# translation

lexentry: eng/karaoke__Noun__1
written_rep: karaoke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Karaoke
sense_list:
(uncountable) A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.


lexentry: eng/karate__Noun__1
written_rep: karate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Karate
sense_list:
An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.


lexentry: eng/karma__Noun__1
written_rep: karma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Karma
sense_list:
(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.


lexentry: eng/karsk__Noun__1
written_rep: karsk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tschako
sense_list:
A Swedish and Norwegian cocktail (from the Trøndelag region) containing coffee together with moonshine.


lexentry: eng/karst__Noun__1
written_rep: karst
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Karst
sense_list:
(geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.


lexentry: eng/karyotype__Noun__1
written_rep: karyotype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Karyotyp
sense_list:
(genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species.


lexentry: eng/kasra__Noun__1
written_rep: kasra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kasra
sense_list:
In Arabic script, the vowel point for "i", appearing as a small diagonal line placed below a letter ( ⁧ـِ⁩ ) and designating a short i /i/. If the Arabic letter ي immediately follows, it indicates a long ī /iː/. | In a fully vocalised Persian ـِ represents the vowel /e/ and is only used in front of ـی to represent a diphthong, so unmarked دی is /di/ but دِی with the diacritic is /dej/. This usage is different from Arabic.


lexentry: eng/kasseri__Noun__1
written_rep: kasseri
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kasseri
sense_list:
A medium-hard pale yellow cheese of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, usually made from unpasteurized sheep milk.


lexentry: eng/katabatic_wind__Noun__1
written_rep: katabatic wind
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fallwind
sense_list:
(climatology) A drainage wind or a fall wind: a wind, such as the bora or Bohemian wind, which moves high density air from a higher elevation down an incline, due to the force of gravity.


lexentry: eng/katakana__Noun__1
written_rep: katakana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Katakana
sense_list:
(uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.


lexentry: eng/katana__Noun__1
written_rep: katana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Katana
sense_list:
A type of Japanese longsword or 日本刀, having a single edge and slight curvature, historically used by samurai and ninja.


lexentry: eng/kava__Noun__1
written_rep: kava
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kava
sense_list:
A plant from the South Pacific, Piper methysticum. | An intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.


lexentry: eng/kayak__Noun__1
written_rep: kayak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kajak
sense_list:
A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck


lexentry: eng/kaymak__Noun__1
written_rep: kaymak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kajmak
sense_list:
A creamy dairy product, similar to clotted cream, made in the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, and India. It is made from the milk of water buffalos in the East or of cows in the West.


lexentry: eng/kazoo__Noun__1
written_rep: kazoo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kazoo
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.


lexentry: eng/kebab__Noun__1
written_rep: kebab
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Döner | Kebap | Kebab | Fleischspieß
sense_list:
(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.


lexentry: eng/keel__Noun__1
written_rep: keel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kiel | Schwert
sense_list:
(nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.


lexentry: eng/keel_over__Verb__1
written_rep: keel over
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kentern
sense_list:
(intransitive, nautical, also, _, figuratively) Of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover; to capsize or turn turtle.


lexentry: eng/keelson__Noun__1
written_rep: keelson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kielschwein
sense_list:
(nautical) A longitudinal beam fastened on top of the keel of a vessel for strength and stiffness. [from c. 1611]


lexentry: eng/keen__Adjective__1
written_rep: keen
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kühn | leidenschaftlich | scharf | verwegen
sense_list:
(chiefly, Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.


lexentry: eng/keep__Verb__1
written_rep: keep
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: behalten | aufheben
sense_list:
To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain. | (ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.


lexentry: eng/keep_on__Verb__1
written_rep: keep on
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: behalten
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To cause or allow to remain in an existing position. | (transitive, idiomatic) To cause or allow to remain in the on or open position.


lexentry: eng/keep_someone_company__Verb__1
written_rep: keep someone company
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jemandem Gesellschaft leisten
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To remain with or accompany someone, especially to make them feel more comfortable with a certain situation.


lexentry: eng/keep_the_change__Phrase__1
written_rep: keep the change
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stimmt so | behalten Sie das Wechselgeld
sense_list:
An instruction to a taxi driver, waiter etc. to keep the change from the amount handed over as a tip.


lexentry: eng/keep_up_appearances__Verb__1
written_rep: keep up appearances
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: den Schein wahren
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To pretend to be all right or that everything is going well; to maintain an appearance of wealth, comfort, or propriety.


lexentry: eng/keeper__Noun__1
written_rep: keeper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Wächter | Hüter
sense_list:
A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.


lexentry: eng/keepie-uppie__Noun__1
written_rep: keepie-uppie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ballhochhalten | Fußballjonglieren | Hochhalten
sense_list:
(uncountable) The action of continuously bouncing a soccer ball in the air without the use of the hands.


lexentry: eng/keepsake__Noun__1
written_rep: keepsake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Andenken | Erinnerung | Erinnerungsstück | Liebgewonnenes
sense_list:
Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.


lexentry: eng/kelpie__Noun__1
written_rep: kelpie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kelpie
sense_list:
(Celtic mythology) A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland.


lexentry: eng/kelvin__Noun__1
written_rep: kelvin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kelvin
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1⁄273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K".


lexentry: eng/kenning__Noun__3
written_rep: kenning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kenning
sense_list:
(poetry) A metaphorical compound or phrase, used especially in Germanic poetry (Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way.


lexentry: eng/kenosis__Noun__1
written_rep: kenosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kenosis
sense_list:
(Christianity) Christ's voluntary abasement consisting of humanity and the simultaneous occultation of the Divinity.


lexentry: eng/keratoconus__Noun__1
written_rep: keratoconus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Keratokonus
sense_list:
(pathology) A degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve


lexentry: eng/kerb__Noun__1
written_rep: kerb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bordstein | Bordkante | Randstein | Kante | Kantstein | Steinrand
sense_list:
(British, AU, NZ) The raised edge between the pavement and the roadway, typically made of concrete though originally consisting of a line of kerbstones.


lexentry: eng/kerfuffle__Noun__1
written_rep: kerfuffle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aufruhr | Durcheinander | Theater | Wirbel
sense_list:
(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/kernel__Noun__1
written_rep: kernel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kern
sense_list:
The core, center, or essence of an object or system. | (botany) The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed. | (mathematics, linear algebra, group theory, functional analysis) For a given function (especially a linear transformation between vector spaces or homomorphism between groups), the set of elements in the domain which are mapped to zero; (formally) given f : X → Y, the set {x ∈ X : f(x) = 0}.


lexentry: eng/kernel__Noun__1
written_rep: kernel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Betriebssystemkern | Kernel
sense_list:
(computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.


lexentry: eng/kernicterus__Noun__1
written_rep: kernicterus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bilirubinenzephalopathie | Kernikterus
sense_list:
(medicine) Damage to the brain centres of infants caused by increased levels of unconjugated-indirect bilirubin which is free (not bound to albumin).


lexentry: eng/kerosene__Noun__1
written_rep: kerosene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kerosin | Petroleum
sense_list:
A thin colorless, blue- or straw-colored petroleum-based fuel heavier than gasoline/petrol or naptha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.


lexentry: eng/ketamine__Noun__1
written_rep: ketamine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ketamin
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used as an anesthetic and analgesic drug and also (illicitly) as a hallucinogen.


lexentry: eng/ketch__Noun__1
written_rep: ketch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ketsch
sense_list:
A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.


lexentry: eng/ketchup__Noun__1
written_rep: ketchup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ketchup | Ketschup
sense_list:
(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup. A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners.


lexentry: eng/ketoacidosis__Noun__1
written_rep: ketoacidosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ketoacidose | Ketoazidose
sense_list:
(biology, medicine) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.


lexentry: eng/ketone__Noun__1
written_rep: ketone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Keton
sense_list:
(organic compound) A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.


lexentry: eng/kettlebell__Noun__1
written_rep: kettlebell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kugelhantel
sense_list:
A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.


lexentry: eng/kettledrum__Noun__1
written_rep: kettledrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pauke | Kesselpauke
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl.


lexentry: eng/kettling__Noun__1
written_rep: kettling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polizeikessel
sense_list:
A crowd control technique, used by police, where a hostile group of protesters or rioters are surrounded and not allowed to disperse, sometimes with the use of temporary fencing to corral and isolate portions of the group.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
written_rep: key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlüssel
sense_list:
An object designed to open and close a lock. | A crucial step or requirement. | In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind. | (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages. | (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique). | (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container. | (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
written_rep: key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Taste
sense_list:
(computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
written_rep: key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Taste | Schlüssel
sense_list:
In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced. | (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
written_rep: key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Zone
sense_list:
In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.


lexentry: eng/key_fob__Noun__1
written_rep: key fob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: RFID-Schlüsselanhänger | RFID-Transponder | elektronischer Schlüsselanhänger
sense_list:
A passive wireless electronic device that usually uses RFID technology to control access to buildings, containers, computers, etc. by being placed near a detector.


lexentry: eng/key_fob__Noun__1
written_rep: key fob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
sense_list:
An active wireless electronic device that controls access to buildings or vehicles, such as a remote control for a car door lock.

trans_list:
Autoschlüssel | Funkschlüssel | RFID-Schlüsselanhänger | RFID-Transponder | elektronischer Schlüsselanhänger


lexentry: eng/key_performance_indicator__Noun__1
written_rep: key performance indicator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leistungskennzahl
sense_list:
(management) A financial or non-financial metric used to help an organization define and measure progress towards its goals.


lexentry: eng/key_signature__Noun__1
written_rep: key signature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Versetzungszeichen
sense_list:
(music) An indication of the key of a composition, giving the number of sharps or flats in the corresponding scale.


lexentry: eng/keyboard__Noun__1
written_rep: keyboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Klaviatur | Tastatur | Manual
sense_list:
(music) A component of many instruments including the piano, organ, and harpsichord consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.


lexentry: eng/keyboard__Noun__1
written_rep: keyboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Keyboard | Tastatur
sense_list:
(music) A device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.


lexentry: eng/keyboard_instrument__Noun__1
written_rep: keyboard instrument
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tasteninstrument
sense_list:
(musical instrument) Any musical instrument which features a keyboard, such as a piano, synthesizer or celesta. | (musical instrument) Any musical instrument (a chordophone) that uses a keyboard to manipulate strings which produce sound, including a piano.


lexentry: eng/keyboard_shortcut__Noun__1
written_rep: keyboard shortcut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tastenkombination | Shortcut | Hotkey | Tastaturbefehl | Tastaturkombination | Tastaturkurzbefehl
sense_list:
(computing) A key, or more usually a combination of keys, on the keyboard of a personal computer that activates a specific, predefined function.


lexentry: eng/keycard__Noun__1
written_rep: keycard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pass | Schlüsselkarte
sense_list:
A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.


lexentry: eng/keyhole__Noun__1
written_rep: keyhole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schlüsselloch
sense_list:
Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.


lexentry: eng/keynote__Noun__1
written_rep: keynote
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grundgedanke | Hauptgedanke | Hauptrede | Hauptthema | Hauptvortrag | Kernthema
sense_list:
A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.


lexentry: eng/keystroke__Noun__1
written_rep: keystroke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tastendruck
sense_list:
The act of pressing an input key; a keypress on a computer keyboard or a typewriter, or a similar input device.


lexentry: eng/keyword__Noun__1
written_rep: keyword
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Stichwort
sense_list:
(information science) Any word#Noun used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.


lexentry: eng/khagan__Noun__1
written_rep: khagan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Khagan
sense_list:
A khan of khans, a ruler of a khaganate; (the holder of) an imperial rank used among certain Turkic and Mongolian peoples, equal in status to an emperor.


lexentry: eng/khamsin__Noun__1
written_rep: khamsin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Chamsin
sense_list:
A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms.


lexentry: eng/khat__Noun__1
written_rep: khat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kathstrauch | Kat
sense_list:
A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.


lexentry: eng/khedive__Noun__1
written_rep: khedive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Khedive
sense_list:
The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.


lexentry: eng/khorovod__Noun__1
written_rep: khorovod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Chorowod
sense_list:
a Slavic art form, a combination of a circle dance and chorus singing, similar to chorea of ancient Greece, also in Romania (horă)


lexentry: eng/kibbutz__Noun__1
written_rep: kibbutz
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kibbuz
sense_list:
A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.


lexentry: eng/kibitz__Verb__1
written_rep: kibitz
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: durchhecheln
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make small talk or idle chatter. | (intransitive, transitive) To watch a card or board game.


lexentry: eng/kibitz__Verb__1
written_rep: kibitz
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Rat
sense_list:
(intransitive) To give unsolicited or unwanted advice or make unhelpful or idle comments, especially to someone playing a game.


lexentry: eng/kick-off__Noun__1
written_rep: kick-off
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Auftakt | Startschuss
sense_list:
(by extension) The opening sequence of any event. | (music) The opening sequence of notes in a song, usually played by the song's main instrument, to indicate the beginning of the song.


lexentry: eng/kick_into_touch__Verb__1
written_rep: kick into touch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aus
sense_list:
(UK, sports) To kick a ball over the touchline in a game of rugby, often to avoid pressure from the opponent team in a difficult situation, to end injury time or to gain territory. | (UK, Ireland, idiomatic) To evade an issue; to stop from happening.


lexentry: eng/kick_off__Verb__1
written_rep: kick off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: absetzen
sense_list:
(transitive, US, idiomatic, ranching, slang) To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders, whether by literally kicking it away or another method.


lexentry: eng/kick_off__Verb__1
written_rep: kick off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: abgehen | ausrasten
sense_list:
(intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight.


lexentry: eng/kick_wheel__Noun__1
written_rep: kick wheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Töpferscheibe
sense_list:
(ceramics) A wheel or disc used to throw pots, turned by kicking or pushing a heavy stone or concrete base with the foot.


lexentry: eng/kickback__Noun__1
written_rep: kickback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
sense_list:
(countable, informal) A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; a kind of bribe.

trans_list:
Kick-Back | Kick-back | Kickback | Retrozession | für eine Gefälligkeit heimlich ausgezahlter Geldbetrag | verdeckte Rückvergütung


lexentry: eng/kickback__Noun__1
written_rep: kickback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Rückschlag
sense_list:
(uncountable, firearms, machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.


lexentry: eng/kickboxing__Noun__1
written_rep: kickboxing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kickboxen | Kickboxing
sense_list:
(martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.


lexentry: eng/kicksled__Noun__1
written_rep: kicksled
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tretschlitten
sense_list:
A type of small sled consisting of a handlebar mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners. The driver stands on the runners and kicks the sled forward with one foot. In front of the handlebar there's often a seat for a passenger.


lexentry: eng/kickstand__Noun__1
written_rep: kickstand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fahrradständer | Ständer
sense_list:
A levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.


lexentry: eng/kickstand__Noun__1
written_rep: kickstand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Ständer
sense_list:
A folding bar to prop up a mobile phone, tablet or similar device when it is being used on a surface.


lexentry: eng/kidney__Noun__1
written_rep: kidney
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Niere
sense_list:
An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine. | This organ (of an animal) cooked as food.


lexentry: eng/kidney_dish__Noun__1
written_rep: kidney dish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Niere
sense_list:
(medicine, surgery) A shallow kidney-shaped basin for holding soiled dressings and other medical waste.


lexentry: eng/kif__Noun__1
written_rep: kif
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Skuff
sense_list:
The trichome of marijuana, a green powdery substance that falls from dry marijuana, high in THC and other cannabinoid compounds.


lexentry: eng/kill__Verb__1
written_rep: kill
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abtöten
sense_list:
(transitive) To render inoperative. | (transitive, figuratively, hyperbole) To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.


lexentry: eng/kill_time__Verb__1
written_rep: kill time
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zeit totschlagen
sense_list:
(informal, intransitive) To engage in an activity whose only purpose is to make the time seem to pass more quickly; to fill the time between activities.


lexentry: eng/killdeer__Noun__1
written_rep: killdeer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Keilschwanz-Regenpfeifer
sense_list:
A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to attract predators and spare the young in the nest.


lexentry: eng/killer_application__Noun__1
written_rep: killer application
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Killer-Anwendung | Killer-Applikation
sense_list:
A technological product that is so good, or so innovative, that it is irresistible to potential customers; especially a software product that persuades people to buy the hardware needed to use it.


lexentry: eng/kiln__Noun__1
written_rep: kiln
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brennofen
sense_list:
An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.


lexentry: eng/kilo-__Prefix__1
written_rep: kilo-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kilo-
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1,000. Symbol: k | (computing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 210 (1024)


lexentry: eng/kilo__Noun__1
written_rep: kilo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kilo
sense_list:
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.


lexentry: eng/kilocalorie__Noun__1
written_rep: kilocalorie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kilokalorie
sense_list:
A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories, used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.


lexentry: eng/kilogram__Noun__1
written_rep: kilogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kilogramm
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg


lexentry: eng/kiloware__Noun__1
written_rep: kiloware
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kiloware
sense_list:
(philately) Postage stamps bought by weight, rather than numerical quantity, and commonly still on paper.


lexentry: eng/kilt__Noun__1
written_rep: kilt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kilt
sense_list:
A traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern. [from 18th c.] | A variety of non-bifurcated garments made for men and loosely resembling a Scottish kilt, but most often made from different fabrics and not always with tartan plaid designs.


lexentry: eng/kilter__Noun__1
written_rep: kilter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Einklang | Ordnung | Zustand
sense_list:
(chiefly in the negative) Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/kimchi__Noun__1
written_rep: kimchi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kimchi
sense_list:
A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.


lexentry: eng/kimono__Noun__1
written_rep: kimono
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kimono
sense_list:
A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.


lexentry: eng/kinase__Noun__1
written_rep: kinase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kinase
sense_list:
(enzyme, organic compound) Any of a group of enzymes that transfer phosphate groups from high-energy donor molecules, such as ATP, to specific target molecules (substrates), in a process termed phosphorylation.


lexentry: eng/kindergarten__Noun__1
written_rep: kindergarten
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kindergarten | Vorschule
sense_list:
(North America, Australia) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]


lexentry: eng/kindle__Verb__1
written_rep: kindle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: entfachen
sense_list:
(transitive, figuratively) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc). | (intransitive, figuratively) To begin to grow or take hold.


lexentry: eng/kinematics__Noun__1
written_rep: kinematics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kinematik
sense_list:
(physics) The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.


lexentry: eng/kinesthesia__Noun__1
written_rep: kinesthesia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kinästhesie
sense_list:
Proprioception or static position sense; the perception of the position and posture of the body; also, more broadly, including the motion of the body as well. See usage notes below.


lexentry: eng/kinetic_energy__Noun__1
written_rep: kinetic energy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kinetische Energie | Bewegungsenergie
sense_list:
(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.


lexentry: eng/kinetics__Noun__1
written_rep: kinetics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kinetik
sense_list:
(mechanics) The branch of mechanics concerned with motion of objects, as well as the reason i.e. the forces acting on such bodies. This, along with kinematics constitute dynamics, which is concerned purely with the effects of forces on moving bodies. | (chemistry) The branch of chemistry that is concerned with the rates of chemical reactions.


lexentry: eng/king__Noun__1
written_rep: king
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: König
sense_list:
A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it is an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation. | (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top. | (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.


lexentry: eng/king__Noun__1
written_rep: king
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Dame
sense_list:
A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.


lexentry: eng/king_cake__Noun__1
written_rep: king cake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dreikönigskuchen
sense_list:
(Louisiana) A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on Epiphany. In many traditions it contains a pea, a trinket or some other small object which entitles its finder to be the "king" for one day.


lexentry: eng/king_cobra__Noun__1
written_rep: king cobra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Königskobra
sense_list:
A large venomous snake found in East Asia (Ophiophagus hannah), the longest venomous snake in the world.


lexentry: eng/kingdom__Noun__1
written_rep: kingdom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Reich | Königreich
sense_list:
(taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).


lexentry: eng/kingfisher__Noun__1
written_rep: kingfisher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eisvogel
sense_list:
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.


lexentry: eng/kingpin__Noun__1
written_rep: kingpin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Königsbolzen | Königszapfen
sense_list:
(transportation) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt. | (transportation) The pivot or connector between a tractor and trailer in the fifth-wheel coupling of semi-trailer truck. | (ten-pin, _, bowling) The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex. | The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.


lexentry: eng/kinkajou__Noun__1
written_rep: kinkajou
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wickelbär | Honigbär
sense_list:
Potos flavus, a carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail, related to the raccoon.


lexentry: eng/kinky__Adjective__1
written_rep: kinky
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pervers | sexy | verdreht
sense_list:
(informal) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.


lexentry: eng/kiosk__Noun__1
written_rep: kiosk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kiosk | Büdchen
sense_list:
A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.


lexentry: eng/kip__Verb__1
written_rep: kip
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: knacken | pennen | pofen | ratzen | schlafen
sense_list:
(informal, chiefly, UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.


lexentry: eng/kisel__Noun__1
written_rep: kisel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kissel
sense_list:
A dessert (sometimes consumed as a drink) made from fruit or berry juice and thickened with starch, common in Slavic and Baltic countries as well as Finland.


lexentry: eng/kiss__Verb__1
written_rep: kiss
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: küssen | knutschen
sense_list:
(transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.


lexentry: eng/kiss__Verb__1
written_rep: kiss
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: küssen
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact. | (intransitive) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.


lexentry: eng/kiss_ass__Verb__1
written_rep: kiss ass
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in den Arsch kriechen
sense_list:
(US, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial) to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously.


lexentry: eng/kiss_me__Phrase__1
written_rep: kiss me
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: küss mich
sense_list:
I informally request that you kiss me—that you touch my lips with your lips or press the lips against, as an expression of love or affection.


lexentry: eng/kiss_of_peace__Noun__1
written_rep: kiss of peace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Friedenskuss
sense_list:
(Christianity) An early Christian greeting consisting of a kiss, originally on the mouth but later on the cheek, still used in some traditional churches.


lexentry: eng/kissing_gourami__Noun__1
written_rep: kissing gourami
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Küssender Gurami
sense_list:
A large tropical freshwater fish (Helostoma temminckii), commercial food fish which are farmed in their native Southeast Asia and are also popular with aquarists for the fish's peculiar "kissing" behaviour.


lexentry: eng/kitchen_paper__Noun__1
written_rep: kitchen paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Papiertuch
sense_list:
(UK) Paper towels intended for kitchen purposes such as absorbing spillages and wrapping sandwiches.


lexentry: eng/kitchen_sink__Noun__1
written_rep: kitchen sink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kiessand
sense_list:
(figurative) A miscellany or a miscellaneous item; an item exemplifying an indiscriminate profusion.


lexentry: eng/kitchenware__Noun__1
written_rep: kitchenware
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Küchengeräte
sense_list:
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.


lexentry: eng/kite__Noun__1
written_rep: kite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: Drachen | Drachenviereck | Fesseldrachen | Kite
sense_list:
(geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.


