Toffee
sense:
(uncountable) A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.


lexentry: eng/tofu_skin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tofu skin
trans_list: Yuba
sense:
A food product made from soybeans in the form of a thin, yellow sheet used in Chinese and Japanese cooking.


lexentry: eng/toggle_joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toggle joint
trans_list: Knieschoner
sense:
A mechanical linkage of the type of an elbow or knee joint, consisting of two bars so connected that they may be brought quite or nearly into a straight line, and made to produce great endwise pressure when brought into this position.


lexentry: eng/toilet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toilet
trans_list: Toilette | Klo
sense:
(NZ) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower.


lexentry: eng/toilet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toilet
trans_list: Toilette | Abtritt | Klo | Abort | WC | Klosett
sense:
(UK, AU, HK) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/toilet__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: toilet
trans_list: Ankleidezimmer | Scheißladen
sense:
(obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. [17th–19th c.]


lexentry: eng/toilet__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: toilet
trans_list: Ankleidezimmer
sense:
(now, historical, or, archaic) Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/toilet_training__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: toilet training
trans_list: Toilettentraining
sense:
The process of training a domesticated or pet animal to avoid urinating or defecating indoors and to use designated places instead.


lexentry: eng/tokamak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tokamak
trans_list: Tokamak
sense:
(nuclear physics) A torus-shaped chamber used in nuclear fusion research in which a plasma is magnetically confined. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/token__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: token
trans_list: Jeton | Chip
sense:
A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a form of currency; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.


lexentry: eng/token__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: token
trans_list: Andenken | Erinnerung | Souvenir
sense:
Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.


lexentry: eng/tolar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tolar
trans_list: Tolar
sense:
(historical) A state currency formerly used by the Republic of Slovenia between 1991 and 2006, divided into 100 stotins.


lexentry: eng/tolerance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tolerance
trans_list: Toleranz
sense:
(uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/tolerance__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: tolerance
trans_list: Toleranz
sense:
(countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/toll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toll
trans_list: Maut | Abgabe
sense:
A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.


lexentry: eng/toll_castle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toll castle
trans_list: Zollburg
sense:
(historical) A castle, in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, that guarded a customs post and where tolls were collected.


lexentry: eng/toluene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toluene
trans_list: Toluol
sense:
(organic compound) A colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH3.C6H5, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.


lexentry: eng/tom-tit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tom-tit
trans_list: Maorischnäpper
sense:
Petroica macrocephala, the miromiro or New Zealand tit, a bird of the Petroicidae (Australasian robin) family.


lexentry: eng/tomahawk__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tomahawk
trans_list: Tomahawk
sense:
(geometry) A geometric construction consisting of a semicircle and two line segments that serves as a tool for trisecting an angle; so called from its resemblance to the American Indian axe.


lexentry: eng/tomato_juice__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tomato juice
trans_list: Tomatensaft
sense:
Juice made from tomatoes. In modern use, this usually refers to the comminuted flesh and juice of cooked tomatoes, prepared commercially.


lexentry: eng/tomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tomb
trans_list: Grabmal | Gruft | Grab
sense:
A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.


lexentry: eng/tombak__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tombak
trans_list: Tombak
sense:
A brass alloy also known as red-bronze. Term used where zinc content is below 28%. Usually consists of 84-90 % copper and 16-10% zinc, sometimes including arsenic to mimic gold.


lexentry: eng/tombstoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tombstoning
trans_list: Kliffspringen
sense:
(British) The practice of jumping into the sea or similar body of water from a cliff or other high point such that the jumper enters the water vertically straight, like a tombstone.


lexentry: eng/tombstoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tombstoning
trans_list: Grabsteineffekt
sense:
(electronics) An unwanted effect in the manufacture of electronic circuit boards, in which a component stands up on end instead of lying flat.


lexentry: eng/tonal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: tonal
trans_list: tonal
sense:
(linguistics) Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic).


lexentry: eng/tone-deaf__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: tone-deaf
trans_list: geschmacklos | taktlos | unangebracht
sense:
(colloquial, figurative) Insensitive and offensive as a result of not noticing the current social context.


lexentry: eng/tone__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: tone
trans_list: Ton | Klang | Farbton
sense:
(language, dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.


lexentry: eng/tone__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: tone
trans_list: Stimmung | Ton
sense:
(language, literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.


lexentry: eng/tone_sandhi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tone sandhi
trans_list: Tonsandhi
sense:
(phonology) The change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively.


lexentry: eng/tong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tong
trans_list: Greifzange
sense:
(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.


lexentry: eng/tongs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tongs
trans_list: Zange | Greifer | Greifzange | Grillzange | Küchenzange | Nudelzange
sense:
An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.


lexentry: eng/tongue-tied__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tongue-tied
trans_list: Sprachlos
sense:
Prevented from or unable to express oneself clearly or fluently, or freely; at a loss for words, speechless.


lexentry: eng/tongue-twister__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tongue-twister
trans_list: Zungenbrecher
sense:
A phrase that is deliberately designed to be difficult to say correctly, usually because of varying combinations of similar phonemes.


lexentry: eng/tongue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tongue
trans_list: Zunge | Sprache
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food (especially from cows).


lexentry: eng/tongue__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: tongue
trans_list: Zunge | Lasche
sense:
In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).


lexentry: eng/tongue_and_groove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tongue and groove
trans_list: Nut und Feder
sense:
A joint, in flooring or panelling, made by fitting a ridge (tongue) along the edge of one board into a corresponding slot (groove) on another.


lexentry: eng/tongue_depressor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tongue depressor
trans_list: Mundspatel
sense:
A long narrow smooth piece of wood designed to depress the tongue, to allow for examination of the rear of the oral cavity.


lexentry: eng/tonguefish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tonguefish
trans_list: Zungenkuss
sense:
Any of the flatfishes in the taxonomic family Cynoglossidae, distinguished by the presence of a long hook on the snout overhanging the mouth.


lexentry: eng/tonic_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tonic water
trans_list: Tonic | Tonicwasser | Tonicwater
sense:
A carbonated beverage containing quinine, originally used as a prophylactic against malaria, and now used as a soft drink or as a mixer in gin and tonic and other cocktails.


lexentry: eng/tonkatsu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tonkatsu
trans_list: Tonkatsu
sense:
A popular Japanese dish consisting of a breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet served in bite-sized pieces and often accompanied by shredded cabbage and miso soup.


lexentry: eng/tonos__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tonos
trans_list: Thunfisch
sense:
(orthography, and, typography) The Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic: ⟨ ΄ ⟩, written atop a vowel in a given word’s stressed syllable.


lexentry: eng/tonsillectomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tonsillectomy
trans_list: Tonsillektomie
sense:
(surgery) The surgical removal of the tonsils, especially the palatine tonsils. Frequently accompanied by an adenoidectomy.


lexentry: eng/tonsillolith__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tonsillolith
trans_list: Tonsillenstein
sense:
(dentistry) A calculus that forms in the rear of the mouth, in the crevasses of the palatine tonsils.


lexentry: eng/too__Adverb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: too
trans_list: doch | wohl
sense:
(emphatic, colloquial, childish) Used to contradict a negative assertion with present and simple past forms of be, do, and auxiliary verbs


lexentry: eng/too_clever_by_half__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: too clever by half
trans_list: eine Schnapsidee haben | oberschlau
sense:
(idiomatic, of a person, plan, theory, etc.) Shrewd but flawed by overthinking or excessive complexity, with a resulting tendency to be unreliable or unsuccessful.


lexentry: eng/too_long;_didn't_read__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: too long; didn't read
trans_list: zu lang; nicht gelesen
sense:
(chiefly, Internet slang) Used to indicate that one did not read a (long) text, or to introduce a short summary of a text perceived as overly long.


lexentry: eng/too_many_cooks_spoil_the_broth__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: too many cooks spoil the broth
trans_list: viele Köche verderben den Brei
sense:
If too many people participate in a task, especially in a leading role, the task will not be done very well.


lexentry: eng/tool__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tool
trans_list: Tool | Werkzeug
sense:
(computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.


lexentry: eng/tool__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: tool
trans_list: Instrument | Werkzeug
sense:
A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.


lexentry: eng/toolbar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toolbar
trans_list: Werkzeugleiste
sense:
(graphical user interface) A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system.


lexentry: eng/toolkit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toolkit
trans_list: Werkzeugsatz
sense:
A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.


lexentry: eng/tooltip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tooltip
trans_list: Tooltip
sense:
(graphical user interface) An element of a graphical user interface in the form of a box of text that appears when a cursor is made to hover over an item; normally used to explain the function of the item.


lexentry: eng/tooth__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tooth
trans_list: Zahn
sense:
A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.


lexentry: eng/tooth__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: tooth
trans_list: Zahn | Sägezahn
sense:
(zoology) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.


lexentry: eng/tooth_fairy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tooth fairy
trans_list: Zahnfee
sense:
A figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money (or sometimes a present) in exchange for a milk tooth when it falls out of a child's mouth.


lexentry: eng/toothcomb__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toothcomb
trans_list: Kamm
sense:
(zoology) A comb-like dental structure found in the lower jaws of certain primates consisting of long, flat front teeth with microscopic grooves, which are used for grooming fur.


lexentry: eng/toothed_whale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toothed whale
trans_list: Zahnwal
sense:
(marine biology) A whale of the Odontoceti parvorder of the cetaceans, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others.


lexentry: eng/toothpick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toothpick
trans_list: Zahnstocher
sense:
A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.


lexentry: eng/top-fermenting__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: top-fermenting
trans_list: obergärig
sense:
Pertaining to any of numerous edible yeasts that produce, e.g., ale, and whose respective fermenting actions appear to be at the top surface of the wort.


lexentry: eng/top-heavy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: top-heavy
trans_list: kopflastig | topplastig
sense:
(of a retirement plan) Having a significant portion of the plan assets allocated to key employees to the detriment of lower-wage employees.


lexentry: eng/top_note__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: top note
trans_list: Angeruch | Kopfnote | Spitze | Tete
sense:
(perfumery) The most volatile parts of a perfume which are immediately perceived upon its application.


lexentry: eng/top_quark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: top quark
trans_list: Top-Quark
sense:
(particle) A quark having a fractional electric charge of +\frac{2}{3} and a mass of about 178,000 MeV.Symbol: t


lexentry: eng/top_secret__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: top secret
trans_list: streng geheim
sense:
(military, government) Information classified at one of the highest levels of sensitivity by a government, based on an assessment that it would cause exceptionally grave damage to national security if disclosed.


lexentry: eng/topboot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topboot
trans_list: Stulpenstiefel
sense:
A high boot, generally with a band of light-coloured leather around the upper part of the leg; a riding boot.


lexentry: eng/tophus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tophus
trans_list: Kalkablagerung
sense:
(medicine) A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood.


lexentry: eng/topiary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topiary
trans_list: Formschnittgärtnerei
sense:
(uncountable) Art or practice of trimming shrubs or trees in artistic or ornamental shapes, e.g. of animals.


lexentry: eng/topless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: topless
trans_list: barbusig | oben ohne | busenfrei | topless
sense:
(chiefly, of a woman) Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up.


lexentry: eng/topological_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topological group
trans_list: topologische Gruppe
sense:
(topology) A group which is also a topological space and whose group operations are continuous functions.


lexentry: eng/topological_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topological space
trans_list: topologischer Raum
sense:
(topology, formally) An ordered pair (X, τ), where X is a set and τ, called the topology, is a collection of subsets of X which satisfies certain axioms and whose elements are called the open sets (or alternatively, for a different set of axioms, the closed sets);(loosely) the set X.


lexentry: eng/topology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topology
trans_list: Topologie
sense:
(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with those properties of a geometrical object (of arbitrary dimensionality) that are unchanged by continuous deformations (such as stretching, bending, etc., without tearing or gluing).


lexentry: eng/topple_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topple over
trans_list: umkippen
sense:
(idiomatic) To fall over (to fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position).


lexentry: eng/topsail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topsail
trans_list: Toppsegel
sense:
(nautical) A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship.


lexentry: eng/topsoil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topsoil
trans_list: Mutterboden | Muttererde
sense:
(gardening) The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.


lexentry: eng/topspin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: topspin
trans_list: Vorwärtsdrall
sense:
A rotational motion, especially that given to a ball, in which the upper surface spins in the direction of motion.


lexentry: eng/torch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torch
trans_list: Fackel
sense:
(by extension) A similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material; specifically, a pole with a lamp at one end.


lexentry: eng/torch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torch
trans_list: Fackel
sense:
A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.


lexentry: eng/torch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torch
trans_list: anzünden
sense:
(figurative) To make damaging claims about (someone or something); to ruin the reputation of (someone or something); to disparage, to insult.


lexentry: eng/torii__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torii
trans_list: Torii
sense:
(Shinto) A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.


lexentry: eng/tornado__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tornado
trans_list: Tornado | Windhose
sense:
(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.


lexentry: eng/toroid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toroid
trans_list: Toroid
sense:
(mathematics) A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.


lexentry: eng/torpedo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: torpedo
trans_list: Torpedo
sense:
(military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon. [from 1805]


lexentry: eng/torpedo_tube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torpedo tube
trans_list: Torpedorohr
sense:
(nautical) A metal tube mounted in a submarine or surface warship into which a torpedo may be loaded and launched through the hull or from the deck; a torpedo launcher.


lexentry: eng/torque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torque
trans_list: Drehmoment
sense:
(physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton metre or Nm; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)


lexentry: eng/torque__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torque
trans_list: Torques | Wendelring
sense:
(historical) A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.


lexentry: eng/torque_converter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torque converter
trans_list: Drehmomentwandler
sense:
(mechanical engineering) A device that converts the rotational output of a prime mover into work by driving a rotational load. A torque converter functions as a clutch and reduction gear to allow loose coupling between the driver and the driven, letting the drive (such as a motor or engine) rotate at different speeds from the load (such as a wheel).


lexentry: eng/torque_wrench__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torque wrench
trans_list: Drehmomentschlüssel
sense:
A workshop tool used to precisely apply a specific torque to a fastener such as a nut or bolt; basically a wrench equipped with a torque indicator.


lexentry: eng/torr__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torr
trans_list: Bahn
sense:
(metrology) A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres or 133.3 pascals.


lexentry: eng/torrent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torrent
trans_list: Schwall | Strom | Sturzflut
sense:
A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.


lexentry: eng/torse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torse
trans_list: Wulst
sense:
(heraldry) A twist of cloth or wreath, typically placed underneath and forming part of a crest (as an orle or wreath) and customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on; rarely, it occurs as a charge.


lexentry: eng/torsion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torsion
trans_list: Windung | Windungen
sense:
The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.


lexentry: eng/torso__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torso
trans_list: Torso | Rumpf | Oberkörper | Körperstamm | Leib
sense:
The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.


lexentry: eng/tort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tort
trans_list: unerlaubte Handlung
sense:
(law) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/tort_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tort law
trans_list: Deliktsrecht | Haftpflichtrecht
sense:
(law) The area of law dealing with wrongful acts, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to contracts, which cause injuries and can be remedied in civil courts, usually through the awarding of damages.


lexentry: eng/torte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torte
trans_list: Torte
sense:
A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).


lexentry: eng/tortellini__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tortellini
trans_list: Tortellini
sense:
(cooking, food) Small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese etc; eaten with a sauce or in a soup.


lexentry: eng/tortoise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tortoise
trans_list: Schildkröte | Landschildkröte
sense:
Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly, North America) or the order Testudines (chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India) , whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.


lexentry: eng/tortoiseshell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tortoiseshell
trans_list: Schildpatt
sense:
The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.


lexentry: eng/torture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torture
trans_list: Folter | Tortur
sense:
The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.


lexentry: eng/torture__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: torture
trans_list: Tortur
sense:
(in figurative or extended use) An unpleasant sensation or its infliction: embarrassment, heartache, etc.


lexentry: eng/torture__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torture
trans_list: foltern
sense:
(transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them.


lexentry: eng/torus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: torus
trans_list: Torus
sense:
(geometry) The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).


lexentry: eng/torus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: torus
trans_list: Wulst
sense:
(architecture) A large convex molding, typically semicircular in cross section, which commonly projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.


lexentry: eng/toss__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: toss
trans_list: Münzwurf
sense:
(cricket, football) The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.


lexentry: eng/toss_a_coin__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toss a coin
trans_list: eine Münze werfen
sense:
To flick a coin into the air, making it spin, in order to use the resultant upturned side (“heads or tails”) for making a decision.


lexentry: eng/total_depravity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: total depravity
trans_list: Verfalleness | völlige Unfähigkeit | völlige Verderbtheit
sense:
(Christianity, theology) A doctrine, one of the Five Points of Calvinism, that all human action is tainted by original sin.


lexentry: eng/total_football__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: total football
trans_list: totaler Fußball
sense:
(soccer) A tactic in which the outfield players assume different roles during a game, while keeping an organised structure.


lexentry: eng/total_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: total order
trans_list: Totalordnung | totale Ordnung
sense:
(set theory, order theory) A partial order, ≤, (a binary relation that is reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive) on some set S, such that any two elements of S are comparable (for any x, y ∈ S, either x ≤ y or y ≤ x).


lexentry: eng/totalitarian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: totalitarian
trans_list: totalitär
sense:
Of or relating to a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially, and politically.


lexentry: eng/totalitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: totalitarianism
trans_list: Totalitarismus
sense:
A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.


lexentry: eng/totally_ordered__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: totally ordered
trans_list: total geordnet
sense:
(set theory, order theory) That is equipped with a total order, that is a subset of (the ground set of) a partially ordered set whose partial order is a total order with respect to said subset.


lexentry: eng/totem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: totem
trans_list: Totem
sense:
Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family; the representation of such an object or creature.


lexentry: eng/toucan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toucan
trans_list: Tukan | Pfefferfresser | Pfeffervogel
sense:
Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.


lexentry: eng/touch-tone_dialing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touch-tone dialing
trans_list: Tonwahl | Tonwahlverfahren
sense:
(US, telephony) A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a tone or combination of tones of specific pitch.


lexentry: eng/touch__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: touch
trans_list: Berührung | anfassen
sense:
(music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.


lexentry: eng/touch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touch
trans_list: berühren | anfassen
sense:
(transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/touch_base__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: touch base
trans_list: kurzschließen
sense:
(by extension, idiomatic, colloquial, North America, usually, with "with") To meet or make contact with someone, usually to consult, review, visit, or communicate.


lexentry: eng/touch_grass__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touch grass
trans_list: an die frische Luft gehen
sense:
(Internet slang, derogatory, often, dismissal) To spend time outside, off of the Internet. Used in the imperative to suggest that someone is out of touch with reality, and should gain some real-world perspective.


lexentry: eng/touch_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touch off
trans_list: auslösen
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To start (something); to set off traps; especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed.


lexentry: eng/touch_screen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touch screen
trans_list: Berührungsbildschirm | Touchscreen | Sensorbildschirm | Touchbildschirm
sense:
(computer hardware) An input and output device that allows the user to interact with the computer by touching the display screen.


lexentry: eng/touchdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touchdown
trans_list: Touchdown
sense:
(American football, Canadian football) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.


lexentry: eng/touching__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touching
trans_list: rührend | anrührend | ergreifend
sense:
Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.


lexentry: eng/touchpad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touchpad
trans_list: Touchpad | Tastfeld
sense:
(computing) A flat surface which is sensitive to touch, used mostly in laptop computers to control an on-screen cursor.


lexentry: eng/touchstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touchstone
trans_list: Probierstein | Prüfstein
sense:
A stone used to verify the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them in order to leave a visible trace.


lexentry: eng/touchy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touchy
trans_list: empfindlich | heikel
sense:
(of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.


lexentry: eng/touché__Interjection__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: touché
trans_list: touché
sense:
An acknowledgement of the validity, appropriateness, or superiority of an opponent's argument or statement in a discussion.


lexentry: eng/touring_motorcycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: touring motorcycle
trans_list: Reisemotorrad
sense:
A motorcycle designed to be driven on long-distance journeys, with large fuel tanks and features for increased driver comfort.


lexentry: eng/tourist_attraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tourist attraction
trans_list: Sehenswürdigkeit
sense:
A place of interest where tourists visit, typically for its cultural value, beauty, or historical significance, offering leisure and amusement.


lexentry: eng/tourist_trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tourist trap
trans_list: Touristenfalle
sense:
(derogatory) An establishment, such as a shop or display, where tourists are encouraged to spend money on goods or services not necessarily of good value.


lexentry: eng/tourmaline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tourmaline
trans_list: Turmalin
sense:
(mineral) A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone.


lexentry: eng/tournament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tournament
trans_list: Turnier
sense:
(historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.


lexentry: eng/tournament__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tournament
trans_list: Turnier
sense:
A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.


lexentry: eng/tourniquet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tourniquet
trans_list: Aderpresse | Stauschlauch | Tourniquet
sense:
(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.


