# translation

lexentry: eng/attune__Verb__1
written_rep: attune
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stimmen
sense_list:
(music, transitive) To bring into musical accord. | (music, transitive) To tune (an instrument). | (transitive, figurative) To bring into harmony or accord.


lexentry: eng/au_pair__Noun__1
written_rep: au pair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Au-pair | Au-pair-Junge | Au-pair-Mädchen
sense_list:
A single girl (or, rarely, a boy), usually a foreigner, who helps a host family with childcare, housework, or both while staying as a guest with a host family, and generally receives a small allowance (or pocket money).


lexentry: eng/auctioneer__Noun__1
written_rep: auctioneer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Auktionator
sense_list:
A person who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, taking bids to find the best price for the vendor.


lexentry: eng/audacity__Noun__1
written_rep: audacity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kühnheit | Mut | Draufgängertum | Verwegenheit | Wagemut | Chuzpe
sense_list:
Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.


lexentry: eng/audience__Noun__1
written_rep: audience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Publikum | Audienzen | Zuschauer
sense_list:
A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/audio_commentary__Noun__1
written_rep: audio commentary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Audiokommentar
sense_list:
An audio track on a video recording, timed to the footage of a film, that typically consists of one or more people commenting about the film being shown.


lexentry: eng/audio_guide__Noun__1
written_rep: audio guide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Audioführer
sense_list:
Any of various forms of apparatus, either fixed or mobile, used to provide audio information at an exhibition, archeological site etc.


lexentry: eng/audiobook__Noun__1
written_rep: audiobook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hörbuch | Audiobook | Audiobuch
sense_list:
A recording, usually made available for sale, of a reading of the full text or of an abridgement of a book.


lexentry: eng/audiology__Noun__1
written_rep: audiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Audiologie
sense_list:
An allied health profession pertaining to the assessment and rehabilitation of hearing and balance disorders.


lexentry: eng/audiometry__Noun__1
written_rep: audiometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Audiometrie
sense_list:
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.


lexentry: eng/audit__Noun__1
written_rep: audit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bilanzprüfung | Buchprüfung | Kontrolle
sense_list:
An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures


lexentry: eng/audit__Verb__1
written_rep: audit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: kontrollieren | prüfen
sense_list:
(finance, business) To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes


lexentry: eng/augite__Noun__1
written_rep: augite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Augit
sense_list:
(mineral) A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt.


lexentry: eng/augment__Noun__1
written_rep: augment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Augment | Augmentum
sense_list:
(Indo-European languages) In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- in Sanskrit, ἐ- in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.


lexentry: eng/augur__Noun__1
written_rep: augur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Augur | Hellseher | Wahrsager
sense_list:
A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.


lexentry: eng/augur__Verb__1
written_rep: augur
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: die Zukunft vorhersagen | hellsehen | wahrsagen
sense_list:
To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.


lexentry: eng/aunt-in-law__Noun__1
written_rep: aunt-in-law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwiegertante
sense_list:
(nonstandard) The wife of one's uncle or aunt (parent's sibling). | The aunt of one's husband. | The aunt of one's wife.


lexentry: eng/aunt__Noun__1
written_rep: aunt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tante
sense_list:
The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. | (affectionate) A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.


lexentry: eng/auricular__Adjective__1
written_rep: auricular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Ohr
sense_list:
(art, relational) Pertaining to a style of ornamental decoration, originating in Northern Europe in the first half of the 17th century, that uses softly flowing abstract shapes in relief some of which bear a resemblance to the human ear; commonly used in silverware, picture frames, and architecture.


lexentry: eng/aurora__Noun__1
written_rep: aurora
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polarlicht
sense_list:
An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.


lexentry: eng/auscultation__Noun__1
written_rep: auscultation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Auskultation | Abhorchen | Abhören
sense_list:
(medicine) Diagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually using a stethoscope.


lexentry: eng/austerity__Noun__1
written_rep: austerity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Austerität
sense_list:
(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.


lexentry: eng/autarky__Noun__1
written_rep: autarky
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autarkie
sense_list:
(uncountable) A personal condition or state of self-reliance; independence. [from late 16th c.] | (uncountable) (A policy of) national economic self-sufficiency, aimed at ending reliance on foreign imports to sustain a domestic economy.


lexentry: eng/auteur__Noun__1
written_rep: auteur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autorenfilmer | Cineast
sense_list:
A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of their works.


lexentry: eng/authentic_cadence__Noun__1
written_rep: authentic cadence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: authentischer Schluss
sense_list:
(music, chiefly, US) A cadence involving the resolution of the dominant chord (V) to the root chord (I).


lexentry: eng/authenticate__Verb__1
written_rep: authenticate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: authentifizieren | beglaubigen | ausweisen
sense_list:
(transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.


lexentry: eng/authenticity__Noun__1
written_rep: authenticity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Authentizität
sense_list:
The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.


lexentry: eng/authoritarian__Adjective__1
written_rep: authoritarian
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: autoritär
sense_list:
Of, or relating to, or exhibiting strict obedience to an authority; favoring authoritarianism over civic and individual liberties. | Demanding obedience to authority; marked by authoritarianism; dictatorial, tyrannical. | Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority.


lexentry: eng/authoritarianism__Noun__1
written_rep: authoritarianism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autoritarismus
sense_list:
A form of government in which the governing body has absolute, or almost absolute, control. Typically this control is maintained by force, and little heed is paid to public opinion or the judicial system.


lexentry: eng/authority__Noun__1
written_rep: authority
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autorität | Behörde
sense_list:
(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.


lexentry: eng/authorize__Verb__1
written_rep: authorize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ermächtigen | autorisieren | bevollmächtigen | befugen | berechtigen | eine Befugnis erteilen für
sense_list:
(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.


lexentry: eng/autism__Noun__1
written_rep: autism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autismus
sense_list:
(clinical psychology) A pervasive neurological condition that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication, language development, eye contact, and sensory experiences. | (clinical psychology, obsolete) A diagnosis involving a pathological tendency to engage in self-centered fantasy thinking, historically considered a symptom of insanity and/or schizophrenia.


lexentry: eng/autism_spectrum_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: autism spectrum disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autismus-Spektrum-Störung
sense_list:
(psychology, pathology) A disorder involving any of a range of psychological conditions, all characterized by abnormal social interaction and communication, restricted interests, highly repetitive behaviour, and eccentricity.


lexentry: eng/auto_insurance__Noun__1
written_rep: auto insurance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: KFZ-Versicherung | Kraftfahrzeugversicherung
sense_list:
(US) Insurance purchased by the owner of a vehicle to cover losses due to traffic accidents or theft


lexentry: eng/auto_racing__Noun__1
written_rep: auto racing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autorennen
sense_list:
(motor racing) Any of various sports in which automobiles (motor cars) are raced, either around a track, on roads or across country


lexentry: eng/autobus__Noun__1
written_rep: autobus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Gruppetto
sense_list:
(by extension, cycle racing) A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton in a race.


lexentry: eng/autocannon__Noun__1
written_rep: autocannon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maschinenkanone
sense_list:
A fully automatic projectile weapon similar to a machine gun, but firing shells instead of bullets and larger in calibre.


lexentry: eng/autocephaly__Noun__1
written_rep: autocephaly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autokephalie
sense_list:
(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.


lexentry: eng/autoclave__Noun__1
written_rep: autoclave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autoklav
sense_list:
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.


lexentry: eng/autocorrelation__Noun__1
written_rep: autocorrelation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autokorrelation
sense_list:
(statistics, signal processing) The cross-correlation of a signal with itself: the correlation between values of a signal in successive time periods.


lexentry: eng/autocratic__Adjective__1
written_rep: autocratic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: autokratisch
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. | (pejorative) Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.


lexentry: eng/autocross__Noun__1
written_rep: autocross
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autocross | Geländerennen
sense_list:
A form of motorsport that tests the skill and speed of a driver over a course marked out with traffic cones


lexentry: eng/autofocus__Noun__1
written_rep: autofocus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autofokus
sense_list:
(electronics, photography) A feature of some cameras and other optical systems that allows a correct focus on the subject to be obtained automatically


lexentry: eng/autogamy__Noun__1
written_rep: autogamy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autogamie | Selbstbefruchtung
sense_list:
Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.


lexentry: eng/autogenic_training__Noun__1
written_rep: autogenic training
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: autogenes Training
sense_list:
A type of self-hypnotic relaxation technique developed by German psychiatrist Johannes Heinrich Schultz.


lexentry: eng/autogiro__Noun__1
written_rep: autogiro
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tragschrauber
sense_list:
(aircraft) An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.


lexentry: eng/autograph__Noun__1
written_rep: autograph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autogramm | Unterschrift
sense_list:
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person. | (by extension, colloquial) A person's signature used as a mark of formal approval.


lexentry: eng/autoimmunity__Noun__1
written_rep: autoimmunity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autoimmunität
sense_list:
(pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.


lexentry: eng/autolysis__Noun__1
written_rep: autolysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autolyse
sense_list:
(pathology, cytology) The destruction of an organism's cells by enzymes produced by the organism itself.


lexentry: eng/automagical__Adjective__1
written_rep: automagical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: automagisch
sense_list:
(computing, technology, informal) Automatic, but with an apparent element of magic. Commonly referring to complex technical processes hidden from the view of users or operators, resulting in technology that "just works".


lexentry: eng/automated_machine_learning__Noun__1
written_rep: automated machine learning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Automatisiertes maschinelles Lernen
sense_list:
(artificial intelligence) A field of study concerned with the design and development of algorithms and techniques of automating the end-to-end process of machine learning and artificial intelligence.


lexentry: eng/automated_teller_machine__Noun__1
written_rep: automated teller machine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bankomat | Geldautomat | Bankautomat
sense_list:
(banking) A device that provides bank customers with cash withdrawal and other services without the need for a human teller.


lexentry: eng/automatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: automatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: automatisch
sense_list:
Capable of operating without external control or intervention. | Done out of habit or without conscious thought.


lexentry: eng/automatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: automatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: automatisch | Maschine
sense_list:
(of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.


lexentry: eng/automatic_transmission__Noun__1
written_rep: automatic transmission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Automatikgetriebe
sense_list:
(automotive) A vehicle transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to vehicle speed and/or load, and does not require any driver input to manually change gears under normal driving conditions; an automatic gearbox.


lexentry: eng/automation__Noun__1
written_rep: automation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Automatisierung
sense_list:
The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.


lexentry: eng/automobile__Noun__1
written_rep: automobile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Auto | Automobil | Kraftwagen | Wagen | Kraftfahrzeug | Personenkraftwagen
sense_list:
(US, Canada) A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.


lexentry: eng/autonomic__Adjective__1
written_rep: autonomic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: autonom
sense_list:
(neurology) Acting or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control. | (neuroanatomy, neurology) Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system.


lexentry: eng/autonomic_nervous_system__Noun__1
written_rep: autonomic nervous system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vegetatives Nervensystem
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) In humans and other vertebrates, the part of the nervous system that regulates the involuntary activity of the heart, intestines and glands. These activities include digestion, respiration, perspiration, metabolism, and the modulation of blood pressure.


lexentry: eng/autonomous_sensory_meridian_response__Noun__1
written_rep: autonomous sensory meridian response
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: autonome sensorische Meridianreaktion
sense_list:
A frisson characterized by a tingling sensation on the skin that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine.


lexentry: eng/autonomous_vehicle__Noun__1
written_rep: autonomous vehicle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: selbstfahrendes Kraftfahrzeug
sense_list:
A vehicle which utilizes mechatronics, artificial intelligence and a multi-agent system to assist its human operator.


lexentry: eng/autophagy__Noun__1
written_rep: autophagy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autophagie
sense_list:
(cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.


lexentry: eng/autopilot__Noun__1
written_rep: autopilot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autopilot
sense_list:
(aviation, nautical) A mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being.


lexentry: eng/autoplasty__Noun__1
written_rep: autoplasty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autoplastie
sense_list:
(medicine, surgery, dated) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds. In present-day contexts likelier to be called autotransplantation or autografting.


lexentry: eng/autoregulation__Noun__1
written_rep: autoregulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Selbstregulation
sense_list:
(biology) Any of several physiological processes in which an inhibitory feedback system counteracts change.


lexentry: eng/autosuggestion__Noun__1
written_rep: autosuggestion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autosuggestion
sense_list:
(psychology, uncountable) The practice of suggesting thoughts to oneself, as in autohypnosis. | (psychology, countable) An instance of suggesting a thought to oneself.


lexentry: eng/autotomy__Noun__1
written_rep: autotomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autotomie
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, zoology) The spontaneous removal of a limb, tail etc, especially by some invertebrates as a self-defense mechanism.


lexentry: eng/autotoxicity__Noun__1
written_rep: autotoxicity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autotoxizität
sense_list:
Self-destruction of a species through the production of chemicals that escape into the environment and directly inhibit the growth of that species.


lexentry: eng/autotroph__Noun__1
written_rep: autotroph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Produzent
sense_list:
(ecology) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.


lexentry: eng/autotrophy__Noun__1
written_rep: autotrophy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autotrophie
sense_list:
(biology) The synthesis of food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy


lexentry: eng/autumn__Noun__1
written_rep: autumn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Herbst | Herbstzeit
sense_list:
Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere. | (fashion) A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing.


lexentry: eng/autumnal_equinox__Noun__1
written_rep: autumnal equinox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Herbsttagundnachtgleiche
sense_list:
(astronomy) The moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator while tilting away from the observer, taking place in September in the northern hemisphere and March in the southern hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/auxiliary_cruiser__Noun__1
written_rep: auxiliary cruiser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hilfskreuzer
sense_list:
(military, nautical) An armed merchantman, typically used as a commerce raider or as a convoy escort.


lexentry: eng/auxiliary_verb__Noun__1
written_rep: auxiliary verb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hilfsverb | Hilfszeitwort | Auxiliar | Auxiliare | Auxiliarverb | Hilfsverbum
sense_list:
(grammar) A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in tense, mood, voice or aspect.


lexentry: eng/auxin__Noun__1
written_rep: auxin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Auxin
sense_list:
(botany) A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle.


lexentry: eng/avail__Verb__1
written_rep: avail
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: nützen | ausnutzen | helfen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.


lexentry: eng/avalanche__Noun__1
written_rep: avalanche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lawine | Eislawine | Gletscherlawine | Schneelawine
sense_list:
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.


lexentry: eng/avalanche__Noun__1
written_rep: avalanche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lawine
sense_list:
A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice. | (by extension) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.


lexentry: eng/avania__Noun__1
written_rep: avania
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beleidigung
sense_list:
(historical) A tax or fee imposed on foreigners under the Ottoman Empire, especially one considered to be irregular or extortionate.


lexentry: eng/avaricious__Adjective__1
written_rep: avaricious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: habgierig | gierig | habsüchtig
sense_list:
Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.


lexentry: eng/avatar__Noun__1
written_rep: avatar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Avatar | Avatara | Herabkunft | Inkarnation | Verkörperung
sense_list:
(computing, video games, metaverse) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.


lexentry: eng/avenge__Verb__1
written_rep: avenge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rächen | ahnden
sense_list:
(transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.


lexentry: eng/aventail__Noun__1
written_rep: aventail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Helmbrünne
sense_list:
A curtain or flap of chainmail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders.


lexentry: eng/aventurine__Noun__1
written_rep: aventurine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Aventurin | Aventurin-Quarz
sense_list:
(mineral, by extension) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.


lexentry: eng/avenue__Noun__1
written_rep: avenue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Allee | Avenue
sense_list:
The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.


lexentry: eng/aver__Verb__1
written_rep: aver
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: behaupten
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.


lexentry: eng/aviary__Noun__1
written_rep: aviary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Voliere | Aviarium | Vogelhaus | Volière
sense_list:
A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/aviator__Noun__1
written_rep: aviator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flieger
sense_list:
An aircraft pilot, especially a military pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in navy aviator vs. air force pilot.


lexentry: eng/avidity__Noun__1
written_rep: avidity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Avidität
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.


lexentry: eng/avocado__Noun__1
written_rep: avocado
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Avocado | Avocadobaum
sense_list:
The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree. | The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.


lexentry: eng/avocet__Noun__1
written_rep: avocet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Säbelschnäbler
sense_list:
Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet. It is the logo of the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)


lexentry: eng/avoidable__Adjective__1
written_rep: avoidable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vermeidbar
sense_list:
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. | Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.


lexentry: eng/avoidance__Noun__1
written_rep: avoidance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Vermeidung
sense_list:
(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.


lexentry: eng/avoidance_speech__Noun__1
written_rep: avoidance speech
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vermeidungssprache
sense_list:
(linguistics) a special restricted speech style in certain languages used to refer to taboo subjects, or as a sign of respect in the presence of certain people, while doing certain activities, following a death, etc., distinguished by a specialized lexicon.


lexentry: eng/avouch__Verb__1
written_rep: avouch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deklarieren
sense_list:
To declare freely and openly; to assert. | To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.


lexentry: eng/avow__Verb__1
written_rep: avow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bekennen | gestehen
sense_list:
(transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.


lexentry: eng/await__Verb__1
written_rep: await
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: erwarten | harren | warten
sense_list:
(transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for. | (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.


lexentry: eng/awaken__Verb__1
written_rep: awaken
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: erwachen | aufwachen | wach werden
sense_list:
(intransitive) To stop sleeping; awake. | (transitive, figurative) To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.


lexentry: eng/award__Noun__1
written_rep: award
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Entscheid | Spruch
sense_list:
(legal) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.


lexentry: eng/award__Noun__1
written_rep: award
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Preis | Belohnung
sense_list:
A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.


lexentry: eng/awash__Adjective__1
written_rep: awash
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: überschwemmt
sense_list:
Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.


lexentry: eng/away__Adverb__1
written_rep: away
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fort | weg
sense_list:
From a place, hence. | Aside; off; in another direction. | From a state or condition of being; out of existence. | (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.


lexentry: eng/awayday__Noun__1
written_rep: awayday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seminar
sense_list:
(British) A business event, such as a team-building exercise, training course or internal meeting, that takes place away from the office without the usual distractions.


lexentry: eng/awl__Noun__1
written_rep: awl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ahle | Pfriem
sense_list:
A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.


lexentry: eng/awning__Noun__1
written_rep: awning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Markise
sense_list:
A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.


lexentry: eng/ax_to_grind__Noun__1
written_rep: ax to grind
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Interesse
sense_list:
(American spelling) A proposition or point of view to advocate, especially motivated by self-interest.


lexentry: eng/axe__Noun__1
written_rep: axe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Axt
sense_list:
A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.


lexentry: eng/axil__Noun__1
written_rep: axil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blattachsel
sense_list:
(botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.


lexentry: eng/axillary_hair__Noun__1
written_rep: axillary hair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Achselhaar
sense_list:
(uncountable) Androgenic hair growing in the armpit, normally beginning at the onset of, or shortly after, pubarche.


lexentry: eng/axinite__Noun__1
written_rep: axinite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Axinit
sense_list:
(mineral) A borosilicate of aluminum, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.


lexentry: eng/axiology__Noun__1
written_rep: axiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Axiologie
sense_list:
(uncountable, philosophy) The study of value(s), as regards origin, nature, functions, types, and interrelations; value theory. | (countable) The particular value-theory of a philosopher, school of thought, etc.


lexentry: eng/axiom__Noun__1
written_rep: axiom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Axiom | Annahme
sense_list:
(philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.


lexentry: eng/axiom__Noun__1
written_rep: axiom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Axiom | Ausgangspunkt | Grundannahme | Postulat
sense_list:
(logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).


lexentry: eng/axiom_of_choice__Noun__1
written_rep: axiom of choice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Auswahlaxiom
sense_list:
(set theory) One of the axioms of set theory, equivalent to the statement that an arbitrary direct product of non-empty sets is non-empty; any version of said axiom, for example specifying the cardinality of the number of sets from which choices are made.


lexentry: eng/axiom_of_extensionality__Noun__1
written_rep: axiom of extensionality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Extensionalitätsaxiom
sense_list:
(set theory) One of the axioms in axiomatic set theory, equivalent to the statement that two sets are equal if and only if they contain the same elements.


lexentry: eng/axiom_of_infinity__Noun__1
written_rep: axiom of infinity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Unendlichkeitsaxiom
sense_list:
(set theory) One of the axioms in axiomatic set theory that guarantees the existence of an infinite set.


lexentry: eng/axiom_of_pairing__Noun__1
written_rep: axiom of pairing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Paarmengenaxiom
sense_list:
(set theory) One of the axioms in axiomatic set theory, equivalent to the statement that if two sets exist, there exists a set with those two sets as its sole elements.


lexentry: eng/axiom_of_regularity__Noun__1
written_rep: axiom of regularity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fundierungsaxiom | Regularitätsaxiom
sense_list:
(set theory) One of the axioms in axiomatic set theory, equivalent to the statement that every non-empty set contains a member that is disjoint from that set.


lexentry: eng/axiom_of_union__Noun__1
written_rep: axiom of union
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vereinigungsaxiom
sense_list:
(set theory) One of the axioms in axiomatic set theory, equivalent to the statement that a union exists for any set, containing exactly all the elements contained within the sets within that set.


lexentry: eng/axiomatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: axiomatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: axiomatisch
sense_list:
Self-evident or unquestionable. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] | (mathematics) Relating to or containing axioms. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/axiomatization__Noun__1
written_rep: axiomatization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Axiomatisierung
sense_list:
The reduction of some system or concept to a set of axioms. | The result of establishing a concept within a system of axioms; axiomatic system.


lexentry: eng/axion__Noun__1
written_rep: axion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Axion
sense_list:
(physics) A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force.


lexentry: eng/axis__Noun__1
written_rep: axis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Achse
sense_list:
(geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry). | (mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)


lexentry: eng/axis_of_evil__Noun__1
written_rep: axis of evil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Achse des Bösen
sense_list:
A group of states accused by George W. Bush of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction, originally defined as Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.


lexentry: eng/axle__Noun__2
written_rep: axle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Achse
sense_list:
The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel. | (geometry, astronomy, archaic) An axis.


lexentry: eng/axle_load__Noun__1
written_rep: axle load
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Achslast
sense_list:
(transport, rail) the total weight, including load carried, transferred by one axle and its wheels to a road or railway surface. This is especially important in relation to what weight road and railway structures can carry, bridges in particular.


lexentry: eng/axletree__Noun__1
written_rep: axletree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Achse
sense_list:
A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.


lexentry: eng/axon__Noun__1
written_rep: axon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Axon
sense_list:
(cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.


lexentry: eng/axonometric__Adjective__1
written_rep: axonometric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: axonometrisch
sense_list:
(technical drawing) Describing a projection in which the horizontal and vertical axes are to the same scale, but the third axis is reduced to allow for perspective


lexentry: eng/ayahuasca__Noun__1
written_rep: ayahuasca
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ayahuasca
sense_list:
A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties. | Any of various psychoactive infusions or decoctions prepared from this vine.


lexentry: eng/aye-aye__Noun__1
written_rep: aye-aye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fingertier | Aye-Aye
sense_list:
The lemur Daubentonia madagascariensis, a solitary nocturnal quadruped found in Madagascar and remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.


lexentry: eng/aye_aye,_sir__Phrase__1
written_rep: aye aye, sir
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jawohl
sense_list:
(idiomatic, nautical) The correct and seamanlike reply, onboard a Royal Navy (or US Navy) ship, on receipt of an order from someone of senior rank or authority. It means "I understand the command and hasten to comply with the order."


lexentry: eng/azeotrope__Noun__1
written_rep: azeotrope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: azeotrop Gemisch
sense_list:
(physics) A mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition (at a certain pressure); the substances cannot be separated by normal distillation.


lexentry: eng/azimuth__Noun__1
written_rep: azimuth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Azimut
sense_list:
An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.


lexentry: eng/aziridine__Noun__1
written_rep: aziridine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ethylenimin
sense_list:
(organic compound) A three-membered heterocycle containing two methylene groups and an imine; the nitrogen equivalent of ethylene oxide.


lexentry: eng/azo_compound__Noun__1
written_rep: azo compound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Azoverbindung
sense_list:
(chemistry) an organic compound of the general formula R-N=N-R1; they are often coloured and are the basis of many synthetic dyes; a diazene


lexentry: eng/azuki_bean__Noun__1
written_rep: azuki bean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adzukibohne
sense_list:
An annual vine (Vigna angularis), widely grown throughout East Asia and the Himalayas for its small bean. | A bean of this vine.


lexentry: eng/azure__Noun__1
written_rep: azure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Azurblau | Himmelblau
sense_list:
(countable, and, uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.


lexentry: eng/azurite__Noun__1
written_rep: azurite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Azurit
sense_list:
(mineral) A blue vitreous mineral; a basic hydrated copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu2+3(CO3)2(OH)2, used since antiquity as a blue pigment or ores to extract metallic copper.


lexentry: eng/babbitt_metal__Noun__1
written_rep: babbitt metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lagermetall
sense_list:
A soft white alloy of variable composition (for example, nine parts of tin to one of copper, or fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction.


lexentry: eng/babesiosis__Noun__1
written_rep: babesiosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Babesiose
sense_list:
(pathology) Any of several malaria-like parasitic diseases in humans and other animals caused by Babesia, a genus of protozoa


lexentry: eng/babiroussa__Noun__1
written_rep: babiroussa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hirscheber
sense_list:
Any large hoglike quadruped, of the genus Babyrousa, found in the East Indies, sometimes domesticated, with its upper canine teeth or tusks large and recurved.


lexentry: eng/babirusa__Noun__1
written_rep: babirusa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hirscheber | Babirusa | männlicher Hirscheber | weiblicher Hirscheber
sense_list:
Any of several mammals in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward.


lexentry: eng/babka__Noun__1
written_rep: babka
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kuchen
sense_list:
A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, e.g. chocolate, lemon, etc.


lexentry: eng/baboon__Noun__1
written_rep: baboon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pavian
sense_list:
An Old World monkey of the genus Papio, having dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] | (colloquial, derogatory) A foolish or boorish person.


lexentry: eng/baby's_breath__Noun__1
written_rep: baby's breath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gipskraut
sense_list:
A genus, Gypsophila, of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, Asia and north Africa.


lexentry: eng/baby__Noun__1
written_rep: baby
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Säugling | Baby | Kleinkind
sense_list:
A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered. | A very young human, even if not yet born.


lexentry: eng/baby__Noun__1
written_rep: baby
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Baby | Junges
sense_list:
Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See Category:Baby animals for more.


lexentry: eng/baby_boom__Noun__1
written_rep: baby boom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Babyboom | Geburtenwelle | hohe Geburtenzahl
sense_list:
(singulare tantum) The increase in the birth rate following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.


lexentry: eng/baby_boomer__Noun__1
written_rep: baby boomer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Babyboomer | Babyboomerin
sense_list:
(sometimes, capitalized) A person born in the postwar years (generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and the early 1960s), when there was a marked increase in birthrates throughout the Western world following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.


lexentry: eng/baby_bouncer__Noun__1
written_rep: baby bouncer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Babywippe
sense_list:
Any of various devices in which a baby may be secured whilst allowing it to move the device up and down, or from side to side.


lexentry: eng/baby_face__Noun__1
written_rep: baby face
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Milchgesicht
sense_list:
A face, often chubby, resembling that of a baby; a youthful face. | (often, derogatory) A person having such a face, especially a young man having a beardless appearance. | (professional wrestling, slang) A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned.


lexentry: eng/baby_hatch__Noun__1
written_rep: baby hatch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Babyklappe
sense_list:
A place where a person (typically the mother) can bring a baby to abandon it so that somebody else can find and care for it.


lexentry: eng/baby_monitor__Noun__1
written_rep: baby monitor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Babyfon
sense_list:
An intercom system that enables a person to remotely detect sounds of distress from a baby; a baby alarm.


lexentry: eng/baby_of_the_family__Noun__1
written_rep: baby of the family
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Nesthäkchen
sense_list:
A member of an immediate family who behaves as, or is treated as though they were the youngest member of a family.


lexentry: eng/baby_powder__Noun__1
written_rep: baby powder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Babypuder
sense_list:
An astringent powder used for preventing diaper rash, as a deodorant, and for other cosmetic purposes.


lexentry: eng/baby_shower__Noun__1
written_rep: baby shower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baby Shower | Babyparty
sense_list:
A party celebrating the pending or recent birth of a child, involving guests giving gifts (typically babycare items) to the parent(s).


lexentry: eng/babysitter__Noun__1
written_rep: babysitter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Babysitter | Babysitterin | Kinderbetreuer | Kinderhüter | Kinderbetreuerin | Kinderhüterin
sense_list:
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.


lexentry: eng/baccalaureate__Noun__1
written_rep: baccalaureate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bakkalaureat | Fachabitur
sense_list:
A high school completion exam and qualification awarded in many countries (e.g. Finland, France, Moldova, Romania), designed to enable students to go on to higher education. | The International Baccalaureate.


lexentry: eng/baccarat__Noun__1
written_rep: baccarat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baccara
sense_list:
(card games) A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms - usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt - also bearing some similarities to blackjack.


lexentry: eng/bachelor's_button__Noun__1
written_rep: bachelor's button
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kornblume
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) Any one of a number of plants with daisy-like, button-shaped flowers of the genus Centaurea, especially the species Centaurea cyanus.


lexentry: eng/bachelor__Noun__1
written_rep: bachelor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bachelor
sense_list:
The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree. | Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.


lexentry: eng/bachelor_pad__Noun__1
written_rep: bachelor pad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Junggesellenbude | Garçonnière
sense_list:
(US) A nice, well-furnished dwelling where an unmarried man lives, usually by himself, but sometimes with other men.


lexentry: eng/bachelor_party__Noun__1
written_rep: bachelor party
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Junggesellenabschied | Polterabend
sense_list:
(US, Canada, South Africa) A party held for a man who is about to be married, normally attended only by male friends and relatives.


lexentry: eng/bacillus__Noun__1
written_rep: bacillus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bazillus
sense_list:
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.


