# translation

lexentry: eng/empyrean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empyrean
trans_list: Empyreum
sense:
Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere in premodern cosmology; celestially refined.


lexentry: eng/emulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: emulation
trans_list: Emulation
sense:
(computing) Execution of a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.


lexentry: eng/en_passant__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: en passant
trans_list: en passant
sense:
(chess) Of a capture of an enemy pawn, by moving one's pawn to the square that the enemy pawn has just passed over.


lexentry: eng/en_passant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: en passant
trans_list: Schlagen en passant
sense:
(chess) A move in which a pawn captures an opposing pawn on the same rank immediately after the latter has moved forward two squares on its first move in the game, as if it had moved forward only one square.


lexentry: eng/enable__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enable
trans_list: ermöglichen | anordnen | befähigen | berechtigen
sense:
To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.


lexentry: eng/enable__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: enable
trans_list: anordnen
sense:
To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.


lexentry: eng/enable__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: enable
trans_list: aktivieren | einschalten
sense:
(chiefly, electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).


lexentry: eng/enabling_act__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enabling act
trans_list: Ermächtigungsgesetz
sense:
(politics) Legislation piece enacted by a legislative body that authorizes a dependent entity to exercise specific powers or undertake certain actions.


lexentry: eng/enantiomer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enantiomer
trans_list: Enantiomer
sense:
(chemistry) One of a pair of stereoisomers that is the mirror image of the other, but may not be superimposed on this other stereoisomer.


lexentry: eng/enby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enby
trans_list: Enby
sense:
(neologism, informal) Pronunciation spelling of NB (“a non-binary person; a person whose gender identity is not strictly female or male; one who is outside of the gender binary”). [from 2013]


lexentry: eng/encampment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encampment
trans_list: Feldlager | Lager | Lagerplatz
sense:
(often, military) A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travellers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite.


lexentry: eng/encapsulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: encapsulate
trans_list: kapseln
sense:
(software, object-oriented) To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.


lexentry: eng/encapsulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encapsulation
trans_list: encapsulation
sense:
The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.


lexentry: eng/encapsulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: encapsulation
trans_list: Kapselung
sense:
(programming, object-oriented) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).


lexentry: eng/encephalography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encephalography
trans_list: Enzephalografie
sense:
(medicine) An X-ray examination of the brain in which air replaces some of the cerebrospinal fluid to act as a contrast medium


lexentry: eng/encephalomyocarditis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encephalomyocarditis
trans_list: Enzephalomyokarditis
sense:
(veterinary medicine) A viral disease afflicting pigs and some non-human primates, attacking muscle tissue and the central nervous system.


lexentry: eng/enclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enclosure
trans_list: Klausur | Beifügen | Beilegen | Hinzufügen
sense:
(uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.


lexentry: eng/enclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: enclosure
trans_list: Einschließen | Einzäunen
sense:
(uncountable) The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.


lexentry: eng/enclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: enclosure
trans_list: Klausur
sense:
(uncountable, by extension) The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws.


lexentry: eng/encoding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encoding
trans_list: Kodierung
sense:
(computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.


lexentry: eng/encompass__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: encompass
trans_list: umfassen | beinhalten | einschließen | abdecken | enthalten
sense:
(transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.


lexentry: eng/encroachment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encroachment
trans_list: Eindringen | Eindringung | Vordringen | Vorrücken
sense:
An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.


lexentry: eng/encryption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encryption
trans_list: Verschlüsselung
sense:
(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encyclopedia
trans_list: Enzyklopädie | Konversationslexikon | Lexikon | Realencyclopädie | Realwörterbuch
sense:
A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encyclopedic
trans_list: enzyklopädisch
sense:
Of or relating to the characteristics of an encyclopedia; concerning all subjects, having comprehensive information or knowledge.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: encyclopedic
trans_list: enzyklopädisch
sense:
(lexicography) Relating to or containing descriptive information rather than only linguistic or lexical information; about facts and concepts, and not only a word or term; including proper names, biographical and geographical information and illustrations.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedic_dictionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encyclopedic dictionary
trans_list: Allbuch | enzyklopädisches Wörterbuch
sense:
A form of dictionary with long, detailed entries on words (and often notable people and places), usually with images or illustrations.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encyclopedist
trans_list: Enzyklopädist | Enzyklopädistin
sense:
A member of a group of French authors who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot.


lexentry: eng/end_times__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: end times
trans_list: Endzeit
sense:
(Christianity) The days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah (Christ), when the world will be judged.


lexentry: eng/end_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: end up
trans_list: landen | am Ende irgendwo / etwas sein | damit enden | herausstellen
sense:
(copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.


lexentry: eng/end_user_license_agreement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: end user license agreement
trans_list: Endbenutzer-Lizenzvereinbarung | Endbenutzer-Lizenzvertrag
sense:
(legal, copyright) A contract between the manufacturer or copyright holder, also commonly called the licensor, of an end product and a person, commonly called the end user, that specifies the licenses under which the end user may utilize the end product, subject to restrictions as specified in the contract or agreement.


lexentry: eng/end_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: end zone
trans_list: Endzone
sense:
(American football) The area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines, bordered on all sides by a white line indicating its beginning and end points; it is 10 yards long.


lexentry: eng/endangered__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endangered
trans_list: gefährdet
sense:
in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)


lexentry: eng/endbutton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endbutton
trans_list: Akneknötchen
sense:
(lutherie) In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.


lexentry: eng/endearment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endearment
trans_list: Zärtlichkeit
sense:
The act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.


lexentry: eng/endeavor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endeavor
trans_list: Bemühung | Bestreben | Unterfangen | Unternehmen
sense:
A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.


lexentry: eng/endeavor__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endeavor
trans_list: (sich) bemühen | anstrengen | bestreben
sense:
(intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/endemic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endemic
trans_list: Endemie
sense:
A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.


lexentry: eng/endive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endive
trans_list: Endivie
sense:
A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).


lexentry: eng/endocentric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endocentric
trans_list: endozentrisch
sense:
(grammar, of a phrase or compound word) fulfilling the same grammatical role as one of its constituents.


lexentry: eng/endocrine_disruptor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endocrine disruptor
trans_list: endokriner Disruptor
sense:
(endocrinology) A chemical substance that hinders the normal functioning of the endocrine system in animals and human beings.


lexentry: eng/endocrine_gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endocrine gland
trans_list: Endokrindrüse | Hormondrüse | endokrine Drüse
sense:
(anatomy) Any of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct.


lexentry: eng/endocrine_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endocrine system
trans_list: Hormonsystem | endokrines System
sense:
(physiology) A control system of ductless glands that secrete hormones which circulate via the bloodstream to affect cells within specific organs.


lexentry: eng/endocrinology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endocrinology
trans_list: Endokrinologie
sense:
(physiology) The study of the endocrine glands of the human body, the hormones produced by them, and their related disorders.


lexentry: eng/endoderm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endoderm
trans_list: Entoderm
sense:
(anatomy, biology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce through development, the digestive system of the adult.


lexentry: eng/endodermis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endodermis
trans_list: Endodermis
sense:
(botany) In a plant stem or root, a cylinder of cells that separates the outer cortex from the central core. The endodermis controls flow of water and minerals within the plant. In most plants, this tissue is restricted to the roots.


lexentry: eng/endodontics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endodontics
trans_list: Endodontie
sense:
The branch of dentistry dealing with the dental pulp and root, including the root canal (structure) and providing root canals (treatment).


lexentry: eng/endometriosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endometriosis
trans_list: Endometriose
sense:
(medicine, pathology) A generally painful condition characterised by the presence of endometrial-like tissue in places other than the lining of the uterus; an instance of such tissue being present.


lexentry: eng/endometrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endometrium
trans_list: Endometrium | Gebärmutterschleimhaut
sense:
(anatomy) The mucous membrane that lines the uterus in mammals and in which fertilized eggs are implanted.


lexentry: eng/endonym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endonym
trans_list: Endonym | Eigenbezeichnung
sense:
A name used by a group or category of people (an ingroup) to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups (outgroups).


lexentry: eng/endoplasmic_reticulum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endoplasmic reticulum
trans_list: endoplasmatisches Retikulum
sense:
(cytology) A network of membranes within the cytoplasm of cells, where proteins and lipids are synthesized.


lexentry: eng/endorheic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endorheic
trans_list: endorheisch
sense:
(hydrology) Of a basin or lake: having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation or seepage into the ground.


lexentry: eng/endorphin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endorphin
trans_list: Endorphin
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the mammalian brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.


lexentry: eng/endorse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endorse
trans_list: unterstützen | bestätigen | empfehlen
sense:
(transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.


lexentry: eng/endorsement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endorsement
trans_list: Anhang | Nachtrag | Zusatz
sense:
An amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document (such as a driving licence).


lexentry: eng/endorsement__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: endorsement
trans_list: Befähigungsnachweis | Berechtigung | Zusatzqualifikation
sense:
(education, certification) Permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence.


lexentry: eng/endorsement__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: endorsement
trans_list: Empfehlung | Fürsprache | Unterstützungserklärung
sense:
Support from an important, renowned figure of a media (celebrity, politics, sports, etc.), to get back up.


lexentry: eng/endoskeleton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endoskeleton
trans_list: Gerippe
sense:
(anatomy) The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.


lexentry: eng/endosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endosome
trans_list: Endosom
sense:
(biology) An endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes


lexentry: eng/endosperm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endosperm
trans_list: Endosperm
sense:
(biology) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.


lexentry: eng/endosymbiosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endosymbiosis
trans_list: Endosymbiose
sense:
(ecology) The condition of living within the body or cells of another organism; an instance of an organism so living.


lexentry: eng/endosymbiotic_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endosymbiotic theory
trans_list: Endosymbiontenhypothese
sense:
(ecology) The theory that mitochondria and chloroplasts, which are organelles of eukaryotic cells, originated as independent organisms.


lexentry: eng/endow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endow
trans_list: ausstatten
sense:
(transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.


lexentry: eng/endpaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endpaper
trans_list: Nachsatz | Vorsatz | Vorsatzblatt | Vorsatzpapier
sense:
Either of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages; one side of each endpaper is glued to the cover board, and the other side forms a flyleaf.


lexentry: eng/endue__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endue
trans_list: ausrüsten
sense:
(transitive, often, passive voice, literary) Followed by with: to invest (someone or something) with a certain power, quality, etc.


lexentry: eng/endure__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: endure
trans_list: dulden | dauern | von Bestand sein
sense:
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.


lexentry: eng/enemy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enemy
trans_list: Feind | Gegner | Feindin | Gegnerin
sense:
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.


lexentry: eng/enemy_of_the_people__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enemy of the people
trans_list: Volksfeind | Volksfeindin
sense:
(typically, _, socialism, or, communism) A political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group.


lexentry: eng/energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: energy
trans_list: Energie
sense:
(physics) A quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent.


lexentry: eng/energy_drink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: energy drink
trans_list: Energy-Drink
sense:
A highly caffeinated, sometimes carbonated, beverage containing added ingredients advertised as increasing alertness, performance etc.


lexentry: eng/energy_level__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: energy level
trans_list: Energieniveau
sense:
(physics) Any of the discrete stable energies that a quantum mechanical system (such as the electrons of an atom) can have.


lexentry: eng/energy_source__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: energy source
trans_list: Energiequelle
sense:
A source from which useful energy can be extracted or recovered either directly or by means of a conversion or transformation process (e.g. solid fuels, liquid fuels, solar energy, biomass, etc.)


lexentry: eng/enfeoff__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enfeoff
trans_list: belehnen | investieren
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, law, historical) To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest.


lexentry: eng/engagement_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engagement ring
trans_list: Verlobungsring
sense:
(jewelry) A ring given to one's fiancé(e) or intended fiancé(e), signifying a promise to wed, typically a gold band with one or more diamonds or other precious stones.


lexentry: eng/engender__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: engender
trans_list: erzeugen | herbeiführen | hervorrufen
sense:
(transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: engine
trans_list: Motor | Triebwerk | Antrieb
sense:
A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: engine
trans_list: Motor
sense:
(computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/engine_order_telegraph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engine order telegraph
trans_list: Maschinentelegraf
sense:
(nautical) A device used by the pilot in the bridge to communicate the desired speed of the engines to the people manning the engine room.


lexentry: eng/engineer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: engineer
trans_list: Ingenieur | Ingenieurin
sense:
Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally) , a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.


lexentry: eng/engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engineering
trans_list: Ingenieurwissenschaft | Ingenieurwesen | Engineering
sense:
(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.


lexentry: eng/english__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: english
trans_list: Englisch
sense:
(uncountable, North American) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.


lexentry: eng/engobe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engobe
trans_list: Engobe
sense:
A non-black clay slip coating applied to a ceramic body to give it decorative color or improved texture.


lexentry: eng/engraft__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engraft
trans_list: einpflanzen, anschäften, okulieren
sense:
To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant


lexentry: eng/engrave__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engrave
trans_list: gravieren
sense:
(transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.


lexentry: eng/engross__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engross
trans_list: Buchstabe m
sense:
(transitive, now, _, legal) To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.


lexentry: eng/engross__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: engross
trans_list: einheimsen
sense:
(transitive, business, obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).


lexentry: eng/engross__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: engross
trans_list: absorbieren
sense:
(transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.


lexentry: eng/enhanced__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: enhanced
trans_list: unterstützend | unterstützt
sense:
(bodybuilding, euphemism) Having suffered the use of anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.


lexentry: eng/enharmonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enharmonic
trans_list: enharmonisch
sense:
(music) Describing two or more identical or almost identical notes that are written differently when in different keys. (Whether they are identical and what the exact equivalences are depends on the tuning used.)


lexentry: eng/enjoin__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enjoin
trans_list: anordnen | auferlegen | aufgeben | ermahnen | fordern | mahnen
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.


lexentry: eng/enlighten__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enlighten
trans_list: aufklären
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.


lexentry: eng/enlightenment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enlightenment
trans_list: Aufklärung
sense:
A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.


lexentry: eng/enmesh__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enmesh
trans_list: einfangen
sense:
To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh- or net-like manner.


lexentry: eng/ennealogy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ennealogy
trans_list: Ennealogie
sense:
(rare) A set of nine works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as nine individual works.


lexentry: eng/ennoble__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ennoble
trans_list: veredeln
sense:
To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing.


lexentry: eng/enoki_mushroom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enoki mushroom
trans_list: Samtfußrübling
sense:
A mushroom with a long, thin stem, in the species Flammulina filiformis, used primarily in the cuisines of East Asia.


lexentry: eng/enormity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enormity
trans_list: Widernatürlichkeit
sense:
(uncountable) Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/enrich__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: enrich
trans_list: bereichern
sense:
(transitive) To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/enrich__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: enrich
trans_list: anreichern
sense:
(physics, transitive) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/enriched_uranium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enriched uranium
trans_list: angereichertes Uran
sense:
(chemistry, military) Uranium enriched with a higher than normal amount of the fissile isotope U-235; used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.


lexentry: eng/ensemble__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ensemble
trans_list: Ensemble
sense:
(collective) A group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company.


lexentry: eng/ensete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ensete
trans_list: Abessinische Banane | Ensete | Zierbanane
sense:
Ensete ventricosum, a species of flowering plant in the banana family Musaceae, the root of which is used for food and other purposes.


lexentry: eng/enshrine__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enshrine
trans_list: verehren
sense:
(transitive, by extension) To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.


lexentry: eng/ensuing__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ensuing
trans_list: darauf folgend | folgend | nachfolgenden
sense:
Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.


lexentry: eng/ensure__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ensure
trans_list: gewährleisten | sicherstellen
sense:
(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/entablature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entablature
trans_list: Gebälk
sense:
(architecture) All of that part of a classical temple above the capitals of the columns; includes the architrave, frieze, and cornice but not the roof.


lexentry: eng/entail__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: entail
trans_list: als unveräußerliches Gut vererben
sense:
(transitive) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage.


lexentry: eng/entangle__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: entangle
trans_list: verwickeln
sense:
(transitive) To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.


lexentry: eng/entasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entasis
trans_list: Entasis
sense:
(architectural element) A slight convex curvature introduced into the shaft of a column for aesthetic reasons, or to compensate for the illusion of concavity.


lexentry: eng/entelechy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entelechy
trans_list: Entelechie
sense:
(Aristotelian, _, metaphysics) The complete realisation and final form of some potential concept or function; the conditions under which a potential thing becomes actualized.


lexentry: eng/enter__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enter
trans_list: eintreten | hineingehen | betreten | hereinkommen | eingeben | hereingehen
sense:
(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.


lexentry: eng/enteritis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enteritis
trans_list: Enteritis
sense:
(pathology) Inflammation of the intestines, generally the small intestine, that may lead to diarrhea.


lexentry: eng/enterprise_union__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enterprise union
trans_list: Gewerkschaft
sense:
A form of trade union where all members work for the same company rather than having the same trade.


lexentry: eng/entertainer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entertainer
trans_list: Unterhalter | Entertainer
sense:
A person who entertains others, esp. as a profession, as a singer, actor, presenter, dancer, musician, magician, comedian, etc.


lexentry: eng/entertainment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entertainment
trans_list: Unterhaltung
sense:
An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.


lexentry: eng/enthalpy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enthalpy
trans_list: Enthalpie
sense:
(thermodynamics, physical chemistry) A measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.


lexentry: eng/enthrone__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enthrone
trans_list: inthronisieren
sense:
(transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture.


lexentry: eng/entitledness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entitledness
trans_list: Anspruchsdenken
sense:
The quality of feeling entitled, convinced of one's own deservingness or superiority, and of shifting blame and responsibility to others; demandingness; pretense.


lexentry: eng/entity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entity
trans_list: Wesen | Entität
sense:
That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.


lexentry: eng/entity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: entity
trans_list: Entität
sense:
(databases) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type.


lexentry: eng/entognath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entognath
trans_list: Sackkiefler
sense:
Any of various ametabolous arthropods, of the class Entognatha, whose mouthparts are retracted within their heads.


lexentry: eng/entomology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entomology
trans_list: Insektenkunde | Entomologie | Insektologie
sense:
The scientific study of insects, and (informally) of other arthropods (and occasionally other invertebrates).


lexentry: eng/entrap__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: entrap
trans_list: verleiten | verstricken
sense:
(transitive) To lure (someone), either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act.


lexentry: eng/entrapment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: entrapment
trans_list: Provokation
sense:
(legal) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.


lexentry: eng/entrapment__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: entrapment
trans_list: Beschlagnahmung
sense:
(chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.


lexentry: eng/entrecôte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entrecôte
trans_list: Entrecote | Entrecôte
sense:
Sometimes in full entrecôte steak: a premium cut of beef from between the ribs used for roasts and steaks.


lexentry: eng/entrenching_tool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entrenching tool
trans_list: Klappspaten
sense:
(military) A short shovel, usually with collapsible handle, used by soldiers for digging trenches, foxholes, etc., and as a weapon in hand-to-hand combat.


lexentry: eng/entrepreneur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entrepreneur
trans_list: Unternehmer | Unternehmerin | Entrepreneur
sense:
A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks. [from 1762]


lexentry: eng/entrepôt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entrepôt
trans_list: Packhaus | Zolllager
sense:
A city, port, or other place where merchandise is sent for import, processing, distribution, and/or export, especially one where such merchandise is exempt from some customs duties; hence, a commercial centre.


lexentry: eng/entresol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entresol
trans_list: Empore | Galerie | Galeriegeschoss | Halbgeschoss | Loge | Zwischengeschoss
sense:
A mezzanine; an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony; most often, the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor.


lexentry: eng/entropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entropy
trans_list: Entropie
sense:
(Boltzmann definition) A measure of the disorder directly proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of microstates yielding an equivalent thermodynamic macrostate.


lexentry: eng/entropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: entropy
trans_list: Entropie
sense:
(thermodynamics, countable) A measure of the amount of energy in a physical system that cannot be used to do work.


lexentry: eng/entropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: entropy
trans_list: Entropie
sense:
(statistics, information theory, countable) A measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal.


lexentry: eng/entry-level__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entry-level
trans_list: Grund
sense:
Simple enough to be appropriate to an inexperienced person, or to someone who does not need advanced features.


lexentry: eng/entry__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: entry
trans_list: Flur
sense:
A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms


lexentry: eng/entryphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entryphone
trans_list: Gegensprechanlage | Sprechanlage | Türsprechanlage | Türsprecher
sense:
An intercom system which enables someone, without opening the door, to converse with the person who has rung the doorbell.


lexentry: eng/entrée__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entrée
trans_list: Vorspeise
sense:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, historical, _, in the, _) A smaller dish served before the main course of a meal.


lexentry: eng/enunciation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enunciation
trans_list: (deutliche) Aussprache | Artikulation | Ausdrucksweise
sense:
The mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially with regards to the fullness and distinctness of articulation.


lexentry: eng/envelope__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: envelope
trans_list: Hülle
sense:
A bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship; fabric that encloses the gas-bags of an airship.


lexentry: eng/envelope__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: envelope
trans_list: Hüllkurve
sense:
(geometry) A mathematical curve, surface, or higher-dimensional object that is the tangent to a given family of lines, curves, surfaces, or higher-dimensional objects.


lexentry: eng/envious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: envious
trans_list: neidisch | neidvoll
sense:
Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging


lexentry: eng/environ__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: environ
trans_list: Umfeld
sense:
(archaic, except, in plural, formal, also, figuratively) A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment.


lexentry: eng/environmental_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: environmental science
trans_list: Ökologie
sense:
The integrated study of factors that influence the environment and environmental systems, especially the interaction of the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment.


lexentry: eng/environmentalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: environmentalism
trans_list: Ökologismus
sense:
(politics) A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity.


lexentry: eng/environmentalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: environmentalist
trans_list: Umweltschützer | Umweltschützerin
sense:
One who advocates for the protection of the environment and biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention.


lexentry: eng/envy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: envy
trans_list: Neid | Abgunst
sense:
Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/envy__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: envy
trans_list: beneiden | neiden
sense:
(transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/enzyme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enzyme
trans_list: Enzym
sense:
(biochemistry) A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.


lexentry: eng/eon__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: eon
trans_list: Äon
sense:
(geology) The longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras.


lexentry: eng/eonism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eonism
trans_list: Eonismus | Transgender
sense:
(sexology) The pretence of being the opposite sex, especially that by a man of being a woman; transvestism.


lexentry: eng/epact__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epact
trans_list: Epakte
sense:
the time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter


lexentry: eng/epazote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epazote
trans_list: Mexikanischer Drüsengänsefuß
sense:
A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.


lexentry: eng/epee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epee
trans_list: Degen
sense:
(fencing) A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.


lexentry: eng/epenthesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epenthesis
trans_list: Epenthese | Fugenlaut | Fugenelement | Epenthesis | Fugenzeichen
sense:
(phonetics, prosody) The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.


lexentry: eng/ephedra__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ephedra
trans_list: Wald-Schachtelhalm
sense:
A stimulant derived from the plant Ephedra sinica used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine and in over-the-counter weight-loss aids.


lexentry: eng/ephedrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ephedrine
trans_list: Ephedrin
sense:
(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid drug C10H15NO obtained from a Chinese ephedra (Ephedra sinica) or synthesized that has the physiological action of epinephrine. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used in the form of its hydrochloride or sulfate to relieve asthma and hay fever.


lexentry: eng/ephemeris__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ephemeris
trans_list: Ephemeride
sense:
(astronomy, nautical) A table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year; normally given as right ascension and declination.


lexentry: eng/ephod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ephod
trans_list: Efod
sense:
(biblical, Judaism) A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi–xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.


lexentry: eng/ephyra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ephyra
trans_list: Ephyra | Ephyralarve
sense:
(zoology) An immature medusoid stage of a scyphozoan jellyfish once it breaks off from its segmenting polyp.


lexentry: eng/epibranchial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epibranchial
trans_list: epibranchial
sense:
(zoology, fish anatomy, embryology) Of or pertaining to a segment, below (more ventral than) the pharyngobranchial segment and above (more dorsal than) the ceratobranchial segment, on either side of a branchial arch (in a fish) or of a pharyngeal arch (in the embryo of a vertebrate).


lexentry: eng/epic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epic
trans_list: Epos
sense:
An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.


lexentry: eng/epicentre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epicentre
trans_list: Epizentrum
sense:
(seismology) The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus, or hypocentre, of an earthquake.


lexentry: eng/epiclesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epiclesis
trans_list: Epiklese
sense:
(Christianity) A prayer invoking the Holy Spirit, especially one offered in the liturgical context of the Eucharist so as to change the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus.


lexentry: eng/epicycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epicycle
trans_list: Epizykel
sense:
(astronomy) A small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle; in Ptolemaic astronomy it was seen as the basis of revolution of the "seven planets", given a fixed central Earth.


lexentry: eng/epicycloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epicycloid
trans_list: Epizykloide
sense:
(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on the circumference of another circle.


lexentry: eng/epidemic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epidemic
trans_list: Epidemie
sense:
(epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a human population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period; an episode of outbreak and subsequent high prevalence.


lexentry: eng/epidemiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epidemiology
trans_list: Epidemiologie
sense:
(sciences) The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.


lexentry: eng/epididymis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epididymis
trans_list: Nebenhoden
sense:
(anatomy) A narrow, tightly-coiled tube connecting the efferent ducts from the rear of each testicle to its vas deferens, where sperm are stored during maturation.


lexentry: eng/epigenetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epigenetics
trans_list: Epigenetik
sense:
(genetics) The study of the processes involved in the genetic development of an organism, especially the activation and deactivation of genes.


lexentry: eng/epigenetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epigenetics
trans_list: Epigenetik
sense:
(genetics) The study of heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in DNA sequence.


lexentry: eng/epiglottis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epiglottis
trans_list: Epiglottis
sense:
(anatomy) A cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a speech organ.


lexentry: eng/epilator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epilator
trans_list: Epilierer | Epiliergerät
sense:
An electrically-powered device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.


lexentry: eng/epilepsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epilepsy
trans_list: Epilepsie | Fallsucht
sense:
(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.


lexentry: eng/epimer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epimer
trans_list: Epimer
sense:
(chemistry) Any diastereoisomer that has the opposite configuration at only one of the stereogenic centres.


lexentry: eng/epimorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epimorphism
trans_list: Epimorphismus
sense:
(category theory) A morphism p such that for any other pair of morphisms f and g, if f \circ p = g \circ p, then f = g.


lexentry: eng/epinephrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epinephrine
trans_list: Epinephrin
sense:
(hormone, neurotransmitter, organic compound, medicine) A catecholamine hormone and neurotransmitter; as a hormone, secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress (when it stimulates the autonomic nervous system); as a neurotransmitter, synthesized from norepinephrine. It is also used as a medication.


lexentry: eng/epiphany__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epiphany
trans_list: Aha-Erlebnis | Erleuchtung | Heureka-Moment
sense:
An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.


lexentry: eng/epiphenomenalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epiphenomenalism
trans_list: Epiphänomenalismus
sense:
(philosophy, psychology, countable) Such a doctrine, as advanced by a particular thinker or school of thought.


lexentry: eng/epiphenomenon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epiphenomenon
trans_list: Begleiterscheinung | Epiphänomen
sense:
(philosophy, psychology) A mental process or state that is an incidental by-product of physiological events in the brain or nervous system.


lexentry: eng/epiphyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epiphyte
trans_list: Epiphyt | Aufsitzerpflanze
sense:
(botany) A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit; an air plant.


lexentry: eng/episiotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: episiotomy
trans_list: Dammschnitt
sense:
(medical) A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.


lexentry: eng/episode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: episode
trans_list: Episode
sense:
An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.


lexentry: eng/episteme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: episteme
trans_list: Episteme
sense:
(philosophy) Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.


lexentry: eng/episteme__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: episteme
trans_list: Episteme
sense:
(specifically Foucaultian philosophy) The fundamental body of ideas and collective presuppositions that defines the nature and sets the bounds of what is accepted as true knowledge in a given epistemic epoch.


lexentry: eng/epistemic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epistemic
trans_list: epistemisch
sense:
(philosophy) Of or relating to cognition or knowledge, its scope, or how it is acquired. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/epistemology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epistemology
trans_list: Erkenntnistheorie | Epistemologie
sense:
(uncountable) The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; the theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.


lexentry: eng/epistle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: epistle
trans_list: Apostelbrief | Epistel
sense:
One of the books of the New Testament which was originally a letter issued by an apostle to an individual or a community.


lexentry: eng/epitaxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epitaxy
trans_list: Epitaxie
sense:
(crystallography) An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the same orientation, or otherwise grows under the influence of the underlying crystal into the same orientation.


lexentry: eng/epitaxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epitaxy
trans_list: Epitaxie
sense:
A type of crystal growth or material deposition in which new crystalline layers are formed with one or more well-defined orientations with respect to the crystalline seed layer.


lexentry: eng/epithalamus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epithalamus
trans_list: Epithalamus
sense:
(anatomy, neuroanatomy) The dorsal posterior segment of the diencephalon; it includes the habenula, the stria medullaris and the pineal body.


lexentry: eng/epithelium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epithelium
trans_list: Epithel
sense:
(anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.


lexentry: eng/epithet__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: epithet
trans_list: Epitheton | Beiname | Beiwort | Spitzname
sense:
(taxonomy) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.


lexentry: eng/epitope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epitope
trans_list: Epitop
sense:
(biochemistry) The part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) which is the target of an immune response


lexentry: eng/epitrachelion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epitrachelion
trans_list: Epitrachelion
sense:
(Eastern Orthodoxy) The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.