lexentry: eng/tout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
written_rep: tout
trans_list:
Drogenvermittler | Drogenvermittlerin | Kartenschwarzhändler | Kartenschwarzhändlerin | Marktschreier | Schlepperin


lexentry: eng/tow_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tow bar
trans_list: Anhängerkupplung
sense:
A bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed.


lexentry: eng/tow_truck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tow truck
trans_list: Abschleppwagen | Abschleppfahrzeug
sense:
A motor vehicle typically equipped with winches, chains, and related equipment, and used to tow disabled vehicles.


lexentry: eng/towel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: towel
trans_list: Handtuch
sense:
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.


lexentry: eng/tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: tower
trans_list: Turm
sense:
(cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.


lexentry: eng/tower_crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tower crane
trans_list: Turmkran
sense:
A crane, consisting of a balanced beam erected on top of a tall metal (normally self-erecting) tower, used in the construction of tall buildings


lexentry: eng/tower_of_silence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tower of silence
trans_list: Dachma
sense:
(Zoroastrianism) A low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds such as vultures, the remaining bones being kept in an ossuary.


lexentry: eng/town_centre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: town centre
trans_list: Innenstadt | Ortszentrum | Stadtzentrum
sense:
(British spelling) The main commercial or business area of a town, containing the principal shops, banks, restaurants and public traffic hub.


lexentry: eng/town_council__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: town council
trans_list: Stadtrat
sense:
The governing body of people elected to oversee management of a town and represent the interests of residents.


lexentry: eng/town_crier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: town crier
trans_list: Ausrufer | Gemeindediener | Stadtschreier
sense:
(British, historical) A person who is employed by a town council to make public announcements in the streets


lexentry: eng/town_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: town gas
trans_list: Leuchtgas
sense:
Any of several flammable gases sold and distributed by a municipal gasworks for lighting and heating in a town, including coal gas and water gas.


lexentry: eng/town_twinning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: town twinning
trans_list: Städtepartnerschaft
sense:
The pairing of towns or cities from geographically distinct areas, in order to foster human contact and cultural links.


lexentry: eng/town_walls__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: town walls
trans_list: Stadtmauer | Stadtmauern
sense:
(UK, plurale tantum) A large historic line of walls encircling a town that normally dates back at least to the Middle Ages.


lexentry: eng/towpath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: towpath
trans_list: Leinpfad | Treidelpfad | Treidelweg | Reckweg | Treppelweg | Uferpfad
sense:
A path alongside a canal or river, originally for horses towing barges, now more often used as a footpath.


lexentry: eng/toxic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toxic
trans_list: toxisch | giftig | gesundheitsschädlich
sense:
(toxicology, pharmaceutical drug) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.


lexentry: eng/toxic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: toxic
trans_list: in Lebensgefahr | in kritischem Zustand
sense:
(medicine) Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems.


lexentry: eng/toxic_masculinity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toxic masculinity
trans_list: toxische Männlichkeit | giftige Männlichkeit
sense:
(social sciences, media criticism) The aspects of traditional masculinity perceived to reinforce aggression, emotionlessness and other negative qualities.


lexentry: eng/toxicology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toxicology
trans_list: Toxikologie | Giftkunde
sense:
(sciences, pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning.


lexentry: eng/toxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toxin
trans_list: Toxin | Giftstoff
sense:
(strictly) A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms.


lexentry: eng/toxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: toxin
trans_list: Toxin | Giftstoff
sense:
(loosely, usually, _, proscribed) Synonym of toxicant: a toxic substance in a body requiring removal.


lexentry: eng/toxoplasmosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: toxoplasmosis
trans_list: Toxoplasmose
sense:
A disease, caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, that primarily affects felids, but also other mammals including humans.


lexentry: eng/trace__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: trace
trans_list: Strang
sense:
One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.


lexentry: eng/trace__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: trace
trans_list: abpausen
sense:
(transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.


lexentry: eng/trace_element__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trace element
trans_list: Spurenelement
sense:
(biochemistry, nutrition) A chemical element in an organism’s diet that is required in very small amounts in order to maintain proper biochemical function.


lexentry: eng/trace_fossil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trace fossil
trans_list: Spurenfossil
sense:
(paleontology) A type of fossil reflecting the reworking of sediments and hard substrates by organisms, rather than the physical remains of the organism itself. This includes structures such as burrows, trails, impressions, coprolites and borings.


lexentry: eng/traceability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traceability
trans_list: Nachvollziehbarkeit
sense:
The ability to trace (identify and measure) all the stages that led to a particular point in a process that consists of a chain of interrelated events


lexentry: eng/tracer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tracer
trans_list: Leuchtspurmunition
sense:
A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.


lexentry: eng/tracery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tracery
trans_list: Maßwerk
sense:
(architectural element) Bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening or stand in relief against a door or wall as an ornamental feature.


lexentry: eng/tracheotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tracheotomy
trans_list: Luftröhrenschnitt
sense:
(surgery) A surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted so as to make an artificial opening in order to assist breathing.


lexentry: eng/track__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: track
trans_list: Stück | Titel
sense:
(music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.


lexentry: eng/track__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: track
trans_list: Spur
sense:
(computing) A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.


lexentry: eng/track_and_field__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: track and field
trans_list: Leichtathletik | Athletik
sense:
(chiefly, US) A group of athletic sports, consisting mainly of various kinds of running, jumping and throwing, that take place on a track and an enclosed field.


lexentry: eng/track_bike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: track bike
trans_list: Bahnrad
sense:
A stripped-down, lightweight bicycle, with a fixed gear mechanism and no brakes, designed for racing on a velodrome.


lexentry: eng/track_record__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: track record
trans_list: Erfolgsbilanz | Erfolgsgeschichte | Leistungsbilanz
sense:
(idiomatic) The past performance of a person, organization, or product, viewed in its entirety and usually for the purpose of making a judgment.


lexentry: eng/trackage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trackage
trans_list: Gleisanlage
sense:
The right of a railway company to use the tracks belonging to another; the charge levied for this right


lexentry: eng/tracking_shot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tracking shot
trans_list: Plansequenz
sense:
(cinematography, film) A continuously recorded segment containing no edits, in which the camera is moved (often mounted on a dolly rolling on tracks) so as to sweep through an extensive area or to follow the physical movement of characters or events.


lexentry: eng/tracksuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tracksuit
trans_list: Trainingsanzug | Sportanzug
sense:
(clothing) A garment, usually consisting of a top and trousers (commonly known as tracksuit bottoms) worn as an outer layer by participants in sporting events such as athletics. The tracksuit is usually designed to be easily removed or replaced, before or after competing. Tracksuits have also been adopted in some cultures as leisurewear.


lexentry: eng/traction_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traction engine
trans_list: Lokomobile
sense:
A wheeled steam engine used to move heavy loads, plough ground or provide power at a chosen location.


lexentry: eng/tractor-trailer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tractor-trailer
trans_list: Sattelschlepper | Sattelzug | Sattelzugmaschine mit Auflieger
sense:
(chiefly, Northeast US) A large truck consisting of an engine and cab section (the tractor) and a cargo-carrying semi-trailer or trailer.


lexentry: eng/tractor_unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tractor unit
trans_list: Zugmaschine | Sattelschlepper | Sattelzugmaschine
sense:
a large road vehicle, usually consisting of a two or three-axled chassis, and fitted with a cab, engine and drivetrain, used for hauling semitrailers.


lexentry: eng/tractrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tractrix
trans_list: Traktrix
sense:
(geometry) A curve that satisfies the following property: that segment of the tangent line that lies between the point of tangency and a fixed line has length independent of the point of tangency chosen.


lexentry: eng/trade-off__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trade-off
trans_list: Abwägung | Ausgleich | Kompromiss | Trade-off | Zielkonflikt
sense:
Any situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased.


lexentry: eng/trade_fair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trade fair
trans_list: Messe | Handelsmesse | Salon
sense:
An exhibition at which members of a specific industry exhibit or demonstrate their products to prospective customers and to each other.


lexentry: eng/trade_secret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trade secret
trans_list: Geschäftsgeheimnis | Kunstgeheimnis
sense:
(business) A type of intellectual property comprising confidential business information that provides a company with a competitive edge.


lexentry: eng/trade_union__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trade union
trans_list: Gewerkschaft
sense:
An organization whose members belong to the same trade and that acts collectively to address common issues.


lexentry: eng/trademark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trademark
trans_list: Warenzeichen | Marke
sense:
A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.


lexentry: eng/trading_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trading card
trans_list: Liebigbild | Sammelbild | Sammelkarte | Sammelsticker
sense:
A collectible card, sometimes sticker, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or real) and a short description of the picture, along with other text (attacks, statistics, or trivia). There is a wide variation of different types of cards, like sports, cars, natural history, film characters or other information of interest to purchasers. Sometimes is included with tobacco, food or confectionery products.


lexentry: eng/tradition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tradition
trans_list: Tradition | Überlieferung | Urüberlieferung
sense:
A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.


lexentry: eng/traditional_Chinese_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traditional Chinese medicine
trans_list: traditionelle chinesische Medizin
sense:
The medical theory and practices of Chinese culture, especially herbal medicine, acupuncture, tui na, Daoyin and osteopathy, for preventing or treating illness, or promoting health and well-being; in China (and to an extent elsewhere) still often used in concert with scientific medicine (as complementary medicine).


lexentry: eng/traditional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: traditional
trans_list: traditionell | altmodisch | traditionsgetreu
sense:
In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.


lexentry: eng/traditional_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traditional medicine
trans_list: Volksmedizin
sense:
A system of medicine developed before the era of modern medicine, especially one that is associated with a single culture.


lexentry: eng/traduce__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traduce
trans_list: verleumden
sense:
(transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. [from 1580s]


lexentry: eng/traffic_cone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traffic cone
trans_list: Leitkegel | Verkehrsleitkegel | Haberkornhütchen | Lübecker Hütchen | Pylon | Verkehrshütchen
sense:
A cone-shaped marker, generally made out of plastic or rubber, that is placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect traffic in a safe manner.


lexentry: eng/traffic_light__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traffic light
trans_list: Ampel | Verkehrsampel | Robot
sense:
A signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing indicating the moment it is safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal color code.


lexentry: eng/traffic_warden__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traffic warden
trans_list: Hilfspolizist | Politesse
sense:
(British, Hong Kong) A civilian employed by the police to regulate traffic and issue parking tickets.


lexentry: eng/trafficker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trafficker
trans_list: Händler
sense:
(chiefly, pejorative) Someone who traffics; a trader or merchant of illegal products, or of legal products in an illegal setting.


lexentry: eng/tragacanth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tragacanth
trans_list: Tragant
sense:
A polysaccharide gum, extracted from several species of leguminous plants of the genus Astragalus, formerly used medicinally and now as a food additive. Also more fully gum tragacanth. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/tragedy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tragedy
trans_list: Tragödie | Trauerspiel
sense:
A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.


lexentry: eng/tragedy_of_the_commons__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tragedy of the commons
trans_list: Tragik der Allmende | Tragik des Gemeinguts | Tragödie des Allgemeinguts
sense:
(ecology, economics, politics, social, _, criticism) A situation in which unmanaged use of a shared resource (such as the atmosphere or an ocean) by a number of participants results in the unintended ruin or total consumption of that resource.


lexentry: eng/trail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trail
trans_list: Spur
sense:
The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.


lexentry: eng/trail__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trail
trans_list: Pfad | Trail | Weg
sense:
A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.


lexentry: eng/trail__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: trail
trans_list: Nachlauf
sense:
The horizontal distance from where the wheel touches the ground to where the steering axis intersects the ground.


lexentry: eng/trail__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: trail
trans_list: eine Spur hinter sich lassen | zurücklassen
sense:
(transitive) To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.


lexentry: eng/trail_mix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trail mix
trans_list: Studentenfutter
sense:
A blend of foods for snacking on the go, as during hikes, usually consisting of some combination of dried fruit, nuts, seeds, granola, and sometimes small candies, cereal, etc.


lexentry: eng/trail_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trail off
trans_list: abschwächen
sense:
Of a phenomenon, voice, etc.: to slowly diminish in frequency, intensity, or volume; also, to diminish more quickly over time.


lexentry: eng/trailblaze__Verb__1
written_rep: trailblaze
trans_list:
Bahn brechen | Richtung weisen | Weg bereiten | den Weg bereiten | die Bahn brechen | die Richtung weisen


lexentry: eng/trailer__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trailer
trans_list: Anhänger | Trailer
sense:
An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc., that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.


lexentry: eng/trailer__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: trailer
trans_list: Mobilheim | Wohncontainer
sense:
(US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.


lexentry: eng/trailer__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: trailer
trans_list: Trailer | Vorschau
sense:
A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.


lexentry: eng/trailer_park__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trailer park
trans_list: Parkanlage für Wohnwagen | Wohnwagenabstellplatz | Wohnwagenplatz | Wohnwagensiedlung
sense:
(US, Canada) An area containing mobile homes for rent or places to station them if owned; normally providing utilities and services.


lexentry: eng/trailer_trash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trailer trash
trans_list: Abschaum
sense:
(US, idiomatic, slang, derogatory) A poorly-educated, and usually white individual(s) of low social status who stereotypically reside(s) in a trailer park.


lexentry: eng/train__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: train
trans_list: Schleppe
sense:
The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/train__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: train
trans_list: Zug
sense:
A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/train__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: train
trans_list: Zug | Eisenbahn
sense:
A mechanical (originally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected wagons considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/train__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: train
trans_list: Reihe | Gedankenfolge
sense:
A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/train_wreck__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: train wreck
trans_list: Desaster | Katastrophe
sense:
(figurative) A disaster, especially one which is large, chaotic, and readily seen by public observers.


lexentry: eng/train_wreck__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: train wreck
trans_list: Desaster | Katastrophe
sense:
(figurative) Someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin.


lexentry: eng/training_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: training wheel
trans_list: Stützrad
sense:
(chiefly, Canada, US, and, in the plural, cycling) One of a pair of small wheels, each attached to one side of a bicycle's rear wheel to provide support for new riders.


lexentry: eng/trainset__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trainset
trans_list: Zuggarnitur
sense:
a self-propelled electric or diesel multiple unit, consisting of a fixed number of permanently coupled passenger vehicles.


lexentry: eng/trajectory__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trajectory
trans_list: Entwicklung
sense:
(cybernetics) The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time evolution.


lexentry: eng/tram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tram
trans_list: Straßenbahn | Tram | Trambahn | S-Bahn
sense:
(Australia, Britain, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).


lexentry: eng/trammel__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: trammel
trans_list: Kesselhaken
sense:
A vertical bar with several notches or chain of rings suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots by a hook which has an easily adjustable height.


lexentry: eng/tramp_stamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tramp stamp
trans_list: Arschgeweih
sense:
(derogatory, slang) A tattoo on a woman's lower back, stereotypically said to label her as promiscuous.


lexentry: eng/trampoline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trampoline
trans_list: Trampolin
sense:
A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric or rubber stretched over a (usually steel) frame using many coiled springs as anchors.


lexentry: eng/trance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trance
trans_list: Trance
sense:
(countable) A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).


lexentry: eng/trance__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trance
trans_list: Trance
sense:
(countable, psychology) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.


lexentry: eng/trance_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trance music
trans_list: Trance-Musik | Trancemusik
sense:
(music genre) A style of dance music with fast beats, short melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track, often played in nightclubs.


lexentry: eng/trans_man__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trans man
trans_list: Transmann
sense:
A transgender or transsexual man; a man who was assigned female at birth, that is, a person who was assigned female at birth, but has a male or primarily male gender identity.


lexentry: eng/trans_woman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trans woman
trans_list: Transfrau | Trans-Frau
sense:
A transgender or transsexual woman; a woman who was assigned male at birth, that is, a person who was assigned male at birth, but has a female or primarily female gender identity.


lexentry: eng/transacetylase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transacetylase
trans_list: Transacetylase
sense:
(enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an acetyl group from one molecule to another. It is produced by the ‘a’ structural gene of the lac operon.


lexentry: eng/transaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: transaction
trans_list: Transaktion
sense:
(computing) An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).


lexentry: eng/transcendence__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transcendence
trans_list: Transzendenz
sense:
(uncountable) The state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity.


lexentry: eng/transcendentalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transcendentalism
trans_list: Transzendentalismus
sense:
A philosophy which holds that reasoning is key to understanding reality (associated with Kant); philosophy which stresses intuition and spirituality (associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson); transcendental character or quality.


lexentry: eng/transcendentalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: transcendentalism
trans_list: Transzendentalismus
sense:
A movement of writers and philosophers in New England in the 19th century who were loosely bound together by adherence to an idealistic system of thought based on a belief in the essential supremacy of insight over logic and experience for the revelation of the deepest truths.


lexentry: eng/transclude__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transclude
trans_list: einbeziehen | einbinden | transkludieren | übernehmen | übertragen
sense:
(programming) To replace a template or other input with its rendered text, such as when parsing wikitext. To include by transclusion. To process fetched data in-line.


lexentry: eng/transclusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transclusion
trans_list: Transklusion | Einbinden | Einbindung | Übernahme | Übernehmen
sense:
(computing) The inclusion of part of one hypertext document in another one by means of reference rather than copying.


lexentry: eng/transcribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transcribe
trans_list: transkribieren
sense:
To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.


lexentry: eng/transcript__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transcript
trans_list: Abschrift | Transkript
sense:
Something which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.


lexentry: eng/transcript__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: transcript
trans_list: Studienbuch | Notenspiegel | Studienakten | Zeugnis
sense:
(education) An inventory of the courses taken and grades earned of a student alleged throughout a course.


lexentry: eng/transcriptome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transcriptome
trans_list: Transkriptom
sense:
(biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell or a population of cells.


lexentry: eng/transdermal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transdermal
trans_list: transdermal | transkutan
sense:
Through the unbroken skin (as for example with measurements of blood glucose level with an optical glucometer using photometry or of oxygen saturation via pulse oximetry).


lexentry: eng/transept__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transept
trans_list: Transept | Querhaus
sense:
(architecture) The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts.


lexentry: eng/transfection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transfection
trans_list: Transfektion
sense:
(molecular biology) The introduction of foreign genetic material (such as DNA or RNA) into a eukaryotic cell.


lexentry: eng/transfer_RNA__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transfer RNA
trans_list: transfer-RNA
sense:
(biochemistry) A short-chain version of RNA that transfers individual amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis.


lexentry: eng/transfer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transfer
trans_list: Übertragung | Überweisung | Versetzung
sense:
(uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.


lexentry: eng/transfer__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: transfer
trans_list: versetzen
sense:
(transitive, legal) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.


lexentry: eng/transfer_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transfer function
trans_list: Übertragungsfunktion
sense:
(systems theory) a mathematical representation of the relation between the input and output of a linear time-invariant system


lexentry: eng/transfer_window__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transfer window
trans_list: Transferfenster | Wechselperiode
sense:
(soccer) A period of time during the year in which soccer players may be bought or sold between professional clubs.


lexentry: eng/transferable_skill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transferable skill
trans_list: Fertigkeit
sense:
(labor, usually, in the plural) A skill used in one job that can be used again in future jobs, such as communication, computer literacy, time management, public speaking etc.


lexentry: eng/transferase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transferase
trans_list: Transferase
sense:
(enzyme) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a functional group, such as amine or phosphate from one molecule to another.


lexentry: eng/transference__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transference
trans_list: Übertragung
sense:
(psychology, psychiatry) The process by which emotions and desires, originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously shifted to another.


lexentry: eng/transferrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transferrin
trans_list: Transferrin
sense:
(biochemistry) A glycoprotein, a beta globulin, in blood serum that combines with and transports iron.


lexentry: eng/transfinite_induction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transfinite induction
trans_list: transfinite Induktion
sense:
(mathematics, set theory) An extension of mathematical induction to well-ordered sets of transfinite cardinality, such as sets of ordinal numbers or cardinal numbers.


lexentry: eng/transfix__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
written_rep: transfix
trans_list:
Ehrfurcht einflößen | erstaunen | in Ehrfurcht versetzen | in Erstaunen versetzen | verblüffen | verwundern


lexentry: eng/transform__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transform
trans_list: umwandeln
sense:
(transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.


lexentry: eng/transform__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transform
trans_list: transformieren
sense:
(transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.


lexentry: eng/transformational_grammar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transformational grammar
trans_list: Transformationsgrammatik
sense:
(linguistics) A generative grammar, especially of a natural language, developed in the Chomskyan tradition of phrase structure grammars (as opposed to dependency grammars), and involving the use of defined operations called transformations to produce new sentences from existing ones.


lexentry: eng/transformer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transformer
trans_list: Transformator | Trafo
sense:
(electrical engineering) A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling; primarily used to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows the most appropriate voltages for power generation, transmission and distribution to be chosen separately.