lexentry: eng/kite__Noun__1
written_rep: kite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: Drachen | Fesseldrachen | Kite
sense_list:
(sailing, dated) In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail.


lexentry: eng/kite__Verb__1
written_rep: kite
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: einen Drachen steigen lassen
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, rare) To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.


lexentry: eng/kitsch__Noun__1
written_rep: kitsch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kitsch
sense_list:
Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.


lexentry: eng/kittiwake__Noun__1
written_rep: kittiwake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dreizehenmöwe
sense_list:
Either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae that nest in colonies on sea cliffs and spend the winter on the open ocean.


lexentry: eng/kiwi_fruit__Noun__1
written_rep: kiwi fruit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kiwi | chinesische Stachelbeere
sense_list:
A Chinese gooseberry vine fruit, having a hairy brown skin and dark green (or in the case of the kiwi fruit gold, yellow) flesh with fine black seeds, almost always varieties of Actinidia deliciosa.


lexentry: eng/klepht__Noun__1
written_rep: klepht
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dieb
sense_list:
(historical) An anti-Ottoman insurgent living in the mountains when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/kleptomania__Noun__1
written_rep: kleptomania
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kleptomanie | Stehlsucht
sense_list:
(psychology) A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.


lexentry: eng/klipspringer__Noun__1
written_rep: klipspringer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Klippspringer
sense_list:
A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus).


lexentry: eng/kludge__Noun__1
written_rep: kludge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Behelfslösung | Hack | Kniff
sense_list:
(informal) Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.


lexentry: eng/knacker's_yard__Noun__1
written_rep: knacker's yard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abdeckerei | Kafillerei
sense_list:
The area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption or other purposes are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.


lexentry: eng/knackwurst__Noun__1
written_rep: knackwurst
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Knackwurst | Knackwürstchen
sense_list:
A highly seasoned scalded sausage made from beef, pork, and fatty tissue similar to a frankfurter, but shorter and thicker.


lexentry: eng/knead__Verb__1
written_rep: knead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kneten
sense_list:
(transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.


lexentry: eng/kneaded_eraser__Noun__1
written_rep: kneaded eraser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Knetgummi
sense_list:
A tool made from pliable material resembling putty or chewing gum used to absorb graphite or charcoal.


lexentry: eng/knee-high__Noun__1
written_rep: knee-high
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kniestrumpf
sense_list:
(US, usually, in the plural) A sock or stocking that reaches to the knees; chiefly, women's nylon stockings that end slightly above the knee and supported by garter belts.


lexentry: eng/knee-jerk__Noun__1
written_rep: knee-jerk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kniephänomen | Kniereflex | Kniesehnenreflex | Patellarreflex | Patellarsehnenreflex
sense_list:
A sudden reflexive movement of the leg below the knee, as a reaction to a tap to the tendon just below the patella (kneecap).


lexentry: eng/knee__Noun__1
written_rep: knee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Knie
sense_list:
In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. | The part of a garment that covers the knee. | (figurative) The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.


lexentry: eng/kneeling_chair__Noun__1
written_rep: kneeling chair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kniehocker | Kniestuhl
sense_list:
A type of chair for sitting in a position with the thighs dropped to an angle of about 60 to 70 degrees from vertical (as opposed to 90 degrees when sitting in a normal chair), with some of the body's weight supported by the shins.


lexentry: eng/knife__Noun__1
written_rep: knife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Messer
sense_list:
A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing. | A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger. | Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.


lexentry: eng/knife__Verb__1
written_rep: knife
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: messern
sense_list:
(transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.


lexentry: eng/knife_pleat__Noun__1
written_rep: knife pleat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Messerfalte | Quetschfalte
sense_list:
(sewing) A type of sharply pressed pleating, especially in a skirt or kilt, in which all of the folds are turned in one direction, with each pleat being three layers of fabric thick.


lexentry: eng/knife_rest__Noun__1
written_rep: knife rest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Messerbänkchen
sense_list:
A piece of kitchenware for temporarily resting a knife on while it is not in use, and without touching the table.


lexentry: eng/knight-errant__Noun__1
written_rep: knight-errant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fahrender Ritter
sense_list:
A knight in a medieval romance who wanders in search of adventure and opportunities to prove his chivalry.


lexentry: eng/knight__Noun__1
written_rep: knight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Ritter
sense_list:
(by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages. | (modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.


lexentry: eng/knight__Noun__1
written_rep: knight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Springer | Pferd | Ross | Gaul | Rössel | Rössl
sense_list:
(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.


lexentry: eng/knight_banneret__Noun__1
written_rep: knight banneret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bannerherr
sense_list:
(law, historical) A knight entitled to subinfeudate his estate and to lead troops under his own banner.


lexentry: eng/knighthood__Noun__1
written_rep: knighthood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ritterlichkeit | Ritterschaft | Rittertum
sense_list:
An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and one can thereafter be called "Sir" | The quality of being a knight. | The knights collectively, the body of knights.


lexentry: eng/knit__Verb__1
written_rep: knit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stricken
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.


lexentry: eng/knob__Noun__1
written_rep: knob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Knopf | Knauf
sense_list:
A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle. | A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.


lexentry: eng/knobhead__Noun__1
written_rep: knobhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: -en
sense_list:
(Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, vulgar, slang) A fool; an idiot; a contemptible person.


lexentry: eng/knock__Verb__1
written_rep: knock
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: schlagen
sense_list:
(transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.


lexentry: eng/knock_about__Verb__1
written_rep: knock about
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rumfliegen
sense_list:
(by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang around in. | (by extension, usually in present participial form) To be mislaid in a place.


lexentry: eng/knock_down__Verb__1
written_rep: knock down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: umwerfen
sense_list:
(transitive) To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.


lexentry: eng/knock_it_off__Verb__1
written_rep: knock it off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abschließen
sense_list:
(colloquial, mostly, imperative, idiom) To cease doing something, particulary annoying or unpleasant; to desist.


lexentry: eng/knock_on_wood__Verb__1
written_rep: knock on wood
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: auf Holz klopfen
sense_list:
(idiomatic, US) To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.


lexentry: eng/knock_up__Verb__1
written_rep: knock up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: erschöpfen | schwängern
sense_list:
(dated, intransitive) To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/knock_up__Verb__1
written_rep: knock up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: schwängern
sense_list:
(slang, principally American) To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/knock_up__Verb__1
written_rep: knock up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: aufwärmen
sense_list:
(racket sports, intransitive) To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/knockoff__Noun__1
written_rep: knockoff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fälschung | Imitat
sense_list:
An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually lower in quality and price than the original.


lexentry: eng/knockout__Noun__1
written_rep: knockout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: K. o.
sense_list:
The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.


lexentry: eng/knot__Noun__1
written_rep: knot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Knoten
sense_list:
A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops. | (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above). | A protuberant joint in a plant. | (aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.


lexentry: eng/knot__Noun__2
written_rep: knot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Knutt | Knuttstrandläufer
sense_list:
One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).


lexentry: eng/knothole__Noun__1
written_rep: knothole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Astloch
sense_list:
In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences.


lexentry: eng/knout__Noun__1
written_rep: knout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Knute
sense_list:
A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.


lexentry: eng/know-it-all__Noun__1
written_rep: know-it-all
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Besserwisser | Besserwisserin | Rechthaber | Neunmalkluger | Klugscheißer | Klugscheißerin
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, pejorative) Someone who claims to be knowledgeable or an expert in something, obnoxiously dismissing the opinions, advice, suggestions, etc. of others.


lexentry: eng/know__Verb__1
written_rep: know
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wissen | kennen
sense_list:
(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that. | (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.


lexentry: eng/know__Verb__1
written_rep: know
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: können | sich auskennen in | wissen
sense_list:
(transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.


lexentry: eng/knowledge__Noun__1
written_rep: knowledge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wissen | Kenntnis
sense_list:
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/knowledge__Noun__1
written_rep: knowledge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kenntnis | Wissen
sense_list:
Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/knowledge_is_power__Proverb__1
written_rep: knowledge is power
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wissen ist Macht
sense_list:
Scientia potentia est; with knowledge and/or education, one's potential or ability to succeed in the pursuit of one's objectives will certainly increase.


lexentry: eng/koala__Noun__1
written_rep: koala
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Koala
sense_list:
A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.


lexentry: eng/koan__Noun__1
written_rep: koan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Koan
sense_list:
(Zen, _, Buddhism) A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori.


lexentry: eng/kobza__Noun__1
written_rep: kobza
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kobsa | Kobza
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A lute-like stringed instrument traditionally made from a single block of wood, with a medium-length neck, originating in Ukrainian folk music.


lexentry: eng/kofta__Noun__1
written_rep: kofta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Köfte
sense_list:
Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans.


lexentry: eng/kogel_mogel__Noun__1
written_rep: kogel mogel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zuckerei | Goggelmoggel
sense_list:
An egg-based homemade dessert made from egg yolks, sugar, and flavourings such as honey, vanilla, cocoa or rum, similar to eggnog, popular in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in Caucasus.


lexentry: eng/kohl__Noun__1
written_rep: kohl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kajal
sense_list:
A dark powder, usually powdered antimony, used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries; stibnite.


lexentry: eng/koi__Noun__1
written_rep: koi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Koi | Koi-Karpfen
sense_list:
Ornamental domesticated varieties of the Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus), of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring.


lexentry: eng/kokoretsi__Noun__1
written_rep: kokoretsi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kokoretsch
sense_list:
A traditional Greek dish typically consumed at Easter, consisting mainly of seasoned lamb or goat offal.


lexentry: eng/kola_nut__Noun__1
written_rep: kola nut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kolanuss
sense_list:
The edible seed of the kola tree, Cola acuminata and related species, used as a flavoring and as a source of caffeine.


lexentry: eng/kolach__Noun__1
written_rep: kolach
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kolatsche
sense_list:
Type of pastry that holds a portion of fruit or cheese, surrounded by a puffy cushion of supple dough.


lexentry: eng/koliva__Noun__1
written_rep: koliva
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weihnachtsgrütze
sense_list:
A dish made of sweetened boiled wheat, optionally mixed with nuts and spices, and used in Eastern Orthodox rituals to commemorate the dead or at slava.


lexentry: eng/kolovrat__Noun__1
written_rep: kolovrat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Drehkreuz
sense_list:
(neopaganism, politics, fascism, nationalism) An eight-spoked swastika used by Slavic neopagan, fascist, and nationalist groups.


lexentry: eng/komboskini__Noun__1
written_rep: komboskini
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Komboskini
sense_list:
(Christianity) A rope of usually 33, 50 or 100 knots, used in meditative prayer in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic tradition, to count one's recitations of the Jesus Prayer.


lexentry: eng/kompromat__Noun__1
written_rep: kompromat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kompromat | kompromittierendes Material
sense_list:
Compromising material, blackmail material, (real or fabricated) evidence that a person does not want revealed, dirt.


lexentry: eng/konjac__Noun__1
written_rep: konjac
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Konjakwurzel | Teufelszunge
sense_list:
Any of various food products made from the plant, including a flour and a gelatin, used to make noodles and candies, and as a food supplement for weight reduction.


lexentry: eng/kopek__Noun__1
written_rep: kopek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kopeke
sense_list:
A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble. | A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia.


lexentry: eng/kore__Noun__1
written_rep: kore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kore
sense_list:
(arts, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.


lexentry: eng/korfball__Noun__1
written_rep: korfball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Korfball | Korfballspiel
sense_list:
(uncountable) A non-contact unisex team sport originating from the Netherlands, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.


lexentry: eng/koruna__Noun__1
written_rep: koruna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Krone
sense_list:
The currency of the Czech Republic, divided into 100 hellers. | The former currency of Slovakia, divided into 100 haliers.


lexentry: eng/kosher__Adjective__1
written_rep: kosher
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: koscher
sense_list:
(Judaism) Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food). | (figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice.


lexentry: eng/koto__Noun__1
written_rep: koto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Koto
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A Japanese stringed instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand.


lexentry: eng/koulouri__Noun__1
written_rep: koulouri
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kringel
sense_list:
A bagel or ring doughnut shaped bread roll covered with sesame or sunflower seeds, often sold on the streets of Greece.


lexentry: eng/kraal__Noun__1
written_rep: kraal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kraal
sense_list:
In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community. | In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade. | An enclosure for livestock.


lexentry: eng/kratom__Noun__1
written_rep: kratom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kratom
sense_list:
The dried leaves of this tree, used in traditional medicine or recreationally for their stimulant and analgesic effects.


lexentry: eng/krill__Noun__1
written_rep: krill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krill
sense_list:
any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.


lexentry: eng/kroepoek__Noun__1
written_rep: kroepoek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krabbenbrot | Krabbenchip
sense_list:
An Indonesian (Javanese) shrimp cracker, made from tapioca flour, salt, ground shrimps and various spices.


lexentry: eng/krone__Noun__1
written_rep: krone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krone
sense_list:
The currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar.


lexentry: eng/kroužek__Noun__1
written_rep: kroužek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kroužek
sense_list:
A ring-shaped diacritical mark (˚), whose use is largely restricted to Å, å and Ů, ů, and whereon it represents an etymological ‘o’.


lexentry: eng/krupuk__Noun__1
written_rep: krupuk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krabbenbrot | Krabbenchip
sense_list:
An Indonesian (Javanese) cracker, made from tapioca flour, salt, ground shrimps and various traditional spices.


lexentry: eng/krypton__Noun__1
written_rep: krypton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krypton
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/kshatriya__Noun__1
written_rep: kshatriya
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kshatriya
sense_list:
A member of the second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste.


lexentry: eng/kudu__Noun__1
written_rep: kudu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kudu
sense_list:
A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).


lexentry: eng/kudzu__Noun__1
written_rep: kudzu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kudzu
sense_list:
(cooking, medicine) A starch extracted from the root that is used in traditional East Asian medicine and cuisine.


lexentry: eng/kulak__Noun__1
written_rep: kulak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kulak | Kulakin
sense_list:
(historical) A prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers.


lexentry: eng/kumari__Noun__1
written_rep: kumari
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Göttin
sense_list:
(Hinduism, chiefly, _, Nepal) A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.


lexentry: eng/kumquat__Noun__1
written_rep: kumquat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kumquat
sense_list:
A small, orange citrus-like fruit which is native to Asia (Citrus japonica, syn. Fortunella japonica).


lexentry: eng/kurta__Noun__1
written_rep: kurta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kurta
sense_list:
A traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women.


lexentry: eng/kurtosis__Noun__1
written_rep: kurtosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wölbung | Kurtosis
sense_list:
(statistics) A measure of "heaviness of the tails" of a probability distribution, defined as the fourth cumulant divided by the square of the variance of the probability distribution.


lexentry: eng/kuru__Noun__1
written_rep: kuru
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kuru
sense_list:
A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.


lexentry: eng/kwashiorkor__Noun__1
written_rep: kwashiorkor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kwashiorkor | Mehlnährschaden
sense_list:
(pathology) A form of malnutrition, found in children, caused by dietary insufficiency of protein in combination with a high-carbohydrate diet.


lexentry: eng/kype__Noun__1
written_rep: kype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laichhaken
sense_list:
The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.


lexentry: eng/kyriarchy__Noun__1
written_rep: kyriarchy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kyriarchat | Kyriarchie
sense_list:
A system of ruling and oppression in which many people may interact and act as oppressor or oppressed. [from 1992]


lexentry: eng/l'esprit_de_l'escalier__Noun__1
written_rep: l'esprit de l'escalier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Treppenwitz
sense_list:
The phenomenon when a conversational rejoinder or remark only occurs to someone after the opportunity to make it has passed.


lexentry: eng/lab_rat__Noun__1
written_rep: lab rat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Versuchskaninchen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A person or group used as the subject of an experiment or test, especially unwillingly or unwittingly.


lexentry: eng/label__Noun__1
written_rep: label
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Etikett | Aufschrift | Beschriftung | Etikette
sense_list:
A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.


lexentry: eng/label__Verb__1
written_rep: label
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etikettieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something). | (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.


lexentry: eng/labia_majora__Noun__1
written_rep: labia majora
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: große Schamlippen
sense_list:
(anatomy) The two outer rounded folds of adipose tissue that lie on either side of the opening of the vagina.


lexentry: eng/labialization__Noun__1
written_rep: labialization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Labialisierung
sense_list:
(phonology) A secondary articulatory feature of usually consonants that involves the contraction or rounding of the lips (labia) during pronunciation.


lexentry: eng/labium__Noun__1
written_rep: labium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schamlippe
sense_list:
(anatomy, usually, in the plural) A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin on either side of the vulva.


lexentry: eng/labneh__Noun__1
written_rep: labneh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abtropfjoghurt | Labneh | Labné
sense_list:
Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yoghurt and cheese.


lexentry: eng/labor-intensive__Adjective__1
written_rep: labor-intensive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arbeitsintensiv
sense_list:
(American spelling) Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital.


lexentry: eng/labor_market__Noun__1
written_rep: labor market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitsmarkt
sense_list:
(economics) The market consisting of the supply of unemployed workers in relation to the demand for them.


lexentry: eng/labor_of_love__Noun__1
written_rep: labor of love
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liebhaberei
sense_list:
(American spelling, idiomatic) A task performed voluntarily without expectation of reimbursement; an altruistic work or undertaking.


lexentry: eng/labor_theory_of_value__Noun__1
written_rep: labor theory of value
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitswertlehre | Arbeitswerttheorie
sense_list:
(economics, political science) The theory, usually associated with Marxian economics, that freely reproducible goods get their value from socially necessary human labor time.


lexentry: eng/laboratory__Noun__1
written_rep: laboratory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Labor | Laboratorium | Laborgebäude
sense_list:
A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis. | A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured.


lexentry: eng/labour__Noun__1
written_rep: labour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Arbeit | Arbeiter
sense_list:
(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.


lexentry: eng/labour__Noun__1
written_rep: labour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Wehen
sense_list:
(medicine, obstetrics) The act of a mother giving birth. | The time period during which a mother gives birth.


lexentry: eng/labour_force__Noun__1
written_rep: labour force
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitskraft
sense_list:
The collective group of people who are available for employment, whether currently employed or unemployed (though sometimes only those unemployed people who are seeking work are included).


lexentry: eng/labyrinth__Noun__1
written_rep: labyrinth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Labyrinth
sense_list:
(gardening) A maze formed by paths separated by high hedges. | (anatomy) A complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance. It consists of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).


lexentry: eng/lac__Noun__1
written_rep: lac
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lack
sense_list:
A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.


lexentry: eng/lace__Noun__1
written_rep: lace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spitze
sense_list:
(uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp


lexentry: eng/lace__Verb__1
written_rep: lace
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: dotieren | infizieren | kontaminieren | vergiften | versetzen | verunreinigen
sense_list:
(transitive) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).


lexentry: eng/laches__Noun__1
written_rep: laches
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Nachlässigkeit
sense_list:
(legal) An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim alleging a wrong, which means the person who waited shall not be permitted to seek an equitable remedy because the delay prejudiced the moving party.


lexentry: eng/lack_of_sleep__Noun__1
written_rep: lack of sleep
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlafmangel
sense_list:
The condition of not having slept enough at any given time without any specification of cause. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/lackluster__Adjective__1
written_rep: lackluster
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: langweilig | mittelmäßig | müde
sense_list:
(figurative) Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality.


lexentry: eng/lacquer__Noun__1
written_rep: lacquer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lack
sense_list:
A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.


lexentry: eng/lacrimal_gland__Noun__1
written_rep: lacrimal gland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tränendrüse
sense_list:
(anatomy, ophthalmology) Either of a pair of almond-shaped glands, one for each eye, that secrete the aqueous layer of the tear film.


lexentry: eng/lacrimal_sac__Noun__1
written_rep: lacrimal sac
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tränensack
sense_list:
(anatomy, ophthalmology) The upper dilated end of the nasolacrimal duct that is situated in a groove formed by the lacrimal bone and the frontal process of the maxilla and receives the lacrimal canaliculi.


lexentry: eng/lacrosse__Noun__1
written_rep: lacrosse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lacrosse
sense_list:
(sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.


lexentry: eng/lactam__Noun__1
written_rep: lactam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lactam
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of cyclic amides that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims.


lexentry: eng/lactase__Noun__1
written_rep: lactase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lactase | Laktase
sense_list:
(enzyme, organic compound) A β-galactosidase enzyme that is involved in the hydrolysis of the disaccharide lactose into constituent galactose and glucose monomers.


lexentry: eng/lactic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: lactic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Milchsäure
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) 2-hydroxy-propanoic acid (CH3.CHOH.CO2H), a syrupy liquid, soluble in water; found in milk, wine and many fruits; used as a food additive and in many industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/lactoferrin__Noun__1
written_rep: lactoferrin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lactoferrin
sense_list:
A globular multifunctional protein with antimicrobial activity, found in milk and many mucosal secretions such as tears and saliva


lexentry: eng/lactose__Noun__1
written_rep: lactose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laktose | Milchzucker | Lactose
sense_list:
(carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.


lexentry: eng/lactulose__Noun__1
written_rep: lactulose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lactulose
sense_list:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic disaccharide C12H22O11 consisting of galactose and fructose units, used as a laxative for chronic constipation and as an acidifier to reduce blood ammonia levels causing neurological symptoms in advanced liver disease. It is used in solution for oral or rectal administration.


lexentry: eng/lacuna__Noun__1
written_rep: lacuna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lexikalische Lücke
sense_list:
(linguistics, translation studies) A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.


lexentry: eng/ladder__Noun__1
written_rep: ladder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leiter
sense_list:
A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps). | In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.


lexentry: eng/ladder__Noun__1
written_rep: ladder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Laufmasche
sense_list:
(chiefly, Britain) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.


lexentry: eng/ladies'_room__Noun__1
written_rep: ladies' room
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Damentoilette | Damenumkleideraum
sense_list:
(euphemism) A public lavatory intended for use by women. | (historical) A waiting room in a railway station or other public building intended exclusively for women and usually including a separate women's lavatory.


lexentry: eng/ladies_and_gentlemen__Noun__1
written_rep: ladies and gentlemen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meine Damen und Herren | Damen und Herren | Herrschaften
sense_list:
Used to address an audience. | (rare, _, and, _, euphemism) Public toilets: a ladies' room and a gentlemen's room.


lexentry: eng/lady's_slipper__Noun__1
written_rep: lady's slipper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Frauenschuh
sense_list:
Any orchid of the subfamily Cypripedioideae, distinguished by their slipper-shaped pouches which trap insects to improve pollination rates.


lexentry: eng/lady's_thumb__Noun__1
written_rep: lady's thumb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Floh-Knöterich
sense_list:
A perennial plant of the knotweed family, native to Eurasia but introduced to many other regions, Persicaria maculosa.