lexentry: eng/epitrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epitrite
trans_list: Epitrit | Epitritus
sense:
(poetry, Ancient Greek and Latin prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.


lexentry: eng/epitrochoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epitrochoid
trans_list: Epitrochoide
sense:
A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine


lexentry: eng/epizootic_hemorrhagic_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epizootic hemorrhagic disease
trans_list: Epizootische Hämorrhagie der Hirsche
sense:
A disease, often fatal, of wild ruminants, most notably white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), caused by Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus transmitted by certain midges, especially the species Culicoides variipennis.


lexentry: eng/epoch-making__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epoch-making
trans_list: epochemachend
sense:
Constituting an epoch; opening a new era; introducing new conceptions or a new method in the treatment of a subject; highly novel and influential.


lexentry: eng/epoch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epoch
trans_list: Epoche | Ära
sense:
A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.


lexentry: eng/epoch__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: epoch
trans_list: Epoche
sense:
(geology) A geochronologic unit of hundreds of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of a period, and subdivided into ages (or sometimes subepochs).


lexentry: eng/eponym__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: eponym
trans_list: Eponym | Namensgeber
sense:
(loosely, sometimes, _, proscribed) A name or term derived from any proper noun, inclusive of places, brands, etc.


lexentry: eng/eponymous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eponymous
trans_list: gleichnamig | namensgebend | eponymisch
sense:
Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.


lexentry: eng/epoxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epoxide
trans_list: Epoxid
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compound, cyclic ethers, having a three-membered ring; they are prepared by the selective oxidation of alkenes or by ring-closure of halohydrins; used to make plastics.


lexentry: eng/epsilon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epsilon
trans_list: Epsilon
sense:
The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).


lexentry: eng/equal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equal
trans_list: gleich
sense:
The same in all respects that matter practically; interchangeable, fungible, or (even sometimes) identical for practical purposes.


lexentry: eng/equal_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equal sign
trans_list: Gleichheitszeichen | Gleichzeichen
sense:
A symbol (=) used in mathematics to indicate that two values are the same, and elsewhere in various other ways, such as (formerly) to separate the signature from the content of a telegram.


lexentry: eng/equalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equalization
trans_list: Druckausgleich
sense:
(underwater diving) Maneuvers to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.


lexentry: eng/equalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: equalize
trans_list: den Druck im Ohr ausgleichen
sense:
(underwater diving) To clear the ears to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.


lexentry: eng/equalizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: equalizer
trans_list: Ausgleich
sense:
(category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.


lexentry: eng/equally__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equally
trans_list: gleichermaßen | gleich | gleichmäßig
sense:
(manner) In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly


lexentry: eng/equation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equation
trans_list: Ausgleich | Gleichgewicht
sense:
The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical).


lexentry: eng/equation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equation
trans_list: Gleichung
sense:
(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; in mathematical problems, equations describe various essential aspects of the problem, each of which contributes to the resolution of the problem in part.


lexentry: eng/equation_of_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equation of time
trans_list: Zeitgleichung
sense:
The discrepancy between two kinds of solar time: the apparent solar time, which directly tracks the motion of the Sun, and mean solar time, which tracks a theoretical "mean" Sun with noons that are twenty-four hours apart.


lexentry: eng/equative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equative case
trans_list: Äquativ
sense:
(grammar) A noun case in certain languages, including Ossetian and Sumerian, used to indicate likeness to something. In English grammar, it corresponds roughly to the use in English of prepositions like, as.


lexentry: eng/equator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equator
trans_list: Äquator | Linie
sense:
(geography, often, _, “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/equatorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equatorial
trans_list: Äquatorial
sense:
(astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.


lexentry: eng/equerry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equerry
trans_list: Adjutant | Kammerfrau | Kammerherr
sense:
(British) A personal attendant to a head of state, a member of a royal family, or a national representative.


lexentry: eng/equiangular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equiangular
trans_list: gleichwinklig
sense:
(geometry) Of a polygon, having all interior angles equal. This is not necessarily a regular polygon, since that would also be equilateral; a rectangle is equiangular but not equilateral, unless it is a square.


lexentry: eng/equidistant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equidistant
trans_list: äquidistant
sense:
Occupying a position that is an equal distance between several points. Note that in a one-dimensional space this position can be identified with two points, in a two-dimensional space with three points (not on the same straight line), and in a three-dimensional space with four points (not in the same plane).


lexentry: eng/equilibrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: equilibrium
trans_list: Gleichgewicht | Equilibrium
sense:
(chemistry) The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.


lexentry: eng/equilibrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: equilibrium
trans_list: Gleichgewicht | Equilibrium
sense:
(physics) The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero.


lexentry: eng/equinox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equinox
trans_list: Tagundnachtgleiche | Äquinoktium | Tagnachtgleiche
sense:
One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other.


lexentry: eng/equip__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equip
trans_list: ausstatten | ausrüsten
sense:
(transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).


lexentry: eng/equity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equity
trans_list: Billigkeitsrecht
sense:
(legal) The power of a court of law having extra-statutory discretion, to decide legal matters and to provide legal relief apart from, though not in violation of, the prevailing legal code; in some cases, a court "sitting in equity" may provide relief to a complainant should the code be found either inapplicable or insufficient to do so.


lexentry: eng/equivalence__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: equivalence
trans_list: Äquivalenz | Gleichwertigkeit
sense:
(uncountable, logic) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.


lexentry: eng/equivalence_class__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equivalence class
trans_list: Äquivalenzklasse
sense:
(set theory) Any one of the subsets into which an equivalence relation partitions a set, each of these subsets containing all the elements of the set that are equivalent under the equivalence relation.


lexentry: eng/equivalent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: equivalent
trans_list: äquivalent | gleichwertig
sense:
(mathematics, category theory) Of two categories, (informally) such that one is essentially a relabeling of the other; (formally) related by a pair of functors such the composition of the one with the other is naturally isomorphic to the identity functor.


lexentry: eng/equivocal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equivocal
trans_list: zweideutig | fragwürdig | zweifelhaft
sense:
Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.


lexentry: eng/equivocate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equivocate
trans_list: ablenken
sense:
(intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.


lexentry: eng/equivocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equivocation
trans_list: Ambiguität | Doppeldeutigkeit | Mehrdeutigkeit | Vieldeutigkeit | Wortspiel | Wortverdrehung
sense:
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.


lexentry: eng/era__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: era
trans_list: Erdzeitalter
sense:
(geology) A geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.


lexentry: eng/erase__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: erase
trans_list: löschen | ausradieren | auslöschen
sense:
(intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).


lexentry: eng/eraser__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eraser
trans_list: Radiergummi | Gummi | Radierer
sense:
(North America, Philippines) An object used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.


lexentry: eng/eraser__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: eraser
trans_list: Tafelschwamm
sense:
(North America, Philippines) An object used to erase something written either by chalk on a chalkboard, by a marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.


lexentry: eng/erastes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erastes
trans_list: Erastes
sense:
(historical) An adult man in Ancient Greece who courted or was in a pederastic relationship with an adolescent boy.


lexentry: eng/erbium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erbium
trans_list: Erbium
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.


lexentry: eng/erection__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: erection
trans_list: Erektion
sense:
(uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.


lexentry: eng/erection__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: erection
trans_list: Erektion
sense:
(uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.


lexentry: eng/erg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erg
trans_list: Erg
sense:
A unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a force of one dyne applied through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10−7 joules.


lexentry: eng/ergative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergative
trans_list: ergativ | ergativisch
sense:
(grammar) With the subject of a transitive construction having grammatical cases or thematic relations different from those of an intransitive construction.


lexentry: eng/ergative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergative case
trans_list: Ergativ
sense:
(grammar) A grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages.


lexentry: eng/ergative_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergative verb
trans_list: Ergativ
sense:
(linguistics) An ambitransitive verb where the patient is the object of the transitive, but becomes the experiencer of the intransitive use.


lexentry: eng/ergativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergativity
trans_list: Ergativität
sense:
(linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the object of a transitive verb is treated the same way as the subject of an intransitive one, while the subject of the transitive verb is treated differently.


lexentry: eng/ergodic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergodic
trans_list: ergodisch
sense:
(mathematics, physics) Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.


lexentry: eng/ergonomics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergonomics
trans_list: Ergonomie
sense:
The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury. [from c. 1950.]


lexentry: eng/ergosterol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergosterol
trans_list: Ergosterin | Ergosterol
sense:
(steroid hormone, mycology) The steroid precursor of vitamin D2. It is found in cell membranes of fungi, and is their functional equivalent of cholesterol. It is also found in the membranes of some protists.


lexentry: eng/ergot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ergot
trans_list: Mutterkorn | Mutterkornpilz
sense:
The sclerotium (wintering stage) of certain fungi in the genus Claviceps, appearing as a deformed grain in certain cereals and grasses infected by the fungi.


lexentry: eng/ergotamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergotamine
trans_list: Ergotamin
sense:
(organic chemistry, biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid.


lexentry: eng/erhu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erhu
trans_list: Erhu
sense:
A type of bowed spike fiddle having two strings, originating in China as part of the huqin family of string instruments.


lexentry: eng/erionite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erionite
trans_list: Erionit
sense:
(mineral) A zeolite mineral with a molecular structure similar to chabazite, usually found in weathered volcanic ash.


lexentry: eng/eristic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eristic
trans_list: Eristik
sense:
A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest.


lexentry: eng/erlking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erlking
trans_list: Erlkönig
sense:
(European folklore) In German literature and modern folklore, a malicious elf or spirit who preys on children.


lexentry: eng/ermine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ermine
trans_list: Hermelin
sense:
A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.


lexentry: eng/ermine__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ermine
trans_list: Hermelin
sense:
(tincture) The fur of this animal, used as a heraldic tincture: a white field with a repeating pattern of stylized black spots.


lexentry: eng/erosion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erosion
trans_list: Erosion
sense:
(uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.


lexentry: eng/erosion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: erosion
trans_list: Erosion
sense:
(uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.


lexentry: eng/erotomania__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erotomania
trans_list: Erotomanie
sense:
A psychological disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person.


lexentry: eng/errata__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: errata
trans_list: Errata
sense:
(printing) An added page in a printed work where errors which are discovered after printing and their corrections (corrigenda) are listed.


lexentry: eng/error__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: error
trans_list: Irrtum
sense:
(appellate, _, legal, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.


lexentry: eng/error_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: error bar
trans_list: Fehlerbalken
sense:
(sciences) A bar used on a graph to indicate the range of one standard deviation in the result of an experimental measurement.


lexentry: eng/erysipelas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erysipelas
trans_list: Erysipel | Wundrose | Rose | Rotlauf
sense:
(disease) An acute, sometimes recurrent febrile disease caused by infection of a hemolytic streptococcus, associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, and marked by large raised red patches on the skin.


lexentry: eng/erysipeloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erysipeloid
trans_list: Erysipeloid
sense:
(disease, usually, uncountable) A mild cutaneous infection by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in humans that resembles erysipelas.


lexentry: eng/erythrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erythrite
trans_list: Erythrit
sense:
(mineral) Red cobalt, a secondary hydrated arsenate of cobalt minerals with the formula (Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O).


lexentry: eng/erythritol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erythritol
trans_list: Erythritol | Erythrit
sense:
(organic compound) A naturally occurring tetrahydric sugar alcohol, (2R,3S)-butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol, found in some fruits and used as a food additive and sugar substitute.


lexentry: eng/erythrocyte_sedimentation_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erythrocyte sedimentation rate
trans_list: Blutsenkung
sense:
(hematology) The rate (usually expressed in millimeters per hour) at which red blood cells precipitate in a vertical tube over a period of one hour, often determined as a screening test for the presence of inflammation.


lexentry: eng/erythropoietin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erythropoietin
trans_list: Erythropoietin
sense:
(biochemistry) A glycoprotein hormone that functions as a cytokine for erythrocyte precursors in bone marrow.


lexentry: eng/escalate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: escalate
trans_list: eskalieren | weiterleiten
sense:
(transitive) In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority


lexentry: eng/escalator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: escalator
trans_list: Rolltreppe | Fahrtreppe
sense:
A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.


lexentry: eng/escape_artist__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: escape artist
trans_list: Entfesselungskünstler
sense:
An entertainer who performs escapes from perilous situations such as cages, coffins, and straitjackets.


lexentry: eng/escape_pod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escape pod
trans_list: Rettungskapsel
sense:
(mostly, scifi) Any small, secondary, emergency-use vehicle used to evacuate from the main vehicle during times of danger.


lexentry: eng/escape_sequence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escape sequence
trans_list: Escape-Sequenz
sense:
(computing, telecommunications) An escape character together with subsequent characters, not output as written, but specifying a particular behaviour.


lexentry: eng/escape_velocity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escape velocity
trans_list: Fluchtgeschwindigkeit
sense:
(astrophysics) The minimum speed needed to escape the gravitational field of a planet or other body.


lexentry: eng/escapement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escapement
trans_list: Hemmung
sense:
(clocks, mechanics) The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.


lexentry: eng/escapism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy.
written_rep: escapism
trans_list:
Eskapismus | Realitätsflucht | Wirklichkeitsflucht | Entfliehung aus dem Alltag | Flucht aus der Wirklichkeit


lexentry: eng/escapology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escapology
trans_list: Eskapismus
sense:
The study or art of escaping from a physical restraint, enclosure, or constriction, such as a rope, a sealed box, handcuffs, etc.; escape artistry.


lexentry: eng/escarole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escarole
trans_list: Eskariol | Glatte Endivie | Winterendivie
sense:
(Canada, US) A subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/escarpment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escarpment
trans_list: Abhang | Böschung | Steilhang
sense:
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.


lexentry: eng/eschar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eschar
trans_list: Grind | Kruste | Schorf | Verkrustung
sense:
(loose or obsolete) Any hard, dark, commonly flattened or sunken lesion or crust, especially on a burn, abscess, infection, wound; commonly a coagulation of blood or exudations, not necessarily involving dead or necrotic tissue.


lexentry: eng/eschatology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eschatology
trans_list: Eschatologie
sense:
(uncountable) The study of the end times—the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment.


lexentry: eng/escort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escort
trans_list: Eskorte | Geleit
sense:
A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.


lexentry: eng/escort__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escort
trans_list: eskortieren
sense:
To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to


lexentry: eng/escribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escribe
trans_list: abschreiben
sense:
(transitive, geometry) To draw outside of; designating a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the extensions of the other two sides.


lexentry: eng/escrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escrow
trans_list: Hinterlegung
sense:
(legal) A contractual arrangement whereby money or assets are held in trust by an independent agent by the agreement of the parties, which can only be released to the relevant party once certain contractual conditions have been fulfilled.


lexentry: eng/escutcheon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escutcheon
trans_list: Wappenschild
sense:
(heraldry) The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.


lexentry: eng/esoteric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: esoteric
trans_list: esoterisch
sense:
Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.


lexentry: eng/esoteric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: esoteric
trans_list: esoterisch
sense:
Having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical and without obvious practical application; often with mystical or religious connotations.


lexentry: eng/esoterism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: esoterism
trans_list: Esoterik
sense:
The inward forms of faith and religion; transcendence, mystic experience, and internal realizations of the Divine.


lexentry: eng/espouse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (transitive) To marry.
written_rep: espouse
trans_list:
die Ehe eingehen mit | ehelichen | heiraten | sich vermählen mit | zum Mann nehmen | zur Frau nehmen


lexentry: eng/espouse__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: espouse
trans_list: Partei ergreifen für | eintreten für | sich zu eigen machen | unterstützen
sense:
(transitive, figurative, modern usage) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).


lexentry: eng/espresso__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: espresso
trans_list: Espresso
sense:
A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.


lexentry: eng/esprit_de_corps__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: esprit de corps
trans_list: Korpsgeist
sense:
(idiomatic) A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit.


lexentry: eng/espy__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: espy
trans_list: beobachten
sense:
To find out or observe (someone or something, especially if not easy to see) by spying or looking; to catch sight of; to see; to spot.


lexentry: eng/espy__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: espy
trans_list: erblicken, sichten
sense:
To observe (someone or something) as a spy; also, to examine or observe (someone or something) carefully; or to look out or watch for.


lexentry: eng/esquamulose__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: esquamulose
trans_list: schuppenlos
sense:
(botany, mycology) Not covered in scales or scale-like objects; having a smooth skin or outer covering.


lexentry: eng/essential_amino_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essential amino acid
trans_list: essentielle Aminosäure
sense:
(amino acid) One of the nine naturally occurring amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and so must be provided by dietary protein.


lexentry: eng/essential_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essential oil
trans_list: ätherisches Öl
sense:
A volatile oil, used to make perfumes and flavourings, especially one having the characteristic odour of the plant from which it is obtained.


lexentry: eng/essential_tremor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essential tremor
trans_list: essentieller Tremor
sense:
(medicine, chiefly, uncountable) A neurological condition that causes rhythmic shaking of unknown cause in one or more parts of the body during voluntary movements.


lexentry: eng/essive-formal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essive-formal
trans_list: Essiv-Formal
sense:
(grammar) A case in Hungarian that combines the essive case and the formal case, and can express position, task, state (e.g. "as a tourist") or manner (e.g. "like a hunted animal").


lexentry: eng/essive-modal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essive-modal
trans_list: Essiv-Modal
sense:
(grammar) A case used in the Hungarian language to express the state, capacity, or task in which somebody is or which somebody has (essive case, e.g. "as a reward", "for example"), or the manner in which the action is carried out, or the language which somebody knows or speaks (modal case, e.g. "unexpectedly", "speak English").


lexentry: eng/essive_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essive case
trans_list: Essiv
sense:
(grammar) Noun case used to indicate a temporary state of being, such as the site of an action or the time at which it took place.


lexentry: eng/establish__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: establish
trans_list: einsetzen
sense:
(transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.


lexentry: eng/established_church__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: established church
trans_list: Staatskirche
sense:
A church that is officially recognized as a national or state church by a government; in England it is the Church of England.


lexentry: eng/establishment__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: establishment
trans_list: Einrichtung
sense:
That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.


lexentry: eng/establishment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: establishment
trans_list: Establishment
sense:
The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo.


lexentry: eng/establishment__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: establishment
trans_list: Einrichtung
sense:
(Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.


lexentry: eng/estate__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: estate
trans_list: Stand
sense:
(historical) A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/estate_agent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: estate agent
sense:
(UK, Ireland) A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.

trans_list:
Immobilienhändler | Immobilienmakler | Immobilienmaklerin | Grundstücksmakler | Grundstücksmaklerin | Hausmakler


lexentry: eng/estate_sale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: estate sale
trans_list: Haushaltsauflösung | Wohnungsauflösung
sense:
The sale of a person's possessions after their death, normally formalised by the executor of the estate.


lexentry: eng/ester__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ester
trans_list: Ester
sense:
(organic compound) A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.


lexentry: eng/estimate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: estimate
trans_list: Kostenvoranschlag
sense:
(specifically, _, in, business, and, construction) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job is likely to cost.


lexentry: eng/estimated_time_of_arrival__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: estimated time of arrival
trans_list: vorraussichtliche Ankunftszeit
sense:
The time when something (e.g., a ship, vehicle, aircraft, cargo, person, or emergency service) is expected to arrive at a certain place.


lexentry: eng/estrogen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: estrogen
trans_list: Östrogen | Estrogene
sense:
(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.


lexentry: eng/etacism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etacism
trans_list: Etazismus
sense:
(grammar) The pronunciation of the Greek eta like the Italian long e, or the vowel in the English word ate.


lexentry: eng/etc.__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etc.
trans_list: usw. | &c. | et cetera | etc. | rc. | u. s. w.
sense:
And so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known.


lexentry: eng/etch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etch
trans_list: einprägen | einbrennen
sense:
To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.


lexentry: eng/etching__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etching
trans_list: Radierung | Ätzradierung
sense:
(uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.


lexentry: eng/etendue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etendue
trans_list: Etendue
sense:
(optics) A conserved property of the light in an optical system which characterizes how "spread out" the light is in terms of angle and area: it is the product of its cross-sectional area (normal to the direction of propagation) and the solid angle it subtends.


lexentry: eng/eternalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eternalism
trans_list: Eternalismus
sense:
(philosophy, theology) The view that matter is uncreated and has existed, and will exist, eternally.


lexentry: eng/eth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eth
trans_list: Eth
sense:
A letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.


lexentry: eng/ethane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethane
trans_list: Ethan | Äthan
sense:
(organic compound, uncountable) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.


lexentry: eng/ethanol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethanol
trans_list: Ethanol | Äthanol
sense:
(organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.


lexentry: eng/ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ether
trans_list: Äther | Ether
sense:
(uncountable, literary, or, poetic) The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.


lexentry: eng/ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ether
trans_list: Äther | Ether
sense:
(uncountable, physics, historical) Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).


lexentry: eng/ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ether
trans_list: Ether | Äther
sense:
(uncountable, organic compound) Diethyl ether (C4H10O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.


lexentry: eng/ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: ether
trans_list: Äther | Ether
sense:
(countable, organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.


lexentry: eng/ethereal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethereal
trans_list: ätherisch
sense:
Pertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/ethereal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ethereal
trans_list: ätherisch | himmlisch
sense:
Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.


lexentry: eng/ethical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ethical
trans_list: ethisch
sense:
(not comparable) Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession.


lexentry: eng/ethicist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethicist
trans_list: Ethiker
sense:
A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).


lexentry: eng/ethnic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnic
trans_list: ethnisch
sense:
Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.


lexentry: eng/ethnic_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnic group
trans_list: Ethnie | Sippe | Volksgruppe | ethnische Gruppe
sense:
A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, linguistic, cultural, historical or religious grounds.


lexentry: eng/ethnic_minority__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnic minority
trans_list: ethnische Minderheit
sense:
A group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture from that of the majority of people in the place where they live.


lexentry: eng/ethnicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnicity
trans_list: Ethnizität | Volkszugehörigkeit | ethnische Zugehörigkeit
sense:
The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.


lexentry: eng/ethnocentrism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnocentrism
trans_list: Ethnozentrismus
sense:
The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.


lexentry: eng/ethnography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnography
trans_list: Ethnographie | Völkerbeschreibung | Ethnografie
sense:
(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies.


lexentry: eng/ethnology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnology
trans_list: Ethnologie | Völkerkunde
sense:
(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes different human cultures and the relationships between them.


lexentry: eng/ethnomusic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnomusic
trans_list: Ethnomusik
sense:
The traditional music associated with an ethnic group; the kinds of music studied in ethnomusicology.


lexentry: eng/ethnonym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnonym
trans_list: Ethnonym
sense:
The name of an ethnic group, nation, nationality, tribe, tribal alliance, clan, or other ethnic community.


lexentry: eng/ethnophaulism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnophaulism
trans_list: Ethnophaulismus
sense:
(countable) An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided.


lexentry: eng/ethos__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ethos
trans_list: Gesinnung
sense:
(art) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than emotional situations or individual character traits in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos.


lexentry: eng/ethyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethyl
trans_list: Ethyl | Äthyl
sense:
(organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.


lexentry: eng/ethyl_formate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethyl formate
trans_list: Ameisensäureethylester | Ethylformiat
sense:
(organic compound) A type of ester created by combining ethanol and formic acid; occurring naturally in certain plants such as raspberries.


lexentry: eng/ethylene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethylene
trans_list: Ethen | Ethylen | Äthen | Äthylen
sense:
(organic compound) The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4.


lexentry: eng/ethylene_glycol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethylene glycol
trans_list: Ethylenglycol | Äthylenglykol
sense:
(organic compound) An organic compound, HO-CH2-CH2-OH, and the chemical structure at right. It is a clear, colorless liquid under normal conditions, and is widely used as a vehicle engine coolant due to its anti-freeze properties.


lexentry: eng/ethylene_oxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethylene oxide
trans_list: Ethylenoxid
sense:
(organic compound) The simplest epoxide; used as a sterilizing agent and in the production of ethylene glycol.


lexentry: eng/ethyne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethyne
trans_list: Ethin | Äthin
sense:
(organic compound, official IUPAC name) The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula HC≡CH or C2H2.


lexentry: eng/etic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etic
trans_list: etisch
sense:
(social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures.


lexentry: eng/etiquette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etiquette
trans_list: Etikette
sense:
The manners or decent behaviour to be observed in social or professional life; conventional decorum; the ceremonial code of polite society.


lexentry: eng/etiquette__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: etiquette
trans_list: Etikette
sense:
The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other.


lexentry: eng/etude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etude
trans_list: Etüde
sense:
(music) A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.


lexentry: eng/etymology__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: etymology
trans_list: Etymologie | Herkunft | Wortherkunft
sense:
(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.


lexentry: eng/etymon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etymon
trans_list: Etymon
sense:
(linguistics, philology) The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.


lexentry: eng/eucatastrophe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eucatastrophe
trans_list: Eukatastrophe
sense:
(narratology) A catastrophe (dramatic event leading to plot resolution) that results in the protagonist's well-being. [from 1944]


lexentry: eng/eudiometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eudiometer
trans_list: Eudiometer
sense:
A graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.


lexentry: eng/euergetism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euergetism
trans_list: Euergetismus
sense:
(historical) The practice of the ancient Greek and Roman elite of distributing a part of their wealth to the community; public benefaction.


lexentry: eng/eugenics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eugenics
trans_list: Eugenik | Rassenhygiene | Eugenetik
sense:
(sociology, biology) A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with superior genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with inferior genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.


lexentry: eng/eukaryote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eukaryote
trans_list: Eukaryot
sense:
(cytology) Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.


lexentry: eng/eukaryotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eukaryotic
trans_list: Eukaryot
sense:
(biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.


lexentry: eng/eulogise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eulogise
trans_list: bejubeln | loben
sense:
(British spelling) To praise, celebrate or pay homage to someone, especially in an eloquent formal eulogy.


lexentry: eng/eunuch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eunuch
trans_list: Eunuch
sense:
Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.


lexentry: eng/euphemism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euphemism
trans_list: Euphemismus
sense:
(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another one that is more offensive, blunt or vulgar.


lexentry: eng/euphonious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euphonious
trans_list: wohlklingend | wohltönend
sense:
Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding.


lexentry: eng/euphuism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euphuism
trans_list: Euphuismus
sense:
(uncountable) An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.


lexentry: eng/euro_coin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euro coin
trans_list: Euromünze
sense:
any of the eight different coins that are in circulation in the eurozone, ranging in value from 1 cent to 2 euros. The 1 euro coin can also be specifically referred to as a euro coin.


lexentry: eng/eusocial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eusocial
trans_list: eusozial
sense:
(biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals whose genetic endowment they share


lexentry: eng/eusociality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eusociality
trans_list: eusozialität
sense:
(biology) Reproductive specialization, in which most individuals of a species are genetically infertile; the state of being eusocial.


lexentry: eng/eustasy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eustasy
trans_list: Eustasie
sense:
(geology, oceanography) A worldwide change in sea level, especially one caused by melting ice or tectonic activity. [from 1940s]


lexentry: eng/eutectic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eutectic
trans_list: eutektisch
sense:
Describing the chemical composition or temperature of a mixture of substances that gives the lowest temperature at which the mixture becomes fully molten. A further requirement is that that temperature is lower than the melting point of any of the pure component substances.


lexentry: eng/euthanasia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euthanasia
trans_list: Euthanasie | Sterbehilfe
sense:
The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering.


lexentry: eng/eutrophic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eutrophic
trans_list: eutrophisch | nährstoffreich
sense:
(biology, of a body of water) Being rich in nutrients and minerals and therefore having an excessive growth of algae and thus a diminished oxygen content to the detriment of other organisms.


lexentry: eng/eutrophication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eutrophication
trans_list: Eutrophierung
sense:
(biology) The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system.


lexentry: eng/euxenite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euxenite
trans_list: Euxenit
sense:
(mineral) A dark brown lustrous mineral that is a mixed oxide of cerium, erbium, titanium, uranium, yttrium and other more common metals, with the chemical formula (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6.


lexentry: eng/evade__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evade
trans_list: ausweichen | meiden
sense:
(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from


lexentry: eng/evaluation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evaluation
trans_list: Beurteilung | Auswertung
sense:
An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.


lexentry: eng/evanesce__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evanesce
trans_list: sublimieren
sense:
(intransitive, chemistry) To transition from the solid state to gaseous state without ever becoming a liquid


lexentry: eng/evangelist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evangelist
trans_list: Evangelist | Evangelistin
sense:
(Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.


lexentry: eng/evangelist__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evangelist
trans_list: Evangelist | Evangelistin
sense:
(Bible) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).


lexentry: eng/evangelize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evangelize
trans_list: evangelisieren
sense:
To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.


lexentry: eng/evaporate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evaporate
trans_list: ausdörren | dörren
sense:
(transitive) To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion.


lexentry: eng/evaporation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evaporation
trans_list: Eindampfen | Einkochen | Reduzieren
sense:
The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.


lexentry: eng/evasion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evasion
trans_list: Ausweichen | Hinterziehung | Umgehung | Vermeidung
sense:
The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.


lexentry: eng/evening__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evening
trans_list: Abend
sense:
The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.


lexentry: eng/evening__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: evening
trans_list: Dämmerung
sense:
(figuratively) A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.


lexentry: eng/evening_dress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evening dress
trans_list: Robe
sense:
(countable) An elegant dress worn by women, especially for social events in the evening, an evening gown.


lexentry: eng/evening_prayer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evening prayer
trans_list: Abendgebet
sense:
(Anglicanism, Methodism) The second of the two services of the Daily Office, combining the canonical hours of vespers and compline. Commonly called evensong, especially when the service is musical.