lexentry: eng/back-formation__Noun__1
written_rep: back-formation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rückbildung
sense_list:
(uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.


lexentry: eng/back-seat_driver__Noun__1
written_rep: back-seat driver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wichtigtuer
sense_list:
A person sitting (typically) in the back seat of a car issuing (unsolicited and usually unwanted) instructions to the driver. | (figuratively) An opinionated person who offers (unsolicited and often unwanted) advice on the best way to handle a situation.


lexentry: eng/back-translation__Noun__1
written_rep: back-translation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rückübersetzung
sense_list:
(translation studies, uncountable) The process of translating a previously translated document back into the original language. | (translation studies, countable) A text which has been translated in such a fashion.


lexentry: eng/back-transliteration__Noun__1
written_rep: back-transliteration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rückumschrift
sense_list:
(translation studies, uncountable) The process of transliterating a transliteration back into the original script. | (translation studies, countable) A text formed through such a process.


lexentry: eng/back__Adjective__1
written_rep: back
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: hinterer | Hinterzungen- | rück-
sense_list:
(comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).


lexentry: eng/back__Noun__1
written_rep: back
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rücken | Rückseite | Hinterseite | Fond | Hintergrund | Kehrseite
sense_list:
The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.


lexentry: eng/back__Noun__2
written_rep: back
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bottich | Küpe | Pfanne | Wanne | Würzpfanne
sense_list:
A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.


lexentry: eng/back__Verb__1
written_rep: back
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: rückdrehen | zurücksetzen
sense_list:
(nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/back_and_forth__Noun__1
written_rep: back and forth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hin und Her
sense_list:
The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing.


lexentry: eng/back_away__Verb__1
written_rep: back away
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abtreten
sense_list:
(intransitive) To move in a direction opposite to that which one is facing, keeping one's attention on the thing in front being avoided.


lexentry: eng/back_cover__Noun__1
written_rep: back cover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buchrücken
sense_list:
The cover on the opposite side of the front cover of a book, magazine, etc; back of the book; associated with sports pages in publications.


lexentry: eng/back_door__Noun__1
written_rep: back door
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hintertür
sense_list:
A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street. | A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.


lexentry: eng/back_down__Verb__1
written_rep: back down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eine Rückzieher machen | nachgeben | zurückrudern
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to.


lexentry: eng/back_end__Noun__1
written_rep: back end
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Back-End
sense_list:
(computing) That part of a hardware or software system that is farthest from the user; the internals rather than the user interface.


lexentry: eng/back_fire__Noun__1
written_rep: back fire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Fehlzündung
sense_list:
An explosion produced either by a running internal combustion engine that occurs in the air intake or exhaust system rather than inside the combustion chamber or unburned fuel or hydrocarbons ignited somewhere in the exhaust system.


lexentry: eng/back_in_the_day__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: back in the day
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: damals | früher
sense_list:
(temporal location, idiomatic, informal) In the distant past; especially, at a time fondly remembered (the good old days).


lexentry: eng/back_matter__Noun__1
written_rep: back matter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nachspann | Rückenmaterie
sense_list:
The parts of a book that appear after the main portion of the body text, including the afterword, index and bibliography; the end matter.


lexentry: eng/back_road__Noun__1
written_rep: back road
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nebenstraße | Seitenstraße
sense_list:
A secondary road, a little-used road, a road through rural areas sometimes used as an alternative to main roads.


lexentry: eng/back_scrubber__Noun__1
written_rep: back scrubber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rückenbürste
sense_list:
A utensil in the form of a brush or a sponge on a long handle, used to scrub the back while bathing.


lexentry: eng/back_street__Noun__1
written_rep: back street
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seitengasse
sense_list:
A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre.


lexentry: eng/back_up__Verb__1
written_rep: back up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: aufrechterhalten
sense_list:
(idiomatic, intransitive, cricket) For a fielder to position himself behind the wicket (relative to a team-mate who is throwing the ball at the wicket) so as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.


lexentry: eng/back_vowel__Noun__1
written_rep: back vowel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hinterzungenvokal | hinterer Vokal
sense_list:
(phonetics) Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth, such as /uː/ in rule or /əʊ/ in pole.


lexentry: eng/backbencher__Noun__1
written_rep: backbencher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hinterbänkler | Hinterbänklerin
sense_list:
(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.


lexentry: eng/backbend__Noun__1
written_rep: backbend
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brücke
sense_list:
(gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.


lexentry: eng/backbone__Noun__1
written_rep: backbone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rückgrat | Wirbelsäule
sense_list:
The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.


lexentry: eng/backbone__Noun__1
written_rep: backbone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Rückgrat
sense_list:
(figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure. | (figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.


lexentry: eng/backgammon__Noun__1
written_rep: backgammon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Backgammon
sense_list:
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.


lexentry: eng/background__Noun__1
written_rep: background
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hintergrund
sense_list:
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. | A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context. | Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history. | A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).


lexentry: eng/background_music__Noun__1
written_rep: background music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fahrstuhlmusik | Hintergrundmusik | Kaufhausmusik
sense_list:
Any music played in a public space whose main function is to create an atmosphere suitable to a specific occasion, rather than to be listened to.


lexentry: eng/background_music__Noun__1
written_rep: background music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bühnenmusik
sense_list:
Any music in a film, video game, or other medium that establishes mood and is not meant to have the audience's focus.


lexentry: eng/backhand__Adjective__1
written_rep: backhand
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Rückhand
sense_list:
(of strokes or throws) In the backhand style | (ice hockey) Of a play that uses the back side of the hockey stick


lexentry: eng/backhand__Noun__1
written_rep: backhand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rückhand
sense_list:
(tennis) a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.


lexentry: eng/backhanded_compliment__Noun__1
written_rep: backhanded compliment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vergiftetes Kompliment | zweideutiges Kompliment | zweifelhaftes Kompliment
sense_list:
(idiomatic) An insult disguised as a compliment; a compliment which can be interpreted as an insult.


lexentry: eng/backhander__Noun__1
written_rep: backhander
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Schlag mit dem Handrücken
sense_list:
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").


lexentry: eng/backheel__Noun__1
written_rep: backheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hackentrick
sense_list:
(soccer) A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.


lexentry: eng/backhoe__Noun__1
written_rep: backhoe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baggerschaufel
sense_list:
A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth. Used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.


lexentry: eng/backhoe__Noun__1
written_rep: backhoe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Baggerlader
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader and an excavator/digger.


lexentry: eng/backlash__Noun__1
written_rep: backlash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Spiel
sense_list:
(mechanics) The looseness through which one part of connected machinery, such as a wheel, gear, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, or a measurement of the distance moved thereby; either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).Wagon wheel structure showing felk


lexentry: eng/backpack__Noun__1
written_rep: backpack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rucksack
sense_list:
A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.


lexentry: eng/backpacker__Noun__1
written_rep: backpacker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rucksacktourist | Backpacker | Rucksackreisender
sense_list:
A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.


lexentry: eng/backpedal__Verb__1
written_rep: backpedal
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: zurückrudern | einen Rückzieher machen | zurückziehen
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.


lexentry: eng/backronym__Noun__1
written_rep: backronym
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Backronym
sense_list:
A word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it, sometimes as a folk etymology, sometimes as a contrived acronym to name a new organization, proposal, or other entity.


lexentry: eng/backroom__Noun__1
written_rep: backroom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hinterzimmer
sense_list:
A room near the rear of a premises, especially one that is only accessible to a privileged few and can be used as an inconspicuous meeting place.


lexentry: eng/backscratcher__Noun__1
written_rep: backscratcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rückenkratzer
sense_list:
A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.


lexentry: eng/backspace__Noun__1
written_rep: backspace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Backspace | Rücksetztaste | Rücktaste
sense_list:
The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards. | (computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.


lexentry: eng/backsplash__Noun__1
written_rep: backsplash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Armaturenbrett
sense_list:
A vertical covering on a wall rising above a countertop or other work surface to protect the wall from spills and to decorate the wall.


lexentry: eng/backstab__Verb__1
written_rep: backstab
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hintergehen
sense_list:
(transitive) to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens. (as if stabbing them in the back). See backbite.


lexentry: eng/backstabber__Noun__1
written_rep: backstabber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verräter
sense_list:
A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.


lexentry: eng/backstage__Noun__1
written_rep: backstage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Backstage
sense_list:
The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.


lexentry: eng/backstay__Noun__1
written_rep: backstay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Backstag
sense_list:
(nautical) A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from the top of the mast (masthead) to the back of the ship; they support the strain on all upper masts and provide additional support to the shrouds when the wind is abaft the beam.


lexentry: eng/backstory__Noun__1
written_rep: backstory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Backstory | Hintergrundgeschichte | Vorgeschichte
sense_list:
The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in, _, film, television) a character in a dramatic work.


lexentry: eng/backstroke__Noun__1
written_rep: backstroke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Rückenschwimmen | Rückenkraulen
sense_list:
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.


lexentry: eng/backup__Noun__1
written_rep: backup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Backup | Datensicherung | Reservekopie | Sicherheitskopie | Sicherungskopie
sense_list:
(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is destroyed or damaged.


lexentry: eng/backward__Adjective__1
written_rep: backward
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: altmodisch | antiquiert | rückständig | rückwärtsgewandt | überholt
sense_list:
Situated toward or at the rear of something. | (chess) Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.


lexentry: eng/backwash__Noun__1
written_rep: backwash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Spuckrest | Spuckschluck | Uwe
sense_list:
The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.


lexentry: eng/backwater__Noun__1
written_rep: backwater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kaff | Dorf
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.


lexentry: eng/backwoods__Noun__1
written_rep: backwoods
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abgelegene Gegend
sense_list:
A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.


lexentry: eng/backwoodsman__Noun__1
written_rep: backwoodsman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hinterwäldler
sense_list:
A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences. | An uncivilized person.


lexentry: eng/bacteriology__Noun__1
written_rep: bacteriology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bakteriologie | Bakterienkunde
sense_list:
(biology, microbiology) The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.


lexentry: eng/bacteriostatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: bacteriostatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bakteriostatisch
sense_list:
Of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat; inhibiting the growth of bacteria without destroying them.


lexentry: eng/baculovirus__Noun__1
written_rep: baculovirus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baculovirus
sense_list:
Any large rod-shaped virus of the family Baculoviridae, including the granuloviruses and nucleopolyhedroviruses.


lexentry: eng/bad__Adjective__1
written_rep: bad
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: schlecht
sense_list:
Not suitable or fitting. | Not appropriate, of manners etc. | Faulty; not functional. | (of breath) Malodorous; foul.


lexentry: eng/bad_apple__Noun__1
written_rep: bad apple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwarzes Schaf | Unheilstifter | fauler Apfel | faules Ei
sense_list:
(idiomatic, often, in the plural) A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others.


lexentry: eng/bad_debt__Noun__1
written_rep: bad debt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Forderungsausfall
sense_list:
(business, accounting) A debt which cannot be recovered from the debtor, either because the debtor lacks the money to pay or because the debtor cannot be found and/or forced to pay.


lexentry: eng/bad_faith__Noun__1
written_rep: bad faith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Arglist | arge List
sense_list:
(legal) Intent to deceive or mislead another to gain some advantage; dishonesty or fraud in a transaction (such as knowingly misrepresenting the quality of something that is being bought or sold).


lexentry: eng/bad_trip__Noun__1
written_rep: bad trip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Horrortrip
sense_list:
(slang, drug use) An acute adverse psychological reaction to effects produced under the influence of psychoactive substances, namely hallucinogens.


lexentry: eng/badass__Adjective__1
written_rep: badass
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: harte Nuss
sense_list:
(US, sometimes considered, _, vulgar, slang, positive connotation) Having an extreme appearance, attitude, or behavior that is considered admirable.


lexentry: eng/badass__Noun__1
written_rep: badass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlampe
sense_list:
(US, sometimes considered vulgar, slang, negative connotation) A belligerent or mean person; a person with an unpleasantly extreme appearance, attitudes, or behavior.


lexentry: eng/badass__Noun__1
written_rep: badass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Miesmuschel
sense_list:
(US, sometimes considered vulgar, slang, positive connotation) A person considered impressive due to courage, skill, daring, audacity, and/or toughness.


lexentry: eng/badge__Noun__1
written_rep: badge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abzeichen
sense_list:
A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization. | Something characteristic; a mark; a token. | (heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.


lexentry: eng/badger__Noun__1
written_rep: badger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dachs
sense_list:
Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).


lexentry: eng/badminton__Noun__1
written_rep: badminton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Badminton | Federball
sense_list:
(uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.


lexentry: eng/baffle__Noun__1
written_rep: baffle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abweiser | Leitblech | Luftleitblech | Prallblech | Schallwand | Schwallblech
sense_list:
A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is a surface which is placed inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one part to another, without preventing motion altogether. | (US, dialect, coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.


lexentry: eng/bag__Noun__1
written_rep: bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Tüte
sense_list:
A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.


lexentry: eng/bag_snatcher__Noun__1
written_rep: bag snatcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handtaschendieb | Handtaschendiebin
sense_list:
(UK, Australia) A thief who snatches a handbag, shoulder bag, rucksack, etc., from the person carrying it.


lexentry: eng/baggage_car__Noun__1
written_rep: baggage car
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gepäckwagen
sense_list:
(especially, US, rail) A railway vehicle in passenger trains used to carry passengers' heavy luggage; a luggage van.


lexentry: eng/baggage_claim__Noun__1
written_rep: baggage claim
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gepäckausgabe | Gepäckrückgabe
sense_list:
(US) The designated location for receiving checked luggage, such as the baggage carousels at an airport.


lexentry: eng/bagpipes__Noun__1
written_rep: bagpipes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dudelsack | Sackpfeife
sense_list:
A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.


lexentry: eng/bahuvrihi__Noun__1
written_rep: bahuvrihi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Besitzkompositum
sense_list:
(grammar, also, _, attributive) A type of nominal compound in which the first part modifies the second and neither part alone conveys the intended meaning.


lexentry: eng/baiji__Noun__1
written_rep: baiji
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baiji | Chinesische Flussdelfin
sense_list:
A freshwater dolphin (†Lipotes vexillifer), only found in the Yangtze River. Declared functionally extinct in 2006.


lexentry: eng/bail__Noun__1
written_rep: bail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaution
sense_list:
(uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.


lexentry: eng/bail__Verb__1
written_rep: bail
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ausschöpfen
sense_list:
(nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out. | (nautical, transitive) To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.


lexentry: eng/bail_bond__Noun__1
written_rep: bail bond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaution
sense_list:
(US) A surety, used to obtain the release of a criminal defendant who has been required to give bail.


lexentry: eng/bail_out__Verb__1
written_rep: bail out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: aussteigen
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic, slang, with of) To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable.


lexentry: eng/baileychlore__Noun__1
written_rep: baileychlore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baileychlor
sense_list:
A yellow-green mineral of the chlorite group with the mineral formula (Zn,Fe,Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8.


lexentry: eng/bailiff__Noun__1
written_rep: bailiff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gerichtsvollzieher | Büttel | Häscher
sense_list:
(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.


lexentry: eng/bain-marie__Noun__1
written_rep: bain-marie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bain-Marie | Wasserbad
sense_list:
(cooking) A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food slowly, or to keep food warm.


lexentry: eng/bait__Noun__1
written_rep: bait
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Köder
sense_list:
Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.


lexentry: eng/baize__Noun__1
written_rep: baize
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tuch
sense_list:
A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.


lexentry: eng/bake__Verb__1
written_rep: bake
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: backen
sense_list:
(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ditransitive, with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven (for someone). | (intransitive, with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.


lexentry: eng/baked_good__Noun__1
written_rep: baked good
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Backware
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) An item or class of items with a flour as a main ingredient, prepared by baking.


lexentry: eng/bakfiets__Noun__1
written_rep: bakfiets
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lastenfahrrad | Lastenrad | Transportrad
sense_list:
(cycling, originally in the Netherlands) A bicycle or tricycle with a long wheelbase between the front wheel and handlebars holding a large box, originally used solely to transport goods but now also commonly for carrying young children.


lexentry: eng/baking_powder__Noun__1
written_rep: baking powder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Backpulver
sense_list:
A dry leavening agent used in baking; a mixture of baking soda, an acid (often cream of tartar) and starch to keep it dry; when wetted, carbon dioxide is released.


lexentry: eng/bakkie__Noun__1
written_rep: bakkie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bakkie
sense_list:
(road transport) A small pick-up truck or ute, generally open and sometimes fitted with a removable canopy, but distinct from an enclosed van and a large truck. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/baklava__Noun__1
written_rep: baklava
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baklava
sense_list:
A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. [since c. 1650; modern spelling since 1800s]


lexentry: eng/balaclava__Noun__1
written_rep: balaclava
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Balaklava | Sturmhaube | Biwakmütze | Skimaske | Sturmmaske
sense_list:
A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of wool.


lexentry: eng/balalaika__Noun__1
written_rep: balalaika
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Balalaika
sense_list:
A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin.


lexentry: eng/balance__Noun__1
written_rep: balance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Saldo | Bilanz | Guthaben
sense_list:
(accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other. | (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.


lexentry: eng/balance__Verb__1
written_rep: balance
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: balancieren | im Gleichgewicht halten
sense_list:
(transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.


lexentry: eng/balance_board__Noun__1
written_rep: balance board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Balancebrett | Balancierbrett | Wackelbrett
sense_list:
A device used for recreation, athletic training, circus acts, etc. consisting of a rectangular or circular board on a fulcrum on which board the user attempts to balance.


lexentry: eng/balance_of_power__Noun__1
written_rep: balance of power
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mächtegleichgewicht
sense_list:
(politics, government) A situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others.


lexentry: eng/balance_of_probabilities__Noun__1
written_rep: balance of probabilities
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grundsatz der erdrückenden Beweislast
sense_list:
(legal) A legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that a dispute be decided in favor of the party whose claims are more likely to be true.


lexentry: eng/balance_of_trade__Noun__1
written_rep: balance of trade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handelsbilanz
sense_list:
(economics, trade) The difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time.


lexentry: eng/balance_sheet__Noun__1
written_rep: balance sheet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bilanz
sense_list:
(accounting) A summary of a person's or organization's assets, liabilities and equity as of a specific date.


lexentry: eng/balance_wheel__Noun__1
written_rep: balance wheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Unruh | Steigerad
sense_list:
The timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring.


lexentry: eng/balcony__Noun__1
written_rep: balcony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Balkon
sense_list:
(architectural element) An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window. | An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.


lexentry: eng/bald_cypress__Noun__1
written_rep: bald cypress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sumpfzypresse
sense_list:
Taxodium distichum, deciduous conifer trees native to often-flooded areas of the southeastern and south central parts of the United States.


lexentry: eng/bald_eagle__Noun__1
written_rep: bald eagle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißkopfseeadler
sense_list:
Haliaeetus leucocephalus, a species of eagle native to North America and notable for the white plumage on its head.


lexentry: eng/baldric__Noun__1
written_rep: baldric
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wehrgehänge
sense_list:
A broad belt used to hold a sword, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast, and under the opposite arm); less properly, any belt. [from c. 1300]


lexentry: eng/baleen__Noun__1
written_rep: baleen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barte
sense_list:
(physiology, uncountable) The keratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.


lexentry: eng/baleen_whale__Noun__1
written_rep: baleen whale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bartenwal
sense_list:
Any of several large whales, of the suborder Mysticeti, that have plates of whalebone instead of teeth


lexentry: eng/balisong__Noun__1
written_rep: balisong
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Balisong | Butterfly | Butterflymesser
sense_list:
A folding pocket knife with two handles counter-rotating around the tang such that, when closed, the blade is concealed within grooves in the handles.


lexentry: eng/balk__Noun__1
written_rep: balk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Balken
sense_list:
Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".


lexentry: eng/ball-and-socket_joint__Noun__1
written_rep: ball-and-socket joint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kugelgelenk
sense_list:
A joint in which one segment has a rounded end and the next segment has a bowl-shaped end, with the rounded end being fitted into the bowl shape, allowing the first segment to move around an indefinite number of axes which have one common center. Examples include the human shoulder joint and the balljoints of some automotive suspensions.


lexentry: eng/ball__Noun__1
written_rep: ball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kugel | Fußballen
sense_list:
(mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.


lexentry: eng/ball__Noun__1
written_rep: ball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Ball | Kugel
sense_list:
(printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.


lexentry: eng/ball_bearing__Noun__1
written_rep: ball bearing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kugellager
sense_list:
(loosely, often) An individual spherical ball, usually made of steel or other hard material, suitable for use in a ball-based rolling element bearing. In precise usage, each such ball is called a bearing ball or simply ball, and the entire bearing is called the ball bearing.


lexentry: eng/ball_boy__Noun__1
written_rep: ball boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Balljunge
sense_list:
(sports) A person, usually male, responsible for retrieving balls from the area of play, and returning them to the players.


lexentry: eng/ball_hog__Noun__1
written_rep: ball hog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Knutschfleck
sense_list:
(sports, idiom, informal) In team sports, a player who keeps the ball to themselves, rather than passing it.


lexentry: eng/ball_in_hand__Noun__1
written_rep: ball in hand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handball
sense_list:
In billiards, a circumstance in which a fault by another player, such as a scratch, permits the competitor to take the cue ball in hand and place it anywhere on the table.


lexentry: eng/ball_lightning__Noun__1
written_rep: ball lightning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kugelblitz
sense_list:
A short-lived glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air and thought to consist of ionized gas associated with thunderstorms.


lexentry: eng/ballad__Noun__1
written_rep: ballad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ballade
sense_list:
A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas. | A slow romantic song.


lexentry: eng/ballast__Noun__1
written_rep: ballast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ballast
sense_list:
(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.


lexentry: eng/ballast__Noun__1
written_rep: ballast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bettung | Schotter
sense_list:
Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.


lexentry: eng/ballerina__Noun__1
written_rep: ballerina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ballerina | Ballettänzerin
sense_list:
(commonly) A female ballet dancer. | (less common, non-standard) A male ballet dancer; Synonym of ballerino


lexentry: eng/ballet__Noun__1
written_rep: ballet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ballett
sense_list:
A classical form of dance. | A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story. | The company of persons who perform this dance.


lexentry: eng/ballista__Noun__1
written_rep: ballista
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Balliste
sense_list:
(weaponry, historical) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.


lexentry: eng/ballistic_missile__Noun__1
written_rep: ballistic missile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ballistische Rakete | Ballistische Rakete
sense_list:
(military, rocketry) A missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory.


lexentry: eng/ballistics__Noun__1
written_rep: ballistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ballistik
sense_list:
(physics) The science of objects that predominantly fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric drag, and dealing with details of their behaviour at the origin and destination of their flight, as of bullets or missiles or rockets.


lexentry: eng/balloon__Noun__1
written_rep: balloon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ballon | Luftballon
sense_list:
An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible. | Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.


lexentry: eng/ballot__Noun__1
written_rep: ballot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stimmzettel
sense_list:
Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.


lexentry: eng/ballpoint_pen__Noun__1
written_rep: ballpoint pen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kugelschreiber | Kuli
sense_list:
A pen, similar in size and shape to a pencil, having an internal chamber filled with a viscous, quick-drying ink that is dispensed at the tip during use by the rolling action of a metal sphere (around 0.7 mm to 1 mm in diameter).


lexentry: eng/ballroom_dancing__Noun__1
written_rep: ballroom dancing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gesellschaftstanz
sense_list:
formal social dancing in couples, popular as a recreation and also as a competitive activity. The ballroom dance repertoire includes dances developed from old European folk dances such as the waltz and minuet, Latin American dances such as the tango, rumba, and cha-cha, and dances of 20th-century origin such as the foxtrot and quickstep.


lexentry: eng/balls__Noun__2
written_rep: balls
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eier | Klöten | Mumm | Mut
sense_list:
(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.


lexentry: eng/balls__Noun__2
written_rep: balls
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Eier | Klöten
sense_list:
(uncountable, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, Hawaii) Synonym of bollocks, nonsense. | (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, Hawaii, vulgar) A balls-up; a botched job.


lexentry: eng/balm__Noun__1
written_rep: balm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Melisse
sense_list:
Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.


lexentry: eng/balsa__Noun__1
written_rep: balsa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Balsabaum
sense_list:
A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.


lexentry: eng/balsamic_vinegar__Noun__1
written_rep: balsamic vinegar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Balsamessig
sense_list:
A dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine, that has been matured in wooden barrels, the resins of which contribute to its flavour; especially such a vinegar from Modena in Italy.


lexentry: eng/baluster__Noun__1
written_rep: baluster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baluster
sense_list:
(architecture) A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway; a banister. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/balustrade__Noun__1
written_rep: balustrade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Balustrade
sense_list:
A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.


lexentry: eng/bamboo_shoot__Noun__1
written_rep: bamboo shoot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bambusspross
sense_list:
(chiefly, in the plural) The edible shoot of any of several species of bamboo (especially of the genera Dendrocalamus and Phyllostachys), cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Chinese and similar cuisine.


lexentry: eng/ban__Noun__2
written_rep: ban
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ban
sense_list:
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu. | A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.


lexentry: eng/ban__Noun__4
written_rep: ban
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ban | Banus
sense_list:
A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.


lexentry: eng/banal__Adjective__1
written_rep: banal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: banal
sense_list:
Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh. | (uncommon, historical) Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service.


lexentry: eng/banana__Noun__1
written_rep: banana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Banane
sense_list:
An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.


lexentry: eng/banana__Noun__1
written_rep: banana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bananenstaude | Banane
sense_list:
The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves.


lexentry: eng/banana_peel__Noun__1
written_rep: banana peel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bananenschale
sense_list:
(Canadian, US, Philippines) The several outermost layers of a banana, especially once removed from the rest of the banana, which may be slippery if stepped on. (This sense is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/banana_republic__Noun__1
written_rep: banana republic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bananenrepublik
sense_list:
(politics, idiom, pejorative) A small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.


lexentry: eng/banana_split__Noun__1
written_rep: banana split
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bananensplit
sense_list:
A dessert or sundae containing a banana cut in half lengthwise (split), ice cream and various toppings which may include sauces, nuts or fruit.


lexentry: eng/bananaquit__Noun__1
written_rep: bananaquit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zuckervogel
sense_list:
A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits.


lexentry: eng/band-aid__Noun__1
written_rep: band-aid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pflaster | Heftpflaster | Wundschnellverband | Leukoplast | Wundpflaster
sense_list:
(Australia, Canada, US) An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.


lexentry: eng/band-aid__Noun__1
written_rep: band-aid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Behelf | Behelfslösung | Notlösung | Übergangslösung
sense_list:
(Australia, Canada, US, informal) A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.


lexentry: eng/band__Noun__1
written_rep: band
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Band
sense_list:
A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. | (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.


lexentry: eng/band__Noun__1
written_rep: band
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Frequenzspektrum | Band
sense_list:
A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork. | (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.


lexentry: eng/band__Noun__2
written_rep: band
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Band | Combo | Kapelle | Musikkapelle | Musikbande
sense_list:
(Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.


lexentry: eng/bandana__Noun__1
written_rep: bandana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Halstuch | Kopftuch | Piratenkopftuch | Piratentuch
sense_list:
A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.


lexentry: eng/banded_archerfish__Noun__1
written_rep: banded archerfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schützenfisch | Spritzfisch
sense_list:
An archerfish of species Toxotes jaculatrix, known for its ability to spit a jet of water to "shoot down" prey, found in coastal waters from India to the Philippines, Vanuatu, and Australia.


lexentry: eng/bandicoot__Noun__1
written_rep: bandicoot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nasenbeutler
sense_list:
A small Australian marsupial with a distinctive long snout, of the family Peramelidae (with the exception of genus Macrotis, called bilbies).


lexentry: eng/bandoneon__Noun__1
written_rep: bandoneon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bandoneon
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.


lexentry: eng/bandura__Noun__1
written_rep: bandura
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bandura
sense_list:
A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap.


lexentry: eng/bandurria__Noun__1
written_rep: bandurria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißhalsibis
sense_list:
A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.


lexentry: eng/bandwidth__Noun__1
written_rep: bandwidth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bandbreite
sense_list:
(of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit. | (networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.


lexentry: eng/bang__Noun__1
written_rep: bang
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Stirnfranse | pony
sense_list:
(US, archaic) : hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across.


lexentry: eng/bang__Noun__1
written_rep: bang
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Ausrufzeichen
sense_list:
(chiefly, US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point. | (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!


lexentry: eng/bang__Verb__1
written_rep: bang
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: knallen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.


lexentry: eng/bang__Verb__1
written_rep: bang
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: einen Pony schneiden
sense_list:
(transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).


lexentry: eng/banger__Noun__1
written_rep: banger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fuhrwerk
sense_list:
(automotive, slang) An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.


lexentry: eng/banjo__Noun__1
written_rep: banjo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Banjo
sense_list:
A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.


lexentry: eng/bank__Noun__1
written_rep: bank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bank
sense_list:
(countable) A branch office of such an institution. | (countable) An underwriter or controller of a card game. | (gambling, countable) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses. | (countable, mostly, in combination) A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.


lexentry: eng/bank__Noun__2
written_rep: bank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bank
sense_list:
(nautical, hydrology) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank). | (geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.


lexentry: eng/bank_account__Noun__1
written_rep: bank account
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bankkonto
sense_list:
A fund, held by a bank in a contractual arrangement between the bank and the owner of the fund, a customer of the bank, into which they can deposit and from which they can withdraw money.


lexentry: eng/bank_card__Noun__1
written_rep: bank card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bankkarte
sense_list:
(banking) A card issued by a bank, which may entitle the holder to a variety of services similar to that of a credit card or debit card, or allow withdrawal of cash from ATMs.


lexentry: eng/bank_holiday__Noun__1
written_rep: bank holiday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Feiertag
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland) A weekday, often a Monday, on which most businesses are closed, and granted to workers as a national holiday.


lexentry: eng/bank_run__Noun__1
written_rep: bank run
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bankansturm | Bankensturm | Schaltersturm
sense_list:
An event where many depositors of one or more banks withdraw money from their bank accounts within a short time, causing the banks concerned to become unstable.


lexentry: eng/bank_statement__Noun__1
written_rep: bank statement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kontoauszug
sense_list:
A communication from a bank to a person holding an account in that bank, usually issued monthly, detailing the value of the holdings in that account and the effects of all transactions occurring with respect to that account.


lexentry: eng/bank_vole__Noun__1
written_rep: bank vole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rötelmaus
sense_list:
A vole of species Myodes glareolus (former genus names Chletrionomys and Evotomys), of much of western Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/banker__Noun__1
written_rep: banker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bankier | Bankierin
sense_list:
One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.


lexentry: eng/bankruptcy__Noun__1
written_rep: bankruptcy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bankrott | Pleite | Konkurs
sense_list:
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.


lexentry: eng/banner__Noun__1
written_rep: banner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Banner
sense_list:
A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation. | (by extension) The military unit under such a flag or standard.


lexentry: eng/banner__Noun__1
written_rep: banner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Banderole | Transparent | Spruchband
sense_list:
A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.


lexentry: eng/banner__Noun__1
written_rep: banner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Banner | Werbebanner
sense_list:
(Internet, television) A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.


lexentry: eng/banns__Noun__1
written_rep: banns
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aufgebot
sense_list:
The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a church wedding in England and Wales and read on the three Sundays preceding the marriage).


lexentry: eng/banshee__Noun__1
written_rep: banshee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Banshee
sense_list:
(Irish and Scottish, _, folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.


lexentry: eng/bantamweight__Noun__1
written_rep: bantamweight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bantamgewicht
sense_list:
(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).


lexentry: eng/bantustan__Noun__1
written_rep: bantustan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bantustan
sense_list:
(originally, _, South Africa, historical) Any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans under apartheid policy


lexentry: eng/banyan__Noun__1
written_rep: banyan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waringin
sense_list:
An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. | A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.


lexentry: eng/baobab__Noun__1
written_rep: baobab
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Affenbrotbaum | Baobab
sense_list:
A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.


lexentry: eng/baptism__Noun__1
written_rep: baptism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Taufe
sense_list:
A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.


lexentry: eng/baptism_of_desire__Noun__1
written_rep: baptism of desire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Begierdetaufe
sense_list:
(Christianity) The grace given to a believer who ardently desires baptism, but dies before being able to receive it.


lexentry: eng/baptism_of_fire__Noun__1
written_rep: baptism of fire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Feuertaufe
sense_list:
(figuratively, military) The first experience of a severe ordeal, especially a first experience of military combat


lexentry: eng/baptistry__Noun__1
written_rep: baptistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baptisterium | Taufkapelle | Taufkirche
sense_list:
(Christianity) A designated space within a church, or a separate room or building associated with a church, where a baptismal font is located, and consequently, where the sacrament of Christian baptism (via aspersion or affusion) is performed.


lexentry: eng/baptize__Verb__1
written_rep: baptize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: taufen
sense_list:
(Christianity) To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water. | To dedicate or christen.