lexentry: eng/lady-in-waiting__Noun__1
written_rep: lady-in-waiting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ehrendame | Hofdame | Palastdame
sense_list:
A lady, often a noblewoman, in the household of a queen, princess, or other woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant, generally a role considered an honour.


lexentry: eng/lady__Noun__1
written_rep: lady
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: Dame | Madam | meine Dame | verehrte Frau
sense_list:
A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.


lexentry: eng/ladybird__Noun__1
written_rep: ladybird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marienkäfer
sense_list:
Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.


lexentry: eng/ladybird_spider__Noun__1
written_rep: ladybird spider
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rote Röhrenspinne
sense_list:
Eresus sandaliatus, a species of spider found primarily in northern and central Europe, males generally being 6-9mm long and characterized by a bright orange back featuring four large and two small ebony spots, females being 10-16mm long and jet-black.


lexentry: eng/lagniappe__Noun__1
written_rep: lagniappe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dreingabe
sense_list:
(chiefly, Louisiana, Mississippi, Trinidad and Tobago) An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they purchase something.


lexentry: eng/lahmacun__Noun__1
written_rep: lahmacun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Türkische Pizza
sense_list:
A dish of Arab origin consisting of a round, thin piece of dough topped with minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb).


lexentry: eng/lair__Noun__1
written_rep: lair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bau | Höhle
sense_list:
A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground. | A shed or shelter for domestic animals.


lexentry: eng/lake__Noun__4
written_rep: lake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Färberlack
sense_list:
In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.


lexentry: eng/lake_dwelling__Noun__1
written_rep: lake dwelling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pfahlbau
sense_list:
A prehistoric structure, built over shallow waters, such as a lake or marsh, supported on piles or artificial mounds of earth or wood.


lexentry: eng/lambada__Noun__1
written_rep: lambada
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lambada
sense_list:
(preceded by definite article) A fast-paced, erotic Brazilian dance in which couples dance with their stomachs touching.


lexentry: eng/lambda__Noun__1
written_rep: lambda
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lambda
sense_list:
The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.


lexentry: eng/lambda_point__Noun__1
written_rep: lambda point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lambdapunkt
sense_list:
(physics) The temperature that is the transition point between the normal and the superfluid forms of helium (at a particular pressure)


lexentry: eng/lambdacism__Noun__1
written_rep: lambdacism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lambdazismus
sense_list:
(phonology) A pronunciation shift whereby /l/ or other closely related phonemes are substituted for other sounds (typically /r/), as Sally for Sarah or Molly for Mary.


lexentry: eng/lambskin__Noun__1
written_rep: lambskin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lamm
sense_list:
The skin of a very young sheep, especially prepared with the fleece still attached. A very fine form of leather.


lexentry: eng/lame_duck__Noun__1
written_rep: lame duck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: scheidender Amtsinhaber
sense_list:
(US, politics) An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office.


lexentry: eng/lametta__Noun__1
written_rep: lametta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lametta
sense_list:
Thin wire or foil made of brass, gold or silver; now especially thin strips of metallic foil used as Christmas decoration.


lexentry: eng/lamia__Noun__1
written_rep: lamia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lamia
sense_list:
(Greek mythology) A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.


lexentry: eng/lamina__Noun__1
written_rep: lamina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hufeisen
sense_list:
(botany) the flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet | (skeleton) either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen


lexentry: eng/laminate_flooring__Noun__1
written_rep: laminate flooring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laminat | Laminatboden | Laminatfußboden
sense_list:
Multi-layer synthetic flooring product fused together with a lamination process and simulating wood.


lexentry: eng/lamp__Noun__1
written_rep: lamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lampe | Öllampe
sense_list:
A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb. | A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.


lexentry: eng/lampblack__Noun__1
written_rep: lampblack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ruß
sense_list:
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.


lexentry: eng/lampoon__Noun__1
written_rep: lampoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schmähschrift | Pamphlet | Spottschrift
sense_list:
A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.


lexentry: eng/lamprey__Noun__1
written_rep: lamprey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Neunauge
sense_list:
Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.


lexentry: eng/lampshade__Noun__1
written_rep: lampshade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lampenschirm
sense_list:
A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.


lexentry: eng/lance__Noun__1
written_rep: lance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lanze
sense_list:
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. | A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.


lexentry: eng/lance_corporal__Noun__1
written_rep: lance corporal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gefreiter
sense_list:
(US) An enlisted rank of grade E-3 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above private first class and below corporal. Abbreviated as LCpl.


lexentry: eng/lanceolate__Adjective__1
written_rep: lanceolate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lanzettlich | lanzettförmig
sense_list:
(botany, mycology) Having the general shape of a lance; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and a pointed apex.


lexentry: eng/land__Noun__1
written_rep: land
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Land
sense_list:
Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected. | A country or region. | (agriculture) The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.


lexentry: eng/landgrave__Noun__1
written_rep: landgrave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Landgraf
sense_list:
County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).


lexentry: eng/landing_craft__Noun__1
written_rep: landing craft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Landungsfahrzeug
sense_list:
(nautical, military) A type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea.


lexentry: eng/landing_gear__Noun__1
written_rep: landing gear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fahrwerk
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable, aviation) The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft; its undercarriage.


lexentry: eng/landing_net__Noun__1
written_rep: landing net
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kescher
sense_list:
(fishing) A fishnet mounted on a ring which is connected to a handle, used by anglers to secure a catch when pulling it out of the water by the line to which it is hooked.


lexentry: eng/landing_page__Noun__1
written_rep: landing page
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Landeseite | Landingpage
sense_list:
(web design, marketing) A web page at which a user first arrives at a website, now especially one optimized for a marketing campaign or for lead generation.


lexentry: eng/landing_ship__Noun__1
written_rep: landing ship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Landungsschiff
sense_list:
(military, nautical) a sea-going military light ferry designed to assault shores that are held against them, and disembark forces directly onto the shore


lexentry: eng/landline__Noun__1
written_rep: landline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Festnetz
sense_list:
A fixed telephone communications cable; originally, one run over land, as opposed to a submarine cable.


lexentry: eng/landlocked__Adjective__1
written_rep: landlocked
part_of_speech: adjective
sense_list: (of a country, geographical region, etc.) Surrounded by land (having no borders with the sea).
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
binnen- | binnenkontinental | binnenkontinental gelegen | landumschlossen | ohne Zugang zum Meer | von Land umgeben


lexentry: eng/landlocked__Adjective__1
written_rep: landlocked
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ohne Zugang zu öffentlichen Wegen
sense_list:
(US, real estate, of a property or parcel) Surrounded by other property and having no access to a public road.


lexentry: eng/landlord__Noun__1
written_rep: landlord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauswirt | Vermieter
sense_list:
A person that leases real property; a lessor. | (chiefly, British) The owner or manager of a public house. | (surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.


lexentry: eng/landrace__Noun__1
written_rep: landrace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Landrasse
sense_list:
(often, attributive) Any local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work). [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/landscape__Noun__1
written_rep: landscape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Landschaft
sense_list:
A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains. | A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc. | The pictorial aspect of a country.


lexentry: eng/landscape__Noun__1
written_rep: landscape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Querformat
sense_list:
(computing, printing, uncountable) a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides


lexentry: eng/landscape_genetics__Noun__1
written_rep: landscape genetics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Landschaftsgenetik
sense_list:
A discipline that analyses the influence of landscape and environmental features on the genetic structure of a population.


lexentry: eng/landslide__Noun__1
written_rep: landslide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erdrutsch
sense_list:
A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.


lexentry: eng/langos__Noun__1
written_rep: langos
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Langos
sense_list:
A traditional Hungarian fried dough, usually seasoned with garlic, sour cream or cheese and sold as a fast food.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
written_rep: language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sprache | Einzelsprache
sense_list:
(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
written_rep: language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Sprache | Sprachen
sense_list:
(uncountable) The ability to communicate using words. | (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
written_rep: language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Sprache | Jargon
sense_list:
(uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
written_rep: language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Sprache
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does. | (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.


lexentry: eng/language_barrier__Noun__1
written_rep: language barrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sprachbarriere
sense_list:
A conceptual barrier to effective communication, occurring when people who speak different languages attempt to communicate with each other.


lexentry: eng/language_contact__Noun__1
written_rep: language contact
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sprachkontakt
sense_list:
(linguistics) The phenomenon in which speakers of two or more languages or varieties interact and influence each other.


lexentry: eng/language_exchange__Noun__1
written_rep: language exchange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sprachaustausch | Sprachenaustausch
sense_list:
A method of language learning based on mutual practice by learning partners who speak different languages.


lexentry: eng/language_model__Noun__1
written_rep: language model
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sprachmodell
sense_list:
(ML) A machine learning model that assigns probabilities to sequences of characters or words, and/or is capable of generating plausible subsequent text from a given prompt.


lexentry: eng/language_police__Noun__1
written_rep: language police
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sprachpolizei
sense_list:
(informal, derogatory) Any person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language.


lexentry: eng/language_technology__Noun__1
written_rep: language technology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sprachtechnologie
sense_list:
The interdisciplinary field dealing with making computer programs model, analyze, produce, modify and respond to human language.


lexentry: eng/languid__Adjective__1
written_rep: languid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: träge
sense_list:
Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic.


lexentry: eng/languish__Verb__1
written_rep: languish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ermatten | erschlaffen | siechen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/languish__Verb__1
written_rep: languish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: schmachten | sehnen | sich verzehren
sense_list:
(intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/languor__Noun__1
written_rep: languor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: einschläfernde Stille
sense_list:
(uncountable) A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/langur__Noun__1
written_rep: langur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hanuman-Langur
sense_list:
Any of the Old World monkeys of the subfamily Colobinae, in the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis (surilis), and Semnopithecus (gray langurs).


lexentry: eng/lanolin__Noun__1
written_rep: lanolin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wollwachs | Wollschweißfett
sense_list:
A greasy yellow substance chemically akin to wax that is secreted from wooly animals, with a variety of uses from rust prevention, lubrication and waterproofing to cosmetics and skin ointments.


lexentry: eng/lansquenet__Noun__1
written_rep: lansquenet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Landsknecht
sense_list:
(countable, historical) Any of a class of German mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikemen and foot soldiers.


lexentry: eng/lansquenet__Noun__1
written_rep: lansquenet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Landsknecht | Lansquenet
sense_list:
(uncountable) A gambling card game in which the dealer is given an initial card and the players another; cards are then turned up until the value (rank) of one of those cards is met.


lexentry: eng/lantern__Noun__1
written_rep: lantern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laterne
sense_list:
A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings. | (architecture) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light. | (steam engines) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; a lantern brass.


lexentry: eng/lantern_wheel__Noun__1
written_rep: lantern wheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laterne
sense_list:
A pinion with cylindrical staves, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates.


lexentry: eng/lanternfish__Noun__1
written_rep: lanternfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laternenfisch
sense_list:
any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.


lexentry: eng/lanthanide__Noun__1
written_rep: lanthanide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lanthanoide
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any of the 15 rare earth elements from lanthanum to lutetium in the periodic table; because their outermost orbitals are not filled, they have very similar chemistry; below them are the actinides.


lexentry: eng/lanthanum__Noun__1
written_rep: lanthanum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lanthan
sense_list:
(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/lanyard__Noun__1
written_rep: lanyard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schlüsselband | Umhängeband | Trageband
sense_list:
(by extension) A cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object to be carried such as an identity card or security pass, key, knife, or whistle.


lexentry: eng/lanyard__Noun__1
written_rep: lanyard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Abzugsleine
sense_list:
(by extension, military) A cord with a hook which is secured to an artillery piece, and pulled to fire the weapon.


lexentry: eng/lap__Noun__1
written_rep: lap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Schoß
sense_list:
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.


lexentry: eng/lap__Noun__2
written_rep: lap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bahn | Bahnlänge
sense_list:
The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping. | (swimming) The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again.


lexentry: eng/lap__Verb__2
written_rep: lap
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: überrunden
sense_list:
(transitive, sports, motor racing) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.


lexentry: eng/lap__Verb__3
written_rep: lap
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schlecken
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.


lexentry: eng/lap_dance__Noun__1
written_rep: lap dance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lapdance
sense_list:
An erotic form of entertainment, typically at a men's club, where a naked or nearly-nude performer straddles a customer and moves in a rhythmic, sexual manner over his or her lap.


lexentry: eng/lap_dog__Noun__1
written_rep: lap dog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schoßhund | Schoßhündchen | Schoßhündin
sense_list:
(cynology) A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.


lexentry: eng/laparoscopy__Noun__1
written_rep: laparoscopy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laparoskopie | Bauchspiegelung
sense_list:
(medicine) Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.


lexentry: eng/laparotomy__Noun__1
written_rep: laparotomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laparotomie
sense_list:
(surgery) The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.


lexentry: eng/lapel__Noun__1
written_rep: lapel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aufschlag | Revers | Jackenaufschlag | Klappe | Mantelaufschlag | Rockaufschlag
sense_list:
Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.


lexentry: eng/lapidary__Adjective__1
written_rep: lapidary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lapidar
sense_list:
Of a piece of writing or a writing style: characteristic of or suitable for an inscription; embodying the precision and refinement of inscriptions on monuments; concise and stately.


lexentry: eng/lapping__Noun__1
written_rep: lapping
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Dichtung
sense_list:
(lutherie) Lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel.


lexentry: eng/lapti__Noun__1
written_rep: lapti
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bastschuh | Bastschuhe
sense_list:
A pair of the old traditional East Slavic (especially Russian) bast shoes, an obsolete traditional footwear of forest areas of Northern Europe, formerly worn by poorer members of the Finnic peoples, Balts, and East Slavs.


lexentry: eng/lapwing__Noun__1
written_rep: lapwing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kiebitz
sense_list:
Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.


lexentry: eng/larceny__Noun__1
written_rep: larceny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Diebstahl
sense_list:
(legal, uncountable) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently. [from mid-15th c.] | (legal, countable) A larcenous act attributable to an individual.


lexentry: eng/largehearted__Adjective__1
written_rep: largehearted
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: großherzig | großmütig
sense_list:
Possessing the properties associated with the heart as the seat of love; compassionate, generous, benevolent, forgiving, etc.


lexentry: eng/largescale_archerfish__Noun__1
written_rep: largescale archerfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gefleckter Schützenfisch
sense_list:
An archerfish of species Toxotes chatareus, which is sooty in colour compared to the silveriness of most archerfish.


lexentry: eng/larkspur__Noun__1
written_rep: larkspur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rittersporn
sense_list:
A delphinium: any plant of the genus Delphinium, especially Delphinium ajacis and other plants of the subgenus Delphinium subg. Consolida


lexentry: eng/larnax__Noun__1
written_rep: larnax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Larnax
sense_list:
(archaeology, historical) A small closed coffin, box or cinerary urn often used as a container for human remains in Ancient Greece.


lexentry: eng/larva__Noun__1
written_rep: larva
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Larve
sense_list:
An animal in the aforementioned stage. | (figurative) A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.


lexentry: eng/laryngeal__Noun__1
written_rep: laryngeal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Laryngal
sense_list:
(Indo-European, _, linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩ and ⟨h₃⟩.


lexentry: eng/larynx__Noun__1
written_rep: larynx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kehlkopf
sense_list:
(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production.


lexentry: eng/lasagna__Noun__1
written_rep: lasagna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lasagne
sense_list:
An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce).


lexentry: eng/laser_cooling__Noun__1
written_rep: laser cooling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laserkühlung
sense_list:
(physics) the process of using the force exerted by a laser to reduce the temperature of a gas, or the spread of velocities of a beam of atoms


lexentry: eng/laser_pointer__Noun__1
written_rep: laser pointer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laserpointer
sense_list:
A device that emits a highly concentrated beam of light to highlight items of interest at some distance


lexentry: eng/laser_printer__Noun__1
written_rep: laser printer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laserdrucker
sense_list:
(computer hardware) A computer printer that uses a laser beam to produce an image on a rotating drum before transferring it to the paper.


lexentry: eng/lassie__Noun__1
written_rep: lassie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mädchen
sense_list:
(chiefly, Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.


lexentry: eng/last__Adjective__1
written_rep: last
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: letzte
sense_list:
Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. | Most recent, latest, last so far. | Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable. | Being the only one remaining of its class. | Lowest in rank or degree.


lexentry: eng/last__Determiner__1
written_rep: last
part_of_speech: determiner
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: letzte
sense_list:
(of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.


lexentry: eng/last_but_not_least__Adverb__1
written_rep: last but not least
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nicht zuletzt | zu guter Letzt
sense_list:
An expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.


lexentry: eng/last_call__Noun__1
written_rep: last call
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: letzter Aufruf
sense_list:
In a bar, the announcement that the establishment will soon be closing and that this is the final opportunity to buy drinks.


lexentry: eng/last_mile__Noun__1
written_rep: last mile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: letzte Meile
sense_list:
(telecommunications) The portion of the infrastructure that carries communication signals from the main system to the end user's business or home, often involving greater expense to install and maintain, and lower transmission speeds.


lexentry: eng/last_night__Adverb__1
written_rep: last night
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gestern Abend | heute Nacht | letzte Nacht | gestern Nacht
sense_list:
during the previous day’s nighttime; during the night before today (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/last_night__Noun__1
written_rep: last night
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gestern Abend | heute Nacht | letzte Nacht | gestern Nacht
sense_list:
(often, used adverbially) The evening or night immediately before the present. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/last_straw__Noun__1
written_rep: last straw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt
sense_list:
(idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) A small addition to a burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.


lexentry: eng/last_word__Noun__1
written_rep: last word
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krone | Nonplusultra
sense_list:
(idiomatic, often preceded by the and followed by in) The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.


lexentry: eng/last_word__Noun__1
written_rep: last word
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: letztes Wort
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Concluding remark; final advice, instructions, or observation. | (often, pluralized) The final statement uttered by a person before death. | (idiomatic) A final decision or remark, or the right to make one.


lexentry: eng/latch-key_child__Noun__1
written_rep: latch-key child
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlüsselkind
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent(s).


lexentry: eng/latch__Noun__1
written_rep: latch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Riegel | Klinke | Anschlag | Arretierung | Falle | Rastklinke
sense_list:
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.


lexentry: eng/latch__Noun__1
written_rep: latch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Auffangregister | Klinkenschalter | Signalschalter
sense_list:
(electronics) An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.


lexentry: eng/latchkey_kid__Noun__1
written_rep: latchkey kid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlüsselkind
sense_list:
(informal) A schoolchild who carries keys to his or her house because there is usually no parent home when school finishes.


lexentry: eng/late__Adjective__1
written_rep: late
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spät
sense_list:
Near the end of a period of time. | Specifically, near the end of the day. | (usually, not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.


lexentry: eng/late__Adjective__1
written_rep: late
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: verstorben | selig
sense_list:
(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)


lexentry: eng/late_bloomer__Noun__1
written_rep: late bloomer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Spätblüher
sense_list:
(literally, horticulture) A flowering plant that blooms later in a growing season than other flowering plants.


lexentry: eng/late_capitalism__Noun__1
written_rep: late capitalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spätkapitalismus
sense_list:
The most recent or current form of capitalism, especially as characterized by monopoly, globalization, exploitation, and excess.


lexentry: eng/lateen__Noun__1
written_rep: lateen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lateinersegel
sense_list:
(nautical) A triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail.


lexentry: eng/lateral__Adjective__1
written_rep: lateral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lateral
sense_list:
To the side; of or pertaining to the side. | (phonetics, phonology) (of a consonant, especially the English clear l) Pertaining to speech sounds generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tongue, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for air passage.


lexentry: eng/lateral_line__Noun__1
written_rep: lateral line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laterallinie
sense_list:
A sense organ of a fish running lengthwise down each of its sides from the vicinity of the operculum to the base of the tail, used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water.


lexentry: eng/lateral_pterygoid_muscle__Noun__1
written_rep: lateral pterygoid muscle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Musculus pterygoideus lateralis
sense_list:
(muscle) A muscle that arises from the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and from the outer surface of the lateral pterygoid plate, is inserted into the condyle of the mandible and the articular disk of the temporomandibular joint, and acts as an antagonist of the masseter, temporalis, and medial pterygoid muscles.


lexentry: eng/lateral_raise__Noun__1
written_rep: lateral raise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seitenhebe | Seitenheben
sense_list:
(weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arm is raised and lowered against resistance – such as through use of a dumbbell, cable, or resistance band –, isolating the deltoids.


lexentry: eng/lateral_thinking__Noun__1
written_rep: lateral thinking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Querdenken
sense_list:
Using reasoned thought in a non-standard, or non-linear logical, way to find a solution to a problem.


lexentry: eng/lath__Noun__1
written_rep: lath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Latte | Leiste
sense_list:
A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.


lexentry: eng/lathe__Noun__2
written_rep: lathe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Drehmaschine | Drehbank | Drechselbank | Drehstuhl | Holzdrehmaschine
sense_list:
(tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.


lexentry: eng/laticlave__Noun__1
written_rep: laticlave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Einsatzstreifen | Einsatzstück
sense_list:
(historical) A badge of two wide purple stripes, worn by senators and certain other high-ranking people in ancient Rome.


lexentry: eng/latissimus_dorsi__Noun__1
written_rep: latissimus dorsi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: großer Rückenmuskel
sense_list:
(muscle) A large, flat, dorsolateral muscle on the trunk, posterior to the arm, and partly covered by the trapezius on its median dorsal region.


lexentry: eng/latitude__Noun__1
written_rep: latitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Breite | geographische Breite | Breitengrad
sense_list:
(geography, astronomy, countable) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.


lexentry: eng/latitude__Noun__1
written_rep: latitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Breite | Breitengrad | Breitenkreis
sense_list:
(geography) An imaginary line (in fact a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.


lexentry: eng/latrine__Noun__1
written_rep: latrine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Latrine
sense_list:
(India, otherwise, _, military) Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.


lexentry: eng/latte__Noun__1
written_rep: latte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Caffè Latte | Café au Lait | Milchkaffee
sense_list:
A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam. | A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea).


lexentry: eng/lattice__Noun__1
written_rep: lattice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gatter | Gitter | Gitterwerk | Gitterzaun | Lattengerüst
sense_list:
A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.


lexentry: eng/lattice__Noun__1
written_rep: lattice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Gitter | Kristallgitter
sense_list:
(crystallography) A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.


lexentry: eng/lattice__Noun__1
written_rep: lattice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Verband
sense_list:
(algebra, order theory) A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.


lexentry: eng/laudanum__Noun__1
written_rep: laudanum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laudanum
sense_list:
(pharmacology) A tincture of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.


lexentry: eng/laugh__Verb__1
written_rep: laugh
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lachen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter. | (intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. | (transitive) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule. | (transitive) To express by, or utter with, laughter.


lexentry: eng/laugh__Verb__1
written_rep: laugh
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: auslachen | lachen
sense_list:
(intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.