lexentry: eng/event__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: event
trans_list: Ereignis | Veranstaltung
sense:
(computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.


lexentry: eng/event_horizon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: event horizon
trans_list: Ereignishorizont
sense:
(astrophysics) The gravitational sphere of a black hole within which the escape velocity is greater than the speed of light.


lexentry: eng/eventually__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eventually
trans_list: schließlich | letztendlich
sense:
In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.


lexentry: eng/everlasting__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: everlasting
trans_list: ewig
sense:
Chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever; eternal.


lexentry: eng/everlasting_flower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: everlasting flower
trans_list: Amarant
sense:
Any of several plants, chiefly of the family Asteraceae (principally the tribe Gnaphalieae), having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried; also, a flower of such a plant.


lexentry: eng/every_man_for_himself__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: every man for himself
trans_list: jeder ist sich selbst der Nächste
sense:
(nautical) A command, issued in case of shipwreck, that crew members are relieved of all duties and should try to save themselves.


lexentry: eng/evict__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evict
trans_list: exmittieren | ausweisen | vertreiben | verweisen
sense:
(transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.


lexentry: eng/evidentiality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evidentiality
trans_list: Beweiskraft
sense:
(linguistics) The encoding into a language of the source of information being communicated, so as to distinguish (for example) hearsay from something actually witnessed.


lexentry: eng/evidently__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evidently
trans_list: offensichtlich
sense:
In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/evil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evil
trans_list: Böse | Übel
sense:
Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.


lexentry: eng/evil_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evil eye
trans_list: böser Blick
sense:
A wicked look conveying dislike or envy that in many cultures is believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; also, the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look, supposed to be possessed by some people.


lexentry: eng/evil_laugh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evil laugh
trans_list: dreckige Lache | hämische Lache | schmutzige Lache
sense:
A signature laugh associated with villains in films and acting, sometimes represented as muahahaha or bwahaha.


lexentry: eng/evocative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evocative
trans_list: atmosphärisch | evokativ | heraufbeschwörend | hervorrufend | sinnträchtig | wachrufend
sense:
That which evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.


lexentry: eng/evoke__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evoke
trans_list: hervorrufen | heraufbeschwören
sense:
(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.


lexentry: eng/evolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evolution
trans_list: Evolution
sense:
(geometry) The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/evolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: evolution
trans_list: Evolution
sense:
(biology) The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/evolutionary_biology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evolutionary biology
trans_list: Evolutionsbiologie
sense:
(evolutionary theory) A subfield of biology concerned with the origin and descent of species and as their evolution, multiplication and diversity over time.


lexentry: eng/evolutionary_developmental_biology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evolutionary developmental biology
trans_list: evolutionäre Entwicklungsbiologie
sense:
(biology) A branch of biology that studies the interaction of evolutionary and developmental processes.


lexentry: eng/evolutionary_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evolutionary theory
sense:
(biology) A theory of evolution, especially the scientific theory of evolution through natural selection.

trans_list:
Evolutionstheorie | Abstammungslehre | Abstammungstheorie | Deszendenzlehre | Deszendenztheorie | Entwicklungslehre


lexentry: eng/ewer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ewer
trans_list: Krug
sense:
A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle. Originally used for carrying water


lexentry: eng/ex__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ex
trans_list: Ex
sense:
(colloquial) A former partner or spouse, usually short for ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife or ex-husband.


lexentry: eng/ex_nunc__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ex nunc
trans_list: ex nunc
sense:
(legal) “from now on”. Used to describe certain legal effects which are applicable solely from this point (in time) on and therefore do not affect past actions.


lexentry: eng/ex_tunc__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ex tunc
trans_list: ex tunc
sense:
(legal) from the beginning, from the outset. Used to describe certain legal effects that can affect situations prior to this point in time and therefore can affect past actions.


lexentry: eng/exa-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exa-
trans_list: Exa
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1018 (a short scale quintillion or long scale trillion). Symbol: E


lexentry: eng/exact__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exact
trans_list: exakt | genau
sense:
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.


lexentry: eng/exact__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exact
trans_list: abverlangen | eintreiben | fordern
sense:
(ambitransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.


lexentry: eng/exact_cover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exact cover
trans_list: exakte Überdeckung
sense:
(topology, combinatorics) Given a collection S of subsets of a set X, a subcollection S* of S such that each element of X is contained in exactly one subset in S*.


lexentry: eng/exact_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exact science
trans_list: exakte Wissenschaft
sense:
(sciences, narrowly) A mathematical science, i.e. a field of science such as mathematics or mathematical physics which is capable of perfectly exact results based on rigorously formal methods.


lexentry: eng/exaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exaction
trans_list: Forderung
sense:
The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force


lexentry: eng/exaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exaction
trans_list: Forderung
sense:
That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.


lexentry: eng/exaggeration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exaggeration
trans_list: Übertreibung
sense:
The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.


lexentry: eng/examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: examination
trans_list: Untersuchung
sense:
Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.


lexentry: eng/examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: examination
trans_list: Prüfung | Untersuchung | Examen | Test | Erprobung | Versuch
sense:
(education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.


lexentry: eng/examination_of_conscience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: examination of conscience
trans_list: Gewissenserforschung
sense:
(religion) A review of one's thoughts, words, actions, and omissions for the purpose of ascertaining conformity with, or deviation from, the moral law.


lexentry: eng/examine__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: examine
trans_list: prüfen | untersuchen
sense:
To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination.


lexentry: eng/examining_magistrate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: examining magistrate
trans_list: Ermittlungsrichter | Jourrichter | Untersuchungsrichter
sense:
(law) A judge in an inquisitorial system of law who carries out pre-trial investigations into allegations of crime and in some cases makes a recommendation for prosecution.


lexentry: eng/example__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: example
trans_list: Beispiel | Vorbild
sense:
Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).


lexentry: eng/example__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: example
trans_list: Beispiel | Vorbild
sense:
An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.


lexentry: eng/exbibyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exbibyte
trans_list: Exbibyte
sense:
(computing) Strictly, 260 (10246, 1,152,921,504,606,846,976) bytes or 210 (1024) pebibytes, as opposed to an exabyte.


lexentry: eng/excavation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excavation
trans_list: Ausgrabung | Grabung
sense:
(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.


lexentry: eng/except__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: except
trans_list: ausgenommen | bis auf | höchstens
sense:
Used to introduce a clause, phrase, verb infinitive, adverb or other non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.


lexentry: eng/exception__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exception
trans_list: Ausnahme
sense:
The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.


lexentry: eng/exception__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exception
trans_list: Ausnahme
sense:
That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.


lexentry: eng/exception__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: exception
trans_list: Ausnahme | Ausnahmebedingung | Exception
sense:
(programming) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.


lexentry: eng/exceptionalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exceptionalism
trans_list: Exzeptionalismus
sense:
The belief that something (a nation, species etc.) is exceptional, superior, or does not conform to an established norm.


lexentry: eng/excess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excess
trans_list: Überfluss
sense:
The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.


lexentry: eng/excess__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: excess
trans_list: Übermaß | Völlerei | Überschuss
sense:
(geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.


lexentry: eng/excipient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excipient
trans_list: Hilfsstoff
sense:
(pharmacy, pharmacology) An ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.


lexentry: eng/excise_tax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excise tax
trans_list: Verbrauchssteuer | Verbrauchsteuer
sense:
Any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.


lexentry: eng/excitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: excitation
trans_list: Erregung
sense:
(physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation.


lexentry: eng/excitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: excitation
trans_list: Anregung | Erregung
sense:
(physics) A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation.


lexentry: eng/excite__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: excite
trans_list: erregen
sense:
(transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.


lexentry: eng/exclusion_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exclusion zone
trans_list: Sperrgebiet | Sperrzone
sense:
A geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities, see also Restricted Area.


lexentry: eng/exclusive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exclusive
trans_list: exklusiv
sense:
(figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of social status, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.


lexentry: eng/exclusive_or__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exclusive or
trans_list: exklusives Oder
sense:
(logic, computing) An exclusive disjunction; the result of applying the above-described exclusive or to two or more predicates; contrasted with an inclusive or, which is the result of applying an inclusive or.


lexentry: eng/exclusive_right__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exclusive right
trans_list: ausschließliches Recht
sense:
(legal) The power, granted by the government to persons, to allow or disallow others from taking certain actions (through legal force)


lexentry: eng/excommunication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excommunication
trans_list: Exkommunikation
sense:
The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.


lexentry: eng/excoriate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
sense: (transitive, figuratively) To strongly condemn or criticize.
written_rep: excoriate
trans_list:
kein gutes Haar lassen an | mit vernichtender Kritik überziehen | scharf verurteilen | vernichtend kritisieren


lexentry: eng/excrete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excrete
trans_list: ausscheiden
sense:
(biology, ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.


lexentry: eng/excretion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excretion
trans_list: Ausscheidung | Exkretion
sense:
The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.


lexentry: eng/excuse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excuse
trans_list: Ausrede | Ausflucht
sense:
(countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.


lexentry: eng/excuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: excuse
trans_list: entschuldigen
sense:
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.


lexentry: eng/excuse_me__Phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: excuse me
trans_list: Entschuldigung! | Entschuldigung? | wie bitte?
sense:
(North America) Said, as though as a request to repeat information, in order to indicate disbelief or indignation.


lexentry: eng/excussion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excussion
trans_list: Vorausklage
sense:
The process or proceedings whereby a creditor must proceed against a principal debtor before proceeding against a surety or subsidiary debtor.


lexentry: eng/execration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: execration
trans_list: Abscheu | Fluch | Verwünschung
sense:
An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.


lexentry: eng/executable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: executable
trans_list: ausführbare Datei
sense:
(computing) A file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing.


lexentry: eng/execute__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: execute
trans_list: ausführen | durchführen
sense:
(transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.


lexentry: eng/executive__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: executive
trans_list: Exekutive
sense:
The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.


lexentry: eng/executive_committee__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: executive committee
trans_list: Exekutivausschuss | Exekutivkomitee | Vorstand
sense:
(government, politics, Quebec) the equivalent of the cabinet of ministers for a city government, serving the mayor.


lexentry: eng/executive_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: executive order
trans_list: Dekret
sense:
(legal, chiefly, US) An ordinance issued by the authority of the head of the executive branch of government.


lexentry: eng/executive_producer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: executive producer
trans_list: Herstellungsleiter
sense:
(US) A job title of varying meaning, common in entertainment, computing and many other industries; often a person in charge of other producers.


lexentry: eng/executive_summary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: executive summary
trans_list: Kurzfassung
sense:
(business) A short document that summarizes all the reports of a company, or the contents of a longer report to which it is attached.


lexentry: eng/executor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: executor
trans_list: Testamentsvollstrecker | Testamentsvollstreckerin
sense:
(legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.


lexentry: eng/exegete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exegete
trans_list: Exeget | Exegetin
sense:
A person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter of texts, difficult passages, law, oracles, and similar obscure or esoteric sources.


lexentry: eng/exemplar__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: exemplar
trans_list: Urschrift
sense:
A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.


lexentry: eng/exemplification__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exemplification
trans_list: originalgetreue Ausfertigung
sense:
(legal) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.


lexentry: eng/exercise__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exercise
trans_list: Übung | Sport | Training
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.


lexentry: eng/exercise_ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exercise ball
trans_list: Gymnastikball
sense:
A soft, elastic ball with a diameter of approximately 35 to 85 centimetres, used in physical therapy and exercise.


lexentry: eng/exercise_book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exercise book
trans_list: Heft | Schulheft
sense:
A booklet for students, containing either problems or exercises, and blank, often lined pages for writing answers.


lexentry: eng/exercise_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exercise machine
trans_list: Heimtrainer | Trainingsgerät
sense:
Any of a great variety of devices, powered either by electricity or by the user, used to improve strength or physical fitness.


lexentry: eng/exergue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exergue
trans_list: Abschnitt
sense:
(numismatics) A space beneath the main design on a coin or medal for the insertion of the date or other minor inscription.


lexentry: eng/exhale__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhale
trans_list: ausatmen
sense:
(intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.


lexentry: eng/exhaust__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhaust
trans_list: Auspuff
sense:
A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.


lexentry: eng/exhaust__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exhaust
trans_list: aufbrauchen | erschöpfen
sense:
(transitive, literally, figuratively) To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or use until the supply comes to an end.


lexentry: eng/exhaust_pipe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhaust pipe
trans_list: Auspuff | Auspuffrohr
sense:
For internal combustion engines, any of several pipes, connected in series, that carry waste gases away from the engine and vent it to the air.


lexentry: eng/exhaust_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhaust system
trans_list: Abgasanlage
sense:
(automotive) The subsystem of an engine that takes the products of the combustion chamber through a catalytic converter and silencer to the final pipe that releases the gases to the air.


lexentry: eng/exhaust_valve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhaust valve
trans_list: Abblaseventil
sense:
(in an internal combustion engine) A valve through which the products of combustion escape from the cylinder to the manifold.


lexentry: eng/exhibit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhibit
trans_list: ausstellen | zeigen | vorzeigen | zur Schau stellen
sense:
(transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.


lexentry: eng/exhibitionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exhibitionism
trans_list: Exhibitionismus
sense:
The practice or character trait of deliberately displaying one's genitals, nipples, or buttocks in public for sexual gratification.


lexentry: eng/existential_crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: existential crisis
trans_list: Existenzkrise | existenzielle Krise
sense:
(existentialism) A state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort about questions of existence.


lexentry: eng/existential_quantifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: existential quantifier
trans_list: Existenzquantor | Partikularquantor
sense:
(logic) The operator, represented by the symbol ∃, used in predicate calculus to indicate that a predicate is true for at least one member of a specified set. Verbal equivalents include "there exists" and "there is".


lexentry: eng/existentialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: existentialism
trans_list: Existentialismus | Existenzialismus
sense:
(philosophy, countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.


lexentry: eng/exit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exit
trans_list: Ausfahrt
sense:
(road transport) A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway).


lexentry: eng/exit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exit
trans_list: Ausgang
sense:
An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress.


lexentry: eng/exit_poll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exit poll
trans_list: Wahltagsbefragung
sense:
A poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station, used to predict the outcome of an election.


lexentry: eng/exit_strategy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exit strategy
trans_list: Ausstiegsstrategie | Exit-Strategie
sense:
(usually, military, politics, or, business) A well-defined plan for bringing involvement in a mission, activity, or commitment to an acceptable conclusion.


lexentry: eng/exobiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exobiology
trans_list: Exobiologie
sense:
(biology, science fiction) The branch of biology dealing with lifeforms originating a different planet.


lexentry: eng/exogamy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exogamy
trans_list: Exogamie
sense:
marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own as required by custom or law


lexentry: eng/exogenous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exogenous
trans_list: exogen
sense:
(economics, of a model) Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.


lexentry: eng/exonym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exonym
trans_list: Exonym | Exonymon | Fremdbezeichnung
sense:
An external name for a place, people or a language used by outgroup members (such as foreigners) instead of ingroup members (such as native-language speakers).


lexentry: eng/exorcise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exorcise
trans_list: austreiben | exorzieren
sense:
(transitive) To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.


lexentry: eng/exorcism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exorcism
trans_list: Exorzismus | Teufelaustreibung | Teufelsbeschwörung
sense:
The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.


lexentry: eng/exorcist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exorcist
trans_list: Exorzist | Exorzistin | Geisteraustreiber | Geisteraustreiberin | Geisterbanner | Geisterbannerin
sense:
A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.


lexentry: eng/exoskeleton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exoskeleton
trans_list: Exoskelett
sense:
(anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.


lexentry: eng/exoteric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exoteric
trans_list: Staatsanwaltschaft
sense:
Of a doctrine, information, etc.: suitable to be imparted to the public without secrecy or other reservations.


lexentry: eng/exoteric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exoteric
trans_list: erschwinglich
sense:
Capable of being fully or readily comprehended by the public; accessible; also, having an obvious application.


lexentry: eng/exothermic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exothermic
trans_list: exotherm
sense:
(chemistry, of a compound) That releases heat during its formation, and absorbs it during its decomposition.


lexentry: eng/exotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exotic
trans_list: exotisch
sense:
(gambling) Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.


lexentry: eng/expand__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expand
trans_list: expandieren | vergrößern
sense:
(transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.


lexentry: eng/expanded_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: expanded metal
trans_list: Streckmetall
sense:
Sheet metal that has been slit and stretched at right angles to the slits to form a lattice; used for making screens etc and for reinforcing concrete.


lexentry: eng/expectable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expectable
trans_list: erwartbar
sense:
Able to be expected or considered due or required (of someone), reasonable to expect (someone to do, have, etc).


lexentry: eng/expected_value__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expected value
trans_list: Erwartungswert
sense:
(probability theory) The weighted average of outcome values, using probability as the weighting function.


lexentry: eng/expectoration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expectoration
trans_list: Expektoration
sense:
(physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.


lexentry: eng/expediency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expediency
trans_list: Opportunität | Zweckdienlichkeit | Zweckmäßigkeit
sense:
(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.


lexentry: eng/expedient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expedient
trans_list: Ausweg | Mittel | Notbehelf | Notlösung | Ausflucht | Behelf
sense:
A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.


lexentry: eng/experience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: experience
trans_list: Erfahrung | Erlebnis
sense:
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.


lexentry: eng/experience__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: experience
trans_list: Erfahrung | Erlebnis
sense:
(usually, uncountable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.


lexentry: eng/experience__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: experience
trans_list: erfahren | erleben
sense:
(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.


lexentry: eng/experience_points__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: experience points
trans_list: Erfahrungspunkt
sense:
(RPG) A system of points which, when a predetermined amount is accumulated by a player character, causes them to level up. This is one of the core mechanics of many role-playing games. Abbreviations: EXP or XP.


lexentry: eng/experiment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: experiment
trans_list: Experiment | Versuch
sense:
A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.


lexentry: eng/expert_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expert system
trans_list: Expertensystem
sense:
(AI) A type of artificially intelligent software system that stores expertise concerning some subject matter in a knowledge base and attempts to answer questions or solve problems in a manner which simulates the thought processes of a human expert.


lexentry: eng/expiration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expiration
trans_list: Ausatmung
sense:
(uncountable) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.


lexentry: eng/expiry_date__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expiry date
trans_list: Haltbarkeitsdatum | Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum | Verfallsdatum
sense:
(UK) The date on which something runs out or expires and becomes out of date, in many cases needing renewal.


lexentry: eng/explain__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: explain
trans_list: erklären | erläutern
sense:
(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.


lexentry: eng/explicit__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: explicit
trans_list: explizit
sense:
(euphemism) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic through clear and direct expressions. [from 1971]


lexentry: eng/exploded_view__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exploded view
trans_list: Explosionsgrafik | Explosionszeichnung
sense:
A view in a drawing showing the parts in an assembly separated outwardly, with an indication of how they fit together.


lexentry: eng/exploit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exploit
trans_list: ausbeuten | ausnutzen
sense:
(transitive) To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.


lexentry: eng/exploit__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exploit
trans_list: ausbeuten | ausnutzen
sense:
(transitive) To make unfair use of someone else's labor, person, or property to one's own advantage.


lexentry: eng/exploration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exploration
trans_list: Erforschung | Erkundung | Exploration | Untersuchung
sense:
The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.


lexentry: eng/explosion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: explosion
trans_list: Explosion
sense:
A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.


lexentry: eng/exponent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exponent
trans_list: Exponent
sense:
(mathematics) The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2^3=8.


lexentry: eng/exponential__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exponential
trans_list: exponentiell
sense:
(mathematics) Characterised by a rate of change that is proportional to the value of the varying quantity, or, equivalently, by a doubling or halving over successive fixed intervals of time or other parameter, described as exponential growth or exponential decay.


lexentry: eng/exponential_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exponential function
trans_list: Exponentialfunktion
sense:
(mathematics) Any function in which an independent variable is in the form of an exponent; they are the inverse functions of logarithms


lexentry: eng/exponential_growth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exponential growth
trans_list: exponentielles Wachstum
sense:
(mathematics) The growth in the value of a quantity in which the rate of growth is proportional to the instantaneous value of the quantity; for example, when the value has doubled, the rate of increase will also have doubled. The rate may be positive or negative.


lexentry: eng/exponentiate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exponentiate
trans_list: potenzieren
sense:
(transitive) To raise (a number or mathematical expression) to a power; to apply an exponent to a mathematical expression.


lexentry: eng/exponentiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exponentiation
trans_list: Exponentiation
sense:
(mathematics, arithmetic) The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.


lexentry: eng/exporter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exporter
trans_list: Exporteur | Exporteurin
sense:
One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.


lexentry: eng/expose__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: expose
trans_list: aussetzen
sense:
To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.


lexentry: eng/expose_oneself__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expose oneself
trans_list: Blöße
sense:
(idiomatic, euphemistic) To display one's genitalia in a public place or in other inappropriate circumstances.


lexentry: eng/exposed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exposed
trans_list: ausgesetzt
sense:
(usually followed by to) Open (especially to something), unconcealed and/or unprotected (and therefore vulnerable, susceptible).


lexentry: eng/exposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exposition
trans_list: Exposition | Ausstellung
sense:
(authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing, in nonfiction or in fiction; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe or explain a set of things (such as, in fiction, the setting, characters and other non-plot elements).


lexentry: eng/exposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: exposition
trans_list: Einführung
sense:
(authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.


lexentry: eng/exposure__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: exposure
trans_list: Lage
sense:
(countable, uncountable) That part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view.


lexentry: eng/express__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: express
trans_list: Express | Schnellzug
sense:
A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly, either on a regular schedule or as a special or excursion. Express trains often pass through stations along the way without stopping at them.


lexentry: eng/expression__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: expression
trans_list: Ausdruck
sense:
(mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.


lexentry: eng/expressionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expressionism
trans_list: Expressionismus
sense:
A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences.


lexentry: eng/expressway__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: expressway
trans_list: Kraftfahrstraße | Autostrasse | Autostraße
sense:
(UK, New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.


lexentry: eng/expropriate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: expropriate
trans_list: enteignen
sense:
(transitive) To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.


lexentry: eng/expropriation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expropriation
trans_list: Enteignung | Expropriation
sense:
The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property without material compensation; the act of depriving oneself of private propriety rights.


lexentry: eng/expurgate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expurgate
trans_list: entfernen
sense:
(transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.


lexentry: eng/expurgate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: expurgate
trans_list: entfernen
sense:
(transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.


lexentry: eng/extemporize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extemporize
trans_list: extemporieren
sense:
(intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.


lexentry: eng/extended_family__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extended family
trans_list: Großfamilie
sense:
A family consisting of parents and children, along with additional members such as grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins, etc.


lexentry: eng/extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: extension
trans_list: Ausdehnung
sense:
That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").


lexentry: eng/extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: extension
trans_list: Ausdehnung
sense:
(semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.


lexentry: eng/extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: extension
trans_list: Verlängerung
sense:
(banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.


lexentry: eng/extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: extension
trans_list: Durchwahl
sense:
(telecommunication) A numerical code used to indicate a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.


lexentry: eng/extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 19
written_rep: extension
trans_list: Erweiterung | Ausdehnung
sense:
(ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.


lexentry: eng/extension_cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extension cord
trans_list: Verlängerungskabel | Verlängerungsschnur
sense:
(electronics, US) An electrical cord with a plug one end, and a single socket or a multi-port socket at the other end, used for powering one or more devices at a distance, too far from the wall outlet to be reached by the normal cords of the device or devices.


lexentry: eng/extension_reel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extension reel
trans_list: Kabeltrommel
sense:
(electronics) An extension lead that rolls up, usually into the socket end, which in some cases has more than one socket on it (often 2 or 4).


lexentry: eng/exterminate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exterminate
trans_list: ausrotten
sense:
(transitive) To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.


lexentry: eng/externality__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: externality
trans_list: Externalität | externer Effekt
sense:
(economics, countable) An impact, positive or negative, on any party not involved in a given economic transaction or act.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extinct
trans_list: erloschen
sense:
(dated) Of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining; extinguished, quenched.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: extinct
trans_list: aussterben | ausgestorben
sense:
(chiefly, biology) Of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: extinct
trans_list: erloschen
sense:
(geology) Of a geological feature: no longer active; specifically, of a volcano: no longer erupting.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extinct
trans_list: auslöschen
sense:
(specifically, biology) To cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct (adjective sense 2.3).


lexentry: eng/extort__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extort
trans_list: abnötigen
sense:
(transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.


lexentry: eng/extra__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extra
trans_list: zusätzlich
sense:
(not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.


lexentry: eng/extracellular_matrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extracellular matrix
trans_list: EZM | Extrazellularmatrix | extrazelluläre Matrix
sense:
(anatomy, cytology, histology) All the microscopic fibres and other molecular structures that are produced by a particular type of cell#Noun but are not part of it (that is, that lie outside its cell membrane), providing support#Noun to the cells and often serving as a co-constituent of the tissue that they constitute, especially a connective tissue.


lexentry: eng/extract__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: extract
trans_list: Extrakt
sense:
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue


lexentry: eng/extract__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: extract
trans_list: Extrakt
sense:
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).


lexentry: eng/extract__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extract
trans_list: entnehmen | entziehen | herausziehen | ziehen
sense:
(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.


lexentry: eng/extractor_hood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extractor hood
trans_list: Dunstabzugshaube | Abzugshaube | Wrasenabzug
sense:
(UK) An electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking.


lexentry: eng/extradition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extradition
trans_list: Auslieferung
sense:
A formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government or jurisdiction is handed over to another government or jurisdiction for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.


lexentry: eng/extranet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extranet
trans_list: Extranet
sense:
(computing) A private computer network that uses Internet protocols and can be accessed by authorized individuals via the Internet.


lexentry: eng/extrapolate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: extrapolate
trans_list: extrapolieren
sense:
(transitive, mathematics) To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones


lexentry: eng/extrapolation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extrapolation
trans_list: Extrapolation | Hochrechnung
sense:
(mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.


lexentry: eng/extrasystole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extrasystole
trans_list: Extrasystole
sense:
(medicine) A premature contraction of the heart, producing an interruption or irregularity in heartbeat rhythm, associated with heart disease or the use of some pharmaceuticals.


lexentry: eng/extraterrestrial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extraterrestrial
trans_list: außerirdisch | extraterrestrisch
sense:
Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.


lexentry: eng/extraterrestrial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extraterrestrial
trans_list: Außerirdische | Außerirdischer
sense:
A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.


lexentry: eng/extraterritoriality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extraterritoriality
trans_list: Exterritorialität
sense:
(legal, uncountable) Immunity from the local laws of a certain area, especially due to diplomatic negotiation.


lexentry: eng/extreme_sport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extreme sport
trans_list: Extremsport
sense:
Any sport taking place at potentially dangerous speeds or heights, or involving a high level of physical exertion, highly specialized gear, or spectacular stunts.


lexentry: eng/extremist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extremist
trans_list: Extremist | Extremistin
sense:
(political) A person who holds extreme views, especially one who advocates such views; a radical or fanatic.


lexentry: eng/extroversion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extroversion
trans_list: Extraversion
sense:
(informal, _, psychology) A personality orientation towards others and things outside oneself; behavior expressing such orientation.


lexentry: eng/extroverted__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extroverted
trans_list: extrovertiert
sense:
(informal, _, psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an extrovert: outgoing, sociable.


lexentry: eng/extrusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extrusion
trans_list: Extrusion | Formdrücken | Formpressen | Strangpressen
sense:
A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.


lexentry: eng/exude__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exude
trans_list: absondern
sense:
(transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.


lexentry: eng/exuviate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exuviate
trans_list: umladen
sense:
(ambitransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).


lexentry: eng/eye-popping__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (informal) Astonishing, stunning, incredible.
written_rep: eye-popping
trans_list:
atemberaubend | beeindruckend | gewaltig ins Auge fallend | in Erstaunen verrsetzend | sagenhaft | spektakulär


lexentry: eng/eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: eye
trans_list: Öse
sense:
A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.


lexentry: eng/eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: eye
trans_list: Auge | Knospe | Trieb
sense:
A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a hook, pin, rope, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone.


lexentry: eng/eye_dialect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye dialect
trans_list: Umgangssprache
sense:
(uncountable) Nonstandard spellings which, although they indicate a standard pronunciation, are deliberately substituted in place of the standard spellings, often to indicate that a speaker's regular use of language is nonstandard or dialectal.


lexentry: eng/eye_for_an_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye for an eye
trans_list: Auge um Auge
sense:
(idiom) Compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting an identical injury on that person.


lexentry: eng/eye_patch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye patch
trans_list: Augenklappe
sense:
An opaque patch worn so as to cover an injured or infected eye or an eye socket in order to protect or conceal it, or to treat amblyopia in children.


lexentry: eng/eye_pattern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye pattern
trans_list: Augendiagramm
sense:
(electronics) An oscilloscope display of a data signal passed through a transmission line, clocked synchronously to the data symbols; used to analyze the quality of transmission.


lexentry: eng/eye_socket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye socket
trans_list: Augenhöhle | Orbita
sense:
(anatomy, ophthalmology) The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.


lexentry: eng/eyeball__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyeball
sense:
(transitive, informal) To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.

trans_list:
nach Augenmaß abmessen | nach Augenmaß abschätzen | nach Augenmaß hinzufügen | nach Augenmaß hinzugeben


lexentry: eng/eyebright__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyebright
trans_list: Augentrost
sense:
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/eyelet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyelet
trans_list: Schnüröse | Öse
sense:
An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.


lexentry: eng/eyepiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyepiece
trans_list: Okular
sense:
The lens (or the component containing a combination of lenses) at the eye end of a microscope or telescope by which the image is viewed.