lexentry: eng/transgender__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transgender
trans_list: transgender | trans | trans* | transgeschlechtlich
sense:
(narrowly) Of a person: having a gender (identity) which is opposite from the sex one was assigned at birth: being assigned male but having a female gender, or vice versa (that is, not including a non-binary identity).


lexentry: eng/transgender__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transgender
trans_list: transgender | trans | trans* | transgeschlechtlich
sense:
(loosely) Of a person: transgressing or not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female.


lexentry: eng/transgenic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transgenic
trans_list: transgen
sense:
Of, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; (of an organism) whose genome has been changed by such addition, genetically modified.


lexentry: eng/transhumance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transhumance
trans_list: Wanderweidewirtschaft
sense:
The seasonal movement of people, with their cattle or other grazing animals, to new pastures which may be quite distant.


lexentry: eng/transhumanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transhumanism
trans_list: Transhumanismus
sense:
A philosophy favouring the use of science and technology, especially neurotechnology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, to overcome human limitations and improve the human condition.


lexentry: eng/transient__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: transient
trans_list: transient
sense:
(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.


lexentry: eng/transient__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transient
trans_list: Einschwingungsvorgang
sense:
(acoustics) A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.


lexentry: eng/transistor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transistor
trans_list: Transistor
sense:
(semiconductors) A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.


lexentry: eng/transistor_radio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transistor radio
trans_list: Transistorradio
sense:
(dated) A (typically small and portable) radio receiver having transistors rather than thermionic valves; popular from the late 1950s.


lexentry: eng/transit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transit
trans_list: Durchreise
sense:
The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.


lexentry: eng/transit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: transit
trans_list: Durchgang
sense:
(astronomy) The passage of a celestial body or other object across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.


lexentry: eng/transition__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: transition
trans_list: Transition
sense:
(LGBTQ) The process or act of changing one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to their identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth.


lexentry: eng/transition__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transition
trans_list: transitieren | transitionieren
sense:
(intransitive, LGBTQ) To change one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics to conform to one's identified gender.


lexentry: eng/transition_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transition function
trans_list: Übergangsfunktion
sense:
(computing theory) A function from (state, input symbol) to state describing what state to move to on receiving a given input in a given state.


lexentry: eng/transition_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transition function
trans_list: Kartenwechsel | Kartenübergang | Übergangsfunktion
sense:
(differential geometry) A homeomorphism that bijects between the subsets of the images of two overlapping coordinate charts that are shared in the preimage: For (U_1, \varphi_1) and (U_2, \varphi_2) coordinate charts with U_1 \cap U_2 \neq \emptyset, the transition functions \varphi_{12} = \varphi_2 \circ \varphi_1^{-1} and its inverse \varphi_{21} = \varphi_1 \circ \varphi_2^{-1} may be constructed.


lexentry: eng/transition_matrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transition matrix
trans_list: Übergangsmatrix
sense:
(mathematics, stochastic processes) A square matrix whose rows consist of nonnegative real numbers, with each row summing to 1. Used to describe the transitions of a Markov chain; its element in the ith row and jth column describes the probability of moving from state i to state j in one time step.


lexentry: eng/transitional_provision__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transitional provision
trans_list: Übergangsbestimmung
sense:
(legal) A statutory provision that regulates a process that starts before an amendment or enactment of the statute comes into force, and ends after the amendment or enactment of the statute has come into force.


lexentry: eng/transitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: transitive
trans_list: transitiv
sense:
(set theory, of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element a is related to b and b is related to c, then a is necessarily related to c.


lexentry: eng/transitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: transitive
trans_list: transitiv
sense:
(algebra, of a group action) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.


lexentry: eng/transitive_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transitive verb
trans_list: transitives Verb | Transitiv | Transitivum | Transitivverb | transitives Verbum
sense:
(grammar) A verb that is accompanied (either clearly or implicitly) by a direct object in the active voice. It links the action taken by the subject with the object upon which that action is taken. Consequently, transitive verbs can also be used in the passive voice when the direct object of the equivalent active-voice sentence becomes the subject.


lexentry: eng/translate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translate
trans_list: übersetzen | dolmetschen | übertragen | verdolmetschen
sense:
(transitive) To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.


lexentry: eng/translate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: translate
trans_list: übertragen | übersetzen
sense:
(transitive) To transfer the remains of a deceased person (such as a monarch or other important person) from one place to another; (specifically, Christianity) to transfer a holy relic from one shrine to another.


lexentry: eng/translate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: translate
trans_list: übertragen | übersetzen
sense:
(transitive, medicine, obsolete) To cause (a disease or something giving rise to a disease) to move from one body part to another, or (rare) between persons.


lexentry: eng/translation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translation
trans_list: Translation | Übersetzung
sense:
(genetics) The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.


lexentry: eng/translation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translation
trans_list: Untersetzung | Übersetzung
sense:
(mathematics) A relation between two mathematical figures such as a straight line where the coordinates of each point in one figure is a constant added to the coordinates of a corresponding point in the other figure.


lexentry: eng/translation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translation
trans_list: Translation | Parallelverschiebung
sense:
(physics, mathematics) A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.


lexentry: eng/translation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translation
trans_list: Übersetzung | Übersetzen
sense:
(translation studies) The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).


lexentry: eng/translation_memory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translation memory
trans_list: Satzspeicher
sense:
(translation studies) A database that stores previously translated content to aid human translators, commonly abbreviated as TM.


lexentry: eng/translation_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translation studies
trans_list: Übersetzungswissenschaft | Translatologie
sense:
The study of the theory and practice of translating and interpreting, especially in an academic context, combining elements of social science and the humanities.


lexentry: eng/translative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translative case
trans_list: Translativ
sense:
(grammar) a form of declension that indicates a change in the state of a noun; the Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian languages have such a case


lexentry: eng/translator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: translator
trans_list: Übersetzer
sense:
(inexact, sometimes, _, proscribed) Synonym of interpreter, a person or thing that immediately interprets direct speech. [1850]


lexentry: eng/transliteration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transliteration
trans_list: Transliteration | Transkription | Umschreibung | Umschrift
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.


lexentry: eng/translocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: translocation
trans_list: Translokation
sense:
(genetics) A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.


lexentry: eng/transmedicalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transmedicalism
trans_list: Transmedizinismus
sense:
The belief that medically diagnosed gender dysphoria or medical transition are essential traits of being transgender.


lexentry: eng/transmissible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transmissible
trans_list: ansteckend
sense:
(radio communications or broadcasting, of a message or program) Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.


lexentry: eng/transmission__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: transmission
trans_list: Getriebe
sense:
(automotive, trucking, heavy equipment) A device, usually an assembly of gears (gearbox) plus a clutch or torque converter, through which power is sent from the engine to the driveshaft in an automobile (motor car or motor truck).


lexentry: eng/transmission_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transmission function
trans_list: Fortpflanzungskonstante
sense:
(analysis) The mathematical function of an electromagnetic wave is a measure of the change undergone by the amplitude of the wave as it propagates in a given direction, which is also called the propagation constant.


lexentry: eng/transmitter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transmitter
trans_list: Sendeanlage | Sendegerät
sense:
An electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech, music, TV or other sources, and broadcasts the resulting signal from an antenna.


lexentry: eng/transom__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: transom
trans_list: Heckbalken
sense:
(nautical) Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.


lexentry: eng/transparent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transparent
trans_list: durchsichtig | transparent
sense:
(of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.


lexentry: eng/transparent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transparent
trans_list: transparent | durchsichtig
sense:
(of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.


lexentry: eng/transpire__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transpire
trans_list: schwitzen
sense:
(botany, intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/transplant__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transplant
trans_list: Transplantation
sense:
(medicine) An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.


lexentry: eng/transplant__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transplant
trans_list: umsetzen
sense:
(transitive) To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.


lexentry: eng/transplant__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transplant
trans_list: verpflanzen | transplantieren
sense:
(transitive, medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.


lexentry: eng/transponder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transponder
trans_list: Transponder
sense:
A radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal.


lexentry: eng/transpose__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transpose
trans_list: Transponierte
sense:
(linear algebra) The process of rearranging elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.


lexentry: eng/transpose__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transpose
trans_list: transponieren | umformen | umstellen
sense:
(transitive, algebra) To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other, reversing the sign of the term.


lexentry: eng/transposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transposition
trans_list: Transponieren | Transponierung | Transposition
sense:
(music) A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work equally either up or down in pitch.


lexentry: eng/transposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: transposition
trans_list: Umsetzung in innerstaatliches Recht
sense:
(European Union) An incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law.


lexentry: eng/transposon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transposon
trans_list: Transposon
sense:
(genetics) A segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to the genome of another species.


lexentry: eng/transrealism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transrealism
trans_list: Transrealismus
sense:
(science fiction) A literary mode that mixes the techniques of incorporating fantastic elements used in science fiction with the techniques of describing immediate perceptions from naturalistic realism.


lexentry: eng/transsexual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transsexual
trans_list: transsexuell
sense:
(dated) Of a person, having changed, or being in the process of changing, physical sex by undergoing medical treatment, such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or optionally sex reassignment surgery (SRS).


lexentry: eng/transubstantiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transubstantiation
trans_list: Transsubstantiation
sense:
(Roman Catholic) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are essentially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.


lexentry: eng/transverse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transverse
trans_list: diagonal | quer gerichtet | quer liegend | quer- | quergerichtet | querlaufend
sense:
Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.


lexentry: eng/transverse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: transverse
trans_list: transversal
sense:
(geometry) (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see w:Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)


lexentry: eng/transverse_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transverse wave
trans_list: Querwelle | Scherwelle | Schubwelle | Transversalwelle
sense:
(physics) Any wave in which the direction of disturbance is perpendicular to the direction of travel


lexentry: eng/transvestite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: transvestite
trans_list: Transvestit | Transe | Transi | Transvestitin
sense:
(dated) A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or personal choice.


lexentry: eng/transvestite__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: transvestite
trans_list: Transvestit | Transe | Transi | Transvestitin
sense:
(clinical psychology, psychiatry, pathology) A person, typically a heterosexual male, who compulsively seeks and derives paraphilic sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.


lexentry: eng/trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trap
trans_list: Falle
sense:
A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.


lexentry: eng/trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: trap
trans_list: Siphon | Geruchsverschluss
sense:
A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.


lexentry: eng/trap__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: trap
trans_list: Fallen stellen
sense:
(intransitive) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; to travel for the purpose of trapping.


lexentry: eng/trapezium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trapezium
trans_list: Trapez | Trapezoid
sense:
(geometry, US, dated) A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral.


lexentry: eng/trapezius__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trapezius
trans_list: Kapuzenmuskel
sense:
(anatomy) A large vertebrate skeletal muscle divided into an ascending, descending, and transverse portion, attaching the neck and central spine to the outer extremity of the scapula; it functions in scapular elevation, adduction, and depression.


lexentry: eng/trapezohedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trapezohedron
trans_list: Trapezoeder
sense:
(geometry, crystallography) Any of a class of polyhedra that have kite-shaped faces and are dual polyhedra of antiprisms.


lexentry: eng/trash__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: trash
trans_list: Papierkorb
sense:
(computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.


lexentry: eng/trash__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: trash
trans_list: wegwerfen
sense:
To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.


lexentry: eng/trash_heap_of_history__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trash heap of history
trans_list: Müllhaufen der Geschichte
sense:
(figuratively) A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.


lexentry: eng/travel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: travel
trans_list: reisen | fahren
sense:
(intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.


lexentry: eng/travel_guide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: travel guide
trans_list: Reiseführer
sense:
A book or other work designed to give tourists and other visitors information about a particular country or area.


lexentry: eng/traveller's_cheque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traveller's cheque
trans_list: Reisescheck
sense:
(British, Canada) A preprinted cheque for a fixed amount, often in a foreign currency, issued by a bank that may be used instead of cash; may usually be replaced if lost or stolen.


lexentry: eng/traveller's_palm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traveller's palm
trans_list: Baum der Reisenden
sense:
A tropical plant, Ravenala madagascariensis (not a true palm), native to Madagascar but grown elsewhere for its distinctive appearance: banana-like leaves are arranged in a flat, fan-like pattern atop a palm-like trunk.


lexentry: eng/travelling-wave_tube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: travelling-wave tube
trans_list: Lauffeldröhre | Wanderfeldröhre
sense:
(electronics) A type of vacuum tube which amplifies electromagnetic signals, where the electron gun fires down the tube with an unmodulated electron beam, that passes through an interaction array, where the EM-signal is fed, which interacts with the electron beam, bunching the electrons, and transferring power to the signal.


lexentry: eng/travelling_salesman_problem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: travelling salesman problem
trans_list: Problem des Handlungsreisenden
sense:
(mathematics, UK, Canada) The problem in combinatorial optimization in which, given a number of cities and the costs of travelling from one to the other, it is required to determine the cheapest route that visits each city once and then returns to the initial city.


lexentry: eng/travelogue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: travelogue
trans_list: Reisebericht
sense:
A description of someone's travels, given in the form of narrative, public lecture, slide show or motion picture.


lexentry: eng/traverse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: traverse
trans_list: durchkreuzen | durchqueren | überqueren
sense:
(transitive) To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions.


lexentry: eng/travertine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: travertine
trans_list: Travertin
sense:
(mineral) A light, porous form of concretionary limestone (or calcite) deposited from solution, and sometimes quarried for building.


lexentry: eng/travesty__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: travesty
trans_list: Farce | Travestie | armselige Karikatur | lächerliche Karikatur
sense:
A pastiche, parody, or stylistic imitation; a burlesque literary or artistic imitation (typically of a more serious work).


lexentry: eng/travois__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: travois
trans_list: Stangenschleife | Zuggeschir
sense:
(originally, and, chiefly, Canada, US, historical) A frame, often consisting of two poles tied together at one end to form a V-shaped structure with the vertex attached to a dog, horse, etc., or held by a person and the other ends touching the ground, which was used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land.


lexentry: eng/trawling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trawling
trans_list: Schleppnetzfischerei
sense:
A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.


lexentry: eng/tread__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: tread
trans_list: Auftritt | Lauffläche | Schritt | Stufe | Tritt | Trittbrett
sense:
A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.


lexentry: eng/tread_water__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tread water
trans_list: Wasser treten
sense:
To remain afloat in the water without use of any buoyancy aid, by using kicking motions and hand motions.


lexentry: eng/treadmill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: treadmill
trans_list: Laufband
sense:
A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to allow for the motions of running or walking while staying in one place.


lexentry: eng/treadmill__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: treadmill
trans_list: Tretmühle
sense:
(historical) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It was used principally as a means of prison discipline.


lexentry: eng/treasure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: treasure
trans_list: Schatz
sense:
(literally, uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.


lexentry: eng/treasure_trail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: treasure trail
trans_list: Straße zum Glück | Wegweiser
sense:
(slang) A vertical line of hair that extends up along the middle of a person's (usually a man's) abdomen from pubic hair to navel.


lexentry: eng/treasure_trove__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: treasure trove
trans_list: Schatzregal
sense:
(legal, usually, _, uncountable) Precious metal objects that were buried or concealed by an unknown owner.


lexentry: eng/treat__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: treat
trans_list: bewirten | einladen
sense:
(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/treaty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: treaty
trans_list: Vertrag | Bündnis
sense:
(countable, international law) A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.


lexentry: eng/treble_clef__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: treble clef
trans_list: Violinschlüssel
sense:
(music) a symbol showing that the second line from the bottom of the stave represents the G above middle C


lexentry: eng/trebuchet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trebuchet
trans_list: Blide | Tribock
sense:
A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.


lexentry: eng/tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tree
trans_list: Baum
sense:
A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.


lexentry: eng/tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: tree
trans_list: Baum
sense:
(graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.


lexentry: eng/tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: tree
trans_list: Baum
sense:
(computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.


lexentry: eng/tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: tree
trans_list: Baum
sense:
(graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.


lexentry: eng/tree_frog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tree frog
trans_list: Laubfrosch | Baumfrosch | Europäischer Laubfrosch
sense:
A frog of the family Hylidae, of small size and more elegant in form than the true frogs (family Ranidae), often with a bright coloration.


lexentry: eng/tree_hugger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tree hugger
trans_list: Baumschmuser | Baumschmuserin
sense:
(slang, pejorative) An environmental campaigner, especially one who aims to restrict logging and especially one who uses dramatic, attention-grabbing methods of obstruction.


lexentry: eng/tree_lawn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tree lawn
trans_list: Rasen
sense:
(Upper Midwestern US) A strip of unpaved land planted with trees, running alongside a street, usually between the sidewalk and street.


lexentry: eng/tree_of_heaven__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tree of heaven
trans_list: Götterbaum
sense:
An Asiatic tree (Ailanthus altissima) having foliage similar to that of the sumacs and ill-scented staminate flowers, much used in traditional Chinese medicine, but considered invasive and often subject to control efforts.


lexentry: eng/tree_shrew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tree shrew
trans_list: Spitzhörnchen
sense:
A small mammal native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, resembling the shrew, in order Scandentia, consisting of families Tupaiidae and Ptilocercidae.


lexentry: eng/treebank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: treebank
trans_list: Baumbank
sense:
(linguistics, computational linguistics) A database of sentences which are annotated with syntactic information, often in the form of a tree.


lexentry: eng/treehouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: treehouse
trans_list: Baumhaus
sense:
(chiefly, US) A house, or similar structure within a tree, or several trees, built with light materials.


lexentry: eng/treeness__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: treeness
trans_list: Waldbestand
sense:
(genetics) The suitability of an evolutionary tree for representing the structure of a population; the degree to which a population structure can be accurately described as a tree of descent, with different branches evolving independently after they split.


lexentry: eng/trefoil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trefoil
trans_list: Klee | Dreiblatt
sense:
Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.


lexentry: eng/trekking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trekking
trans_list: Trekking
sense:
Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport, usually for a longer period of time than for hiking.


lexentry: eng/tremolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tremolite
trans_list: Tremolit
sense:
(mineral) A pale grey/green amphibole mineral, a type of asbestos, that is a mixed calcium and magnesium silicate, with the chemical formula Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2; sometimes used in place of common asbestos.


lexentry: eng/tremor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tremor
trans_list: Tremor
sense:
(medicine) A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions.


lexentry: eng/trench_foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trench foot
trans_list: Immersionsfuß
sense:
A medical condition which can affect the feet when they are constantly cold and wet, similar to frostbite.


lexentry: eng/trench_warfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trench warfare
trans_list: Grabenkampf | Grabenkrieg
sense:
(uncountable) Warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches and repeatedly fire at one another; usually involving high casualty rates over a long period of time.


lexentry: eng/trench_warfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trench warfare
trans_list: Grabenkampf
sense:
(uncountable, by extension, often, figurative) Fighting of any sort which offers no hope of ending soon.


lexentry: eng/trend__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trend
trans_list: angesagt sein | beschäftigen | bewegen | en vogue sein | populär sein | trenden
sense:
(social media, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.


lexentry: eng/trephine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trephine
trans_list: Trepan
sense:
(medicine) A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, such as bone or cornea; a trepan.


lexentry: eng/trepidation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trepidation
trans_list: Angst | Bangen | Beklommenheit | Trepidation
sense:
(astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.


lexentry: eng/tres__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tres
trans_list: drei
sense:
(musical instrument) A three-course stringed instrument similar to a guitar; the Cuban variant has six strings, and the Puerto Rican has nine.


lexentry: eng/triad__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: triad
trans_list: Dreiklang
sense:
(music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale OR any chord with three notes.


lexentry: eng/triage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triage
trans_list: Auswahl | Einschätzung | Selektierung | Sichtung
sense:
Assessment or sorting according to quality, need, etc., especially to determine how resources will be allocated.


lexentry: eng/triage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: triage
trans_list: Triage | Ersteinschätzung
sense:
(medicine) The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).


lexentry: eng/trial__Adjective__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trial
trans_list: Trialis
sense:
(grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people. (See Ambai language for an example.)


lexentry: eng/trial__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trial
trans_list: Prozess | Gerichtsverhandlung | Versuch | Probe | Prüfung
sense:
A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).


lexentry: eng/trial__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trial
trans_list: Probe | Prüfung | Belästigung | Kummer | Sorge | Strapaze
sense:
A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially, religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.


lexentry: eng/trial__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: trial
trans_list: Versuch | Probe | Prüfung
sense:
(archaic) The action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the expression trial and error.)


lexentry: eng/trial__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trial
trans_list: erproben
sense:
(transitive) To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.


lexentry: eng/trial_and_error__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trial and error
trans_list: Versuch und Irrtum | trial and error
sense:
The process of finding a solution to a problem by trying many possible solutions and learning from mistakes until success is attained.


lexentry: eng/trial_balloon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trial balloon
trans_list: Versuchsballon
sense:
(idiomatic, figuratively) An idea, suggestion, or prospective action, product, etc., offered to an audience or group in order to test whether it generates acceptance or interest.