lexentry: eng/laughing_dove__Noun__1
written_rep: laughing dove
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Palmtaube
sense_list:
A small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.


lexentry: eng/laughing_gull__Noun__1
written_rep: laughing gull
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Aztekenmöwe
sense_list:
An American gull (Leucophaeus atricilla); in summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black.


lexentry: eng/laughing_kookaburra__Noun__1
written_rep: laughing kookaburra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jägerliest | Kookaburra | Lachender Hans
sense_list:
A kookaburra of species Dacelo novaeguineae, native to eastern Australia and famed for its loud laugh-like call.


lexentry: eng/laughter__Noun__1
written_rep: laughter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lachen | Gelächter
sense_list:
A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.


lexentry: eng/launch__Verb__1
written_rep: launch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: starten | öffnen
sense_list:
(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation


lexentry: eng/launcher__Noun__1
written_rep: launcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abschussgerät
sense_list:
One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch.


lexentry: eng/launder__Verb__1
written_rep: launder
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: waschen
sense_list:
To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron. | (money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.


lexentry: eng/laundry__Noun__1
written_rep: laundry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wäsche | Wäscherei | Waschküche | Waschen | Waschsalon | Waschraum
sense_list:
A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.


lexentry: eng/laundry_basket__Noun__1
written_rep: laundry basket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wäschekorb
sense_list:
A container, often made of plastic, for holding and transporting clothing and household textiles, especially before and after being laundered.


lexentry: eng/laura__Noun__1
written_rep: laura
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Laura | Laure | Lavra | Lawra
sense_list:
(historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.


lexentry: eng/laurel__Noun__1
written_rep: laurel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lorbeer
sense_list:
Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.


lexentry: eng/laurestine__Noun__1
written_rep: laurestine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lorbeerschneeball | Mittelmeer-Schneeball
sense_list:
The Viburnum tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter months.


lexentry: eng/lava_dome__Noun__1
written_rep: lava dome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lavadom
sense_list:
(vulcanology) A roughly circular mound-shaped bulge that builds up from the slow eruption of viscous felsic lava from a volcano.


lexentry: eng/lava_flow__Noun__1
written_rep: lava flow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lavafluss
sense_list:
(geology) a flow of molten lava from an erupting volcano, and the solidified mass left after the lava has cooled down.


lexentry: eng/lava_lamp__Noun__1
written_rep: lava lamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lavalampe
sense_list:
A kind of lamp, typically used more for decoration than illumination, in which the gentle flow of randomly-shaped clumps of wax purportedly suggests the flowing of lava.


lexentry: eng/lavaret__Noun__1
written_rep: lavaret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maräne
sense_list:
(zoology) A European whitefish Coregonus lavaretus, found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland, and in the archipelago in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland.


lexentry: eng/lavash__Noun__1
written_rep: lavash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lavash
sense_list:
A soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, yeast, and salt, baked in a tandoor. Toasted sesame seeds and/or poppy seeds are sometimes sprinkled on it before baking. Traditionally made in Armenia and other countries of the Caucasus and the Middle East.


lexentry: eng/lavender__Noun__1
written_rep: lavender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lavendel
sense_list:
Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family. | (color) A pale bluish purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
written_rep: law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gesetz | Recht
sense_list:
(usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities. | Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.) | A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
written_rep: law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Gesetz
sense_list:
(mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule. | (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.


lexentry: eng/law_enforcement__Noun__1
written_rep: law enforcement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Gesetzesvollzug | Strafverfolgung
sense_list:
The various government agencies, regarded collectively, involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals.


lexentry: eng/law_of_cosines__Noun__1
written_rep: law of cosines
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kosinussatz
sense_list:
(trigonometry) A generalization of the Pythagorean theorem that relates the lengths of the sides of a triangle to the cosine of one of its angles.


lexentry: eng/law_of_large_numbers__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: law of large numbers
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: [[Gesetz der großen Zahlen|Gesetz der großen Zahl(en)]]
sense_list:
(statistics) The statistical tendency toward a fixed ratio in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; law of averages.


lexentry: eng/law_of_obligations__Noun__1
written_rep: law of obligations
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schuldrecht
sense_list:
(law) A branch of private law under civil-law legal systems concerning the rights and duties arising between individuals.


lexentry: eng/law_of_sines__Noun__1
written_rep: law of sines
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sinussatz
sense_list:
(trigonometry) A statement that relates the lengths of the sides of a triangle to the sines of its angles.


lexentry: eng/lawnmower__Noun__1
written_rep: lawnmower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rasenmäher | Mähmaschine
sense_list:
A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.


lexentry: eng/lawsuit__Noun__1
written_rep: lawsuit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gerichtsverfahren | Rechtsstreit | Klage | Prozess
sense_list:
(legal) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.


lexentry: eng/lawyer__Noun__1
written_rep: lawyer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Rechtsanwalt | Anwalt | Rechtsanwältin | Anwältin
sense_list:
A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.


lexentry: eng/lay-by__Noun__1
written_rep: lay-by
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Haltebucht | Rastplatz
sense_list:
(UK) A paved area at the side of a highway designated for drivers to stop in, for emergency parking, or where vehicles can wait, with larger lay-bys possibly having facilities like food vendors or public telephones. | (UK) A railroad siding; a second, short railroad track just to the side of a railroad track, connected with the main track by a switch and used for unloading, bypassing, etc. | (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A method of retail purchase in which the selected goods are set aside and the customer pays for them in instalments, receiving them when fully paid; layaway.


lexentry: eng/lay__Verb__1
written_rep: lay
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: legen
sense_list:
To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position. | To produce and deposit an egg. | To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.


lexentry: eng/lay_down__Verb__1
written_rep: lay down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: befehlen
sense_list:
(transitive) To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).


lexentry: eng/lay_down__Verb__1
written_rep: lay down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: ins Bett gehen
sense_list:
(intransitive, nonstandard, proscribed) To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.


lexentry: eng/lay_judge__Noun__1
written_rep: lay judge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laienrichter | Schöffe
sense_list:
A lay person who acts as (or is) a judge, or who assists a (professional) judge, in a court proceeding (especially in jurisdictions which do not use juries).


lexentry: eng/lay_of_the_land__Noun__1
written_rep: lay of the land
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lage der Dinge | Stand der Dinge | Stimmungslage
sense_list:
(idiomatic) The trends, feelings, intentions, and other factors influencing a strategic, political, or social situation.


lexentry: eng/lay_off__Verb__1
written_rep: lay off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entlassen
sense_list:
(transitive, chiefly, US, idiom) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.


lexentry: eng/lay_open__Verb__1
written_rep: lay open
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: offenlegen
sense_list:
(patents, Japan and South Korea) To publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.


lexentry: eng/layer__Noun__1
written_rep: layer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schicht | Lage
sense_list:
A single thickness of some material covering a surface. | A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.


lexentry: eng/layer__Noun__1
written_rep: layer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Ebene
sense_list:
(computer graphics, by analogy to a stack of transparencies) one in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.


lexentry: eng/laying_on_of_hands__Noun__1
written_rep: laying on of hands
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handauflegen | Handauflegung
sense_list:
(religion, chiefly, Christianity) The practice of using touch to communicate spiritual energy from one person to another, especially as an act of healing.


lexentry: eng/layman__Noun__1
written_rep: layman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laie
sense_list:
Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy. | (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.


lexentry: eng/layoff__Noun__1
written_rep: layoff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitsunterbrechung
sense_list:
(chiefly, US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).


lexentry: eng/layout__Noun__1
written_rep: layout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Layout | Gestaltung
sense_list:
(publishing) The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information to fit within certain constraints.


lexentry: eng/layperson__Noun__1
written_rep: layperson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laie | Laiin
sense_list:
A person who is not a cleric. | One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.


lexentry: eng/laytime__Noun__1
written_rep: laytime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liegezeit
sense_list:
In commercial shipping, the amount of time specified in a charter party for a vessel's loading and unloading.


lexentry: eng/lazaretto__Noun__1
written_rep: lazaretto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lazarett
sense_list:
(also, figuratively) A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to temporarily isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/lazurite__Noun__1
written_rep: lazurite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lasurit
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral of metamorphosed limestones. Lazurite forms the gemstone lapis lazuli, and crushed lazurite provided the ultramarine color in artists' paint of the Old Masters. Sodalite and lazurite form the sodalite group of silicate minerals. Chemical composition: Sodium aluminum silicate with sulphur, Na4-5Al3Si3O12S.


lexentry: eng/lazy_Susan__Noun__1
written_rep: lazy Susan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Drehplatte | Drehteller
sense_list:
A rotating tray (turntable) used on tables and counters for serving condiments or food. | A rotating set of shelves used to minimize inaccessible space, usually employed in corner kitchen cabinets. | (finance)


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blei
sense_list:
(uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum). | (slang) bullets; ammunition.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lot | Senkblei | verbleien
sense_list:
(countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Durchschuss
sense_list:
(uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: führen | Führung | Leitung
sense_list:
(countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: anführen
sense_list:
(baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown. | A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: führen | leiten
sense_list:
(uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played | In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke. | (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet. | (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 17
trans_list: leiten | Spur | anführen
sense_list:
Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 19
trans_list: Spur
sense_list:
Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: führen
sense_list:
To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection. | (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: führen | leiten
sense_list:
To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course). | (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race. | (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game. | (transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: führen | leiten | Führung | Spur
sense_list:
To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leiten | führen
sense_list:
To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Ader
sense_list:
(intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.


lexentry: eng/lead_guitar__Noun__1
written_rep: lead guitar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leadgitarre
sense_list:
An electric guitar in a band that plays soloistically, usually playing melodically as opposed to strumming chords; supported by the rhythm guitar.


lexentry: eng/lead_time__Noun__1
written_rep: lead time
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lieferzeit
sense_list:
(idiomatic) The amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered.


lexentry: eng/leader__Noun__1
written_rep: leader
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Leitartikel
sense_list:
(UK, journalism) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.


lexentry: eng/leading_edge__Noun__1
written_rep: leading edge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Anströmkante | Profilnase
sense_list:
(aeronautics) The frontmost edge of a wing or other airfoil of an aircraft; sometimes contains slots or slats


lexentry: eng/leading_question__Noun__1
written_rep: leading question
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Suggestivfrage
sense_list:
A question that suggests the answer or that contains the information for which the examiner is looking.


lexentry: eng/leaf-cutter_ant__Noun__1
written_rep: leaf-cutter ant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blattschneiderameise
sense_list:
Any of the 41 species of ants in the genera Atta and Acromyrmex, that cut fragments from leaves and takes them to its colony's nest.


lexentry: eng/leaf__Noun__1
written_rep: leaf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Blatt
sense_list:
Anything resembling the leaf of a plant. | A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin. | (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.


lexentry: eng/leaf__Noun__1
written_rep: leaf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Blatt | Laubblatt
sense_list:
(publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).


lexentry: eng/leaf_casting__Noun__1
written_rep: leaf casting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Papieranfaserung
sense_list:
A process in which damaged paper is repaired by means of wetting the old paper in a cast and concurrently aging pulp to the damaged part or parts.


lexentry: eng/leaf_litter__Noun__1
written_rep: leaf litter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abgefallenes Laub | trockenes Laub
sense_list:
Dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs, that has fallen to the ground and may be used by animals as habitat or for nest-building, eventually decomposing and releasing nutrients into the soil.


lexentry: eng/leaf_node__Noun__1
written_rep: leaf node
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blatt
sense_list:
(botany) One of the spots upon a stem where buds and intercalary meristems occur, usually marking the end of a season's growth. | (comptheory) A node, in a tree, that has no children.


lexentry: eng/league_table__Noun__1
written_rep: league table
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tabelle
sense_list:
(sports) A tabular display of the teams in some league in order of win percentage or points awarded, often also including number of matches played, won, lost, and drawn, goal difference, etc.


lexentry: eng/leak__Noun__1
written_rep: leak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Leck
sense_list:
The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture. | A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.


lexentry: eng/lean-to__Noun__1
written_rep: lean-to
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schutzhütte
sense_list:
A shelter with a sloped roof; also a building with a similar construction attached to the side of a building as an extension.


lexentry: eng/lean__Adjective__1
written_rep: lean
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mager
sense_list:
(of meat) Having little fat. | Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.


lexentry: eng/lean__Verb__1
written_rep: lean
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lehnen
sense_list:
(copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. | To hang outwards.


lexentry: eng/lean_thinking__Noun__1
written_rep: lean thinking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lean Thinking
sense_list:
(business) A business methodology that aims to provide a new way to think about how to organize human activities to deliver more benefits to society and value to individuals while eliminating waste.


lexentry: eng/leap_day__Noun__1
written_rep: leap day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schalttag
sense_list:
An extra day intercalated into a year, especially the day intercalated into the Julian calendar every fourth year and into the Gregorian calendar every fourth year excepting centuries not divisible by 400, usually reckoned as February 29th.


lexentry: eng/leap_second__Noun__1
written_rep: leap second
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schaltsekunde
sense_list:
A second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earth's rotation relative to the absolute standards of time.


lexentry: eng/leap_year__Noun__1
written_rep: leap year
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schaltjahr
sense_list:
A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.


lexentry: eng/leapfrog__Noun__1
written_rep: leapfrog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bockspringen
sense_list:
(games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated.


lexentry: eng/learned_borrowing__Noun__1
written_rep: learned borrowing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gelehrte Entlehnung
sense_list:
(linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another on purpose instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.


lexentry: eng/learning_curve__Noun__1
written_rep: learning curve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lernkurve
sense_list:
A visualization of the progress of learning as function of experience. | (by extension) A measure of how much there is to learn in a restricted amount of time


lexentry: eng/lease__Noun__1
written_rep: lease
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pacht
sense_list:
(formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.


lexentry: eng/least_common_multiple__Noun__1
written_rep: least common multiple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kleinstes gemeinsames Vielfaches
sense_list:
(number theory) The smallest positive integer which is divisible by (equivalently, is an integer multiple of) each of a specified finite set of integers.


lexentry: eng/least_flycatcher__Noun__1
written_rep: least flycatcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gartentyrann
sense_list:
A small insect-eating passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, and the smallest member of the genus Empidonax, native to North America.


lexentry: eng/least_weasel__Noun__1
written_rep: least weasel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wiesel
sense_list:
The common weasel, little weasel, or simply weasel (Mustela nivalis), the smallest member of the weasel genus Mustela, native to Eurasia, North America, and North Africa.


lexentry: eng/leather__Noun__1
written_rep: leather
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leder
sense_list:
A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.


lexentry: eng/leatherette__Noun__1
written_rep: leatherette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kunstleder
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, also, attributively) A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.


lexentry: eng/leatherman__Noun__2
written_rep: leatherman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ledermann
sense_list:
A multitool, usually with a plier head as the central implement, that has an array of other implements such as knives, screwdrivers, can openers, files, saws, and so on.


lexentry: eng/leave__Verb__1
written_rep: leave
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lassen | zurücklassen
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.


lexentry: eng/leave_behind__Verb__1
written_rep: leave behind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: hinterlassen
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To not live longer than; to be survived by. | (transitive, idiomatic) To leave (a trace of something).


lexentry: eng/leave_for_dead__Verb__1
written_rep: leave for dead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zum Sterben zurücklassen
sense_list:
(transitive) To abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated, assuming that the death of the one abandoned will soon follow.


lexentry: eng/leave_it_at_that__Verb__1
written_rep: leave it at that
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: es dabei belassen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To agree that there has been enough discussion, study, etc. and that it is time to stop.


lexentry: eng/leave_someone_in_the_lurch__Verb__1
written_rep: leave someone in the lurch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: im Stich lassen | sitzen lassen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.


lexentry: eng/lebensraum__Noun__1
written_rep: lebensraum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lebensraum
sense_list:
(chiefly, with reference to nations and peoples) Hitherto unoccupied “living space” claimed as one’s rightful domain.


lexentry: eng/lecithin__Noun__1
written_rep: lecithin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lecithin
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) The principal phospholipid in animals; it is particularly abundant in egg yolks, and is extracted commercially from soy. It is a major constituent of cell membranes, and is commonly used as a food additive (as an emulsifier).


lexentry: eng/lect__Noun__1
written_rep: lect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lekt
sense_list:
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.


lexentry: eng/lectern__Noun__1
written_rep: lectern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pult | Chorpult | Lesepult
sense_list:
A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service.


lexentry: eng/lectionary__Noun__1
written_rep: lectionary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lektionar | Lektionarium
sense_list:
(Christianity, Judaism) A book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Jewish worship on a given day or occasion.


lexentry: eng/lectotype__Noun__1
written_rep: lectotype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lectotypus
sense_list:
(taxonomy) A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.


lexentry: eng/lede__Noun__2
written_rep: lede
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lead-Stil
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article; the lead or lead-in. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/ledger__Noun__1
written_rep: ledger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Auflager | Fixpunkt | Konsole | Querbalken | Widerlager
sense_list:
(construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.


lexentry: eng/ledger_line__Noun__1
written_rep: ledger line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Hilfslinie
sense_list:
(music) A musical notation to inscribe notes outside the lines and spaces of the regular musical staves; a line slightly longer than the note is drawn parallel to the staff, above or below, spaced at the same distances as the notes within the staff.


lexentry: eng/leek__Noun__1
written_rep: leek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lauch | Porree | Breitlauch | Winterlauch
sense_list:
The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.


lexentry: eng/leer__Noun__1
written_rep: leer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anzügliches Grinsen | lüsterner Blick
sense_list:
A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.


lexentry: eng/leer__Verb__1
written_rep: leer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anzüglich blicken
sense_list:
(intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.


lexentry: eng/lees__Noun__1
written_rep: lees
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bodensatz
sense_list:
The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.


lexentry: eng/leeside__Noun__1
written_rep: leeside
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leeseite
sense_list:
The side of something that provides the most shelter from some prevailing force such as wind, rain, waves, etc.


lexentry: eng/leeward__Adjective__1
written_rep: leeward
part_of_speech: adjective
sense_list: On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
leewärts gelegen | mit dem Wind gelegen | unter dem Winde gelegen | windabgewandt gelegen | windabwärts gelegen


lexentry: eng/leeway__Noun__1
written_rep: leeway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Rückstand | Versäumte
sense_list:
(British) An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in the phrase make up leeway.


lexentry: eng/left__Adjective__1
written_rep: left
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: link | links
sense_list:
Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←


lexentry: eng/leg__Noun__1
written_rep: leg
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 16
trans_list: Hosenbein
sense_list:
In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets. | (cricket, attributive) Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.


lexentry: eng/leg_up__Noun__1
written_rep: leg up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Räuberleiter
sense_list:
The act of assisting another's progress over a wall or other obstacle by forming a step for one of their feet with one's hands.


lexentry: eng/leg_warmer__Noun__1
written_rep: leg warmer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gamasche | Stulpe
sense_list:
A type of garment similar to a footless sock, which usually extends from below the knee to above the ankle.


lexentry: eng/legal_advice__Noun__1
written_rep: legal advice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rechtsberatung
sense_list:
(legal) The giving of a formal opinion regarding the substance or procedure of the law, usually received from a solicitor, barrister or lawyer, ordinarily for a fee.


lexentry: eng/legal_capacity__Noun__1
written_rep: legal capacity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geschäftsfähigkeit
sense_list:
(law) Capacity of a person to make binding amendments to their rights, duties and obligations, such as getting married or merging, entering into contracts, making gifts, or writing a valid will.


lexentry: eng/legal_person__Noun__1
written_rep: legal person
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: juristische Person
sense_list:
(legal) An aggregate of people, legal entity, or body corporate who have (some of) the legal rights and responsibilities of a natural person under the law.


lexentry: eng/legal_positivism__Noun__1
written_rep: legal positivism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Positivismus
sense_list:
(legal) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values, i.e. the law is posited by lawmakers (humans).


lexentry: eng/legal_representative__Noun__1
written_rep: legal representative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Rechtsbeistand | gesetzliche Vertreter | rechtliche Vertretung
sense_list:
(law) One who represents or acts on behalf of another under authority recognised by law, such as a parent or guardian of a minor, a manager of a legal person, etc.


lexentry: eng/legal_tender__Noun__1
written_rep: legal tender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gesetzliches Zahlungsmittel
sense_list:
(legal) Any form of currency that by law cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt equal to the amount offered.


lexentry: eng/legal_vacuum__Noun__1
written_rep: legal vacuum
part_of_speech: noun
trans_list:
Gesetzeslücke | Rechtslücke | Rechtsvakuum | Regelungslücke | juristisches Vakuum | rechtliche Lücke


lexentry: eng/legalize__Verb__1
written_rep: legalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: legalisieren
sense_list:
To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.


lexentry: eng/legate__Noun__1
written_rep: legate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Legat
sense_list:
A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.


lexentry: eng/legato__Noun__1
written_rep: legato
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gebunden | legato
sense_list:
(music) A style of performance characterized by smoothly connected notes. | (music) A passage that is played legato.


lexentry: eng/legend__Noun__1
written_rep: legend
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Legende
sense_list:
A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events. | A person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments.


lexentry: eng/legion__Noun__1
written_rep: legion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Legion
sense_list:
(military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.


lexentry: eng/legionary__Noun__1
written_rep: legionary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Legionär
sense_list:
A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).


lexentry: eng/legislative_body__Noun__1
written_rep: legislative body
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gesetzgebungsorgan
sense_list:
A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power.


lexentry: eng/legume__Noun__1
written_rep: legume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Hülsenfrüchtler | Leguminose
sense_list:
(botany) Any of a large family (Fabaceae, syn. Leguminosae) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees having fruits that are legumes or loments, bearing nodules on the roots that contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and including important food and forage plants (as peas, beans, or clovers).


lexentry: eng/legumin__Noun__1
written_rep: legumin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Legumin | Pflanzenkasein | Pflanzenkäsestoff
sense_list:
(biochemistry, organic compound) Any of a group of globulins, resembling casein, found mostly in legumes and grains.


lexentry: eng/legwork__Noun__1
written_rep: legwork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kleinarbeit | Lauferei
sense_list:
Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.


lexentry: eng/leishmaniasis__Noun__1
written_rep: leishmaniasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leishmaniose
sense_list:
(disease) Any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.


lexentry: eng/leister__Noun__1
written_rep: leister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fischgabel
sense_list:
(fishing) A spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish, particularly salmon. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/lemma__Noun__1
written_rep: lemma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lemma | Hilfssatz
sense_list:
(mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.


lexentry: eng/lemma__Noun__1
written_rep: lemma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Lemma | Stichwort
sense_list:
(psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.


lexentry: eng/lemmatisation__Noun__1
written_rep: lemmatisation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lemmatisierung
sense_list:
(computing, lexicography) The process of finding the lemma that corresponds to an inflected form of a word.


lexentry: eng/lemniscate__Noun__1
written_rep: lemniscate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lemniskate
sense_list:
The infinity symbol (∞). | (mathematics) Any of a variety of quartic functions producing similar figure-of-eight closed curves.