lexentry: eng/eyeshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyeshade
trans_list: der Schild
sense:
(countable) A type of headgear for shielding the eyes from glaring light, usually consisting of a visor and a headband, more popular among indoor workers in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries than today.


lexentry: eng/eyeshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eyeshade
trans_list: Lidschatten
sense:
(not countable) A cosmetic product which may be applied to the upper eyelid and to the area near the eye to change skin coloration.


lexentry: eng/eyespot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyespot
trans_list: Augenfleck
sense:
(biology, countable) Any of various primitive light-sensitive organs or regions in many diverse organisms.


lexentry: eng/eyewash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyewash
trans_list: Augenwischerei
sense:
(countable, uncountable) The washing out of the eyes with copious solution (usually water alone) to quickly remove an irritant, as for example in laboratories and industrial plants; the washing solution itself.


lexentry: eng/f-hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: f-hole
trans_list: F-Loch
sense:
(musical instruments) A sound hole, shaped like a lowercase f, through the top surface of a string instrument.


lexentry: eng/f-number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: f-number
trans_list: Öffnung
sense:
(photography) The ratio of the focal length of a lens to its diameter; a measure of the light-gathering ability of the lens.


lexentry: eng/fa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fa
trans_list: Fa.
sense:
(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.


lexentry: eng/fable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fable
trans_list: Fabel
sense:
A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.


lexentry: eng/fable__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fable
trans_list: fabulieren
sense:
(intransitive, archaic) To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true.


lexentry: eng/fabliau__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fabliau
trans_list: Fabliau
sense:
A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.


lexentry: eng/fabric__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fabric
trans_list: Komposition | Muster | Textur
sense:
(archaic) The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.


lexentry: eng/fabric_softener__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fabric softener
trans_list: Weichspüler
sense:
A chemical agent used to prevent static cling and make fabric softer by coating the surface of the cloth fibers with a thin layer of chemicals; these chemicals have lubricant properties and are electrically conductive, thus making the fibers feel smoother and preventing buildup of static electricity; usually available as a liquid or as dryer sheets.


lexentry: eng/facade__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: facade
trans_list: Fassade
sense:
(programming) An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.


lexentry: eng/facade_pattern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: facade pattern
trans_list: Fassade
sense:
(software, object-oriented) A structural design pattern that provides an object that is a simplified interface to a larger body of code, such as a class library.


lexentry: eng/face-down__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: face-down
trans_list: bäuch­lings
sense:
(of a person or object) In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed forward for viewing is positioned downward.


lexentry: eng/face__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: face
trans_list: Gesicht | Ansehen
sense:
(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.


lexentry: eng/face__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: face
trans_list: Gesicht | Gesichtsausdruck
sense:
(in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.


lexentry: eng/face__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: face
trans_list: Fläche | Facette | Gesicht
sense:
(geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.


lexentry: eng/face__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: face
trans_list: ausrichten
sense:
(transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).


lexentry: eng/face__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: face
trans_list: (sich etwas) stellen | einer Tatsache ins Auge sehen
sense:
(transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.


lexentry: eng/face__Verb__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: face
trans_list: schauen | zeigen
sense:
(engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.


lexentry: eng/face_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: face card
trans_list: Anstreicher
sense:
(US, cards) A playing card with a face, properly a jack, queen, or king but (inexact, sometimes, _, proscribed) sometimes also an ace or joker.


lexentry: eng/facekini__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: facekini
trans_list: Face-Kini
sense:
A balaclava-like swimwear face mask which completely covers the face except for holes for the eyes, nose, and mouth, worn as protection from sun and irritants.


lexentry: eng/facemask__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: facemask
trans_list: Facemask
sense:
(American football, Canadian football) The part of the helmet that directly covers the face, made of one or more plastic-coated metal bars.


lexentry: eng/facepalm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: facepalm
trans_list: Facepalm | Fazialpalmieren | Stirnklatsch
sense:
A gesture of bringing one or both palms to the face, with various interpretations including exasperation, chagrin, embarrassment (one's own or vicarious), etc.


lexentry: eng/facepalm__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: facepalm
trans_list: die Hände vors Gesicht schlagen | fazialpalmieren
sense:
To bring the palm of one’s hand to one’s face as an expression of mixed humor and disbelief, disgust or shame; for example, when one is caught off-guard with a particularly bad pun.


lexentry: eng/faceplate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faceplate
trans_list: Frontplatte | Visier
sense:
A removable protective shield separating the inner workings of a machine from operator and observer.


lexentry: eng/fachidiot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fachidiot
trans_list: Fachidiot
sense:
(rare) A (narrow) specialist expert who is ignorant outside of their specialty, or who only looks at problems through the (blinkered) lens of their own specialty.


lexentry: eng/facial_hair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: facial hair
trans_list: Gesichtsbehaarung
sense:
(uncountable) Hair on, or from, the face of a human, such as the eyebrows of a man or woman or the androgenic hair (beard or moustache) of a man.


lexentry: eng/facilitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: facilitation
trans_list: Bahnung | Erleichtern | Erleichterung
sense:
(physiology) The process of synapses becoming more capable of transmitting the same type of signal each time certain types of sensory signals pass through sequences of these synapses.


lexentry: eng/facilitator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: facilitator
trans_list: Moderator | Prozessbegleiter | Vermittler
sense:
A person who helps a group to have an effective dialog without taking any side of the argument, especially in order to reach a consensus.


lexentry: eng/facility__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: facility
trans_list: Einrichtung | Anlage | Vorrichtung
sense:
The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fact__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fact
trans_list: Tatsache | Faktum | Fakt
sense:
An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.


lexentry: eng/fact__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: fact
trans_list: Tatsache | Fakt
sense:
(databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.


lexentry: eng/facticity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: facticity
trans_list: Faktizität
sense:
(uncountable, specifically, philosophy) In existentialism, the state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over.


lexentry: eng/faction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faction
trans_list: Fraktion | Flügel | Seite
sense:
(countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.


lexentry: eng/factoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: factoid
trans_list: Faktoid
sense:
An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media. [from 1973]


lexentry: eng/factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: factor
trans_list: Faktor
sense:
An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.


lexentry: eng/factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: factor
trans_list: Faktor
sense:
A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.


lexentry: eng/factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: factor
trans_list: Faktor
sense:
A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.


lexentry: eng/factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: factor
trans_list: Faktor
sense:
(causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.


lexentry: eng/factorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: factorial
trans_list: Fakultät | Faktorielle
sense:
(mathematics, combinatorics) The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120.


lexentry: eng/factorial_prime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: factorial prime
trans_list: Fakultätsprimzahl
sense:
(mathematics) A prime number that is one more or one less than a factorial. For example, 7 is a factorial prime, since 3! + 1 = 7.


lexentry: eng/factorize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: factorize
trans_list: faktorisieren
sense:
(mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.


lexentry: eng/factory_farming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: factory farming
trans_list: Industrielle Tierhaltung | Intensive Tierhaltung | Intensivtierhaltung | Massentierhaltung
sense:
(pejorative) A type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry, designed to maximize production while minimizing costs.


lexentry: eng/faculty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faculty
trans_list: Kollegium | Lehrpersonal
sense:
(chiefly, North American, Philippines) The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.


lexentry: eng/fade__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fade
trans_list: verwelken | verblassen
sense:
(intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.


lexentry: eng/fade__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fade
trans_list: verblassen
sense:
(intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.


lexentry: eng/fade_out__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fade out
trans_list: Ausblenden
sense:
(film, television) A type of transition used in film, usually at the end of a scene, involving a fade to black from the cut.


lexentry: eng/fado__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fado
trans_list: Fado
sense:
A Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese guitar and sometimes classical guitar. Lyrical themes are often melancholic in nature; the structure of the song is of greater importance.


lexentry: eng/faff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faff
trans_list: Arbeitsdienst
sense:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time.


lexentry: eng/fag__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fag
trans_list: Schwuchtel | Schwuler | Tunte | Homo
sense:
(US, Canada, vulgar, usually, offensive, sometimes, affectionate) A homosexual man, especially (usually, _, derogatory) an effeminate or unusual one.


lexentry: eng/fagboy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fagboy
trans_list: Haargummi
sense:
(derogatory, LGBTQ, potentially, _, offensive, vulgar) A contemptible young gay man, sometimes partially a term of endearment for a submissive bottom or sex partner.


lexentry: eng/faggotry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faggotry
trans_list: Geschwuchtel
sense:
(slang, pejorative, vulgar, offensive) The stereotypical behaviors of a faggot (male homosexual) or homosexuality in general.


lexentry: eng/faience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faience
trans_list: Fayence | Steingut
sense:
A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.


lexentry: eng/fail__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fail
trans_list: fehlschlagen | scheitern
sense:
(transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)


lexentry: eng/fail__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fail
trans_list: versagen
sense:
(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.


lexentry: eng/failed_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: failed state
trans_list: gescheiterter Staat
sense:
(politics) A state that has failed to meet the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government; one that has lost physical control of its territory, the ability to provide public services, etc.


lexentry: eng/failure__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: failure
trans_list: Versager | Niete | Versagerin
sense:
An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.


lexentry: eng/fain__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fain
trans_list: feiern
sense:
(Germanic paganism) To celebrate or worship; specifically, to offer an oblation which is not a sacrificial blót.


lexentry: eng/faint__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faint
trans_list: ohnmächtig werden | in Ohnmacht fallen
sense:
(intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).


lexentry: eng/fair's_fair__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fair's fair
trans_list: Wurst wider Wurst
sense:
An expression used when asking for fair or just treatment, or when asserting that a situation is fair.


lexentry: eng/fair-haired_boy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fair-haired boy
trans_list: Benjamin
sense:
(idiomatic, US, Australia) Someone's favorite, especially a young one; a blue-eyed boy (British), (Australian)


lexentry: eng/fair-weather_friend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fair-weather friend
trans_list: Schönwetterfreund
sense:
(idiomatic) One who is friendly, helpful, or available only when it is advantageous or convenient to be so. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/fair__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fair
trans_list: blond | hell | hellhäutig
sense:
Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.


lexentry: eng/fair__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: fair
trans_list: heiter
sense:
(shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.


lexentry: eng/fair_copy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fair copy
trans_list: Reinschrift
sense:
A handwritten document that has been written neatly and correctly without scratch-outs and revisions.


lexentry: eng/fair_enough__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fair enough
trans_list: na gut | in Ordnung | prima so weit | schön und gut
sense:
(idiomatic) An expression used to concede a point, but suggesting that the broader argument is incorrect.


lexentry: eng/fair_enough__Phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fair enough
trans_list: na gut | in Ordnung | prima so weit | schön und gut
sense:
Used to acknowledge a person's point or argument; denotes that, upon consideration, something is correct or reasonable; an expression of acknowledgment or understanding.


lexentry: eng/fair_play__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fair play
trans_list: Fairplay | Fair Play
sense:
Good behavior; conduct (in sports or another endeavor) that is respectful of the rules, the spirit of the activity, and the adversary.


lexentry: eng/fair_trade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fair trade
trans_list: Fairer Handel
sense:
(uncountable) A system of trading promoting more equitable global trade, especially to sellers and producers in poorer areas, but also to the environment.


lexentry: eng/fairground__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fairground
trans_list: Rummelplatz
sense:
An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground.


lexentry: eng/fairing__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fairing
trans_list: Schürze | Verkleidung
sense:
A covering on various parts of a vehicle, for example an aircraft, automobile, or motorcycle, that streamlines it (i.e., produces a smooth exterior and reduces drag). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/fairlead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fairlead
trans_list: Katzenklappe
sense:
(nautical) A device to guide a line, rope or cable around an object or out of the way, or to stop it from moving laterally.


lexentry: eng/fairleader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fairleader
trans_list: Umlenkrolle
sense:
(nautical) A fitting used to guide a line, cable or sheet with minimal friction. Used for anchor lines, and for rigging on sailing ships.


lexentry: eng/fairy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fairy
trans_list: Fee | Elfe | Alb | Elb | Elben | Feenwesen
sense:
(mythological creature) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.


lexentry: eng/fairy_godmother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fairy godmother
trans_list: gute Fee
sense:
In certain fairy tales, a fictional benevolent woman with magical powers who uses them to help the cause of the protagonist.


lexentry: eng/fairy_lights__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fairy lights
trans_list: Lichterkette
sense:
(UK, Irish) Small electric lights on a strand which are used decoratively, especially on Christmas trees.


lexentry: eng/fairy_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fairy ring
trans_list: Hexenring
sense:
(mycology, botany) A ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium.


lexentry: eng/fait_accompli__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fait accompli
trans_list: Fait accompli | vollendete Tatsache
sense:
Something which has already happened, before those affected had the chance to raise objections or queries.


lexentry: eng/faith__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faith
trans_list: Glaube | Vertrauen
sense:
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.


lexentry: eng/faith_will_move_mountains__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faith will move mountains
trans_list: der Glaube kann Berge versetzen
sense:
Belief in oneself (read sometimes as belief in God) can help one overcome any hurdle in life's path.


lexentry: eng/fajita__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fajita
trans_list: Fajita
sense:
A Tex-Mex dish of strips of spicy marinated meat and/or vegetables in a soft flour tortilla, often served with salad or a savoury filling.


lexentry: eng/fakir__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fakir
trans_list: Fakir
sense:
(Hinduism, more, _, loosely) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.


lexentry: eng/falafel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: falafel
trans_list: Falafel
sense:
(uncountable) A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita.


lexentry: eng/falchion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: falchion
trans_list: Falchion
sense:
(also, attributively) A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.


lexentry: eng/fall__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fall
trans_list: Fall | Absturz | Niedergang
sense:
(chiefly, North America, archaic in Britain) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/fall__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: fall
trans_list: fallen
sense:
(intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.


lexentry: eng/fall__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: fall
trans_list: fallen | werden
sense:
(intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.


lexentry: eng/fall_by_the_wayside__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fall by the wayside
trans_list: auf der Strecke bleiben | in Vergessenheit geraten | verkümmern | vernachlässigt werden
sense:
(idiomatic) To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect.


lexentry: eng/fall_from_grace__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fall from grace
trans_list: aus der Gnade fallen | in Ungnade fallen
sense:
(figuratively, idiomatic) To fall from one's current social position to something lower, to lose one's prestige, status or power.


lexentry: eng/fall_in_love__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fall in love
trans_list: verlieben | sich verlieben
sense:
(intransitive, of a person, animate object following “with”) To come to have feelings of love, particularly romantic love.


lexentry: eng/fall_in_love__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fall in love
trans_list: verlieben
sense:
(intransitive, of a person, inanimate object following "with") To come to have feelings of intense liking directed at another person or a thing.


lexentry: eng/fall_into_a_trap__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fall into a trap
trans_list: in eine Falle gehen | in eine Falle geraten
sense:
(idiomatic, intransitive) To be fooled and get into a difficult situation by relying on someone or responding to a scam, trick or prank.


lexentry: eng/fall_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fall line
trans_list: Fall Line
sense:
(geomorphology) A geomorphologic unconformity marking a boundary between an upland region and a plane; sometimes marked by a series of waterfalls on rivers that cross it.


lexentry: eng/fall_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fall over
trans_list: umfallen | umkippen
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.


lexentry: eng/fallacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fallacy
trans_list: Fehlschluss | Trugschluss
sense:
(logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.


lexentry: eng/fallback__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fallback
trans_list: Plan B
sense:
A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.


lexentry: eng/fallout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fallout
trans_list: Fallout | Asche | Ascheregen | Explosionsstaub | Herabrieseln | Niedergehen
sense:
The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.


lexentry: eng/false_alarm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: false alarm
trans_list: Fehlalarm
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) A thing or occurrence which initially causes fear, distress, etc. but which is subsequently recognized as being no cause for concern.


lexentry: eng/false_alarm__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: false alarm
trans_list: Fehlalarm | Falschmeldung
sense:
(archaic, idiomatic) A person who pretends to be more accomplished or a thing that seems to be of higher quality than is later found to be the case.


lexentry: eng/false_consciousness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: false consciousness
trans_list: falsches Bewusstsein
sense:
(Marxism, including its brand of, _, social science) A faulty understanding of the true character of social processes due to ideology.


lexentry: eng/false_dawn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: false dawn
trans_list: Zodiakallicht
sense:
A thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world.


lexentry: eng/false_dichotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: false dichotomy
trans_list: falsche Dichotomie
sense:
(rhetoric) A situation in which two alternative points of view are presented as the only options, when others are available.


lexentry: eng/false_dilemma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: false dilemma
trans_list: falsches Dilemma
sense:
A situation in which two opposing options are presented as the only possibilities, when others are available.


lexentry: eng/false_flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: false flag
trans_list: falsche Flagge
sense:
(espionage, military, politics) A diversionary or propaganda tactic of deceiving an adversary into thinking that an operation was carried out by another party.


lexentry: eng/false_flax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: false flax
trans_list: Leindotter
sense:
Any of the several flowering plants of the genus Camelina, especially Camelina sativa, which is cultivated for oil.


lexentry: eng/false_friend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: false friend
trans_list: falscher Freund | Übersetzungsfalle
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning.


lexentry: eng/false_imprisonment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: false imprisonment
trans_list: Freiheitsberaubung
sense:
(legal) The intentional restriction of a person's movement within any area without legal authority, justification, or the restrained person's permission.


lexentry: eng/false_killer_whale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: false killer whale
trans_list: Kleiner Schwertwal
sense:
A dolphin of species Pseudorca crassidens, the sole species of genus Pseudorca and one of the larger dolphin species.


lexentry: eng/false_morel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: false morel
trans_list: Frühjahrslorchel
sense:
Any of several Ascomycota mushrooms in the genus Gyromitra which bear a resemblance to the highly regarded true morels of the genus Morchella.


lexentry: eng/false_vacuum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: false vacuum
trans_list: falsches Vakuum
sense:
(physics, quantum field theory) A (hypothetical) metastable vacuum whose energy state is at a local minimum different from the global minimum; a vacuum that is relatively stable and long-lived but which still may decay to a lower-energy state.


lexentry: eng/falsetto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: falsetto
trans_list: Falsett
sense:
(singing, uncountable) The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by using the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register.


lexentry: eng/falsework__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: falsework
trans_list: Lehrgerüst | Schalung
sense:
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.


lexentry: eng/falsework__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: falsework
trans_list: Stützgerüst | Unterstützung
sense:
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.


lexentry: eng/falsifiable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: falsifiable
trans_list: falsifizierbar | widerlegbar
sense:
(epistemology) The demarcation criterion between scientific and non-scientific statements proposed by Karl Popper. In order to be ranked as scientific, statements or systems of statements must be contradicted by an intersubjective singular existential statement, also called a basic statement, and not be contradicted by another, that is, they must also be logically possible.


lexentry: eng/falsification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: falsification
trans_list: Fälschung | Falsifikation
sense:
The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.


lexentry: eng/family__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: family
trans_list: Familie
sense:
A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.


lexentry: eng/family__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: family
trans_list: Familie
sense:
(biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.


lexentry: eng/family_resemblance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: family resemblance
trans_list: Familienähnlichkeit
sense:
Physical similarities shared between close relatives, especially between parents and children and between siblings.


lexentry: eng/family_restaurant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: family restaurant
trans_list: Familienrestaurant
sense:
An eating establishment that serves relatively simple food at reasonable prices, and welcomes children as well as adults.


lexentry: eng/family_reunion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: family reunion
trans_list: Familientreffen
sense:
An infrequent gathering of family members or distant relatives who are usually geographically separated.


lexentry: eng/family_romance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: family romance
trans_list: Familienroman
sense:
(psychoanalysis) A childhood fantasy whereby a child imagines that their real parents are in fact royalty or otherwise of high birth; (loosely), the emotional ties linking the various members of a family. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/family_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: family tree
trans_list: Stammbaum
sense:
(horticulture) A grafting technique involving the joining of different varieties of plants onto a single tree or plant.


lexentry: eng/fan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fan
trans_list: Fächer
sense:
A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.


lexentry: eng/fan__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fan
trans_list: Fan | Anhänger | Liebhaber | Verehrer | Anhängerschaft | Bewunderer
sense:
A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.


lexentry: eng/fan__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fan
trans_list: fächeln | anfachen | anwehen | belüften | ventilieren | zufächern
sense:
(transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.


lexentry: eng/fan__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fan
trans_list: auffächern | fächern | verteilen
sense:
(intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.


lexentry: eng/fan_blade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fan blade
trans_list: Lüfterflügel
sense:
One of the specially shaped rotating parts (blades) of a mechanical fan which move and distribute air.


lexentry: eng/fan_death__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fan death
trans_list: Ventilatortod
sense:
(South Korea) A form of death supposedly caused by staying overnight in a closed room in which an electric fan is operating.


lexentry: eng/fanboy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fanboy
trans_list: Fanboy | Jünger
sense:
(fandom, often, derogatory) A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).


lexentry: eng/fancomic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fancomic
trans_list: Fancomic
sense:
(fandom slang) An unofficial comic based on an existing media property, created by fans and typically without the copyright owner's permission.


lexentry: eng/fancy__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: fancy
trans_list: auf (jemanden) stehen
sense:
To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.


lexentry: eng/fandango__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fandango
trans_list: Fandango
sense:
(music, dance) A form of lively flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina). [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/fanfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fanfare
trans_list: Fanfare
sense:
(countable) A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.


lexentry: eng/fanny_pack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fanny pack
trans_list: Gürteltasche | Bauchtasche | Bauchbeutel | Hüfttasche
sense:
(North America) A small fabric pouch secured with a zipper and worn at the waist by a strap around the hips.


lexentry: eng/fanslation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fanslation
trans_list: Nacheifererübersetzung | nicht offizielle Übersetzung
sense:
(slang) An unofficial translation of the dialogue or text of a media product (such as a manga, television programme, or video game) from one language to another which is done by fans rather than by its producer.


lexentry: eng/fantasia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fantasia
trans_list: Fantasia | Fantasie | Fantaisie
sense:
(music, also, figurative) A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/fantasy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fantasy
trans_list: Fantasy | Fantastik | Phantastik
sense:
(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.


lexentry: eng/farad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farad
trans_list: Farad
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across the capacitor. Symbol: F


lexentry: eng/fare__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fare
trans_list: ergehen | gehen | klarkommen | laufen
sense:
(intransitive) To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events.


lexentry: eng/farm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farm
trans_list: Bauernhof | Farm
sense:
(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.


lexentry: eng/farm_team__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farm team
trans_list: Farmteam
sense:
(sports, slang) A minor league baseball, ice hockey or other sports team, especially one concerned with player development.


lexentry: eng/farmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farmer
trans_list: Bauer | Landwirt | Landwirtin | Züchter | Bäuerin | Farmer
sense:
A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.


lexentry: eng/farmhouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farmhouse
trans_list: Bauernhaus | Farmhaus
sense:
A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.


lexentry: eng/faro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faro
trans_list: Pharo
sense:
(card games) A game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack.


lexentry: eng/farrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farrier
sense:
A person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.

trans_list:
Hufschmied | Hufschmiedin | Beschlagschmied | Beschlagschmiedin | Hufbeschlagschmied | Hufbeschlagschmiedin


lexentry: eng/fart__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fart
trans_list: alter Knacker
sense:
(colloquial, pejorative, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.


lexentry: eng/farthingale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farthingale
trans_list: Reifrock
sense:
(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.


lexentry: eng/fartlek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fartlek
trans_list: Fahrtspiel
sense:
An athletic training technique, used especially in running, in which periods of intense effort alternate with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout.


lexentry: eng/fasces__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fasces
trans_list: Faszes | Liktorenbündel
sense:
A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting of a bundle of wooden sticks, with an axe blade embedded in the centre; used also as a symbol of fascism.


lexentry: eng/fascia__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: fascia
trans_list: Faszie
sense:
(anatomy) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing muscles and organs; an aponeurosis.


lexentry: eng/fasciculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fasciculation
trans_list: Faszikulation
sense:
(anatomy, muscles) (toxicology, venoms) An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and venoms such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.


lexentry: eng/fascine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fascine
trans_list: Faschine | Reisigbündel
sense:
(specifically, military, _, fortification) A similar bundle of sticks of wood or plastic pipes used for filling in ditches for armoured fighting vehicles to drive over, and for making parapets, raising batteries, and strengthening ramparts.


lexentry: eng/fascine_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fascine knife
trans_list: Faschinenmesser
sense:
(military, weapon, historical) A large, heavy knife or short sword used by 17th- to 19th-century artillery and infantry soldiers as a sidearm and a tool for cutting fascines and other things.


lexentry: eng/fascism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fascism
trans_list: Faschismus
sense:
Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition. [1922]


lexentry: eng/fascism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fascism
trans_list: Faschismus
sense:
(by extension, derogatory) Any system of strong autocracy or oligarchy usually to the extent of bending and breaking the law, race-baiting, and/or violence against largely unarmed populations.


lexentry: eng/fashion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fashion
trans_list: Mode
sense:
(countable) A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.


lexentry: eng/fashion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fashion
trans_list: Mode
sense:
(uncountable) Popular trends, especially in clothing; the industry that designs clothing and sometimes other related items.


lexentry: eng/fashion_week__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fashion week
trans_list: Modewoche
sense:
An event lasting approximately one week in which fashion collections are displayed to the public by various fashion designers and brands.


lexentry: eng/fast__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fast
trans_list: echt | eng | standhaft | treu | wirklich
sense:
(of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).) [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/fast__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: fast
trans_list: beständig | farbecht | fixiert | lichtecht | waschfest
sense:
(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/fast_forward__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fast forward
trans_list: vorspulen
sense:
(transitive) To cause an audio or video tape, digital media stream, etc. to move forward very fast, so that when the device is played, it will start at a later point.


lexentry: eng/fastener__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fastener
trans_list: Befestiger | Befestigungselement | Befestigungsmittel | Verbinder
sense:
Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.


lexentry: eng/faster-than-light__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faster-than-light
trans_list: superluminar | überlichtschnell
sense:
(physics) Faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, the theoretical speed limit for travel within the universe.


lexentry: eng/fastidious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fastidious
trans_list: wählerisch | akribisch | anspruchsvoll | kleinlich | manisch | minutiös
sense:
Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.


lexentry: eng/fastness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fastness
trans_list: Feste | Festung
sense:
(archaic) Of a fortress or other place: the quality or state of being secure from access or attack; safety, security.


lexentry: eng/fat-tailed_dwarf_lemur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fat-tailed dwarf lemur
trans_list: Westlicher Fettschwanzmaki
sense:
Cheirogaleus medius, one of the smallest primates, native to Madagascar, the only primate known to truly hibernate, which it does during Madagascar's dry season.


lexentry: eng/fat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fat
trans_list: Fett
sense:
(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.


lexentry: eng/fat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fat
trans_list: Fett
sense:
(countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.


lexentry: eng/fat_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fat cat
trans_list: Bonze
sense:
(slang, derogatory) Any affluent person who is perceived to have profited from the labor of others; and/or not to care about those of lesser means.


lexentry: eng/fat_catshark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fat catshark
trans_list: fetter Katzenhai
sense:
A shark (Apristurus pinguis) of the family Pentanchidae, closely related to the Japanese catshark (Apristurus japonicus).


lexentry: eng/fat_tail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fat tail
trans_list: Fettschwanz
sense:
A mass of fat stored in the rump of a beast as an adaptation to heat and harsh environmental conditions or selection by man.


lexentry: eng/fatalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fatalism
trans_list: Fatalismus
sense:
(metaphysics, philosophy) The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them.


lexentry: eng/fatalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fatalist
trans_list: Fatalist | Fatalistin
sense:
One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity; a person who believes in fatalism.


lexentry: eng/fatality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fatality
trans_list: Fügung
sense:
The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/fatha__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fatha
trans_list: Fatha
sense:
In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (‎أَلِف) or ى (‎أَلِف مَقْصُورَة) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/.


lexentry: eng/father__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: father
trans_list: Vater | Papa | Vati
sense:
A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).


lexentry: eng/father_confessor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: father confessor
trans_list: Seelsorger
sense:
(by extension) A person who listens to others and gives them advice on private matters; a spiritual guide.


lexentry: eng/father_figure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: father figure
trans_list: Vaterfigur | Übervater
sense:
One who represents, behaves as, or is regarded as equivalent to a father for another person or group of people.


lexentry: eng/fatherhood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fatherhood
trans_list: Vaterschaft | Vatersein | Vatertum
sense:
The state of being a father (biological father, stepfather, adoptive father, foster father; sometimes the biological father specifically).


lexentry: eng/fathom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fathom
trans_list: Klafter | Faden
sense:
(chiefly, nautical, historical, US) A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.


lexentry: eng/fathom__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fathom
trans_list: begreifen | ergründen | umarmen | verstehen
sense:
(archaic, or, obsolete) To encircle (someone or something) with outstretched arms; specifically, to measure the circumference or (rare) length of something.


lexentry: eng/fathom__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fathom
trans_list: begreifen | ergründen | verstehen
sense:
(figurative) Often followed by out: to deeply understand (someone or something); to get to the bottom of.


lexentry: eng/fatigue__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fatigue
trans_list: Ermüdung
sense:
(engineering) Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.


lexentry: eng/fattouch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fattouch
trans_list: Fattouch | Libanesischer Salat
sense:
A traditional Lebanese, Syrian, or Levantine fresh salad with crispy bread (typically, dried, toasted, grilled, or fried pita), usually with mint, parsley, and olive oil.


lexentry: eng/fatty_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fatty acid
trans_list: Fettsäure
sense:
(organic chemistry, biochemistry) Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CnH2n+1COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats.