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__1
written_rep: bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barren | Stange | Block
sense_list:
A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__1
written_rep: bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Barren
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is 1⁄4 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__1
written_rep: bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Balken | Streifen | Strich
sense_list:
A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__1
written_rep: bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Bar | Kneipe | Lokal | Gasthaus | Beisl
sense_list:
(mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__1
written_rep: bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: Bar
sense_list:
A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__1
written_rep: bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 23
trans_list: Bar | Kneipe | Lokal | Gasthaus | Sandbank | Beisl
sense_list:
(music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__1
written_rep: bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 30
trans_list: Sandbank
sense_list:
(geography, nautical, hydrology) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__2
written_rep: bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bar
sense_list:
A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.


lexentry: eng/bar_association__Noun__1
written_rep: bar association
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rechtsanwaltskammer
sense_list:
An organization of lawyers which regulates their ability to practice law in a jurisdiction, and/or serves the interests of lawyers in that jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/bar_chair__Noun__1
written_rep: bar chair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barstuhl
sense_list:
A tall chair-like seat usually having a foot rest, commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchen counters.


lexentry: eng/bar_chart__Noun__1
written_rep: bar chart
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Säulendiagramm | Balkendiagramm
sense_list:
A graph in the form of boxes of different heights, with each box representing a different value or category of data, and the heights representing frequencies.


lexentry: eng/bar_shot__Noun__1
written_rep: bar shot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stangenkugel
sense_list:
(military, historical) A double-headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat.


lexentry: eng/bar_stool__Noun__1
written_rep: bar stool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barhocker | Barstuhl
sense_list:
A stool used for sitting, often taller than a chair and usually having a foot rest, commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchen counters.


lexentry: eng/barb__Noun__1
written_rep: barb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Widerhaken
sense_list:
The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.


lexentry: eng/barbarian__Noun__1
written_rep: barbarian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Barbar | Barbarin
sense_list:
An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; often associated with fighting or other such shows of strength.


lexentry: eng/barbarian__Noun__1
written_rep: barbarian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Barbar
sense_list:
(derogatory) Someone from a developing country or backward culture. | A warrior, clad in fur or leather, associated with sword and sorcery stories.


lexentry: eng/barbecue__Noun__1
written_rep: barbecue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barbecue | Grill | Grillen | Grillplatte | Grillteller
sense_list:
A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.


lexentry: eng/barbecue_sauce__Noun__1
written_rep: barbecue sauce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barbecuesauce
sense_list:
A fruity, tangy, usually brown sauce, typically consisting of a vinegar or tomato base with spices and sweeteners, used as a basting sauce, marinade, or condiment, especially for barbecued meat.


lexentry: eng/barbed_wire__Noun__1
written_rep: barbed wire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stacheldraht
sense_list:
Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences.


lexentry: eng/barbel__Noun__1
written_rep: barbel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Barbe
sense_list:
(biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.


lexentry: eng/barbell__Noun__1
written_rep: barbell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hantel | Langhantel
sense_list:
A wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter.


lexentry: eng/barbell_pad__Noun__1
written_rep: barbell pad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Langhantelpolster | Nackenpolster
sense_list:
A soft envelope designed to surround a barbell bar and spread out the pressure point on the body (otherwise present at squats and hip thrusts).


lexentry: eng/barber_surgeon__Noun__1
written_rep: barber surgeon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Feldscher | Bader | Feldscherer | Feldschererin | Feldscherin
sense_list:
(historical) A medical practitioner of medieval Europe, generally charged with looking after soldiers during or after a battle.


lexentry: eng/barberry__Noun__1
written_rep: barberry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Berberitze | Essigbeere | Sauerdorn
sense_list:
Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries.


lexentry: eng/barbershop__Noun__1
written_rep: barbershop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Friseurgeschäft | Friseurladen | Friseursalon | Herrenfriseurladen | Herrenfriseursalon
sense_list:
(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.


lexentry: eng/barbiturate__Noun__1
written_rep: barbiturate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Barbiturat | Barbitursäurepräparat
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics.


lexentry: eng/barcarole__Noun__1
written_rep: barcarole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barkarole | Gondellied
sense_list:
(music) A Venetian folk song traditionally sung by gondoliers, often in 6⁄8 or 12⁄8 time with alternating strong and weak beats imitating a rowing motion. [from late 18th c.] | (music) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/barcode__Noun__1
written_rep: barcode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Strichcode | Barcode | Balkencode
sense_list:
Any set of machine-readable parallel bars or concentric circles, varying in width, spacing, or height, encoding information according to a symbology.


lexentry: eng/bard__Noun__1
written_rep: bard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barde
sense_list:
A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.


lexentry: eng/bare-breasted__Adjective__1
written_rep: bare-breasted
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barbusig
sense_list:
(chiefly, of a woman) Having the breasts and nipples exposed, often implying a less salacious atmosphere than topless.


lexentry: eng/bare_infinitive__Noun__1
written_rep: bare infinitive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reine Infinitif
sense_list:
(grammar) The infinitive form of an English verb without the particle to; a comparable infinitive in other Germanic languages, e.g. a German infinitive without a preceding "zu", or a Swedish one without a preceding "att".


lexentry: eng/barefaced__Adjective__1
written_rep: barefaced
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frech, impertinent, unverfroren, patzig, schnodderig
sense_list:
Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude. | Open, undisguised. | Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair). | Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.


lexentry: eng/barefoot_doctor__Noun__1
written_rep: barefoot doctor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barfußarzt | Barfußärztin
sense_list:
A farmer or rural resident with basic medical training who worked as a doctor in rural areas of the People's Republic of China from the mid-1960s until the 1980s, generally under a government-sponsored program.


lexentry: eng/bargain__Noun__1
written_rep: bargain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schnäppchen | Angebot
sense_list:
An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.


lexentry: eng/bargain__Verb__1
written_rep: bargain
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feilschen | markten
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate


lexentry: eng/barge__Noun__1
written_rep: barge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lastkahn | Schleppkahn
sense_list:
A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.


lexentry: eng/baritone__Noun__1
written_rep: baritone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bariton
sense_list:
The male voice between tenor and bass. | The musical range between tenor and bass. | A person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass.


lexentry: eng/baritone_saxophone__Noun__1
written_rep: baritone saxophone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baritonsaxophon
sense_list:
A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the bass saxophone but larger than the tenor saxophone, with a range of D♭2 to A4 or similar.


lexentry: eng/barium__Noun__1
written_rep: barium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barium
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.


lexentry: eng/barium_chloride__Noun__1
written_rep: barium chloride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bariumchlorid
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The barium salt of hydrochloric acid, BaCl2; it is toxic, and has been used as a rat poison.


lexentry: eng/bark__Noun__1
written_rep: bark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bellen | Gebell
sense_list:
The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals. | (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.


lexentry: eng/bark__Noun__3
written_rep: bark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bark
sense_list:
(watercraft) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.


lexentry: eng/bark__Verb__1
written_rep: bark
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bellen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs). | (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.


lexentry: eng/bark_up_the_wrong_tree__Verb__1
written_rep: bark up the wrong tree
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: auf dem Holzweg sein
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To do, believe, or pursue something wrong or inappropriate; to take the wrong approach; to follow a false lead; to blame or rebuke the wrong person.


lexentry: eng/barley__Noun__1
written_rep: barley
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gerste
sense_list:
A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.


lexentry: eng/barley_sugar__Noun__1
written_rep: barley sugar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zuckerstange
sense_list:
A traditional British boiled sweet, yellow or orange in colour, with an extract of barley added as flavouring.


lexentry: eng/barm__Noun__2
written_rep: barm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Moos
sense_list:
Foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread; yeast.


lexentry: eng/barn__Noun__1
written_rep: barn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Scheune | Stall | Schuppen | Scheuer | Stadel
sense_list:
(agriculture) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.


lexentry: eng/barn_owl__Noun__1
written_rep: barn owl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schleiereule
sense_list:
An owl of the species Tyto alba, often having a white face and commonly found in barns and other farm buildings.


lexentry: eng/barn_swallow__Noun__1
written_rep: barn swallow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rauchschwalbe
sense_list:
Hirundo rustica, the most widespread species of swallow in the world; a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings, is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.


lexentry: eng/barnacle__Noun__1
written_rep: barnacle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rankenfußkrebs | Rankenfüßer | Seepocke
sense_list:
A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.


lexentry: eng/barnacle_goose__Noun__1
written_rep: barnacle goose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißwangengans | Nonnengans | Weisswangengans
sense_list:
A black and white species of bird within the family Anatidae from the northern hemisphere, Branta leucopsis.


lexentry: eng/barometz__Noun__1
written_rep: barometz
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: chinesischer Schatullenfarn
sense_list:
The golden chicken fern or woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are covered in furry brown hair; the legend (sense 1) is supposed to have arisen because, when inverted, the rhizomes with stalks growing out of them resemble lambs.


lexentry: eng/baronet__Noun__1
written_rep: baronet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baronet
sense_list:
The bearer of a hereditary title, below a peerage and senior to most knighthoods, accompanied by the titular prefix "Sir" (for men) or "Dame" (for women) which is used in conjunction with the holder's Christian name. It is inheritable, usually by the eldest son, although a few baronetcies can also pass through the female line.


lexentry: eng/baroque__Adjective__1
written_rep: baroque
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Groteskschrift
sense_list:
Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.


lexentry: eng/baroque__Adjective__1
written_rep: baroque
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: barock
sense_list:
Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.


lexentry: eng/baroque_organ__Noun__1
written_rep: baroque organ
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barockorgel | Barockpfeifenorgel | barocke Pfeifenorgel
sense_list:
(music) a pipe organ dating from or built to the specifications of the Baroque period at the time of J.S. Bach


lexentry: eng/barotrauma__Noun__1
written_rep: barotrauma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barotrauma
sense_list:
(pathology) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near the body and the surrounding air.


lexentry: eng/barque__Noun__1
written_rep: barque
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bark
sense_list:
A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged


lexentry: eng/barrack__Noun__1
written_rep: barrack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaserne | Baracke
sense_list:
(military, chiefly, in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.


lexentry: eng/barracuda__Noun__1
written_rep: barracuda
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barrakuda | Pfeilhecht
sense_list:
Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators.


lexentry: eng/barrage__Noun__1
written_rep: barrage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stauwehr
sense_list:
An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.


lexentry: eng/barrage__Noun__1
written_rep: barrage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Sperrfeuer
sense_list:
(military) A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.


lexentry: eng/barramundi__Noun__1
written_rep: barramundi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barramundi
sense_list:
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes, widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific; a popular food fish.


lexentry: eng/barrator__Noun__1
written_rep: barrator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Querulant
sense_list:
One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger.


lexentry: eng/barrel__Noun__1
written_rep: barrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fass | Tonne | Gebinde
sense_list:
(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.


lexentry: eng/barrel__Noun__1
written_rep: barrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fässchen | Birne | Fass
sense_list:
Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun#Noun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)


lexentry: eng/barrel__Noun__1
written_rep: barrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Barrel
sense_list:
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.


lexentry: eng/barrel_organ__Noun__1
written_rep: barrel organ
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Drehorgel | Leierkasten
sense_list:
A musical instrument in which air from a bellows is admitted to a set of pipes by means of pins inserted into a revolving barrel (typically turned by a crank), originating in France.


lexentry: eng/barrel_roll__Noun__1
written_rep: barrel roll
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fassrolle
sense_list:
(aviation) An aerobatic flying maneuver in which the pilot causes the airplane to complete one loop in the same time that the airplane completes one roll, creating the appearance that the airplane is riding on the inside of a cylinder.


lexentry: eng/barrel_vault__Noun__1
written_rep: barrel vault
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tonnengewölbe
sense_list:
(architecture) A simple roof having a curved, often semicircular cross section; used to span large distances in railway stations, churches, etc. Usually supported on columns.


lexentry: eng/barren__Adjective__1
written_rep: barren
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: steril | unfruchtbar
sense_list:
(of people and animals, not comparable) Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.


lexentry: eng/barricade__Noun__1
written_rep: barricade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barrikade
sense_list:
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence | An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.


lexentry: eng/barrister__Noun__1
written_rep: barrister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rechtsanwalt | Anwalt | Anwältin | Rechtsanwältin | Barrister
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.


lexentry: eng/bartender__Noun__1
written_rep: bartender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barmann | Barkeeper | Barmixer
sense_list:
One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/barycenter__Noun__1
written_rep: barycenter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwerpunkt
sense_list:
(physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal | (geometry) The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure


lexentry: eng/baryon__Noun__1
written_rep: baryon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baryon
sense_list:
(particle) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.


lexentry: eng/bas-relief__Noun__1
written_rep: bas-relief
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Basrelief
sense_list:
(sculpture) A low or mostly-flat sculpture which is carved into a wall, or is in the form of a tile mounted flat to a wall, rather than a fully three-dimensional, free-standing figure.


lexentry: eng/basal_metabolic_rate__Noun__1
written_rep: basal metabolic rate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grundumsatz | Ruheenergiebedarf | Ruheenergieumsatz | Ruhestoffwechsel
sense_list:
(physiology) The amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment, in the post-absorptive state.


lexentry: eng/basalt__Noun__1
written_rep: basalt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Basalt
sense_list:
(mineral) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.


lexentry: eng/bascinet__Noun__1
written_rep: bascinet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pickelbaube
sense_list:
A light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models).


lexentry: eng/bascule_bridge__Noun__1
written_rep: bascule bridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Klappbrücke
sense_list:
A movable bridge consisting of one or two opening leaves equipped with balancing and stabilizing counterweights that ease and speed up their operation.


lexentry: eng/base__Noun__1
written_rep: base
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Basis | Grundlage
sense_list:
Something from which other things extend; a foundation. | The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.


lexentry: eng/base__Noun__1
written_rep: base
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Base
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.


lexentry: eng/base__Noun__1
written_rep: base
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 14
trans_list: Basis | Sockel
sense_list:
(geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.


lexentry: eng/base__Noun__1
written_rep: base
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 15
trans_list: Schildfuß
sense_list:
(heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace..)


lexentry: eng/base_note__Noun__1
written_rep: base note
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Basisnote | Grundnote | Nachgeruch
sense_list:
The heavily volatile and thus most-lasting parts of a perfume, often of ligneous, resinous or animalic nature


lexentry: eng/base_pair__Noun__1
written_rep: base pair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Basenpaar
sense_list:
(biology) In molecular biology, two nucleotides on opposite complementary DNA or RNA strands that are connected via hydrogen bonds.


lexentry: eng/base_rent__Noun__1
written_rep: base rent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaltmiete
sense_list:
(legal) The amount of rent assessed before inclusion of additional expenses or other factors that increase the amount of rent to be paid.


lexentry: eng/baseball_diamond__Noun__1
written_rep: baseball diamond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Diamant
sense_list:
A four-cornered part of a baseball field in which the corners are the three bases and the home plate.


lexentry: eng/baseband__Noun__1
written_rep: baseband
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Basisbandübertragung
sense_list:
(telecommunications, noun adjunct) A method of transmission in which only one frequency channel is used at a time.


lexentry: eng/baseline__Noun__1
written_rep: baseline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Ausgangsbasis | Basislinie | Basisszenario | Basiswert | Grundlage | Grundwerte
sense_list:
(engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference.


lexentry: eng/basement__Noun__1
written_rep: basement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Grundgebirge
sense_list:
(geology) A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.


lexentry: eng/bash_up__Verb__1
written_rep: bash up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verdreschen | verhauen | verprügeln
sense_list:
(transitive, informal) To assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury; to beat up.


lexentry: eng/bashlyk__Noun__1
written_rep: bashlyk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baschlik
sense_list:
A protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks.


lexentry: eng/basic_income__Noun__1
written_rep: basic income
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Grundeinkommen
sense_list:
Ellipsis of guaranteed basic income., a form of social security in which all citizens or residents of a jurisdiction are guaranteed to have an income level at or above the set basic income cut-off level, whereby the government will top-off incomes falling below the line, to reach the limit. Those falling above the line would not receive payments.


lexentry: eng/basic_training__Noun__1
written_rep: basic training
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grundausbildung
sense_list:
(military) The standard training regime for introducing new recruits to the organization's discipline and basic operational skills.


lexentry: eng/basidium__Noun__1
written_rep: basidium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: basidie
sense_list:
(mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/basilect__Noun__1
written_rep: basilect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Basilekt
sense_list:
(sociolinguistics) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers.


lexentry: eng/basilica__Noun__1
written_rep: basilica
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Basilika
sense_list:
(architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.


lexentry: eng/basilisk__Noun__1
written_rep: basilisk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Basilisk
sense_list:
(heraldiccharge) A type of dragon used in heraldry. | Any of the tree-dwelling of lizard of the genus Basiliscus: the basilisk lizard. | A type of large brass cannon.


lexentry: eng/basis__Noun__1
written_rep: basis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Basis
sense_list:
(linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.


lexentry: eng/bask__Verb__1
written_rep: bask
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: genießen
sense_list:
(figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".)


lexentry: eng/basket__Noun__1
written_rep: basket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Korb
sense_list:
A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. | (basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball. | (basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points. | A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.


lexentry: eng/basket_case__Noun__1
written_rep: basket case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: hoffnungsloser Fall
sense_list:
An institution or country in a bad condition or difficult situation (economically, financially or otherwise). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/basket_case__Noun__1
written_rep: basket case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Nervenbündel
sense_list:
(colloquial, potentially, _, offensive) One made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic, stress or exhaustion; someone considered mentally unstable. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/basketweave__Noun__1
written_rep: basketweave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Panamabindung
sense_list:
A simple woven pattern in which groups of warp and weft threads are interlaced to give a checkerboard appearance


lexentry: eng/basking_shark__Noun__1
written_rep: basking shark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Riesenhai
sense_list:
A very large shark, Cetorhinus maximus, that feeds at or close to the surface by filtering plankton from the water and is found in all the world's temperate oceans.


lexentry: eng/bass__Noun__1
written_rep: bass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bass | Baß
sense_list:
A low spectrum of sound tones. | A section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor. | One who sings in the bass range. | (musical instrument) An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.


lexentry: eng/bass_clef__Noun__1
written_rep: bass clef
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bassschlüssel
sense_list:
(music) A symbol showing that the second line from the top of the staff represents the F below middle C.


lexentry: eng/bass_guitar__Noun__1
written_rep: bass guitar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bass | Bassgitarre
sense_list:
A long-necked and solid-bodied stringed instrument (chordophone), tuned to produce bass or low notes, usually with a fretted fingerboard and four thick strings, and requiring the use of an amplifier.


lexentry: eng/basset_horn__Noun__1
written_rep: basset horn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bassetthorn
sense_list:
(musical instrument) An alto instrument of the clarinet family, pitched in F below middle C, with a range reaching down to F below that.


lexentry: eng/basso_continuo__Noun__1
written_rep: basso continuo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Basso continuo | Generalbass
sense_list:
(music) The continuous realization of harmony throughout a musical piece, usually by a harpsichord and/or cello, typical of the Baroque period. Abbreviation: bc.


lexentry: eng/bassoon__Noun__1
written_rep: bassoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fagott
sense_list:
A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.


lexentry: eng/basswood__Noun__1
written_rep: basswood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Linde | Lindenholz
sense_list:
(US) Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.


lexentry: eng/bastard__Noun__1
written_rep: bastard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bastard | Bankert | Bastardin | Kegel
sense_list:
(dated) A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.


lexentry: eng/bastard__Noun__1
written_rep: bastard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bastard | Mistkerl | Hurensohn | Arsch
sense_list:
(vulgar,, _, , _, offensive, or, pejorative) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.


lexentry: eng/bastard__Noun__1
written_rep: bastard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Bastard
sense_list:
(especially, Australia, endearing, or, humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend. | (informal) A child who does not know their father.


lexentry: eng/baste__Verb__1
written_rep: baste
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: heften
sense_list:
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.


lexentry: eng/bastide__Noun__1
written_rep: bastide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bastide
sense_list:
A mansion in Provence. | new town built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony and Aquitaine during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries


lexentry: eng/bastille__Noun__1
written_rep: bastille
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Festung
sense_list:
Chiefly in French contexts: a bastion or tower of a castle; also, a fortified tower or other building; or a small citadel or fortress.


lexentry: eng/bastille__Verb__1
written_rep: bastille
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: einkerkern | gefangen halten
sense_list:
(transitive, also, figuratively) To confine (someone or something) in, or as if in, a bastille (noun sense 2.1) or prison; to imprison.


lexentry: eng/bastion__Noun__1
written_rep: bastion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bastion
sense_list:
A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel. | (figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.


lexentry: eng/bastnaesite__Noun__1
written_rep: bastnaesite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bastnäsit
sense_list:
(mineral) A yellow-brown mineral that is a source of several rare earth metals, especially gadolinium, samarium, and neodymium.


lexentry: eng/bat__Noun__1
written_rep: bat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fledermaus | Schläger | Keule | schlagen
sense_list:
Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.


lexentry: eng/bat__Noun__2
written_rep: bat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fledermaus | Schläger | Keule
sense_list:
A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.


lexentry: eng/bat__Verb__1
written_rep: bat
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Fledermaus | Schläger | Keule
sense_list:
(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.


lexentry: eng/batch__Noun__1
written_rep: batch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Partie | Satz
sense_list:
A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.


lexentry: eng/batch_file__Noun__1
written_rep: batch file
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Batchdatei | Stapelverarbeitungsdatei
sense_list:
(computing, especially MS-DOS) A file containing a series of instructions to be carried out by the operating system.


lexentry: eng/batch_processing__Noun__1
written_rep: batch processing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Stapelverarbeitung
sense_list:
(computing) the execution of a series of programs on a computer, called jobs, without manual intervention


lexentry: eng/bath_sponge__Noun__1
written_rep: bath sponge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwamm
sense_list:
A commercially used species of soft-bodied sponge (porifer, invertebrate of the phylum Porifera) found throughout the Mediterranean Sea, Spongia officinalis. | A handheld sponge, made from any material, that is used for cleaning the body while bathing.


lexentry: eng/bathe__Noun__1
written_rep: bathe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bad
sense_list:
(British, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.


lexentry: eng/bathe__Verb__1
written_rep: bathe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: baden | waschen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath. | (transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.


lexentry: eng/bathing_hut__Noun__1
written_rep: bathing hut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Umkleidehäuschen
sense_list:
A small house on the beach, a shelter from the sun or wind, a place for changing into and out of swimming costumes and for the safe storing of some personal belongings.


lexentry: eng/bathing_machine__Noun__1
written_rep: bathing machine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Badekarre | Badekarren
sense_list:
(historical) Around the 19th century, a portable changing room that was rolled down a beach to the edge of the sea to allow people to paddle in the sea modestly.


lexentry: eng/bathos__Noun__1
written_rep: bathos
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bathos
sense_list:
(literature, the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to:


lexentry: eng/bathrobe__Noun__1
written_rep: bathrobe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bademantel
sense_list:
A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.


lexentry: eng/bathroom__Noun__1
written_rep: bathroom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Badezimmer | Bad
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, euphemism) A lavatory (area where one washes or bathes): a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.


lexentry: eng/bathypelagic__Adjective__1
written_rep: bathypelagic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bathypelagisch
sense_list:
(oceanography) Of or pertaining to the parts of the oceans at depths between 1000 and 4000 meters deep.


lexentry: eng/bathyscaphe__Noun__1
written_rep: bathyscaphe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bathyscaph | Bathyskaph
sense_list:
A self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible for exploring the ocean depths, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol.


lexentry: eng/bathysphere__Noun__1
written_rep: bathysphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bathysphäre
sense_list:
A spherical steel deep-diving chamber with perspex windows, in which persons are lowered to the depths by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life; the precursor to the bathyscaphe


lexentry: eng/baton__Noun__1
written_rep: baton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Bastardfaden
sense_list:
(heraldiccharge) A bend with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, typically borne sinister, and often used as a mark of cadency, initially for both legitimate and illegitimate children, but later chiefly for illegitimate children.


lexentry: eng/battalion__Noun__1
written_rep: battalion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bataillon | Sanitätsbataillon
sense_list:
(military) An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment. | (US, military) an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.


lexentry: eng/batten__Noun__1
written_rep: batten
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dachlatte | Diele | Latte | Leiste
sense_list:
(carpentry, construction) A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.


lexentry: eng/batten__Noun__1
written_rep: batten
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Latte | Segellatte
sense_list:
(nautical) A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended.


lexentry: eng/batten__Verb__1
written_rep: batten
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aufpäppeln | gedeihen | mästen
sense_list:
To become better; to improve in condition; especially of animals, by feeding; to fatten up. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/batten__Verb__2
written_rep: batten
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schotten dicht machen
sense_list:
(chiefly, nautical) Chiefly followed by down: to fasten or secure (a hatch, opening, etc.) using battens (noun sense 2.2).


lexentry: eng/batter__Noun__1
written_rep: batter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ausbackteig | Backteig
sense_list:
(cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.


lexentry: eng/battering_ram__Noun__1
written_rep: battering ram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Rammbock | Sturmbock
sense_list:
A modern device, usually in the form of a metal bar with handles, chiefly used by police and firefighters to force open locked doors.


lexentry: eng/battery-backed__Adjective__1
written_rep: battery-backed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: batteriegepuffert
sense_list:
(electronics, of a device) Using a battery to maintain operation when not powered by the main electrical supply (e.g. during a blackout).


lexentry: eng/battery__Noun__1
written_rep: battery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Batterie | Akku
sense_list:
(countable, electronics) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells. A single such cell when used by itself.


lexentry: eng/battery__Noun__1
written_rep: battery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Körperverletzung | tätlicher Angriff
sense_list:
(legal) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which includes the threat of impending violence.


lexentry: eng/battery_electric_vehicle__Noun__1
written_rep: battery electric vehicle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Elektroauto | batterieelektrisches Fahrzeug
sense_list:
A type of electric#Adjective vehicle that uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs, usually and especially one whose powertrain is entirely electric.


lexentry: eng/batting__Noun__1
written_rep: batting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bauch
sense_list:
(sewing) Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.


lexentry: eng/battle__Noun__1
written_rep: battle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schlacht | Kampf | Gefecht
sense_list:
(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.


lexentry: eng/battle__Noun__1
written_rep: battle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Kampf
sense_list:
(military, obsolete) The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.


lexentry: eng/battle_axe__Noun__1
written_rep: battle axe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Streitaxt | Kriegsbeil
sense_list:
An ancient military weapon, an axe designed for combat, including (in, _, heraldiccharge) when borne on arms as a mark of prowess.


lexentry: eng/battlecruiser__Noun__1
written_rep: battlecruiser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlachtkreuzer
sense_list:
(military, nautical) A fast warship with thicker armor and heavier guns than a typical cruiser, but with armor, armament, or both still inferior to that of a dreadnought battleship; designed to act as an advanced scout of the battle fleet and to destroy enemy cruisers. | (fiction) A warship of intermediate size and/or capability between a heavy cruiser and a (light) battleship.