lexentry: eng/trial_by_fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trial by fire
trans_list: Feuerprobe
sense:
A test in which a person is exposed to flames in order to assess their truthfulness, commitment, courage etc.


lexentry: eng/trial_by_media__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trial by media
trans_list: Medienprozess | medienwirksamer Prozess
sense:
(idiomatic) The process by which media coverage affects a person's reputation by creating a widespread perception of guilt or innocence, often before, or after, a verdict in a court of law.


lexentry: eng/trial_by_ordeal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trial by ordeal
trans_list: Feuerprobe
sense:
(legal) An archaic practice by which a person accused of a crime could prove their innocence by their survival of physically painful tests.


lexentry: eng/trialogue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trialogue
trans_list: Trilog
sense:
(European Union) An informal tripartite meeting attended by representatives of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission.


lexentry: eng/triangle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: triangle
trans_list: Triangel | Dreieck
sense:
(music) A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.


lexentry: eng/triangle_inequality__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triangle inequality
trans_list: Dreiecksungleichung
sense:
(analysis) The inequality that states that the magnitude of the sum of two vectors is less than or equal to the sum of the magnitudes of the vectors.


lexentry: eng/triangle_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triangle wave
trans_list: Dreieck
sense:
(maths, engineering) A function or waveform that alternately ramps linearly upwards and then downwards.


lexentry: eng/triangulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: triangulate
trans_list: gegeneinander ausspielen
sense:
(politics) To pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both sides against the middle".


lexentry: eng/triangulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triangulation
trans_list: Triangulation
sense:
(uncountable, surveying) A technique in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry; (countable) an instance of the use of this technique.


lexentry: eng/tribology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tribology
trans_list: Tribologie
sense:
(physics, engineering) The science and engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion; the study and application of technology using the principles of friction, lubrication and wear.


lexentry: eng/trice__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trice
trans_list: abholen
sense:
(transitive) To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.


lexentry: eng/trichloroethylene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trichloroethylene
trans_list: Trichlorethylen
sense:
(organic compound) The unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon CCl2=CHCl used as an industrial solvent and formerly as an anaesthetic.


lexentry: eng/trick_of_the_trade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trick of the trade
trans_list: Betriebsgeheimnis
sense:
(idiomatic) A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.


lexentry: eng/trick_or_treat__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trick or treat
trans_list: Süßes oder Saures | Streich oder Süßigkeiten | Süßes, sonst gibt's Saures
sense:
A form of a light-hearted request by which children obtain candy on Halloween while wearing themed costumes.


lexentry: eng/trick_question__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trick question
trans_list: Fangfrage
sense:
(idiomatic) A question that attempts to elicit an answer in a certain way, usually incorrectly (i.e. that seems to have an obvious answer that is however incorrect), or a question that does not have a correct answer or that hides the real question or some difficulty.


lexentry: eng/tricolon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tricolon
trans_list: Trikolon
sense:
(rhetoric) A sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses.


lexentry: eng/tricolour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tricolour
trans_list: Trikolore
sense:
A flag consisting of three stripes that are either vertical or horizontal; all of equal size, and of a different colour each.


lexentry: eng/tricuspid_valve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tricuspid valve
trans_list: Trikuspidalklappe
sense:
A heart valve with three cusps which prevents backflow of blood from the right ventricle into the right atrium.


lexentry: eng/tridecane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tridecane
trans_list: Tridecan
sense:
(organic compound) Any of very many isomeric saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons having thirteen carbon atoms, but especially n-tridecane, CH3(CH2)11CH3


lexentry: eng/tridymite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tridymite
trans_list: Tridymit
sense:
(mineral) A rare mineral of volcanic rocks that solidified at a high temperature, with the chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO2. Tridymite is chemically identical to quartz, but has a different crystal structure. Sometimes contains sodium aluminum silicate, which seems to be expelled when quartz solidifies at lower temperatures.


lexentry: eng/trie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trie
trans_list: Präfixbaum | Trie
sense:
(computer science) An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings.


lexentry: eng/trifecta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trifecta
trans_list: Dreierwette
sense:
(betting) A bet in which the bettor must select the first three placegetters of a race in the order in which they finish.


lexentry: eng/trifle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trifle
trans_list: Trifle
sense:
(cooking) An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.


lexentry: eng/trifoliate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trifoliate
trans_list: dreiblättrig
sense:
(chiefly, botany) Having or comprising three leaves, or (loosely) trifoliolate (with three leaflets) or having leaves with three parts, as the clover plant.


lexentry: eng/trigger-happy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trigger-happy
trans_list: mit lockerer Schußwaffe | schießfreudig | schießwütig
sense:
Having a tendency or desire to shoot a firearm irresponsibly before adequately identifying the target.


lexentry: eng/trigger_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trigger point
trans_list: Auslöser
sense:
An event, arrangement, provocation, etc. that leads a certain, generally violent or angered, action to be taken.


lexentry: eng/trigger_warning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trigger warning
trans_list: Warnung
sense:
A notice placed before the beginning of media content (usually an online article, e-mail, or post) to warn of potential traumatic triggers it contains.


lexentry: eng/triggerfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triggerfish
trans_list: Drückerfisch
sense:
Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin.


lexentry: eng/trigonometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trigonometry
trans_list: Trigonometrie
sense:
(geometry, analysis) The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and angles of (in particular) right-angled triangles, as represented by the trigonometric functions, and with calculations based on said relationships.


lexentry: eng/trigraph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trigraph
trans_list: Trigraph
sense:
(linguistics) A specific sequence of three letters, especially one used collectively to represent a single phoneme.


lexentry: eng/trill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trill
trans_list: Triller
sense:
(music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.


lexentry: eng/trill__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trill
trans_list: Triller | Vibrant
sense:
(phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.


lexentry: eng/trill__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trill
trans_list: trillern
sense:
(intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.


lexentry: eng/trilliard__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trilliard
trans_list: Trilliarde
sense:
(UK, Australia, dated, rare) One thousand long scale trillions, or one short scale sextillion; equal to 1021 (1 followed by twenty-one 0s).


lexentry: eng/trillion__Numeral__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trillion
trans_list: Billion | Trillion
sense:
(dated, _, British, Australian, long scale) A million (times a) million (times a) million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.


lexentry: eng/trilogy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trilogy
trans_list: Trilogie
sense:
A set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.


lexentry: eng/trim__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: trim
trans_list: Segeltrimmung | Trimm
sense:
(uncountable, aviation, of, an aircraft) The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.


lexentry: eng/trim__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: trim
trans_list: Ausstattung | Innenausstattung | Segeltrimmung | Trimm | Verkleidung
sense:
(nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.


lexentry: eng/trim__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: trim
trans_list: trimmen
sense:
(transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.


lexentry: eng/trim__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: trim
trans_list: trimmen
sense:
(transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.


lexentry: eng/trim_tab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trim tab
trans_list: Trimmruder
sense:
(aviation, nautical) A control surface set within or attached to a larger control surface that provides trim to obtain a desired attitude without constant inputs to the primary control surfaces (e.g., ailerons and rudders).


lexentry: eng/trimester__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trimester
trans_list: Trimester
sense:
One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.


lexentry: eng/trinitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trinitarianism
trans_list: Dreieinigkeitslehre | Dreifaltigkeitslehre | Trinitarianismus | Trinitarismus
sense:
(theology) The monotheistic Christian doctrine that defines God as three divine persons or hypostases: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit.


lexentry: eng/trinitrotoluene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trinitrotoluene
trans_list: Trinitrotoluol
sense:
A highly explosive yellow crystalline substance, (CH3C6H2(NO2)3), obtained by reacting nitric acid with toluene.


lexentry: eng/triode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triode
trans_list: Triode
sense:
A thermionic valve containing an anode, a cathode, and a control grid; small changes to the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode, which makes amplification possible.


lexentry: eng/triolet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triolet
trans_list: Triolett
sense:
(poetry) An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter.


lexentry: eng/trip__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: trip
trans_list: einen Trip haben | fantasieren | halluzinieren
sense:
(intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.


lexentry: eng/tripe__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tripe
trans_list: Mumpitz | Schund
sense:
(figurative, derogatory) Something foolish or valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television).


lexentry: eng/triphthong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triphthong
trans_list: Triphthong
sense:
A monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another that passes over a third one.


lexentry: eng/triple-click__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triple-click
trans_list: Dreifachklick
sense:
(computing) The action of pushing the button on a mouse three times in quick succession in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a single-click or double-click.


lexentry: eng/triple_harp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triple harp
trans_list: Tripelharfe
sense:
(musical instrument) A type of multi-course harp employing three parallel rows of strings instead of the more common single row, a common version being the Welsh triple harp used in Welsh folk music.


lexentry: eng/triple_jump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triple jump
trans_list: Dreisprung
sense:
An athletics field event where one has to travel as far as possible after taking one hop, a step, then a jump.


lexentry: eng/triple_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triple point
trans_list: Tripelpunkt
sense:
(physics) The unique temperature and pressure at which the solid, liquid and gas phases of a substance are all in equilibrium.


lexentry: eng/triplet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triplet
trans_list: Triole
sense:
(music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.


lexentry: eng/tripmeter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tripmeter
trans_list: Tageskilometerzähler
sense:
An odometer in a motor vehicle that can be reset at any time, used to measure the distance of individual journeys.


lexentry: eng/tripwire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tripwire
trans_list: Stolperdraht
sense:
A cord or wire arranged so that when snagged or pulled by an intruder, it will trigger a detector or trap or a device, such as a land mine.


lexentry: eng/triquetra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triquetra
trans_list: Triqueta | Triquetta
sense:
A shape formed of three vesicae piscium, sometimes with an additional circle, a symbol of things and persons that are threefold (including the Christian Trinity), and a symbol of protection in Wicca.


lexentry: eng/trireme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trireme
trans_list: Trireme
sense:
(history, nautical, archaic) A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship.


lexentry: eng/triskelion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triskelion
trans_list: Triskele
sense:
A figure composed of three interlocked spirals (or three bent human legs), with threefold rotational symmetry.


lexentry: eng/trisomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trisomy
trans_list: Trisomie
sense:
(cytology) The presence of three copies, instead of the normal two, of a particular chromosome of an organism.


lexentry: eng/trite__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trite
trans_list: banal | abgedroschen | nichtssagend | platt
sense:
Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.


lexentry: eng/tritheism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tritheism
trans_list: Dreigötterei | Dreigötterglaube | Dreigötterglauben | Tritheismus
sense:
A belief in three gods, especially the nontrinitarian doctrine that God the Son, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit are separate gods which is condemned as heresy by most Christian denominations.


lexentry: eng/tritium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tritium
trans_list: Tritium
sense:
(isotope) A radioactive isotope of the element hydrogen (symbol T, 3H or 31H) having one proton and two neutrons.


lexentry: eng/triumph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triumph
trans_list: Triumph
sense:
A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.


lexentry: eng/triumph__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triumph
trans_list: triumphieren
sense:
To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.


lexentry: eng/triumvirate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triumvirate
trans_list: Triumvirat
sense:
An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical) two such councils in Roman history.


lexentry: eng/triunity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: triunity
trans_list: Dreiefaltigkeit | Dreieinigkeit
sense:
The fact or state of being three in one (usually with reference to the Christian idea of the Trinity).


lexentry: eng/trivet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trivet
trans_list: Untersatz
sense:
A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, or a mat used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a coaster.


lexentry: eng/trivial_name__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trivial name
trans_list: Trivialname
sense:
(chemistry) A commonly used, non-systematic name of a chemical compound. Trivial names for many compounds have been in use since long before their exact chemical structures were determined.


lexentry: eng/trocar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trocar
trans_list: Trokar
sense:
A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids.


lexentry: eng/trochaic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trochaic
trans_list: trochäisch
sense:
Composed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.


lexentry: eng/trochee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trochee
trans_list: Trochäus
sense:
A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.


lexentry: eng/trogon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trogon
trans_list: Trogone | Nageschnäbler
sense:
A bird in the family Trogonidae from the order Trogoniformes, most of which live in Central and South America, have colorful feathers, and nest in holes in trees.


lexentry: eng/trojan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trojan
trans_list: Trojaner
sense:
(computing) Malware that appears to perform or actually performs a desired task for a user while performing a harmful task without the user's knowledge or consent.


lexentry: eng/troll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: troll
trans_list: Troll
sense:
(originally, Scandinavian, _, mythology, now, also, European folklore) a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/troll__Noun__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: troll
trans_list: Troll
sense:
(by extension, originally, Internet slang) A person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate their perception, especially in an online community or discussion. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/troll__Noun__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: troll
trans_list: Troll
sense:
(by extension, politics) A person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign.


lexentry: eng/troll__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: troll
trans_list: trollen
sense:
(figurative, originally, Internet slang) To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/troll_farm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: troll farm
trans_list: Trollarmee | Trollfabrik | Trollfarm
sense:
(internet) A group of Internet trolls organized in order to interfere in political opinions and decision-making.


lexentry: eng/trolley__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trolley
trans_list: Krankatze | Laufkatze
sense:
A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.


lexentry: eng/trombone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trombone
trans_list: Posaune
sense:
A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).


lexentry: eng/trompe_l'oeil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trompe l'oeil
trans_list: Trompe-l’œil
sense:
(uncountable) A genre of painting that exploits human vision to create the illusion that the subject of the painting is real.


lexentry: eng/trope__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trope
trans_list: Trope | Tropus
sense:
(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.


lexentry: eng/trophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trophy
trans_list: Trophäe
sense:
An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.


lexentry: eng/trophy_wife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trophy wife
trans_list: Trophäenfrau | Vorzeigefrau
sense:
(derogatory) A wife, usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for the husband, usually older and affluent.


lexentry: eng/tropic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropic
trans_list: Wendekreis
sense:
(geography) Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°26′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.


lexentry: eng/tropical_cyclone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropical cyclone
trans_list: Tropischer Wirbelsturm
sense:
(broad) a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a circular/spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain, ranging in increasing strength from tropical depressions and tropical storm to hurricanes.


lexentry: eng/tropical_geometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropical geometry
trans_list: tropische Geometrie
sense:
(mathematics) A recent branch of geometry that can be described as a piecewise linear version of real algebraic geometry.


lexentry: eng/tropical_storm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropical storm
trans_list: tropischer Wirbelsturm
sense:
A cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per hour.


lexentry: eng/tropicalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropicalize
trans_list: tropenfest machen
sense:
To modify something (such as electronic equipment) for use in the tropics, especially by making it resistant to heat and humidity


lexentry: eng/tropics__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropics
trans_list: Tropen
sense:
(geography) The region of the Earth centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.


lexentry: eng/tropism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropism
trans_list: Pflanzenbewegung | Tropismus
sense:
(uncountable, biology) The turning of an organism (chiefly a plant) or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/tropomyosin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropomyosin
trans_list: Tropomyosin
sense:
(biochemistry, protein) A protein involved in muscle contraction. It is related to myosin and occurs together with troponin in the thin filaments of muscle tissue.


lexentry: eng/tropopause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tropopause
trans_list: Tropopause
sense:
The zone of transition between the troposphere and the stratosphere (approximately 13 kilometers). The tropopause normally occurs at an altitude of between 25,000 and 45,000 feet in polar and temperate zones. It occurs at 55,000 feet in the tropics.


lexentry: eng/troposphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: troposphere
trans_list: Troposphäre
sense:
The lower levels of the atmosphere extending from the surface of the Earth or another celestial body up to the tropopause. It is characterized by convective air movements and a large vertical temperature change.


lexentry: eng/trot__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trot
trans_list: Trab
sense:
(chiefly, of horses) A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).


lexentry: eng/trotter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trotter
trans_list: Traber
sense:
In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on opposite sides take a step together alternating with the other set of opposite legs; as opposed to a pacer.


lexentry: eng/troubleshoot__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: troubleshoot
trans_list: durchleuchten | ergründen | untersuchen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To analyze or diagnose (a problem, or something faulty) to the point of determining a solution.


lexentry: eng/trounce__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trounce
trans_list: einmachen | plattmachen | vernichtend schlagen
sense:
(transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.


lexentry: eng/trousseau__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trousseau
trans_list: Aussteuer | Brautkiste
sense:
The clothes and linen, etc., that a bride collects or that is given to her for her wedding and married life, especially a traditional or formal set of these.


lexentry: eng/trout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trout
trans_list: Forelle
sense:
Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.


lexentry: eng/trouvère__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trouvère
trans_list: Trouvère
sense:
A medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue d’oïl (precursor dialects of modern French), as opposed to their older, southern example, the original troubadours, who used langue d’oc (Occitan)


lexentry: eng/troy_ounce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: troy ounce
trans_list: Feinunze
sense:
A unit of mass used in the measurement of precious metals, equal to 31.1034768 grams, 480 troy grains, or one twelfth of a troy pound.


lexentry: eng/truant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: truant
trans_list: Schulschwänzer | Schulschwänzerin | Schwänzer | Schwänzerin
sense:
(specifically) A student who is absent from school without permission; hence (figurative) , a person who shirks or wanders from business or duty.


lexentry: eng/trub__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trub
trans_list: Trub
sense:
(brewing, uncountable) The layer of sediment that appears at the bottom of the fermenter after yeast has completed the bulk of the fermentation.


lexentry: eng/truck__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: truck
trans_list: Lastkraftwagen | Lastwagen | LKW | Laster | Brummi | Lieferwagen
sense:
(countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.


lexentry: eng/truck_driver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truck driver
trans_list: Lastwagenfahrer | Lkw-Fahrer
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A person employed to drive a truck, especially a tractor-trailer or other large industrial truck.


lexentry: eng/truck_stop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truck stop
trans_list: Fernfahrerraststätte | Lkw-Raststätte
sense:
(chiefly, North America, Australia) A roadside service area, usually consisting of a restaurant and service station and sometimes a motel or hotel, where drivers of long-haul trucks can stop to refuel, eat, and rest.


lexentry: eng/true_bug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: true bug
trans_list: Wanze
sense:
Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and in particular of the suborder Heteroptera, that are wingless or have two pairs of wings, and have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking.


lexentry: eng/true_love__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: true love
trans_list: wahre Liebe
sense:
(uncountable) The form of romantic affection that is considered pure and wholly positive, not just based on feelings of lust and sex.


lexentry: eng/truffle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truffle
trans_list: Trüffel
sense:
Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.


lexentry: eng/truing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truing
trans_list: Richtung
sense:
The alignment (and cutting) of a wheel (especially a grinding wheel) such that its surface is concentric with its axis.


lexentry: eng/trumeau__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trumeau
trans_list: Trumeau
sense:
(architecture) The pillar or center post supporting the lintel in the middle of a doorway or window opening, especially in a church.


lexentry: eng/trumeau_mirror__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trumeau mirror
trans_list: Trumeau
sense:
A wall mirror set in a decorative frame that often features a painted or carved panel under or above the mirror.


lexentry: eng/trump_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trump up
trans_list: erfinden
sense:
(idiomatic) To create falsely, to fabricate (particularly applied to accusations, (legal) charges or evidence).


lexentry: eng/trumpet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trumpet
trans_list: Trompete
sense:
(brass instrument) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.


lexentry: eng/trumpeter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trumpeter
trans_list: Trompeter | Trompeterin | Trompetervogel
sense:
Any of three species of bird in the genus Psophia from South America named for the trumpeting threat call of the males.


lexentry: eng/trumpeter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trumpeter
trans_list: Trommeltaube
sense:
Any of a number of breeds of fancy pigeon (variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia), originally bred for their peculiar gurgling voice, a prolonged coo called "trumpeting" or "drumming").


lexentry: eng/trumpeter_pigeon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trumpeter pigeon
trans_list: Trommeltaube | Trommeltäuber | Trommeltäubin
sense:
Any of a number of breeds of domestic fancy pigeon, Columba livia domestica, descendants of the wild rock pigeon, Columba livia, of the family Columbidae (pigeons and doves) (originally bred for their peculiar gurgling voice, a prolonged coo called "trumpeting" or "drumming").


lexentry: eng/trumpeter_swan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trumpeter swan
trans_list: Trompeterschwan
sense:
The largest North American swan, Cygnus buccinator; they have white plumage with a long neck, a short black bill.


lexentry: eng/truncated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truncated
trans_list: geteilt
sense:
Deprived of one of its parts or of its end (e.g., a line of poetry with one syllable fewer in one of its feet).


lexentry: eng/truncated_icosahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truncated icosahedron
trans_list: Ikosaederstumpf
sense:
(geometry) A polyhedron that has thirty-two faces (12 regular pentagons and 20 regular hexagons) and 60 vertices and 90 edges, and is one of the Archimedean solids.


lexentry: eng/truncated_octahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truncated octahedron
trans_list: Oktaederstumpf
sense:
A zonohedron that has 14 faces (eight regular hexagons and six squares) and 36 edges and is an Archimedean solid.