lexentry: eng/fatty_alcohol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fatty alcohol
trans_list: Fettalkohol
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a group of long-chain aliphatic alcohols, found in nature esterified with fatty acids in the form of waxes.


lexentry: eng/fatwa__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fatwa
trans_list: Fatwa
sense:
(religion, by extension) A formal decree or ruling, or statement, issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam.


lexentry: eng/faubourg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faubourg
trans_list: Vorort
sense:
An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris, New Orleans, Montreal, or Quebec City.


lexentry: eng/fauces__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fauces
trans_list: Schlund
sense:
(anatomy) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue.


lexentry: eng/fault_scarp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fault scarp
trans_list: Geländestufe
sense:
(seismology) A step-like feature formed by the slippage of a short section of the surface along a fault line.


lexentry: eng/fault_tolerance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fault tolerance
trans_list: Fehlertoleranz
sense:
(system theory) Property that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components.


lexentry: eng/faun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faun
trans_list: Faun | Faunus
sense:
(Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.


lexentry: eng/fauna__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fauna
trans_list: Fauna | Tierwelt | Tierreich
sense:
(uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/fauvism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fauvism
trans_list: Fauvismus
sense:
An artistic movement of the first decade of the 20th century which emphasized spontaneity and the use of extremely bright colors. [from 1905]


lexentry: eng/favicon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: favicon
trans_list: Favicon
sense:
(web design) An icon associated with a particular website, and typically displayed in the address bar of a browser viewing the site.


lexentry: eng/favourite__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: favourite
trans_list: Liebling | bevorzugter | liebst
sense:
(superlative) Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)


lexentry: eng/fawn__Verb__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fawn
trans_list: schwanzwedeln | schwänzeln
sense:
(intransitive, of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.


lexentry: eng/fay__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fay
trans_list: ausfugen
sense:
(shipbuilding, transitive) To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak.


lexentry: eng/fayalite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fayalite
trans_list: Fayalit
sense:
(mineral) Yellow, olive green, brown or black mineral with orthorhombic crystals of the olivine group, Fe2SiO4.


lexentry: eng/faze__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faze
trans_list: abschrecken | aus der Fassung bringen | in Unruhe versetzen | schrecken
sense:
(transitive, informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fealty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fealty
trans_list: Treue | Lehnseid | Lehnstreue
sense:
Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.


lexentry: eng/fear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fear
trans_list: Furcht | Angst | Ehrfurcht
sense:
(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.


lexentry: eng/fear__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fear
trans_list: fürchten | Angst haben vor
sense:
(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.


lexentry: eng/feather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feather
trans_list: Feder | Vogelfeder
sense:
A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.


lexentry: eng/feather_duster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feather duster
trans_list: Staubwedel
sense:
An implement, traditionally consisting of a bundle of feathers (especially ostrich feathers) attached to a handle, used to remove surface dust.


lexentry: eng/feature__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: feature
trans_list: Feature | Feuilleton | Sonderbeitrag
sense:
(media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.


lexentry: eng/feature_film__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feature film
trans_list: Hauptfilm
sense:
The main, full-length film in a cinema program that also included a short film and often a newsreel. As of now, it plays after the trailers.


lexentry: eng/fecal_transplant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fecal transplant
trans_list: Stuhltransplantation
sense:
(medicine) The transference of bacteria from the feces of a donor to the bowel of a patient suffering from colitis or of a Clostridium infection


lexentry: eng/fed_up__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fed up
trans_list: satt | die Nase voll haben
sense:
(informal, idiomatic) Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long. [with with or (British English) of]


lexentry: eng/federal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: federal
trans_list: föderal | Bund
sense:
Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.


lexentry: eng/federal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: federal
trans_list: föderal | Bund
sense:
Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.


lexentry: eng/federal_district__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: federal district
trans_list: Bundesdistrikt
sense:
In Russia a grouping of federal subjects (top-level administrative divisions), created for the purpose of ensuring compliance of the containing federal subjects with national law.


lexentry: eng/federalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: federalism
trans_list: Föderalismus
sense:
A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.


lexentry: eng/federation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: federation
trans_list: Föderation | Bund
sense:
Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.


lexentry: eng/fee__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fee
trans_list: Gebühr
sense:
An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.


lexentry: eng/feed__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: feed
trans_list: Einspeisung
sense:
(social media, often after a possessive determiner ) content intended for consumption by scrolling or swiping, especially as a home page and from multiple publishers followed or algorithmically curated


lexentry: eng/feed__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: feed
trans_list: Einspeisung
sense:
(syndication or aggregation): antichronological sequence of posts or articles from a single source, especially as consumable on a platform other as originally published.


lexentry: eng/feedback__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: feedback
trans_list: Rückkopplung | Feedback
sense:
(electronics, cybernetics, control theory, ) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.


lexentry: eng/feedback__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: feedback
trans_list: Feedback | Rückkopplung
sense:
(amplification) The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.


lexentry: eng/feeder_cattle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feeder cattle
trans_list: Mastrind
sense:
(agriculture) Steers or cows that are mature enough to be placed in a feedlot in preparation for slaughter.


lexentry: eng/feel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feel
trans_list: tasten
sense:
(intransitive) To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.


lexentry: eng/feel_one's_oats__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feel one's oats
trans_list: jemanden sticht der Hafer
sense:
(originally, of horses) To feel energetic or frisky; to behave in a vigorous or bold manner; to feel empowered and important.


lexentry: eng/feeler__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: feeler
trans_list: Fühler
sense:
(Philippines) a presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself


lexentry: eng/feeler_gauge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feeler gauge
trans_list: Fühlerlehre
sense:
A set of thin metal strips, of known thickness, used to measure a narrow gap such as by go/no-go status or by the feel of how the gauge slides into the gap.


lexentry: eng/feet_first__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feet first
trans_list: mit den Füßen voran
sense:
(of the movement or transportation of a person or animal) With the feet preceding the rest of the body.


lexentry: eng/feet_of_clay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feet of clay
trans_list: tönerne Füße
sense:
(idiomatic) In someone apparently strong and without failings, a hidden weakness which could lead to downfall.


lexentry: eng/feisty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: feisty
trans_list: angriffslustig | kampflustig | resolut | streitbar | streitsüchtig | übellaunig
sense:
Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.


lexentry: eng/feldspar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feldspar
trans_list: Feldspat
sense:
(mineral) Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals that, together, make up about 60% of the earth's outer crust.


lexentry: eng/felicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: felicity
trans_list: Freude
sense:
(uncountable) An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words.


lexentry: eng/fellow__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fellow
trans_list: Paar
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.


lexentry: eng/fellow_traveller__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fellow traveller
trans_list: Mitläufer | Sympathisant | Weggenosse
sense:
(US) One who sympathizes with the aims or beliefs of an organization without belonging to it; especially a Communist sympathizer. [mid-20th c.]


lexentry: eng/felon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felon
sense:
(criminal law) A person who has committed a felony; specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.

trans_list:
Verbrecher | Kapitalverbrecher | Kapitalverbrecherin | Schwerverbrecher | Schwerverbrecherin | Straftäter


lexentry: eng/felony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felony
trans_list: Verbrechen | Kapitalverbrechen | Schwerstverbrechen | Schwerverbrechen | schwere Straftat
sense:
(law, criminology, US, historical, _, in, _) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.


lexentry: eng/felt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felt
trans_list: Filz
sense:
A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.


lexentry: eng/felucca__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felucca
trans_list: Felucke | Feluke
sense:
A traditional wooden shallow-draught sailing boat used in the Mediterranean and along the Nile in Egypt, its rig consisting of one or two lateen sails.


lexentry: eng/female__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: female
trans_list: weiblich | feminin
sense:
Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/female_circumcision__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: female circumcision
sense:
(often, proscribed) Any operation involving removal of any of various parts of the vulva including and in addition to the hood, such as the clitoris or labia. [from 17th c.]

trans_list:
Beschneidung der Frau | Beschneidung des weiblichen Genitals | Beschneidung weiblicher Genitalien | Klitorisbeschneidung | weibliche Genitalbeschneidung | weibliche Genitalverstümmelung


lexentry: eng/female_condom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: female condom
trans_list: Femidom | Kondom für die Frau
sense:
(sometimes, proscribed) A device that is inserted into the vagina or anus during sexual intercourse as a barrier contraceptive to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy.


lexentry: eng/female_ejaculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: female ejaculation
trans_list: weibliche Ejakulation
sense:
The forceful expulsion of fluids from the vagina during the female orgasm, possibly originating from the Skene's gland (paraurethral gland) and/or urethra.


lexentry: eng/female_genital_mutilation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: female genital mutilation
trans_list: Beschneidung weiblicher Genitalien | Verstümmelung weiblicher Genitalien
sense:
Any mutilation of the female genitals done for non-medical reasons, such as the infliction of abrasion, burns (chemical or cauterizing), or cuts or slits, or amputation or piercing. [from 21st c.]


lexentry: eng/female_hysteria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: female hysteria
trans_list: Hysterie
sense:
A now unrecognized medical diagnosis made exclusively in women with symptoms including faintness, nervousness, sexual desire, insomnia, fluid retention and heaviness in the abdomen.


lexentry: eng/femdom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: femdom
trans_list: Femdom
sense:
(BDSM, uncountable) Female domination; a sexual practice in which women dominate men or other people.


lexentry: eng/femicide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: femicide
trans_list: Femizid | Frauenmord
sense:
The killing of a woman or girl, originally (figurative) with reference to loss of virtue but now usually (legal) specifically because of their gender and especially such a killing by a man motivated by misogyny. [1801]


lexentry: eng/feminazi__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feminazi
trans_list: Feminazi
sense:
(derogatory, potentially, _, offensive) Relating to a radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views, or a female chauvinist.


lexentry: eng/feminazi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feminazi
trans_list: Feminazi
sense:
(derogatory, potentially, _, offensive) A radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views or who seeks female superiority over men.


lexentry: eng/feminine__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: feminine
trans_list: weiblich | feminin
sense:
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.


lexentry: eng/feminism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: feminism
trans_list: Feminismus
sense:
A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life.


lexentry: eng/feminist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feminist
trans_list: Feminist | Feministin | Feminist:in
sense:
An advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life.


lexentry: eng/fen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fen
trans_list: Fenn | Flachmoor | Moor | Nierdermoor
sense:
A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline. (Contrast bog, marsh, swamp.)


lexentry: eng/fence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fence
trans_list: Hehler | Hehlerin
sense:
(informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.


lexentry: eng/fencing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fencing
trans_list: Fechten
sense:
The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing).


lexentry: eng/fend__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fend
trans_list: alleine auskommen | für sich selbst sorgen
sense:
(rare, except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).


lexentry: eng/fennec__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fennec
trans_list: Fennek
sense:
A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears.


lexentry: eng/fentanyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fentanyl
trans_list: Fentanyl
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic C22H28N2O with pharmacological action similar to morphine that is administered transdermally as a skin patch and in the form of its citrate C22H28N2O·C6H8O7 is administered orally or parenterally (as by intravenous or epidural injection); N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]propanamide.


lexentry: eng/fenugreek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fenugreek
trans_list: Bockshornklee
sense:
Any of the species leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice.


lexentry: eng/feral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feral
trans_list: verwildert | wild
sense:
(of an animal) Wild but descended from domestic or captive ancestors; thus, in the wild, although not necessarily of the wild type.


lexentry: eng/feral_child__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feral child
trans_list: Wolfskind
sense:
A child who is raised without human contact as a result of being abandoned, allegedly often raised by wild animals.


lexentry: eng/feral_pigeon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feral pigeon
trans_list: Stadttaube | Straßentaube | verwilderte Haustaube | verwilderte Taube
sense:
A variety of rock pigeon, Columba livia domestica, that has reverted to the wild and adapted itself to living in urban or rural areas.


lexentry: eng/fermata__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fermata
trans_list: Fermate
sense:
(music, countable) The notation ⟨◌͒⟩ of such a prolongation, usually represented as a dot with a semi-circle above or below it, written above or below the prolonged note or rest.


lexentry: eng/ferment__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferment
trans_list: gären | anstacheln | stören
sense:
To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.


lexentry: eng/fermentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fermentation
trans_list: Fermentation | Gärung
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide


lexentry: eng/fermentation_lock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fermentation lock
trans_list: Gärröhrchen
sense:
A device, used mainly in homebrewing, that allows carbon dioxide to escape from a fermenter without allowing air to enter


lexentry: eng/fermion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fermion
trans_list: Fermion
sense:
(particle physics, Standard Model) Any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and thus obeys Fermi–Dirac statistics and the Pauli exclusion principle (equivalently, a particle for which the wavefunction of any system of identical such particles changes sign whenever two are swapped); a baryon, a lepton or a quark;(slightly more loosely) any such particle or any composite particle composed of fermions.


lexentry: eng/fern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fern
trans_list: Farn | Farnkraut
sense:
Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.


lexentry: eng/ferret-badger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferret-badger
trans_list: Sonnendachs
sense:
(zoology) Any of several small mustelid omnivores of the genus Melogale, of southern and eastern Asia, having a bushy tail and distinctive white or yellow markings on a black face.


lexentry: eng/ferret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferret
trans_list: Frettchen
sense:
An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.


lexentry: eng/ferrimagnetism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferrimagnetism
trans_list: Ferrimagnetismus
sense:
(physics) a form of antiferromagnetism in which some magnetization remains below a critical temperature (the Neel temperature)


lexentry: eng/ferroconcrete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferroconcrete
trans_list: Stahlbeton
sense:
A building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength.


lexentry: eng/ferroelectric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferroelectric
trans_list: ferroelektrisch
sense:
(physics) of, or relating to the permanent electrical polarization of a crystalline dielectric in an electric field


lexentry: eng/ferroelectricity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferroelectricity
trans_list: Ferroelektrizität
sense:
(physics) The electric polarization of a substance (spontaneous presence of a dipole moment) that is analogous to ferromagnetism


lexentry: eng/ferrofluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferrofluid
trans_list: Ferrofluid
sense:
(chemistry, physics) A fluid, typically containing dispersed, nanoscale magnetic particles, designed to be magnetised such that its flow can be controlled by a magnet


lexentry: eng/ferromagnetism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferromagnetism
trans_list: Ferromagnetismus
sense:
(physics) The phenomenon whereby certain substances can become permanent magnets when subjected to a magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/ferry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferry
trans_list: Fähre
sense:
(watercraft) A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.


lexentry: eng/ferryboat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferryboat
trans_list: Fähre | Fährboot | Fährschiff | Überfuhr
sense:
(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule


lexentry: eng/fertility_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fertility rate
trans_list: Fertilitätsrate
sense:
The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she followed the current average pattern of fertility among a given group of women and survived through her reproductive years; used as an indicator of strength of population growth.


lexentry: eng/fertilization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fertilization
trans_list: Befruchtung
sense:
The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.


lexentry: eng/fescue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fescue
trans_list: Schwingel | Schwingelgras
sense:
A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.


lexentry: eng/festival__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: festival
trans_list: Festival | Fest
sense:
An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.


lexentry: eng/festschrift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: festschrift
trans_list: Festschrift
sense:
A collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a memorial or tribute to an academic or some other respected person. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fetch__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fetch
trans_list: einbringen | hereinholen | hinlegen | holen | kriegen | schaffen
sense:
(intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.


lexentry: eng/fetish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fetish
trans_list: Fetisch
sense:
Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. [from the early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/fetish__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fetish
trans_list: Fetisch
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Sexual attraction to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body. [from the early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fetish__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fetish
trans_list: Fetisch
sense:
An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession. [from the 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fetishism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fetishism
trans_list: Fetischismus
sense:
The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.


lexentry: eng/fetishism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fetishism
trans_list: Fetischismus
sense:
A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.


lexentry: eng/feudalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feudalism
trans_list: Feudalismus
sense:
A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.


lexentry: eng/feuilleton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feuilleton
trans_list: Feuilleton
sense:
A section of a European newspaper typically dedicated to arts, culture, criticism, and light literature.


lexentry: eng/fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fever
trans_list: Fieber | Temperaturerhöhung
sense:
(symptom) A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.


lexentry: eng/fever_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fever tree
trans_list: Gelbrinden-Akazie
sense:
An acacia tree, Vachellia xanthophloea, native to eastern and southern Africa, with fragrant yellow flowers.


lexentry: eng/feverfew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feverfew
trans_list: Falsche Kamille | Fieberkraut | Mutterkraut | Zierkamille
sense:
A European aromatic perennial herb, Tanacetum parthenium (or Chrysanthemum parthenium or Pyrethrum parthenium), having daisy-like flowers; valued as a traditional medicine, especially for headaches.


lexentry: eng/fianchetto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fianchetto
trans_list: Fianchetto
sense:
(chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.


lexentry: eng/fiat_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiat money
trans_list: Fiatgeld
sense:
(banking, economics) A type of currency that is not backed by a commodity and is typically designated by the issuing government to be legal tender, and authorized by government regulation.


lexentry: eng/fiber_bundle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fiber bundle
trans_list: Faserbündel
sense:
(American spelling, topology, category theory) An abstract object in topology where copies of one object are "attached" to every point of another, as hairs or fibers are attached to a hairbrush. Formally, a topological space E (called the total space), together with a topological space B (called the base space), a topological space F (called the fiber), and surjective map \pi from E to B (called the projection or submersion), such that every point of B has a neighborhood U with \pi^{-1}(U) homeomorphic to the product space U \times F (that is, E looks locally the same as the product space B \times F, although its global structure may be quite different).


lexentry: eng/fibre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibre
trans_list: Faser
sense:
(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.


lexentry: eng/fibreglass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibreglass
trans_list: Glasfaser | Glasfasern
sense:
Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width.


lexentry: eng/fibrodysplasia_ossificans_progressiva__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
trans_list: Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
sense:
(genetic disorder) A very rare, disabling genetic disorder of the connective tissue in which fibrous tissue (including ligaments, muscles, and tendons) ossifies when damaged.


lexentry: eng/fibromyalgia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibromyalgia
trans_list: Fibromyalgie
sense:
(medicine, pathology) A condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints.


lexentry: eng/fibula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibula
trans_list: Fibel
sense:
An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.


lexentry: eng/fichu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fichu
trans_list: Fichu
sense:
(chiefly, historical) A woman's lightweight triangular scarf worn over the shoulders and tied in front, or tucked into a bodice to cover the exposed part of the neck and chest.


lexentry: eng/fiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiction
trans_list: Fiktion | Belletristik | Erfindung
sense:
(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.


lexentry: eng/ficus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ficus
trans_list: Fikus
sense:
(botany) Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.


lexentry: eng/fiddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: fiddle
trans_list: Schiffsgeländer
sense:
(especially, nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.


lexentry: eng/fiddle__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fiddle
trans_list: fummeln
sense:
(intransitive) To fidget or play; to fuss; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness; see also fiddle with.


lexentry: eng/fiddlesticks__Interjection__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fiddlesticks
trans_list: Mist
sense:
(euphemistic, now sometimes specifically interpreted as a euphemism for 'fuck') Darn! Expresses mild dismay or annoyance.


lexentry: eng/fideicommissum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fideicommissum
trans_list: Fideikommiss
sense:
A benefit bequeathed to a beneficiary who inherits the benefit, subject to the obligation of bequeathing it to another.


lexentry: eng/fidget__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fidget
trans_list: herumzappeln | zappeln
sense:
(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.


lexentry: eng/fiduciary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiduciary
trans_list: fiduziarisch | treuhänderisch
sense:
(legal) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.


lexentry: eng/fiduciary_duty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiduciary duty
trans_list: Treuepflicht
sense:
(legal) The legal obligation of loyalty under which a fiduciary may have no conflict of duty between themselves and their principal, and must not profit from their position as a fiduciary.


lexentry: eng/fief__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fief
trans_list: Herrschaftsbereich
sense:
(law, historical) Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.


lexentry: eng/fief__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fief
trans_list: Lehen
sense:
(figurative) A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: field
trans_list: Feld | Acker | Flur | Ackerland | Esch | Trade
sense:
A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: field
trans_list: Körper | Feld
sense:
(baseball, obsolete) The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by the other team (the bat).


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: field
trans_list: Feld | Spielfeld | Platz
sense:
A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: field
trans_list: Körper | Feld
sense:
(algebra) A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: field
trans_list: Feld | Acker
sense:
(computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: field
trans_list: Feld | Acker
sense:
(physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.


lexentry: eng/field_bindweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field bindweed
trans_list: Ackerwinde
sense:
A common and invasive Eurasian perennial weed, Convolvulus arvensis, which has become established worldwide.


lexentry: eng/field_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field effect
trans_list: Feldeffekt
sense:
The use of an electric field to control the conductivity of a channel in a semiconductor, as in FET.


lexentry: eng/field_hospital__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field hospital
trans_list: Feldlazarett
sense:
A large mobile medical unit that temporarily takes care of casualties before they can be safely transported to more permanent hospital facilities.


lexentry: eng/field_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field line
trans_list: Feldlinie
sense:
(physics) A visual aid for visualizing vector fields; a line drawn such that the direction of its tangent at any point equals the direction of the vector at that point.


lexentry: eng/field_marshal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field marshal
trans_list: Feldmarschall
sense:
(military ranks) In certain nations the highest military rank, ranking below only the commander in chief; now essentially disused.


lexentry: eng/field_of_view__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field of view
trans_list: Blickfeld | Gesichtsfeld | Sichtfeld
sense:
(optics) The angular extent of what can be seen, either with the eye or with an optical instrument or camera.


lexentry: eng/field_of_vision__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field of vision
trans_list: Blickfeld | Sichtbereich
sense:
The area that a person, an animal, etc., can see with its eyes (or each eye individually) without turning the head.


lexentry: eng/field_ration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field ration
trans_list: Einmannpackung | Kaltverpflegung | Notration
sense:
(military) A prepackaged meal, easily prepared and eaten, carried by military troops on the battlefield.


lexentry: eng/field_trip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field trip
trans_list: Exkursion
sense:
A trip, usually in a group and especially by students, to a place of special interest for education, research or exploration; a trip into the field.


lexentry: eng/fieldwork__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fieldwork
trans_list: Feldforschung
sense:
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.


lexentry: eng/fierljeppen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fierljeppen
trans_list: Pultstockspringen
sense:
A form of pole vaulting where the objective is to jump across a ditch as far as possible, rather than overcome a height.


lexentry: eng/fife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fife
trans_list: Pfeife | Schwegel
sense:
A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music


lexentry: eng/fifth__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fifth
trans_list: Quinte
sense:
(music) The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)


lexentry: eng/fifth_column__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifth column
trans_list: Fünfte Kolonne | fünfte Kolonne
sense:
A group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.


lexentry: eng/fifth_gear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifth gear
trans_list: Fünfte
sense:
The fifth of the gears of a transmission; in many motor vehicles built in the 1970s or later, it is the top gear, being the overdrive gear, although in the 21st century some vehicles have transmissions with yet more gears (e.g., 6, 7, 8), among both manual transmissions and automatic transmissions.


lexentry: eng/fifth_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifth wheel
trans_list: Sattelkupplung
sense:
(road transport) A type of trailer hitch, which consists of a horseshoe-shaped plate on a multidirectional pivot, with a locking pin to couple with the kingpin of a truck trailer.


lexentry: eng/fifty-eighth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-eighth
trans_list: achtundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 58 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-fifth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-fifth
trans_list: fünfundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 55 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-first__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-first
trans_list: einundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 51 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-fourth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-fourth
trans_list: vierundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-four, describing a person or thing in position number 54 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-ninth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-ninth
trans_list: neunundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 59 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-second__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-second
trans_list: zweiundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 52 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-seventh__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-seventh
trans_list: siebenundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 57 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-sixth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-sixth
trans_list: sechsundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 56 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-third__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-third
trans_list: dreiundfünfzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-three, describing a person or thing in position number 53 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fig__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fig
trans_list: Feigenbaum | Feige
sense:
A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/fig_leaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fig leaf
trans_list: Feigenblatt
sense:
A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness).


lexentry: eng/fig_leaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fig leaf
trans_list: Feigenblatt
sense:
(figuratively) Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered.


lexentry: eng/fight-or-flight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fight-or-flight
trans_list: Kampf oder Flucht
sense:
All the coordinated physiological responses that the sympathetic nervous system initiates in response to stress or other emergency situations.


lexentry: eng/fight_fire_with_fire__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fight fire with fire
trans_list: Feuer mit Feuer bekämpfen
sense:
(idiomatic) To respond to an attack with a similar or identical counter-attack (e.g. to respond to gunfire with reciprocal gunfire).


lexentry: eng/fighter-bomber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighter-bomber
trans_list: Jagdbomber
sense:
(military, _, aviation) A military aircraft designed to operate in combined roles of attacking enemy aircraft and bombing targets; usually faster and more maneuverable than a traditional bomber.


lexentry: eng/fighter__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fighter
trans_list: Jäger | Jagdflugzeug
sense:
A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.


lexentry: eng/fighter_plane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighter plane
trans_list: Jagdflugzeug | Jäger | Kampfflugzeug
sense:
(aircraft, military) A military aircraft primarily designed to attack enemy aircraft. Frequently shortened to fighter.


lexentry: eng/fighting_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighting fish
trans_list: Siamesischer Kampffisch
sense:
A small aggressive freshwater fish originating from Thailand, popular as aquarium fish, Betta splendens.


lexentry: eng/fighting_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighting game
trans_list: Prügelei
sense:
(video game genre) A video game of a type based around interpersonal combat, often in a tournament setting, in which characters fight until their HP is depleted or the round timer expires.


lexentry: eng/fighting_spirit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighting spirit
trans_list: Kampfgeist
sense:
(idiomatic) One's willpower or ability to continue partaking in difficult activities or to continue fighting against insurmountable odds.


lexentry: eng/figurative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: figurative
trans_list: übertragen | bildlich | figürlich | metaphorisch | symbolisch | uneigentlich
sense:
Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.


lexentry: eng/figure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: figure
trans_list: Abbildung
sense:
The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.


lexentry: eng/figure_of_speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: figure of speech
trans_list: Redefigur | rhetorisches Stilmittel
sense:
(rhetoric, stylistic) A word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use to produce a rhetorical effect.


lexentry: eng/figured_bass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: figured bass
trans_list: Bezifferung
sense:
(music) A musical notation in which intervals, chords and harmonizations are indicated by numbers written below a given bass note.


lexentry: eng/filch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filch
trans_list: stehlen | stibitzen
sense:
(transitive) To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.


lexentry: eng/file__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: file
trans_list: Küchenzeile
sense:
A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.


lexentry: eng/file__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: file
trans_list: Linie
sense:
(chess) One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).


lexentry: eng/file__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: file
trans_list: Feile | Datei
sense:
A tool consisting of a strip or rod of hardened and coarse metal, used for removing sharp edges, shaping, and cutting, especially through metal; usually a hand tool.


lexentry: eng/file__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: file
trans_list: abspeichern | speichern
sense:
(transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.


lexentry: eng/file_extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: file extension
trans_list: Dateiendung
sense:
A short series of text characters at the end of a computer filename, used to indicate the type of contents and the software that will be required to operate or open it.


lexentry: eng/filial_piety__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filial piety
trans_list: kindliche Pietät
sense:
The virtue of showing respect and doing good deeds for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, as understood in Confucian ethics and commonly observed in the Sinosphere.


lexentry: eng/filibuster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filibuster
trans_list: Freibeuter
sense:
(historical) A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.


lexentry: eng/filibuster__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: filibuster
trans_list: Filibuster | Dauerrede | Ermüdungsrede
sense:
(US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.


lexentry: eng/filibuster__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: filibuster
sense:
(originally, and, mainly, US politics, intransitive, transitive) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.

trans_list:
Obstruktion betreiben | eine Hinhaltetaktik betreiben | eine Verschleppungstaktik betreiben | eine Verzögerungstaktik betreiben | filibustern | verschleppen


lexentry: eng/filigree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filigree
trans_list: Filigran | Filigranarbeit
sense:
(chiefly, jewellery) A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.


lexentry: eng/filing_cabinet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filing cabinet
trans_list: Aktenschrank
sense:
A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.


lexentry: eng/fill_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fill in
trans_list: ersetzen
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.


lexentry: eng/filler_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filler cap
trans_list: Einfülldeckel | Tankdeckel | Verschlussdeckel
sense:
The cap that closes the opening of a tank, e.g. the fuel tank of a car, through which the tank can be filled.


lexentry: eng/fillet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fillet
trans_list: Haarband | Haargummi | Stirnband
sense:
(now, _, rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.


lexentry: eng/fillet__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fillet
trans_list: Abdichtband | Abdichtung | Dichtband | Dichtfuge | Dichtleiste
sense:
(construction) A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.


lexentry: eng/fillet__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fillet
trans_list: Auskehlung | Hohlkehle | Innenkehle | Kehle | Rundung
sense:
(engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.


lexentry: eng/fillet__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fillet
trans_list: Filet | Lendenstück
sense:
A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.


lexentry: eng/fillet__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: fillet
trans_list: Kannelüre | Leiste | Platte
sense:
(architectural element) A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.


lexentry: eng/fillip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fillip
trans_list: Schnalzen
sense:
(archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.


lexentry: eng/film_projector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: film projector
trans_list: Filmprojektor
sense:
An opto-mechanical device for displaying motion pictures by projecting them on a projection screen (Movie projector for projection of moving images from film).


lexentry: eng/filmmaking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filmmaking
trans_list: Filmemachen
sense:
The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.


lexentry: eng/filmography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filmography
trans_list: Filmografie
sense:
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.