lexentry: eng/battledore__Noun__1
written_rep: battledore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Bleuel | Waschbleuel | Wäschebleuel
sense_list:
(historical) A wooden paddle-shaped bat or beetle used to wash clothes by beating, stirring, or smoothing them.


lexentry: eng/battlement__Noun__1
written_rep: battlement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zinne | Befestigung | Festungsmauer | Mauerzinne
sense_list:
In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.


lexentry: eng/battleship__Noun__1
written_rep: battleship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlachtschiff
sense_list:
(science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role | (military, nautical, archaic) A ship of the line.


lexentry: eng/battue__Noun__1
written_rep: battue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hetzjagd
sense_list:
(uncountable, hunting, often, attributively) A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc. [from early 19th c.] | (countable, hunting) A hunt performed in this manner.


lexentry: eng/baud__Noun__1
written_rep: baud
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baud
sense_list:
(computing, telecommunications) A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.


lexentry: eng/bauxite__Noun__1
written_rep: bauxite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bauxit
sense_list:
The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.


lexentry: eng/bavarois__Noun__1
written_rep: bavarois
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Creme
sense_list:
A pudding similar to pastry cream but thickened with gelatin or isinglass instead of flour or cornstarch, and flavoured with liqueur.


lexentry: eng/bay_willow__Noun__1
written_rep: bay willow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lorbeer-Weide
sense_list:
A willow native to northern Europe and northern Asia, with leaves that resemble those of laurel (Salix pentandra).


lexentry: eng/bay_window__Noun__1
written_rep: bay window
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erker | Erkerfenster
sense_list:
(architecture) A window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.


lexentry: eng/bayonet__Noun__1
written_rep: bayonet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bajonett
sense_list:
(military) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which needed to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired. | (engineering) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.


lexentry: eng/be__Verb__1
written_rep: be
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sein
sense_list:
Used with past participles of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect aspect. | Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase. | Used to link a subject to a measurement. | (dynamic / lexical be, especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way. | (with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years. | (in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go". | To remain undisturbed in a certain state or situation.


lexentry: eng/be__Verb__1
written_rep: be
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sein | existieren
sense_list:
(formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence. | (now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive. | As an intransitive lexical verb:


lexentry: eng/be__Verb__1
written_rep: be
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sein | werden
sense_list:
(rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses, the first of which is a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place), and the second of which is a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/be_born_yesterday__Verb__1
written_rep: be born yesterday
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: von gestern sein
sense_list:
(informal, stative, chiefly in the negative) To be new, naive, innocent, inexperienced, or easily deceived.


lexentry: eng/be_in_for__Verb__1
written_rep: be in for
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etwas kommt auf jmdn. zu
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To be able to expect or anticipate; to be about to suffer, generally said of something unpleasant.


lexentry: eng/be_thankful_for_small_mercies__Phrase__1
written_rep: be thankful for small mercies
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: es könnte schlimmer sein
sense_list:
Even though things are bad, you should remember that the situation could be worse and therefore be happy about the little things that are good.


lexentry: eng/be_wrong__Verb__1
written_rep: be wrong
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irren | täuschen | verschätzen
sense_list:
To have an incorrect belief, to be mistaken about one's judgment or statement concerning something. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/beachcomber__Noun__1
written_rep: beachcomber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Strandräuber
sense_list:
(nautical) A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others.


lexentry: eng/beachhead__Noun__1
written_rep: beachhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brückenkopf | Landekopf
sense_list:
(military) An area of hostile territory (especially on a beach) that, when captured, serves for the continuous landing (or movement into position) of further troops and material


lexentry: eng/beacon__Noun__1
written_rep: beacon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bake
sense_list:
(nautical) A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger.


lexentry: eng/beacon__Noun__1
written_rep: beacon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bake | Orientierungspunkt
sense_list:
A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.


lexentry: eng/bead_tree__Noun__1
written_rep: bead tree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zedrachbaum
sense_list:
Melia azedarach, a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree with poisonous fruit, native to India, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.


lexentry: eng/beagle__Noun__1
written_rep: beagle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beagle
sense_list:
A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet.


lexentry: eng/beak__Noun__1
written_rep: beak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schnabel
sense_list:
A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc. | A similar structure forming the jaws of a turtle, platypus, etc.


lexentry: eng/beaked_whale__Noun__1
written_rep: beaked whale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schnabelwal
sense_list:
Any of at least 20 species of whales in the family Ziphiidae, known to dive to great depths, but not well understood generally.


lexentry: eng/beam__Noun__1
written_rep: beam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Balken
sense_list:
(structural) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. | (structural) One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building. | (nautical) One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.


lexentry: eng/beam__Noun__1
written_rep: beam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Balken | Grindel | Pflugbaum | Breite
sense_list:
(nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).


lexentry: eng/beam__Noun__1
written_rep: beam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: Grindel | Pflugbaum
sense_list:
(agricultural) The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.


lexentry: eng/beam__Noun__1
written_rep: beam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: Strahl
sense_list:
(physics) A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body. | (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.


lexentry: eng/beam__Verb__1
written_rep: beam
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: strahlen
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate. | (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.


lexentry: eng/beam__Verb__1
written_rep: beam
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: beamen
sense_list:
(transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism. | (transitive, weaving) To put (something) on a beam.


lexentry: eng/bean__Noun__1
written_rep: bean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bohne | Bohnenpflanze
sense_list:
Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.


lexentry: eng/bean_counter__Noun__1
written_rep: bean counter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erbsenzähler | Erbsenzählerin
sense_list:
(idiomatic, mildly, derogatory) A person who is excessively interested in controlling or reducing expenses, increasing profits, or in quantitative details in general. The term is often used to imply the person is a pedant and incapable of seeing other things or the bigger picture (more general things), but it is also widely used as a mildly derogatory term and even facetious synonym for accountants, CEOs, CFOs, business and government officials responsible for financial decisions, etc.


lexentry: eng/beanbag__Noun__1
written_rep: beanbag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sitzsack | Puff
sense_list:
A piece of soft furniture consisting of a leather or vinyl covering stuffed with dry beans or other similar pellets.


lexentry: eng/bear__Adjective__1
written_rep: bear
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baisse
sense_list:
(finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.


lexentry: eng/bear__Noun__1
written_rep: bear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bär | Bärin
sense_list:
A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.


lexentry: eng/bear__Noun__1
written_rep: bear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Baissier | Baissespekulant
sense_list:
(finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices. [1744]


lexentry: eng/bear__Verb__2
written_rep: bear
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aufweisen | ausgerüstet | ausgestattet | ertragen | liegen | mit
sense_list:
(transitive) To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms. [1400]


lexentry: eng/bear__Verb__2
written_rep: bear
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ertragen | tragen | aufweisen | ausgerüstet | ausgestattet | erbringen
sense_list:
(transitive) To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.


lexentry: eng/bear__Verb__2
written_rep: bear
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hegen
sense_list:
(transitive) To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).


lexentry: eng/bear__Verb__2
written_rep: bear
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ertragen
sense_list:
(transitive) To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change. | (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.


lexentry: eng/bear__Verb__2
written_rep: bear
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ertragen | erdulden | gedulden | sich
sense_list:
(now, _, transitive, _, outside certain set patterns such as 'bear with'; formerly also, _, intransitive) To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).


lexentry: eng/bear_in_mind__Verb__1
written_rep: bear in mind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beachten | berücksichtigen | in Betracht ziehen | vergegenwärtigen
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To hold (something) in the memory; to remember; also, to be mindful of or pay attention to (something); to consider; to note.


lexentry: eng/bearberry__Noun__1
written_rep: bearberry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bärentraube | echte Bärentraube
sense_list:
Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.


lexentry: eng/beard__Noun__1
written_rep: beard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: Alibifreundin
sense_list:
(LGBT) A woman who accompanies a gay man, or a man who accompanies a lesbian, in order to give the impression that the person being accompanied is heterosexual.


lexentry: eng/bearded_seal__Noun__1
written_rep: bearded seal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bartrobbe
sense_list:
Erignathus barbatus, a medium-sized pinniped with conspicuous whiskers, found in and around the Arctic Ocean.


lexentry: eng/bearded_tit__Noun__1
written_rep: bearded tit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bartmeise
sense_list:
A small passerine bird, Panurus biarmicus, of the family Timaliidae, or possibly the monotypic family Panuridae.


lexentry: eng/bearer_bond__Noun__1
written_rep: bearer bond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Inhaberschuldverschreibung
sense_list:
(legal) A negotiable loan instrument payable to its holder (bearer) by the issuer according to preset conditions. The owner must safeguard bearer bonds to prevent loss; interest is usually paid by coupon redemptions.


lexentry: eng/bearing__Noun__1
written_rep: bearing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Peilung
sense_list:
(navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.


lexentry: eng/beast__Noun__1
written_rep: beast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tier
sense_list:
(chiefly in Commonwealth English, more specifically) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.


lexentry: eng/beast_of_burden__Noun__1
written_rep: beast of burden
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lasttier | Tragtier | Saumtier | Zugtier | Arbeitstier | Lastkamel
sense_list:
A draught animal, such as a donkey, mule, llama, camel, horse, or ox, that carries or pulls a load for the benefit of a human.


lexentry: eng/beast_of_burden__Noun__1
written_rep: beast of burden
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Arbeitstier
sense_list:
(by extension) Any domesticated animal trained to perform tasks for humans, such as a herding dog or trained falcon.


lexentry: eng/beastly__Adjective__1
written_rep: beastly
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: garstig
sense_list:
(UK) Similar to the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of human beings. | (UK, dated) Abominable; very unpleasant.


lexentry: eng/beat__Noun__1
written_rep: beat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Grundschlag | Schlag
sense_list:
(music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.


lexentry: eng/beat__Verb__1
written_rep: beat
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: schlagen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly. | To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip. | To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.


lexentry: eng/beat__Verb__1
written_rep: beat
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: schlagen | hauen | gewinnen
sense_list:
(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.


lexentry: eng/beat_around_the_bush__Verb__1
written_rep: beat around the bush
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: um den heißen Brei herumreden
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally. | (idiomatic) To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.


lexentry: eng/beat_to_a_pulp__Verb__1
written_rep: beat to a pulp
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: zerstören
sense_list:
(transitive, colloquial, loosely) To defeat severely in various, even non-contact, competitive sports.


lexentry: eng/beat_up__Verb__1
written_rep: beat up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: fertigmachen
sense_list:
(reflexive) To feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. (Usually followed by over or about.)


lexentry: eng/beat_up__Verb__1
written_rep: beat up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: die Werbetrommel rühren
sense_list:
(intransitive, dated) To go diligently about in order to get helpers or participants in an enterprise.


lexentry: eng/beatbox__Verb__1
written_rep: beatbox
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beatboxen
sense_list:
(music) To use one’s mouth, lips, tongue, voice, etc. as a percussive instrument to create beats and rhythms for music.


lexentry: eng/beater__Noun__1
written_rep: beater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Treiber
sense_list:
A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, typically working in a group with other beaters.


lexentry: eng/beatification__Noun__1
written_rep: beatification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seligsprechung
sense_list:
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.


lexentry: eng/beatified__Adjective__1
written_rep: beatified
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: herrlich
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism) Having been recognized and declared, by the church, that a deceased has entered heaven; having attained this step in the process of canonization.


lexentry: eng/beatify__Verb__1
written_rep: beatify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: seligsprechen
sense_list:
(transitive, Roman Catholicism) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.


lexentry: eng/beautiful_fruit_dove__Noun__1
written_rep: beautiful fruit dove
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rotkappen-Fruchttaube | Rotkappenfruchttaube | Schöne Flaumfußtaube
sense_list:
A frugivorous dove of the species Ptilinopus pulchellus, also known as the rose-fronted pigeon or crimson-capped fruit dove (leading to easy confusion with the crimson-crowned fruit dove): small, approximately 19 cm (7½ in) long, mainly green fruit dove.


lexentry: eng/beauty_pageant__Noun__1
written_rep: beauty pageant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schönheitswettbewerb
sense_list:
A competition in which participants compete for a determination that one is the most physically attractive.


lexentry: eng/beauty_sleep__Noun__1
written_rep: beauty sleep
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schönheitsschlaf
sense_list:
(uncountable, chiefly, humorous) Extra sleep; also (generally) , any sleep; (countable) an instance of this; an extra nap.


lexentry: eng/beaver__Noun__4
written_rep: beaver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bär
sense_list:
(chiefly, North American) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.


lexentry: eng/bec_de_corbin__Noun__1
written_rep: bec de corbin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rabenschnabel
sense_list:
(weaponry, historical) A poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole.


lexentry: eng/because__Adverb__1
written_rep: because
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: darum | deshalb | deswegen
sense_list:
(by ellipsis) Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".


lexentry: eng/becket__Noun__1
written_rep: becket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schlaufe | Softschäkel | Spleiß | Tauwerk-Schäkel
sense_list:
(nautical) A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.


lexentry: eng/becquerel__Noun__1
written_rep: becquerel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Becquerel
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. Symbol: Bq


lexentry: eng/bed-hopper__Noun__1
written_rep: bed-hopper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dorfmatratze
sense_list:
(informal) Agent noun of bed-hop: one who bed-hops; a person who is promiscuous or has multiple sexual partners.


lexentry: eng/bed__Noun__1
written_rep: bed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bett | Bettstelle
sense_list:
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. | A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.


lexentry: eng/bed__Noun__1
written_rep: bed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bank
sense_list:
An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.


lexentry: eng/bed__Noun__1
written_rep: bed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Ladefläche
sense_list:
The platform of a truck, trailer, wagon, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.


lexentry: eng/bed_and_board__Noun__1
written_rep: bed and board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kost und Logis
sense_list:
A place to sleep and eat; bed and breakfast; the services provided by an inn or similar establishment.


lexentry: eng/bed_and_breakfast__Noun__1
written_rep: bed and breakfast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bed and Breakfast | Fremdenzimmer | Hotel garni
sense_list:
A private home, guesthouse,small hotel etc. where guests are provided overnight accommodations and served breakfast but usually no other meals.


lexentry: eng/bed_urinal__Noun__1
written_rep: bed urinal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Engländer
sense_list:
A sealable plastic bottle into which a patient urinates when using a bathroom is inconvenient or impossible; often but not always with a long neck reminiscent of a duck.


lexentry: eng/bedabble__Verb__1
written_rep: bedabble
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gießen
sense_list:
To dabble about or all over with moisture; make something wet by sprinkling or spattering water, paint, or other liquid on it.


lexentry: eng/bedbug__Noun__1
written_rep: bedbug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wanze | Bettwanze | Hauswanze | Wandlaus
sense_list:
A small nocturnal insect (Cimex lectularius), of the family Cimicidae, that feeds on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts.


lexentry: eng/bedpan__Noun__1
written_rep: bedpan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bettpfanne | Bettschüssel | Schieber | Stechbecken | Steckbecken
sense_list:
A pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience.


lexentry: eng/bedrest__Noun__1
written_rep: bedrest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bettruhe
sense_list:
(medicine) Confinement to bed, often under instructions of a physician, in order to recover from an injury, an illness, or the frailty associated with other physical discomforts such as a difficult pregnancy.


lexentry: eng/bedrock__Noun__1
written_rep: bedrock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grundgestein | Muttergestein | anstehendes Gestein
sense_list:
(uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock that exists at some depth below the ground surface. Bedrock is rock "in place", as opposed to material that has been transported from another location by weathering and erosion.


lexentry: eng/bedroom_community__Noun__1
written_rep: bedroom community
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlafstadt | Trabantensiedlung | Trabantenstadt
sense_list:
(urban studies) An urban community that is primarily or exclusively residential, as due to zoning, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood; often a suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily.


lexentry: eng/bedsit__Noun__1
written_rep: bedsit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Einzimmerapartement | Einzimmerwohnung
sense_list:
(British, Ireland) A form of rented accommodation consisting of a single room for use as both sitting room and bedroom; there may also be a small kitchen area and washing and toilet facilities, but these amenities are more commonly outside the room and shared by several tenants.


lexentry: eng/bedsore__Noun__1
written_rep: bedsore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dekubitus | Druckgeschwür
sense_list:
(medicine, usually, in the plural, dated) A lesion caused by unrelieved pressure to any part of the body, especially portions over bony or cartilaginous areas, such as frequently develops on a person confined to a bed by infirmity.


lexentry: eng/bee-eater__Noun__1
written_rep: bee-eater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bienenfresser
sense_list:
Any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster.


lexentry: eng/bee__Noun__1
written_rep: bee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biene | Imme | Beivogl
sense_list:
A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.


lexentry: eng/bee_fly__Noun__1
written_rep: bee fly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wollschweber
sense_list:
Any of the flies in the family Bombyliidae, with adults that look like bumblebees and larvae that are parasitic on the eggs or larvae of other insects.


lexentry: eng/bee_hummingbird__Noun__1
written_rep: bee hummingbird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bienenelfe
sense_list:
A species of hummingbird, Mellisuga helenae, native to Cuba, noted for being the smallest living bird.


lexentry: eng/bee_sting__Noun__1
written_rep: bee sting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bienenstich
sense_list:
A hypodermic puncture from a bee, resulting in envenomation and often involving the penetration and lodging of the stinger.


lexentry: eng/beebread__Noun__1
written_rep: beebread
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bienenbrot | Perga
sense_list:
Bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, made and stored in brood cells by forager bees, and used as food for worker bees and larvae.


lexentry: eng/beech__Noun__1
written_rep: beech
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buche | Rotbuche
sense_list:
A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.


lexentry: eng/beef__Noun__1
written_rep: beef
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rindfleisch | Ochsenfleisch
sense_list:
(in the meat industry, on, _, product packaging) The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).


lexentry: eng/beef__Noun__1
written_rep: beef
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Beschwerde | Groll | Rochus | Widerwillen | heftige Verärgerung
sense_list:
(slang, uncountable, or, countable, plural beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)


lexentry: eng/beefsteak__Noun__1
written_rep: beefsteak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beefsteak
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle. | (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato. | (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.


lexentry: eng/beehive__Noun__1
written_rep: beehive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: B-52-Frisur | Beehive-Frisur
sense_list:
A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.


lexentry: eng/beeline__Noun__1
written_rep: beeline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Luftlinie
sense_list:
(mining, chiefly, historical) A dynamite fuse made with a small quantity of dynamite powder along its length, so that the spark travels quickly and at a specific known rate.


lexentry: eng/been_there,_done_that__Phrase__1
written_rep: been there, done that
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: (hab ich) alles schon gemacht | ist für mich nichts neues
sense_list:
(idiomatic, ironic) An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is not too keen on revisiting or redoing it again.


lexentry: eng/beep__Verb__1
written_rep: beep
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: hupen | piepen | tuten
sense_list:
(intransitive) To produce a beep. | (transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.


lexentry: eng/beer__Noun__1
written_rep: beer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bier
sense_list:
(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor. | (countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.


lexentry: eng/beer_belly__Noun__1
written_rep: beer belly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bierbauch | Schnitzelfriedhof | Wampe
sense_list:
A protruding belly caused by excess fat stored in the abdomen and colloquially attributed to the consumption of beer.


lexentry: eng/beer_garden__Noun__1
written_rep: beer garden
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biergarten | Gastgarten
sense_list:
The outdoor section of a public house, where customers can sit in the sun and enjoy their beverages.


lexentry: eng/beer_goggles__Noun__1
written_rep: beer goggles
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bierbrille
sense_list:
(idiomatic, originally, US, humorous, informal) The illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption.


lexentry: eng/beer_mat__Noun__1
written_rep: beer mat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bierdeckel | Bierfilz
sense_list:
A small square cardboard mat, often with an advertisement for a brewery on it, that is used to rest one's glass on, and to protect the surface of a table or a bar in a pub.


lexentry: eng/beer_money__Noun__1
written_rep: beer money
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Taschengeld
sense_list:
Some extra money not needed for essential payments, which is available for spending on luxuries, hobbies, or simply going out for a beer.


lexentry: eng/beer_tent__Noun__1
written_rep: beer tent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bierzelt
sense_list:
At a fair or festival, a tent set up for the purpose of selling and consuming beer and other alcoholic beverages.


lexentry: eng/beerstone__Noun__1
written_rep: beerstone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bierstein
sense_list:
(uncountable) A precipitate of calcium oxalate and related organic compounds which forms in brewery vessels and other equipment for handling and serving beer.


lexentry: eng/beerwurst__Noun__1
written_rep: beerwurst
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bierwurst
sense_list:
Bierwurst; a smoked, seasoned Brühwurst-sausage originally from Bavaria in Germany, with a garlicky flavor and dark red color.


lexentry: eng/beeswax__Noun__1
written_rep: beeswax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bienenwachs
sense_list:
A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.


lexentry: eng/beetle__Noun__1
written_rep: beetle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Käfer
sense_list:
Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.


lexentry: eng/beetroot__Noun__1
written_rep: beetroot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rote Bete | Rote Beete | Rande
sense_list:
(UK, NZ, AU) A normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating; Synonym of beet.


lexentry: eng/before__Preposition__1
written_rep: before
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: vor
sense_list:
In front of in space. | Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone). | In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.


lexentry: eng/beggars_can't_be_choosers__Proverb__1
written_rep: beggars can't be choosers
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in der Not frisst der Teufel Fliegen | in der Not schmeckt jedes Brot
sense_list:
(idiom) Something is better than nothing: those who can't provide for themselves should accept whatever help is available.


lexentry: eng/beginning__Noun__1
written_rep: beginning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Anfang | Beginn
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.


lexentry: eng/begrime__Verb__1
written_rep: begrime
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beschmutzen, besudeln, verdrecken
sense_list:
(transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally) , to make (something) dirty; to soil.


lexentry: eng/beguine__Noun__1
written_rep: beguine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beguine
sense_list:
A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.


lexentry: eng/behalf__Noun__1
written_rep: behalf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Interesse | Nutzen | Vorteil
sense_list:
The interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something. | (when adopted by someone else) One's role or rightful place; stead or authority.


lexentry: eng/behaviorism__Noun__1
written_rep: behaviorism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Behaviorismus
sense_list:
An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.


lexentry: eng/behavioural_science__Noun__1
written_rep: behavioural science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verhaltenswissenschaft
sense_list:
The systematic analysis and investigation of human and animal behaviour through controlled and naturalistic observation and disciplined scientific experimentation.


lexentry: eng/behest__Noun__1
written_rep: behest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Befehl | Geheiß
sense_list:
A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of. [from 12th c.]


lexentry: eng/behind__Preposition__1
written_rep: behind
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: hinter
sense_list:
After in physical progress or distance. | After in time. | Less forward or advanced than; after. | In support of.


lexentry: eng/behind_its_time__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: behind its time
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hinter dem Mond leben
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Showing characteristics of the past; present in one's work after later advances in the field; coming later than could be generally accepted.


lexentry: eng/bejel__Noun__1
written_rep: bejel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.

trans_list:
Dithmarsische Krankheit | Franzosen | Grobnigger-Krankheit | Holsteinische Marschkrankheit | Marschkrankheit | Radeseuche


lexentry: eng/bel__Noun__1
written_rep: bel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bel
sense_list:
A measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively.


lexentry: eng/believe__Verb__1
written_rep: believe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: glauben | denken
sense_list:
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).


lexentry: eng/believe__Verb__1
written_rep: believe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: glauben
sense_list:
(transitive) To accept that someone is telling the truth. | To believe that (something) is right or desirable.


lexentry: eng/belittle__Verb__1
written_rep: belittle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: herabsetzen | herunterspielen | kleinreden | schmälern | verniedlichen
sense_list:
(transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. [from 1782]


lexentry: eng/bell-bottoms__Noun__1
written_rep: bell-bottoms
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hose mit Schlag | Schlaghose
sense_list:
(plurale tantum) Pants that are flared from the knee downwards, a characteristic style of the 1970s.


lexentry: eng/bell-gable__Noun__1
written_rep: bell-gable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glockengiebel
sense_list:
(architecture) An element crowning the upper end of the wall of a church and in which a bell is hung, usually in lieu of a campanile or bell tower.


lexentry: eng/bell__Noun__1
written_rep: bell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glocke
sense_list:
A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.


lexentry: eng/bell_buoy__Noun__1
written_rep: bell buoy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glockentonne
sense_list:
A buoy on which is mounted a bell with four clappers, hung inside an iron cage, which is rung by the motion of the waves


lexentry: eng/bell_jar__Noun__1
written_rep: bell jar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glasglocke | Vakuumglocke
sense_list:
A piece of laboratory equipment used for creating vacuums, often made of glass in a bell-like shape.


lexentry: eng/bell_pepper__Noun__1
written_rep: bell pepper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Paprika | Gemüsepaprika | Paprikaschote
sense_list:
(North America, Philippines) Capsicum annuum, an edible spicy-sweet fruit, originating in the New World.


lexentry: eng/bellflower__Noun__1
written_rep: bellflower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glockenblume
sense_list:
Any flowering plants in the genus Campanula. | Flowering plants in the genera, Campanulastrum, Codonopsis, or Platycodon, in the family Campanulaceae.


lexentry: eng/bellicist__Adjective__1
written_rep: bellicist
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bellizistisch | kriegstreiberisch
sense_list:
Of or relating to bellicism, a bellicist, bellicists, advocating war, who is war-centered or war-oriented.


lexentry: eng/bellows__Noun__1
written_rep: bellows
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blasebalg
sense_list:
A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.


lexentry: eng/bells__Noun__2
written_rep: bells
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glas
sense_list:
(nautical) Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.


lexentry: eng/bellwether__Noun__1
written_rep: bellwether
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Indikator | führender Wert
sense_list:
(finance, figuratively) A stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition.


lexentry: eng/belly_flop__Noun__1
written_rep: belly flop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bauchplatscher | Bauchfleck | Bauchklatscher
sense_list:
(diving) A style of diving into a body of water in which the surface impact is made mostly by one's abdomen.


lexentry: eng/belong__Verb__1
written_rep: belong
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ist Element von | sind Element von
sense_list:
(intransitive, set theory) (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol \in means belongs to.


lexentry: eng/below_the_belt__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: below the belt
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: unter der Gürtellinie
sense_list:
(boxing) Of a punch, landing illegally, below the opponent's waist. | (by extension, idiomatic) Unfair; dirty; not according to the generally accepted rules.


lexentry: eng/belt__Noun__1
written_rep: belt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: Gürtel | Zone
sense_list:
(usually, capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).


lexentry: eng/bench-warmer__Noun__1
written_rep: bench-warmer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bankdrücker | Bankdrückerin
sense_list:
(sports, colloquial) A player who rarely or never gets to play in the games or matches, and is most often a substitute.


lexentry: eng/bench__Noun__1
written_rep: bench
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Hantelbank
sense_list:
A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.


lexentry: eng/bench_grinder__Noun__1
written_rep: bench grinder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Doppelschleifbock | Doppelschleifer | Doppelschleifmaschine | Schleifbock | Schleifmaschine
sense_list:
A grinder, typically with a pair of grinding wheels (one at each end of the motor shaft) that is designed to be permanently mounted on a workbench.


lexentry: eng/bench_press__Noun__1
written_rep: bench press
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bankdrücken
sense_list:
(weightlifting) An exercise performed by pressing the weight of a barbell away from one's body while lying on a bench.


lexentry: eng/bend__Noun__1
written_rep: bend
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Schrägbalken
sense_list:
(heraldiccharge) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.


lexentry: eng/bend__Verb__1
written_rep: bend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: biegen | beugen | durchbiegen
sense_list:
(transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.


lexentry: eng/bend_sinister__Noun__1
written_rep: bend sinister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schräglinksbalken
sense_list:
(heraldiccharge) A diagonal band on a coat of arms going from the sinister chief (the viewer's top right) to the dexter base, sometimes held to indicate bastardy.


lexentry: eng/bend_the_truth__Verb__1
written_rep: bend the truth
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sich die Wahrheit zurechtbiegen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To change or leave out certain facts of a story or situation, generally in order to elicit a specific response in the audience.


lexentry: eng/benediction__Noun__1
written_rep: benediction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Segen
sense_list:
A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).


lexentry: eng/benefactive_case__Noun__1
written_rep: benefactive case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benefaktiv
sense_list:
(grammatical case) A case used to indicate beneficiary, or the receiver of the benefit. It corresponds roughly to the English prepositions for, for the benefit of, in the interests of, intended for, and on behalf of.


lexentry: eng/beneficiary__Noun__1
written_rep: beneficiary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Nutznießer | Nutznießerin
sense_list:
(especially, trust law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.


lexentry: eng/bentwood__Noun__1
written_rep: bentwood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bugholz
sense_list:
(woodworking, countable, _, and, _, uncountable, sometimes) Lengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.).


lexentry: eng/benzaldehyde__Noun__1
written_rep: benzaldehyde
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benzaldehyd
sense_list:
(organic compound, uncountable) A chemical compound (C6H5CHO) consisting of a benzene ring with an aldehyde substituent.


lexentry: eng/benzene__Noun__1
written_rep: benzene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benzol
sense_list:
(organic compound) An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C6H6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds.


lexentry: eng/benzene_ring__Noun__1
written_rep: benzene ring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benzolring
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) The arrangement of six carbon atoms in a ring, joined by alternating single- and double bonds, that is present in many organic compounds.


lexentry: eng/benzodiazepine__Noun__1
written_rep: benzodiazepine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benzodiazepin
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) Any of a class of psychoactive drugs, structured upon diazepine, used in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and other related disorders.


lexentry: eng/benzofuran__Noun__1
written_rep: benzofuran
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benzofuran
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused with one of furan.


lexentry: eng/benzoic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: benzoic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benzoesäure
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) A white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH; the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid; used as a food preservative and in many other industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/benzoin__Noun__1
written_rep: benzoin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benzoe
sense_list:
A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/benzol__Noun__1
written_rep: benzol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benzol
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) An impure benzene (mixed with toluene etc), used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes.