lexentry: eng/lemon__Noun__1
written_rep: lemon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Zitronengelb | Zitrone
sense_list:
A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits. | A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). | (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from “lemon flavour”) Favor. | (fandom) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex. | (geometry) The surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle less than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints.


lexentry: eng/lemon_balm__Noun__1
written_rep: lemon balm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zitronenmelisse | Melisse | Gartenmelisse | Herzkraut | Herztrost
sense_list:
A perennial herb, of species Melissa officinalis, of southern Europe; used as a flavouring in ice cream etc.


lexentry: eng/lemon_juice__Noun__1
written_rep: lemon juice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zitronensaft
sense_list:
The liquid extract of lemon fruit, notably sour and often condensed, as used especially in food preparation.


lexentry: eng/lemon_shark__Noun__1
written_rep: lemon shark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zitronenhai
sense_list:
A shark of species Negaprion brevirostris, growing up to 10 feet long and found along the Atlantic coast of North and South America.


lexentry: eng/lemon_verbena__Noun__1
written_rep: lemon verbena
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zitronenstrauch | Zitronenverbene
sense_list:
A deciduous perennial shrub native to South America, used for its lemon-like fragrance and flavor, Aloysia citrodora.


lexentry: eng/lemonade__Noun__1
written_rep: lemonade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Limonade | Zitrone
sense_list:
(US, Canada) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment.


lexentry: eng/lemonade__Noun__1
written_rep: lemonade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Limonade | Limo | Brause
sense_list:
(UK, AU, NZ) A clear, usually carbonated, beverage made from lemon or artificial lemon flavouring, water, and sugar.


lexentry: eng/lemongrass__Noun__1
written_rep: lemongrass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zitronengras | Lemongras
sense_list:
One of various species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon, especially Cymbopogon citratus, which have a lemon-like taste and aroma, and are used in cooking, for tea, and for fragrance.


lexentry: eng/lemur__Noun__1
written_rep: lemur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lemur | Lemure
sense_list:
(colloquial) Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.


lexentry: eng/lend__Verb__1
written_rep: lend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leihen | borgen | verleihen
sense_list:
(transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.


lexentry: eng/lender__Noun__1
written_rep: lender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Darlehensgeber | Verleiher
sense_list:
One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans.


lexentry: eng/length__Noun__1
written_rep: length
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Pferdelänge
sense_list:
(horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.


lexentry: eng/lens__Noun__1
written_rep: lens
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Linse
sense_list:
An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it. | A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams. | (geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune. | (biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean. | (anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.


lexentry: eng/lenticular_galaxy__Noun__1
written_rep: lenticular galaxy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lentikuläre Galaxie | linsenförmige Galaxie
sense_list:
(galaxy) A galaxy that, like spiral galaxies, has a flat galactic disc, but which has lost most of its interstellar matter and therefore has no spirals; considered a transitional form between spirals and elliptical galaxies.


lexentry: eng/lentil__Noun__1
written_rep: lentil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Linse
sense_list:
Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods. | The seed of these plants, used as food.


lexentry: eng/leopard__Noun__1
written_rep: leopard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leopard | Pard | Pardel | Parder
sense_list:
Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess) .


lexentry: eng/leopard_shark__Noun__1
written_rep: leopard shark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leopardenhai
sense_list:
A hound shark, Triakis semifasciata, having distinctive markings; it is found in the coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.


lexentry: eng/leopardsbane__Noun__1
written_rep: leopardsbane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gämswurz | Gamswurz | Gemswurz
sense_list:
Any of various plants, including Arnica montana, Senecio doronicum, Paris quadrifolia, and species of genus Doronicum.


lexentry: eng/leotard__Noun__1
written_rep: leotard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gymnastikanzug | Leotard | Turnanzug
sense_list:
A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)


lexentry: eng/leper_colony__Noun__1
written_rep: leper colony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leprosorium | Leprakolonie | Leprastation
sense_list:
An isolated community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.


lexentry: eng/lepidolite__Noun__1
written_rep: lepidolite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lepidolith
sense_list:
(mineral) A pale lilac mica mineral that is a mixed basic fluoride and aluminosilicate of potassium, lithium and aluminium.


lexentry: eng/leprosy__Noun__1
written_rep: leprosy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lepra | Aussatz
sense_list:
(medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers. | Ellipsis of murine leprosy. and feline leprosy, diseases caused in rodents and cats by Mycobacterium lepraemurium.


lexentry: eng/leptin__Noun__1
written_rep: leptin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leptin
sense_list:
(hormone) A protein hormone produced in adipose tissue; it plays a role in regulating appetite and metabolism.


lexentry: eng/leptokurtic__Adjective__1
written_rep: leptokurtic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leptokurtisch
sense_list:
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.


lexentry: eng/lepton__Noun__2
written_rep: lepton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lepton
sense_list:
(particle physics) An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon.


lexentry: eng/leptospirosis__Noun__1
written_rep: leptospirosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leptospirose
sense_list:
An acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.


lexentry: eng/lesbian__Adjective__1
written_rep: lesbian
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lesbisch | Lesbe
sense_list:
(LGBT, of a woman) Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners. | (LGBT, of a woman, broadly) Preferring primarily women as romantic or sexual partners. | (LGBT, of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more women; homosexual, gay.


lexentry: eng/lese_majesty__Noun__1
written_rep: lese majesty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Majestätsbeleidigung
sense_list:
The crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.


lexentry: eng/lesene__Noun__1
written_rep: lesene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lisene
sense_list:
(architecture) A low-relief, vertical pillar or pilaster in a wall, usually without a base or capital; used in architecture to divide a facade or other wall surface visually.


lexentry: eng/leshy__Noun__1
written_rep: leshy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schrat | Waldschrat
sense_list:
(Slavic mythology) A male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests.


lexentry: eng/lesion__Noun__1
written_rep: lesion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Läsion | Verletzung | enorme Verletzung | Übervorteilung
sense_list:
(medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.


lexentry: eng/lesion__Noun__1
written_rep: lesion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: enorme Verletzung | Übervorteilung
sense_list:
(law) Injury or an unfair imbalance in a commutative contract wherein the consideration is less than half of the market value, which then serves as a basis for the injured party to sue to rescind the agreement.


lexentry: eng/less_is_more__Proverb__1
written_rep: less is more
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: weniger ist mehr
sense_list:
That which is less complicated is often better understood and more appreciated than what is more complicated; brevity in communication is more effective than verbosity.


lexentry: eng/lesser__Adjective__1
written_rep: lesser
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kleiner | weniger | geringere
sense_list:
Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.


lexentry: eng/lesser_celandine__Noun__1
written_rep: lesser celandine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Scharbockskraut | Feigwurz
sense_list:
A European perennial herb (Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria), having heart-shaped leaves and solitary yellow flowers


lexentry: eng/lesser_flamingo__Noun__1
written_rep: lesser flamingo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zwergflamingo
sense_list:
A flamingo the Old World species of flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor, syn. Phoenicopterus minor, found principally in the Great Rift Valley of Africa, smaller than flamingos of the other Old World species.


lexentry: eng/lesser_omentum__Noun__1
written_rep: lesser omentum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Omentum minus | kleines Netz
sense_list:
(anatomy) A thin peritoneal fold that extends from the liver to the lesser curvature of the stomach and the first part of the duodenum.


lexentry: eng/let's__Verb__1
written_rep: let's
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lassen | wollen wir
sense_list:
Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.


lexentry: eng/let__Verb__1
written_rep: let
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: vermieten | lassen | verlassen | zurücklassen | überlassen
sense_list:
(transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone.


lexentry: eng/let_alone__Conjunction__1
written_rep: let alone
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: geschweige denn | geschweige
sense_list:
(idiomatic, negative polarity item) Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.


lexentry: eng/let_alone__Conjunction__1
written_rep: let alone
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: geschweige denn
sense_list:
(idiomatic, positive polarity item, rare) not to mention, as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first.


lexentry: eng/let_bygones_be_bygones__Verb__1
written_rep: let bygones be bygones
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwamm drüber
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To disregard or ignore a past difficulty in a relationship or an offence (when dealing with another individual).


lexentry: eng/let_go__Verb__1
written_rep: let go
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: loslassen
sense_list:
(intransitive, with of, and, transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.


lexentry: eng/let_in_on__Verb__1
written_rep: let in on
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verlauten
sense_list:
(ditransitive) To disclose information to someone; to tell somebody a secret or share privileged information.


lexentry: eng/let_oneself_go__Verb__1
written_rep: let oneself go
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sich gehen lassen | verwahrlosen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To cease to care about one's appearance, allowing oneself to become unkempt, overweight, etc.


lexentry: eng/let_sleeping_dogs_lie__Verb__1
written_rep: let sleeping dogs lie
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schlafende Hunde weckt man nicht
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.


lexentry: eng/let_slide__Verb__1
written_rep: let slide
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fahren ajoneuvo
sense_list:
(transitive, of intangibles) To let go, allow, release, pass over without action. | (idiomatic) To allow the condition of something to deteriorate due to negligence or apathy.


lexentry: eng/lethality__Noun__1
written_rep: lethality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Letalität | Sterblichkeit
sense_list:
The degree of lethal (mortal) danger that something (usually a disease or a weapon) presents; the magnitude of its power to kill organisms exposed to it; this property is indirectly measured by any of various proxy rates, including mortality rate, case fatality rate, or infection fatality rate (for diseases) or kill rate (for weapons, pesticides, or parasites).


lexentry: eng/lethargy__Noun__1
written_rep: lethargy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lethargie | Interesselosigkeit | Nonchalance | Schlafsucht | Teilnahmslosigkeit | Trägheit
sense_list:
A state of extreme torpor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/letter_carrier__Noun__1
written_rep: letter carrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Briefträger | Briefträgerin | Postbote | Briefzusteller | Briefzustellerin | Postbotin
sense_list:
An employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes.


lexentry: eng/letter_of_credit__Noun__1
written_rep: letter of credit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akkreditiv
sense_list:
(finance, banking) A document, used primarily in trade finance and issued generally by a financial institution, in which the institution promises to pay debts up to a certain limit to be acquired by the beneficiary against delivery of documents specified in the letter.


lexentry: eng/letter_of_marque__Noun__1
written_rep: letter of marque
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaperbrief
sense_list:
(nautical, historical) An official commission from a government authorizing someone to seize the property or people of another nation; especially to attack merchant shipping of another nation.


lexentry: eng/letter_of_recommendation__Noun__1
written_rep: letter of recommendation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Empfehlungsschreiben
sense_list:
A letter written by one person who is familiar with another, usually a teacher, employer, or person of similar authority, evaluating and often extolling the fitness of the other person for a position.


lexentry: eng/letter_to_the_editor__Noun__1
written_rep: letter to the editor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leserbrief
sense_list:
A letter written to a newspaper, magazine or other periodical, usually intended for publication, about issues of concern to readers.


lexentry: eng/letterbox__Noun__1
written_rep: letterbox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Briefkasten | Postkasten | Hausbriefkasten | Postbriefkasten
sense_list:
A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.


lexentry: eng/letters_patent__Noun__1
written_rep: letters patent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Patent | Patentschrift | Patenturkunde
sense_list:
(law) A type of legal document in the form of an open letter issued by an authority to direct that some action be taken; to grant a monopoly, right, status, or title to a person or organization; or to record a contract.


lexentry: eng/lettuce__Noun__1
written_rep: lettuce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Salat | Gartensalat | Lattich
sense_list:
An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.


lexentry: eng/lettuce__Noun__1
written_rep: lettuce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Salat | Kopfsalat
sense_list:
(uncountable) The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.


lexentry: eng/leucine__Noun__1
written_rep: leucine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leucin
sense_list:
(amino acid) An essential amino acid, C6H13NO2, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children.


lexentry: eng/leucism__Noun__1
written_rep: leucism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leuzismus
sense_list:
(zoology, pathology) An animal condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes (caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin).


lexentry: eng/leukemia__Noun__1
written_rep: leukemia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leukämie | Blutkrebs | Leukose | Weißblütigkeit
sense_list:
Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.


lexentry: eng/leukocyte__Noun__1
written_rep: leukocyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leukozyt | weißes Blutkörperchen
sense_list:
(hematology, cytology, immunology) Any of a class of blood cells that play various roles in cell-mediated immunity.


lexentry: eng/leukoplakia__Noun__1
written_rep: leukoplakia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leukoplakie
sense_list:
(medicine) Patches of keratosis on the mucous membranes of the oral cavity and in other areas, associated with smoking.


lexentry: eng/leukotriene__Noun__1
written_rep: leukotriene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leukotrien
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of several physiologically active lipids, related to the prostaglandins, that participate in allergic responses.


lexentry: eng/level__Noun__1
written_rep: level
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserwaage
sense_list:
A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference. | (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.


lexentry: eng/level__Noun__1
written_rep: level
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Level | Niveau
sense_list:
(video games) One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.


lexentry: eng/level__Noun__1
written_rep: level
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Stufe
sense_list:
(role-playing games, video games) A numeric value that quantifies a character, ability, or item's experience and power.


lexentry: eng/level_crossing__Noun__1
written_rep: level crossing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bahnübergang | BÜ
sense_list:
(chiefly, British) An at-grade crossing between a railway line and an ordinary road, with rails and road at the same level.


lexentry: eng/level_up__Verb__1
written_rep: level up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aufleveln | aufstufen
sense_list:
(RPG, video games, intransitive) To progress to the next level of player character stats and abilities, often by acquiring experience points in role-playing games.


lexentry: eng/leveling_seat__Noun__1
written_rep: leveling seat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ausgleichsmandat
sense_list:
Seats of additional members elected to supplement the members directly elected by each constituency, for ensuring that each party's share of the total seats is roughly proportional to the parties' overall shares of votes at the national level.


lexentry: eng/leverage__Noun__1
written_rep: leverage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Hebelwirkung | Fremdfinanzierungsgrad | Fremdkapitalaufnahme | Verschuldungsgrad
sense_list:
(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.


lexentry: eng/leverage__Noun__1
written_rep: leverage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Hebel | Hebelwirkung
sense_list:
(business) The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high-capacity utilization of a facility.


lexentry: eng/leverage__Verb__1
written_rep: leverage
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ausnutzen | aushebeln | hebeln | voll zunutze machen | wirksam einsetzen
sense_list:
(transitive, chiefly, US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).


lexentry: eng/leviathan__Noun__1
written_rep: leviathan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leviathan | Meerungeheuer
sense_list:
(Bible, mythological creature) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.


lexentry: eng/levitation__Noun__1
written_rep: levitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Levitation
sense_list:
The raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind


lexentry: eng/levitation__Noun__1
written_rep: levitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schweben
sense_list:
The suspension of something via technical means without any mechanical support, such as by magnetism


lexentry: eng/levity__Noun__1
written_rep: levity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leichtfertigkeit | Leichtigkeit | Leichtsinn | Lockerheit | Unbeschwertheit | Unernsthaftigkeit
sense_list:
Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; lack of appropriate seriousness; inclination to make a joke of serious matters.


lexentry: eng/levorotatory__Adjective__1
written_rep: levorotatory
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lävogyr
sense_list:
(chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or counter-clockwise. Notation: (−) or formerly lowercase l-#Prefix.


lexentry: eng/lexeme__Noun__1
written_rep: lexeme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lexem
sense_list:
(linguistics) A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form.


lexentry: eng/lexical_category__Noun__1
written_rep: lexical category
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wortart
sense_list:
(linguistics) A linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as noun or verb.


lexentry: eng/lexical_item__Noun__1
written_rep: lexical item
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lexikalische Einheit
sense_list:
(semantics) A term (that is, a word or sequence of words) that acts as a unit of meaning, including words, phrases, phrasal verbs and proverbs; exemplified by cat, traffic light, take care of, by-the-way, and don't count your chickens before they hatch.


lexentry: eng/lexicalize__Verb__1
written_rep: lexicalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lexikalisieren
sense_list:
(intransitive, of a term) To become part of the vocabulary of a language as a single lexical unit with a distinct meaning.


lexentry: eng/lexicography__Noun__1
written_rep: lexicography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lexikographie | Lexikografie
sense_list:
(uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries. | (uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.


lexentry: eng/lexicology__Noun__1
written_rep: lexicology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lexikologie
sense_list:
(uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.


lexentry: eng/lexicon__Noun__1
written_rep: lexicon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lexikon
sense_list:
(lexicography, linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes. | A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic. | (rare) Any dictionary.


lexentry: eng/li__Noun__1
written_rep: li
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Li
sense_list:
The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).


lexentry: eng/liability__Noun__1
written_rep: liability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Handicap | Hindernis | Nachteil
sense_list:
A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; an individual or action that exposes others to greater risk.


lexentry: eng/liability_insurance__Noun__1
written_rep: liability insurance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Haftpflichtversicherung
sense_list:
Any insurance against a potential loss due to the insured's liability for injury or damage to others.


lexentry: eng/libation__Noun__1
written_rep: libation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Trankopfer | Libation
sense_list:
The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.


lexentry: eng/libel__Noun__1
written_rep: libel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verleumdung
sense_list:
(countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation. | (uncountable) The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.


lexentry: eng/libelous__Adjective__1
written_rep: libelous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verleumderisch
sense_list:
Defamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially with malice or disregard. | Meeting the legal standards for libel.


lexentry: eng/liberal__Adjective__1
written_rep: liberal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: freiheitlich
sense_list:
(now, rare, outside, set phrases) Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training.


lexentry: eng/liberal__Adjective__1
written_rep: liberal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: liberal
sense_list:
(politics) Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.


lexentry: eng/liberalism__Noun__1
written_rep: liberalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liberalismus
sense_list:
The quality of being liberal. | (politics) Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed. | (economics) An economic ideology in favour of laissez faire and the free market (related to economic liberalism).


lexentry: eng/libertarianism__Noun__1
written_rep: libertarianism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Libertarismus
sense_list:
(philosophy, politics, economics) A political philosophy maintaining that all persons are the absolute owners of their own lives, and should be free to do whatever they wish with their persons or property, provided they allow others that same liberty.


lexentry: eng/libertine__Noun__2
written_rep: libertine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Freidenker
sense_list:
One who is freethinking in religious matters. | Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker.


lexentry: eng/libertinism__Noun__1
written_rep: libertinism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Libertinismus
sense_list:
A lifestyle or pattern of behavior characterized by self-indulgence and lack of restraint, especially one involving sexual promiscuity and rejection of religious or other moral authority.


lexentry: eng/libido__Noun__1
written_rep: libido
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Libido | sexuelle Begierde
sense_list:
(common usage) Sexual urges or drives. | (psychology) Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.


lexentry: eng/librarian__Noun__1
written_rep: librarian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bibliothekar | Bibliothekarin
sense_list:
The keeper, manager of a library. | One who cares for the publications, files etc. in a library, whether staff or volunteer.


lexentry: eng/library__Noun__1
written_rep: library
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bibliothek | Bücherei
sense_list:
An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.


lexentry: eng/library__Noun__1
written_rep: library
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Bibliothek | Programmbibliothek
sense_list:
(genetics) A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease. | (card games) The deck or draw pile.


lexentry: eng/library_science__Noun__1
written_rep: library science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bibliothekonomie
sense_list:
An interdisciplinary science incorporating the humanities, law and applied science to study topics related to libraries, the collection, organization, preservation and dissemination of information resources, and the political economy of information.


lexentry: eng/libration__Noun__1
written_rep: libration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Libration
sense_list:
(astronomy) The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces the Earth, allowing observers on Earth to see, over a period of time, slightly more than half of the lunar surface.


lexentry: eng/libre__Adjective__1
written_rep: libre
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: freie
sense_list:
(software) With very few limitations on distribution or the right to access the source code to create improved versions, but not necessarily free of charge. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/license_plate__Noun__1
written_rep: license plate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kfz-Kennzeichen | Nummernschild
sense_list:
An identifying tag, usually of metal, bearing a sequence of letters, numbers, or both identifying the vehicle, and placed at the back and, often, also at the front of a motor vehicle.


lexentry: eng/licensed__Adjective__1
written_rep: licensed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lizenziert
sense_list:
(of a person or enterprise) Having been issued with a licence (by the required authority). | (of an activity) Authorized by licence.


lexentry: eng/licentious__Adjective__1
written_rep: licentious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ausschweifend | hemmungslos | zügellos | unzüchtig
sense_list:
Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.


lexentry: eng/lich__Noun__1
written_rep: lich
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lich
sense_list:
(fantasy, RPG) A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.


lexentry: eng/lichen__Noun__1
written_rep: lichen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flechte
sense_list:
Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.


lexentry: eng/lichenometry__Noun__1
written_rep: lichenometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lichenometrie
sense_list:
(archaeology, paleontology, geomorphology) A geomorphic method of geochronologic dating that uses lichen growth to determine the age of exposed rock.


lexentry: eng/licorice__Noun__1
written_rep: licorice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lakritze | Süßholz
sense_list:
(countable) The plant Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American Licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.


lexentry: eng/licorice__Noun__1
written_rep: licorice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Lakritze | Lakritz
sense_list:
(uncountable, chemistry) A flavouring agent made from dried root portions of the aforementioned plant.


lexentry: eng/licorice_extract__Noun__1
written_rep: licorice extract
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Süßholzextrakt | Süßholzwurzelextrakt
sense_list:
A sweet flavorful tisane made from the root of the liquorice plant Glycyrrhiza glabra or the North American plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota. Used in candy making.


lexentry: eng/lictor__Noun__1
written_rep: lictor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liktor
sense_list:
An officer in ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals.


lexentry: eng/lidocaine__Noun__1
written_rep: lidocaine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lidocain
sense_list:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline compound TemplateParserError:LuaError that is used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and as an antiarrhythmic agent.


lexentry: eng/lie__Verb__1
written_rep: lie
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: liegen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. | (intransitive) To be placed or situated.


lexentry: eng/lien__Noun__1
written_rep: lien
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Retentionsrecht | Zurückbehaltungsrecht
sense_list:
(legal) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant__Adjective__1
written_rep: lieutenant
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leutnant
sense_list:
A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant commander.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant__Noun__1
written_rep: lieutenant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leutnant | Leutnantin
sense_list:
(military) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant__Noun__1
written_rep: lieutenant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Gehilfe | Stellvertreter
sense_list:
A person who manages or executes the plans and directives of another, more senior person; a manager to their director.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant_colonel__Noun__1
written_rep: lieutenant colonel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Oberstleutnant
sense_list:
An English-language term used as a general categorization for military officer ranks that are the equivalent of lieutenant colonel, the relative rank level is found in most countries.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant_general__Noun__1
written_rep: lieutenant general
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Generalleutnant
sense_list:
A commissioned officer in the British Army or Royal Marines or the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, or United States Air Force, ranked above a major general and below a general.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant_governor__Noun__1
written_rep: lieutenant governor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vizegouverneur
sense_list:
(government) The state representative of, or second-in-command of a governor, or Crown, who usually acts as the nominal chief executive officer of the realm. | (US, government) The next-in-line to the chief executive of a primary political division of the United States of America, such as a state, second to the governor.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant_junior_grade__Noun__1
written_rep: lieutenant junior grade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leutnant
sense_list:
A commissioned officer of the United States Navy whose rank is above an ensign's and below a lieutenant, or a corresponding rank in other navies.