lexentry: eng/filmstrip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filmstrip
trans_list: Bildband
sense:
A length of film containing individual photographs or diagrams intended to be shown in sequence as instruction or as a visual aid.


lexentry: eng/filter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filter
trans_list: Filter
sense:
A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.


lexentry: eng/filter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: filter
trans_list: Filter
sense:
Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.


lexentry: eng/filter__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: filter
trans_list: Filter
sense:
(mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).


lexentry: eng/filter_feeder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filter feeder
trans_list: Filtrierer
sense:
(biology) Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives.


lexentry: eng/filter_tip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filter tip
trans_list: Filter
sense:
A section at the mouth end of a cigarette containing porous absorbent materials designed to remove tar.


lexentry: eng/filtration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filtration
trans_list: Filtrierung
sense:
The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.


lexentry: eng/fin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fin
trans_list: Flosse
sense:
(ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.


lexentry: eng/fin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fin
trans_list: Flosse | Finne
sense:
A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.


lexentry: eng/finagle__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: finagle
trans_list: betrügen | fudeln | mogeln | täuschen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)


lexentry: eng/final__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: final
trans_list: Finale | Schlussrunde | Abschlussprüfung | Endkampf | Endspiel
sense:
(North America, Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.


lexentry: eng/final_examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: final examination
trans_list: Abschlussprüfung | Reifeprüfung
sense:
A test given at the end of a period of coursework to determine whether the student has adequately learned the material covered in that period.


lexentry: eng/final_nail_in_the_coffin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: final nail in the coffin
trans_list: Sargnagel
sense:
(idiomatic) Something that is ultimately responsible for a previously prospective demise or failure.


lexentry: eng/final_solution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: final solution
trans_list: Endlösung
sense:
(historical, often, capitalized) The planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the Nazis; the Holocaust.


lexentry: eng/finalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: finalist
trans_list: Finalist | Finalistin
sense:
A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).


lexentry: eng/finals__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finals
trans_list: Endkampf | Finale
sense:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Philippines, sports) A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).


lexentry: eng/finance__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: finance
trans_list: finanzieren
sense:
(transitive) To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.


lexentry: eng/financial_crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: financial crisis
trans_list: Finanzkrise
sense:
An episode of sharp instability in the global or a local financial system in which financial assets lose a significant proportion of their value, often caused by the bursting of an economic bubble.


lexentry: eng/financial_institution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: financial institution
trans_list: Finanzinstitut
sense:
(business, banking, finance) An institution, such as a bank, insurance company or fund, that provides financial services for its clients or members.


lexentry: eng/financial_management__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: financial management
trans_list: Finanzmanagement
sense:
(finance) The efficient and effective management of money in such a manner as to accomplish the objectives of an organization.


lexentry: eng/financial_slave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: financial slave
trans_list: Geldsklave | Geldsklavin
sense:
A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who satisfies their sexual desires through sending money or goods to one or more masters or mistresses.


lexentry: eng/financial_statement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: financial statement
trans_list: Abschluss
sense:
A formal record of all relevant financial information of a business, person, or other entity, presented in a structured and standardized manner to allow easy understanding.


lexentry: eng/find__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: find
trans_list: Fund
sense:
Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.


lexentry: eng/fine-structure_constant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fine-structure constant
trans_list: Feinstrukturkonstante
sense:
(electrodynamics) The fundamental physical value α, presumed to be constant, that characterizes the strength of the electromagnetic force. Equal to about 1/137 = 0.0072973525.


lexentry: eng/fine_arts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fine arts
trans_list: schöne Künste | bildende Künste
sense:
The purely aesthetic arts, such as music, painting, and poetry, as opposed to industrial or functional arts such as architecture or carpentry.


lexentry: eng/fine_print__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fine print
trans_list: Kleingedrucktes
sense:
(idiomatic) The details, restrictions, terms, or conditions, especially of a contract, often printed in very small type.


lexentry: eng/finesse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finesse
trans_list: aufwerten | ausarbeiten | verfeinern | verschönern
sense:
(ambitransitive) To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way. [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/finger__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: finger
trans_list: fingern
sense:
(transitive, sex) To use the fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus.


lexentry: eng/finger_bowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finger bowl
trans_list: Fingerschale
sense:
A small bowl of warm water placed at each seat at a formal dinner for the guests to rinse their fingers with between courses.


lexentry: eng/finger_food__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finger food
trans_list: Fingerfood
sense:
Food that can be eaten with one's hands, as opposed to requiring utensils; often appetizers and snacks.


lexentry: eng/finger_wrestling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finger wrestling
trans_list: Fingerhakeln
sense:
A contest of strength in which the competitors lock their fingers and pull in opposite directions until one of them is dragged beyond a limit.


lexentry: eng/fingerboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fingerboard
trans_list: Griffbrett
sense:
(music, lutherie) A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.


lexentry: eng/fingering__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fingering
trans_list: fingern
sense:
(uncountable) The act of using the fingers to stimulate one's own, or another person's, vulva, vagina, or anus.


lexentry: eng/fingernail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fingernail
trans_list: Fingernagel
sense:
The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.


lexentry: eng/fingerpost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fingerpost
trans_list: Wegweiser
sense:
A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost.


lexentry: eng/fingerprint__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fingerprint
trans_list: Fingerabdruck
sense:
The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.


lexentry: eng/finial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finial
trans_list: Dachschmuck | Firstblume | Giebelblume | Giebelschmuck | Kreuzblume
sense:
(architectural element) Especially in Gothic architecture: an ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, a pediment, a pinnacle, etc.


lexentry: eng/finicky__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finicky
trans_list: pedantisch | affektiert | anspruchsvoll | etepetete | kleinlich | krütsch
sense:
(informal, of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.


lexentry: eng/finishing_move__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finishing move
trans_list: Gnadenschuss | Gnadenstoß
sense:
(video games) In media such as one-on-one fighting video games and professional wrestling, a dedicated special attack used to knock out an enemy on the brink of defeat in a flashy and spectacular manner.


lexentry: eng/finishing_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finishing school
trans_list: Mädchenpensionat
sense:
(dated) A private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society.


lexentry: eng/finite-state_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finite-state machine
trans_list: endlicher Automat | Zustandsautomat | Zustandsmaschine
sense:
(computing theory) A formalism for describing computation, consisting of a finite set of states and a transition function describing when to move from one state to another.


lexentry: eng/finite__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finite
trans_list: endlich
sense:
Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.


lexentry: eng/finocchio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finocchio
trans_list: Fußhebel
sense:
A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).


lexentry: eng/fintech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fintech
trans_list: Finanztechnologie | Fintech
sense:
(uncountable) Financial technology, that is, technology (usually information technology) that is focused on finance.


lexentry: eng/fintech__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fintech
trans_list: Fintech
sense:
(countable) A company in the finance sector, such as one dealing with payments, fundraising or loans.


lexentry: eng/fios_de_ovos__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fios de ovos
trans_list: Engelshaar
sense:
A traditional Portuguese sweet food made of eggs (chiefly yolks), drawn into thin strands and boiled in sugar syrup.


lexentry: eng/fipronil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fipronil
trans_list: Fipronil
sense:
(organic compound) A broad-spectrum insecticide, belonging to the phenylpyrazole family, that disrupts the insect's central nervous system.


lexentry: eng/fire-eyed_diucon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire-eyed diucon
trans_list: Feueraugen-Nonnentyrann
sense:
A species of tyrant flycatcher, Xolmis pyrope, found in southwest South America, having bright red irides.


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fire
trans_list: Feuer | Brand
sense:
(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fire
trans_list: Feuer | Brand
sense:
(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fire
trans_list: Feuer
sense:
(uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: fire
trans_list: Feuer
sense:
(gemology) The capacity of a gemstone, especially a faceted, cut gemstone, that is transparent to visible light, to disperse white light into its multispectral component parts, resulting in a flash of different colors, the richness and dispersion of which increases the gemstone's value.


lexentry: eng/fire__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fire
trans_list: feuern | kündigen
sense:
(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).


lexentry: eng/fire__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: fire
trans_list: auslösen
sense:
(ambitransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).


lexentry: eng/fire_alarm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire alarm
trans_list: Feueralarm | Feuermelder
sense:
An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.


lexentry: eng/fire_at_will__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire at will
trans_list: Feuer frei!
sense:
(military) Fire when ready. A command that allows troops to use weapons at their discretion and choose their own targets, allowing the individual soldier a greater freedom of timing the shot with target movement and similar.


lexentry: eng/fire_blanket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire blanket
trans_list: Löschdecke | Feuerlöschdecke
sense:
A large piece of fireproof or fire resistant material, used exclusively to cover and extinguish a small fire.


lexentry: eng/fire_blight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire blight
trans_list: Feuerbrand
sense:
(plant disease) A bacterial plant disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, that affects apples, pears and some other members of the Rosaceae family.


lexentry: eng/fire_brigade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire brigade
trans_list: Feuerwehr
sense:
(firefighting, US) A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of putting out fires, usually in addition to their normal job.


lexentry: eng/fire_brigade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fire brigade
trans_list: Feuerwehr
sense:
(firefighting, UK, Irish) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.


lexentry: eng/fire_chief__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A leader of a fire station; an officer in charge of firemen and fighting fires.
written_rep: fire chief
trans_list:
Brandmeister | Brandmeisterin | Feuerwehrchef | Feuerwehrchefin | Feuerwehrhauptfrau | Feuerwehrhauptmann


lexentry: eng/fire_department__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire department
trans_list: Feuerwehr
sense:
(firefighting, US) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services as well, such as first aid and search and rescue.


lexentry: eng/fire_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire dog
trans_list: Mondhorn | Mondidol
sense:
(archaeology) Bronze Age artifact used in worshipping either bulls or the moon, or as a holder for wooden logs to be used in a fire altar.


lexentry: eng/fire_drill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire drill
trans_list: Feuerübung | Brandschutzübung | Probealarm
sense:
An organized practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire.


lexentry: eng/fire_drill__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fire drill
trans_list: Bogendrille | Feuerbohrer | Fiedelbohrer | Geigenbohrer
sense:
A fire-starting tool consisting of a wooden rod and some primitive means of rapidly rotating the rod on a flat surface like a drill until tinder can be ignited.


lexentry: eng/fire_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire engine
trans_list: Feuerwehrspritze | Feuerwehrwagen
sense:
(firefighting, vehicle) A vehicle used by firefighters to pump water to fight a fire. Typically, a fire engine carries a supply of water and has the ability to connect to an external water supply.


lexentry: eng/fire_escape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire escape
trans_list: Notausgang
sense:
Any of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building if a fire breaks out.


lexentry: eng/fire_extinguisher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire extinguisher
trans_list: Feuerlöscher | Feuerlöschgerät
sense:
A device that can be used to put out a fire. Usually a portable cylinder filled with carbon dioxide, dry powder or water, in the latter two cases with some means of pressurising the cylinder to expel the contents.


lexentry: eng/fire_hose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire hose
trans_list: Feuerwehrschlauch
sense:
A hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire, usually much stronger and wider in diameter than a garden hose.


lexentry: eng/fire_hydrant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire hydrant
trans_list: Hydrant | Feuerhahn
sense:
(firefighting) A device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main supply, consisting of a barrel, connections for hose and a valve assembly.


lexentry: eng/fire_in_the_belly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire in the belly
trans_list: Begeisterung
sense:
(idiomatic) The emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc.


lexentry: eng/fire_lane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire lane
trans_list: Feuerwehrspur
sense:
(American) A passageway or access road that allows a firefighting apparatus such as a fire engine to pass through.


lexentry: eng/fire_load__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fire load
trans_list: Brandlast
sense:
The quantity of combustible matter in a given area, or the quantity of heat that can be generated by its combustion.


lexentry: eng/fire_marshal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire marshal
sense:
(US, Philippines) A public official with police powers responsible for enforcing fire safety regulations, and sometimes, who also investigates suspicious fires.

trans_list:
Brandinspektor | Brandinspektorin | Brandschutzbeauftragte | Brandschutzbeauftragter | Brandursachenermittler | Brandursachenermittlerin


lexentry: eng/fire_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire point
trans_list: Brennpunkt
sense:
The lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn for at least five seconds after ignition by an open flame of standard dimension.


lexentry: eng/fire_salamander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire salamander
trans_list: Feuersalamander
sense:
A medium-sized black salamander with yellow spots (Salamandra salamandra), native to Europe, related to the tiger salamander.


lexentry: eng/fire_station__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire station
trans_list: Feuerwache | Feuerwehrhaus
sense:
The building where firefighters and fire trucks/fire engines are housed when not answering an alarm.


lexentry: eng/fire_truck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire truck
trans_list: Drehleiter
sense:
(firefighting, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A ladder truck, a vehicle used by firefighters to gain access to the upper stories of a building. Typically, a fire truck has a hydraulic system which operates a large, heavy-duty ladder mounted on top of the truck body, space for portable ladders to be stored and compartments for holding other tools that may be needed. Unlike a fire engine, trucks do not have pumps or carry water.


lexentry: eng/fireball__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fireball
trans_list: Fireball
sense:
(sailing) A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.


lexentry: eng/firebird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firebird
trans_list: Scharlachkardinal
sense:
A scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea. (This species is now classified as belonging to the cardinal family: Cardinalidae)


lexentry: eng/firebird__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: firebird
trans_list: Feuervogel
sense:
(Slavic mythology) A magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor


lexentry: eng/firebrand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firebrand
trans_list: Aufrührer | Aufwiegler | Radikalinski | Rädelsführer | Sponti
sense:
(figurative) An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the status quo.


lexentry: eng/firebug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firebug
trans_list: Feuerwanze
sense:
Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.


lexentry: eng/firecracker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firecracker
trans_list: Böller | Kracher | Feuerwerkskörper | Knallkörper
sense:
A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.


lexentry: eng/firedamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firedamp
trans_list: Grubengas
sense:
(mining) An inflammable gas (mostly methane) found in coal mines; forms an explosive mixture with air.


lexentry: eng/firefly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firefly
trans_list: Glühwürmchen | Leuchtkäfer | Johanniswürmchen
sense:
(Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.


lexentry: eng/fireman__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fireman
trans_list: Heizer
sense:
(rail transport, nautical) A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.


lexentry: eng/fireship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fireship
trans_list: Brander | Brandschiff
sense:
(nautical, historical) A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.


lexentry: eng/firestriker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firestriker
trans_list: Feuereisen | Feuerschläger | Feuerschurf | Feuerstahl | Pinkeisen | Schlageisen
sense:
A piece of high-carbon steel used for striking a spark, usually kept in a tinderbox with flint and tinder.


lexentry: eng/firewall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firewall
trans_list: Brandmauer | Brandwand
sense:
(architecture) A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.


lexentry: eng/firewall__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: firewall
trans_list: Firewall | Brandmauer
sense:
(computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.


lexentry: eng/firewater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firewater
trans_list: Feuerwasser
sense:
(informal) High-proof alcoholic beverage, especially whiskey (especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans).


lexentry: eng/fireweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fireweed
trans_list: schmalblättrige Weidenröschen
sense:
A perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium or Chamaenerion angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.


lexentry: eng/firework__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firework
trans_list: Feuerwerkskörper | Feuerwerk
sense:
A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.


lexentry: eng/fireworm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fireworm
trans_list: Bart-Feuerborstenwurm | Feuerwurm
sense:
The bearded fireworm, Hermodice carunculata, a species of polychaete in family Amphinomidae, which may cause pain if touched.


lexentry: eng/firing_pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firing pin
trans_list: Schlagbolzen
sense:
(firearms) the part of the firing mechanism which strikes the cartridge's primer to ignite the gunpowder.


lexentry: eng/firing_squad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firing squad
trans_list: Ehrensalutkommando | Erschießungskommando | Exekutionskommando | Hinrichtungskommando | Peloton
sense:
A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral.


lexentry: eng/firmament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firmament
trans_list: Firmament | Feste
sense:
(usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.


lexentry: eng/firn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firn
trans_list: Firn
sense:
A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.


lexentry: eng/first-degree_murder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first-degree murder
trans_list: Ermordung
sense:
(legal, chiefly, US, Canada) The criminal offence of murder in a form considered by law to be the most serious; the precise distinction may vary by jurisdiction but typically involves premeditation, or the choice of victim or other circumstances being regarded as especially blameworthy.


lexentry: eng/first-person_shooter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first-person shooter
trans_list: Ego-Shooter
sense:
(video games) A combat or video game in the genre characterized by a three-dimensional view from the player's perspective (POV, point of view) and the ability to fire a weapon.


lexentry: eng/first_aid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first aid
trans_list: Erste Hilfe | Nothilfe | Unfallhilfe
sense:
(medicine) Basic medical care that is administered to a victim of an injury, usually where the injury is slight or where better care is unavailable.


lexentry: eng/first_aid_kit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first aid kit
trans_list: Verbandkasten | Verbandskasten | Erste-Hilfe-Kasten | Taschenapotheke
sense:
A collection of first aid supplies for treatment of minor injuries or stabilization of major injuries.


lexentry: eng/first_class__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: first class
trans_list: Erste-Klasse-
sense:
Of, or relating to the most luxurious and expensive class of accommodation on a train, ship, hotel, etc.


lexentry: eng/first_day_cover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first day cover
trans_list: Ersttagsblatt
sense:
(philately) A letter or card with a new stamp, postmarked on the day that the stamp was first issued.


lexentry: eng/first_floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first floor
trans_list: erster Stock
sense:
(North America, Philippines) The floor of a building at the level of the street or surrounding ground; the ground floor


lexentry: eng/first_gear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first gear
trans_list: Eins
sense:
The first gear of a transmission or other gearbox, which usually is the one that provides the lowest output speed and greatest mechanical advantage, except in setups in which there is a granny gear.


lexentry: eng/first_grade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first grade
trans_list: erste Klasse
sense:
(US, education) The first or second year of grade school depending on classification, the period in school that comes after kindergarten and before second grade. Children usually begin first grade at age six.


lexentry: eng/first_in_first_out__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: first in first out
trans_list: wer zuerst kommt,(mahlt zuerst)
sense:
(management) A policy of assigning priority to tasks and assignments that have arrived for service first.


lexentry: eng/first_lieutenant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first lieutenant
trans_list: Oberleutnant | Leutnant
sense:
(military ranks) The second lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the United States Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, ranking above a second lieutenant and below a captain. The rank of first lieutenant is equivalent to the naval rank of lieutenant junior grade.


lexentry: eng/first_love__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: first love
trans_list: erste Liebe | große Liebe
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) The thing, place, or activity of which one is fondest; one's most fundamental interest or attachment.


lexentry: eng/first_mate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first mate
trans_list: zweite
sense:
(nautical) An officer on a merchant ship next in rank to the captain and responsible to the captain for the safety and security of the ship.


lexentry: eng/first_past_the_post__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first past the post
trans_list: Mehrheits-
sense:
A voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer.


lexentry: eng/first_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: first person
trans_list: erste Person
sense:
A form of narrative writing using verbs in the first person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the narrator.


lexentry: eng/first_responder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first responder
trans_list: Ersthelfer des Rettungsdienstes
sense:
A member of an emergency service who is first on the scene, or among those first on the scene, at an emergency.


lexentry: eng/first_things_first__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first things first
trans_list: das Wichtigste zuerst | eins nach dem anderen
sense:
Let's deal with matters of highest priority first; let's deal with matters in logical sequence. [19th c.]


lexentry: eng/first_world_problem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first world problem
trans_list: Luxusproblem
sense:
A complaint or frustration regarded as trivial that is experienced only by inhabitants in wealthy or developed nations.


lexentry: eng/fiscal_policy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiscal policy
trans_list: Finanzpolitik
sense:
(economics) Government policy that attempts to influence the direction of the economy through changes in government spending or taxes.


lexentry: eng/fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: fish
trans_list: Fischzug | Fisch
sense:
(uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.


lexentry: eng/fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: fish
trans_list: Fischzug
sense:
(countable, nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.


lexentry: eng/fish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish
trans_list: fischen | angeln
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.


lexentry: eng/fish__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fish
trans_list: fischen
sense:
(intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.


lexentry: eng/fish_and_chips__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish and chips
trans_list: Bratfisch mit Pommes frites | Fish and Chips
sense:
A meal of fish fried in batter and served with chips (fried potato pieces), popular throughout the Anglosphere, especially in coastal regions.


lexentry: eng/fish_bowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fish bowl
trans_list: Fischglas
sense:
A variety of discussions where participants are organized in concentric circles and take turns where they and others in the same group are allowed to speak according to a set of rules. [a. 1970]


lexentry: eng/fish_finger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish finger
trans_list: Fischstäbchen
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Irish) A rectangular stick of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling.


lexentry: eng/fish_food__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish food
trans_list: Fischfutter
sense:
Food for fish that are kept in aquaria; sprinkled on the surface of the water, usually in the form of dry flakes.


lexentry: eng/fish_fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish fork
trans_list: Fischgabel
sense:
A fork intended for eating fish and other seafood, as at formal dining where different forks are provided for different courses.


lexentry: eng/fish_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish oil
trans_list: Fischöl
sense:
Oil derived from the tissues of oily fish; especially, a dietary supplement made therefrom, manufactured and sold in liquid, capsule and tablet forms.


lexentry: eng/fish_tank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish tank
trans_list: Aquarium
sense:
A container, usually made out of glass or acrylic, specifically designed for holding water and marine life.


lexentry: eng/fish_trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish trap
trans_list: Reuse
sense:
A contraption made of wires, rods, fishing-net or other suitable materials with the purpose of catching fish alive.


lexentry: eng/fishball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishball
trans_list: Fischbällchen
sense:
A food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball, popular in Chinese and Scandinavian cuisine and elsewhere around the world.


lexentry: eng/fishcake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishcake
trans_list: Fischfrikadelle | Fischlaibchen | Fischplätzchen
sense:
A mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato or another starch, and seasoning, made into a patty and shallow fried.


lexentry: eng/fisher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fisher
trans_list: Fischer | Fischerin
sense:
A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.


lexentry: eng/fisher__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fisher
trans_list: Fischermarder
sense:
A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti), that has thick brown fur.


lexentry: eng/fisheye_lens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fisheye lens
trans_list: Fischauge | Fischaugen-Objektiv | Fischaugenlinse | Fischaugenobjektiv
sense:
(photography) A wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view (approaching or exceeding 180 degrees) and producing images that are circular or distorted by curvature at the edges.


lexentry: eng/fishing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fishing
trans_list: Fischen | Fischerei | Fischfang
sense:
(uncountable, informal) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.


lexentry: eng/fishing__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fishing
trans_list: Fischfang | Fischen
sense:
(uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.


lexentry: eng/fishing_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishing cat
trans_list: Fischkatze
sense:
A medium-sized cat whose habitat range extends through Indochina, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java; (Prionailurus viverrinus).


lexentry: eng/fishing_expedition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishing expedition
trans_list: Voruntersuchung
sense:
(idiomatic, legal, informal, pejorative) A search for information, especially incriminating information, that is conducted without specific direction or goal, in the hope that something may turn up.


lexentry: eng/fishing_rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishing rod
trans_list: Angelrute | Angel
sense:
A rod, often made in sections, which carries a line used for angling and is used to support both the line and the reel and to cast the line.


lexentry: eng/fishplate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishplate
trans_list: Lasche
sense:
(rail transport) A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track.


lexentry: eng/fishpond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishpond
trans_list: Fischteich
sense:
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food.


lexentry: eng/fist-fuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fist-fuck
trans_list: Faustfick
sense:
(vulgar, slang) Sexual practice in which a (fisted) hand is inserted and moved in or around the vagina or rectum.


lexentry: eng/fisting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fisting
trans_list: Faustfick | Fisten | Fisting
sense:
(slang, vulgar, sex) The act or sexual practice of inserting one or both hands into the vagina or rectum of one's sexual partner.


lexentry: eng/fistula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fistula
trans_list: Fistel
sense:
(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.


lexentry: eng/fitful__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fitful
trans_list: unregelmäßig
sense:
(by extension) Characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between; intermittent, irregular, unsteady.


lexentry: eng/fitted_sheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fitted sheet
trans_list: Spannbettlaken | Spannbetttuch
sense:
A sheet tailored to form pocket for a mattress with elastic edges that is suitable for a range of mattress sizes. The edge may also contain a drawstring to secure the sheet more firmly and enable use on a wider range of mattress thicknesses.


lexentry: eng/fitting__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fitting
trans_list: Anschlussstück | Anschlußstück | Fitting | Formstück | Muffe | Rohrleitungsverbinder
sense:
(engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling


lexentry: eng/fitting__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fitting
trans_list: Anpassung | Aufbau | Einbau | Montage
sense:
(manufacturing) The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.


lexentry: eng/fitting__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fitting
trans_list: Einrichtung | Einrichtungsgegenstand | Möbel | Möbiliar
sense:
(chiefly, _, British, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.


lexentry: eng/five_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: five hundred
trans_list: fünfhundert
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after four hundred ninety-nine and before five hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 500. Ordinal: five-hundredth.


lexentry: eng/five_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: five o'clock
trans_list: fünf Uhr
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the sixth hour of the day; 5:00 a.m. (05:00).


lexentry: eng/five_o'clock_shadow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: five o'clock shadow
trans_list: Stoppelbart
sense:
(informal) A beard growth that is visible late in the day on the face of a man who was clean-shaven in the morning.


lexentry: eng/fix__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fix
trans_list: Schuss
sense:
A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.


lexentry: eng/fix__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fix
trans_list: manipulieren | match-fixing
sense:
(transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.


lexentry: eng/fix__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: fix
trans_list: fixieren
sense:
(transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.


lexentry: eng/fix__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: fix
trans_list: reparieren | befestigen | fixieren | vorbereiten | anheften | anhängen
sense:
(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.


lexentry: eng/fixate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fixate
trans_list: [[fixieren|sich fixieren (auf)]]
sense:
(intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner. [with on]


lexentry: eng/fixation__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: fixation
trans_list: Fixierung
sense:
(legal) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.


lexentry: eng/fixed_asset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fixed asset
trans_list: Anlagevermögen | Sachanlage
sense:
(business, accounting) Asset or property which cannot easily be converted into cash, such as land, buildings and machinery.


lexentry: eng/fixed_cost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fixed cost
trans_list: Bereitschaftskosten
sense:
(accounting, chiefly, in the plural) A cost of business which does not vary with output or sales; an overhead.


lexentry: eng/fixed_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fixed point
trans_list: Fixpunkt
sense:
(mathematics) A value which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a value x for which f(x) = x.


lexentry: eng/fixer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fixer
trans_list: Fixiermittel | Fixiersalz
sense:
(photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.


lexentry: eng/fixture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fixture
trans_list: Installation | Zubehörteil | feste Einrichtung | festes Inventar
sense:
(legal) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.


lexentry: eng/fizgig__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fizgig
trans_list: Fischgabel
sense:
(fishing) A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals; a type of harpoon.


lexentry: eng/fizzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fizzle
trans_list: zischen | fehlschlagen | im Sande verlaufen | missglücken | totlaufen | zu nichts führen
sense:
(figuratively, informal) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.


lexentry: eng/fizzle_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fizzle out
trans_list: im Sande verlaufen
sense:
(slang, intransitive) To lose excitement, to become less exciting; to end, fail or die out in a weak or disappointing way.


lexentry: eng/flabbergast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flabbergast
trans_list: verblüffen | abschnallen | aus allen Wolken fallen | baff sein | erstaunen | platt sein
sense:
(transitive) To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/flabby__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flabby
trans_list: quabbelig | schlabberig | schwabbelig | wabbelig
sense:
Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.


lexentry: eng/flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: flag
trans_list: Flag | Bitschalter
sense:
(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.


lexentry: eng/flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: flag
trans_list: Flag | Kennzeichen | Markierung
sense:
(computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.


lexentry: eng/flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: flag
trans_list: Flagge | Fahne
sense:
(internet slang, ACG) An indication that a certain outcome or event is going to happen, deduced not logically or causally, but as a pattern in a piece of media. Chiefly used in video games and adjacent media, especially visual novels, it is typically described as being raised or set by the plot or words of a character.


lexentry: eng/flag_of_convenience__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flag of convenience
trans_list: Billigflagge
sense:
(business, by extension) Use of a particular location or jurisdiction as one's nominal base of operations in order to take advantage of favorable laws and regulations or to avoid restrictions on one's operations.


lexentry: eng/flagellant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flagellant
trans_list: Flagellant
sense:
a person who whips themselves or others either as part of a religious penance or for sexual gratification.


lexentry: eng/flagon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flagon
trans_list: Korbflasche
sense:
(archaic) A large bottle for drinks such as beer, cider, or wine; also, a bottle with a cap used by travellers.


lexentry: eng/flagship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flagship
trans_list: Flaggschiff
sense:
(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.


lexentry: eng/flail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flail
trans_list: Dreschflegel | Flegel | pflegel | plegel
sense:
A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.


lexentry: eng/flail__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flail
trans_list: Flegel | Kriegsflegel | Streitflegel
sense:
A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.


lexentry: eng/flake__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flake
trans_list: Chaot | Drückeberger | Schnarchnase | Schussel
sense:
(informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.


lexentry: eng/flaky__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flaky
trans_list: aus Schichten bestehend | blättrig | exzentrisch | flockig | schuppig
sense:
Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.


lexentry: eng/flamberge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flamberge
trans_list: Flamberg
sense:
(weaponry) A European sword, typically a greatsword, which had a wavy blade, possibly to increase the cutting surface or for aid in parrying.