lexentry: eng/benzopyrene__Noun__1
written_rep: benzopyrene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benzo(a)pyren
sense_list:
(organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (having five fused benzene rings) that is both mutagenic and carcinogenic


lexentry: eng/beret__Noun__1
written_rep: beret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barett | Baskenmütze | Tellermütze
sense_list:
A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.


lexentry: eng/beriberi__Noun__1
written_rep: beriberi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beriberi
sense_list:
(pathology) An ailment caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1), leading to lethargy and organ complications.


lexentry: eng/berry__Noun__1
written_rep: berry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beere
sense_list:
A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties. | (botany) A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.


lexentry: eng/beryllium__Noun__1
written_rep: beryllium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beryllium
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/beryllium_oxide__Noun__1
written_rep: beryllium oxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Berylliumoxid
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A white, crystalline compound, BeO, used in semiconductors and in specialist ceramic applications.


lexentry: eng/besague__Noun__1
written_rep: besague
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Schwebescheibe
sense_list:
A plate (as of armor) that protects an otherwise-exposed area, such as the armpit (alternative form of besagew), the elbow, or the hand


lexentry: eng/beseem__Verb__1
written_rep: beseem
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sich ziemen
sense_list:
Generally with a qualifying word such as ill or well: to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something).


lexentry: eng/besides__Adverb__1
written_rep: besides
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: außerdem
sense_list:
(conjunctive) Used to emphasize an additional point, especially an important or stronger reason; moreover; furthermore.


lexentry: eng/besiege__Verb__1
written_rep: besiege
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: belagern | einkesseln | umzingeln | umstellen
sense_list:
(transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.


lexentry: eng/bespeak__Verb__1
written_rep: bespeak
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: arrangieren | im Voraus buchen | im Voraus reservieren | vorbestellen
sense_list:
(transitive) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.


lexentry: eng/bestow__Verb__1
written_rep: bestow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: schenken | beehren mit | beschenken mit | verehren mit | verleihen
sense_list:
To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; to confer, to give.


lexentry: eng/bestow__Verb__1
written_rep: bestow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: unterbringen
sense_list:
(also, reflexive) To provide (someone or oneself) with accommodation; to find quarters for (someone or oneself); to lodge, to quarter.


lexentry: eng/bestride__Verb__1
written_rep: bestride
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rittlings sitzen
sense_list:
(transitive) To be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse.


lexentry: eng/bet__Noun__1
written_rep: bet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wette
sense_list:
A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).


lexentry: eng/beta__Noun__1
written_rep: beta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beta
sense_list:
The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.


lexentry: eng/beta_blocker__Noun__1
written_rep: beta blocker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Betabloker
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A blocking agent, one of a class of drugs used to treat hypertension and control the rate at which the heart beats.


lexentry: eng/beta_function__Noun__1
written_rep: beta function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Betafunktion
sense_list:
(analysis) A mathematical function that is also called the Euler integral of the first kind; it is a symmetric special function.


lexentry: eng/beta_particle__Noun__1
written_rep: beta particle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beta-Teilchen
sense_list:
(particle) An energetic electron or positron produced as the result of a nuclear reaction or nuclear decay.


lexentry: eng/beta_version__Noun__1
written_rep: beta version
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beta-Version
sense_list:
(computing) An early version of a program or application that contains most of the major features, but is not yet complete. Sometimes these versions are released only to a select group of people, or to the general public, for testing and feedback. This is the second major stage of development following the alpha version, and comes before the release candidate.


lexentry: eng/betake__Verb__1
written_rep: betake
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: begeben
sense_list:
(reflexive, literary) To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse. [from 17th c.] | (reflexive, archaic) To commit to a specified action. [from 16th c.] | (transitive, archaic) To commend or entrust to; to commit to.


lexentry: eng/betalain__Noun__1
written_rep: betalain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Betalain
sense_list:
A class of red and yellow indole-derived water-soluble pigments found in beets and other plants of the Caryophyllales and used commercially as coloring agents.


lexentry: eng/betide__Verb__1
written_rep: betide
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beschieden sein | ereilen | zuteilwerden
sense_list:
(transitive) Often used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall.


lexentry: eng/betoken__Verb__1
written_rep: betoken
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ankündigen
sense_list:
(transitive) To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.


lexentry: eng/betray__Verb__1
written_rep: betray
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verraten
sense_list:
(transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly. | (transitive) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.


lexentry: eng/betray__Verb__1
written_rep: betray
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: verraten | im Stich lassen | sitzenlassen | verführen | von etwas zeugen
sense_list:
(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.


lexentry: eng/betroth__Verb__1
written_rep: betroth
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verloben
sense_list:
To promise to give in marriage. | To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.


lexentry: eng/betrothal__Noun__1
written_rep: betrothal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Verlobung | Verlöbnis
sense_list:
The fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between two people.


lexentry: eng/better_safe_than_sorry__Proverb__1
written_rep: better safe than sorry
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorsicht ist besser als Nachsicht
sense_list:
It is preferable to be cautious in one's choices and actions than to act recklessly and suffer afterwards.


lexentry: eng/between_Scylla_and_Charybdis__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: between Scylla and Charybdis
sense_list: (idiomatic) Between two dangers.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
vom Regen in die Traufe | vom Regen in die Traufe geraten | vom Regen in die Traufe kommen | zwischen Skylla und Charybdis sein


lexentry: eng/between__Preposition__1
written_rep: between
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zwischen
sense_list:
In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.) | Shared in confidence. | In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places). | One of (representing a choice).


lexentry: eng/between_a_rock_and_a_hard_place__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: between a rock and a hard place
sense_list: (idiom) In a difficult and inescapable position. [from early 20th c.]
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
in der Zwickmühle | weder ein noch aus wissen | zwischen Baum und Borke | zwischen Hammer und Amboss | zwischen den Stühlen


lexentry: eng/between_a_rock_and_a_hard_place__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: between a rock and a hard place
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: zwischen Pest und Cholera
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Having the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.


lexentry: eng/between_the_hammer_and_the_anvil__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: between the hammer and the anvil
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zwischen Hammer und Amboss
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK, idiomatic) With the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.


lexentry: eng/beverage__Noun__1
written_rep: beverage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Getränk
sense_list:
(mostly, North America) A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks, usually excluding water. | (Britain, slang, archaic) (A gift of) drink money.


lexentry: eng/bevor__Noun__1
written_rep: bevor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bart
sense_list:
(historical) A portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor.


lexentry: eng/bewitched__Adjective__1
written_rep: bewitched
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verhext | verzaubert
sense_list:
Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft. | (Of a person) entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.


lexentry: eng/beyond_a_reasonable_doubt__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: beyond a reasonable doubt
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jenseits begründeter Zweifel
sense_list:
(legal) A legal standard for deciding the outcome of a criminal charge, requiring evidence that is sufficient to eliminate any doubts that a reasonable person might entertain about whether a claim is more likely to be true than not.


lexentry: eng/beyond_the_pale__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: beyond the pale
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eindeutig die Grenzen überschritten | indiskutabel | vollkommen inakzeptabel | völlig indiskutabel
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Of a person or their behaviour: outside the bounds of what is acceptable, or regarded as good judgment, morality, ethics, etc.


lexentry: eng/bezant__Noun__1
written_rep: bezant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Unterlegscheibe
sense_list:
(heraldiccharge) A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin.


lexentry: eng/bezel__Noun__1
written_rep: bezel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Facette | Fase | geschliffene Schneidefläche | obere Hauptfacette
sense_list:
The oblique side or face of a cut gem; especially the upper faceted portion of a brilliant (diamond), which projects from its setting.


lexentry: eng/bezel__Noun__1
written_rep: bezel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Fassung | Lünette
sense_list:
The rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, such as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.


lexentry: eng/bezel__Noun__1
written_rep: bezel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Blende | Frontblende
sense_list:
(computing) The panel that covers the front of a computer case, or the panel covering each drive bay that can be removed to install a removable drive that requires external access, such as a CD/DVD-ROM drive, which usually has its own preinstalled bezel.


lexentry: eng/bezoar__Noun__1
written_rep: bezoar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bezoar
sense_list:
A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.


lexentry: eng/bezoar_goat__Noun__1
written_rep: bezoar goat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wildziege
sense_list:
A wild goat, Capra aegagrus, native to Asia Minor and the Middle East and also found on Crete, now believed ancestral to the domestic goat.


lexentry: eng/bhikkhu__Noun__1
written_rep: bhikkhu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bhikkhu
sense_list:
A male Buddhist monk or priest; one who follows all Buddhist precepts as a full member of the sangha.


lexentry: eng/biangbiang_noodles__Noun__1
written_rep: biangbiang noodles
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biángbiang-Nudeln
sense_list:
A type of thick noodle from China's Shaanxi province, said to be named for the sound a noodle makes when slapped against the work surface while being made, and famed for the unusually complex Chinese character used in its name ([[఻ޣChinese|఻ޝ]／[[఻ݣChinese|఻ݝ]).


lexentry: eng/bias__Noun__1
written_rep: bias
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Bias | Vorspannung
sense_list:
(electronics) A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.


lexentry: eng/bias__Noun__1
written_rep: bias
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Verzerrung
sense_list:
(statistics) The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.


lexentry: eng/biathlon__Noun__1
written_rep: biathlon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biathlon
sense_list:
(winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.


lexentry: eng/biaxial__Adjective__1
written_rep: biaxial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: zweiachsig
sense_list:
(mathematics, astronomy) Having two axes of rotation and two planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a spheroid)


lexentry: eng/bib__Noun__1
written_rep: bib
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lätzchen | Latz
sense_list:
An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.


lexentry: eng/bib__Noun__1
written_rep: bib
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Startnummer
sense_list:
(sports) A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race.


lexentry: eng/bib__Noun__1
written_rep: bib
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Leibchen | Trainingsleibchen
sense_list:
(sports) A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.


lexentry: eng/bibimbap__Noun__1
written_rep: bibimbap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bibimbap
sense_list:
A Korean dish of white rice topped with vegetables, beef, a whole egg, and gochujang (chili pepper paste).


lexentry: eng/bible__Noun__1
written_rep: bible
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bibel
sense_list:
(by extension) A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership.


lexentry: eng/biblical__Adjective__1
written_rep: biblical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biblisch
sense_list:
Of or relating to the Bible. | In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it). | (figurative) Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale.


lexentry: eng/bibliography__Noun__1
written_rep: bibliography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bibliographie | Bibliografie
sense_list:
A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.


lexentry: eng/bibliography__Noun__1
written_rep: bibliography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bibliografie | Bibliographie
sense_list:
A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author. | The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.


lexentry: eng/bicameral__Adjective__1
written_rep: bicameral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zweikammer
sense_list:
Being or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system. | (government) Of, having, or relating to two separate legislative chambers or houses.


lexentry: eng/bicameralism__Noun__1
written_rep: bicameralism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bikameralismus
sense_list:
(government) The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers and limitations designed to provide checks and balances against one another.


lexentry: eng/bicarbonate__Noun__1
written_rep: bicarbonate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bicarbonat
sense_list:
(chemistry) the univalent anion HCO3-; any salt of carbonic acid in which only one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced. [from 1814]


lexentry: eng/bicorn__Noun__1
written_rep: bicorn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Zweispitz
sense_list:
(historical) A two-cornered hat worn by European and American military and naval officers from the 1790s.


lexentry: eng/bicycle__Noun__1
written_rep: bicycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fahrrad | Velo | Drahtesel | Veloziped
sense_list:
A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.


lexentry: eng/bicycle__Verb__1
written_rep: bicycle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rad fahren | radeln
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To travel or exercise using a bicycle. | (television, historical, transitive) To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.


lexentry: eng/bid__Verb__2
written_rep: bid
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bieten
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price. | (transitive) To offer as a price.


lexentry: eng/biddy__Noun__1
written_rep: biddy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alte Klatschtante | alte Schachtel
sense_list:
(derogatory) A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.


lexentry: eng/bidet__Noun__1
written_rep: bidet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bidet
sense_list:
A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.


lexentry: eng/bidirectional__Adjective__1
written_rep: bidirectional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bidirektional
sense_list:
Moving in two directions (usually opposite). | Operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite).


lexentry: eng/bidon__Noun__1
written_rep: bidon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kanister
sense_list:
A bottle or flask for holding a beverage such as water or wine; (specifically, sports) a water bottle which can be squeezed to squirt the beverage out of the nozzle, especially (cycling) one designed for mounting on a bicycle.


lexentry: eng/bifocals__Noun__1
written_rep: bifocals
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bifokalbrille | Zweistärkenbrille
sense_list:
Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.


lexentry: eng/bifurcation__Noun__1
written_rep: bifurcation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Bifurkation | Verzweigung
sense_list:
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.


lexentry: eng/big_baby__Noun__1
written_rep: big baby
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kindskopf
sense_list:
(derogatory) An adult or youth prone to immature behavior associated with babies, such as tantrums or pouting.


lexentry: eng/big_business__Noun__1
written_rep: big business
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Big Business
sense_list:
(sometimes, capitalized) Large, for-profit corporations collectively, understood as having significant economic, political, or social influence.


lexentry: eng/big_cat__Noun__1
written_rep: big cat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Großkatze
sense_list:
Any large feline animal, especially one of the Panthera genus, including tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards.


lexentry: eng/big_data__Noun__1
written_rep: big data
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Big Data | Massendaten
sense_list:
Data on a very large scale, such that it can only be gathered or processed with computers, especially with reference to its potential to allow for new breakthroughs or understanding in a particular field of study.


lexentry: eng/big_mouth__Noun__1
written_rep: big mouth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lockeres Mundwerk
sense_list:
(idiomatic) The mouth of someone who talks too much, especially by making exaggerated claims or by inappropriately revealing information.


lexentry: eng/big_mouth__Noun__1
written_rep: big mouth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Großmaul | Plappermaul | Schnacker
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A person who talks too much, especially by making exaggerated claims or by inappropriately revealing information.


lexentry: eng/big_toe__Noun__1
written_rep: big toe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: große Zehe | großer Zeh
sense_list:
(anatomy) The largest toe (usually) on each human foot (i.e. the toe closest to the other foot when the feet are flat on the ground, side by side, and the legs not crossed) or on a foot of certain other animals.


lexentry: eng/bigorexia__Noun__1
written_rep: bigorexia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bigorexia
sense_list:
(medicine) A mental disorder in which the sufferer perceives himself to have inadequate musculature; most common among bodybuilders


lexentry: eng/bigot__Noun__1
written_rep: bigot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.

trans_list:
Kantönligeist | Kleingeist | Piesepampel | Rassist | bornierter Mensch | engstirniger, intoleranter Mensch


lexentry: eng/bigot__Noun__1
written_rep: bigot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Frömmler
sense_list:
(obsolete) One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.


lexentry: eng/bigotry__Noun__1
written_rep: bigotry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bigotterie | Borniertheit | Engstirnigkeit | fanatische Verblendung
sense_list:
Characteristic qualities of a bigot: (especially religious, anti-religious or racial) intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.


lexentry: eng/bikini_line__Noun__1
written_rep: bikini line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Trikot
sense_list:
The part of a woman's pubic region not covered by a swimsuit; normally shaved or waxed free of pubic hair.


lexentry: eng/bildungsroman__Noun__1
written_rep: bildungsroman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bildungsroman
sense_list:
A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.


lexentry: eng/bile__Noun__1
written_rep: bile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Galle
sense_list:
A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.


lexentry: eng/bile_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: bile acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gallensäure
sense_list:
any of the steroid acids produced by the liver, such as cholic acid, that occur in bile as sodium salts and serve to neutralize the contents of the stomach as they enter the duodenum and to aid the emulsification and absorption of fats


lexentry: eng/bilinear__Adjective__1
written_rep: bilinear
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bilinear
sense_list:
(linear algebra, of a function in two variables) Linear (preserving linear combinations) in each variable.


lexentry: eng/bilious__Adjective__1
written_rep: bilious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gallig
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile. | (pathology) Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, especially excessive secretions of bile.


lexentry: eng/bilirubin__Noun__1
written_rep: bilirubin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bilirubin
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A bile pigment that is a product of the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin (which occurs within macrophages as they digest red blood cells), and which is responsible for the yellowish color seen in bruises. Extremely high levels of bilirubin may cause jaundice.


lexentry: eng/biliverdin__Noun__1
written_rep: biliverdin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biliverdin
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.


lexentry: eng/bill__Noun__1
written_rep: bill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Plakat
sense_list:
A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)


lexentry: eng/bill__Noun__1
written_rep: bill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Rechnung | Faktura
sense_list:
A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.


lexentry: eng/bill__Noun__2
written_rep: bill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schnabel
sense_list:
The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.


lexentry: eng/bill_of_fare__Noun__1
written_rep: bill of fare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zettel
sense_list:
(old-fashioned) A written or printed enumeration of the dishes served at a banquet, or of the dishes (with prices listed) that may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.


lexentry: eng/bill_of_lading__Noun__1
written_rep: bill of lading
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Konnossement
sense_list:
(shipping) A document issued by a carrier (e.g. master of a ship or the ship owner's agent) to a shipper listing a ship's cargo, acknowledging receipt of said cargo, and specifying terms for its delivery.


lexentry: eng/bill_of_materials__Noun__1
written_rep: bill of materials
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Stückliste
sense_list:
(manufacturing, computing) A computerized list of materials and components, structured in a manner to support computer-based materials procurement and production scheduling.


lexentry: eng/billboard__Noun__1
written_rep: billboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plakatwand | Reklametafel | Werbeplakat | Werbetafel
sense_list:
A very large outdoor sign, generally used for advertising. | (nautical) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore-channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on.


lexentry: eng/billhook__Noun__1
written_rep: billhook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Hippe
sense_list:
An agricultural hand tool often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants. | (written as bill-hook) A part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).


lexentry: eng/billiards__Noun__1
written_rep: billiards
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Billard | Karambolagen
sense_list:
(games, British) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.


lexentry: eng/billion__Numeral__1
written_rep: billion
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Milliarde
sense_list:
(US, modern British & Australian, short scale) a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,0002): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard


lexentry: eng/billion__Numeral__1
written_rep: billion
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Billion
sense_list:
(dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million million (logic: 1,000,0002): a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012


lexentry: eng/bimetallism__Noun__1
written_rep: bimetallism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bimetallismus
sense_list:
(economics) The use of a monetary standard based upon two different metals, traditionally gold and silver usually in a fixed ratio of values.


lexentry: eng/binary__Adjective__1
written_rep: binary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: binär
sense_list:
Being in one of two mutually exclusive states. | (logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states. | (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system. | Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts. | (mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2. | (computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).


lexentry: eng/binary__Noun__1
written_rep: binary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Binärsystem
sense_list:
(mathematics, computing, uncountable) The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.


lexentry: eng/binary_code__Noun__1
written_rep: binary code
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Binärcode | Binärkode
sense_list:
(computing) A code that uses the binary digits (1 and 0), usually in groups of eight, to represent characters, machine instructions or other data.


lexentry: eng/binary_tree__Noun__1
written_rep: binary tree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Binärbaum
sense_list:
(mathematics, computer science) A data structure in which each node has at most two children, each node but the root has one parent, and there are no cycles.


lexentry: eng/bind__Verb__1
written_rep: bind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verbinden | konnektieren
sense_list:
(intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature. | (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind. | (transitive) To couple. | (transitive, computer programming) To process one or more object modules into an executable program. | (intransitive, , LGBT) To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.


lexentry: eng/bind__Verb__1
written_rep: bind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: binden
sense_list:
(transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc. | (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.


lexentry: eng/binder__Noun__1
written_rep: binder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bindung | Buchrücken
sense_list:
Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.


lexentry: eng/binder__Noun__1
written_rep: binder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: Anzahlung
sense_list:
(legal) A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.


lexentry: eng/binder_clip__Noun__1
written_rep: binder clip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Foldback-Klammer | Vielzweckklemme
sense_list:
A simple device for binding a few to many sheets of paper, leaving the sheets intact; a strip of spring steel bent into the shape of an isosceles triangle with loops at the apex.


lexentry: eng/binding__Noun__1
written_rep: binding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bindung
sense_list:
The spine of a book where the pages are held together. | (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment. | (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.


lexentry: eng/binding_agent__Noun__1
written_rep: binding agent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bindemittel | Filmbildner | Geliermittel | Verdickungsmittel | Gelbildner
sense_list:
synonym of binder (chemical or other substance): A material or substance that holds other materials together mechanically, chemically, or as an adhesive, to form a cohesive whole.


lexentry: eng/bindle__Noun__2
written_rep: bindle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bündel
sense_list:
(Canada, US, , slang) Any bundle or package; specifically one containing narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, or morphine.


lexentry: eng/bingo__Interjection__1
written_rep: bingo
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Volltreffer
sense_list:
(informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.


lexentry: eng/bingo__Noun__1
written_rep: bingo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bingo
sense_list:
(uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.


lexentry: eng/bingo_wings__Noun__1
written_rep: bingo wings
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Winkearme | Winkfleisch
sense_list:
(derogatory, or, humorous, slang) Large, loose flaps of skin hanging from the upper arms of the elderly.


lexentry: eng/binitarianism__Noun__1
written_rep: binitarianism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Binitarianismus | Binitarismus | Zweieinigkeitslehre
sense_list:
(chiefly, Christianity) The belief, particularly among some Christian sects, that God is two personae (persons), two individuals, or two aspects in one Godhead (or God), these being God the Father and God the Son (Jesus Christ).


lexentry: eng/binky__Noun__1
written_rep: binky
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kuscheltier
sense_list:
(informal, childish) A stuffed animal, pillow, blanket, or toy that a small child is more attached to than any other, and often sleeps with.


lexentry: eng/binnacle__Noun__1
written_rep: binnacle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kompasshaus | Kompasshäuschen
sense_list:
(nautical) The wooden housing for a ship's compass, with its corrector magnets and illuminating arrangements. The log and other equipment for measuring the ship's speed are also stowed there.


lexentry: eng/binoculars__Noun__1
written_rep: binoculars
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fernglas | Feldstecher
sense_list:
A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.


lexentry: eng/binomial_coefficient__Noun__1
written_rep: binomial coefficient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Binomialkoeffizient
sense_list:
(combinatorics) a coefficient of any of the terms in the expansion of the binomial (x+y)n, defined by {n \choose k} = \frac{n!}{k!(n-k)!}, read as "n choose k"


lexentry: eng/binomial_distribution__Noun__1
written_rep: binomial distribution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Binomialverteilung
sense_list:
(probability theory, statistics) The discrete probability distribution of the number of successes in a sequence of n independent trials, each of which yields success with probability p.


lexentry: eng/binomial_nomenclature__Noun__1
written_rep: binomial nomenclature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: binäre Nomenklatur
sense_list:
(taxonomy) The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts; the first is the genus, and is written with an initial capital letter; the second is some specific epithet that distinguishes the species within the genus. By convention, the whole name is typeset in italics. The genus part is often abbreviated to its initial letter e.g. H. sapiens for Homo sapiens


lexentry: eng/binomial_series__Noun__1
written_rep: binomial series
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: binomische Reihe
sense_list:
(mathematics) The Maclaurin series expansion of the function f(x) = (1 + x)α, for arbitrary complex α; the series \textstyle\sum_{k=0}^\infty{\alpha \choose k} x^k, where \textstyle{\alpha \choose k} = \frac{\alpha(\alpha-1)(\alpha-2)\dots(\alpha-k+1)}{k!}.


lexentry: eng/binomial_theorem__Noun__1
written_rep: binomial theorem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Binomialtheorem | binomischer Lehrsatz
sense_list:
(mathematics) A formula giving the expansion of a binomial such as ( a + b ) raised to any positive integer power, i.e. ( a + b )^{n} . It's possible to expand the power into a sum of terms of the form ax^{b}y^{c} where the coefficient of each term is a positive integer. For example:


lexentry: eng/bioaccumulation__Noun__1
written_rep: bioaccumulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bioakkumulation
sense_list:
(biology) The process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms; used especially of toxic substances that accumulate via a food chain.


lexentry: eng/bioaccumulative__Adjective__1
written_rep: bioaccumulative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bioakkumulativ
sense_list:
(of a substance) That tends to accumulate in an organism when the organism's ability to remove it is insufficient.


lexentry: eng/bioacoustics__Noun__1
written_rep: bioacoustics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bioakustik
sense_list:
A cross-disciplinary science that combines biology and acoustics, investigating for instance the mechanisms of sound production and detection.


lexentry: eng/bioavailability__Noun__1
written_rep: bioavailability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bioverfügbarkeit
sense_list:
(pharmacology, nutrition) The amount of drug or nutrient which reaches the site of physiological activity after administration.


lexentry: eng/biochemical__Adjective__1
written_rep: biochemical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biochemisch
sense_list:
of, or relating to biochemistry | characterized by, produced by, or involving chemical processes in living organisms


lexentry: eng/biochemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: biochemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biochemie
sense_list:
(uncountable) The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism | (countable) The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism


lexentry: eng/biodiesel__Noun__1
written_rep: biodiesel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biodiesel
sense_list:
Fuel for diesel engines made from renewable organic raw materials, as opposed to fossil hydrocarbons.


lexentry: eng/biodiversity__Noun__1
written_rep: biodiversity
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: (ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
Biodiversität | Artenreichtum | Artenvielfalt | Sortenvielfalt | biologische Diversität | biologische Vielfalt


lexentry: eng/biodiversity_hotspot__Noun__1
written_rep: biodiversity hotspot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biodiversitäts-Hotspot | Brennpunkt der Biodiversität
sense_list:
(ecology) A place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat.


lexentry: eng/biodynamic__Adjective__1
written_rep: biodynamic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: biologisch-dynamische
sense_list:
(Anthroposophy, agriculture, pseudoscience) Of, or relating to a form of organic agriculture with mystical and holistic elements, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner.


lexentry: eng/biofilm__Noun__1
written_rep: biofilm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biofilm
sense_list:
(biology, medicine) A thin film of mucus created by and containing a colony of bacteria and other microorganisms.


lexentry: eng/biogas__Noun__1
written_rep: biogas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biogas
sense_list:
A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, produced by anaerobic digestion of organic waste matter, used as a fuel


lexentry: eng/biogeochemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: biogeochemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biogeochemie
sense_list:
(biology, geology, chemistry, ecology) The scientific study of biological, geological and chemical processes in the natural environment and especially of their mutual relationships


lexentry: eng/biohazard__Noun__1
written_rep: biohazard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biogefahr | Biogefährdung | biologisches Risiko
sense_list:
A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some biological factor such as bacteria or human waste.


lexentry: eng/bioinformatics__Noun__1
written_rep: bioinformatics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bioinformatik
sense_list:
(biology, computer science) A field of science in which biology, computer science, and information technology merge into a single discipline to analyse biological information using computers and statistical techniques.


lexentry: eng/biological_parent__Noun__1
written_rep: biological parent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
A child's natural parent, either the male who supplied the sperm or the female who supplied the egg which interacted for the child's conception.

trans_list:
biologische Eltern | biologische Elterteile | biologischer Elterteil | leiblicher Elternteil | natürlicher Elternteil


lexentry: eng/biomass__Noun__1
written_rep: biomass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biomasse
sense_list:
The total mass of all, or a specified category of, living things within a specific area, habitat, etc. | Organic matter from living things which were recently alive (especially vegetation) used as a fuel or source of energy, especially if cultivated for that purpose; also, fuel produced from such organic matter; biofuel.


lexentry: eng/biomaterial__Noun__1
written_rep: biomaterial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biomaterial
sense_list:
A nonviable, biocompatible material used in a medical device, intended to interact with biological systems or to evaluate, treat, augment, or replace any tissue, organ, or function of the body.


lexentry: eng/biomathematics__Noun__1
written_rep: biomathematics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biomathematik
sense_list:
(biology, mathematics) The application of mathematics to the study of biological systems and processes


lexentry: eng/biomechanics__Noun__1
written_rep: biomechanics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biomechanik
sense_list:
(biology, physics) The branch of biophysics that deals with the mechanics of the human or animal body; especially concerned with muscles and the skeleton.


lexentry: eng/biomedicine__Noun__1
written_rep: biomedicine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Biomedizin
sense_list:
The branch of medicine that studies the effects of environmental stress on organisms (most often in space travel).


lexentry: eng/biometrics__Noun__1
written_rep: biometrics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biometrie
sense_list:
The automated measurement of biological data. | The automated recognition or authentication of an individual's identity based on their behavioural and biological characteristics, such as iris appearance, fingerprint, or face shape.


lexentry: eng/biomolecule__Noun__1
written_rep: biomolecule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biomolekül
sense_list:
(biochemistry) molecules, such as amino acids, sugars, nucleic acids, proteins, polysaccharides, DNA, and RNA, that occur naturally in living organisms


lexentry: eng/biophysics__Noun__1
written_rep: biophysics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biophysik
sense_list:
The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology.


lexentry: eng/biopiracy__Noun__1
written_rep: biopiracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biopiraterie
sense_list:
(pejorative) The appropriation of indigenous biomedical knowledge, especially by patenting naturally occurring substances.


lexentry: eng/bioplastic__Noun__1
written_rep: bioplastic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bioplastik | bio-basierter Kunststoff
sense_list:
Any form of synthetic polymer, similar to normal plastic, made from renewable biomass sources such as plant sugars, starches, or oils, rather than from petroleum.


lexentry: eng/biopower__Noun__1
written_rep: biopower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bio-Macht
sense_list:
(political science) The sum of the various techniques used by modern nation-states to control not individual subjects but their entire populations, as contrasted with traditional modes of power based on the threat of death from a sovereign.


lexentry: eng/biopsy__Noun__1
written_rep: biopsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biopsie
sense_list:
The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.