lexentry: eng/life__Noun__1
written_rep: life
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leben
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. | A worthwhile existence. | Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc. | The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive. | Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it. | (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.


lexentry: eng/life__Noun__1
written_rep: life
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: lebenslänglich
sense_list:
(countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).


lexentry: eng/life_belt__Noun__1
written_rep: life belt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rettungsring
sense_list:
A buoyant ring carried on board ships that can be thrown to someone in the water in an emergency to keep themselves afloat.


lexentry: eng/life_cycle__Noun__1
written_rep: life cycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lebenszyklus
sense_list:
(biology) The course of stages through which an organism passes from fertilized zygote until maturity, reproduction, and death. | (by extension) The useful life of a product or system; the developmental history of an individual or group in society.


lexentry: eng/life_estate__Noun__1
written_rep: life estate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Altenteil
sense_list:
(legal) An estate in land which is owned by a party only for the duration of the life of that party, and for which ownership will revert to another upon the death of that party.


lexentry: eng/life_insurance__Noun__1
written_rep: life insurance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lebensversicherung
sense_list:
A form of insurance on the life of a person. If the person dies then the insurance policy pays out a sum of money to the beneficiary (such as a person's family).


lexentry: eng/life_interest__Noun__1
written_rep: life interest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leibrente
sense_list:
(law) A right, typically in the form of regular income, that lasts for the lifetime of the person benefiting from that right.


lexentry: eng/life_jacket__Noun__1
written_rep: life jacket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rettungsweste | Schwimmweste
sense_list:
an article of protective clothing that is designed to keep the wearer's head floating above the surface of the water.


lexentry: eng/life_partner__Noun__1
written_rep: life partner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lebensgefährte | Lebensgefährtin | Lebenspartner | Lebenspartnerin
sense_list:
A romantic partner for life. This can be same-sex or opposite-sex, married or without marriage, and monogamous or polyamorous.


lexentry: eng/life_raft__Noun__1
written_rep: life raft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rettungsfloß | Rettungsinsel
sense_list:
A usually inflatable raft carried aboard a ship or airplane, used to save lives in case the vessel has to be abandoned in an emergency on the sea.


lexentry: eng/life_stance__Noun__1
written_rep: life stance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lebensanschauung
sense_list:
The relation that one has with what he or she accepts as being of ultimate importance, the presuppositions and theory of this, and the commitments and practice of working it out in living.


lexentry: eng/life_support__Noun__1
written_rep: life support
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lebenserhaltende Maßnahmen
sense_list:
(medicine) Maintenance of vital functions of a critically ill or comatose person or a person undergoing surgery.


lexentry: eng/life_support__Noun__1
written_rep: life support
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Tropf
sense_list:
(figuratively) Means of sustaining existence or continuation of something, usually in an artificial manner when it should have changed or terminated in its natural environment.


lexentry: eng/lifeboat__Noun__1
written_rep: lifeboat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rettungsboot
sense_list:
(nautical) A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).


lexentry: eng/lifeguard__Noun__1
written_rep: lifeguard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.

trans_list:
Bademeister | Bademeisterin | Lebensretter | Rettungsschwimmer | Rettungsschwimmerin | Strandwächter


lexentry: eng/lifehack__Noun__1
written_rep: lifehack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Haushaltstipp
sense_list:
(colloquial) Any process or technique that reduces the chaos in one's life and makes it easier to manage, or more convenient.


lexentry: eng/lift__Noun__1
written_rep: lift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Aufzug | Lift | Fahrstuhl
sense_list:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.


lexentry: eng/lift__Noun__1
written_rep: lift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Auftrieb
sense_list:
An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.


lexentry: eng/liftoff__Noun__1
written_rep: liftoff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Start
sense_list:
(aerospace) The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.


lexentry: eng/liftshaft__Noun__1
written_rep: liftshaft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bohrloch
sense_list:
(UK) The vertical shaft in a building which contains a lift (elevator) platform or cab, and through which it is moved from floor to floor.


lexentry: eng/ligand__Noun__1
written_rep: ligand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ligand
sense_list:
(chemistry) A molecule or moiety (ion, functional group, or radical) that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex; as, especially:


lexentry: eng/ligature__Noun__1
written_rep: ligature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Ligatur
sense_list:
(countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ĳ; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature. | (countable, music) A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase.


lexentry: eng/light-emitting_diode__Noun__1
written_rep: light-emitting diode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leuchtdiode
sense_list:
(physics) A rectifying semiconductor device which converts electrical energy into electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength in or near the visible spectrum of light.


lexentry: eng/light__Adjective__2
written_rep: light
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: leicht
sense_list:
(nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light. | Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads. | Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc. | Gentle; having little force or momentum.


lexentry: eng/light__Noun__1
written_rep: light
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Licht | hell
sense_list:
(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light.


lexentry: eng/light__Verb__1
written_rep: light
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: anzünden | anstecken | anmachen
sense_list:
(transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.


lexentry: eng/light_bulb__Noun__1
written_rep: light bulb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glühbirne | Glühlampe | Birne
sense_list:
An evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament which is heated by electrical resistance to produce light.


lexentry: eng/light_bulb_joke__Noun__1
written_rep: light bulb joke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glühbirnenwitz
sense_list:
Any joke of the form "How many X does it take to change a light bulb?" followed by a witty riposte, where X is some usually stereotypical class of people.


lexentry: eng/light_cavalry__Noun__1
written_rep: light cavalry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leichte Kavallerie
sense_list:
(military) A military unit consisting of lightly armed and lightly armored troops mounted on horses.


lexentry: eng/light_echo__Noun__1
written_rep: light echo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lichtecho
sense_list:
(astronomy) A phenomenon caused by light reflected off surfaces distant from the source, and arriving at the observer with a delay relative to this distance, analogous to an echo of sound.


lexentry: eng/light_elf__Noun__1
written_rep: light elf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lichtelben
sense_list:
(Norse mythology) A member of the race of Ljósalfar, daylight dwelling elves or nature spirits (as opposed to the underground dwelling dark elves or dwarves).


lexentry: eng/light_fixture__Noun__1
written_rep: light fixture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lampe
sense_list:
A complete lighting unit, composed of a housing attached to a wall or ceiling, and a mount for a light source.


lexentry: eng/light_pollution__Noun__1
written_rep: light pollution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lichtverschmutzung
sense_list:
An excess of artificial light, especially near urban areas, reducing visibility of stars, etc. in the night sky.


lexentry: eng/light_rail__Noun__1
written_rep: light rail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leichtbahn
sense_list:
(US, Canada, rail) A kind of passenger railway in urban and suburban settings typically characterized by a mixture of tram (or in North America streetcar) and metro features, crossing streets at grade crossings and normally powered by electricity.


lexentry: eng/light_switch__Noun__1
written_rep: light switch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lichtschalter
sense_list:
A switch, usually mounted on a wall in a building, used to turn the light or another appliance such as a fan on and off.


lexentry: eng/light_verb__Noun__1
written_rep: light verb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Funktionsverb
sense_list:
(linguistics) A semantically incomplete verb which qualifies as a predicate only in combination with a predicative complement, usually a noun.


lexentry: eng/light_year__Noun__1
written_rep: light year
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lichtjahr
sense_list:
(astronomy) A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (1016 metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances.


lexentry: eng/lighter__Noun__1
written_rep: lighter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Feuerzeug | Zigarettenanzünder | Zigarettenfeuerzeug
sense_list:
A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.


lexentry: eng/lighter__Noun__2
written_rep: lighter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leichter
sense_list:
A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).


lexentry: eng/lightheadedness__Noun__1
written_rep: lightheadedness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benommenheit
sense_list:
The state or quality of being light-headed; dizziness or faintness; flightiness; wandering; delirium.


lexentry: eng/lightland__Noun__1
written_rep: lightland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lichtland
sense_list:
(Egyptology) Synonym of Akhet (the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets)


lexentry: eng/lightlike__Adjective__1
written_rep: lightlike
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lichtartig
sense_list:
(mathematics) (of a four-vector) Having a space component whose magnitude is equal to its time component multiplied by the speed of light.


lexentry: eng/lightning__Noun__1
written_rep: lightning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blitz
sense_list:
A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.


lexentry: eng/lightning_rod__Noun__1
written_rep: lightning rod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blitzableiter
sense_list:
A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground to protect the building from damage by lightning.


lexentry: eng/lightning_strike__Noun__1
written_rep: lightning strike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blitzeinschlag
sense_list:
A lightning bolt, stroke of lightning, one of the events during an electrical storm when lightning strikes (an object on) the ground or an aircraft in flight.


lexentry: eng/lights,_camera,_action__Phrase__1
written_rep: lights, camera, action
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Licht! Kamera! Action! | Licht, Kamera, Action!
sense_list:
(cinematography) The traditional cue to the members of a (silent) film crew at the beginning of a take. When talkies began, “sound” was inserted between “lights” and “camera”.


lexentry: eng/lightship__Noun__1
written_rep: lightship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Feuerschiff
sense_list:
(nautical) A vessel riding at anchor and displaying a light for the guidance of sailors, in a position where a fixed lighthouse structure would be impracticable.


lexentry: eng/lightweight__Noun__1
written_rep: lightweight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leichtgewicht | Leichtgewichtler
sense_list:
(combat, _, sports) A particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See Wikipedia for the specifics of each sport. | (rowing) A particular weight category as prescribed by the rules, separate from an open or heavyweight class. | (weightlifting) A competitive weight division as prescribed by the rules, between the heavier middleweight and the lighter featherweight. | (by extension) A person with low endurance. | A person who cannot handle their drink; one who gets drunk on very little alcohol. | A political candidate with little chance of winning.


lexentry: eng/lignoceric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: lignoceric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Carbonsäure C24
sense_list:
(fatty acid) The saturated fatty acid n-tetracosanoic acid, having twenty-four carbon atoms; it is found in wood tar


lexentry: eng/like__Noun__1
written_rep: like
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Like
sense_list:
(internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.


lexentry: eng/like__Noun__2
written_rep: like
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deinesgleichen | euresgleichen | ihresgleichen | meinesgleichen | seinesgleichen | unseresgleichen
sense_list:
(sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.


lexentry: eng/like__Verb__1
written_rep: like
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: mögen | gefallen | gern haben
sense_list:
(obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition). | To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.


lexentry: eng/like__Verb__1
written_rep: like
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: liken | mögen
sense_list:
(Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.


lexentry: eng/like_shooting_fish_in_a_barrel__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: like shooting fish in a barrel
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dumm wie Bohnenstroh
sense_list:
(simile) Extremely easy; sometimes with a connotation of triumph but at other times with a connotation of being meaningless and unsatisfying.


lexentry: eng/like_that__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: like that
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: genauso
sense_list:
(adjectival) Of the same, a similar, that particular kind. | (adverbial) In such, the same, a similar way, in that particular manner


lexentry: eng/likelihood__Noun__1
written_rep: likelihood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wahrscheinlichkeit
sense_list:
The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.


lexentry: eng/liken__Verb__1
written_rep: liken
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vergleichen
sense_list:
Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.


lexentry: eng/lily__Noun__1
written_rep: lily
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lilie
sense_list:
Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.


lexentry: eng/limaçon__Noun__1
written_rep: limaçon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Limaçon | Pascal'sche Schnecke | pascalsche Limaçon | pascalsche Schnecke
sense_list:
(geometry) A plane curve with polar equation \rho = a + b\,\sin\,\theta or \rho = a + b\,\cos\,\theta, of which the cardioid is a special case.


lexentry: eng/limber__Noun__1
written_rep: limber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protze
sense_list:
(military) A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.


lexentry: eng/limber_up__Verb__1
written_rep: limber up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aufwärmen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, usually as a preparation for physical exercise.


lexentry: eng/limbo__Noun__1
written_rep: limbo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Limbus | Vorhölle
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism, uncountable) The place, thought to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the place where each category of souls exists, regarded separately. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/limbo__Noun__1
written_rep: limbo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schwebezustand
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/lime__Noun__1
written_rep: lime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kalk
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).


lexentry: eng/lime__Noun__3
written_rep: lime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Limette | Limone
sense_list:
Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon. | Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.


lexentry: eng/lime_juice__Noun__1
written_rep: lime juice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Limettensaft
sense_list:
The liquid extract of lime fruit, notably sour and often condensed, as used especially in food preparation.


lexentry: eng/limelight__Noun__1
written_rep: limelight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kalklicht | Rampenlicht
sense_list:
A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of incandescent quicklime.


lexentry: eng/limerence__Noun__1
written_rep: limerence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verliebtheit | Limerenz
sense_list:
(psychology) An involuntary romantic infatuation with another person, especially combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one's feelings reciprocated. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/limerick__Noun__1
written_rep: limerick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Limerick
sense_list:
A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.


lexentry: eng/limescale__Noun__1
written_rep: limescale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kalk | Kesselstein
sense_list:
A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.


lexentry: eng/limestone__Noun__1
written_rep: limestone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kalkstein | Kalk | Calciumcarbonat
sense_list:
An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO3); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.


lexentry: eng/limit__Noun__1
written_rep: limit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Grenzwert | Grenze
sense_list:
(mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).


lexentry: eng/limit_point__Noun__1
written_rep: limit point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Häufungspunkt
sense_list:
(topology) Given a subset S of a given topological space T, any point p whose every neighborhood contains some point, distinct from p, which belongs to S.


lexentry: eng/limited_atonement__Noun__1
written_rep: limited atonement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: begrenzte Sühne | begrenzte Versöhnung
sense_list:
(theology) A doctrine, one of the five points of Calvinism, stating that Jesus Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross is limited in scope to those who are predestined unto salvation, which is conferred only to believers.


lexentry: eng/limited_company__Noun__1
written_rep: limited company
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kapitalgesellschaft
sense_list:
A company in which the liability of members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company.


lexentry: eng/limited_liability_company__Noun__1
written_rep: limited liability company
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung | GmbH
sense_list:
(legal) A type or form of for-profit incorporated company where ownership is divided into shares, and where the governing rules are set forth in a contract entered into by all of the initial shareholders. The name derives from the fact that regardless of potential losses or even bankruptcy of the corporation, individual shareholders will bear a maximum liability of the price they paid for their shares.


lexentry: eng/limited_partnership__Noun__1
written_rep: limited partnership
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kommanditgesellschaft
sense_list:
(legal) A form of partnership including limited partners whose potential liability is limited to their investment.


lexentry: eng/limnology__Noun__1
written_rep: limnology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Limnologie | Gewässerökologie | Seenkunde
sense_list:
(ecology) The science concerning the biological, physical and geological properties of fresh water bodies, especially lakes and ponds.


lexentry: eng/limonene__Noun__1
written_rep: limonene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Limonen
sense_list:
(organic compound) A monoterpene hydrocarbon 1-methyl-4-prop-1-en-2-yl-cyclohexene found in the essential oils of oranges, lemons and similar fruit, and mainly responsible for their fragrance


lexentry: eng/limonite__Noun__1
written_rep: limonite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Limonit
sense_list:
(mineral) Any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hemite with clays and manganese oxide.


lexentry: eng/limousine__Noun__1
written_rep: limousine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Limousine | Stretchlimousine
sense_list:
A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s]


lexentry: eng/limpet__Noun__1
written_rep: limpet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Napfschnecke
sense_list:
A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores.


lexentry: eng/limpet__Noun__1
written_rep: limpet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Anhang | Anhängsel
sense_list:
(British) Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.


lexentry: eng/limpkin__Noun__1
written_rep: limpkin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rallenkranich
sense_list:
A large bird, Aramus guarauna, found in marshes in the Caribbean, Central America and southern Florida.


lexentry: eng/linchpin__Noun__1
written_rep: linchpin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Achsnagel | Lünse
sense_list:
A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device.


lexentry: eng/linchpin__Noun__1
written_rep: linchpin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Angelpunkt
sense_list:
(figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gerade | Linie
sense_list:
(geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Linie | Strich
sense_list:
A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Linie | Taktstrich
sense_list:
(music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Leitung | Linie
sense_list:
The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 16
trans_list: Schlange | Reihe
sense_list:
A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. [from mid-16th c.]


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 19
trans_list: Linie | Gerade
sense_list:
A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 20
trans_list: Zeile | Leine
sense_list:
A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 22
trans_list: Linie | Parteilinie
sense_list:
The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction. [from later 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 24
trans_list: Linie
sense_list:
A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 26
trans_list: Linie | Line
sense_list:
Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:


lexentry: eng/line_break__Noun__1
written_rep: line break
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zeilenumbruch | Zeilenwechsel
sense_list:
(typesetting) A point in writing where text that would normally continue on the same line starts at the beginning of a new line.


lexentry: eng/line_feed__Noun__1
written_rep: line feed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Zeilenvorschub
sense_list:
(computing) The character (0x0a in ASCII) which advances the paper by one line in a teletype or printer, or moves the cursor to the next line on a display.


lexentry: eng/line_graph__Noun__1
written_rep: line graph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liniendiagramm
sense_list:
A graph in which a series of connected straight lines connect points, each of which represents the value of a particular variable as a function of another variable. | A graph which is the line graph (in the above sense) of some other graph.


lexentry: eng/line_graph__Noun__1
written_rep: line graph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kantengraph
sense_list:
(graph theory) A graph L(G) which is derived from a given non-oriented graph G such that the vertices of L(G) represent edges of G and so that a clique in L(G) represents a common end-vertex shared by a set of represented edges. (A star subgraph in G transforms into a clique in L(G).)


lexentry: eng/line_judge__Noun__1
written_rep: line judge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Linienrichter
sense_list:
(tennis) An official who watches the lines of the court and judges whether the ball has landed in or out and also declares foot faults.


lexentry: eng/line_of_business__Noun__1
written_rep: line of business
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abzweigung
sense_list:
A product or a set of related products that serve a particular customer transaction or business need.


lexentry: eng/line_of_credit__Noun__1
written_rep: line of credit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kreditlinie | Kreditrahmen | Kreditvertrag
sense_list:
(finance, banking) A credit facility under which a bank or other lender agrees to provide a client with loans of money up to an approved limit during a predefined period. The client may borrow the entire credit amount all at once or in portions during the specified period.


lexentry: eng/lineage__Noun__1
written_rep: lineage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abstammung | Abstammunglinie | Abstammungreihe | Geschlecht
sense_list:
Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.


lexentry: eng/lineament__Noun__1
written_rep: lineament
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Köder
sense_list:
A distinctive feature that characterizes something, especially the parts of the face of an individual.


lexentry: eng/linear__Adjective__1
written_rep: linear
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linear
sense_list:
Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course. | (mathematics) (of polynomials or polynomial equations) | (physics) A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).


lexentry: eng/linear_algebra__Noun__1
written_rep: linear algebra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lineare Algebra
sense_list:
(mathematics) The branch of mathematics that deals with vectors, vector spaces, linear transformations and systems of linear equations.


lexentry: eng/linear_combination__Noun__1
written_rep: linear combination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Linearkombination
sense_list:
(linear algebra) a sum, each of whose summands is an appropriate vector times an appropriate scalar (or ring element)


lexentry: eng/linear_programming__Noun__1
written_rep: linear programming
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lineare Programmierung
sense_list:
(mathematics) The branch of mathematics concerned with the minimization or maximization of a linear function of several variables and inequalities; used in many branches of industry to minimize costs or maximize production.


lexentry: eng/linearity__Noun__1
written_rep: linearity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Linearität
sense_list:
The state of being linear. | (mathematics) A relationship between several quantities which can be considered as proportional and expressed in terms of linear algebra, or any mathematical property of a relationship, operation or function that is analogous to such proportionality, satisfying additivity and homogeneity.


lexentry: eng/linearly_independent__Adjective__1
written_rep: linearly independent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frei
sense_list:
(linear algebra) (Of a set of vectors or ring elements) whose nontrivial linear combinations are nonzero


lexentry: eng/linen__Noun__1
written_rep: linen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Heimtextilien
sense_list:
(countable) Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens. | A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.


lexentry: eng/linen_closet__Noun__1
written_rep: linen closet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wäscheschrank
sense_list:
A shelved closet or cupboard used for the storage of household linen, particularly bedlinen and associated bedding, but also bathroom and kitchen linen (towels, etc.).


lexentry: eng/liner__Noun__2
written_rep: liner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Futter
sense_list:
(South Korean idol fandom) person born in a certain year (XX liner); person who belongs to a certain line


lexentry: eng/lineup__Noun__1
written_rep: lineup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gegenüberstellung
sense_list:
(US, legal, &, law enforcement) a physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime, allowing a witness to identify them


lexentry: eng/linger__Verb__1
written_rep: linger
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trödeln | Zeit brauchen | ausharren | bleiben | herumlungern | herumtrödeln
sense_list:
(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.


lexentry: eng/linger__Verb__1
written_rep: linger
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aushalten | ausharren | durchhalten | fortbestehen | herauszögern | hinauszögern
sense_list:
(intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.


lexentry: eng/linger__Verb__1
written_rep: linger
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: sich aufhalten | zögern | überdenken
sense_list:
(intransitive, often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.


lexentry: eng/lingo__Noun__1
written_rep: lingo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jargon
sense_list:
(informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.


lexentry: eng/lingua_franca__Noun__1
written_rep: lingua franca
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lingua Franca | Verkehrssprache
sense_list:
A common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one not the first language of any of its speakers.


lexentry: eng/linguist__Noun__1
written_rep: linguist
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: One who studies linguistics.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
Linguist | Sprachwissenschaftler | Sprachwissenschaftlerin | Linguistin | Sprachforscher | Sprachforscherin


lexentry: eng/liniment__Noun__1
written_rep: liniment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liniment
sense_list:
A topical medical preparation intended to be rubbed into the skin with friction, as for example to relieve symptoms of arthritis.


lexentry: eng/link__Noun__1
written_rep: link
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: Verknüpfung | Glied | Getriebeglied | Koppel | Koppelstange
sense_list:
(kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.


lexentry: eng/link__Noun__1
written_rep: link
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: Link | Hyperlink
sense_list:
(engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.


lexentry: eng/link__Noun__1
written_rep: link
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: Kettenglied
sense_list:
(surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.


lexentry: eng/link__Noun__1
written_rep: link
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: Verknüpfung | Glied | Bindigkeit
sense_list:
(chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.