lexentry: eng/truncation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truncation
trans_list: Kürzung
sense:
(linguistics) The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).


lexentry: eng/trundle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trundle
trans_list: rollen | schieben
sense:
(transitive) To wheel or roll (an object on wheels), especially by pushing, often slowly or heavily.


lexentry: eng/trundle_bed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trundle bed
trans_list: Ausziehbett
sense:
A low bed, designed to be rolled/stored away, usually on casters, under a higher bed, e.g. for temporary use by guests.


lexentry: eng/trunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trunk
trans_list: Rüssel
sense:
The conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an animal such as a sengi, a tapir or especially an elephant. The trunks of various kinds of animals might be adapted to probing and sniffing, as in the sengis, or be partly prehensile, as in the tapir, or be a versatile prehensile organ for manipulation, feeding, drinking and fighting as in the elephant.


lexentry: eng/trunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: trunk
trans_list: Überseekoffer | Koffer | Truhe | Kleiderkoffer | Schiffskoffer | Schrankkoffer
sense:
A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for holding or transporting clothes or other goods.


lexentry: eng/trunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: trunk
trans_list: Amt | Amtsleitung | Anschlusskabel | Bündelleitung | Hauptleitung | Verbindungskabel
sense:
(US, telecommunications) A major circuit between telephone switchboards or other switching equipment.


lexentry: eng/trunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: trunk
trans_list: Stamm | Baumstamm
sense:
(software engineering) In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.


lexentry: eng/truss__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: truss
trans_list: Garbe
sense:
An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.


lexentry: eng/truss__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: truss
trans_list: Binder | Büschel | Dachbalken | Dachgebälk | Dachstuhl | Dachtragwerk
sense:
(botany) A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.


lexentry: eng/trust__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: trust
trans_list: Trust
sense:
A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.


lexentry: eng/trustee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: trustee
trans_list: Treuhänder | Treuhänderin
sense:
(trust law) A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals (beneficiaries), or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another.


lexentry: eng/truth_be_told__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truth be told
trans_list: ehrlich gesagt | in Wahrheit | um ehrlich zu sein
sense:
(idiomatic) Used when admitting something one might otherwise lie about, e.g. to keep up appearances or be polite.


lexentry: eng/truth_or_dare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truth or dare
trans_list: Wahrheit oder Pflicht
sense:
(games) A game where players take it in turn to perform a dare set by the other players, or truthfully answer a question put forth by them.


lexentry: eng/truth_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truth table
trans_list: Wahrheitstabelle
sense:
(logic) A table showing all possible truth values for an expression, derived from the truth values of its components.


lexentry: eng/truth_value__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: truth value
trans_list: Wahrheitswert
sense:
(logic) A value indicating to what extent a statement is true; in classical logic, these are the values "true" and "false".


lexentry: eng/try__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: try
trans_list: versuchen | probieren | testen | ausprobieren | untersuchen | anklagen
sense:
To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.


lexentry: eng/tryptophan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tryptophan
trans_list: Tryptophan
sense:
(amino acid) An essential amino acid with an indole side chain; present in many foods, especially chocolate, oats, banana and milk; it is essential for normal growth and development and is the precursor of serotonin and niacin; any specific form of this compound, or any derivative of it.


lexentry: eng/tryst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tryst
trans_list: Rendezvous | Schäferstündchen | Stelldichein | Verabredung
sense:
A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.


lexentry: eng/tsarina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tsarina
trans_list: Zarin
sense:
(historical) An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar.


lexentry: eng/tselina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tselina
trans_list: Neuland
sense:
A "virgin land": an underdeveloped, scarcely populated, high-fertility region of land often covered with chernozem soil in Russia and Kazakhstan.


lexentry: eng/tsetse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tsetse
trans_list: Tsetsefliege
sense:
Any fly of the genus Glossina, native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood; known primarily as a carrier of parasitic trypanosomes.


lexentry: eng/tsuga__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tsuga
trans_list: Hemlocktanne | Schierlingstanne
sense:
Any tree of genus Tsuga of conifers in the family Pinaceae, of which there are eight, nine, or ten species (depending on the authority), with four species occurring in North America and four to six in eastern Asia.


lexentry: eng/tsunami__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tsunami
trans_list: Tsunami
sense:
A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train).


lexentry: eng/tsundere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tsundere
trans_list: Tsundere
sense:
(chiefly, Japanese fiction) A fictional character who fits the archetype of being cold or even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side.


lexentry: eng/tuatara__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuatara
trans_list: Brückenechse
sense:
A reptile, Sphenodon punctatus, native to New Zealand, that resembles a lizard and is the only surviving specimen of the order Rhynchocephalia.


lexentry: eng/tub__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tub
trans_list: Bottich | Kübel | Dose
sense:
A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.


lexentry: eng/tuba__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuba
trans_list: Tuba
sense:
A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.


lexentry: eng/tubal_ligation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tubal ligation
trans_list: Tubenligatur
sense:
(medicine) A surgical procedure for female sterilization in which the Fallopian tubes are blocked or severed.


lexentry: eng/tube__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tube
trans_list: Tube
sense:
An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.


lexentry: eng/tube_sock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tube sock
trans_list: Schlauchsocke
sense:
A one-size-fits-all sock, having a plain tubular shape rather than one designed to match the contours of the foot.


lexentry: eng/tuber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuber
trans_list: Knolle | Wurzelknolle
sense:
A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.


lexentry: eng/tubercle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tubercle
trans_list: Tuberkel
sense:
(anatomy) A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.


lexentry: eng/tuberculosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuberculosis
trans_list: Tuberkulose
sense:
(pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria. [from 1839]


lexentry: eng/tuberose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuberose
trans_list: Tuberose
sense:
especially Agave amica (syn. Poliantes tuberosa), that has white flowers and grass-like leaves, used in perfumery.


lexentry: eng/tubular_bells__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tubular bells
trans_list: Röhrenglocken
sense:
(percussion instrument) A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal tubes that are struck with a mallet, producing sounds like those of church bells.


lexentry: eng/tucuxi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tucuxi
trans_list: Amazonas-Sotalia
sense:
A freshwater dolphin, estuarine dolphin Sotalia fluviatilis, found in the rivers of the Amazon Basin


lexentry: eng/tuff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuff
trans_list: Tuff | Tuffstein
sense:
(rock) A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.


lexentry: eng/tufted_puffin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tufted puffin
trans_list: Gelbschopflund
sense:
A species of puffin, Fratercula cirrhata, easily distinguished by its thick bill and the pair of tufts on its head.


lexentry: eng/tufted_titmouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tufted titmouse
trans_list: Indianermeise
sense:
Baeolophus bicolor, a small bird of the tit family Paridae, native to virtually all of the eastern US and southernmost Canada.


lexentry: eng/tug_of_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tug of war
trans_list: Tauziehen
sense:
A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.


lexentry: eng/tughra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tughra
trans_list: Tughra
sense:
A calligraphic signature of an Ottoman sultan (and some other rulers to the present day) that was affixed to official documents, carved on his seal, and stamped on coins and inscribed on some stamps issued during his reign.


lexentry: eng/tui__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tui
trans_list: Tui
sense:
A species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/tuition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tuition
trans_list: Studiengebühr | Unterrichtsgebühr
sense:
(North American, Philippines) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college); tuition fees.


lexentry: eng/tulip_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tulip tree
trans_list: Amerikanischer Tulpenbaum | Tulpenbaum
sense:
(botany) A North American tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, that has squarish leaves, cone-shaped fruit and an aromatic odor, of the family Magnoliaceae.


lexentry: eng/tulipomania__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tulipomania
trans_list: Tulpenmanie
sense:
Enthusiasm for tulips, as in a period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed.


lexentry: eng/tumble_dryer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tumble dryer
trans_list: Wäschetrockner | Trockner
sense:
An electrical device that dries clothes in a rotating drum which tumbles the clothes in a flow of hot air.


lexentry: eng/tumbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: tumbler
trans_list: Trinkglas | Glasbecher | Tumbler
sense:
A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.


lexentry: eng/tumbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: tumbler
trans_list: Tümmler
sense:
A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.


lexentry: eng/tumbleweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tumbleweed
trans_list: Bodenläufer | Bodenroller | Steppenläufer | Steppenroller
sense:
Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.


lexentry: eng/tumbril__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tumbril
trans_list: Henkerskarren
sense:
A cart well suited to dumping its load#Noun easily, being single-axled and also often having a hinged tailboard; a dumpcart.


lexentry: eng/tumbril__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tumbril
trans_list: Henkerskarren
sense:
(historical) A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution.


lexentry: eng/tumor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tumor
trans_list: Geschwulst | Tumor
sense:
(oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.


lexentry: eng/tun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tun
trans_list: Bottich
sense:
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)


lexentry: eng/tune_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tune up
trans_list: justieren
sense:
(transitive) To make adjustments (to an engine or bicycle drivetrain) in order to improve its performance.


lexentry: eng/tuner__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tuner
trans_list: Stimmer
sense:
A device, electronic or mechanical, that helps a person tune a musical instrument by showing the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch.


lexentry: eng/tunic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tunic
trans_list: Tunika
sense:
A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.


lexentry: eng/tuning_fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuning fork
trans_list: Stimmgabel
sense:
(musical instruments) A fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck, producing a reference note for tuning instruments.


lexentry: eng/tuning_key__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuning key
trans_list: Wirbel
sense:
A peg or screw used to tighten or loosen strings on a musical instrument in order to produce concordant sounds.


lexentry: eng/tunnel_vision__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tunnel vision
trans_list: Tunnelblick
sense:
A restricted field of vision, especially as the result of looking through some type of object or a medical condition.


lexentry: eng/tuple__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: tuple
trans_list: Tupel
sense:
(programming) A fixed-size container data type similar to a list that can hold different types of elements.


lexentry: eng/tur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tur
trans_list: Runde
sense:
Either of two species of wild goat native to Caucasus, West Caucasian tur Capra caucasica or East Caucasian tur Capra cylindricornis.


lexentry: eng/turbine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turbine
trans_list: Turbine
sense:
Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.


lexentry: eng/turbocapitalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turbocapitalism
trans_list: Turbokapitalismus
sense:
(capitalism) An accelerated form of capitalism that lacks measures to keep the system in equilibrium and prevent social unrest.


lexentry: eng/turbocharger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turbocharger
trans_list: Turbolader | Kompressor
sense:
An inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air.


lexentry: eng/turbojet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turbojet
trans_list: Einstrom-Strahltriebwerk | Turbojet
sense:
(aeronautics) A jet engine that develops thrust solely from high-speed exhaust gases expelled from a turbine that drives a compressor.


lexentry: eng/turboprop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turboprop
trans_list: Turboprop | PTL | Propellerturbine | Propellerturbinenluftstrahltriebwerk
sense:
(aeronautics) A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.


lexentry: eng/turboshaft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turboshaft
trans_list: Wellenturbine
sense:
A gas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft, used in helicopters and for land and marine vehicular and stationary applications.


lexentry: eng/turbot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turbot
trans_list: Steinbutt
sense:
Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.


lexentry: eng/turbulence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turbulence
trans_list: Turbulenz
sense:
(uncountable) Disturbance in a gas or fluid, characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest.


lexentry: eng/turbulent_flow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turbulent flow
trans_list: turbulente Strömung
sense:
(physics) A form of irregular viscous flow in which the velocity and pressure of the fluid fluctuates at random in both time and space,


lexentry: eng/turf__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turf
trans_list: Grassode
sense:
(countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.


lexentry: eng/turkey__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turkey
trans_list: Truthahn | Pute | Puter | Truthuhn | Truthenne | Indian
sense:
(countable) A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).


lexentry: eng/turmeric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turmeric
trans_list: Kurkuma | Gelbwurz | Kurkume
sense:
(botany) An Indian plant (Curcuma longa), with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).


lexentry: eng/turmeric__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turmeric
trans_list: Kurkuma | Gelbwurz | Kurkume
sense:
(cooking) The pulverized rhizome of the turmeric plant, used for flavoring and to add a bright yellow color to food.


lexentry: eng/turn__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: turn
trans_list: Drehung | Doppelschlag | Umdrehung
sense:
A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.


lexentry: eng/turn__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turn
trans_list: drechseln
sense:
(transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.


lexentry: eng/turn_a_blind_eye__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turn a blind eye
trans_list: ein Auge zudrücken | wegschauen | die Augen verschließen vor | wegsehen
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To deliberately or knowingly ignore, overlook, or refuse to acknowledge something, especially when improper or unpleasant; to look the other way. [with to]


lexentry: eng/turn_around__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turn around
trans_list: umdrehen
sense:
(ergative) To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.


lexentry: eng/turn_around__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turn around
trans_list: umdrehen
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position).


lexentry: eng/turn_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turn down
trans_list: herunter stellen | herunterdrehen | herunterregeln | niedriger stellen | reduzieren | vermindern
sense:
(idiomatic) To reduce the power, etc. of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.


lexentry: eng/turn_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turn in
trans_list: anzeigen | abliefern | einreichen | einschicken
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in).


lexentry: eng/turn_of_phrase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turn of phrase
trans_list: Redewendung
sense:
(countable) An expression which is worded in a distinctive way, especially one which is particularly memorable or artful.


lexentry: eng/turn_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turn off
trans_list: ausschalten | ausmachen | abschalten | abstellen
sense:
(transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).


lexentry: eng/turn_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turn on
trans_list: einschalten | anmachen | anstellen
sense:
(transitive) To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).


lexentry: eng/turn_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: turn on
trans_list: anmachen | antörnen | geil machen
sense:
(transitive) To introduce (someone to something), and especially to fill them with enthusiasm (about it); to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/turn_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: turn up
trans_list: aufdrehen
sense:
(transitive) To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.


lexentry: eng/turnbuckle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turnbuckle
trans_list: Spannschloss | Spannschraube
sense:
(nautical) A link threaded on both ends of a short bar which is used to pull objects together. (FM 55-501)


lexentry: eng/turning_circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turning circle
trans_list: Wendekreis
sense:
(automotive, of a road vehicle) The circular path formed by the wheel furthest from the centre of the turn when turning to the maximum extent.


lexentry: eng/turning_circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turning circle
trans_list: Wendekreis
sense:
(nautical) The path followed by a vessel’s center of gravity when it makes a complete turn of 360° with a consistent rudder angle. (FM 55-501)


lexentry: eng/turning_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turning point
trans_list: Wendepunkt | Zäsur
sense:
A decisive point at which a significant change or historical event occurs, or at which a decision must be made.


lexentry: eng/turnip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turnip
trans_list: Speiserübe | Mairübe | Rübsen | Teltower Rübchen | Bayrische Rübe | Herbstrübe
sense:
The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.


lexentry: eng/turnip_moth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turnip moth
trans_list: Saateule
sense:
A moth of the family Noctuidae, Agrotis segetum, whose larvae called cutworms cause damage to a wide variety of crops.


lexentry: eng/turnkey__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turnkey
trans_list: schlüsselfertig
sense:
Ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture).


lexentry: eng/turnout__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turnout
trans_list: Wahlbeteiligung | Besucheraufkommen | Besucherzahl | Teilnehmerzahl
sense:
The number or proportion of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue.


lexentry: eng/turnover__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turnover
trans_list: Fluktuation
sense:
The frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers leave and are replaced, a property changes hands, etc.


lexentry: eng/turnpike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turnpike
trans_list: Drehschranke
sense:
A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile.


lexentry: eng/turnstile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turnstile
trans_list: Drehkreuz
sense:
A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.


lexentry: eng/turnstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turnstone
trans_list: Steinwälzer
sense:
Either of two species of coastal wading bird, Arenaria interpres and Arenaria melanocephala, that breed in the Arctic and readily turn stones or seaweed looking for hidden invertebrates.


lexentry: eng/turntable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turntable
trans_list: Plattenspieler | Plattenteller
sense:
(music) The circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console on which the record rests during play; (by extension) , a record player.


lexentry: eng/turntable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turntable
trans_list: Drehscheibe | Drehteller | Plattenteller
sense:
(rail transport, road transport) A rotating platform placed in a circular pit, used for turning locomotives, cars, or trucks.


lexentry: eng/turpentine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turpentine
trans_list: Terpentin
sense:
A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner.


lexentry: eng/turret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turret
trans_list: Türmchen | Türmlein | Tourelle | Turm
sense:
(architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.


lexentry: eng/turret__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: turret
trans_list: Turm
sense:
(historical, military) A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.


lexentry: eng/turtle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turtle
trans_list: Schildkröte
sense:
(zoology, US, Canada) Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.


lexentry: eng/turtle_dove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turtle dove
trans_list: Turteltaube
sense:
Any of several (species of) birds, called by this traditional name, mainly in the genus Streptopelia, of the family Columbidae (doves and pigeons, which also included the extinct passenger pigeon, dodo, and solitaire).


lexentry: eng/turtleneck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: turtleneck
trans_list: Rollkragen
sense:
(North America) A high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment.


lexentry: eng/tutelage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tutelage
trans_list: Betreuung | Vormundschaft | Bevormundung | Obhut
sense:
The state of being under a guardian or a tutor; care or protection enjoyed; being a ward or a tutee.


lexentry: eng/tutelary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tutelary
trans_list: Tutor
sense:
(religion, chiefly, _, paganism) A deity or spirit serving as a guardian or protector of a place, person, culture, etc.; a tutelar, a tutelary deity.


lexentry: eng/tutelary_deity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tutelary deity
trans_list: Geist
sense:
(religion) A deity, usually minor, serving as a tutelary (guardian or supporter) for a place, person, group, or activity.


lexentry: eng/tutor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tutor
trans_list: Lehrer | Nachhilfelehrer
sense:
One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.


lexentry: eng/tutorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tutorial
trans_list: Tutorial | Anleitung | Tutorenkurs | Übung
sense:
(education) A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience.


lexentry: eng/tutorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tutorial
trans_list: Tutorium
sense:
(education) An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.


lexentry: eng/tuyere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tuyere
trans_list: Blasdüse
sense:
A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge


lexentry: eng/twaite_shad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twaite shad
trans_list: Finte
sense:
A fish in the herring family Clupeidae, Alosa fallax, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.


lexentry: eng/twang__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twang
trans_list: zupfen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.


lexentry: eng/twayblade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twayblade
trans_list: Dual
sense:
Any of several orchids, of the genera Neottia (syn. Listera) and Liparis, that have a pair of basal leaves.


lexentry: eng/tweak__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tweak
trans_list: anpassen | korrigieren | piesacken | retuschieren
sense:
(transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).


lexentry: eng/tweezers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tweezers
trans_list: Pinzette
sense:
A small pincerlike instrument, usually made of metal, used for handling or picking up small objects (such as postage stamps), plucking out (plucking) hairs, pulling out slivers, etc.


lexentry: eng/twelfth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twelfth
trans_list: zwölfte | zwölfter
sense:
The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/twelve__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twelve
trans_list: zwölf
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.


lexentry: eng/twelve_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twelve o'clock
trans_list: zwölf Uhr
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the thirteenth hour of the day; noon (noontime); 12:00 p.m. (12:00).


lexentry: eng/twenty-one__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twenty-one
trans_list: einundzwanzig
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after twenty and before twenty-two, represented in Roman numerals as XXI and in Arabic numerals as 21.


lexentry: eng/twenty_two__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twenty two
trans_list: zweiundzwanzig
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after twenty one and before twenty three, represented in Roman numerals as XXII and in Arabic numerals as 22. Ordinal: twenty-second.


lexentry: eng/twentysomething__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twentysomething
trans_list: Twen | Zwanziger | jemand in den Zwanzigern
sense:
(informal) A person whose age is between twenty and twenty-nine years, inclusive; someone in their twenties.


lexentry: eng/twerk__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twerk
trans_list: twerken | lasziv bewegen
sense:
To dance in a sexually-provocative way using hip thrusts in a low squatting stance while shaking the buttocks; to take part in twerking.


lexentry: eng/twerking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twerking
trans_list: Twerk | Twerking
sense:
A sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance and shaking their buttocks.


lexentry: eng/twiddle_one's_thumbs__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twiddle one's thumbs
trans_list: Däumchen drehen
sense:
to circle one's thumbs around one another, usually with the fingers interlaced, usually done idly while waiting or bored


lexentry: eng/twilight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twilight
trans_list: Dämmerung | Zwielicht
sense:
The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.


lexentry: eng/twilight_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: twilight zone
trans_list: Grauzone
sense:
(by extension) A region or context located in between others and therefore not subject to their norms.


lexentry: eng/twill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twill
trans_list: Köper | Köperbindung
sense:
(weaving) A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.


lexentry: eng/twin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twin
trans_list: Zwilling | Zwillingin
sense:
Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.


lexentry: eng/twine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: twine
trans_list: Schnur | Kordel | Zwirn
sense:
A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.