lexentry: eng/flambé__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flambé
trans_list: flambieren
sense:
To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.


lexentry: eng/flame_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flame out
trans_list: ausgehen
sense:
(of processes and equipment involving combustion) To fail due to extinction of flame. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/flame_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flame war
trans_list: Polemik
sense:
(Internet) An argument consisting entirely or largely of flames by various parties that serve only to escalate the dispute.


lexentry: eng/flamethrower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flamethrower
trans_list: Flammenwerfer
sense:
A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.


lexentry: eng/flan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flan
trans_list: Flan
sense:
(chiefly, US, Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.


lexentry: eng/flaneur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flaneur
trans_list: Flaneur
sense:
One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.


lexentry: eng/flank__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flank
trans_list: flankieren
sense:
(intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).


lexentry: eng/flannel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flannel
trans_list: Flanell
sense:
(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.


lexentry: eng/flap__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flap
trans_list: Bremsklappe | Flügelschlag | Landeklappe | Schlag
sense:
(aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.


lexentry: eng/flap__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: flap
trans_list: Hautfetzen | Hautlappen | Lappen
sense:
(surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.


lexentry: eng/flare-nut_wrench__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flare-nut wrench
trans_list: offener Ringschlüssel
sense:
(engineering) An open spanner (wrench) to tighten fragile nuts, such as flare nuts, not accessible to a ring spanner (box end wrench) or box spanner (tube spanner).


lexentry: eng/flare-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flare-up
trans_list: Explodieren
sense:
A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity or emotion).


lexentry: eng/flare__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flare
trans_list: Gasfackel
sense:
(oil industry) A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas (flare gas) from a flare tower (or flare stack), typically at an oil refinery.


lexentry: eng/flare__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flare
trans_list: Bengalo | Leuchtgeschoß | Leuchtkugel | bengalisches Feuer
sense:
A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light without an explosion, used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.


lexentry: eng/flare__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: flare
trans_list: Aufweitung | Schlag
sense:
(American football) A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.


lexentry: eng/flare__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flare
trans_list: abfackeln | hell leuchten | hell lodern
sense:
(ambitransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.


lexentry: eng/flare__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: flare
trans_list: abfackeln | auffflackern | aufleuchten | hell leuchten | hell lodern
sense:
(intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.


lexentry: eng/flash-ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flash-ball
trans_list: Hartgummi-Werfer | Hartgummigeschoss-Werfer
sense:
A form of handgun that fires projectiles of rubber or similar material, used mainly by law enforcement officers for riot control.


lexentry: eng/flash-bang__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flash-bang
trans_list: Blendgranate
sense:
A hand grenade that produces a very bright flash and a loud explosion, but no shrapnel and minimal explosive force, to disorient the target.


lexentry: eng/flash__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: flash
trans_list: Blitz
sense:
(photography) Clipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help illuminate a scene”).


lexentry: eng/flash__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: flash
trans_list: flashen
sense:
(transitive, computing) To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).


lexentry: eng/flash_drive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flash drive
trans_list: USB-Stick | Flash-Laufwerk | USB-Massenspeicher
sense:
(computer hardware) A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.


lexentry: eng/flash_mob__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flash mob
trans_list: Flashmob
sense:
A group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act, and then quickly disperse. [from 2003]


lexentry: eng/flash_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flash point
trans_list: Flammpunkt
sense:
(physics) The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid.


lexentry: eng/flashback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flashback
trans_list: Rückblende | Flashback | Rückblick
sense:
(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.


lexentry: eng/flashback__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flashback
trans_list: Flashback
sense:
(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.


lexentry: eng/flashcard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flashcard
trans_list: Lernkarte | Lernkartei
sense:
A card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or a question, and the other side contains the associated response which one wants to memorize. For example, one side could contain an English word, and the other side the Spanish translation.


lexentry: eng/flashcard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flashcard
trans_list: Speicherkarte
sense:
(electronics) A solid-state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones.


lexentry: eng/flashforward__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flashforward
trans_list: Vorausblende
sense:
(narratology) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.


lexentry: eng/flashing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flashing
trans_list: Abdeckblech | Witterungsschutz
sense:
(roofing) Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.


lexentry: eng/flashing__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: flashing
trans_list: Freiziehen
sense:
The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).


lexentry: eng/flask__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flask
trans_list: Flakon | Kolben
sense:
(sciences) Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.


lexentry: eng/flat-headed_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flat-headed cat
trans_list: Flachkopfkatze
sense:
Prionailurus planiceps, a small wild cat patchily distributed in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra.


lexentry: eng/flat__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: flat
trans_list: platt | flach | schal
sense:
(of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.


lexentry: eng/flat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flat
trans_list: Erniedrigungszeichen | erniedrigter Ton
sense:
(music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).


lexentry: eng/flat__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: flat
trans_list: Blatt
sense:
(rail, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.


lexentry: eng/flat_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flat cap
trans_list: Schiebermütze
sense:
(countable) A man's cap made from wool, tweed, or other soft material. It has a small peak and fits snugly on the head.


lexentry: eng/flat_peach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flat peach
trans_list: Flachpfirsich | Plattpfirsich | Weinbergpfirsich
sense:
A subspecies or variety of peach Prunus persica subsp. platycarpa, with white flesh and a flattish, round shape.


lexentry: eng/flatback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatback
trans_list: Australische Suppenschildkröte | Wallriffschildkröte
sense:
A chelonid turtle, Natator depressus, with low-domed carapace, endemic to the continental shelf of Australia.


lexentry: eng/flatfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatfish
trans_list: Plattfisch
sense:
A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usually swim with the other side down, such as a flounder, a halibut, or a sole.


lexentry: eng/flathead_mullet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flathead mullet
trans_list: Meeräsche
sense:
An edible fish, of the family Mugilidae, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical coastal waters.


lexentry: eng/flatulence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatulence
trans_list: Flatulenz
sense:
The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.


lexentry: eng/flatulist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatulist
trans_list: Flatulist | Kunstfurzer
sense:
An entertainer whose routine consists solely or primarily of farting in a creative, musical, or amusing manner.


lexentry: eng/flatworm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatworm
trans_list: Plattwurm
sense:
Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.


lexentry: eng/flavor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flavor
trans_list: Geschmack
sense:
The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.


lexentry: eng/flavor_enhancer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flavor enhancer
trans_list: Geschmacksverstärker
sense:
Any substance added to a food product to enhance its taste, especially to make it taste more savoury or to add umami


lexentry: eng/flaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flaw
trans_list: Makel
sense:
(legal) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.


lexentry: eng/flax-leaved_daphne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flax-leaved daphne
trans_list: Herbst-Seidelbast | Rispenblütiger Seidelbast
sense:
Daphne gnidium, a poisonous evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean region with dense dark-green foliage and fragrant white flowers.


lexentry: eng/flax__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flax
trans_list: Lein | Flachs
sense:
A flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps.


lexentry: eng/flea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flea
trans_list: Floh | Flohmännchen | Flohweibchen
sense:
A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.


lexentry: eng/flea_circus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flea circus
trans_list: Flohzirkus
sense:
A circus sideshow attraction in which fleas are attached (or appear to be attached) to miniature carts and other items, and encouraged to perform circus acts within a small housing.


lexentry: eng/fleece__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fleece
trans_list: Fleece
sense:
(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.


lexentry: eng/fleet_admiral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fleet admiral
trans_list: Großadmiral
sense:
(military, historical) The highest rank in the United States Navy, NATO grade OF-10, used only during World War II.


lexentry: eng/flesh__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flesh
trans_list: ausarbeiten | untermauern
sense:
(transitive) To reward (a hound, bird of prey etc.) with flesh of the animal killed, to excite it for further hunting; to train (an animal) to have an appetite for flesh.


lexentry: eng/flesh_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flesh out
trans_list: ausschmücken | herausarbeiten
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive) To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.


lexentry: eng/flesh_wound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flesh wound
trans_list: Fleischwunde
sense:
An injury which pierces the skin and causes bleeding, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs, and does not carry a serious threat of death.


lexentry: eng/fleshlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fleshlight
trans_list: Taschenmuschi
sense:
A vagina-, anus-, or mouth-shaped sex toy which is designed to stimulate and fit around the penis to aid masturbation.


lexentry: eng/fletching__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fletching
trans_list: Leitwerk
sense:
The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.


lexentry: eng/fleur-de-lis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fleur-de-lis
trans_list: Lilie
sense:
(heraldiccharge) A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom (⚜, ⚜️), often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.


lexentry: eng/flexitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flexitarianism
trans_list: Flexitarismus
sense:
(US) The practice of eating mainly vegetarian food, but making occasional exceptions for social, pragmatic, cultural, or nutritional reasons.


lexentry: eng/flexitime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flexitime
trans_list: Gleitzeit
sense:
(business, human resources) An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.


lexentry: eng/flick__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flick
trans_list: schnipsen
sense:
(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.


lexentry: eng/flick_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flick off
trans_list: schaukeln
sense:
(vulgar, slang, ambitransitive) To masturbate by flicking the clitoris with one's finger or fingers.


lexentry: eng/flight__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flight
trans_list: Flug
sense:
A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.


lexentry: eng/flight_attendant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight attendant
trans_list: Flugbegleiter | Flugbegleiterin | Steward | Stewardess
sense:
A member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers.


lexentry: eng/flight_data_recorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight data recorder
trans_list: Flugdatenaufzeichnungsgerät | Flugdatenschreiber
sense:
(aviation) A device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft; designed to survive severe impact and fire to help in finding the causes of an accident.


lexentry: eng/flight_information_region__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight information region
trans_list: Fluginformationsgebiet
sense:
(aviation) A specified region of airspace in which a flight information service and an alerting service are provided.


lexentry: eng/flight_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight number
trans_list: Flugnummer
sense:
(aviation, travel) A callsign assigned to a commercial flight for the purposes of reservation and ticketing, typically consisting of a 2 character airline code and a 1 to 4 digit number to indicate a particular service.


lexentry: eng/flight_recorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight recorder
trans_list: Flugschreiber
sense:
A device which records data that would be of use in investigating the cause of an aircraft accident; usually in pairs, consisting of a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder.


lexentry: eng/flight_risk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight risk
trans_list: Fluchtgefahr
sense:
(legal, uncountable) The possibility that a person under the custody of law enforcement will abscond if granted bail.


lexentry: eng/flimsy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flimsy
trans_list: fadenscheinig
sense:
Of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak; also, unimportant; paltry, trivial. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/flinch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flinch
trans_list: zusammenfahren | zusammenzucken | entziehen | wanken | zucken | zurückschrecken
sense:
(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.


lexentry: eng/flint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flint
trans_list: Feuerstein | Flint | Flintstein | Silex
sense:
A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.


lexentry: eng/flinty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flinty
trans_list: Feuerstein- | flintig | mineralisch
sense:
(wine) Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.


lexentry: eng/flip-flop__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flip-flop
trans_list: Flipflop
sense:
(computing, electronics) A bistable; an electronic switching circuit that has either two stable states (switching between them in response to a trigger) or a stable and an unstable state (switching from one to the other and back again in response to a trigger), and which is thereby capable of serving as one bit of memory. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/flip__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: flip
trans_list: wenden | schwenken | umdrehen
sense:
(transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.


lexentry: eng/flip_the_bird__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flip the bird
trans_list: den Mittelfinger zeigen | den Stinkefinger zeigen
sense:
(colloquial, idiom) To make a rude or obscene gesture (at somebody); particularly, to extend the middle finger.


lexentry: eng/flipper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flipper
trans_list: Flosse
sense:
In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming.


lexentry: eng/flirt__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: flirt
trans_list: flirten | anbaggern | anmachen | aufreißen
sense:
(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/flitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flitch
trans_list: Pfeil
sense:
The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.


lexentry: eng/float__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: float
trans_list: schwimmen | schweben | treiben
sense:
(intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).


lexentry: eng/float__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: float
trans_list: schwimmen | schweben | treiben
sense:
To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.


lexentry: eng/float__Verb__1
sense_num: 22
written_rep: float
trans_list: schwimmen | schweben | treiben
sense:
(transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only


lexentry: eng/floating-point_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: floating-point number
trans_list: Float
sense:
(computing) A real number held as a pair of integers, one representing the mantissa and the other representing the exponent. The base is normally 10, 16 or 256 depending on the computing system.


lexentry: eng/floating_island__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: floating island
trans_list: Schnee-Eier | Vogelmilch
sense:
A French cold dessert consisting of an "island" of meringue, made of egg whites and sugar, floating in a "sea" of custard.


lexentry: eng/floccinaucinihilipilification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floccinaucinihilipilification
trans_list: Geringschätzung
sense:
(often, humorous) The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless.


lexentry: eng/flocculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flocculation
trans_list: Ausflockung | Flockung | Flokkulation
sense:
(physical chemistry) A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc.


lexentry: eng/flock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flock
trans_list: Schwarm | Schar
sense:
A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.


lexentry: eng/flock__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flock
trans_list: Herde | Schar
sense:
A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.


lexentry: eng/flood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flood
trans_list: Flut | Überschwemmung | Überflutung | Hochwasser
sense:
An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.


lexentry: eng/flood__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flood
trans_list: Flut
sense:
(figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.


lexentry: eng/flood__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flood
trans_list: überschwemmen | überfluten | überfüllen
sense:
(Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.


lexentry: eng/floodlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: floodlight
trans_list: Flutlicht
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground.


lexentry: eng/floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floor
trans_list: Fußboden | Boden | Bodenbelag | Decke | Fußbodenbelag | Plattform
sense:
(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.


lexentry: eng/floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: floor
trans_list: Boden | Erdboden | Erdoberfläche | Grund | Land
sense:
(geology, biology, chiefly with a modifier) The bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space (e.g. cave, forest, ocean, desert, etc.); the ground (surface of the Earth).


lexentry: eng/floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: floor
trans_list: Stockwerk | Decke | Deckenkonstruktion | Geschossdecke
sense:
(construction, architecture) A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.


lexentry: eng/floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: floor
trans_list: Fußboden | Boden | Bodenbelag | Fußbodenbelag | Schiffsboden
sense:
(nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.


lexentry: eng/floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: floor
trans_list: Börsensaal
sense:
The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition.


lexentry: eng/floor_lamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floor lamp
trans_list: Stehlampe
sense:
A lamp supported by a tall vertical pole in order that light comes from above those seated in the vicinity.


lexentry: eng/flop__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flop
trans_list: floppen | misslingen | scheitern | versagen
sense:
(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).


lexentry: eng/floppy_disk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floppy disk
trans_list: Diskette | Floppy | Floppy Disk
sense:
(computer hardware) A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.


lexentry: eng/floppy_drive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floppy drive
trans_list: Diskettenlaufwerk
sense:
A computer hardware device used for reading and writing on removable floppy disks, such as 3+1⁄2″, 5+1⁄4″ or 8″ diskettes.


lexentry: eng/flor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flor
trans_list: Hautbildung
sense:
A film of yeast that develops on the surface of some wines during fermentation, induced deliberately during the production of sherry.


lexentry: eng/floriography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floriography
trans_list: Blumensprache
sense:
Communication through the use of flowers, with different types of flowers having particular symbolic meanings.


lexentry: eng/floss__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: floss
trans_list: Maiskolbenfaser
sense:
The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.


lexentry: eng/flotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flotation
trans_list: Flotation
sense:
(mining, chemical engineering) A process of separating minerals by agitating a mixture with water and detergents etc; selected substances being carried to the surface in air bubbles.


lexentry: eng/flotsam_and_jetsam__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flotsam and jetsam
trans_list: Treibgut und Strandgut
sense:
(nautical) That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally).


lexentry: eng/flounder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flounder
trans_list: Flunder | Butt
sense:
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).


lexentry: eng/flour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flour
trans_list: Mehl
sense:
Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.


lexentry: eng/flourish__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
sense: (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
written_rep: flourish
trans_list:
schwingen | gestikulieren | schnörkeln | schwenken | schwungvoll bewegen | überschwenglich gestikulieren


lexentry: eng/flourish__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: flourish
sense:
(intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.

trans_list:
schwingen | gestikulieren | schnörkeln | schwenken | schwungvoll bewegen | überschwenglich gestikulieren


lexentry: eng/flow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flow
trans_list: Tätigkeitsrausch
sense:
Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.


lexentry: eng/flow__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flow
trans_list: Flut | Fluss
sense:
(math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.


lexentry: eng/flow_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flow control
trans_list: Flusskontrolle
sense:
(networking) The management of the data transmission rate between two nodes to prevent a fast sender from outrunning a slow receiver.


lexentry: eng/flower__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flower
trans_list: Blume | Blüte
sense:
(botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.


lexentry: eng/flower_head__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flower head
trans_list: Blütenkorb | Blütenkörbchen | Capitulum | Korb | Köpfchen
sense:
(botany) A compact cluster of florets having the appearance of a single [flower]] (as in the daisy family).


lexentry: eng/flowery__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flowery
trans_list: blumig
sense:
(of a speech or piece of writing) overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance


lexentry: eng/flue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flue
trans_list: Abzug | Dunstabzug | Rauchabzug
sense:
A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).


lexentry: eng/fluency__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fluency
trans_list: Flüssigkeit | Geläufigkeit | Sprechflüssigkeit | flüssig
sense:
(linguistics) The quality of being fluent in a language; A person's command of a particular language.


lexentry: eng/flugelhorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flugelhorn
trans_list: Flügelhorn
sense:
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.


lexentry: eng/fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluid
trans_list: Fluid | Flüssigkeit
sense:
Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.


lexentry: eng/fluid_ounce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluid ounce
trans_list: Flüssigunze
sense:
Any of various units of volume used for liquid measure, all approximately 1.73–1.83 cubic inches or 28.4–30 milliliters.


lexentry: eng/fluidized_bed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluidized bed
trans_list: Wirbelschicht
sense:
An industrial unit process in which a quantity of a solid particulate substance is caused to float in a stream of a fluid (usually air or other gas) in order to create conditions in which many chemical, combustion and drying reactions take place efficiently.


lexentry: eng/flume__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flume
trans_list: Fluder
sense:
An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.


lexentry: eng/fluorescein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluorescein
trans_list: Fluorescein
sense:
(carboxylic acid) Any of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted; used forensically to detect traces of blood, and in analytical chemistry as an indicator in silver nitrate titrations


lexentry: eng/fluorescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluorescence
trans_list: Fluoreszenz
sense:
(physics) The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle.


lexentry: eng/fluorite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluorite
trans_list: Fluorit
sense:
(mineral) A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.


lexentry: eng/fluorobenzene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluorobenzene
trans_list: Fluorbenzol
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any fluorinated derivative of benzene, but especially the mono-substituted C6H5F (phenyl fluoride)


lexentry: eng/flush__Noun__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flush
trans_list: Spülung | Erröten | Errötung | Hautrötung | Rotwerden | Röte
sense:
A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.


lexentry: eng/flush_mounting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flush mounting
trans_list: UP-Montage | Unterputz-Montage | flächenbündig | oberflächenbündig | unterputz
sense:
(electrical installation) A type of mounting of a fixture, e.g. a socket so that the body of the fixture is inside the wall, leaving only a cover plate on top of the surface of the wall.


lexentry: eng/flush_toilet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flush toilet
trans_list: WC | Toilette
sense:
A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typically a sewer main in urban settings or a septic tank elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/flute__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flute
trans_list: Nut | Rille | Furche | Riefe | Spiralnut
sense:
A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape.


lexentry: eng/flute__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: flute
trans_list: Kannelierung | Kannelur | Kannelüre | Nut | Riefe | Rille
sense:
(architectural element, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.


lexentry: eng/flute__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flute
trans_list: pfeifen | auskehlen | furchen | in Falten legen | kannelieren | nuten
sense:
(transitive) To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).


lexentry: eng/fluting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluting
trans_list: Auskehlung | Kannelierung | Riffelung | Rille | Rillen | Rüschen
sense:
(architecture, sculpture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.


lexentry: eng/flutter__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flutter
trans_list: wedeln
sense:
(intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.


lexentry: eng/flux__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flux
trans_list: Fluss
sense:
(physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.


lexentry: eng/flux_capacitor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flux capacitor
trans_list: Fluxkompensator
sense:
(science fiction) A fictional instrument required to operate a time machine, consisting of a rectangular-shaped compartment with three flashing Geissler-style tubes arranged in a "Y" configuration.


lexentry: eng/fly-half__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly-half
trans_list: Verbindungshalb
sense:
(rugby) A rugby player who is normally the first receiver of the ball from the scrum half after a scrum; a half-back.


lexentry: eng/fly__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fly
trans_list: Fliege
sense:
(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).


lexentry: eng/fly__Noun__2
sense_num: 07
written_rep: fly
trans_list: Hosenschlitz
sense:
(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.


lexentry: eng/fly__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fly
trans_list: fliegen | fahren | fliegen lassen
sense:
(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.


lexentry: eng/fly_agaric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly agaric
trans_list: Fliegenpilz
sense:
A poisonous and hallucinogenic mushroom, Amanita muscaria, with a large crimson cap, fading to yellow, scattered with white flecks.


lexentry: eng/fly_ash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly ash
trans_list: Flugasche
sense:
A residue generated in the combustion of powdered coal or other materials, comprising the fine particles that rise with the flue gases; when generated industrially it is usually captured and can be recycled for use in construction materials.


lexentry: eng/fly_by_the_seat_of_one's_pants__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly by the seat of one's pants
trans_list: fahren
sense:
(idiomatic) To pilot an aircraft without the aid of instruments and without a flight plan, using only instinct, visual observation, and practical judgment.


lexentry: eng/fly_by_the_seat_of_one's_pants__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fly by the seat of one's pants
trans_list: fahren auf Sicht
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) To use one's judgment, initiative, and perceptions as events unfold in order to improvise a course of action without a predetermined plan or without the desirable data inputs to decision making.


lexentry: eng/fly_fishing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly fishing
trans_list: Fliegenfischen | Fliegenfischerei | Fliegenangeln | Flugangeln
sense:
(fishing) A form of angling whereby the weight of the line is used to cast a lure visually resembling a fly.


lexentry: eng/fly_in_the_ointment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly in the ointment
trans_list: Haar in der Suppe
sense:
(idiomatic) Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.


lexentry: eng/flycatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flycatcher
trans_list: Fliegenschnäpper
sense:
Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.


lexentry: eng/flycatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flycatcher
trans_list: Fliegenschnäpper
sense:
Any of many kinds of similar birds of various families, such as Tyrannidae (the New World flycatchers of the Americas), Tityridae, Stenostiridae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, etc.


lexentry: eng/flying_boat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying boat
trans_list: Flugboot
sense:
A fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, capable of landing on water, but (unless also equipped with wheels) not on land.


lexentry: eng/flying_buttress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying buttress
trans_list: Strebebogen
sense:
(architecture) A buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).


lexentry: eng/flying_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flying fish
trans_list: fliegender Fisch | Fliegender Fisch
sense:
A tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, having enlarged winglike pectoral fins enabling it to escape predators by taking short gliding flights through the air.


lexentry: eng/flying_fox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying fox
trans_list: Eigentlicher Flughund
sense:
A large Australasian bat, of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon in the family Pteropodidae, having a fox-like face.


lexentry: eng/flying_gurnard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying gurnard
trans_list: Flughahn
sense:
Any tropical marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, having immense wing-like pectoral fins used to glide through the water.


lexentry: eng/flying_kiss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying kiss
trans_list: Luftkuss
sense:
A symbolic kiss given by kissing one's own hand, then blowing on the hand in a direction towards the recipient.


lexentry: eng/flying_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying machine
trans_list: Flugzeug
sense:
(archaic) Early term for an aircraft; a machine for flying in (gerund); a machine that flies (participial adjective)


lexentry: eng/flying_saucer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying saucer
trans_list: fliegende Untertasse
sense:
(informal) A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.


lexentry: eng/flyover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flyover
trans_list: Tiefflug
sense:
(US) A low-level flight, especially of military aircraft, of a ceremonial nature; a flypast (British).


lexentry: eng/flyover__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flyover
trans_list: Eisenbahnüberführung | Straßenüberführung | Überführung
sense:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, Philippines) A road or railway that passes over another, allowing routes to cross without interruption.


lexentry: eng/flypaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flypaper
trans_list: Fliegenpapier | Fliegenfänger | Honigstreifen
sense:
A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it.


lexentry: eng/flysch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flysch
trans_list: Flysch
sense:
(geology) A series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.


lexentry: eng/flyweight__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flyweight
trans_list: Fliegengewicht
sense:
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.


lexentry: eng/flywheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flywheel
trans_list: Schwungrad
sense:
(mechanical engineering) A rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate, or as a form of energy storage.


lexentry: eng/foam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foam
trans_list: Schaumgummi | Schaum
sense:
(firefighting) A collection of small bubbles formed by mixing an extinguishing agent with water, used to cover and extinguish fires.


lexentry: eng/foam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foam
trans_list: Schaumgummi | Schaum
sense:
A collection of small bubbles created when the surface of a body of water is moved by tides, wind, etc.


lexentry: eng/foam_party__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foam party
trans_list: Schaumparty
sense:
A social event in which participants dance to music on a dance floor covered in several feet of suds or bubbles dispensed from a foam machine.


lexentry: eng/fob__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fob
trans_list: Funkschlüssel
sense:
A hand-held electronic device that can be used as a remote control or as a key to unlock motor cars, doors, etc., and thus, modern car keys.


lexentry: eng/fob_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fob off
trans_list: abwimmeln
sense:
(informal, transitive) To use lies, excuses, or deceit to satisfy (someone); to deceitfully appease someone by giving something that is spurious or inferior from what was wanted or expected.


lexentry: eng/focal_length__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: focal length
trans_list: Brennweite
sense:
(optics) A measure of how strongly an optical system converges or diverges light, the inverse of optical power. In the simple case of a single convex lens, it is the distance along the optical axis from the principal plane of the lens to the lens's focal point (where, for instance, the film would be placed in a camera). For more complex or multi-element optical systems, focal length need not correspond to any obvious measurable physical distance.


lexentry: eng/focus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: focus
trans_list: Fokus | Brennpunkt
sense:
(uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.


lexentry: eng/focus__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: focus
trans_list: Fokus | Brennpunkt
sense:
(uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.


lexentry: eng/focus__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: focus
trans_list: Fokus | Brennpunkt
sense:
(linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.


lexentry: eng/focus__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: focus
trans_list: fokussieren
sense:
(transitive, optics) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.


lexentry: eng/focus__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: focus
trans_list: fokussieren | sich konzentrieren
sense:
(intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.


lexentry: eng/focus_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: focus group
trans_list: Fokusgruppe
sense:
A group of people, sampled from a larger population, interviewed in open session for market research or political analysis.


lexentry: eng/fodder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fodder
trans_list: Futter | Viehfutter
sense:
Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.


lexentry: eng/fog_light__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fog light
trans_list: Nebelscheinwerfer
sense:
(automotive) One of a pair of lights, mounted at the front of a car, below the headlights, usually white or yellow in colour, for increased visibility ahead in foggy driving conditions.


lexentry: eng/fogbow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fogbow
trans_list: Nebelbogen
sense:
(meteorology) A white arc or circle, similar to a rainbow, which can appear in the sky in foggy conditions as sunlight passes through small airborne water droplets.


lexentry: eng/fogey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fogey
trans_list: Banause
sense:
A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.


lexentry: eng/foible__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foible
trans_list: Eigenheit | Marotte | Schwäche | Spleen
sense:
(mostly, in plural) A quirk, idiosyncrasy, frailty, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.


lexentry: eng/foil__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: foil
trans_list: Florett | Kontrastfigur
sense:
(authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.


lexentry: eng/fold__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fold
trans_list: Falte
sense:
(geology) The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.


lexentry: eng/fold__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: fold
trans_list: Gemeinde
sense:
(Christianity) A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; also, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.


lexentry: eng/fold__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fold
trans_list: falten | falzen
sense:
(transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.


lexentry: eng/fold__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fold
trans_list: unterheben
sense:
(transitive, cooking) To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.


lexentry: eng/folder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folder
trans_list: Ordner | Mappe
sense:
An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.


lexentry: eng/folder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: folder
trans_list: Ordner | Verzeichnis
sense:
(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.


lexentry: eng/folding_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folding chair
trans_list: Faltstuhl | Klappstuhl
sense:
A light portable chair that can be stored in a stack, row or on a specially designed cart. They are produced in a variety of styles, folding mechanisms and materials.


lexentry: eng/folding_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folding knife
trans_list: Klappmesser
sense:
A kind of knife whose blade or blades can be folded inside the handle, owing to a joint#Noun. Such a knife is usually a pocketknife; its action may be locking#Adjective or nonlocking#Adjective.


lexentry: eng/foliation__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: foliation
trans_list: Blätterung
sense:
(topology) A set of submanifolds of a given manifold, each of which is of lower dimension than it, but which, taken together, are coextensive with it.


lexentry: eng/folic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folic acid
trans_list: Folsäure
sense:
(vitamin, carboxylic acid) A polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid, one of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction


lexentry: eng/folk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk
trans_list: Volk | Folk
sense:
(countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.


lexentry: eng/folk_etymology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk etymology
trans_list: Volksetymologie
sense:
A misunderstanding of the etymology of a word based on an inexpert analysis; an etymology that incorrectly explains the origin of a word based on the inadequate judgement of a common speaker of the language instead of etymological expertise.


lexentry: eng/folk_etymology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: folk etymology
trans_list: Volksetymologie
sense:
A modification of a word or its spelling resulting from a misunderstanding of its etymology, as with island, belfry, and hangnail.