lexentry: eng/link_up__Verb__1
written_rep: link up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verknüpfen | verlinken
sense_list:
(transitive) To link or join together. | (intransitive) To become linked or joined together. | (informal) To meet with someone.


lexentry: eng/linked_list__Noun__1
written_rep: linked list
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liste | verkettete Liste
sense_list:
(computer science) A simple linear data structure, each of whose nodes includes a pointer to the next (and sometimes previous) node in the list, enabling traversal of the structure in at least one direction from any starting point.


lexentry: eng/linker__Noun__1
written_rep: linker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Linker
sense_list:
(genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.


lexentry: eng/linking_element__Noun__1
written_rep: linking element
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fugenelement
sense_list:
(linguistics) An element of morphological analysis, usually carrying no meaning, used to connect words or stems to form compounds.


lexentry: eng/linnet__Noun__1
written_rep: linnet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hänfling | Bluthänfling
sense_list:
A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.


lexentry: eng/linocut__Noun__1
written_rep: linocut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Linolschnitt
sense_list:
(art, printing) A type of woodcut in which a block of linoleum is used for the relief surface; the design cut into the block.


lexentry: eng/linoleic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: linoleic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Linolsäure
sense_list:
an polyunsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and two double bonds, essential for human nutrition; it is found in linseed, sunflower and other vegetable oils


lexentry: eng/linoleum__Noun__1
written_rep: linoleum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Linoleum
sense_list:
An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.


lexentry: eng/linstock__Noun__1
written_rep: linstock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luntenspieß
sense_list:
(historical) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.


lexentry: eng/lintel__Noun__1
written_rep: lintel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sturz | Oberschwelle
sense_list:
(architectural element) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.


lexentry: eng/lion's_leaf__Noun__1
written_rep: lion's leaf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Löwenblatt
sense_list:
Leontice leontopetalum, a flowering plant of the Eastern Mediterranean containing saponins in all its parts


lexentry: eng/lion__Noun__1
written_rep: lion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Löwe
sense_list:
(in particular) A male lion, as opposed to a lioness. | (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion. | A Chinese foo dog. | An individual who shows strength and courage, attributes associated with the lion. | A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity. | A light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion. | (historical) An old Scottish coin, with a lion on the obverse, worth 74 shillings.


lexentry: eng/lip-sync__Verb__1
written_rep: lip-sync
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lippensynchron singen
sense_list:
(music, singing) To move lips in synchronization with sounds (generally recorded) so it appears they are the source of the sounds.


lexentry: eng/lip__Noun__1
written_rep: lip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Ansatz | Auslauf | Rand | Randabschluss | Schnaupe | Tülle
sense_list:
(by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.


lexentry: eng/lip_balm__Noun__1
written_rep: lip balm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Labello | Lippenbalsam | Lippencreme | Lippenpflegestift
sense_list:
A substance topically applied to the lips of the mouth to relieve chapped or dry lips, angular cheilitis or stomatitis, and cold sores.


lexentry: eng/lip_sync__Noun__1
written_rep: lip sync
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lippensynchronisation
sense_list:
(music, singing) The synchronization of prerecorded audio signals and movement of the lips such that there is no lack of simultaneity between them.


lexentry: eng/lipid__Noun__1
written_rep: lipid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lipid | Lipide
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body.


lexentry: eng/lipodystrophy__Noun__1
written_rep: lipodystrophy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lipodystrophie
sense_list:
(pathology) A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.


lexentry: eng/liposuction__Noun__1
written_rep: liposuction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fettabsaugung | Liposuktion
sense_list:
(medicine) A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction.


lexentry: eng/lipreader__Noun__1
written_rep: lipreader
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lippenleser
sense_list:
Someone who is able to tell what a person is saying by looking at the motion of the lips (a technique used by the deaf, although it can be learned by the hearing, called lipreading).


lexentry: eng/liquefied_natural_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: liquefied natural gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flüssigerdgas
sense_list:
(petrochemistry) Natural gas that has been cooled and compressed to liquid form for transport and storage.


lexentry: eng/liquefied_petroleum_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: liquefied petroleum gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flüssiggas
sense_list:
(petrochemistry) A mixture of propane and butane with traces of some other gases, which is kept in a liquid state at high pressure in metal bottles, and used as a source of gas for cooking, heating and as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.


lexentry: eng/liqueur__Noun__1
written_rep: liqueur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Likör
sense_list:
A flavoured alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.


lexentry: eng/liquid__Adjective__1
written_rep: liquid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flüssig | Flüssigkeit
sense_list:
Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.


lexentry: eng/liquid__Noun__1
written_rep: liquid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flüssigkeit | flüssig
sense_list:
A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.


lexentry: eng/liquid_air__Noun__1
written_rep: liquid air
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flüssigluft
sense_list:
Air which is in a liquid state due to being pressurized or kept at a low temperature, or both, usually for storage and transport purposes.


lexentry: eng/liquid_crystal__Noun__1
written_rep: liquid crystal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flüssigkristall
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) A phase of matter similar to a liquid, in which the molecules are arranged regularly in one or two dimensions.


lexentry: eng/liquid_smoke__Noun__1
written_rep: liquid smoke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flüssigrauch
sense_list:
A substance produced by either passing smoke from wood-burning through water, or capturing such smoke and later mixing it with water, used for food preservation and flavoring.


lexentry: eng/liquidate__Verb__1
written_rep: liquidate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: liquidieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To settle the affairs of (a company), by using its assets to pay its debts. | (transitive) To convert (assets) into cash; to redeem. | (transitive) to kill, destroy, eliminate (mostly for political or ideological reasons)


lexentry: eng/liquidity__Noun__1
written_rep: liquidity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Liquidität | Verfügbarkeit
sense_list:
(economics, countable) An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash.


lexentry: eng/liquor__Noun__1
written_rep: liquor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Spirituose
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.


lexentry: eng/lisp__Verb__1
written_rep: lisp
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lispeln | zuzeln
sense_list:
To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.


lexentry: eng/list__Noun__1
written_rep: list
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Liste
sense_list:
A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. [from 1600] | (computing, programming) A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.


lexentry: eng/list__Noun__4
written_rep: list
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Krängung | Schlagseite
sense_list:
(nautical) A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/list__Verb__1
written_rep: list
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aufzählen
sense_list:
(transitive) To create or recite a list. | (transitive) To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.


lexentry: eng/list_price__Noun__1
written_rep: list price
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Listenpreis
sense_list:
(business) The retail selling price of an item, as recommended by the manufacturer or retail distributor, or as listed in a catalog.


lexentry: eng/listen__Verb__1
written_rep: listen
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zuhören | lauschen | hören
sense_list:
To use one's sense of hearing in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound.


lexentry: eng/listener__Noun__1
written_rep: listener
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Beobachter
sense_list:
(computing, programming, chiefly, _, Java) A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.


lexentry: eng/listenership__Noun__1
written_rep: listenership
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Audienz
sense_list:
The audience that listens to a certain form or genre of audio material (specifically (Internet, radio) , an audio broadcast such as a radio program or a podcast).


lexentry: eng/listening_post__Noun__1
written_rep: listening post
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Horchposten
sense_list:
A facility established to monitor radio and microwave signals and analyse their content to secure information and intelligence for use by the security and diplomatic community and others.


lexentry: eng/listeria__Noun__1
written_rep: listeria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Listeria
sense_list:
Any rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium, of the genus Listeria, especially those responsible for the bacterial infection listeriosis.


lexentry: eng/litany__Noun__1
written_rep: litany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Litanei
sense_list:
A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation.


lexentry: eng/lite__Adjective__1
written_rep: lite
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lichtquelle
sense_list:
Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially. | Lightweight


lexentry: eng/literal__Adjective__1
written_rep: literal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wörtlich | buchstäblich
sense_list:
Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical, and etymonic rather than idiomatic.


lexentry: eng/literal__Noun__1
written_rep: literal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: wörtlich
sense_list:
(programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.


lexentry: eng/literary_agent__Noun__1
written_rep: literary agent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agent
sense_list:
A person who represents writers and their written works to publishers and film producers and assists in the sale and deal negotiation of the same.


lexentry: eng/literary_language__Noun__1
written_rep: literary language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Literatursprache
sense_list:
(literature) A register of a language that is used in literary writing. | (sociolinguistics, Slavistics) A language variety used as an institutional norm in a community, opposed to vernacular dialects; a standard language.


lexentry: eng/literary_science__Noun__1
written_rep: literary science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Literaturwissenschaft
sense_list:
In many European countries, all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature, including history of literature, literary criticism, comparative literature, and literary theory.


lexentry: eng/literate__Adjective__1
written_rep: literate
part_of_speech: adjective
sense_list: Able to read and write; having literacy.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
schreibkundig | alphabetisiert | des Lesens und Schreibens mächtig | lese- und schreibkundig | literal | schriftkundig


lexentry: eng/literature__Noun__1
written_rep: literature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Literatur
sense_list:
The body of all written works. | The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture. | (usually preceded by the) All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.


lexentry: eng/lithiasis__Noun__1
written_rep: lithiasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lithiasis
sense_list:
(medicine) The process of forming stone-like deposits or calculi formed in an internal organ, such as a gallstone in the gall bladder.


lexentry: eng/lithium__Noun__1
written_rep: lithium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lithium
sense_list:
(uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3. It is a soft, silvery metal.


lexentry: eng/lithium_aluminium_hydride__Noun__1
written_rep: lithium aluminium hydride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lithiumaluminiumhydrid
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) LiAlH4, a powerful reducing agent with many applications in organic chemistry; contains the aluminohydride anion AlH4-.


lexentry: eng/lithium_carbonate__Noun__1
written_rep: lithium carbonate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lithiumcarbonat
sense_list:
(organic compound) The lithium salt of carbonic acid, Li2CO3, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, and medically, in the treatment of bipolar disorder.


lexentry: eng/lithium_hydride__Noun__1
written_rep: lithium hydride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lithiumhydrid
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) LiH, a gray solid that reacts violently with water, and can ignite spontaneously in air; it has a number of industrial applications, and is used in the manufacture of lithium aluminium hydride.


lexentry: eng/lithography__Noun__1
written_rep: lithography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lithographie | Lithografie
sense_list:
The process of printing an image by drawing the image with a water-repellent material onto a hard, flat surface (typically metal), then copying the surface by applying water and ink (or the equivalent) to it and pressing another material against it. [from 1813]


lexentry: eng/lithosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: lithosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lithosphäre | Gesteinsmantel
sense_list:
(geology) The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth; divided into twelve major plates.


lexentry: eng/litigant__Noun__1
written_rep: litigant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Interessent
sense_list:
(legal) A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.


lexentry: eng/litmus__Noun__1
written_rep: litmus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lackmus
sense_list:
(uncountable) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels.


lexentry: eng/litmus_test__Noun__1
written_rep: litmus test
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lackmustest | Nagelprobe | Prüfstein
sense_list:
(figuratively, by extension) Any test which produces a decisive result (for example, determining whether to appoint someone to a job) by measuring a single indicator.


lexentry: eng/litotes__Noun__1
written_rep: litotes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Litotes
sense_list:
(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite, particularly the negation of a negative quality to say something positive.


lexentry: eng/litter__Noun__1
written_rep: litter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sänfte | Bahre | Trage
sense_list:
(countable) A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.


lexentry: eng/litter__Verb__1
written_rep: litter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vermüllen | wegwerfen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).


lexentry: eng/litter_box__Noun__1
written_rep: litter box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Katzenklo
sense_list:
A box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with kitty litter, sand, clay chips, etc.


lexentry: eng/litterfall__Noun__1
written_rep: litterfall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Streufallmasse
sense_list:
(ecology, countable) The total mass of plant material falling to the ground per unit area, or the mass collected at a specific site.


lexentry: eng/little__Adjective__1
written_rep: little
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wenig
sense_list:
Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals. | Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.


lexentry: eng/little_boy__Noun__1
written_rep: little boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bürschchen | Knäblein | Bengelchen | Bübchen | Knäbchen
sense_list:
A male child, especially one younger than ten years of age. | (AU, NZ) A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties, also known as a cocktail sausage or a cheerio.


lexentry: eng/little_bustard__Noun__1
written_rep: little bustard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zwergtrappe
sense_list:
Tetrax tetrax, a migratory bird of the family Otididae (bustards) found in parts of Europe and Central Asia


lexentry: eng/little_egret__Noun__1
written_rep: little egret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seidenreiher
sense_list:
A species of egret, Egretta garzetta, family Ardeidae, widely distributed throughout the Old World, the Caribbean, and Eastern North America.


lexentry: eng/little_green_man__Noun__1
written_rep: little green man
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grünes Männchen | kleines grünes Männchen
sense_list:
(chiefly, science fiction) A conventional fictional alien from outer space in the form of a small humanoid with green skin.


lexentry: eng/little_green_man__Noun__1
written_rep: little green man
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: grünes Männchen
sense_list:
(euphemistic, usually, in the plural) A soldier lacking identification as to create uncertainty around their allegiance (most notably seen with affiliation to the Russian Federation following associated campaigns 2014 in Ukraine).


lexentry: eng/little_penguin__Noun__1
written_rep: little penguin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zwergpinguin
sense_list:
The smallest species of penguin, Eudyptula minor, found in New Zealand, southern Australia, and the Chatham Islands.


lexentry: eng/liturgics__Noun__1
written_rep: liturgics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liturgiewissenschaft | Liturgik
sense_list:
The academic discipline dedicated to the study of liturgy (public worship rites, rituals, and practices).


lexentry: eng/liturgist__Noun__1
written_rep: liturgist
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: A person knowledgeable about liturgy.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
Liturgiewissenschafter | Liturgiewissenschafterin | Liturgiewissenschaftler | Liturgiewissenschaftlerin | Liturgiker | Liturgikerin


lexentry: eng/live__Adjective__1
written_rep: live
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lebend
sense_list:
(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive. | (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.


lexentry: eng/live__Adjective__1
written_rep: live
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: scharf
sense_list:
(programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program. | Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation. | (linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.


lexentry: eng/live__Verb__1
written_rep: live
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leben
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be alive; to have life. | (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.


lexentry: eng/live_and_learn__Verb__1
written_rep: live and learn
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: man lernt nie aus
sense_list:
An exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences. Commonly used after a misfortune to indicate a moral lesson.


lexentry: eng/live_and_let_live__Verb__1
written_rep: live and let live
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leben und leben lassen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To be tolerant; to enjoy the pleasures and opportunities which life offers and to allow others to do the same.


lexentry: eng/live_by_the_sword,_die_by_the_sword__Proverb__1
written_rep: live by the sword, die by the sword
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wer das Schwert ergreift, der soll durchs Schwert umkommen
sense_list:
One who uses violence can expect a violent response; it is better to try to use peaceful means wherever possible.


lexentry: eng/live_paycheck_to_paycheck__Verb__1
written_rep: live paycheck to paycheck
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sich von Monat zu Monat durchschlagen | von der Hand in den Mund leben
sense_list:
(US, idiomatic) To have the entirety of what one earns consumed by living expenses, thus having nothing left over to save; make just enough (money, etc.) to survive; to scratch by.


lexentry: eng/live_weight__Noun__1
written_rep: live weight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lebendgewicht
sense_list:
The weight of a living animal before it is slaughtered for meat; used for example as a pricing basis in selling cattle for meat.


lexentry: eng/livelihood__Noun__1
written_rep: livelihood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lebensunterhalt | Auskommen | Existenzgrundlage | Lebensgrundlage | täglich Brot
sense_list:
A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/liver__Noun__1
written_rep: liver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leber
sense_list:
(anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions. | (countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food. | A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.


lexentry: eng/liver_fluke__Noun__1
written_rep: liver fluke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leberegel
sense_list:
Any of several parasitic trematode worms that infect the livers of various mammals, including humans.


lexentry: eng/liverwort__Noun__1
written_rep: liverwort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lebermoos
sense_list:
A type of bryophyte with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.


lexentry: eng/livery__Noun__1
written_rep: livery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Livree
sense_list:
Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.


lexentry: eng/living_fossil__Noun__1
written_rep: living fossil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lebendes Fossil | Dauerform
sense_list:
(evolutionary theory) Any species discovered first as a fossil and believed extinct, but which is later found living; an organism that has remained unchanged over geological periods. [from 1859]


lexentry: eng/living_hell__Noun__1
written_rep: living hell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: die Hölle durchleben
sense_list:
A continuing state of extreme pain, punishment, suffering, or torment with no seeming chance of reprieve.


lexentry: eng/living_street__Noun__1
written_rep: living street
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Begegnungszone | Spielstraße | Verkehrsberuhigter Bereich | Wohnstraße
sense_list:
A street designed primarily in the interests of pedestrians and cyclists, while motor vehicles are allowed to use it with caution.


lexentry: eng/living_thing__Noun__1
written_rep: living thing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lebewesen
sense_list:
An entity such as an animal, a plant, a fungus or a microorganism; something that lives, as opposed to being non-living or dead.


lexentry: eng/living_will__Noun__1
written_rep: living will
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lebenstestament
sense_list:
(legal) A document, made by a person when still legally fit to do so, which provides clear instructions or principles to be employed by a surrogate decision-maker, such as expressing a desire to be allowed to die instead of being kept alive by artificial means, in the event of being severely disabled or suffering from a terminal illness.


lexentry: eng/livor_mortis__Noun__1
written_rep: livor mortis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leichenfleck | Totenfleck
sense_list:
(medicine) A settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body, causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin, typically occurring after death.


lexentry: eng/llama__Noun__1
written_rep: llama
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lama
sense_list:
A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.


lexentry: eng/loach__Noun__1
written_rep: loach
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schmerle
sense_list:
A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes: Botiidae, Balitoridae, and Gyrinocheilidae.


lexentry: eng/load__Noun__1
written_rep: load
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Ladung
sense_list:
A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time. | (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device. | The charge of powder for a firearm.


lexentry: eng/load__Verb__1
written_rep: load
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laden | beladen
sense_list:
(transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage). | (transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition. | (transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory. | (intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.


lexentry: eng/loaded__Adjective__1
written_rep: loaded
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: gezinkt
sense_list:
(dice, also, figurative) Of a die or dice: weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws.


lexentry: eng/loaded__Adjective__1
written_rep: loaded
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: belastet | gefärbt | tendenziös
sense_list:
(of a word or phrase) Having strong connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke an emotional response. Sometimes used loosely to describe a word that simply has many different meanings.


lexentry: eng/loader__Noun__1
written_rep: loader
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Radlader
sense_list:
A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, wheel loader, etc.


lexentry: eng/loading_gauge__Noun__1
written_rep: loading gauge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fahrzeugbegrenzungslinie | Ladelehre
sense_list:
(rail, UK) The maximum permitted height and width for a rail vehicle, governed by clearances in tunnels, under bridges and past lineside structures.


lexentry: eng/loading_gauge__Noun__1
written_rep: loading gauge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Ladelehre
sense_list:
(rail) A physical structure, often a metal frame above a railroad track, to check the maximum height and width of a vehicle.


lexentry: eng/loam__Noun__1
written_rep: loam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lehm
sense_list:
(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.


lexentry: eng/loam__Noun__1
written_rep: loam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Formsand
sense_list:
(metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.


lexentry: eng/loan__Noun__1
written_rep: loan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Darlehen | Anleihe | Kredit
sense_list:
(law, banking, finance) A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).


lexentry: eng/loan_coinage__Noun__1
written_rep: loan coinage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lehnprägung
sense_list:
A new lexeme – by native means – for an importation, that latter is any word formally containing foreign elements.


lexentry: eng/loan_creation__Noun__1
written_rep: loan creation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lehnschöpfung | Lehnwortersatz
sense_list:
A compound word or expression serving to reflect a concept otherwise denoted by a loan word or an other term of formally imported elements not necessarily without using such elements but without any elements corresponding to that term perceived as imported.


lexentry: eng/loan_formation__Noun__1
written_rep: loan formation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lehnbildung | Lehnformung
sense_list:
this is the hypernym for loan rendering / loan rendition and loan translation, and optionally also for loan creation (usage varies)


lexentry: eng/loan_rendering__Noun__1
written_rep: loan rendering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lehnübertragung
sense_list:
An inexact calque where at least one constituent isn't translated literally, in order to give readers of the target language a more accurate mental image.


lexentry: eng/loanshark__Verb__1
written_rep: loanshark
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wuchern
sense_list:
To commit usury (to loan money at excessive rate of interest), especially if collecting under threat of violence.


lexentry: eng/lobby__Noun__1
written_rep: lobby
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Lobby
sense_list:
(politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.


lexentry: eng/lobby__Verb__1
written_rep: lobby
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lobbyieren
sense_list:
(intransitive, transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.


lexentry: eng/lobbyist__Noun__1
written_rep: lobbyist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lobbyist | Lobbyistin
sense_list:
A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.


lexentry: eng/lobe__Noun__1
written_rep: lobe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ausformung | Formelement | Fortsatz | Keule | Lobus | Mündungsfächer
sense_list:
Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/lobe__Noun__1
written_rep: lobe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lappen | Hirnlappen | Leberlappen | Lobus | Lungenlappen
sense_list:
(anatomy) A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/lobelia__Noun__1
written_rep: lobelia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lobelie
sense_list:
A member of the genus Lobelia, flowering plants in the Lobelioideae subfamily of family Campanulaceae, containing many species, some of which are garden plants.


lexentry: eng/lobster__Noun__1
written_rep: lobster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hummer
sense_list:
A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood. | A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.


lexentry: eng/lobster_pot__Noun__1
written_rep: lobster pot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hummerfalle
sense_list:
A trap used to catch lobsters, resembling a crate with a small opening that a lobster can enter but has trouble exiting.


lexentry: eng/local__Adjective__1
written_rep: local
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: lokal | örtlich
sense_list:
(computing, of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program. | (group theory, of a property of a finite group) Detectable from the behavior of the normalizers of the nontrivial p-subgroups. | (medicine) Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.


lexentry: eng/local_anesthetic__Noun__1
written_rep: local anesthetic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Betäubungsmittel | Lokalanästhetikum | lokales Betäubungsmittel
sense_list:
(medicine) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.


lexentry: eng/local_battery__Noun__1
written_rep: local battery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Sprechstellenschaltung
sense_list:
In telephony, a source of local power for a telephone instrument, as opposed to being powered from the central office.


lexentry: eng/local_color__Noun__1
written_rep: local color
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lokalkolorit
sense_list:
Aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities; the collective customs, mannerisms, fashions, artwork, accents or traditions of an area.


lexentry: eng/local_government__Noun__1
written_rep: local government
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lokale Regierung
sense_list:
Any form of government whose remit covers an area less than that of the nation and, in some cases, less than that of a state.


lexentry: eng/local_maximum__Noun__1
written_rep: local maximum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lokales Maximum
sense_list:
(mathematics) A maximum within a restricted domain; a point on a function whose value is greater than the values of all other points near it, especially if another local maximum of greater value is known to exist.