lexentry: eng/twink__Noun__3
sense_num: 03
written_rep: twink
trans_list: Twink
sense:
(online gaming, mildly, derogatory) A lower-level character in a roleplaying game (MMO) which is artificially overgeared or overpowered, due to being given advanced equipment or resources via a higher-level character controlled by the same player. [from late 1990s]


lexentry: eng/twist__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twist
trans_list: drehen | verziehen | wickeln
sense:
To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.


lexentry: eng/twist_tie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twist tie
trans_list: Bindestreifen | Verschlussstreifen
sense:
A metal wire that is encased in a thin strip of paper or plastic and is used to tie the openings of bags, such as garbage bags or bread bags.


lexentry: eng/twit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twit
trans_list: krickeln
sense:
To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).


lexentry: eng/twitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: twitch
trans_list: Nasenbremse | Bremse | Klappe | Kluppe | Knuppe | Maulholz
sense:
(farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.


lexentry: eng/twite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: twite
trans_list: Berghänfling
sense:
A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.


lexentry: eng/two-decker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two-decker
trans_list: Zweidecker
sense:
A sail warship, which carried her guns on two fully-armed decks. Usually additional guns were carried on the upper works (forecastle and quarterdeck) but this was not a continuous battery so was not counted. Two-deckers ranged all the way from the small 40-gun fourth-rate up to 80- or even 90-gun ships, with the third-rate or "seventy-four" being the archetype.


lexentry: eng/two-party_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two-party system
trans_list: Zweiparteiensystem
sense:
(politics) The presence or dominance of only two political parties in a government, a political duopoly.


lexentry: eng/two-spirit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two-spirit
trans_list: Two-Spirit
sense:
(chiefly, Canada, US) A Native North American bisexual, homosexual, or gender-variant person; especially one belonging to a traditional tribal third-gender, fourth-gender, or transgender cultural category that has a ceremonial role. [from 1990]


lexentry: eng/two-step__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: two-step
trans_list: Wechselschritt
sense:
(dance) A dance move consisting of two steps in approximately the same direction onto the same foot, separated by a joining or uniting step with the other foot.


lexentry: eng/two-way__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: two-way
trans_list: in beiden Richtungen
sense:
(of a radio, etc.) Permitting communication in two directions, i.e. both transmitting and receiving.


lexentry: eng/two-wheel_tractor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two-wheel tractor
trans_list: Einachsschlepper
sense:
A tractor with one axle, self-powered and self-propelled, which can pull and power various farm implements such as a trailer, cultivator or harrow, a plough, or various seeders and harvesters.


lexentry: eng/two_heads_are_better_than_one__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two heads are better than one
trans_list: vier Augen sehen mehr als zwei
sense:
Some tasks may be accomplished more easily by two (or more) people working together than by one working alone.


lexentry: eng/two_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two hundred
trans_list: zweihundert
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after one hundred ninety-nine and before two hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 200.


lexentry: eng/two_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two o'clock
trans_list: zwei Uhr
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the third hour of the day; 2:00 a.m. (02:00).


lexentry: eng/two_thousand__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: two thousand
trans_list: zweitausend
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and before two thousand and one.


lexentry: eng/twofer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: twofer
trans_list: 2 für 1-Angebot | Doppelangebot | zwei für eins-Angebot
sense:
Something that yields a substantial additional benefit; something that figuratively kills two birds with one stone.


lexentry: eng/tympanum__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: tympanum
trans_list: Tympanum | Tympanon
sense:
(architecture) A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated


lexentry: eng/type__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: type
trans_list: Letter | Type
sense:
(printing, countable) A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.


lexentry: eng/type__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: type
trans_list: Typ | Typus
sense:
(mathematics) A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)


lexentry: eng/type__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
sense: To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
written_rep: type
trans_list:
tippen | Maschine schreiben | maschinenschreiben | maschineschreiben | maschinschreiben | mit der Schreibmaschine schreiben


lexentry: eng/type_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: type system
trans_list: Typsystem
sense:
(computing) A way programming language classifies values and expressions into types, how it can manipulate those types and how they interact.


lexentry: eng/type_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: type theory
trans_list: Typentheorie
sense:
(mathematics, computer science) A branch of mathematical logic and theoretical computer science concerned with types.


lexentry: eng/typesetter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: typesetter
trans_list: Schriftsetzer | Metteur | Schriftsetzerin
sense:
(historical) A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.


lexentry: eng/typewriter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: typewriter
trans_list: Schreibmaschine
sense:
A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.


lexentry: eng/typhoid_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: typhoid fever
trans_list: Typhus | Bauchtyphus | Abdominaltyphus
sense:
(pathology) An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.


lexentry: eng/typhoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: typhoon
trans_list: Taifun
sense:
A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (118 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.


lexentry: eng/typhus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: typhus
trans_list: Fleckfieber | Flecktyphus
sense:
(pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.


lexentry: eng/typist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.
written_rep: typist
trans_list:
Maschinenschreiber | Maschinenschreiberin | Schreibkraft | Dactylo | Maschinschreiber | Maschinschreiberin


lexentry: eng/typology__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: typology
trans_list: Sprachtypologie
sense:
(linguistics) Classification of languages according to their linguistic trait (as opposed to ancestrality like Romance languages).


lexentry: eng/tyrannosaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tyrannosaur
trans_list: Tyrannosaurus
sense:
Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during the Cretaceous period.


lexentry: eng/tyrannosaurus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tyrannosaurus
trans_list: Tyrannosaurus
sense:
Any large carnivorous dinosaur, of the genus Tyrannosaurus, found in North America during the late Cretaceous period.


lexentry: eng/tyranny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tyranny
trans_list: Tyrannei | Tyrannenherrschaft
sense:
A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly.


lexentry: eng/tyrant__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: tyrant
trans_list: Tyrann | Tyrannin
sense:
(by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.


lexentry: eng/tyre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tyre
trans_list: Reifen
sense:
The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.


lexentry: eng/tyre__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: tyre
trans_list: Reifen
sense:
The metal#Adjective rim, or metal covering on a rim, of a (wooden or metal) wheel, usually of steel or formerly wrought iron, as found on (horse-drawn or railway) carriages and wagons and on locomotives.


lexentry: eng/tyrosine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tyrosine
trans_list: Tyrosin
sense:
(amino acid) A nonessential amino acid 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid found in most animal proteins, especially casein


lexentry: eng/tzaraath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tzaraath
trans_list: Aussatz
sense:
(Judaism) Any of various disfigurements of a person's skin, hair, clothing, or home understood as a kind of impurity requiring special rituals of atonement.


lexentry: eng/tzatziki__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tzatziki
trans_list: Tsatsiki | Zaziki
sense:
An appetizer made from yogurt, cucumber, garlic, olive oil and dill or mint; usually served with pita bread and as a meze


lexentry: eng/tête-à-tête__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: tête-à-tête
trans_list: Tête-à-Tête
sense:
A face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head.


lexentry: eng/ubac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ubac
trans_list: Winterhalde
sense:
(geography) The shady side of a mountain; in the northern hemisphere, especially a north-facing slope.


lexentry: eng/ubication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ubication
trans_list: -n
sense:
(archaic, chiefly in Spanish contexts) The condition or fact of being in, or occupying, a certain place or position; whereness, ubiety; also, a location.


lexentry: eng/ubiquitous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ubiquitous
trans_list: allgegenwärtig | überall vorhanden
sense:
Appearing to be everywhere at once; being or seeming to be in more than one location at the same time.


lexentry: eng/ubiquity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ubiquity
trans_list: Allgegenwart | Ubiquität | Allgegenwärtigkeit
sense:
(uncountable) The state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence.


lexentry: eng/udarnik__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: udarnik
trans_list: Stoßarbeiter | Stoßarbeiterin | Udarnik
sense:
(historical) A shock worker; a super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc.


lexentry: eng/udder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: udder
trans_list: Euter
sense:
An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.


lexentry: eng/ugli__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ugli
trans_list: Ugli
sense:
Citrus × paradisi, a cross between a tangerine, Citrus reticulata and grapefruit Citrus paradisi, grown in the West Indies.


lexentry: eng/ugly_duckling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ugly duckling
trans_list: hässliches Entlein
sense:
(idiom) A young person who is ugly, but who is expected to become beautiful or handsome as they mature.


lexentry: eng/uguisubari__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uguisubari
trans_list: Nachtigallenboden
sense:
A wooden floor specifically designed to creak or "chirp" at the slightest pressure, thus warning the inhabitants of any surreptitious approach.


lexentry: eng/uhlan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uhlan
trans_list: Ulan
sense:
(historical) A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.


lexentry: eng/ulexite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ulexite
trans_list: Ulexit
sense:
(mineral) A white mineral with triclinic crystals, NaCaB5O9·8H2O, noted for its fibers which transmit light by internal reflection, such that a piece with flat faces perpendicular to the fibers' orientation displays an image of whatever is adjacent to its other side.


lexentry: eng/ulna__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ulna
trans_list: Elle
sense:
(anatomy) The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.


lexentry: eng/ulster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ulster
trans_list: Ulster
sense:
(clothing, men's attire) A long, loose overcoat made of wool or other rough material, often called a greatcoat, which sometimes features an attached shoulder cape covering the back and sleeves, and which can sometimes be buttoned in front.


lexentry: eng/ulterior_motive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ulterior motive
trans_list: Hintergedanke
sense:
An alternative or extrinsic reason for doing something, especially when concealed or when differing from the stated or apparent reason.


lexentry: eng/ultimate_frisbee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultimate frisbee
trans_list: Ultimate Frisbee
sense:
A non-contact competitive team sport played with a light flying disc, the object of which is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone.


lexentry: eng/ultimatum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultimatum
trans_list: Ultimatum
sense:
(diplomacy) A final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war if the terms are not met before some specified date and time.


lexentry: eng/ultra_high_frequency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultra high frequency
trans_list: Dezimeterwellenbereich
sense:
(telecommunication) The frequency area from 300 MHz through 3 GHz, commonly used for TV broadcasting.


lexentry: eng/ultracold__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultracold
trans_list: ultrakalt
sense:
(physics) Of a temperature close to absolute zero, especially one at which quantum-mechanical properties are observed.


lexentry: eng/ultramarine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultramarine
trans_list: Königsblau | Ultramarinblau
sense:
In full ultramarine blue: a brilliant blue pigment traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli, and now usually either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically.


lexentry: eng/ultranationalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultranationalism
trans_list: Ultranationalismus
sense:
Extreme nationalism, the belief in the superiority of one's nation and of the paramount importance of advancing it.


lexentry: eng/ultrasonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultrasonic
trans_list: Ultraschall
sense:
(acoustics) Beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear; with a frequency of 20 kilohertz or higher.


lexentry: eng/ultrasound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultrasound
trans_list: Ultraschall
sense:
(physics) Sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is approximately 20 kilohertz.


lexentry: eng/ultrastructure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultrastructure
trans_list: Ultrastruktur
sense:
(biology) The fine, detailed structure of a biological specimen that can only be observed by electron microscopy


lexentry: eng/ultraviolet__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ultraviolet
trans_list: ultraviolett
sense:
Of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres.


lexentry: eng/umami__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umami
trans_list: Umami
sense:
One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.


lexentry: eng/umbel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umbel
trans_list: Dolde
sense:
(botany) A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre.


lexentry: eng/umbellifer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umbellifer
trans_list: Doldenblütler | Doldengewächs
sense:
Any plant of the family Apiaceae, also called Umbelliferae, whose inflorescence is an umbel, such as a carrot or celery.


lexentry: eng/umbilical__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umbilical
trans_list: Drahtseil
sense:
(astronautics) A cord connecting an astronaut to a spacecraft, or a craft to ground control prior to launch, etc.


lexentry: eng/umbilical_cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umbilical cord
trans_list: Nabelschnur
sense:
(anatomy) The flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; it transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste.


lexentry: eng/umbrella__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: umbrella
trans_list: Dach | Regenschirm
sense:
(figurative) Anything that provides similar overarching coverage of a range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.


lexentry: eng/umbrella_organisation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umbrella organisation
trans_list: Dachverband
sense:
An organisation that coordinates the activities of a number of member organisations and hence promotes a common purpose.


lexentry: eng/umlaut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umlaut
trans_list: Umlaut
sense:
(linguistics) An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.


lexentry: eng/umlaut__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: umlaut
trans_list: Umlaut | Umlautzeichen
sense:
(orthography) The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel when it indicates a (rounded) front vowel


lexentry: eng/umpteenth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umpteenth
trans_list: soundsovielte | xte | zigste | zigte
sense:
(informal, often, _, slightly, _, derogatory) Occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence.


lexentry: eng/umptieth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: umptieth
trans_list: X-te
sense:
(informal) A generic ordinal number; a last or one of the latest in a long series; implies repetition.


lexentry: eng/unalloyed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unalloyed
trans_list: Auf Regen folgt Sonnenschein
sense:
Complete and unreserved; pure; unadulterated; not restricted, modified, or qualified by reservations.


lexentry: eng/unapologetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unapologetic
trans_list: dreist | kompromisslos | ungerührt | unverfroren
sense:
Not apologetic for having said or done something that causes actual or potential harm, especially when being apologetic would be appropriate.


lexentry: eng/unary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unary
trans_list: unär
sense:
(mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter, or input; having domain of dimension 1.


lexentry: eng/unattested__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unattested
trans_list: unbezeugt
sense:
Not supported by attestation; lacking supporting evidence in the form of assurance from an authority.


lexentry: eng/unavailable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
sense: Not available. [from 19th c.]
written_rep: unavailable
trans_list:
nicht erhältlich | nicht erreichbar | nicht verfügbar | nicht zugänglich | unerhältlich | verschlossen


lexentry: eng/unbibium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbibium
trans_list: Unbibium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 122 (symbol Ubb).


lexentry: eng/unbiennium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbiennium
trans_list: Unbiennium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 129 (symbol Ube).


lexentry: eng/unbihexium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbihexium
trans_list: Unbihexium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 126 (symbol Ubh).


lexentry: eng/unbinilium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbinilium
trans_list: Unbinilium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 120 (symbol Ubn).


lexentry: eng/unbioctium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbioctium
trans_list: Unbioctium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 128 (symbol Ubo).


lexentry: eng/unbipentium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbipentium
trans_list: Unbipentium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 125 (symbol Ubp).


lexentry: eng/unbiquadium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbiquadium
trans_list: Unbiquadium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 124 (symbol Ubq).


lexentry: eng/unbiseptium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbiseptium
trans_list: Unbiseptium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 127 (symbol Ubs).


lexentry: eng/unbitrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbitrium
trans_list: Unbitrium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 123 (symbol Ubt).


lexentry: eng/unbiunium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unbiunium
trans_list: Unbiunium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 121 (symbol Ubu).


lexentry: eng/uncanny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uncanny
trans_list: Unheimliche | Verstörende
sense:
(psychology, psychoanalysis, Freud) Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort.


lexentry: eng/uncanny_valley__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uncanny valley
trans_list: Akzeptanzlücke | Uncanny Valley
sense:
(robotics, psychology) A range of appearances, mannerisms, or behaviors of a humanoid figure that are subtly different from a human and thereby cause feelings of discomfort, such as fear or revulsion.


lexentry: eng/uncheck__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: uncheck
trans_list: deaktivieren
sense:
(travel, aviation) To remove a previously checked-in passenger from the check-in system, allowing changes to the ticket.


lexentry: eng/unchecked_exception__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unchecked exception
trans_list: unüberprüfte Ausnahme
sense:
(programming) An exception that is not declared in the signature of a method, but results in an abort with a stack trace.


lexentry: eng/uncial__Adjective__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uncial
trans_list: unzial
sense:
Of or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.


lexentry: eng/uncle__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: uncle
trans_list: Onkel
sense:
(especially in the, _, Southern US, parts of, _, UK, and) An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.


lexentry: eng/unconditional_election__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unconditional election
trans_list: bedingungslose Erwählung
sense:
(Christianity, theology) A doctrine, one of the Five Points of Calvinism, stating that Jesus Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross is extended to those predestined to become a believer, at God's discretion and without condition.


lexentry: eng/unconstitutionality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unconstitutionality
trans_list: Verfassungswidrigkeit
sense:
(legal) The status of being unconstitutional, or of not being in accord with the provisions of a constitution.


lexentry: eng/uncool__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uncool
trans_list: berstig | uncool | ungeil
sense:
(slang) Not in accord with the current fashion, standards, or mores of a particular group; not cool.


lexentry: eng/uncork__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uncork
trans_list: entkorken
sense:
(transitive) To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from.


lexentry: eng/uncountable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: uncountable
trans_list: überabzählbar
sense:
(mathematics) Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.


lexentry: eng/uncountable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: uncountable
trans_list: unzählbar
sense:
(grammar, of a noun) That cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore usually takes no plural form. Example: information.


lexentry: eng/uncountable_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uncountable set
trans_list: überabzählbare Menge
sense:
(mathematics) A set, containing infinite number of elements, whose elements can not be mapped one-to-one to the natural numbers. A set with a cardinality greater than that of the set of natural numbers.


lexentry: eng/unctuous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unctuous
trans_list: schmierig | ölig
sense:
(of a liquid, semisolid, or other substance) Having the nature or properties of an unguent or ointment; greasy, oily.


lexentry: eng/undecidable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: undecidable
trans_list: unentscheidbar
sense:
(mathematics, computing theory) Incapable of being algorithmically decided in finite time. For example, a set of strings is undecidable if it is impossible to program a computer (even one with infinite memory) to determine whether or not specified strings are included.


lexentry: eng/under_one's_own_steam__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: under one's own steam
trans_list: auf eigene Faust
sense:
(nautical, rail transport) Of the movement of a locomotive or a watercraft: by means of the power of its own engines (originally steam engines), rather than pulled or pushed by another vehicle.


lexentry: eng/under_the_counter__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: under the counter
trans_list: unter dem Ladentisch
sense:
Illicitly, against regulations, of goods kept under the serving counter in a shop to be unobtrusively passed to a customer who knows they are available for surreptitious sale (e.g. pornographic magazines in a newsagent).


lexentry: eng/under_the_influence__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: under the influence
trans_list: unter Einfluss von Alkohol | unter dem Einfluss von Alkohol
sense:
(idiomatic) Intoxicated or inebriated, in any degree from mildly impaired to stupefied, by a mind-altering substance, typically alcohol; thus, especially, drunk.


lexentry: eng/underage__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underage
trans_list: minderjährig
sense:
Below the legal age (usually age 18) for some activity, such as consuming alcohol or engaging in sexual intercourse.


lexentry: eng/underappreciate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (transitive) To not hold in sufficiently high esteem.
written_rep: underappreciate
trans_list:
nicht angemessen würdigen | nicht genügend schätzen | unterschätzen | unzureichend anerkennen | unzureichend wertschätzen


lexentry: eng/undercurrent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: undercurrent
trans_list: Unterströmung
sense:
A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a different direction from surface currents.


lexentry: eng/underestimate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underestimate
trans_list: unterschätzen
sense:
(transitive) To estimate too low; to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has.


lexentry: eng/underfloor_heating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underfloor heating
trans_list: Fußbodenheizung
sense:
Any of various central heating (and sometimes cooling) systems that achieve indoor climate control for thermal comfort using conduction, radiation, and convection.


lexentry: eng/underground__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: underground
trans_list: Untergrund
sense:
(of, _, music, art, _, etc.) Outside the mainstream, especially unofficial and hidden from the authorities.


lexentry: eng/underline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underline
trans_list: Unterstreichung
sense:
A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink.


lexentry: eng/underline__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: underline
trans_list: Unterstrich
sense:
(dated) An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.


lexentry: eng/undermine__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: undermine
trans_list: untergraben
sense:
To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/undernutrition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: undernutrition
trans_list: Unterernährung
sense:
Inadequate nutrition, either due to a lack of food, or to the inability of the body to absorb its nutrients.


lexentry: eng/underperform__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underperform
sense:
(ambitransitive) To underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations, especially with respect to a financial investment.

trans_list:
die Erwartungen enttäuschen | hinter den Erwartungen zurückbleiben | unterdurchschnittlich abschneiden


lexentry: eng/undershorts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: undershorts
trans_list: Unterhose
sense:
(dated) Underpants, type of underwear worn in skin contact with the hip portion of the body, small enough to be worn invisibly under shorts. Typically refers to male, not female, underpants.


lexentry: eng/underslide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underslide
trans_list: Kulisse
sense:
(musical instruments, lutherie, bowmaking) The metal slide attached to the frog and sitting between the frog and the stick of a bow.


lexentry: eng/understand__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: understand
trans_list: verstehen | begreifen | den Eindruck haben | glauben
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) (of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.


lexentry: eng/understand__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: understand
trans_list: verstehen
sense:
(transitive, usually with clause as object) To comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such.