lexentry: eng/bioremediation__Noun__1
written_rep: bioremediation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bioremediation
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The use of biological organisms, usually microorganisms, to remove contaminants, especially from polluted water


lexentry: eng/biostatistics__Noun__1
written_rep: biostatistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biostatistik
sense_list:
(biology, mathematics) The application of statistics to the study and analysis of biological and medical data


lexentry: eng/biosynthesis__Noun__1
written_rep: biosynthesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biosynthese
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The synthesis of organic compounds within a living organism, especially the synthesis of large compounds from small ones.


lexentry: eng/biotechnology__Noun__1
written_rep: biotechnology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biotechnologie | Biotechnik
sense_list:
The use of living organisms (especially microorganisms) in industrial, agricultural, medical and other technological applications. | The application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences.


lexentry: eng/biotin__Noun__1
written_rep: biotin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biotin
sense_list:
(vitamin) A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex, 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid, found in liver, egg yolk, milk, and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems.


lexentry: eng/biotite__Noun__1
written_rep: biotite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biotit
sense_list:
(mineral) A dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of potassium, magnesium and iron.


lexentry: eng/biotope__Noun__1
written_rep: biotope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biotop
sense_list:
A geographical area that has a uniform biological environment and a uniform distribution of plants and animals


lexentry: eng/bipartisanship__Noun__1
written_rep: bipartisanship
part_of_speech: noun
trans_list:
parteiübergreifende Einigkeit | parteiübergreifende Übereinstimmung | parteiübergreifender Konsens | Überparteilichkeit


lexentry: eng/bipartite__Adjective__1
written_rep: bipartite
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: bipartit
sense_list:
(graph theory, of a graph) Having vertices that can be divided into two independent sets (see bigraph)


lexentry: eng/biphenyl__Noun__1
written_rep: biphenyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Biphenyl
sense_list:
(organic compound, countable) Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs


lexentry: eng/bipolar__Adjective__1
written_rep: bipolar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bipolar
sense_list:
Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time. | Relating to or having bipolar disorder.


lexentry: eng/bipolar_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: bipolar disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bipolare Störung
sense_list:
(clinical psychology, psychiatry) A psychiatric diagnostic category, previously called manic depression, characterised by mood swings between great energy (mania) and clinical depression.


lexentry: eng/biquaternion__Noun__1
written_rep: biquaternion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Biquaternion
sense_list:
(algebra) Any of the numbers w + xi + yj + zk \ \! where w, x, y, and z are complex numbers and the elements of {1, i, j, k} multiply as in the quaternion group.


lexentry: eng/birch__Noun__1
written_rep: birch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Birke
sense_list:
A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture. | A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.


lexentry: eng/bird's_nest_soup__Noun__1
written_rep: bird's nest soup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwalbennestersuppe
sense_list:
A Chinese delicacy made from edible bird's nests, prized for its smooth texture and delicate flavor.


lexentry: eng/bird__Noun__1
written_rep: bird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vogel | Vögelchen | Vögelein | Vöglein
sense_list:
A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.


lexentry: eng/bird__Noun__1
written_rep: bird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Braut | Mieze | Perle | Schnitte
sense_list:
(slang) A man, fellow. [from mid-19th c.] | (UK, Ireland, slang) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.


lexentry: eng/bird_cherry__Noun__1
written_rep: bird cherry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Traubenkirsche | Ahlkirsche | Elsenkirsche | Faulkirsche | Sumpfkirsche
sense_list:
Any of several species of cherry trees sometimes grouped in the subgenus Prunus subg. Padus or section Prunus sect. Laurocerasus of Prunus subg. Cerasus.


lexentry: eng/bird_of_paradise__Noun__1
written_rep: bird of paradise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Paradiesvogel
sense_list:
Any of various passerine birds of the family Paradisaeidae native to Oceania. In many of the species the breeding plumage of the males is brightly coloured.


lexentry: eng/birds_of_a_feather_flock_together__Proverb__1
written_rep: birds of a feather flock together
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern | zeig mir deine Freunde und ich sage dir, wer du bist
sense_list:
(idiomatic) People of similar character, background or taste tend to congregate or associate with one another; it is easier to establish friendships with people that one has a lot in common with.


lexentry: eng/biretta__Noun__1
written_rep: biretta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Birett
sense_list:
A square cap, originally with four ridges across the top, surmounted by a tuft, worn by Roman Catholic clergy (and by some in the Anglican Church). A three-sided biretta is worn by Roman Catholic clergy for liturgical celebrations.


lexentry: eng/birth__Noun__1
written_rep: birth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geburt
sense_list:
(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment. | (countable) An instance of childbirth. | (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.


lexentry: eng/birth_canal__Noun__1
written_rep: birth canal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geburtskanal
sense_list:
(anatomy) The combined vagina and cervix, when the cervix dilates during birth to form a continuous tube with the vagina.


lexentry: eng/birth_certificate__Noun__1
written_rep: birth certificate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geburtsurkunde | Geburtsschein
sense_list:
An official document certifying the details of a person's birth. Name, date, and parents' names are always present; details such as parents' occupation and religion may be included.


lexentry: eng/birth_control__Noun__1
written_rep: birth control
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geburtenkontrolle
sense_list:
Voluntary control of the number of children conceived, especially by the planned use of contraception.


lexentry: eng/birthday__Noun__1
written_rep: birthday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Geburtsdatum | Geburtstag
sense_list:
The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.


lexentry: eng/birthday_paradox__Noun__1
written_rep: birthday paradox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geburtstagsparadoxon
sense_list:
(probability theory) The counterintuitive observation that a random group of people needs to have only 23 members before there is a 50% chance of two of them having the same birthday.


lexentry: eng/birthday_problem__Noun__1
written_rep: birthday problem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geburtstagsparadoxon
sense_list:
(probability theory) The mathematics problem that concerns the probability there exist two people in a random group who share a birthday.


lexentry: eng/birthday_suit__Noun__1
written_rep: birthday suit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adamskostüm | Evakostüm | [[wie Gott ihn schuf|wie Gott ihn/sie schuf]]
sense_list:
(idiom, often, humorous) Nakedness, unclothed skin; an exposure of a human's natural anatomy without clothing.


lexentry: eng/birthrate__Noun__1
written_rep: birthrate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geburtenrate
sense_list:
The ratio of total live births to total population for a specific community or nation in a specified period; often expressed in births per thousand per year


lexentry: eng/birthright__Noun__1
written_rep: birthright
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geburtsrecht
sense_list:
Something a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.


lexentry: eng/birthright_citizenship__Noun__1
written_rep: birthright citizenship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Territorialprinzip | Bodenprinzip | Geburtsortsprinzip | Geburtsrechtsprinzip
sense_list:
The right (unconditional or near-unconditional) of anyone born in the territory of a state to nationality or citizenship.


lexentry: eng/biscuit__Noun__1
written_rep: biscuit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Keks | Biskuit
sense_list:
(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes Canada, rare in the US and the Philippines) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie. | (chiefly, North America, rare in Scotland and Guernsey) A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.


lexentry: eng/bisector__Noun__1
written_rep: bisector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Winkelhalbierende | Halbierende | Winkelsymmetrale
sense_list:
(geometry) A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts.


lexentry: eng/bisexual__Adjective__1
written_rep: bisexual
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bisexuell
sense_list:
(of humans, or, other animals) Sexually attracted to both same-gendered and different-gendered partners. Similar to pansexual


lexentry: eng/bisexual__Adjective__1
written_rep: bisexual
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bisexuell | zweigeschlechtig | zweigeschlechtlich
sense_list:
(rare) Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.


lexentry: eng/bisexuality__Noun__1
written_rep: bisexuality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bisexualität
sense_list:
(of humans or other animals) The state of being sexually or romantically attracted to members of either sex or gender. | (chiefly, botany) The state of being .


lexentry: eng/bishop__Noun__1
written_rep: bishop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bischof | Bischöfin
sense_list:
(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.


lexentry: eng/bishop__Noun__1
written_rep: bishop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Läufer
sense_list:
(chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.


lexentry: eng/bissextile__Adjective__1
written_rep: bissextile
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schalt-
sense_list:
Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st.


lexentry: eng/bistre__Noun__1
written_rep: bistre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: finster
sense_list:
A brown pigment made from soot, especially from beech wood. | A mid-to-dark brown color resembling the pigment.


lexentry: eng/bit__Noun__1
written_rep: bit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Bit
sense_list:
(now, US) A unit of currency or coin in the Americas worth a fraction of a Spanish dollar; now specifically, an eighth of a US dollar. | A portion of something.


lexentry: eng/bit__Noun__2
written_rep: bit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bit
sense_list:
(mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0. | (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit. | (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.


lexentry: eng/bitch__Noun__1
written_rep: bitch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Zicke | Miststück | Schlampe
sense_list:
(vulgar, offensive) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/bitch__Verb__1
written_rep: bitch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: maulen | meckern
sense_list:
(vulgar, intransitive) To criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected.


lexentry: eng/bite__Verb__1
written_rep: bite
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beißen
sense_list:
(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth. | (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth. | (intransitive) To attack with the teeth. | (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught. | (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.


lexentry: eng/bite_one's_tongue__Verb__1
written_rep: bite one's tongue
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sich auf die Zunge beißen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To resist the urge to speak out, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute.


lexentry: eng/bite_the_hand_that_feeds_one__Verb__1
written_rep: bite the hand that feeds one
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: den Ast absägen, auf dem man sitzt | in die Hand beißen, die einen füttert
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To cause harm to a benefactor (especially one that one is dependent on, thus with the idea that this behaviour is self-damaging).


lexentry: eng/bitmap__Noun__1
written_rep: bitmap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Binärbild | Bitmap | Pixelgrafik | Rastergrafik
sense_list:
(computing) A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.


lexentry: eng/bitrate__Noun__1
written_rep: bitrate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Datenübertragungsrate
sense_list:
(computing, telecommunications) The frequency at which bits (binary digits) pass a given physical or metaphorical point, measured in bps (bits per second).


lexentry: eng/bitstock__Noun__1
written_rep: bitstock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kurbelbohrmaschine | Bohrkurbel | Bohrwinde | Brustleier | Handbohrer | Kurbelbohrer
sense_list:
A hand tool consisting of a crank which holds a fitted rotating drill bit tip, designed to bore holes in rigid materials, by cutting a disc in a spiral fashion.


lexentry: eng/bitter_almond__Noun__1
written_rep: bitter almond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bittermandel
sense_list:
The seed of this tree, which is unpalatably bitter and bears many times the cyanide of the sweet almond.


lexentry: eng/bitter_vetch__Noun__1
written_rep: bitter vetch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Linsenwicke
sense_list:
A plant with bitter, lentil-like seeds that are edible with special processing, but are now mostly fed to livestock, Vicia ervilia.


lexentry: eng/bitters__Noun__2
written_rep: bitters
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bitter
sense_list:
A liquid used in mixed drinks or as a tonic into which bitter herbs have been steeped (it can also be found in powdered form for adding to mixed drinks).


lexentry: eng/bitumen__Noun__1
written_rep: bitumen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bitumen
sense_list:
A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.


lexentry: eng/bivalve__Noun__1
written_rep: bivalve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zweischalig
sense_list:
Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.


lexentry: eng/bizarre__Adjective__1
written_rep: bizarre
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bizarr | seltsam | komisch
sense_list:
Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.


lexentry: eng/black-and-white__Adjective__1
written_rep: black-and-white
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwarzweiß | monochrome
sense_list:
Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color. | Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color.


lexentry: eng/black-backed_jackal__Noun__1
written_rep: black-backed jackal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schabrackenschakal
sense_list:
A jackal of species Canis mesomelas, which inhabits the southernmost and central-eastern regions of the African continent.


lexentry: eng/black-billed_capercaillie__Noun__1
written_rep: black-billed capercaillie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stein-Auerhuhn
sense_list:
A large black grouse endemic to Siberia, closely related to western capercaillie; Tetrao parvirostris.


lexentry: eng/black-collar__Adjective__1
written_rep: black-collar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwarzmarkt
sense_list:
(rare) Of or pertaining to employment in the black market; that is, to engagement in illicit trade or distribution of untaxed goods and services.


lexentry: eng/black-crested_antshrike__Noun__1
written_rep: black-crested antshrike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwarzgesicht-Ameisenwürger
sense_list:
A South American passerine bird in the antbird family, living in undergrowth in mangrove or other swampy forest and thickets near water, Sakesphorus canadensis.


lexentry: eng/black-crowned_night_heron__Noun__1
written_rep: black-crowned night heron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nachtreiher
sense_list:
A medium-sized heron, Nycticorax nycticorax, found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia.


lexentry: eng/black-eyed_pea__Noun__1
written_rep: black-eyed pea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Augenbohne | Kuhbohne | Schlangenbohne | Schwarzaugenbohne
sense_list:
An African leguminous plant, of the species Vigna unguiculata, widely cultivated as food and forage, specifically Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata. | The edible seed of these plants.


lexentry: eng/black-footed_cat__Noun__1
written_rep: black-footed cat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwarzfußkatze
sense_list:
Felis nigripes, the smallest African cat, endemic in the south west arid zone of the southern African subregion.


lexentry: eng/black-headed_gull__Noun__1
written_rep: black-headed gull
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lachmöwe
sense_list:
A small gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada.


lexentry: eng/black-throated_diver__Noun__1
written_rep: black-throated diver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prachttaucher
sense_list:
Gavia arctica, a medium-sized member of the loon or diver family that breeds in Eurasia, with grey head, black throat, white underparts and chequered black-and-white mantle.


lexentry: eng/black__Adjective__1
written_rep: black
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwarz | Schwarz
sense_list:
(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. | (of objects, markets, etc) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced. | Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.


lexentry: eng/black__Adjective__1
written_rep: black
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: schwarz | schwarzhäutig
sense_list:
(US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. | (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.) | (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour). | Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public. | (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.


lexentry: eng/black__Noun__1
written_rep: black
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwarz | schwarz
sense_list:
(countable, and, uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed. | (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment. | (British, countable) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.


lexentry: eng/black__Noun__1
written_rep: black
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Schwarze | Schwarzer | schwarz
sense_list:
(sometimes capitalised, countable, often, offensive) A member of descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes.) | (in chess and similar games, countable) The person playing with the black set of pieces. | A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.


lexentry: eng/black_alder__Noun__1
written_rep: black alder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwarz-Erle | Schwarzerle
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A tree (Alnus glutinosa), of many practical uses, growing in moist conditions in Europe.


lexentry: eng/black_and_blue__Adjective__1
written_rep: black and blue
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grün und blau
sense_list:
(colloquial, of a person) Having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.


lexentry: eng/black_and_white__Noun__1
written_rep: black and white
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Amerikaner
sense_list:
A type of giant cookie (about 8 inches diameter) with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.


lexentry: eng/black_bag__Noun__1
written_rep: black bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Arztkoffer | Arzttasche
sense_list:
(chiefly, US) The pouch or case traditionally carried by medical doctors, especially when making house calls, and containing medical instruments and supplies.


lexentry: eng/black_bloc__Noun__1
written_rep: black bloc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwarzer Block
sense_list:
Any group of individuals who join a protest or demonstration, wearing black clothing including items to protect and/or conceal their faces and often engaging in violence and vandalism; the tactic of forming and participating in such a group.


lexentry: eng/black_box__Noun__1
written_rep: black box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flugschreiber | Blackbox
sense_list:
(informal, aviation) A flight recorder; the brightly colored cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in an aircraft designed to aid in determining the cause of an accident.


lexentry: eng/black_box__Noun__1
written_rep: black box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Blackbox | Flugschreiber
sense_list:
A theoretical construct or device with known input and output characteristics but unknown method of operation.


lexentry: eng/black_caraway__Noun__1
written_rep: black caraway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Echter Schwarzkümmel | Ägyptischer Schwarzkümmel
sense_list:
A Middle-Eastern spice plant related to buttercups, Nigella sativa, with dark black, aromatic seeds.


lexentry: eng/black_frost__Noun__1
written_rep: black frost
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: schwarzer Frost
sense_list:
(chiefly, nautical) A mist of very cold droplets that freeze upon impact and coat objects (such as parts of a ship) with ice, potentially causing a ship to capsize.


lexentry: eng/black_hole__Noun__1
written_rep: black hole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: schwarzes Loch | Schwarzes Loch
sense_list:
(astronomy) A gravitationally domineering celestial body with an event horizon from which even light cannot escape; the most dense material in the universe, condensed into a singularity, usually formed by a collapsing massive star. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/black_humor__Noun__1
written_rep: black humor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwarzer Humor
sense_list:
(uncountable) A subgenre of comedy and satire that deals with subjects that are believed to be serious or controversial, such as death, divorce, drug abuse, etc.


lexentry: eng/black_ice__Noun__1
written_rep: black ice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glatteis | Blitzeis
sense_list:
A smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement.


lexentry: eng/black_knight__Noun__1
written_rep: black knight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwarzer Ritter
sense_list:
(fiction) A villain or evil character who masks their identity and that of their liege by not displaying heraldry.


lexentry: eng/black_letter__Noun__1
written_rep: black letter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bruchschrift | Fraktur | gebrochene Schrift | gotische Schrift
sense_list:
(typography) A Northern European style of type, with contrasting thick-and-thin, angular strokes forming upright letterforms, and usually set with a dark typographic colour on the page.


lexentry: eng/black_light__Noun__1
written_rep: black light
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwarzlicht
sense_list:
(countable) A light bulb that emits ultraviolet light, usually used to create the illusion that anything white is glowing.


lexentry: eng/black_lives_matter__Phrase__1
written_rep: black lives matter
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwarze Leben zählen
sense_list:
(politics, originally, US) A rallying call and statement of protest, concerning police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people.


lexentry: eng/black_locust__Noun__1
written_rep: black locust
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Robinie | Scheinakazie
sense_list:
A tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to the southeastern United States, but widely planted and naturalized elsewhere in temperate North America, Europe and Asia; considered an invasive species in some areas.


lexentry: eng/black_magic__Noun__1
written_rep: black magic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwarze Magie | schwarze Kunst
sense_list:
Magic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing harm.


lexentry: eng/black_mamba__Noun__1
written_rep: black mamba
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwarze Mamba
sense_list:
A large venomous snake found in Africa, taxonomic name Dendroaspis polylepis. Despite the name, this species of snake is not black; its colour ranges widely from olive-brown, khaki or grey, sometimes to darker hues, especially when old. The inside of the mouth is black, but in spite of a recent urban legend there is no indication that that has anything to do with the name "black mamba", which is a much older usage than any such suggestion.


lexentry: eng/black_market__Noun__1
written_rep: black market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwarzmarkt
sense_list:
Trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing, or price controls. | (collective) The people who engage in such trade, or that sector of the economy.


lexentry: eng/black_money__Noun__1
written_rep: black money
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schwarzgeld
sense_list:
(India) Money that is obtained illegally, especially that which circulates outside the formal financial system in the underworld. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/black_oak__Noun__1
written_rep: black oak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwarzeiche
sense_list:
(usually, countable) A deciduous oak tree, Quercus velutina, native to eastern North America. | A related oak tree native to western North America, Quercus kelloggii, often considered the best oak for acorn mush by American Indians in its native range


lexentry: eng/black_pepper__Noun__1
written_rep: black pepper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: schwarzer Pfeffer
sense_list:
The dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form.


lexentry: eng/black_radish__Noun__1
written_rep: black radish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwarzer Winter-Rettich | Schwarzer Rettich
sense_list:
A root vegetable of the family Brassicaceae cultivated for its edible root that has a tough black or dull brown skin and white flesh, Raphanus sativus var. niger


lexentry: eng/black_rat__Noun__1
written_rep: black rat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hausratte
sense_list:
A common species of rat, Rattus rattus, originating anciently in Asia but now distributed worldwide.


lexentry: eng/black_salsify__Noun__1
written_rep: black salsify
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwarzwurzel
sense_list:
A perennial member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), cultivated as a root vegetable (Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, syn. Scorzonera hispanica).


lexentry: eng/black_scabbardfish__Noun__1
written_rep: black scabbardfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwartzer Degenfisch
sense_list:
A North Atlantic fish of the cutlassfish family Trichiuridae with an extremely elongated, eel-like body, Aphanopus carbo.


lexentry: eng/black_smoker__Noun__1
written_rep: black smoker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwarzer Raucher
sense_list:
(geology, oceanography) A kind of hydrothermal vent found on the seabed, emitting clouds of black material.


lexentry: eng/black_swan__Noun__1
written_rep: black swan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Trauerschwan | Schwarzschwan
sense_list:
Cygnus atratus, a swan with black plumage and a red bill which is endemic to Australia. [from c. 1700]


lexentry: eng/black_tea__Noun__1
written_rep: black tea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwarzer Tee | Schwarztee
sense_list:
Tea leaves which have been "fermented" (actually, oxidized) before drying to enhance their flavour (cf. green tea).


lexentry: eng/black_tie__Noun__1
written_rep: black tie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Smoking
sense_list:
(uncountable) Evening dress; a standard of dress which is less formal than white tie, consisting of black dinner jacket or tuxedo jacket, and matching trousers, white shirt and black bow tie or, possibly, military dress or national costume.


lexentry: eng/black_widow__Noun__1
written_rep: black widow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwarze Witwe
sense_list:
Any of several species of venomous and potentially deadly spiders, particularly Latrodectus spp.. | A woman who kills one or more of her lovers.


lexentry: eng/blackamoor__Noun__1
written_rep: blackamoor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mohr
sense_list:
(archaic, old, _, heraldry, often, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with dark black skin, especially one from north Africa.


lexentry: eng/blackberry_winter__Noun__1
written_rep: blackberry winter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eisheilige | Schafskälte
sense_list:
(especially, Southern US, Midwest US) A period of cold weather that falls when blackberries are flowering, or more generally any time in spring or early summer (March, April or May).


lexentry: eng/blackbird__Noun__1
written_rep: blackbird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amsel | Schwarzdrossel
sense_list:
A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/blackboard__Noun__1
written_rep: blackboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tafel
sense_list:
A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.


lexentry: eng/blackbody__Noun__1
written_rep: blackbody
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwarzer Körper
sense_list:
(physics) a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation and reflects none; it has a characteristic emission spectrum


lexentry: eng/blackhead__Noun__1
written_rep: blackhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Komedo | Mitesser
sense_list:
(countable, medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.


lexentry: eng/blackjack__Noun__1
written_rep: blackjack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blackjack | Einundzwanzig | Siebzehn und Vier
sense_list:
(card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.


lexentry: eng/blackjack__Noun__1
written_rep: blackjack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Totschläger
sense_list:
(weapons) A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma. | (aviation) A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal.


lexentry: eng/blackleg__Noun__1
written_rep: blackleg
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Falschspieler
sense_list:
(countable) A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/blacklist__Noun__1
written_rep: blacklist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwarze Liste | Index | Negativliste
sense_list:
(legal, computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, disallowed or blocked.


lexentry: eng/blackout_curtain__Noun__1
written_rep: blackout curtain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verdunkelungsgardine
sense_list:
A curtain made from blackout material, designed to block light (e.g. sunlight through a window) much more than a standard curtain.


lexentry: eng/blackshirt__Noun__1
written_rep: blackshirt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwarzhemd | Squadrist | Squadristin
sense_list:
(historical, chiefly, in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.


lexentry: eng/blacksmith__Noun__1
written_rep: blacksmith
part_of_speech: noun
trans_list:
Hufschmied | Hufschmiedin | Beschlagschmied | Beschlagschmiedin | Hufbeschlagschmied | Hufbeschlagschmiedin


lexentry: eng/blackthorn__Noun__1
written_rep: blackthorn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlehdorn | Schlehe
sense_list:
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.


lexentry: eng/bladder__Noun__1
written_rep: bladder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Blase
sense_list:
(botany) A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant. | The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.


lexentry: eng/bladder_cherry__Noun__1
written_rep: bladder cherry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lampionblume
sense_list:
A plant, Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi), having a bright paper-like covering over its fruit, native to southern Europe.


lexentry: eng/bladdernut__Noun__1
written_rep: bladdernut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pimpernuss
sense_list:
Any of several species of large shrubs or small trees, of the genus Staphylea, in the family Staphyleaceae


lexentry: eng/bladderpod__Noun__1
written_rep: bladderpod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aufgeblasene Lobelie | Indianertabak
sense_list:
Any of various flowering plants, including Cleome isomeris (= Isomeris arborea), Peritoma arborea, Lobelia inflata, and species of Physaria (= Lesquerella) and Paysonia.


lexentry: eng/bladderwort__Noun__1
written_rep: bladderwort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserschlauch
sense_list:
Any of many aquatic carnivorous plants, of the genus Utricularia, that have open bladders that trap minute insects and crustaceans.


lexentry: eng/blade__Noun__1
written_rep: blade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Klinge
sense_list:
The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts. | (mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)


lexentry: eng/blade__Noun__1
written_rep: blade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 17
trans_list: Klinge | Turbinenschaufel
sense_list:
(biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.


lexentry: eng/blame__Noun__1
written_rep: blame
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Schuld
sense_list:
(computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.


lexentry: eng/blame__Verb__1
written_rep: blame
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: beschuldigen | verantwortlich machen
sense_list:
(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).


lexentry: eng/blanch__Verb__1
written_rep: blanch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erbleichen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To grow or become white. | (transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;


lexentry: eng/blank__Noun__1
written_rep: blank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rohling
sense_list:
(archaic, historical, obsolete) A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence [15th–17th century]. | (mechanics, engineering) A piece of material roughly cut, forged, cast, etc. to the size and shape of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping [since the 16th century]. | A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word [since the 18th century]


lexentry: eng/blank_check__Noun__1
written_rep: blank check
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blankoscheck
sense_list:
(US) A signed check of the type used to draw money from a bank account, containing no information as to the amount to be paid with it, so that any amount can be filled in. | (US) A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.


lexentry: eng/blank_verse__Noun__1
written_rep: blank verse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blankvers
sense_list:
(poetry) A poetic form with regular meter, particularly iambic pentameter, but no fixed rhyme scheme.


lexentry: eng/blanket__Noun__1
written_rep: blanket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Decke | Bettdecke | Wolldecke
sense_list:
A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.


lexentry: eng/blasphemy__Noun__1
written_rep: blasphemy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blasphemie | Gotteslästerung
sense_list:
An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.


lexentry: eng/blast_furnace__Noun__1
written_rep: blast furnace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Hochofen
sense_list:
(metallurgy) As above, but specifically such a furnace where the fuel and the ore are intermixed, as for example when coke and iron ore are burned together.


lexentry: eng/blastema__Noun__1
written_rep: blastema
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blastem
sense_list:
(physiology) A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.


lexentry: eng/blastpipe__Noun__1
written_rep: blastpipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blasrohr
sense_list:
(mechanical engineering, rail transport) A pipe forming part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders up into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the firebox; this speeds up the release of smoke through the chimney.


lexentry: eng/blat__Noun__1
written_rep: blat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blatt
sense_list:
The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).


lexentry: eng/blaze__Verb__1
written_rep: blaze
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: kennzeichnen
sense_list:
(transitive) To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark). | (transitive) To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.


lexentry: eng/bleach__Noun__1
written_rep: bleach
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bleichmittel | Bleiche
sense_list:
(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.


lexentry: eng/bleach__Verb__1
written_rep: bleach
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bleichen
sense_list:
(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).


lexentry: eng/bleacher__Noun__1
written_rep: bleacher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Sitzreihen | Sitztribüne | Zuschauerbänke
sense_list:
(US, usually, in the plural) A stand of tiered planks used as seating for spectators, often outdoors.


lexentry: eng/bleat__Verb__1
written_rep: bleat
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blöken
sense_list:
Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry; of a human, to mimic this sound. | (informal, derogatory) Of a person, to complain.


lexentry: eng/bleed__Noun__1
written_rep: bleed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Beschnitt
sense_list:
(printing) A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).


lexentry: eng/bleeder__Noun__1
written_rep: bleeder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bluter
sense_list:
A person who is easily made to bleed, or who bleeds in unusually large amounts, particularly a hemophiliac.


lexentry: eng/bleep_censor__Noun__1
written_rep: bleep censor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pieptonzensor
sense_list:
(computing) A software module, manually operated by a broadcast technician, putting a five-second broadcast delay on the live content, providing time to censor the audio (and video) feed, and used to censor out what many consider "inappropriate" audio content during a live broadcast signal and replace it with a bleep signal.


lexentry: eng/blend__Verb__1
written_rep: blend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vermischen | mischen | mixen
sense_list:
(transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. | (obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.


lexentry: eng/blender__Noun__1
written_rep: blender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mixer | Vermuser | Pürierer
sense_list:
A machine with sharp rotating blades in a bowl, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients.


lexentry: eng/blessed__Adjective__1
written_rep: blessed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: selig
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism) A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.


lexentry: eng/blessed_thistle__Noun__1
written_rep: blessed thistle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benediktenkraut
sense_list:
Centaurea benedicta (formerly usually called Cnicus benedictus), a thistle-like plant native to the Mediterranean.


lexentry: eng/blight__Noun__1
written_rep: blight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Braunfäule
sense_list:
(pathology, dated) A diseased condition of the face or skin; specifically, bleeding under the conjunctiva of the eye, a form of skin rash, or a palsy of the face due to cold.


lexentry: eng/blight__Verb__1
written_rep: blight
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beschädigen | ruinieren | verderben | vernichten | zerstören
sense_list:
(figurative) To impede the development or growth of (an aspect of life); to damage, to ruin, to spoil.


lexentry: eng/blighter__Noun__1
written_rep: blighter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Nichtsnutz | Taugenichts | Tunichtgut
sense_list:
(British, Irish, Commonwealth, often, disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.


lexentry: eng/blimey__Interjection__1
written_rep: blimey
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: (Gott) verdamm mich! | na sowas | sakra | verdammt
sense_list:
(Australia, Britain, New Zealand, Ireland) Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc. [From late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/blind__Adjective__1
written_rep: blind
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: blind
sense_list:
(not comparable) Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.


lexentry: eng/blind__Noun__1
written_rep: blind
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jalousie | Rollo | Rollladen | Rouleau
sense_list:
A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.