lexentry: eng/folk_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk medicine
trans_list: Volksmedizin
sense:
(uncountable) Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.


lexentry: eng/folk_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk music
trans_list: Volksmusik
sense:
Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.


lexentry: eng/folk_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: folk music
trans_list: Volksmusik | Weltmusik
sense:
Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms.


lexentry: eng/folk_religion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk religion
trans_list: Volksglaube
sense:
Ethnic or regional religious customs under the umbrella of an organized religion, but outside of official doctrine and practices.


lexentry: eng/folk_song__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk song
trans_list: Volkslied | Folksong
sense:
(music) A song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians, and handed down by oral tradition.


lexentry: eng/folklorism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folklorism
trans_list: Folklorismus
sense:
Invention or adaptation of folklore, including any use of a tradition outside the cultural context in which it was created.


lexentry: eng/follow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: follow
trans_list: folgen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.


lexentry: eng/follow_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: follow up
trans_list: anbinden
sense:
To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication or verify.


lexentry: eng/follower__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: follower
trans_list: Follower
sense:
(social media) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.


lexentry: eng/fomentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fomentation
trans_list: Wickel
sense:
The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain by relaxing the skin, or of discussing (dispersing) tumours.


lexentry: eng/fomite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fomite
trans_list: Fomite | Infektionsträger
sense:
(medicine) An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses or prions), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts; common examples include towels, dishcloths, kitchenware/flatware, and laundry.


lexentry: eng/fondant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fondant
trans_list: Fondant
sense:
(usually, uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies.


lexentry: eng/fondue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fondue
trans_list: Fondue
sense:
A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.


lexentry: eng/font__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: font
trans_list: Schriftart
sense:
In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.


lexentry: eng/font__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: font
trans_list: Schriftart | Font | Zeichensatz
sense:
(computing, typography, metonymically) A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer.


lexentry: eng/fontanelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fontanelle
trans_list: Fontanelle
sense:
(anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.


lexentry: eng/fontange__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fontange
trans_list: Fontange
sense:
A headdress popular among aristocrats in Europe in the late 17th century and early 18th century, made with pleated layers of starched lace and ribbon.


lexentry: eng/foo_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foo dog
trans_list: Wächterlöwe
sense:
A stylized lion statue similar to those usually placed in male and female pairs outside imperial Chinese palaces, tombs, temples, etc.


lexentry: eng/food__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food
trans_list: Essen | Nahrung | Lebensmittel | Speise
sense:
(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.


lexentry: eng/food_bank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food bank
trans_list: Tafel
sense:
A charitable non-profit organization that distributes mostly donated food to a wide variety of agencies to those who have difficulty purchasing enough to avoid hunger.


lexentry: eng/food_court__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food court
trans_list: Food-Court
sense:
A common area for dining, containing or surrounded by contiguous counters of multiple food vendors, often adjoining a shopping area.


lexentry: eng/food_poisoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food poisoning
trans_list: Lebensmittelvergiftung | Nahrungsmittelvergiftung
sense:
(pathology, bacteria) Any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, that typically causes diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.


lexentry: eng/food_pyramid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: food pyramid
trans_list: Ernährungspyramide
sense:
(nutrition, US) Any pyramidal diagram giving advice on how to eat healthily, particularly those widely publicized by the United States government.


lexentry: eng/food_stamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food stamp
trans_list: Essensmarke
sense:
A stamp or similar paper document (e.g. coupon) issued to be exchanged in shops or storage facilities for food, or (by extension) for other essential provisions, notably in a rationing system or as a non-financial form of welfare benefit.


lexentry: eng/food_web__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food web
trans_list: Nahrungsnetz
sense:
(ecology) A diagram showing the organisms that eat other organisms in a particular ecosystem, predators being higher in the web than their prey; the network of interrelations that the diagram models.


lexentry: eng/fool's_errand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fool's errand
trans_list: Metzgergang | vergebliche Mühe
sense:
(idiomatic) A foolish undertaking, especially one that is purposeless, fruitless, nonsensical, or certain to fail.


lexentry: eng/fool__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fool
trans_list: Narr | Närrin | Eulenspiegel | Ulenspiegel
sense:
(historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).


lexentry: eng/fool__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fool
trans_list: Mus
sense:
(literature) A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.


lexentry: eng/foot-and-mouth_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foot-and-mouth disease
trans_list: Maul- und Klauenseuche | Aphthenseuche | Hand-Fuß-Mund-Krankheit | MKS
sense:
(disease, veterinary medicine) A highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease that can affect animals with cloven hooves.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foot
trans_list: Pfote | Fuß
sense:
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: foot
trans_list: Fuß | Fuss
sense:
A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: foot
trans_list: Fuß | Fuss
sense:
(music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: foot
trans_list: Fuß | Fuss | Pfote
sense:
(phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.


lexentry: eng/foot_fault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foot fault
trans_list: Fußfehler
sense:
(sports) In certain sports, as in tennis or long jump, a fault in which the athlete's foot is in the wrong place at the wrong time.


lexentry: eng/football__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: football
trans_list: Fußball | Fussball
sense:
(UK, Africa, Caribbean, South Asia, uncountable) Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.


lexentry: eng/football__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: football
trans_list: Australian Football
sense:
(Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, southern New South Wales ) Australian rules football.


lexentry: eng/football_hooligan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: football hooligan
trans_list: Fußballhooligan | Hooligan
sense:
(UK) A violent football (soccer) fan who routinely fights with supporters of opposing teams and/or with police, often the member of a firm.


lexentry: eng/football_tennis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: football tennis
trans_list: Fußballtennis
sense:
(sports) A sport played with a ball over a net on a tennis-like court, with the ball similar to the football one, and the net to the tennis one.


lexentry: eng/footbinding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footbinding
trans_list: Füßebinden
sense:
(historical) The old Chinese custom of binding women's feet with cloth to prevent them from growing with age. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/footboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: footboard
trans_list: Trittbrett
sense:
A board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet, such as that found in a carriage.


lexentry: eng/footer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: footer
trans_list: Fußzeile
sense:
(computing) A line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents or number pages. (Compare foot in printing.)


lexentry: eng/footlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footlight
trans_list: Rampe
sense:
A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.


lexentry: eng/footlocker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footlocker
trans_list: Kantine
sense:
A long, rectangular trunk or similar container that lies flat on the floor, especially one used for personal belongings and kept at the foot of a bed, commonly used in barracks and dormitories.


lexentry: eng/footnote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footnote
trans_list: Fußnote
sense:
A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.


lexentry: eng/footsie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footsie
trans_list: füßeln
sense:
A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude.


lexentry: eng/footwrap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footwrap
trans_list: Fußlappen
sense:
A strip of cloth worn around the feet before the wide availability of socks or to avoid chafing, absorb sweat and improve the foothold.


lexentry: eng/for-profit__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for-profit
trans_list: gewinnorientiert
sense:
(business, of an organization) For the purpose of making money, especially in relation to an organization that was not formerly, or is not usually, run to make money.


lexentry: eng/for__Preposition__1
sense_num: 19
written_rep: for
trans_list: für
sense:
By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.


lexentry: eng/for_loop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for loop
trans_list: for-Schleife
sense:
(programming) A section of code in which an instruction or group of instructions is executed a specific number of times depending on the value of a loop counter.


lexentry: eng/for_once__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for once
trans_list: wenigstens ein einziges Mal | wenigstens einmal
sense:
(idiomatic) For the first time, after many instances to the contrary; in a rare exception to the rule; as an exception to the usual.


lexentry: eng/for_the_birds__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for the birds
trans_list: für den Hugo | für die Katz
sense:
(idiomatic, originally, US, _, military slang, informal) Not deserving serious consideration; unimportant; useless, worthless. [from 1940s]


lexentry: eng/for_the_time_being__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for the time being
trans_list: bis auf Weiteres | einstweilen | vorläufig | fürs Erste | vorerst | zunächst einmal
sense:
(idiomatic) Temporarily; for now; until later; until the situation changes; in an indefinite period of time.


lexentry: eng/for_what_it's_worth__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for what it's worth
sense:
Considering what limited worth this advice, opinion, or suggestion might have for you; used to soften the presentation of unsolicited advice or information that may not be relevant.

trans_list:
Sie haben mich nicht nach meinem Rat gefragt, aber | es mag keine weitere Bewandtnis haben, aber | falls es Sie interessiert | ich möchte mich nicht aufdrängen, aber | nur nebenbei bemerkt | übrigens


lexentry: eng/for_your_information__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for your information
trans_list: zu Ihrer Information | zu deiner Information
sense:
(colloquial) Used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement, especially when the statement angered or offended the speaker.


lexentry: eng/foraminifer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foraminifer
trans_list: Foraminifere
sense:
Any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude.


lexentry: eng/foray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foray
trans_list: plötzlicher Überfall | überraschender Überfall
sense:
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.


lexentry: eng/forbidden_fruit_is_the_sweetest__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forbidden fruit is the sweetest
trans_list: verbotene Früchte schmecken am besten | verbotene Früchte sind süß
sense:
Forbidden things seem more appealing; people desire things more if (or, in some way, because) they can't have them.


lexentry: eng/force-feed__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: force-feed
trans_list: zwangsernähren
sense:
To force a person or animal to ingest food, for example by stuffing food down the throat, or using a tube passed into the stomach.


lexentry: eng/force__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: force
trans_list: Kraft
sense:
(now mainly with regard to words or speech; otherwise limited to set phrases) Ability to influence; Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.


lexentry: eng/force__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: force
trans_list: Macht | Kraft
sense:
(humorous, or, science fiction, with the, often, capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note. [1977]


lexentry: eng/force__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: force
trans_list: Kraft
sense:
(physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)


lexentry: eng/force__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: force
trans_list: Kräfte
sense:
(countable) A group organized for the goal of attacking, controling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).


lexentry: eng/force_majeure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: force majeure
trans_list: höhere Gewalt
sense:
(law) An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.


lexentry: eng/force_of_habit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: force of habit
trans_list: Macht der Gewohnheit
sense:
(idiomatic) an act that has been repeated to the point where the performance of the act becomes automatic


lexentry: eng/force_of_nature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: force of nature
trans_list: Naturgewalt | Naturkraft
sense:
A mighty natural force which is beyond human control, notably if potentially catastrophic, such as the elements (e.g. storms and extreme temperatures) or geological (e.g. seismic and volcanic) activity.


lexentry: eng/forced_labor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forced labor
trans_list: Zwangsarbeit
sense:
(American spelling) Work which one is compelled to perform against one's will, especially in a condition of involuntary servitude as a prisoner or slave.


lexentry: eng/forced_march__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forced march
trans_list: Eilmarsch
sense:
(military) A movement on foot by soldiers or prisoners of war, who must, in order to satisfy a military requirement, travel at a speed or in adverse conditions that would normally tire them excessively.


lexentry: eng/forced_perspective__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forced perspective
trans_list: erzwungene Perspektive
sense:
An optical illusion in which an object appears of a different size or distance away than it actually is.


lexentry: eng/forcemeat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forcemeat
trans_list: Farce
sense:
(cooking) An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.


lexentry: eng/forceps__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forceps
trans_list: Zange | Forzeps | Pinzette
sense:
An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.


lexentry: eng/forcing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forcing
trans_list: Treiberei
sense:
(horticulture) The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed


lexentry: eng/forcing__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: forcing
trans_list: Strahlungsantrieb | Ungleichgewicht der Strahlungsbilanz
sense:
(climatology, countable) The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.


lexentry: eng/ford__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ford
trans_list: Furt
sense:
A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.


lexentry: eng/forecastle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forecastle
trans_list: Vorschiff | Bugkastell
sense:
(nautical) A raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship; the structure of this part of the ship; the crew's quarters located within it.


lexentry: eng/foreclose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreclose
trans_list: zwangsvollstrecken
sense:
(transitive, legal) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.


lexentry: eng/foreclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreclosure
trans_list: Zwangsvollstreckung | Pfändung
sense:
(legal) The proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments.


lexentry: eng/forecourt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forecourt
trans_list: Außenbereich | Tankstellenaußenbereich
sense:
(chiefly, British) The area in front of a petrol station where the petrol pumps are situated; pumping area.


lexentry: eng/foreign__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: foreign
trans_list: ausländisch | fremd
sense:
Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.


lexentry: eng/foreign_agent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign agent
trans_list: ausländische Agentin | ausländischer Agent
sense:
Someone who actively carries out the interests of a foreign country while located in another host country.


lexentry: eng/foreign_correspondent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign correspondent
trans_list: Auslandskorrespondent | Auslandskorrespondentin
sense:
(journalism) A reporter or freelance journalist who is based in a foreign country, and who provides news reports and/or commentary from that place.


lexentry: eng/foreign_currency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign currency
trans_list: Fremdwährung
sense:
(banking, finance) Any currency that is in use in a foreign nation, and an authorized medium of circulation and the basis for record-keeping in that nation.


lexentry: eng/foreign_debt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign debt
trans_list: Auslandsschuld | Auslandsverschuldung
sense:
(countable, finance) A debt that a country, an organization in a country, or a resident individual in a country owes to those in other countries.


lexentry: eng/foreign_direct_investment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign direct investment
trans_list: ausländische Direktinvestition
sense:
(finance, economics) Direct investment into production or business in a country by an individual or company of another country, either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country.


lexentry: eng/foreign_key__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign key
trans_list: Fremdschlüssel
sense:
(database) A column (or group of columns) in a relational table that identifies another table, so that items in the two tables can be conceptually linked.


lexentry: eng/foreignness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreignness
trans_list: Fremdheit
sense:
(uncountable) The quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness.


lexentry: eng/foreland__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: foreland
trans_list: Vorgebirge
sense:
(geology) In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.


lexentry: eng/foreleg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreleg
trans_list: Vorderbein | Vorderlauf
sense:
Either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal such as a horse, or towards the front of a many-legged animal such as most insects, or of a piece of furniture, etc.


lexentry: eng/foremast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foremast
trans_list: Fockmast
sense:
(nautical) The mast nearest the bow, on a sailing ship with more than one mast or a non-sailing ship with any masts; the second-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.


lexentry: eng/foremilk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foremilk
trans_list: Erstmilch | Vormilch
sense:
The first milk drawn from a cow during milking; in humans, the milk secreted initially during breastfeeding, typically low in fat and rich in protein.


lexentry: eng/forensic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forensic
trans_list: forensisch
sense:
Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.


lexentry: eng/forensic_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forensic medicine
trans_list: Gerichtsmedizin
sense:
The application of medical science to criminal investigation, especially in establishing the causes of injury or death.


lexentry: eng/forensic_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forensic science
trans_list: Kriminalistik | Forensik | Kriminaltechnik | forensische Wissenschaft
sense:
Any of several fields of study involving the collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis.


lexentry: eng/foreperson__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
sense: (legal) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
written_rep: foreperson
trans_list:
Sprecher der Geschworenen | Sprecherin der Geschworenen | Vorsitzende und Sprecherin der Jury | Vorsitzender und Sprecher der Jury


lexentry: eng/foreplay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreplay
trans_list: Vorspiel
sense:
(sex) The acts at the beginning of a (usually human) sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.


lexentry: eng/foresail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foresail
trans_list: Fock
sense:
(nautical, on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast


lexentry: eng/foreshadowing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreshadowing
trans_list: Vorahnung
sense:
(literature, usually, uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.


lexentry: eng/foreshortening__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreshortening
trans_list: Verkürzung
sense:
(arts) A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn.


lexentry: eng/foreskin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreskin
trans_list: Vorhaut | Präputium
sense:
(anatomy) The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other mammals.


lexentry: eng/forest_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forest star
trans_list: Leng
sense:
(Zambia, Zimbabwe) Mussaenda arcuata, a shrub species of the family Rubiaceae with a star-shaped 5-lobed yellow corolla, whose centre is also star-shaped and hairy, orange to brown in colour; native range is Tropical Africa and Western Indian Ocean.


lexentry: eng/forestall__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forestall
trans_list: unterbinden | verhindern
sense:
(transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.


lexentry: eng/forestay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forestay
trans_list: Vorstag
sense:
(nautical) A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship


lexentry: eng/forestry__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: forestry
trans_list: Forstwirtschaft
sense:
(uncountable) The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.


lexentry: eng/foreword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreword
trans_list: Vorwort | Vorrede
sense:
An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).


lexentry: eng/forge__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forge
trans_list: drängen | nach vorn drängen | sich Bahn brechen | vorandrängen | vorankommen | vorankämpfen
sense:
(often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty.


lexentry: eng/forger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forger
trans_list: Fälscher | Fälscherin
sense:
A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.


lexentry: eng/forgery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: forgery
trans_list: Fälschen | Fälschung | Schmieden
sense:
The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.


lexentry: eng/forget-me-not__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forget-me-not
trans_list: Vergissmeinnicht
sense:
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant.


lexentry: eng/forgive__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forgive
trans_list: verzeihen | vergeben
sense:
(transitive) To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fork
trans_list: Gabel | Fork
sense:
Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fork
trans_list: Gabelung | Verzweigung
sense:
(by abstraction, from the tool shape) A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fork
trans_list: Verzweigung | Abspaltung | Fork
sense:
(metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: fork
trans_list: Gabel
sense:
(chess) The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: fork
trans_list: Gabel
sense:
(cycling, motorcycles, by abstraction from a pronged tool's shape) In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.


lexentry: eng/fork__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fork
trans_list: aufspalten | spalten
sense:
(ambitransitive, software development) To launch a separate software development effort based upon a modified copy of an existing software project, especially in free and open-source software.


lexentry: eng/fork_hoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fork hoe
trans_list: Karst
sense:
A hoe with two or more tines at right angles to the shaft, typically used to loosen the soil for planting or sowing.


lexentry: eng/forklift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forklift
trans_list: Gabelstapler
sense:
A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.


lexentry: eng/form__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: form
trans_list: Form
sense:
(grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.


lexentry: eng/form_factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: form factor
trans_list: Formfaktor
sense:
(physics) The ratio of the RMS value to the absolute mean of a sinusoidal wave (especially to that of an alternating current)


lexentry: eng/form_factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: form factor
trans_list: Formfaktor
sense:
(crystallography) A function that describes the scattering power of an atom as function of the scattering angle


lexentry: eng/form_of_government__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: form of government
trans_list: Staatsform
sense:
(political science) The system by which a state or community is controlled, as for decision-making or choice of rulers.


lexentry: eng/formal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: formal
trans_list: formal | Form-
sense:
(mathematics, philosophy) Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.


lexentry: eng/formal_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formal language
trans_list: formale Sprache
sense:
(computing theory) A set of finite strings (called words) made of symbols (from a finite set of symbols, called an alphabet).


lexentry: eng/formal_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formal science
trans_list: formale Wissenschaft
sense:
A study that is concerned with theoretical formal systems, such as logic, mathematics, systems theory and the theoretical branches of computer science, information theory, statistics, and linguistics.


lexentry: eng/formaldehyde__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formaldehyde
trans_list: Formaldehyd
sense:
(organic compound) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.


lexentry: eng/formalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: formalism
trans_list: Formalismus
sense:
(linguistics, computing, mathematics) A formal expression of a grammar; a formal grammar; a set of rules of syntax that, without reference to semantics, determine whether a sequence of symbols is a well-formed sentence in a given formal language.


lexentry: eng/formant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formant
trans_list: Formant
sense:
(physics, phonetics) A band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants.


lexentry: eng/format__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: format
trans_list: formatieren
sense:
(computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.


lexentry: eng/formative__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: formative
trans_list: Formans | Formativ
sense:
A language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function (that is, forming a word from a root or another word).


lexentry: eng/former_Yugoslav_Republic_of_Macedonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
trans_list: EJRM | ehemalige jugoslawische Republik Mazedonien
sense:
(historical) Former long form of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula; used in diplomatic circles before the 2019 agreement that produced the name North Macedonia due to the naming dispute with Greece over the former name of the country, Macedonia; abbreviation FYROM.


lexentry: eng/formic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formic acid
trans_list: Ameisensäure
sense:
(carboxylic acid) The simplest carboxylic acid, HCOOH, a colourless, corrosive liquid with a sharp odour systematically known as methanoic acid; it is present in the stings of ants, bees and nettles, and is prepared industrially by the oxidation of methanol or formaldehyde; it has some industrial uses, and its esters, the formates are used in perfumes.


lexentry: eng/formidable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formidable
trans_list: beachtlich | formidabel | furchteinflößend | furchterregend | gewaltig | respekteinflößend
sense:
Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.


lexentry: eng/formula__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: formula
trans_list: Bestandteile | Rezeptur | Zusammensetzung
sense:
A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.


lexentry: eng/formula__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: formula
trans_list: Säuglingsanfangsnahrung | Säuglingsformulierung | Säuglingsnahrung
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula, drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.


lexentry: eng/fornication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fornication
trans_list: Unzucht
sense:
(religion, law) Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way.


lexentry: eng/fornicator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fornicator
trans_list: Hure | Hurenbock | Hurer | Unzuchtsünder | Unzuchtsünderin | Unzüchtige
sense:
An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.


lexentry: eng/forsythia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forsythia
trans_list: Forsythie
sense:
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early spring.


lexentry: eng/fortification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortification
trans_list: Befestigen | Festungsbau
sense:
The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.


lexentry: eng/fortification__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fortification
trans_list: Festung | Fort
sense:
That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.


lexentry: eng/fortified_wine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortified wine
trans_list: Likörwein | verstärkter Wein
sense:
A wine to which additional ethanol (an alcohol) has been added, the most common additive being brandy (a spirit distilled from wine), e.g. sherry or port. Fortified wines are usually drunk as aperitifs, digestifs, or liqueurs.


lexentry: eng/fortify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortify
trans_list: anreichern
sense:
To increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding ingredients, especially minerals or vitamins. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/fortochka__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortochka
trans_list: Klappfenster | Kämpferfenster | Fortotschka
sense:
A small ventilation window, spanning the frame of one window pane, that opens on hinges independently of the whole window, common in Russia, other post-Soviet states and Finland.


lexentry: eng/fortress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortress
trans_list: Festung
sense:
A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.


lexentry: eng/fortress__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fortress
trans_list: Festung
sense:
(chess) A position that, if obtained by the weaker side, will prevent penetration by the opposing side, generally achieving a draw.


lexentry: eng/fortune-telling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortune-telling
trans_list: Wahrsagen | Wahrsagerei
sense:
The act or practise of predicting the future (especially for money), as by using a crystal ball, reading palms, reading tea leaves in a cup, etc.; prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature.


lexentry: eng/fortune_cookie__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fortune cookie
trans_list: Glückskeks
sense:
(fandom, vulgar) In the furry fandom, the vulva of canine species. Named so due to its resemblance to the snack.


lexentry: eng/fortune_hunter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortune hunter
trans_list: Glücksritter
sense:
A person who eagerly seeks wealth without working to earn it, especially in an adventurous way or in an unsavory or unscrupulous way such as through marriage.


lexentry: eng/forty-first__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forty-first
trans_list: einundvierzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number forty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 41 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/forty-seventh__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forty-seventh
trans_list: siebenundvierzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number forty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 47 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/forty__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forty
trans_list: vierzig
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.


lexentry: eng/forum__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: forum
trans_list: Forum
sense:
A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.


lexentry: eng/forum__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: forum
trans_list: Forum
sense:
(Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.


lexentry: eng/forum_selection_clause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forum selection clause
trans_list: Gerichtsstandsvereinbarung
sense:
A contractual provision determining the territorial (or less often only international, or subject matter) jurisdiction for a legal dispute concerning a concrete legal relationship.


lexentry: eng/forward__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forward
trans_list: vorwärts | vor | vorn | vorne | weiter
sense:
(nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).


lexentry: eng/forward__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: forward
trans_list: Stürmerin | Stürmer
sense:
(soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.


lexentry: eng/forward_roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forward roll
trans_list: Purzelbaum | Rolle
sense:
(gymnastics) A movement in which one's body is rolled forward, by putting the head on the ground and swinging the legs over the head.


lexentry: eng/fossa__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fossa
trans_list: Fossa
sense:
A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox) of the civet family, endemic to the rainforests of Madagascar. It is slender, long-tailed and has retractile claws and anal scent glands.


lexentry: eng/fossick__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fossick
trans_list: entlocken
sense:
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, _, specifically) To elicit information; to ferret out. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fossil_fuel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fossil fuel
trans_list: fossiler Brennstoff
sense:
Any fuel derived from hydrocarbon deposits such as coal, petroleum, natural gas and, to some extent, peat; these fuels are non-renewable, and their burning moves carbon from underground into the atmosphere via the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/foster__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foster
trans_list: (in Pflege) aufziehen | (in Pflege) großziehen | fördern | nähren
sense:
(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.


lexentry: eng/foster_care__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foster care
trans_list: Pflegeunterbringung
sense:
A formal system by which a child is cared for, in a foster family, by people other than its own parents, but without being adopted.


lexentry: eng/foster_home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foster home
trans_list: Pflegeeltern
sense:
A household in which a child or animal is raised by someone other than their natural or adoptive parent or owner (respectively), especially, in the case of a child, when that caregiver is otherwise unrelated to the child.


lexentry: eng/foul__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foul
trans_list: Foul | Regelverstoß
sense:
(sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.


lexentry: eng/foul__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: foul
trans_list: blockieren | verstopfen
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To obstruct, block, or otherwise interfere with (something), for example by clogging (a drain, gun barrel, chimney, etc) or by being in the way of (a gunshot, etc).


lexentry: eng/foul__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: foul
trans_list: foulen | kollidieren | zusammenstossen | zusammenstoßen
sense:
(transitive, basketball, soccer) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.


lexentry: eng/foundation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: foundation
trans_list: Grundlage
sense:
That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.


lexentry: eng/foundation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: foundation
trans_list: Fundament | Gründung
sense:
(architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.


lexentry: eng/foundation__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: foundation
trans_list: Foundation | Grundierung
sense:
(cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.


lexentry: eng/founder_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: founder effect
trans_list: Gründereffekt
sense:
(genetics, evolutionary theory) A reduction in genetic diversity resulting when a population is descended from a small number of colonizing ancestors.


lexentry: eng/founding_member__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: founding member
trans_list: Gründungsmitglied | Mitbegründer
sense:
(US) A member of an organization that was involved in, or whose membership commenced with, the organization's foundation.


lexentry: eng/foundry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foundry
trans_list: Gießerei
sense:
A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.


lexentry: eng/fountain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fountain
trans_list: Springbrunnen | Fontäne
sense:
An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.


lexentry: eng/fountain_of_youth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fountain of youth
trans_list: Jungbrunnen
sense:
(idiomatic) Anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality or to restore a youthful appearance.


lexentry: eng/four-dimensional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four-dimensional
trans_list: vierdimensional
sense:
(algebraic geometry) Having four dimensions; being measurable along four mutually perpendicular axes.


lexentry: eng/four-dimensional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: four-dimensional
trans_list: vierdimensional
sense:
(physics) Relating to the four dimensions of space-time (three spatial dimensions with the addition of time as the fourth).


lexentry: eng/four-tracking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four-tracking
trans_list: viergleisiger Ausbau
sense:
(rail) Provision of four running lines on a stretch of railway track, usually two in each direction.


lexentry: eng/four__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four
trans_list: vier | Vier
sense:
A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)


lexentry: eng/four_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four hundred
trans_list: vierhundert
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after three hundred ninety-nine and before four hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 400.


lexentry: eng/four_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four o'clock
trans_list: vier Uhr
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the fifth hour of the day; 4:00 a.m. (04:00).


lexentry: eng/fourhorn_sculpin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fourhorn sculpin
trans_list: vierhörniger Seeskorpion
sense:
A species of fish of the Cottidae family, Myoxocephalus quadricornis, found in Canada, Finland, Greenland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States.


lexentry: eng/foursome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foursome
trans_list: Foursome | Vierer
sense:
A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of two.


lexentry: eng/fourteen__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fourteen
trans_list: vierzehn
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIV and in Arabic numerals as 14.


lexentry: eng/fourth_official__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fourth official
trans_list: Richter
sense:
(soccer) The official who keeps things at the dugout in order, and displays substitutions and the amount of injury time


lexentry: eng/fourth_wall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fourth wall
trans_list: vierte Wand
sense:
(performing arts, idiomatic) The imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play.


lexentry: eng/fowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fowl
trans_list: Geflügel | Stück Federvieh
sense:
A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae.


lexentry: eng/fox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fox
trans_list: Fuchs | Füchsin | Fuchsmännchen | Fuchsrüde | Fuchsweibchen | Fähe
sense:
(in particular) The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur.


lexentry: eng/fox__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: fox
trans_list: Fuchs
sense:
(obsolete) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.


lexentry: eng/fox_in_the_henhouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fox in the henhouse
trans_list: den Bock zum Gärtner machen
sense:
(idiomatic, metaphor) Someone untrustworthy placed in a position of trust in which they will be harmful, damaging or detrimental for their own personal gain.


lexentry: eng/foxglove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foxglove
trans_list: Fingerhut
sense:
Digitalis, a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant.


lexentry: eng/foxtail_millet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foxtail millet
trans_list: Kolbenhirse | Mauchert | Mohar | Mäuchert | Pfennich
sense:
A plant of the second-most widely planted species of millet (Setaria italica), which is the most important species of millet in East Asia.


lexentry: eng/fractal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fractal
trans_list: Fraktal | fraktal
sense:
(mathematics) A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension, corresponding to a geometric figure or object that is self-similar at arbitrarily small scales and thus has infinite complexity.