lexentry: eng/understand__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: understand
trans_list: verstehen | begreifen | den Eindruck haben | glauben
sense:
(transitive) (of people) To know the intent, motives or character of; (of events) to know the causes of or reasons for.


lexentry: eng/understand__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: understand
trans_list: verstehen
sense:
(transitive) To believe or infer, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.


lexentry: eng/understanding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: understanding
trans_list: Verständnis | Begreifen | Verstehen
sense:
(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.


lexentry: eng/understeer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: understeer
trans_list: Untersteuern
sense:
The condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering, instead following more of a straight-line trajectory, losing a degree of traction, and so slipping off the required line.


lexentry: eng/understeer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: understeer
trans_list: untersteuern
sense:
The action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering. Tyre slip of the front wheels.


lexentry: eng/understory__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: understory
trans_list: Unterholz
sense:
(ecology, also, attributively) The (layer of) plants that grow in the shade of the canopy of a forest above the forest floor.


lexentry: eng/undertaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.
written_rep: undertaker
trans_list:
Bestatter | Beerdigungsunternehmer | Bestatterin | Leichenbestatter | Leichenbestatterin | Beerdigungsunternehmerin


lexentry: eng/undertaking__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: undertaking
trans_list: Unternehmen
sense:
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.


lexentry: eng/undertone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: undertone
trans_list: Beigeschmack | Unterton
sense:
An implicit message perceived subtly alongside, but not detracting noticeably from, the explicit message conveyed in or by a book, film, speech or similar (contrast with overtone); an undercurrent.


lexentry: eng/underwater__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underwater
trans_list: Unterwasser- | unter Wasser
sense:
(not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.


lexentry: eng/underworld__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: underworld
trans_list: Unterwelt | Reich des Todes | Schattenreich
sense:
(religion, or, mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.


lexentry: eng/underworld__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: underworld
trans_list: Unterwelt | Halbwelt | Verbrecherwelt
sense:
That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice, and particularly those involved in organized crime.


lexentry: eng/underwrite__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: underwrite
trans_list: unterschreiben
sense:
(transitive) Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.


lexentry: eng/underwriter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: underwriter
trans_list: Underwriter | Versicherungsmitarbeiter | Versicherungssachbearbeiter
sense:
(insurance) A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured.


lexentry: eng/undirected_graph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: undirected graph
trans_list: Digraph | gerichteter Graph
sense:
(graph theory) A graph in which the edges are not ordered, so the edge (a, b) is identical to the edge (b, a).


lexentry: eng/undocumented__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: undocumented
trans_list: ohne Papiere
sense:
(of a person) Not having official documentation required to legally enter, reside in, or work in a country.


lexentry: eng/unelectable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unelectable
trans_list: unwählbar
sense:
(of a person or party) Incapable or unlikely of being elected to political office, especially due to a lack of suitable qualities or policies.


lexentry: eng/unemployment_benefit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unemployment benefit
trans_list: Arbeitslosengeld | Stempelgeld | Stütze
sense:
(often, in plural) Money paid by the government, special-purpose fund or similar to those who are unemployed and looking for work.


lexentry: eng/unemployment_insurance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unemployment insurance
trans_list: Arbeitslosenversicherung
sense:
Insurance against loss of earnings during the time that an able-bodied worker is involuntarily unemployed.


lexentry: eng/uneven_bars__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uneven bars
trans_list: Stufenbarren
sense:
A set of exercise apparatus consisting of two horizontal bars at a small distance apart and set at different heights.


lexentry: eng/unflappable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unflappable
trans_list: unerschütterlich
sense:
Remaining composed and level-headed at all times; impossible to fluster; not becoming frustrated or irritated easily. [from 1954]


lexentry: eng/unfold__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: unfold
trans_list: enthüllen | offenlegen
sense:
(transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.


lexentry: eng/unfollow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unfollow
trans_list: entfolgen
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, social media) To cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity).


lexentry: eng/unfriend__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unfriend
trans_list: entfreunden
sense:
(social media) To defriend; to remove from one's friends list (e.g. on a social networking website).


lexentry: eng/ungodly__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ungodly
trans_list: gottlos | unchristlich
sense:
Of a person: lacking reverence for God; of an action: not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings.


lexentry: eng/ungrammatical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ungrammatical
trans_list: ungrammatisch
sense:
(linguistics) In violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language as defined by the grammar, resulting in unacceptable or incorrect usage.


lexentry: eng/unicameralism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unicameralism
trans_list: Einkammersystem
sense:
(government) The principle and practice of having a legislative body consisting of a single chamber.


lexentry: eng/unicorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: unicorn
trans_list: Einhorn
sense:
(finance) A startup company whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars, which is solely backed by venture capitalists, and which has yet to have an IPO.


lexentry: eng/unidentified_flying_object__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unidentified flying object
trans_list: unidentifiziertes Flugobjekt | UFO
sense:
Anything not readily explainable appearing to move through or be suspended in the air, primarily used to refer to objects that seem to be at least of small and familiar aircraft size.


lexentry: eng/unidirectional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unidirectional
trans_list: unidirektional
sense:
Pertaining to only one direction, e.g.: where all component parts are aligned in the same direction in space.


lexentry: eng/uniform_distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uniform distribution
trans_list: Gleichverteilung
sense:
(mathematics) A symmetric probability distribution wherein every outcome is equally likely to occur at any point in the distribution.


lexentry: eng/uniform_resource_identifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uniform resource identifier
trans_list: URI
sense:
(Internet) A string of characters that identifies a resource that can be accessed over the Internet.


lexentry: eng/uniformitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uniformitarianism
trans_list: Aktualismus
sense:
(chiefly, _, geology) The scientific principle that natural processes operated in the past in the same way and at the same rates that they operate today. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/uniformize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: uniformize
trans_list: uniformisieren
sense:
(mathematics) To carry out a process of uniformization, by which a multiple-valued function on a Riemann surface is converted to a single-valued function.


lexentry: eng/uniformly_continuous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uniformly continuous
trans_list: gleichmäßig stetig
sense:
(analysis, of a function from a metric space X to a metric space Y) That for every real ε > 0 there exists a real δ > 0 such that for all pairs of points x and y in X for which D_X (x, y) < \delta , it must be the case that D_Y (f(x), f(y)) < \epsilon (where DX and DY are the metrics of X and Y, respectively).


lexentry: eng/unilateralism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unilateralism
trans_list: Unilateralismus
sense:
A tendency of nations to act on their own, or with only minimal consultation and involvement with other nations.


lexentry: eng/union__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: union
trans_list: Union | Vereinigung
sense:
(countable) Something united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.


lexentry: eng/union__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: union
trans_list: Union
sense:
(countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.


lexentry: eng/union_suit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: union suit
trans_list: Einteiler | Hemdhose
sense:
one-piece underwear, usually long, combining drawers and long-sleeved, button-front undershirt in a single garment, with a flap in the seat that can be opened for defecation.


lexentry: eng/unison__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unison
trans_list: Einklang | Unisono
sense:
(music, acoustics) Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves). [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/unison__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: unison
trans_list: Einklang | Eintracht | Gleichklang
sense:
The state of being in harmony or agreement; harmonious agreement or togetherness, synchronisation. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: unit
trans_list: Einheit
sense:
(US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.


lexentry: eng/unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: unit
trans_list: Einheit
sense:
(US, military) With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.


lexentry: eng/unit_circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unit circle
trans_list: Einheitskreis
sense:
(trigonometry, the unit circle) The circle of radius 1 with centre at the origin, used in defining trigonometric functions.


lexentry: eng/unit_interval__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unit interval
trans_list: Einheitsintervall
sense:
(mathematics) the interval [0,1], that is the set of all real numbers x such that zero is less than or equal to x and x is less than or equal to one


lexentry: eng/unit_vector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unit vector
trans_list: Einheitsvektor
sense:
(linear algebra, mathematical analysis) A vector with the length of 1, defined as \mathbf{\hat{u}} = \frac{\mathbf{u}}{\|\mathbf{u}\|}.


lexentry: eng/unitarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unitarian
trans_list: Unitarier
sense:
(Christianity) A Christian who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, usually stressing some distinctions between God the Father and God the Son without denying the divinity of Jesus.


lexentry: eng/unitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unitarianism
trans_list: Unitarianismus
sense:
The belief in a single God, not divided into any aspects, particularly when presented as a contrast to Christian trinitarianism.


lexentry: eng/unitary_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unitary group
trans_list: unitäre Gruppe
sense:
(group theory) For given n, the group of n×n unitary matrices, with the group operation of matrix multiplication.


lexentry: eng/unitary_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unitary state
trans_list: Einheitsstaat
sense:
A state or country that is governed constitutionally as one single unit, with one constitutionally created legislature.


lexentry: eng/unity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: unity
trans_list: Einheit
sense:
(drama) Any of the three classical rules of drama: unity of action (nothing should be admitted not directly relevant to the development of the plot), unity of place (the scenes should be set in the same place), and unity of time (all the events should be such as might happen within a single day).


lexentry: eng/unity__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: unity
trans_list: Identität
sense:
(mathematics) The number 1 or any element of a set or field that behaves under a given operation as the number 1 behaves under multiplication.


lexentry: eng/univerbation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: univerbation
trans_list: Zusammenrückung | Univerbierung | Univerbation
sense:
(linguistics) The diachronic process of forming a new single word from a fixed expression of several words.


lexentry: eng/universal_bank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: universal bank
trans_list: Universalbank
sense:
(banking, finance) A bank that is both a commercial bank and investment bank, which may also be a retail bank, insurance broker and/or provider of other financial services.


lexentry: eng/universal_joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: universal joint
trans_list: Kardangelenk
sense:
A coupling that allows different parts of a machine not in line with each other some freedom of movement at the same time as transmitting rotary motion.


lexentry: eng/universal_quantifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: universal quantifier
trans_list: Allquantor | Universalquantor
sense:
(logic) The operator, represented by the symbol ∀, used in predicate calculus to indicate that a predicate is true for all members of a specified set. Verbal equivalents include "for each" and "for every".


lexentry: eng/universal_suffrage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: universal suffrage
trans_list: allgemeines Wahlrecht
sense:
The right to vote in a political election for all citizens who have attained the age of majority and are not disenfranchised under the laws of the country.


lexentry: eng/universe__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: universe
trans_list: Universum
sense:
An imaginary collection of worlds; the general imaginary world within which a work of fiction takes place, broader than its immediate setting.


lexentry: eng/university__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: university
trans_list: Universität | Hochschule | Uni
sense:
Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.


lexentry: eng/university_of_applied_sciences__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: university of applied sciences
trans_list: Fachhochschule
sense:
An institution of higher education, which provides tertiary and sometimes quaternary education and grants professional degrees in a variety of subjects that typically lead to careers in e.g. engineering, nursing, commerce.


lexentry: eng/unjust_enrichment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unjust enrichment
trans_list: ungerechtfertigte Bereicherung
sense:
(law) A benefit gained at another's expense without legally justifiable grounds, such as one gained by mistake.


lexentry: eng/unkenreflex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unkenreflex
trans_list: Unkenreflex
sense:
(zoology) A defensive posture adopted by several branches of the amphibian class, including, but not exclusive to, salamanders, toads, and certain species of frogs.


lexentry: eng/unlock__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unlock
trans_list: aufschließen | entriegeln
sense:
(transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.


lexentry: eng/unlock__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unlock
trans_list: entsperren | freischalten
sense:
(transitive) To obtain access to something; to meet the requirements of a security or protection system.


lexentry: eng/unmanageable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unmanageable
trans_list: ungehorsam
sense:
Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed.


lexentry: eng/unmanly__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unmanly
trans_list: unmännlich
sense:
(of a person) Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character.


lexentry: eng/unmount__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unmount
trans_list: aushängen
sense:
(computing, transitive) To reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer accessible.


lexentry: eng/unobtainium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unobtainium
trans_list: Nichtzukriegium | Unbeschaffbarium | Unobtanium
sense:
An especially rare material or component that is outrageously expensive or otherwise almost impossible to get hold of.


lexentry: eng/unpack__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unpack
trans_list: auspacken | entpacken
sense:
(transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.


lexentry: eng/unpave__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unpave
trans_list: entpflastern
sense:
(transitive) To remove the paving (especially in the form of paving stones, etc) from (a street); to cause to no longer be paved.


lexentry: eng/unploughed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unploughed
trans_list: ungepflügt
sense:
(of a field or land) Unturned with a plough, and thus retaining its original vegetation (usually grass).


lexentry: eng/unprotected_sex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unprotected sex
trans_list: ungeschützter Geschlechtsverkehr | ungeschützter Sex
sense:
Sexual activity without protection from sexually transmitted disease; sex that is not safe sex, or that is barebacking.


lexentry: eng/unputdownable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unputdownable
trans_list: interessant
sense:
(specifically) Of a book or other written work: so captivating or engrossing that one cannot bear to stop reading it.


lexentry: eng/unravel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unravel
trans_list: auflösen | enthüllen | enträtseln | lösen | offenlegen
sense:
(also, reflexive) To clear (something) from complication or difficulty; to investigate and solve (a mystery, a problem, etc.); to disentangle, to unfold, to work out.


lexentry: eng/unravel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unravel
trans_list: auftrennen | ausfasern | zerfasern
sense:
To separate the connected or united parts of (something); to throw (something) into disorder; to confound, to confuse, to disintegrate.


lexentry: eng/unravel__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unravel
sense:
(figurative) Of a thing: to have its connected or united parts separated; to be thrown into disorder; to become confused or undone; to collapse.

trans_list:
einstürzen | kollabieren | vernichtet werden | zugrundegehen | zunichte gemacht werden | zusammenbrechen


lexentry: eng/unravel__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unravel
trans_list: entwirren | aufdröseln | auftrennen | auseinanderdröseln
sense:
Of threads: to become separated from something knitted or woven, such as clothing or fabric; also, of something knitted or woven: to separate into threads; to come apart.


lexentry: eng/unreal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unreal
trans_list: unwirklich | irreal
sense:
Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.


lexentry: eng/unreliable_narrator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unreliable narrator
trans_list: unzuverlässige Erzählerin | unzuverlässiger Erzähler
sense:
(literary theory) A narrating character or storyteller in a literary or other artistic work (such as a film, novel, play, or song) who provides conflicting, inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise questionable information to the audience or reader. [from 1961]


lexentry: eng/unrest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unrest
trans_list: Unruhe
sense:
A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.


lexentry: eng/unsaturated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: unsaturated
trans_list: ungesättigt
sense:
(chemistry, of a solution) Not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a solute at the same temperature.


lexentry: eng/unsaturated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: unsaturated
trans_list: ungesättigt
sense:
(chemistry) Of a compound containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond, especially of an organic compound having one or more double bonds or triple bonds between carbon atoms.


lexentry: eng/untune__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: untune
trans_list: verstimmen
sense:
(transitive) To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action.


lexentry: eng/ununbium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununbium
trans_list: Ununbium
sense:
The former systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 112 (symbol Uub), which has been officially changed to copernicium.


lexentry: eng/ununennium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununennium
trans_list: Ununennium
sense:
The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 119 (symbol Uue).


lexentry: eng/ununhexium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununhexium
trans_list: Ununhexium
sense:
(dated) The previous systematic element name for livermorium, the chemical element with atomic number 116 (symbol Uuh).


lexentry: eng/ununoctium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununoctium
trans_list: Ununoctium
sense:
(dated) The systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 118 (symbol Uuo); now named oganesson.


lexentry: eng/ununpentium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununpentium
trans_list: Ununpentium
sense:
(dated) The systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 115 (symbol Uup). The element is now named moscovium.


lexentry: eng/ununquadium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununquadium
trans_list: Ununquadium
sense:
(dated) The systematic element name for flerovium, the chemical element with atomic number 114 (symbol Uuq).


lexentry: eng/ununseptium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununseptium
trans_list: Ununseptium
sense:
(dated) The systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 117 (symbol Uus). The element is now named tennessine.


lexentry: eng/ununtrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ununtrium
trans_list: Ununtrium
sense:
(dated) The systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 113 (symbol Uut). The element is now named nihonium.


lexentry: eng/unwittingly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: In an unwitting manner; inadvertently, obliviously, unintentionally, unknowingly.
written_rep: unwittingly
trans_list:
unabsichtlich | ungewollt | irrtümlich | ohne es zu wissen | ohne sich dessen bewusst zu sein | unbeabsichtigt


lexentry: eng/up-and-comer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: up-and-comer
trans_list: Aufsteiger | Senkrechtstarter
sense:
(idiomatic) Someone who is up-and-coming, who has begun to be successful in some field and is likely to be even more successful in the future.


lexentry: eng/up__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: up
trans_list: auf | hinauf
sense:
(figuratively) To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.


lexentry: eng/up__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: up
trans_list: nach oben | oben | empor
sense:
Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.


lexentry: eng/up__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: up
trans_list: auf | hinauf
sense:
To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.


lexentry: eng/up__Adverb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: up
trans_list: er- | ver-
sense:
(intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.


lexentry: eng/up_quark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: up quark
trans_list: Up-Quark
sense:
(particle) A quark having a fractional electric charge of +\frac{2}{3} and a mass of about 1.5 to 4 MeV.Symbol: u


lexentry: eng/up_to__Preposition__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: up to
trans_list: gewachsen
sense:
Within the responsibility of, to be attributed to the sphere of influence of, having someone or something as authoritative in.


lexentry: eng/up_to_eleven__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: up to eleven
trans_list: extrem
sense:
(idiomatic, informal, chiefly, humorous) Up to or beyond the maximum possible threshold; to an extremely high or strong degree. [from 1984]


lexentry: eng/upbraid__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: upbraid
trans_list: Vorwürfe machen
sense:
(transitive, archaic, followed by with or for, and formerly of before the object) To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach


lexentry: eng/upgrade__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: upgrade
trans_list: verbessern
sense:
(transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.


lexentry: eng/upgrade__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: upgrade
trans_list: aufrüsten | upgraden
sense:
(intransitive, transitive, computing) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name.


lexentry: eng/uphold__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: uphold
trans_list: verteidigen | bestätigen | unterstützen
sense:
To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned)


lexentry: eng/uplift__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uplift
trans_list: ansteigen
sense:
To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.


lexentry: eng/upload__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: upload
trans_list: hochladen | uploaden
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, computing) To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.


lexentry: eng/upper_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: upper house
trans_list: Oberhaus
sense:
(government) The upper legislative house in a bicameral legislature; usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower house.


lexentry: eng/uprising__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uprising
trans_list: Aufstand | Aufruhr
sense:
A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.


lexentry: eng/uproot__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uproot
trans_list: entwurzeln
sense:
(figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.


lexentry: eng/upset__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: upset
trans_list: Überraschungssieg
sense:
(countable, sports, politics) An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.


lexentry: eng/upsilon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: upsilon
trans_list: Ypsilon
sense:
The twentieth letter of Classical and Modern Greek; the twenty-second letter of Old and Ancient Greek.


lexentry: eng/upstand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: upstand
trans_list: Bord
sense:
(construction, plumbing) A section of a roof covering or flashing which turns up against a vertical surface.


lexentry: eng/upstart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: upstart
trans_list: Emporkömmling | Neureicher | Parvenü
sense:
One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.


lexentry: eng/upward__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: upward
trans_list: aufwärts
sense:
In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.


lexentry: eng/uraninite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uraninite
trans_list: Uraninit | Pechblende
sense:
(mineral) Any of several brownish-black forms of uranium dioxide, UO2, (especially pitchblende) that is the chief ore of uranium; it is isomorphous with thorianite.


lexentry: eng/uranium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uranium
trans_list: Uran
sense:
The element with atomic number 92 and symbol U: a radioactive silvery-grey metal in the actinide series.


lexentry: eng/uranyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uranyl
trans_list: Uranyl
sense:
(chemistry) The divalent radical UO22+, conveniently regarded as a residue of many uranium compounds.


lexentry: eng/urban-type_settlement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urban-type settlement
trans_list: Siedlung städtischen Typs
sense:
an official designation for a semi-urban settlement (or a former town) in the Soviet Union, Poland (formerly), Bulgaria (formerly) and in 10 post-Soviet republics—Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan


lexentry: eng/urban__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urban
trans_list: städtisch | urban | Stadt
sense:
Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when contrasted with the countryside.


lexentry: eng/urban_renewal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urban renewal
trans_list: Stadtsanierung
sense:
(uncountable) A process where older areas of a city are redeveloped, including slum clearance, replacement of outdated buildings and infrastructure.


lexentry: eng/urbanization__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: urbanization
trans_list: Anteil der Stadtbewohner | Stadtbewohner | Urbanisierung
sense:
The proportion of a region's population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing.


lexentry: eng/urea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urea
trans_list: Harnstoff
sense:
(organic compound, biochemistry, uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH2)2, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.


lexentry: eng/uremia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uremia
trans_list: Urämie
sense:
(pathology) Blood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine.