lexentry: eng/blind_map__Noun__1
written_rep: blind map
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blindkarte | Stumme Karte
sense_list:
A map with political boundaries and major geographical features shown, but without names. Sometimes used for testing or training purposes.


lexentry: eng/blind_spot__Noun__1
written_rep: blind spot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blinder Fleck
sense_list:
The place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina, and so where the retina cannot detect light.


lexentry: eng/blind_spot__Noun__1
written_rep: blind spot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: toter Winkel
sense_list:
(rail transport) The part of the railway/tramway track that cannot be seen in the side mirror or the side window.


lexentry: eng/blind_spot__Noun__1
written_rep: blind spot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Blindheit
sense_list:
(figuratively) An inability to recognize a fact or think clearly about a certain topic, especially because of a prejudice.


lexentry: eng/blind_spot__Noun__1
written_rep: blind spot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Funkloch
sense_list:
(telecommunications) A location where radio reception and/or transmission is significantly poorer than in surrounding locations.


lexentry: eng/bling_bling__Noun__1
written_rep: bling bling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bling-Bling
sense_list:
(slang) Shiny jewelry that displays wealth, such as a diamond ring or a stylish gold necklace or bracelet.


lexentry: eng/blini__Noun__1
written_rep: blini
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blini
sense_list:
A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon.


lexentry: eng/blink__Noun__1
written_rep: blink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Blinzeln | flüchtiger Blick
sense_list:
(computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.


lexentry: eng/blinker__Noun__1
written_rep: blinker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Scheuklappe
sense_list:
Chiefly in the plural: a shield attached to the bridle of a horse or other domesticated animal to prevent it from seeing things behind it and to its side. | (rare) The eyelid. | (slang) A black eye.


lexentry: eng/blip__Noun__1
written_rep: blip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Masche
sense_list:
(electronics) A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.


lexentry: eng/blister__Noun__1
written_rep: blister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blase
sense_list:
A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection. | A bubble, as on a painted surface.


lexentry: eng/blister_pack__Noun__1
written_rep: blister pack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blister
sense_list:
One of several types of pre-formed plastic packaging, used for consumer goods and pharmaceuticals, consisting of a cavity and lidding.


lexentry: eng/blitz_chess__Noun__1
written_rep: blitz chess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blitzschach | Schnellschach
sense_list:
(chess) Chess played at a quick time control, with each side getting about five minutes to make their moves. Blitz chess is played at a variety of time controls, primarily 3+0 (three minutes per side), 3+2 (three minutes per side plus two extra seconds per move), 5+0, and 5+3.


lexentry: eng/blitzkrieg__Noun__1
written_rep: blitzkrieg
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blitzkrieg
sense_list:
A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.


lexentry: eng/blizzard__Noun__1
written_rep: blizzard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blizzard | Schneesturm
sense_list:
A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.


lexentry: eng/blob__Noun__1
written_rep: blob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Klumpen
sense_list:
A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.


lexentry: eng/blobfish__Noun__1
written_rep: blobfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blobfisch
sense_list:
Psychrolutes marcidus, a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania.


lexentry: eng/bloc__Noun__1
written_rep: bloc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Block
sense_list:
A group of voters or politicians who share common goals. | A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc, the Eurozone, the European Union.


lexentry: eng/block__Noun__1
written_rep: block
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Block
sense_list:
A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape. | (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square. | (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape. | The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern. | (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.


lexentry: eng/block__Noun__1
written_rep: block
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Block | Klotz
sense_list:
A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. | A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle. | A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.


lexentry: eng/block__Noun__1
written_rep: block
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Block | Häuserblock
sense_list:
A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.


lexentry: eng/block__Verb__1
written_rep: block
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: blockieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing. | (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).


lexentry: eng/block__Verb__1
written_rep: block
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: blockieren | abblocken
sense_list:
(transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent's play). | (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).


lexentry: eng/block_and_tackle__Noun__1
written_rep: block and tackle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flaschenzug | Zugwerk
sense_list:
A system in which a rope, cable, or chain (the tackle) is passed over pulleys enclosed in two (or rarely more) blocks, one fixed and one attached to a load, which is used to gain mechanical advantage to lift or pull heavy loads.


lexentry: eng/block_diagram__Noun__1
written_rep: block diagram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blockdiagramm
sense_list:
A pictorial representation of a system or process in which subsystems or other components are represented by geometric shapes joined by lines or arrows


lexentry: eng/blockade__Noun__1
written_rep: blockade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Blockade
sense_list:
(by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.


lexentry: eng/blockbuster__Noun__1
written_rep: blockbuster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Blockbuster | Kassenknüller | Verkaufsschlager | Bestseller | Hit | Kassenschlager
sense_list:
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.


lexentry: eng/blockchain__Noun__1
written_rep: blockchain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blockchain | Blockkette
sense_list:
A shared record of past transactions in a distributed network, typically used for cryptocurrency. [from 2010s]


lexentry: eng/blockhouse__Noun__1
written_rep: blockhouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Blockhaus
sense_list:
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.


lexentry: eng/blockquote__Noun__1
written_rep: blockquote
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blockzitat
sense_list:
(Internet) a lengthy quotation that is formatted so as to be set off from the main text on a webpage, as by italicization and indentation


lexentry: eng/blog__Noun__1
written_rep: blog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blog | Internetblog | Netztagebuch
sense_list:
(Internet) A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)


lexentry: eng/blogosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: blogosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blogosphäre
sense_list:
(Internet) The totality of blogs, especially the unique jargons, cultures and shared interests created by their interconnection. [1999]


lexentry: eng/bloke__Noun__1
written_rep: bloke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Kerl
sense_list:
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street. [From 1847]


lexentry: eng/blood__Noun__1
written_rep: blood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blut
sense_list:
A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow. | (medicine, countable) A blood test or blood sample.


lexentry: eng/blood__Noun__1
written_rep: blood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Blut | Blutsbande
sense_list:
A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. (See blood relative, blood relation.)


lexentry: eng/blood_and_soil__Noun__1
written_rep: blood and soil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blut und Boden
sense_list:
A nationalist or Fascist ideology linking a particular ethnicity or heritage to a particular geographic region, as in the concept of Lebensraum (“living space”) in Nazi Germany or white nationalism in the United States.


lexentry: eng/blood_brother__Noun__1
written_rep: blood brother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutsbruder
sense_list:
An unrelated male considered to share a brother-like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures.


lexentry: eng/blood_cell__Noun__1
written_rep: blood cell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutkörperchen | Blutzelle
sense_list:
(hematology, cytology) Any of the cells normally found in blood, namely erythrocytes and leukocytes, sometimes including the platelets.


lexentry: eng/blood_clot__Noun__1
written_rep: blood clot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Thrombus | Blutgerinnsel
sense_list:
(hematology, pathology) A clot formed from platelets and other elements; that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.


lexentry: eng/blood_eagle__Noun__1
written_rep: blood eagle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutaar | Blutadler
sense_list:
A method of Viking ritual execution, in which the ribs are opened from the back, and the lungs pulled out and arranged to resemble wings.


lexentry: eng/blood_is_thicker_than_water__Proverb__1
written_rep: blood is thicker than water
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blut ist dicker als Wasser
sense_list:
(family, idiomatic) Family relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.


lexentry: eng/blood_plasma__Noun__1
written_rep: blood plasma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutplasma
sense_list:
(hematology) The clear fluid portion of blood in which the red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets are suspended; forms serum upon clotting.


lexentry: eng/blood_poisoning__Noun__1
written_rep: blood poisoning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutvergiftung
sense_list:
(pathology) The presence in the bloodstream of microorganisms or their toxins in sufficient quantity to cause serious illness; sepsis or septicemia.


lexentry: eng/blood_pressure__Noun__1
written_rep: blood pressure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutdruck
sense_list:
The pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins; it varies during the heartbeat cycle, and according to a person's age, health and physical condition.


lexentry: eng/blood_sister__Noun__1
written_rep: blood sister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Blutsschwester
sense_list:
A female bound to another one in commitment and friendship by a ceremonial mingling of blood (aka the blood oath).


lexentry: eng/blood_test__Noun__1
written_rep: blood test
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutuntersuchung | Blutprobe | Bluttest
sense_list:
A serologic analysis of a sample of blood; a test in which blood is removed from a subject and analyzed to determine the presence or levels of any of a variety of substances which indicate whether the subject has health problems.


lexentry: eng/blood_transfusion__Noun__1
written_rep: blood transfusion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bluttransfusion | Blutübertragnung | Transfusion
sense_list:
(medicine) The taking of blood from one individual and inserting it or blood-based products into the circulatory system of another.


lexentry: eng/blood_type__Noun__1
written_rep: blood type
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutgruppe
sense_list:
A classification of blood that is based on the presence or absence of antigens in the red blood cells of an individual. For the purposes of blood transfusion three antigens referred to as "A", "B" and "RhD" (out of a total of 29) are the most important. Based on their presence the human blood can be classified to A, AB, B, and O blood types which are further divided to Rh positive or negative.


lexentry: eng/blood_vessel__Noun__1
written_rep: blood vessel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutgefäß | Ader
sense_list:
(anatomy) A component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood.


lexentry: eng/bloodhound__Noun__1
written_rep: bloodhound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bluthund | Schweißhund | Bloodhound
sense_list:
A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners.


lexentry: eng/bloodletting__Noun__1
written_rep: bloodletting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aderlass | Schröpfen
sense_list:
(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.


lexentry: eng/bloodletting__Noun__1
written_rep: bloodletting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Blutvergießen
sense_list:
A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.


lexentry: eng/bloodlust__Noun__1
written_rep: bloodlust
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutrausch
sense_list:
A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture.


lexentry: eng/bloodroot__Noun__1
written_rep: bloodroot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutwurz
sense_list:
A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring.


lexentry: eng/bloodshed__Noun__1
written_rep: bloodshed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutvergießen | Blutbad
sense_list:
(literally) The shedding or spilling of blood. | A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.


lexentry: eng/bloodsucker__Noun__1
written_rep: bloodsucker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutsauger | Blutsaugerin
sense_list:
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore. | (by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.


lexentry: eng/bloody__Adverb__1
written_rep: bloody
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verdammt
sense_list:
(informal, Britain, Ireland, Newfoundland, Australia, NZ, South Africa) Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis.


lexentry: eng/bloody_dock__Noun__1
written_rep: bloody dock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blut-Ampfer | Hain-Ampfer
sense_list:
A herb named for its characteristic red or purple veins, used in moderate amounts in salads and as ornamental vegetable, Rumex sanguineus.


lexentry: eng/bloody_mary__Noun__1
written_rep: bloody mary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bloody Mary
sense_list:
A cocktail made from vodka, tomato juice, and usually other spices or flavorings, such as Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, beef consommé or bouillon, horseradish, celery or celery salt, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice.


lexentry: eng/bloom__Noun__1
written_rep: bloom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Reifbelag
sense_list:
The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.


lexentry: eng/blooper__Noun__1
written_rep: blooper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Panne | Pannen
sense_list:
(film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident and/or mistake.


lexentry: eng/blossom__Noun__1
written_rep: blossom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blüte
sense_list:
A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers. | The state or season of producing such flowers.


lexentry: eng/blot__Verb__1
written_rep: blot
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: ablöschen
sense_list:
(transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil. | (transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.


lexentry: eng/blotter_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: blotter acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pappe
sense_list:
Blotter paper impregnated with the drug LSD, to be taken orally, and often featuring psychedelic imagery.


lexentry: eng/blouse__Noun__1
written_rep: blouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bluse
sense_list:
(fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.


lexentry: eng/blow__Verb__1
written_rep: blow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: blasen | pusten | fortblasen | hinfortblasen | wegblasen | wegpusten
sense_list:
(transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.


lexentry: eng/blow__Verb__1
written_rep: blow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: blasen | pusten
sense_list:
(transitive) To create or shape by blowing. | (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.


lexentry: eng/blow__Verb__1
written_rep: blow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: blasen
sense_list:
(intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding. | (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.


lexentry: eng/blow_away__Verb__1
written_rep: blow away
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aufblasen
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind. | (transitive, idiomatic, US) To flabbergast; to impress greatly.


lexentry: eng/blow_hot_and_cold__Verb__1
written_rep: blow hot and cold
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: einmal hü und einmal hott sagen
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion.


lexentry: eng/blow_off_steam__Verb__1
written_rep: blow off steam
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dampf ablassen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To vent; to talk or take action (especially in a ranting or unrestrained way) so as to relieve stress.


lexentry: eng/blow_one's_nose__Verb__1
written_rep: blow one's nose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schnäuzen | rotzen | schnauben
sense_list:
To expel mucus or other matter from one's nasal passages, via one's nostril, by force of lung power.


lexentry: eng/blow_out_of_proportion__Verb__1
written_rep: blow out of proportion
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: übertreiben
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.


lexentry: eng/blow_the_whistle__Verb__1
written_rep: blow the whistle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ausposaunen | verpfeifen
sense_list:
(idiomatic, usually, with "on") To disclose information to the public or to appropriate authorities concerning the illegal or socially harmful actions of a person or group, especially a corporation or government agency.


lexentry: eng/blow_up__Verb__1
written_rep: blow up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: explodieren | sprengen
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.


lexentry: eng/blow_up__Verb__1
written_rep: blow up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: vergrößern
sense_list:
(transitive) To enlarge or zoom in. | (cycling) To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.


lexentry: eng/blowback__Noun__1
written_rep: blowback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rückdruck
sense_list:
(firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.


lexentry: eng/blowfish__Noun__1
written_rep: blowfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kugelfisch
sense_list:
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.


lexentry: eng/blowfly__Noun__1
written_rep: blowfly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schmeißfliege | Aasfliege | Schmeiße
sense_list:
Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.


lexentry: eng/blowhard__Noun__1
written_rep: blowhard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Angeber | Angeberin | Grossmaul | Großmaul
sense_list:
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner. [from c. 1840]


lexentry: eng/blowjob__Noun__1
written_rep: blowjob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Französisch | Blasen | Blowjob | Runde Blasen | Runde Französisch
sense_list:
(sex, vulgar, slang) An act of fellatio, or sucking a penis or other phallic object (such as a dildo). Stimulation of somebody's penis or testicles with a person's lips, tongue or mouth with the purpose of giving the receiver sexual pleasure. It may or may not result in orgasm.


lexentry: eng/blowpipe__Noun__1
written_rep: blowpipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lötrohr
sense_list:
(chemistry) A narrow tube through which a jet of air is directed onto a flame; used in the analysis of minerals etc and in jewelry manufacture.


lexentry: eng/blowtorch__Noun__1
written_rep: blowtorch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lötlampe
sense_list:
A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.


lexentry: eng/blubber__Noun__1
written_rep: blubber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Blubber
sense_list:
The thick coat of fat worn by many Arctic animals, such as sea lions, and Antarctic animals, such as penguins; used to insulate warmth in the animal's body.


lexentry: eng/bludge__Verb__1
written_rep: bludge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: schnorren
sense_list:
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To avoid one's responsibilities; to leave it to others to perform duties that one is expected to perform. | (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To take some benefit and give nothing in return.


lexentry: eng/blue-eyed__Adjective__1
written_rep: blue-eyed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: blauäugig
sense_list:
Naive; innocent; ingenuous. | Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue,‎ eyed (or eye, -ed).


lexentry: eng/blue-eyed_boy__Noun__1
written_rep: blue-eyed boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benjamin
sense_list:
(idiomatic, informal, usually, derogatory) The favourite, especially a young one, of especially someone in power; a fair-haired boy (US), (Australian)


lexentry: eng/blue-sky_thinking__Noun__1
written_rep: blue-sky thinking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fantasterei
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Thinking that is not grounded or in touch with the realities of the present; open-minded thinking.


lexentry: eng/blue__Noun__1
written_rep: blue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Blau | blau
sense_list:
Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color. | A blue dye or pigment. | (uncountable) Blue clothing.


lexentry: eng/blue_bonnet__Noun__1
written_rep: blue bonnet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: blau blühende Lupine
sense_list:
Any of several blue flowering plants, especially cornflower, Centaurea cyanus, and plants of the genus Scabiosa. [from 18th c.] | (especially, US) Any of several North American species of Lupinus common in the southwestern US, especially Lupinus texensis and Lupinus subcarnosus. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/blue_card__Noun__1
written_rep: blue card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blaue Karte
sense_list:
p. 2009, An EU-wide work permit allowing high-skilled non-EU citizens to work and live in any country within the European Union, excluding Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom, which are not subject to the proposal.


lexentry: eng/blue_fox__Noun__1
written_rep: blue fox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blaufuchs
sense_list:
A variant of arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), raised in captivity because of its bluish grey-winter fur.


lexentry: eng/blue_giant__Noun__1
written_rep: blue giant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blauer Riese
sense_list:
(star) a very hot and very luminous star that emits visible light in the blue portion of the spectrum


lexentry: eng/blue_hour__Noun__1
written_rep: blue hour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blaue Stunde
sense_list:
The period of twilight when the Sun is approximately 4-8° below the horizon and the sky is within a range of blue colors.


lexentry: eng/blue_jay__Noun__1
written_rep: blue jay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blauhäher | Blauhähermännchen | Blauhäherweibchen
sense_list:
Any of species Cyanocitta cristata of North American jays with blue feathering from the top of its head to midway down its back.


lexentry: eng/blue_mussel__Noun__1
written_rep: blue mussel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Miesmuschel
sense_list:
A medium-sized edible mussel, Mytilus edulis, found on the North Atlantic coast of North America, Europe, and in other temperate and polar waters around the world.


lexentry: eng/blue_rock_thrush__Noun__1
written_rep: blue rock thrush
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blaumerle
sense_list:
Monticola solitarius, a thrush-like flycatcher found in southern Europe, northern Africa and parts of Asia


lexentry: eng/blue_screen_of_death__Noun__1
written_rep: blue screen of death
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bluescreen
sense_list:
(computing, informal) An error screen displayed by some operating systems, especially Microsoft Windows, after encountering an unrecoverable error which causes the system to shut down.


lexentry: eng/blue_tit__Noun__1
written_rep: blue tit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blaumeise
sense_list:
Cyanistes caeruleus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae, with an azure blue crown and dark blue line passing through the eye and encircling the white cheeks to the chin.


lexentry: eng/blue_wildebeest__Noun__1
written_rep: blue wildebeest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Streifengnu
sense_list:
A large ungulate mammal of the bovid family and one of two species of wildebeest, (Connochaetes taurinus)


lexentry: eng/blueberry__Noun__1
written_rep: blueberry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blaubeere | Heidelbeere
sense_list:
(countable) An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening. | (countable) The shrub of the above-mentioned berry. | (countable, and, uncountable) A dark blue colour.


lexentry: eng/bluebird__Noun__1
written_rep: bluebird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hüttensänger
sense_list:
Any of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.


lexentry: eng/bluebottle__Noun__1
written_rep: bluebottle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schmeißfliege
sense_list:
Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying.


lexentry: eng/bluegrass__Noun__2
written_rep: bluegrass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bluegrass
sense_list:
(music, uncountable) A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments.


lexentry: eng/blueprint__Noun__1
written_rep: blueprint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blaupause | Diazotypie
sense_list:
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.


lexentry: eng/blueprint__Noun__1
written_rep: blueprint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Entwurf
sense_list:
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).


lexentry: eng/blues__Noun__2
written_rep: blues
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Blues
sense_list:
(music genre) A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale. | (music, always singular) A musical composition following blues forms.


lexentry: eng/blueshift__Noun__1
written_rep: blueshift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blauverschiebung
sense_list:
(physics) A change in the wavelength of light, in which the wavelength is shorter than when it was emitted at the source.


lexentry: eng/bluestocking__Noun__1
written_rep: bluestocking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blaustrumpf
sense_list:
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman. | (historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.


lexentry: eng/bluethroat__Noun__1
written_rep: bluethroat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blaukehlchen
sense_list:
A small Old World passerine bird, of species Luscinia svecica, the male in spring having a bright blue throat.


lexentry: eng/bluetongue__Noun__1
written_rep: bluetongue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blauzungenkrankheit
sense_list:
(uncountable) A disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/bluff__Noun__1
written_rep: bluff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bluffen
sense_list:
An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.


lexentry: eng/bluff__Noun__2
written_rep: bluff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Felsufer | Klippe | Steilhang | Steilküste | Steilufer
sense_list:
A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.


lexentry: eng/bluff__Verb__1
written_rep: bluff
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bluffen
sense_list:
(by analogy) To frighten or deter with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate and gain some advantage.


lexentry: eng/blunderbuss__Noun__1
written_rep: blunderbuss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Espingole | Donnerbüchse
sense_list:
An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.


lexentry: eng/blurt__Verb__1
written_rep: blurt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ausplappern | ausquatschen | herausplatzen
sense_list:
To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.


lexentry: eng/blush__Verb__1
written_rep: blush
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erröten | rot werden | sich schämen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To become red in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.


lexentry: eng/boa__Noun__1
written_rep: boa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boa
sense_list:
Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico. | (plural "boas") A type of long scarf; typically made from synthetic or real feathers (or occasionally fur), and usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck.


lexentry: eng/board__Noun__1
written_rep: board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brett
sense_list:
A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.


lexentry: eng/board__Noun__1
written_rep: board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Pult
sense_list:
A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.


lexentry: eng/board__Noun__1
written_rep: board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Tafel
sense_list:
Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), etc.


lexentry: eng/board__Verb__1
written_rep: board
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: entern
sense_list:
(transitive, nautical) To (at least attempt to) capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party.


lexentry: eng/board_game__Noun__1
written_rep: board game
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brettspiel
sense_list:
Any of many games of strategy or chance played on a specially designed board; often involves one or more players moving pieces and using dice or cards.


lexentry: eng/board_meeting__Noun__1
written_rep: board meeting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorstandssitzung
sense_list:
a meeting held by the board (of directors) of a company, or any other organisation that has a governing board.


lexentry: eng/board_of_directors__Noun__1
written_rep: board of directors
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Board of Directors | Direktorium | Verwaltungsrat | Vorstand
sense_list:
A group of people elected by stockholders to establish corporate policies and make management decisions.


lexentry: eng/board_up__Verb__1
written_rep: board up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mit Brettern vernageln | mit Brettern verrammeln
sense_list:
(transitive) To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.


lexentry: eng/boarder__Noun__1
written_rep: boarder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Kaper | Pirat
sense_list:
(nautical) A sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding her, or one repelling such attempts by an enemy.


lexentry: eng/boarding_party__Noun__1
written_rep: boarding party
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Enterkommando
sense_list:
(nautical) The group of sailors who were selected to board an enemy ship and, when in control, to make such repairs to rigging and sail that the ship could be taken to port as a prize


lexentry: eng/boarding_pass__Noun__1
written_rep: boarding pass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bordkarte
sense_list:
A document or card, similar to a ticket, needed in order to board an airplane or other mode of transport.


lexentry: eng/boarding_school__Noun__1
written_rep: boarding school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Internat | Pensionat
sense_list:
A school which provides board and lodging as well as tuition, with students going home at weekends or between terms.


lexentry: eng/boat__Noun__1
written_rep: boat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boot | Schiff
sense_list:
A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.


lexentry: eng/boat_conformation__Noun__1
written_rep: boat conformation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wannenkonformation
sense_list:
(chemistry) an unstable chemical conformation of a six-membered single bonded carbon ring such as cyclohexane


lexentry: eng/boat_lift__Noun__1
written_rep: boat lift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schiffshebewerk
sense_list:
A mechanism used for raising and lowering boats on a canal vertically from one water level to another.


lexentry: eng/boat_people__Noun__1
written_rep: boat people
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boatpeople | Bootsflüchtling
sense_list:
(historical) refugees fleeing by sea, particularly those fleeing from South Vietnam during the 1970s and '80s.


lexentry: eng/boat_people__Noun__1
written_rep: boat people
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bootmenschen | Schiffsvolk
sense_list:
An ethnic group that principally lives on fishing and houseboats, particularly the Tanka or Dan people of East Asia.


lexentry: eng/boat_shoe__Noun__1
written_rep: boat shoe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bootsschuh
sense_list:
A type of casual footwear resembling a loafer, originally designed to be worn aboard a boat, characterized by water-resistant hide, soles designed to improve hold on wet deck of the boat and side lacing.


lexentry: eng/boathook__Noun__1
written_rep: boathook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bootshaken | Boothaken
sense_list:
A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.


lexentry: eng/boatswain's_chair__Noun__1
written_rep: boatswain's chair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bootsmannstuhl
sense_list:
(nautical) A short board or other seating, secured in a bridle of ropes, used to hoist a man aloft or over the ship’s side for painting and similar work.


lexentry: eng/boatswain__Noun__1
written_rep: boatswain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bootsmann
sense_list:
The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.


lexentry: eng/bob_haircut__Noun__1
written_rep: bob haircut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bob
sense_list:
A women's haircut in which both the bangs and back are cut in a straight line, with the back generally off the neck.


lexentry: eng/bobolink__Noun__1
written_rep: bobolink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Reisstärling
sense_list:
An American migratory songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch.


lexentry: eng/bobtail__Noun__1
written_rep: bobtail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Knopf
sense_list:
(agriculture) A tractor which performs without its trailer. | The tractor unit of a semi-truck without a trailer


lexentry: eng/bocal__Noun__1
written_rep: bocal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glas
sense_list:
A curved, tapered metal tube which connects the reed of several double reed woodwind instruments (such as the cor anglais, bassoon, and contrabassoon) to the rest of the instrument.


lexentry: eng/bocce__Noun__1
written_rep: bocce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boccia
sense_list:
(sports, uncountable) A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court


lexentry: eng/bodhi__Noun__1
written_rep: bodhi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beleuchtung
sense_list:
(Buddhism) The state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana.


lexentry: eng/bodhisattva__Noun__1
written_rep: bodhisattva
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bodhisattva
sense_list:
(Buddhism) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment. | (Buddhism) An enlightened being existing in a form of existence beyond the ordinary forms of physical reality understood and acknowledged by scientific thought, resembling the Western notion of angels, but with a wealth of its own nuances and expectations. These include the compassionate working for enlightenment of all sentient beings.


lexentry: eng/bodice__Noun__1
written_rep: bodice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mieder
sense_list:
Blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piece dress or European folk costume.


lexentry: eng/bodily_fluid__Noun__1
written_rep: bodily fluid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Körperflüssigkeit
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any liquid portion of the body, such as blood, urine, semen, saliva, especially when expelled.


lexentry: eng/body__Noun__1
written_rep: body
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Körper
sense_list:
The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul. [from 13th c.] | (uncountable) Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.). [from 17th c.] | (uncountable) Substance; physical presence. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/body__Noun__1
written_rep: body
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Karosserie | Rumpf | Karosse
sense_list:
The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/body_camera__Noun__1
written_rep: body camera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Body-Cam
sense_list:
A video recording system worn on the body, typically used by law enforcement officers to record their interactions with the public, and gather video evidence at crime scenes. [from 21st century]


lexentry: eng/body_hair__Noun__1
written_rep: body hair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Körperbehaarung | Körperhaare
sense_list:
(anatomy) Hair of the body; in particular, androgenic hair, to the exclusion of facial hair and the hair atop one's head.


lexentry: eng/body_language__Noun__1
written_rep: body language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Körpersprache
sense_list:
Nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like; often thought to be involuntary. | Deliberate, usually culturally influenced, nonverbal communication using the body through facial expressions, gestures, dance, mime, etc.


lexentry: eng/body_mass_index__Noun__1
written_rep: body mass index
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Körpermasseindex | Körpermassezahl
sense_list:
A statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height, used to estimate if a person is underweight or overweight. BMI units are defined as \mathrm{kg}/\mathrm{m}^2 ≈ \mathrm{703*lb}/\mathrm{in}^2.


lexentry: eng/body_of_water__Noun__1
written_rep: body of water
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gewässer
sense_list:
Any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as an ocean, a river, lake or a bay.


lexentry: eng/body_temperature__Noun__1
written_rep: body temperature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Körpertemperatur
sense_list:
The current temperature of the body of a person or animal, especially when used as a simple guide to health.


lexentry: eng/body_text__Noun__1
written_rep: body text
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brottext | Haupttext | Mengentext | Textkörper
sense_list:
Within a book or other document, the main portion of text#Noun, excluding the front matter and back matter.


lexentry: eng/bodybuilder__Noun__1
written_rep: bodybuilder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bodybuilder | Bodybuilderin
sense_list:
(bodybuilding) A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.


lexentry: eng/bodyweight__Adjective__1
written_rep: bodyweight
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: [[Eigengewichtübung|eigengewicht-]]
sense_list:
Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.


lexentry: eng/boffin__Noun__1
written_rep: boffin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gelehrte
sense_list:
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, informal) An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research. [from 1930s]


lexentry: eng/boffin__Noun__1
written_rep: boffin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: intarbeiter
sense_list:
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, informal, by extension) A person with specialized knowledge or skills, especially one who is socially awkward; (in a weaker sense) an intellectual; a smart person.


lexentry: eng/bog_bilberry__Noun__1
written_rep: bog bilberry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rauschbeere | Trunkelbeere | Moorbeere | Nebelbeere | Sumpfheidelbeere
sense_list:
A shrub native of the cool temperate areas of northern hemisphere, Vaccinium uliginosum, and the berry of that shrub.


lexentry: eng/bog_roll__Noun__1
written_rep: bog roll
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Klopapier
sense_list:
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar ) toilet paper. | (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) a roll of toilet paper.


lexentry: eng/bogan__Noun__1
written_rep: bogan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Proll
sense_list:
(Australia, NZ, slang, derogatory stereotype) An unsophisticated person from a working class background.


lexentry: eng/bogey__Noun__1
written_rep: bogey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leibhaftige
sense_list:
(archaic, often capitalized, usually with definite article) The Devil. | (UK) Alternative form of booger: a piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril.


lexentry: eng/bogie__Noun__1
written_rep: bogie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Drehgestell
sense_list:
(by extension, rail transport, also, attributively) One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle.