lexentry: eng/ureter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ureter
trans_list: Harnleiter | Ureter
sense:
(anatomy) Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.


lexentry: eng/urethane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urethane
trans_list: Urethan
sense:
(organic compound, uncountable) A white crystalline organic compound, ethyl-carbamate, NH2COOC2H5, used in the synthesis of other organic compounds.


lexentry: eng/urethra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urethra
trans_list: Harnröhre | Urethra
sense:
(anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.


lexentry: eng/urheimat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urheimat
trans_list: Urheimat
sense:
(history, especially, historical linguistics) The original homeland of an ethnic group, particularly the speakers of a proto-language; the cradleland.


lexentry: eng/uric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uric acid
trans_list: Harnsäure
sense:
(biochemistry, organic compound) a bicyclic heterocyclic phenolic compound, formed in the body by the metabolism of protein and excreted in the urine (or in faeces, as in birds and insects)


lexentry: eng/urinary_bladder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urinary bladder
trans_list: Harnblase | Blase
sense:
(anatomy) An elastic, muscular sac situated in the pelvic cavity, into which urine from the kidneys is temporarily stored prior to disposal by urination. Urine enters the bladder via the ureters and exits via the urethra.


lexentry: eng/urinary_tract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urinary tract
trans_list: Harntrakt | Harnwege
sense:
(anatomy) The continuous system involved in the production and excretion of urine; the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder and urethra.


lexentry: eng/urology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urology
trans_list: Urologie
sense:
(medicine) The surgical specialty of medicine that treats disorders of the urinary tract and the urogenital system.


lexentry: eng/urostomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urostomy
trans_list: Künstlicher Blasenausgang | Urostoma
sense:
A surgically constructed opening in the urinary tract allowing urine to exit the body; the procedure of making such an opening.


lexentry: eng/ursid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ursid
trans_list: Bär
sense:
(zoology) Any species of the family Ursidae; a bear, a giant panda, or any of certain extinct relatives.


lexentry: eng/urstromtal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urstromtal
trans_list: Urstromtal
sense:
A broad glacial valley formed during an ice age by meltwater flowing roughly parallel to the ice margin.


lexentry: eng/urtext__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: urtext
trans_list: Urtext
sense:
(music, linguistics, anthropology) The original version of a piece of music or text, as created by the composer or writer.


lexentry: eng/urticaria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: urticaria
trans_list: Nesselsucht | Nesselausschlag | Nesselfieber | Urtikaria
sense:
(diseases) Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or other conditions.


lexentry: eng/us__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: us
trans_list: uns
sense:
We, used in the same circumstances where "me" would be used instead of "I", e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula:


lexentry: eng/usability__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: usability
trans_list: Brauchbarkeit | Benutzbarkeit | Benutzerfreundlichkeit | Nutzbarkeit
sense:
The degree to which an object, device, software application, etc. is easy to use with no specific training.


lexentry: eng/usage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: usage
trans_list: Gebrauch
sense:
The established custom of using language; the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/use__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: use
trans_list: gewöhnlich tun | zu tun pflegen
sense:
(intransitive, archaic, or, literary, _, except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)


lexentry: eng/use_a_sledgehammer_to_crack_a_nut__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
trans_list: mit Kanonen auf Spatzen schießen
sense:
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, idiomatic, informal) To use disproportionate or significantly excessive force to carry out an action; to do something overzealously.


lexentry: eng/use_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: use case
trans_list: Anwendungsfall
sense:
(software engineering) A potential scenario in which a system receives an external request (such as user input) and responds to it.


lexentry: eng/used_up__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: used up
trans_list: erschöpft, altersschwach
sense:
Worn out; depleted; exhausted; having nothing left; useless, due to the expenditure of all resources.


lexentry: eng/useless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: useless
trans_list: unnütz
sense:
(colloquial, of a person) Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.


lexentry: eng/user-friendly__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: user-friendly
trans_list: benutzerfreundlich
sense:
(mostly, computing) Designed to be easy for an untrained user to use, with intuitive ordering of steps, consistent and logical placement of controls, etc.


lexentry: eng/user__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: user
trans_list: Benutzer | Benutzerin | Anwender | Anwenderin | Verbraucher
sense:
(computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.


lexentry: eng/username__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: username
trans_list: Benutzername
sense:
(computing) A name or string of characters used as a person's identification on an individual computer system.


lexentry: eng/usufruct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: usufruct
trans_list: Nießbrauch | Fruchtgenuss | Fruchtgenussrecht | Nutznießung
sense:
(law) The legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person, as long as the property is not damaged.


lexentry: eng/usufruct__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: usufruct
trans_list: nutznießen
sense:
(law, also, _, figuratively) To use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person.


lexentry: eng/usurer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: usurer
trans_list: Wucherer | Kredithai | Wucherin | Zinswucherer
sense:
A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.


lexentry: eng/utilitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: utilitarianism
trans_list: Utilitarismus
sense:
(philosophy) The theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people" (hedonistic universalism), or one of various related theories.


lexentry: eng/utility__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: utility
trans_list: Grundversorgung
sense:
(business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.


lexentry: eng/utility_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: utility knife
trans_list: Teppichmesser | Cutter | Cuttermesser
sense:
A cutting tool that has a thin interchangeable blade that (often) retracts or folds into the handle.


lexentry: eng/utility_model__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: utility model
trans_list: Gebrauchsmuster
sense:
(patent law) An intellectual property right in certain legal systems, to protect invention, very similar to the patent, but usually with shorter term and less stringent patentability requirements.


lexentry: eng/utility_pole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: utility pole
trans_list: Freileitungsmast | Strommast
sense:
A tall cylinder, often made from the trunk of a tree, usually topped by a cross beam, used by a public utility to carry wire, cable or conduit through the air, for the transportation of electricity, cable television, telephone or similar services.


lexentry: eng/utility_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: utility room
trans_list: Hauswirtschaftsraum | Waschküche | Waschraum
sense:
A room that contains typically washing machine, tumble dryer, and other appliances which, in houses without such a room, would be in the kitchen or laundry.


lexentry: eng/utter__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: utter
trans_list: äußern
sense:
(law) To put (currency or other valuable items) into circulation; specifically, to pass off (counterfeit currency, etc.) as legal tender; to use (a forged cheque) as if genuine.


lexentry: eng/utterance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: utterance
trans_list: Äußerung
sense:
An instance of that act or process: especially, something spoken (e.g., syllables, words, phrases); (especially, linguistics) any such thing either spoken or written.


lexentry: eng/uvula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uvula
trans_list: Uvula | Gaumenzäpfchen
sense:
(anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.


lexentry: eng/uyezd__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uyezd
trans_list: Ujesd
sense:
(historical) An administrative subdivision of Muscovy, the Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR, in use from the 13th century.


lexentry: eng/uzi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: uzi
trans_list: Uzi
sense:
A type of compact submachine gun, having a caliber of 9 millimeters with ammunition housed in the grip of the weapon.


lexentry: eng/vacate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: vacate
trans_list: evakuieren
sense:
To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authorities in the event of a riot or natural disaster.


lexentry: eng/vacation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: vacation
trans_list: Ferien
sense:
A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/vacation_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vacation day
trans_list: Urlaubstag
sense:
(US) A day when one is permitted to not attend work in order to go on a vacation or attend to other matters.


lexentry: eng/vaccine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaccine
trans_list: Impfstoff | Vakzin | Vakzine
sense:
A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.


lexentry: eng/vacuum_cleaner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vacuum cleaner
trans_list: Staubsauger
sense:
A device that uses suction, and often agitation, in order to remove dirt and other debris from carpets and hard floors.


lexentry: eng/vacuum_exercise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vacuum exercise
trans_list: Bauchvakuum
sense:
An exercise targeting mostly the Musculus transversus abdominis by keeping a straight spine, holding one's breath and lifting the organs into the rib cage.


lexentry: eng/vacuum_pump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vacuum pump
trans_list: Vakuumpumpe
sense:
A piece of equipment used for extraction of gas or vapour from an enclosed space, leaving the container with a partial vacuum.


lexentry: eng/vacuum_tube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vacuum tube
trans_list: Elektronenröhre
sense:
(electronics) A type of electron tube that controls electron current through vacuum between electrodes within a sealed container, usually of glass or metal and often designed to be easily installed in and removed from the equipment in which it is used.


lexentry: eng/vagina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vagina
trans_list: Scheide | Vagina
sense:
(anatomy) A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals.


lexentry: eng/vaginal_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaginal ring
trans_list: Vaginalring
sense:
(medicine) A device consisting of a flexible ring held in the vagina which provides a controlled release of drugs, typically used for contraception.


lexentry: eng/vaginismus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaginismus
trans_list: Vaginismus | Scheidenkrampf
sense:
(pathology) A painful muscular contraction of the vagina when attempting to insert something, such as a tampon or a penis, into it.


lexentry: eng/vagrant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vagrant
trans_list: Landstreicher | Landstreicherin | Vagabund | Gammler | Gammlerin | Nichtsesshafte
sense:
(specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.


lexentry: eng/vagrant__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: vagrant
trans_list: Ausnahmegast | Irrgast
sense:
(biology, especially, ornithology) An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species' usual range.


lexentry: eng/vagus_nerve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vagus nerve
trans_list: Nervus vagus | Vagusnerv | Vagus
sense:
(neuroanatomy) Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which extend from the medulla oblongata down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.


lexentry: eng/vain__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vain
trans_list: eitel
sense:
Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.


lexentry: eng/vair__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vair
trans_list: Feh
sense:
(tincture) An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of bell shapes in two colours, (for example in the image, blue and white).


lexentry: eng/vale_of_tears__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vale of tears
trans_list: Jammertal | Tal der Tränen
sense:
(in the singular) The world, a place where difficulties and the sorrows of life are felt, especially (Christianity) as a place to be left behind when one dies and goes to heaven.


lexentry: eng/valedictorian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valedictorian
trans_list: Abschiedsredner | Jahrgangsbester | Jahrgangsprimus
sense:
(US, Canada, properly) The individual in a graduating class who delivers the farewell or valedictory address, often the person who graduates with the highest grades.


lexentry: eng/valedictorian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: valedictorian
trans_list: Jahrgangsbester | Jahrgangsprimus
sense:
(US, Canada, colloquial) The individual in a graduating class who graduates with the highest grades.


lexentry: eng/valedictory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valedictory
trans_list: Abschieds-
sense:
Of or pertaining to a valediction; designed for or suitable to an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.


lexentry: eng/valence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valence
trans_list: Wertigkeit | Valenz
sense:
The combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc. [from 1884]


lexentry: eng/valence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: valence
trans_list: Valenz | Wertigkeit
sense:
(countable, linguistics) The number of arguments that a verb can have, including its subject, ranging from zero to three or, less commonly, four.


lexentry: eng/valence__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: valence
trans_list: Valenz | Wertigkeit
sense:
(uncountable, especially, psychology) A one-dimensional value assigned by a person to an object, situation, or state, that can usually be positive (causing a feeling of attraction) or negative (repulsion). [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/valence_band__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valence band
trans_list: Valenzband
sense:
(physics) The highest range of electron energies in an insulator or semiconductor that can be populated; it corresponds to the valence electrons of the constituent atoms


lexentry: eng/valence_electron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valence electron
trans_list: Valenzelektron
sense:
(chemistry) Any of the electrons in the outermost shell of an atom (the valence shell); capable of forming bonds with other atoms.


lexentry: eng/valentine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valentine
trans_list: Liebesgruß | Valentinsgruß
sense:
An expression of affection, especially romantic affection, usually in the form of greeting card, gift, or message given the object of one's affection, especially on February 14th.


lexentry: eng/valeric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valeric acid
trans_list: Baldriansäure
sense:
(fatty acid) A short chain aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH3(CH2)3COOH, obtained from the roots of valerian; used in perfume, flavourings, pharmaceuticals


lexentry: eng/valet__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: valet
trans_list: Kammerdiener | Diener | Dienstbote | Hausdiener | Leibdiener | Putzer
sense:
(professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.


lexentry: eng/validity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: validity
trans_list: Gültigkeit
sense:
(Christianity, theology) The genuinity, as distinguished from the efficacity or the regularity, of a sacrament as a result of some formal dispositions being fulfilled.


lexentry: eng/valkyrie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valkyrie
trans_list: Walküre
sense:
(Norse mythology) Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.


lexentry: eng/valley_of_the_shadow_of_death__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valley of the shadow of death
trans_list: das finstere Tal
sense:
The world, a place where darkness and death are figurative valleys one must walk through as part of the human experience.


lexentry: eng/valour__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: valour
trans_list: Heldenmut | Mannhaftigkeit | Tapferkeit
sense:
Strength of mind in regard to danger; the quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness


lexentry: eng/value-form__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: value-form
trans_list: Wertform
sense:
(Marxism) The social form of a commodity as a representation of value (socially necessary labour time).


lexentry: eng/value__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: value
trans_list: Wert | Werte
sense:
The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.


lexentry: eng/value__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: value
trans_list: Wert | Werte
sense:
(mathematics, physics) Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.


lexentry: eng/value_added__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: value added
trans_list: Mehrwert | Wertschöpfung
sense:
(economics, business) The amount by which the value of an article is increased at each stage of its production, exclusive of initial costs.


lexentry: eng/value_date__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: value date
trans_list: Valuta | Wertstellung | Valutadatum | Valutatag | Wertstellungsdatum | Wertstellungstag
sense:
(accounting) Date and the action itself on which payments are credited or debited to the customer's imagined but legally real account, as opposed to the date a balance is made visible (posting date, entry date) which is when crediting of other funds takes place and which is usually the available sum, is the line of credit; interest payments are made from the value date onwards.


lexentry: eng/value_judgment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: value judgment
trans_list: Werturteil
sense:
(philosophy) A judgment of the rightness or wrongness of something, based on a particular set of values or on a particular value system.


lexentry: eng/valve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valve
trans_list: Ventil | Hahn | Armatur | Schieber | Wasserhahn
sense:
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.


lexentry: eng/valve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: valve
trans_list: Ventil | Klappe
sense:
Such a device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.


lexentry: eng/valve__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: valve
trans_list: Klappe
sense:
(anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction.


lexentry: eng/vamp__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vamp
trans_list: Vamp
sense:
A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her; femme fatale. [from c. 1915]


lexentry: eng/vampire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vampire
trans_list: Vampir | Blutsauger | Vampirin | Vampyr
sense:
A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living. [from 1732]


lexentry: eng/vampire_bat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vampire bat
trans_list: Vampirfledermaus
sense:
Any of the three small bats of the subfamily Desmodontinae, native to Central and South America, which use their teeth to cut the skin of larger animals while they are asleep and surreptitiously drink blood, their sole source of food.


lexentry: eng/vampire_squid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vampire squid
trans_list: Vampirtintenfisch
sense:
(especially) A small deep-sea cephalopod, Vampyroteuthis infernalis, the sole extant species of this order, found in temperate and tropical oceans.


lexentry: eng/van__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: van
trans_list: Lieferwagen | Transporter
sense:
A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.


lexentry: eng/vanadinite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vanadinite
trans_list: Vanadinit
sense:
(mineral) A reddish mineral, a mixed chloride and vanadate of lead with the chemical formula Pb5(VO4)3Cl, that is commercial source of vanadium.


lexentry: eng/vanadium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vanadium
trans_list: Vanadium | Vanadin
sense:
A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.


lexentry: eng/vanadium_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vanadium group
trans_list: Vanadiumgruppe
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) Group 5 of the periodic table, comprising vanadium, niobium, tantalum and dubnium


lexentry: eng/vane__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: vane
trans_list: Drehflügel | Flügel | Schaufel
sense:
Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.


lexentry: eng/vane__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: vane
trans_list: Fahne | Federfahne | Vexillum
sense:
(ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.


lexentry: eng/vanilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vanilla
trans_list: Vanille
sense:
(countable) Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.


lexentry: eng/vanilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: vanilla
trans_list: Vanille
sense:
(uncountable) Any artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, principally vanillin produced from lignin from the paper industry or from petrochemicals.


lexentry: eng/vanishing_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vanishing point
trans_list: Fluchtpunkt
sense:
The point in a perspective drawing at which parallel lines receding from an observer seem to converge.


lexentry: eng/vanity_press__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vanity press
trans_list: Bezahlverlag | Selbstkostenverlag | Selbstzahlerverlag
sense:
(derogatory) A book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author.


lexentry: eng/vape__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vape
trans_list: dampfen | vapen
sense:
(intransitive, informal) To inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette.


lexentry: eng/vapor_pressure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vapor pressure
trans_list: Dampfdruck
sense:
(physics) The pressure that a vapor exerts, or the partial pressure if it is mixed with other gases.


lexentry: eng/vaporware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaporware
trans_list: vaporware
sense:
(computing) An advertised product, often computer software, whose launch has not happened yet and might not ever happen.


lexentry: eng/vaquita__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaquita
trans_list: Golftümmler | Kalifornischer Schweinswal | Vaquita
sense:
A critically endangered porpoise, the smallest of its kind, Phocoena sinus, endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico.


lexentry: eng/vardapet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vardapet
trans_list: Wardapet
sense:
(Christianity) A highly educated archimandrite in the Armenian Apostolic Church tradition who holds a Doctorate in Theology.


lexentry: eng/varia_lectio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: varia lectio
trans_list: andere Lesart | unterschiedliche Lesung | verschiedene Lesart
sense:
(textual criticism, and, interpretation) Any one of the interpretations or readings of a given passage in a text which differ from copy to copy, from edition to edition, from manuscript to manuscript, or from translation to translation.


lexentry: eng/variability__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: variability
trans_list: Ändern
sense:
The degree to which a thing is variable. In data or statistics this is often a measurement of distance from the mean or a description of data range.


lexentry: eng/variable__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: variable
trans_list: Variable | variabel
sense:
(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.


lexentry: eng/variadic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: variadic
trans_list: variadisch
sense:
(programming, mathematics, linguistics) Taking a variable number of arguments; especially, taking arbitrarily many arguments.


lexentry: eng/variant_reading__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: variant reading
trans_list: Lesart
sense:
(textual criticism) Any of the observed differences when comparing different versions of a single text.


lexentry: eng/variation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: variation
trans_list: Variation
sense:
(music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.


lexentry: eng/variegate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: variegate
trans_list: panaschieren
sense:
(transitive) To change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour.


lexentry: eng/variety__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: variety
trans_list: Sorte
sense:
(algebraic geometry) Ellipsis of algebraic variety (“the set of solutions of a given system of polynomial equations over the real or complex numbers; any of certain generalisations of such a set that preserves the geometric intuition implicit in the original definition”).


lexentry: eng/variety__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: variety
trans_list: Varietät
sense:
(botany, taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.


lexentry: eng/variety__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: variety
trans_list: Varietät | Sprachform | Sprachvarietät
sense:
(linguistics) A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level; an isolect or lect.


lexentry: eng/variety_show__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: variety show
trans_list: Varieté
sense:
(radio, television, theater) A type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by various artistes such as (depending on the medium) acrobats, comedians, dancers, magicians, singers, etc.


lexentry: eng/varistor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: varistor
trans_list: Varistor
sense:
(electronics) An electronic component having a variable resistance; used to protect circuits against power surges.


lexentry: eng/varsity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: varsity
trans_list: Unimannschaft | Universitätsmannschaft
sense:
(sports, , United States) The principal sports team representing an institution (usually a high school, college, or university.)


lexentry: eng/vascular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vascular
trans_list: vaskular | vaskulär
sense:
(anatomy) Relating to the flow of fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant, or to the vessels that carry such fluids


lexentry: eng/vascular_plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vascular plant
trans_list: Gefäßpflanze
sense:
(botany) One of the Tracheophyta, any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.


lexentry: eng/vasectomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vasectomy
trans_list: Vasektomie
sense:
(surgery) The surgical incision of all or part of the vas deferens as a means of male sterilization.


lexentry: eng/vasodilator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vasodilator
trans_list: Vasodilatator
sense:
(biochemistry, organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A drug or chemical agent that causes dilation of the blood vessels thereby reducing blood pressure.


lexentry: eng/vassal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vassal
trans_list: Vasall | Lehnsmann | Büttel | Dienstmann | Entourage | Gefolgsleute
sense:
(historical, law) The grantee of a fief, a subordinate granted use of a superior's land and its income in exchange for vows of fidelity and homage and (typically) military service.


lexentry: eng/vassal_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vassal state
trans_list: Vasallenstaat
sense:
A state that is subordinate to another; government chiefly directed by the interests of an overlord or patron state.


lexentry: eng/vatnik__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: vatnik
trans_list: Watnik
sense:
(derogatory, internet slang, neologism, by extension) A supporter of Vladimir Putin, Russian nationalism, or the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022; a Putinist.


lexentry: eng/vaudeville__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: vaudeville
trans_list: Vaudeville
sense:
(historical, uncountable) A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.