lexentry: eng/boil__Verb__1
written_rep: boil
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kochen | sieden
sense_list:
(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. | (ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water. | (intransitive, of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.


lexentry: eng/boil_down__Verb__1
written_rep: boil down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: einkochen
sense_list:
(transitive) To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).


lexentry: eng/boiler__Noun__1
written_rep: boiler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Kessel | Boiler
sense_list:
A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.


lexentry: eng/boilerplate__Noun__1
written_rep: boilerplate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Geräteschild | Kennzeichnung | Kennzeichnungsschild | Leistungsschild | Typenschild
sense_list:
(UK) The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882).


lexentry: eng/boilerplate__Noun__1
written_rep: boilerplate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Geräteschild | Leistungsschild | Typenschild
sense_list:
A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements.


lexentry: eng/boilerplate__Noun__1
written_rep: boilerplate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Abbinder | Standardformulierung | Standardklausel | Stehsatz | Textbaustein
sense_list:
(computing) Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels.


lexentry: eng/boiling_point__Noun__1
written_rep: boiling point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Siedepunkt | Kochpunkt
sense_list:
(physics, chemistry) The temperature at which a liquid boils, with the vapor pressure equal to the given external pressure.


lexentry: eng/bok_choy__Noun__1
written_rep: bok choy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Chinakohl | Japankohl | Pekingkohl | Pok Choi | Selleriekohl | Senfkohl
sense_list:
Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, an East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage.


lexentry: eng/bokeh__Noun__1
written_rep: bokeh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bokeh
sense_list:
(photography) A subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image projected by a camera lens.


lexentry: eng/boldface__Noun__1
written_rep: boldface
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fettschrift
sense_list:
(typography) A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.


lexentry: eng/boldo__Noun__1
written_rep: boldo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boldo
sense_list:
Peumus boldus, a monimiaceous tree. | The leaves of this tree, used in traditional medicine for hepatic troubles and genitourinary inflammation.


lexentry: eng/bolete__Noun__1
written_rep: bolete
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Röhrling
sense_list:
A type of fruiting body produced by certain fungus species in the order Boletales, especially those of genus Boletus, many of which are prized for their flavour; any species of said order that produces such a fruiting body.


lexentry: eng/boll_weevil__Noun__1
written_rep: boll weevil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baumwollkapselkäfer
sense_list:
A beetle (Anthonomus grandis) measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, native to Central America.


lexentry: eng/bollard__Noun__1
written_rep: bollard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Poller | Absperrpoller | Pfahl
sense_list:
A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.


lexentry: eng/bollocks__Noun__1
written_rep: bollocks
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eier | Nüsse
sense_list:
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, vulgar) The testicles (sometimes used in the singular)


lexentry: eng/bollocks__Noun__1
written_rep: bollocks
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Quatsch mit Soße
sense_list:
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, vulgar) Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.


lexentry: eng/bolt__Noun__1
written_rep: bolt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bolzen | Fußeisen | Pfeil
sense_list:
A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.


lexentry: eng/bolt__Noun__1
written_rep: bolt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bolzen | Schraube | Riegel | Bohrhaken | Schraubbolzen
sense_list:
A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.


lexentry: eng/bolt__Noun__1
written_rep: bolt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Schloß
sense_list:
(military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.


lexentry: eng/bolt__Verb__1
written_rep: bolt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: in die Höhe schießen | schießen
sense_list:
(intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.


lexentry: eng/bolt__Verb__1
written_rep: bolt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: verriegeln | abriegeln | zuriegeln
sense_list:
(US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.


lexentry: eng/bolthole__Noun__1
written_rep: bolthole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlupfloch
sense_list:
A hole in an animal's den, or through a wall or fence, used for escape or emergency exit; i.e. a hole the animal may bolt through.


lexentry: eng/bomb__Noun__1
written_rep: bomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Bombe
sense_list:
(chiefly, British, India, slang) A very attractive woman. | (chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.


lexentry: eng/bomb__Noun__1
written_rep: bomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: Arschbombe
sense_list:
(colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.


lexentry: eng/bomb_crater__Noun__1
written_rep: bomb crater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bombenkrater
sense_list:
A hole in the ground created by the explosion of a large bomb, usually one dropped by a bomber (aircraft).


lexentry: eng/bombard__Verb__1
written_rep: bombard
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bombardieren
sense_list:
(figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them. | (physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.


lexentry: eng/bombardier_beetle__Noun__1
written_rep: bombardier beetle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bombardierkäfer
sense_list:
A beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from a number of subfamilies: Carabinae (e.g., Brachinus crepitans), Metriinae (e.g., Stenaptinus insignis) and Paussinae (e.g., Goniotropis nicaraguensis).


lexentry: eng/bombastic__Adjective__1
written_rep: bombastic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bombastisch | geschwollen | pompös
sense_list:
(of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous


lexentry: eng/bombogenesis__Noun__1
written_rep: bombogenesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bombogenese
sense_list:
(meteorology) Rapid or extreme cyclogenesis, often characterized by a barometric pressure drop of 24 millibars in a 24 hour period.


lexentry: eng/bon_appétit__Phrase__1
written_rep: bon appétit
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
sense_list: Used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
guten Appetit | Mahlzeit | lass es dir schmecken | lassen Sie es sich schmecken | lasst es euch schmecken


lexentry: eng/bonanza__Noun__1
written_rep: bonanza
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Goldgrube
sense_list:
(by extension, figurative) Anything which is a great source of wealth or yields a large income or return.


lexentry: eng/bondage__Noun__1
written_rep: bondage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bondage
sense_list:
(sex) The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling.


lexentry: eng/bonding__Noun__1
written_rep: bonding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Bündelung
sense_list:
(networking) A method of aggregating multiple network interfaces on a computer into a single logical interface


lexentry: eng/bondsman__Noun__1
written_rep: bondsman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Borg
sense_list:
Someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations.


lexentry: eng/bone-eating_snot_flower_worm__Noun__1
written_rep: bone-eating snot flower worm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wurm
sense_list:
A worm-like creature, Osedax mucofloris, that feeds on the carcasses of minke whales in the North Sea.


lexentry: eng/bone__Noun__1
written_rep: bone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Knochen | Bein | Gebeine
sense_list:
(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. | (American football, informal) The wishbone formation.


lexentry: eng/bone_density__Noun__1
written_rep: bone density
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Knochendichte | Knochenmineraldichte
sense_list:
(medicine) A measure of the amount of mineral in bones, used to estimate the risk of osteoporosis or fractures.


lexentry: eng/bone_marrow__Noun__1
written_rep: bone marrow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Knochenmark | Mark
sense_list:
(anatomy) The fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones, being the place where new blood cells are produced.


lexentry: eng/bone_structure__Noun__1
written_rep: bone structure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Knochengerüst
sense_list:
The exact anatomy of an individual at the level of his bones, which varies somewhat by measurements and angles compared to the characteristic averages per species, race or other genetically defined population


lexentry: eng/bonfire__Noun__1
written_rep: bonfire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Scheiterhaufen
sense_list:
A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally (historical) , heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.


lexentry: eng/bong__Noun__2
written_rep: bong
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bong
sense_list:
A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances, especially cannabis.


lexentry: eng/bonhomie__Noun__1
written_rep: bonhomie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sympathie
sense_list:
(uncountable) A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.


lexentry: eng/bonito__Noun__1
written_rep: bonito
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bonito
sense_list:
Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda that are related to and resemble the tuna. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/bonnet__Noun__1
written_rep: bonnet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Motorhaube | Haube
sense_list:
(Australia, British, NZ, South Africa, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.


lexentry: eng/bony_fish__Noun__1
written_rep: bony fish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Knochenfisch
sense_list:
A fish belonging to either the Actinopterygii taxonomic class or the Sarcopterygii taxonomic class; a finfish.


lexentry: eng/boo-boo__Noun__1
written_rep: boo-boo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bobo
sense_list:
(countable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.


lexentry: eng/boo__Interjection__1
written_rep: boo
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buh
sense_list:
A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from the target, and then appears unexpectedly. | An exclamation used by a member of an audience, as at a stage play or sports game, to indicate derision or disapproval of what has just occurred.


lexentry: eng/booby__Noun__1
written_rep: booby
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Tölpel
sense_list:
Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.


lexentry: eng/book__Noun__1
written_rep: book
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buch
sense_list:
A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. | A major division of a long work.


lexentry: eng/book__Noun__1
written_rep: book
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Album | Buch
sense_list:
A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.


lexentry: eng/book__Verb__1
written_rep: book
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: bestrafen
sense_list:
(law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.


lexentry: eng/book_burning__Noun__1
written_rep: book burning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bücherverbrennung
sense_list:
The destruction, removal, or recalling of books, motion pictures, broadcasts, or electronic works as a form of censorship, especially motivated by religious or political objections to the material.


lexentry: eng/book_of_hours__Noun__1
written_rep: book of hours
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stundenbuch
sense_list:
(Christianity, chiefly, _, historical) An illuminated Catholic devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages.


lexentry: eng/bookcrossing__Noun__1
written_rep: bookcrossing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bookcrossing
sense_list:
The practice of leaving a book in a public location to be found and read by others, who then do the same.


lexentry: eng/bookend__Noun__1
written_rep: bookend
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buchstütze
sense_list:
A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.


lexentry: eng/bookkeeping__Noun__1
written_rep: bookkeeping
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buchhaltung
sense_list:
(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.


lexentry: eng/bookmaker__Noun__1
written_rep: bookmaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Buchmacher | Buchmacherin | Bookie | Bookmaker
sense_list:
(gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.


lexentry: eng/bookmobile__Noun__1
written_rep: bookmobile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fahrbibliothek
sense_list:
A mobile library; especially, a large van designed to transport a portion of some library's collection.


lexentry: eng/bookplate__Noun__1
written_rep: bookplate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Exlibris
sense_list:
A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft.


lexentry: eng/boom__Noun__2
written_rep: boom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baum
sense_list:
(sailing) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.


lexentry: eng/boom_barrier__Noun__1
written_rep: boom barrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlagbaum | Schranke | Wegeschranke | Zufahrtsschranke
sense_list:
A bar or pole that can be lowered to block vehicular access through a controlled location, or raised to allow traffic to pass.


lexentry: eng/boomerang__Noun__1
written_rep: boomerang
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bumerang
sense_list:
A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training.


lexentry: eng/boon__Noun__1
written_rep: boon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Gabe | Gefälligkeit | Geschenk | Gunst | Wohltat
sense_list:
(Hindu mythology) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.


lexentry: eng/boondoggle__Noun__1
written_rep: boondoggle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Zeitverschwendung
sense_list:
(North American, figuratively, usually, politics) A waste of time and/or money; a pointless activity.


lexentry: eng/boost__Verb__1
written_rep: boost
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: anspornen | verstärken
sense_list:
(transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.


lexentry: eng/boot__Verb__3
written_rep: boot
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: booten | hochfahren | laden | starten
sense_list:
(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.


lexentry: eng/boot_jack__Noun__1
written_rep: boot jack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stiefelknecht
sense_list:
A firm structure with hole, into which a person steps, in order to more easily remove their foot from a boot.


lexentry: eng/boot_loader__Noun__1
written_rep: boot loader
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bootloader | Bootmanager
sense_list:
(computing) A small program that initiates the bootstrap process by loading the operating system proper.


lexentry: eng/boot_sector__Noun__1
written_rep: boot sector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bootsektor
sense_list:
(computing) A dedicated sector, usually at the beginning (first sector on first track) of a storage medium, that holds special data used to start a system.


lexentry: eng/booted_eagle__Noun__1
written_rep: booted eagle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zwergadler
sense_list:
Hieraaetus pennatus, a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey with a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia.


lexentry: eng/bootstrap__Noun__1
written_rep: bootstrap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schuhriemen | Stiefelriemen | Stiefelschlaufe | Stiefelstrippe
sense_list:
A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.


lexentry: eng/boracite__Noun__1
written_rep: boracite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boracit
sense_list:
(mineral) A mixed chloride and borate of magnesium that occurs as a white to green crystalline evaporite, with the chemical formula Mg3B7O13Cl.


lexentry: eng/borage__Noun__1
written_rep: borage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Borretsch
sense_list:
Borago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves and stems, used in salads and cooked.


lexentry: eng/borax__Noun__1
written_rep: borax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Borax
sense_list:
A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.


lexentry: eng/borax_bead_test__Noun__1
written_rep: borax bead test
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boraxperle
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) in qualitative inorganic analysis, a test for the presence of certain metallic elements by observing the colours given to a bead of borax in a loop of platinum wire held in the oxidizing and reducing parts of a Bunsen burner flame


lexentry: eng/border__Verb__1
written_rep: border
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: angrenzen | einfassen | säumen | umranden
sense_list:
(transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of. | (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).


lexentry: eng/border_control__Noun__1
written_rep: border control
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grenzkontrolle
sense_list:
Measures taken by a state or a bloc of states to monitor its borders and regulate the movement of people, animals, and goods across the border.


lexentry: eng/bore__Verb__1
written_rep: bore
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bohren
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.


lexentry: eng/boric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: boric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Borsäure
sense_list:
(chemistry) H3BO3; B(OH)3; a white crystalline solid, soluble in hot water to form a weak acid. Used as a mild antiseptic, flame retardant, insecticide, and in the manufacture of borax and other borate salts.


lexentry: eng/boron__Noun__1
written_rep: boron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bor
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder.


lexentry: eng/boron_nitride__Noun__1
written_rep: boron nitride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bornitrid
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A binary compound of boron and nitrogen, of empirical formula BN; exists in forms analogous to the allotropes of carbon, many of which are inorganic polymers.


lexentry: eng/borrow__Verb__1
written_rep: borrow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: entlehnen | übertragen
sense_list:
(arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.


lexentry: eng/boson__Noun__1
written_rep: boson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boson
sense_list:
(particle) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.


lexentry: eng/boss__Noun__1
written_rep: boss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Chef | Chefin
sense_list:
A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor. | A person in charge of a business or company.


lexentry: eng/boss__Noun__2
written_rep: boss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buckel
sense_list:
A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.


lexentry: eng/boss_around__Verb__1
written_rep: boss around
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: herumkommandieren
sense_list:
To act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.


lexentry: eng/bossa_nova__Noun__1
written_rep: bossa nova
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bossa Nova
sense_list:
A genre of music originating from Brazil, similar to a fusion of jazz and samba music, no longer closely associated with the Brazilian dance. | The music of that dance.


lexentry: eng/bossage__Noun__1
written_rep: bossage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bosse
sense_list:
(architecture) A rough, unfinished stone block, which is left projecting from the wall of a building to be later sculpted.


lexentry: eng/bot__Noun__2
written_rep: bot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bot
sense_list:
(computing) A piece of software designed to perform a minor but repetitive task automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.


lexentry: eng/bota_bag__Noun__1
written_rep: bota bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bota
sense_list:
A traditional Greek or Spanish wineskin bag. Typically it is made of leather, and is used to carry wine, although any liquid can be carried.


lexentry: eng/botanical_garden__Noun__1
written_rep: botanical garden
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: botanischer Garten
sense_list:
A place where a variety of plants are grown, primarily for scientific or educational reasons, but are normally open to the public, and include ornamental plants from around the world.


lexentry: eng/botanize__Verb__1
written_rep: botanize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: botanisieren
sense_list:
To do the work of a botanist, as to inventory the plant life in an area and to collect plants for research purposes.


lexentry: eng/botany__Noun__1
written_rep: botany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Botanik | Pflanzenkunde
sense_list:
(uncountable) The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.


lexentry: eng/botch__Noun__1
written_rep: botch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pfusch | Murks
sense_list:
An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.


lexentry: eng/botch__Verb__1
written_rep: botch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verbocken | verderben | vergeigen | vermasseln | vermurksen | verpatzen
sense_list:
(transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something


lexentry: eng/botfly__Noun__1
written_rep: botfly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dasselfliege | Biesfliege
sense_list:
One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.


lexentry: eng/bothy__Noun__1
written_rep: bothy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schutzhütte
sense_list:
(Scotland, Ireland, Northumberland) A small cottage, especially one for communal use in remote areas by labourers or farmhands, or as a mountain shelter. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/botnet__Noun__1
written_rep: botnet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Botnet
sense_list:
(Internet, computer security) A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam.


lexentry: eng/bottle_crate__Noun__1
written_rep: bottle crate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flaschenkasten | Flaschenkiste | Getränkekasten | Getränkekiste
sense_list:
A container used for transport of beverage containers. In the present day they are usually made of plastic, but before the widespread use of plastic they tended to be made of wood or metal.


lexentry: eng/bottle_deposit__Noun__1
written_rep: bottle deposit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flaschenpfand
sense_list:
A monetary deposit collected at the point of sale when a bottled beverage is purchased, and fully or partially refunded when the empty bottle is returned.


lexentry: eng/bottled_water__Noun__1
written_rep: bottled water
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flaschenwasser
sense_list:
Drinking water sold by bottle, either natural or processed by e.g. filtering, carbonation or mineralization.


lexentry: eng/bottlenose_dolphin__Noun__1
written_rep: bottlenose dolphin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tümmler | Tursiops | großer Tümmler
sense_list:
One of the species of gray dolphin in the genus Tursiops, between 2 and 4 meters in length inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide.


lexentry: eng/bottom__Noun__1
written_rep: bottom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 15
trans_list: passiv
sense_list:
(broadly, by extension) A submissive partner in a sexual relationship. | (LGBT, _, slang) A man, trans woman, or other person with a penis, who prefers the receptive role in anal sex.


lexentry: eng/bottom_line__Noun__1
written_rep: bottom line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Endergebnis | Ergebnis unterm Strich
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, business) The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.


lexentry: eng/bottom_quark__Noun__1
written_rep: bottom quark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beauty-Quark
sense_list:
(particle) A quark having a fractional electric charge of -\frac{1}{3} and a mass of about 4,100 to 4,400 MeV.Symbol: b


lexentry: eng/bottomless__Adjective__1
written_rep: bottomless
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bodenlos
sense_list:
Having no bottom. | Extremely deep. | Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia.


lexentry: eng/bottomless_pit__Noun__1
written_rep: bottomless pit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Fass ohne Boden
sense_list:
(figuratively) A person with an apparently boundless appetite; an entity or problem which consumes seemingly endless resources.


lexentry: eng/botulin__Noun__1
written_rep: botulin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Botulin | Botulinumtoxin
sense_list:
An extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of botulism.


lexentry: eng/botulism__Noun__1
written_rep: botulism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Botulismus
sense_list:
(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.


lexentry: eng/bougainvillea__Noun__1
written_rep: bougainvillea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bougainvillea
sense_list:
Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.


lexentry: eng/bouillon_cube__Noun__1
written_rep: bouillon cube
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brühwürfel
sense_list:
(Canada, US) A small cube, consisting of dry ingredients, that can be dissolved to make a broth or soup stock.


lexentry: eng/bounce__Verb__1
written_rep: bounce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: platzen
sense_list:
(intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.


lexentry: eng/bouncer__Noun__1
written_rep: bouncer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Türsteher | Rausschmeißer | Rausschmeißerin | Türsteherin
sense_list:
(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble.


lexentry: eng/bouncing_castle__Noun__1
written_rep: bouncing castle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hüpfburg | Luftburg | Springburg
sense_list:
A large inflatable structure, resembling a castle etc., on which children jump and play as on a trampoline.


lexentry: eng/bound__Noun__1
written_rep: bound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grenze | Abgrenzung
sense_list:
(often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.


lexentry: eng/bound_morpheme__Noun__1
written_rep: bound morpheme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gebundenes Morphem
sense_list:
(linguistic morphology) A morpheme that can only occur when bound to a root morpheme. For example: cran- (as in cranberry), -ed, -ing, -ly.


lexentry: eng/bound_variable__Noun__1
written_rep: bound variable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gebundene Variable
sense_list:
(programming) A variable that is associated with a value, and therefore a variable that has an allocated storage location. If the programming language implements a representation of a canonical unknown value, infinity, etc., the value bound to the variable may be one of these.


lexentry: eng/boundary__Noun__1
written_rep: boundary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Grenzen
sense_list:
(figurative, often, in the plural) The bounds, confines, or limits between immaterial things (such as one’s comfort zone, privacy, or professional sphere and the realm beyond).


lexentry: eng/boundary__Noun__1
written_rep: boundary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Rand
sense_list:
(topology) (of a set) The set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set.


lexentry: eng/bounty__Noun__1
written_rep: bounty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Heuer
sense_list:
(military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.


lexentry: eng/bourgeois__Adjective__1
written_rep: bourgeois
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spießbürgerlich | spießig
sense_list:
Of or relating to the middle class, (often, pejorative) their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.


lexentry: eng/bourgeois__Adjective__1
written_rep: bourgeois
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bourgeois | bürgerlich
sense_list:
(Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually, _, pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.


lexentry: eng/boustrophedon__Noun__1
written_rep: boustrophedon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bustrophedon
sense_list:
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.


lexentry: eng/bout__Noun__1
written_rep: bout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Backe
sense_list:
(music) A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.


lexentry: eng/bovarysm__Noun__1
written_rep: bovarysm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bovarysme
sense_list:
(psychology) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.


lexentry: eng/bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy__Noun__1
written_rep: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathie | Rinderwahnsinn
sense_list:
(disease, neurology) A fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues.


lexentry: eng/bow__Noun__1
written_rep: bow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bogen
sense_list:
A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows. | A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow). | Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.


lexentry: eng/bow__Noun__1
written_rep: bow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Schleife
sense_list:
A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.


lexentry: eng/bow__Noun__2
written_rep: bow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verbeugung
sense_list:
A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence


lexentry: eng/bow__Verb__1
written_rep: bow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: beugen | biegen | verbiegen
sense_list:
(transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.


lexentry: eng/bow_grip__Noun__1
written_rep: bow grip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buggy
sense_list:
(musical instruments, lutherie) The small section of a stringed instrument's bow near the heel having grippy material such as goatskin leather or snakeskin wrapped tightly around the bow stick between the lapping and the frog, so as to facilitate it being held and to protect the stick.


lexentry: eng/bow_saw__Noun__1
written_rep: bow saw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bügelsäge
sense_list:
A lightweight metal-framed saw in the shape of a bow with a removable coarse wide blade, used for cutting tree trunks.


lexentry: eng/bow_wave__Noun__1
written_rep: bow wave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bugwelle
sense_list:
The wave that forms at the bow of a ship as it moves through the water, and defines the outer limits of the ship's wake.


lexentry: eng/bower__Noun__1
written_rep: bower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Laube
sense_list:
(ornithology) A large structure made of grass, twigs, etc., and decorated with bright objects, used by male bower birds during courtship displays.


lexentry: eng/bower_anchor__Noun__1
written_rep: bower anchor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buganker
sense_list:
(nautical) each of the two main anchors of a ship, carried permanently attached to their cables on each side of the bow, always ready to be let go in case of an emergency.


lexentry: eng/bower_bird__Noun__1
written_rep: bower bird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laubenvogel
sense_list:
Any bird of the Australasian family Ptilonorhynchidae noted for building display structures (bowers) and decorating them with bright objects such as shells, glass, flowers, etc.


lexentry: eng/bowfin__Noun__1
written_rep: bowfin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kahlhecht | Schlammfisch
sense_list:
A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva, the last survivor of the order Amiiformes, found in the fresh waters of the United States.


lexentry: eng/bowl__Noun__1
written_rep: bowl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schüssel | Schale
sense_list:
A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.


lexentry: eng/bowl__Noun__1
written_rep: bowl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bowl
sense_list:
(cooking) A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.


lexentry: eng/bowl__Verb__1
written_rep: bowl
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bowlen
sense_list:
(transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.


lexentry: eng/bowl_a_googly__Verb__1
written_rep: bowl a googly
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: unvorbereitet treffen
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic, UK, figuratively) to surprise (someone); to introduce (to someone) something unexpected, underhand or requiring a quick reaction or correction.


lexentry: eng/bowl_cut__Noun__1
written_rep: bowl cut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Topfschnitt | Topffrisur
sense_list:
(hairstyling) A haircut where the hair is cut short on the sides and back and allowed to grow long on the top, as though only the hair not covered by an inverted bowl had been removed.


lexentry: eng/bowleg__Noun__1
written_rep: bowleg
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: O-Bein | Säbelbein
sense_list:
A leg that curves outward at the knee. It might refer to the leg of a human, animal or even a piece of furniture.


lexentry: eng/bowline__Noun__1
written_rep: bowline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Palstek | Bulin
sense_list:
(nautical) A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.


lexentry: eng/bowling__Noun__1
written_rep: bowling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bowling
sense_list:
A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling


lexentry: eng/bowls__Noun__2
written_rep: bowls
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bowlsspiel
sense_list:
A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.


lexentry: eng/bowsprit__Noun__1
written_rep: bowsprit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bugspriet
sense_list:
(nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.


lexentry: eng/bowstring__Noun__1
written_rep: bowstring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bogensehne
sense_list:
The string of an archer's bow. | (historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.


lexentry: eng/box-office_bomb__Noun__1
written_rep: box-office bomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flop
sense_list:
(informal) A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.


lexentry: eng/box__Noun__1
written_rep: box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kiste
sense_list:
A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.


lexentry: eng/box__Noun__2
written_rep: box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Buchsbaum | Buchs
sense_list:
(Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, the drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees.


lexentry: eng/box__Verb__2
written_rep: box
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boxen
sense_list:
(transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch. | (transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.


lexentry: eng/box_plot__Noun__1
written_rep: box plot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boxplot
sense_list:
(statistics) A graphical summary of a numerical data sample through five statistics: median, lower quartile, upper quartile, and some indication of more extreme upper and lower values.


lexentry: eng/box_tree__Noun__1
written_rep: box tree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buchsbaum
sense_list:
(botany) Any of several trees, of the genus Buxus, often used as a hedge, for topiary, and as a source of boxwood


lexentry: eng/box_wine__Noun__1
written_rep: box wine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tetrapakwein
sense_list:
(packaging) A type of wine that is sealed in a plastic bladder and packaged in a cardboard box; cask wine.


lexentry: eng/boxer_briefs__Noun__1
written_rep: boxer briefs
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boxer
sense_list:
(plurale tantum) A style of underpants for men that combines the snugness of briefs with the longer length of boxer shorts.


lexentry: eng/boxer_engine__Noun__1
written_rep: boxer engine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boxermotor
sense_list:
(automotive) An engine with two horizontally opposed cylinder banks, commonly used in Porsche and Subaru automobiles.


lexentry: eng/boxing__Noun__1
written_rep: boxing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boxen
sense_list:
(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.


lexentry: eng/boxwood__Noun__1
written_rep: boxwood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Buchsbaumholz | Buchsbaum
sense_list:
(uncountable) The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.


lexentry: eng/boy__Noun__1
written_rep: boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Junge | Bursche | Kerl | Boy | Knappe
sense_list:
(obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave. [14th–17th c.]


lexentry: eng/boy__Noun__1
written_rep: boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: Boy | Knappe
sense_list:
A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/boyar__Noun__1
written_rep: boyar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bojare | Bojar
sense_list:
(historical) A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.


lexentry: eng/boycott__Verb__1
written_rep: boycott
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boykottieren
sense_list:
To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.


lexentry: eng/boys_will_be_boys__Proverb__1
written_rep: boys will be boys
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jungen sind nun einmal so
sense_list:
It is hard, often fruitless, to attempt to curb the natural playfulness and tendency to mischief of most growing boys.


lexentry: eng/boysenberry__Adjective__1
written_rep: boysenberry
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boysenbes | Boysenbesnfarbe
sense_list:
A colour of the purple colour spectrum, based on the same fruit's colour, whose hexadecimal code is #873260, RGB is rgb(135, 50, 96), CMYK is (63%, 29%, 47%) and HSL is hsl(328°, 46%, 36%).


lexentry: eng/brace__Noun__1
written_rep: brace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: Hosenträger | Anker | Band | Knagge | Kopfband | Strebe
sense_list:
A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.


lexentry: eng/brace__Noun__1
written_rep: brace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: Brasse | Paar
sense_list:
(nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.


lexentry: eng/brace__Verb__1
written_rep: brace
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: brassen
sense_list:
(nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.


lexentry: eng/bracelet__Noun__1
written_rep: bracelet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Armband
sense_list:
A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament. | The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist.


lexentry: eng/brachiopod__Noun__1
written_rep: brachiopod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Armfüßer
sense_list:
Any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food


lexentry: eng/brachiosaur__Noun__1
written_rep: brachiosaur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brachiosaurus
sense_list:
Any of several massive, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Brachiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.


lexentry: eng/brachiosaurus__Noun__1
written_rep: brachiosaurus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brachiosaurus
sense_list:
A large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, Brachiosaurus altithorax, which lived during the Jurassic period.


lexentry: eng/brachycephaly__Noun__1
written_rep: brachycephaly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brachycephalie
sense_list:
(pathology) A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad.


lexentry: eng/brachytherapy__Noun__1
written_rep: brachytherapy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brachytherapie
sense_list:
Radiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume, typically with radiopharmaceuticals as opposed to external-beam sources.


lexentry: eng/bracken__Noun__1
written_rep: bracken
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adlerfarne
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.


lexentry: eng/bracket__Noun__1
written_rep: bracket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Anschlagwinkel | Anschlusswinkel | Arm | Bracket | Bügel | Halter
sense_list:
(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.


lexentry: eng/bracket__Noun__1
written_rep: bracket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Klammer
sense_list:
Any of the characters "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "<" and ">", used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.


lexentry: eng/bracket__Verb__1
written_rep: bracket
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Belichtungsreihe
sense_list:
(photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.


lexentry: eng/bracket_creep__Noun__1
written_rep: bracket creep
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kalte Progression
sense_list:
(taxation) The move towards increased taxation when an inflation adjustment to a wage or salary pushes a taxpayer into a higher tax bracket (or, in a progressive taxation regime, further into a bracket).