lexentry: eng/local_minimum__Noun__1
written_rep: local minimum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lokales Minimum
sense_list:
(mathematics) A point on a graph (or its associated function) whose value is less than all other points near it.


lexentry: eng/local_train__Noun__1
written_rep: local train
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bummelzug | Nahverkehrszug | Regionalbahn | Regionalzug
sense_list:
(rail) A train (either the service or the train itself) making stops at all stations along its route.


lexentry: eng/locale__Noun__1
written_rep: locale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Gebietsschema | Gebietsschemaparameter | Locale
sense_list:
(computing) The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.


lexentry: eng/localhost__Noun__1
written_rep: localhost
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Localhost
sense_list:
(networking) The computer being used locally, contrasted with remote computers elsewhere on a network.


lexentry: eng/localization__Noun__1
written_rep: localization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lokalisierung
sense_list:
(software engineering) The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.


lexentry: eng/localization__Noun__1
written_rep: localization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Ortung | Ortsbestimmung | Ermitteln des Ortes | Lokalisation | Lokalisieren | Lokalisierung
sense_list:
(algebra) A ring of fractions of a given ring, such that the complement of the set of allowed denominators is an ideal.


lexentry: eng/localize__Verb__1
written_rep: localize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lokalisieren
sense_list:
(software engineering, marketing, transitive) To adapt (a product or service) for use in a particular country or region, typically by translating text into the language of that country and modifying currencies, date formats, etc.


lexentry: eng/locative_case__Noun__1
written_rep: locative case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lokativ
sense_list:
(linguistics, grammar) A case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein; corresponding roughly to the English prepositions "in", "on", "at", and "by".


lexentry: eng/lochia__Noun__1
written_rep: lochia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wochenfluss | Lochien
sense_list:
Normal post-partum vaginal discharge; blood, mucus, and placental tissue that are discharged from a female's vagina (similar to menstruation) for several weeks after she has given birth.


lexentry: eng/lock__Noun__1
written_rep: lock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Schleuse | Schiffshebewerk
sense_list:
A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.


lexentry: eng/lock__Noun__1
written_rep: lock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: Schloss | Schleuse | Lock | Schiffshebewerk
sense_list:
A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.


lexentry: eng/lock_down__Verb__1
written_rep: lock down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schließen
sense_list:
(transitive) To secure (something); to blockade and lock (a building or campus) so as to prevent ingress or egress; to make (people) stay locked indoors for their safety.


lexentry: eng/lock_out__Verb__1
written_rep: lock out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aussperren
sense_list:
(transitive) To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.


lexentry: eng/lockback__Noun__1
written_rep: lockback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Backlock
sense_list:
A type of folding knife in which the blade locks in its extended position by means of a lock on the back#Noun of the handle that is released by pressing on a portion of the locking arm or lever (that is, the means of release is likewise on the back of the handle).


lexentry: eng/lockdown__Noun__1
written_rep: lockdown
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lockdown | Ausgangssperre | Abriegelung
sense_list:
The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.


lexentry: eng/locked__Adjective__1
written_rep: locked
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abgeschlossen | abgesperrt | zugeschlossen
sense_list:
Having undergone locking; secured by a lock. | (computing) Protected by a mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.


lexentry: eng/locker__Noun__1
written_rep: locker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schließfach | Spind
sense_list:
A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers. | A storage compartment on a ship, not necessarily one that can be locked.


lexentry: eng/locket__Noun__1
written_rep: locket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Medaillon
sense_list:
A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item. | (archaic) The upper metallic cap of a sword’s scabbard.


lexentry: eng/locking_differential__Noun__1
written_rep: locking differential
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sperrdifferential
sense_list:
(automotive) A kind of automotive differential that provides increased traction by restricting each of the two wheels on an axle to the same rotational speed without regard to available traction or differences in resistance seen at each wheel.


lexentry: eng/lockjaw__Noun__1
written_rep: lockjaw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tetanus | Wundstarrkrampf
sense_list:
(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. It causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.


lexentry: eng/lockkeeper__Noun__1
written_rep: lockkeeper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schleusenwärter | Schleusenwärterin
sense_list:
The person assigned to look after a canal or river lock, operating it and organizing its maintenance.


lexentry: eng/lockout__Noun__1
written_rep: lockout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aussperrung
sense_list:
(labor) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.


lexentry: eng/locum_tenens__Noun__1
written_rep: locum tenens
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stellvertreter | Vertreter | Vertretungsperson
sense_list:
A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.


lexentry: eng/locust__Noun__1
written_rep: locust
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Heuschrecke | Wanderheuschrecke
sense_list:
Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; the locust tree. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/locust_bean_gum__Noun__1
written_rep: locust bean gum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Johannisbrotkernmehl
sense_list:
A vegetable gum extracted from the seeds of the carob (locust beans) and used as a food additive; chemically, it is a galactomannan.


lexentry: eng/locution__Noun__1
written_rep: locution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ausdruck
sense_list:
A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage. | The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.


lexentry: eng/lodestar__Noun__1
written_rep: lodestar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leitstern
sense_list:
A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris. | (figurative) A guiding tenet or principle.


lexentry: eng/lodge__Noun__1
written_rep: lodge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Loge
sense_list:
Short for porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom. | A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.


lexentry: eng/log__Noun__1
written_rep: log
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Log
sense_list:
(nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.


lexentry: eng/log_in__Verb__1
written_rep: log in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anmelden | einloggen
sense_list:
(computing, transitive, intransitive) To gain access to a computer system, usually by providing a previously registered username and password.


lexentry: eng/log_out__Verb__1
written_rep: log out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abmelden | ausloggen
sense_list:
(computing) To exit a user account in a computer system, so that one is not recognized until signing in again.


lexentry: eng/loganberry__Noun__1
written_rep: loganberry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Loganbeere
sense_list:
A hybrid berry, produced by crossing a raspberry with a blackberry, considered a species Rubus loganobaccus, a variety Rubus ursinus var. loganobaccus, or a nothospecies Rubus × loganobaccus.


lexentry: eng/logarithm__Noun__1
written_rep: logarithm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logarithmus
sense_list:
(mathematics) For a number x, the power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain x. Written \log_b x. For example, \log_{10} 1000 = 3 because 10^3 = 1000 and \log_2 16 = 4 because 2^4 = 16.


lexentry: eng/logbook__Noun__1
written_rep: logbook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logbuch | Schiffstagebuch
sense_list:
(nautical) A book in which measurements from the ship's log are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage.


lexentry: eng/loge__Noun__1
written_rep: loge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Loge
sense_list:
An exclusive box or seating region in older theaters and opera houses, having wider, softer, and more widely spaced seats than in the gallery.


lexentry: eng/loggerhead_duck__Noun__1
written_rep: loggerhead duck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Falkland-Dampfschiffente
sense_list:
Tachyeres brachypterus, a shellfish-eating duck of the Falkland Islands; a poor diver, incapable of true flight.


lexentry: eng/logic__Noun__1
written_rep: logic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logik
sense_list:
(uncountable) A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method. | (uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements. | (countable, mathematics) A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics. | (uncountable) Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person. | (countable, sociology) A system of thought or collection of rhetoric, especially one associated with a social practice.


lexentry: eng/logic_gate__Noun__1
written_rep: logic gate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logikgatter
sense_list:
A physical device, typically electronic, which computes a Boolean logical output (0 or 1) from Boolean input or inputs according to the rules of some logical operator.


lexentry: eng/logical__Adjective__1
written_rep: logical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: logisch
sense_list:
(not comparable) In agreement with the principles of logic. | Reasonable. | (not comparable) Of or pertaining to logic.


lexentry: eng/login__Noun__1
written_rep: login
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benutzername | Login
sense_list:
(computing) Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.


lexentry: eng/logion__Noun__1
written_rep: logion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Logion
sense_list:
(specifically, Christianity) A saying that is attributed to Jesus in ancient or reconstructed texts that was (originally) handed down without narrative context.


lexentry: eng/logistics__Noun__1
written_rep: logistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logistik
sense_list:
(operations) The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from their point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of satisfying customer requirements. | (military) The procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation of equipment, facilities, and personnel.


lexentry: eng/logo__Noun__1
written_rep: logo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logo
sense_list:
A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.


lexentry: eng/logopedics__Noun__1
written_rep: logopedics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logopädie
sense_list:
The study, and correction, of speech and language defects, disorders in communication and swallowing disorders.


lexentry: eng/logopedist__Noun__1
written_rep: logopedist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logopäde
sense_list:
A specialist who deals with the correction of the speech sounds, the disorders in writing, reading, the ability to create any forms of mathematical operations, disorders in use of language and swallowing disorders.


lexentry: eng/logotype__Noun__1
written_rep: logotype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logotyp
sense_list:
A symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity, usually referred to as a logo.


lexentry: eng/logwood__Noun__1
written_rep: logwood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutholzbaum
sense_list:
A tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.


lexentry: eng/loin__Noun__1
written_rep: loin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lende
sense_list:
The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips


lexentry: eng/loitering_munition__Noun__1
written_rep: loitering munition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kamikazedrohne
sense_list:
(military, weaponry) A munition, often a UAV, that waits passively around the target area and attacks only once a target is located.


lexentry: eng/loll__Verb__1
written_rep: loll
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faulenzen | flegeln | herumliegen | herumlümmeln | räkeln
sense_list:
(intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. [from mid-14th c.]


lexentry: eng/loll__Verb__1
written_rep: loll
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: heraushängen | hängen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. [from 1610s]


lexentry: eng/lone_wolf__Noun__1
written_rep: lone wolf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: einsamer Wolf
sense_list:
(metaphorically) A person who avoids the company of others; a loner; an independent or solitary person.


lexentry: eng/loneliness__Noun__1
written_rep: loneliness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Einsamkeit
sense_list:
A feeling of depression resulting from being alone or from having no companions. | The condition or state of being alone or having no companions.


lexentry: eng/long-distance__Adjective__1
written_rep: long-distance
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fern
sense_list:
Referring to a non-local telephone call; a toll call. | Referring to a romantic relationship: between two people with a considerable distance between them.


lexentry: eng/long-distance_relationship__Noun__1
written_rep: long-distance relationship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fernbeziehung
sense_list:
A romantic relationship between two people who live far apart, but usually maintain contact telematically.


lexentry: eng/long-eared_bat__Noun__1
written_rep: long-eared bat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Langohrfledermaus
sense_list:
Any of many vesper bats with ears longer than bats of similar size, especially the brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus), of Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/long-eared_owl__Noun__1
written_rep: long-eared owl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waldohreule
sense_list:
Asio otus, a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America. Long eared owls are partially migratory, moving south in winter from the northern parts of their range.


lexentry: eng/long-legged_buzzard__Noun__1
written_rep: long-legged buzzard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adlerbussard
sense_list:
Buteo rufinus, a bird of prey in the Buteo genus, resident or breeding from North Africa to central Asia.


lexentry: eng/long-suffering__Adjective__1
written_rep: long-suffering
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: langmütig
sense_list:
Having endured mental or physical discomfort for a protracted period of time patiently or without complaint.


lexentry: eng/long-tailed_tit__Noun__1
written_rep: long-tailed tit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwanzmeise
sense_list:
Any of many subspecies of small passerine birds with long tails, Aegithalos caudatus, found throughout Europe and Asia


lexentry: eng/long_COVID__Noun__1
written_rep: long COVID
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Long COVID
sense_list:
(diseases) Long-term sequelae or symptoms (such as brain fog, extreme fatigue, or shortness of breath) following a COVID-19 infection, which persist after the SARS-CoV-2 virus is no longer active. [from 2020]


lexentry: eng/long__Adjective__1
written_rep: long
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lang
sense_list:
Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below). | Having great duration.


lexentry: eng/long_arm_of_the_law__Noun__1
written_rep: long arm of the law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rechtspflege
sense_list:
(idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) The influence or effectiveness of law enforcement institutions; law enforcement officers collectively.


lexentry: eng/long_division__Noun__1
written_rep: long division
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schriftliche Division
sense_list:
(mathematics) A procedure for dividing multidigit numbers, breaking down the division into a series of easier steps.


lexentry: eng/long_drink__Noun__1
written_rep: long drink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Longdrink
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A relatively weak (low alcoholic content per volume) and voluminous mixed drink, typically containing lots of ice and mixer.


lexentry: eng/long_johns__Noun__1
written_rep: long johns
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lange Unterhose
sense_list:
(US) A full-length undergarment, worn on the bottom half of the body, or two-piece, to keep the wearer warm in cold weather.


lexentry: eng/long_jump__Noun__1
written_rep: long jump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weitsprung
sense_list:
An athletics field event where competitors attempt to jump as far as possible, after taking a run-up; a jump such as one performed in such an event.


lexentry: eng/long_pepper__Noun__1
written_rep: long pepper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stangenpfeffer | langer Pfeffer
sense_list:
The flowering vine Piper longum in the genus Piper (pepper) of family Piperaceae, cultivated for its characteristically long fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.


lexentry: eng/long_weekend__Noun__1
written_rep: long weekend
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brückentag | Fenstertag | Zwickeltag
sense_list:
A weekend extended by one or more days off falling on a day or days immediately preceding or following it.


lexentry: eng/longbow__Noun__1
written_rep: longbow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: langbogen
sense_list:
A large bow that has a strong tension, and is usually more than 3 feet tall. The most famous longbows in history were the English longbows, which were crafted of yew.


lexentry: eng/longitude__Noun__1
written_rep: longitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Längengrad | geographische Länge
sense_list:
(geography, astronomy) Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.


lexentry: eng/longspine_snipefish__Noun__1
written_rep: longspine snipefish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gewöhnlicher Schnepfenfisch
sense_list:
A moderately elongate species of snipefish with a tubular snout equal to about a quarter of the total body length, Macroramphosus scolopax.


lexentry: eng/longsword__Noun__1
written_rep: longsword
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Langschwert
sense_list:
A European sword with a long, straight double-edged blade, a cruciform hilt, and a grip for two-handed use; prevalent from the 14th to 16th centuries.


lexentry: eng/lonsdaleite__Noun__1
written_rep: lonsdaleite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lonsdaleit
sense_list:
(mineral) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon. Also called hexagonal diamond.


lexentry: eng/loofah__Noun__1
written_rep: loofah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luffa
sense_list:
Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.


lexentry: eng/look_and_feel__Noun__1
written_rep: look and feel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aussehen und Handhabung | Look and Feel
sense_list:
(software, of an application, operating system, etc.) The combination of the visual design and behaviour of a user interface.


lexentry: eng/look_forward_to__Verb__1
written_rep: look forward to
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erwarten | freuen | sich
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure. To be excited or eager to.


lexentry: eng/look_over__Verb__1
written_rep: look over
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: (бегло) - durchfliegen
sense_list:
(transitive) To quickly read or (especially) proofread; to quickly scan text, especially while checking for errors.


lexentry: eng/look_up__Verb__1
written_rep: look up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: nachschlagen | nachsehen
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something. | To obtain information about something from a reference book.


lexentry: eng/lookalike__Noun__1
written_rep: lookalike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Doppelgänger | Doppelgängerin
sense_list:
Someone who physically resembles (looks like) someone else. | (North America) Something that looks very similar to or the same as the genuine article.


lexentry: eng/loom__Noun__1
written_rep: loom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Webstuhl | Webmaschine
sense_list:
A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.


lexentry: eng/loon__Noun__2
written_rep: loon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seetaucher
sense_list:
(US, Canada) Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.


lexentry: eng/loop__Noun__1
written_rep: loop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Schleife
sense_list:
(programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.


lexentry: eng/loop_quantum_gravity__Noun__1
written_rep: loop quantum gravity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schleifen-Quantengravitation | Schleifenquantengravitation
sense_list:
(physics) A theory which attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity, according to which space can be regarded as an extremely fine fabric of finite loops.


lexentry: eng/loophole__Noun__1
written_rep: loophole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schießscharte
sense_list:
(historical) A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light. Also written loop hole.


lexentry: eng/loophole__Noun__1
written_rep: loophole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schlupfloch | Ausflucht | Hintertürchen
sense_list:
(figurative) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.


lexentry: eng/loose_cannon__Noun__1
written_rep: loose cannon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gemeingefährlicher Mensch | unberechenbarer Mensch | unkontrollierbarer Mensch
sense_list:
(idiomatic, by extension) An uncontrolled or unpredictable person who causes damage to their own team, faction, political party, etc.


lexentry: eng/loosehead__Noun__1
written_rep: loosehead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linker Pfeiler
sense_list:
(rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum, such that in a scrum, their head is not tightly bound (unlike that of the tighthead)


lexentry: eng/loosestrife__Noun__1
written_rep: loosestrife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gilbweiderich | Blutweiderich
sense_list:
Any of certain flowering plants of the genera Lythrum and Lysimachia, which are not closely related.


lexentry: eng/loot__Verb__1
written_rep: loot
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plündern
sense_list:
(transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.


lexentry: eng/loot_box__Noun__1
written_rep: loot box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lootbox
sense_list:
(video gaming) A consumable virtual item, often in the shape of a box or another container, that gives a player a random selection of in-game items.


lexentry: eng/lop__Verb__1
written_rep: lop
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abästen
sense_list:
(transitive, usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.


lexentry: eng/lop_off__Verb__1
written_rep: lop off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abschneiden
sense_list:
(transitive) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.


lexentry: eng/loquat__Noun__1
written_rep: loquat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wollmispel
sense_list:
The fruit of this tree. It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds.


lexentry: eng/lord__Noun__1
written_rep: lord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Herr
sense_list:
One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)


lexentry: eng/lord__Verb__1
written_rep: lord
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: herrschen
sense_list:
(transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.


lexentry: eng/lord_of_the_manor__Noun__1
written_rep: lord of the manor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlossherr
sense_list:
(law, historical) The feudal lord of a manor estate. | (archaic) A ceremonial title retained or bestowed in certain contexts.


lexentry: eng/lordotic__Adjective__1
written_rep: lordotic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lordotisch
sense_list:
(pathology) Of, relating to or afflicted with lordosis; having an abnormal backwards curvature of the spine.


lexentry: eng/lordship__Noun__1
written_rep: lordship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: der Herr
sense_list:
(hence, with "his" or "your", often capitalised) Title applied to a lord, bishop, judge, or another man with a title.


lexentry: eng/lore__Noun__1
written_rep: lore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wissen | Überlieferung
sense_list:
All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.


lexentry: eng/lorikeet__Noun__1
written_rep: lorikeet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lori
sense_list:
Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.


lexentry: eng/lose__Verb__1
written_rep: lose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verlieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability. | (transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend). | (transitive) To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident. | To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from. | (transitive) To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc). | (transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer. | (ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.


lexentry: eng/lose_face__Verb__1
written_rep: lose face
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: das Gesicht verlieren
sense_list:
(idiomatic, intransitive) To lose the respect of others; to be humiliated or experience public disgrace.


lexentry: eng/lose_one's_head__Verb__1
written_rep: lose one's head
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: den Kopf verlieren
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To behave irrationally or to lose one's self-control, especially in a distressing situation or as a result of falling in love.


lexentry: eng/lose_one's_life__Verb__1
written_rep: lose one's life
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: umkommen | ums Leben kommen
sense_list:
(euphemistic) To die, especially to be killed during involvement in an activity or in some other undertaking.


lexentry: eng/loss__Noun__1
written_rep: loss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verlust
sense_list:
(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement. | (countable) The death of a person or animal. | (uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died. | (financial, countable) The sum an entity loses on balance. | (engineering) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.


lexentry: eng/lossy__Adjective__1
written_rep: lossy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: destruktiv
sense_list:
(computing, of an, algorithm, _, for converting or compressing data) Reducing the amount of information in data.


lexentry: eng/lost_and_found__Noun__1
written_rep: lost and found
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fundbüro
sense_list:
(US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners.


lexentry: eng/lot__Noun__1
written_rep: lot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Los | Schicksal
sense_list:
That which happens without human design or forethought. | The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.


lexentry: eng/lot__Noun__1
written_rep: lot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Los
sense_list:
Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will. | A prize in a lottery.


lexentry: eng/lot__Noun__1
written_rep: lot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: Lot
sense_list:
(historic) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.


lexentry: eng/lottery__Noun__1
written_rep: lottery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lotterie
sense_list:
A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.


lexentry: eng/lotus-eater__Noun__1
written_rep: lotus-eater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lotophage | Lotosesser
sense_list:
(Greek mythology) A member of the legendary people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree, who have forgotten their homes due to the fruits' narcotic and stupefying effect.


lexentry: eng/lotus_position__Noun__1
written_rep: lotus position
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lotussitz
sense_list:
A cross-legged sitting position in which the feet are resting on the thigh of the opposite leg; a meditative position in Hinduism and Buddhism, also used in yoga and sexual intercourse.


lexentry: eng/lotus_seed__Noun__1
written_rep: lotus seed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lotossamen
sense_list:
Any of the seeds derived from the plants in the genus Nelumbo, particularly the species Nelumbo nucifera, as used in East Asian cuisine, traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese desserts.


lexentry: eng/loud__Adjective__1
written_rep: loud
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: grell
sense_list:
(of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.


lexentry: eng/loudmouth__Noun__1
written_rep: loudmouth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Großmaul | Maulheld | Maulheldin
sense_list:
(derogatory) One who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.


lexentry: eng/loudspeaker__Noun__1
written_rep: loudspeaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Box | Lautsprecherbox
sense_list:
An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.


lexentry: eng/louis_d'or__Noun__1
written_rep: louis d'or
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Louis d'or | Louisdor | Louisd'or
sense_list:
(historical, _, numismatics) Any of the gold coins first introduced in France under Louis XIII in 1640, based upon the Spanish doubloon.


lexentry: eng/lounge__Noun__1
written_rep: lounge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Sitzecke
sense_list:
A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.


lexentry: eng/lounge_lizard__Noun__1
written_rep: lounge lizard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Salonlöwe
sense_list:
(Jazz-age or flapper slang) An idler or pleasure-seeker; a person who spends considerable time loitering in bars and cocktail lounges.


lexentry: eng/lour__Verb__1
written_rep: lour
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: drohen
sense_list:
(intransitive, figuratively) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.


lexentry: eng/louse__Noun__1
written_rep: louse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Dreckskerl | Dreckkerl | Lumpenhund | Lumpenkerl
sense_list:
(colloquial, dated, not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.


lexentry: eng/louver__Noun__1
written_rep: louver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftschlitz | Lüftungsgitter
sense_list:
A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/louver__Noun__1
written_rep: louver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Luftschlitz
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, in plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/love-hate__Adjective__1
written_rep: love-hate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hassliebend
sense_list:
(originally, psychoanalysis) Of a relationship: involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously.


lexentry: eng/love-in-a-mist__Noun__1
written_rep: love-in-a-mist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jungfer im Grünen
sense_list:
Nigella damascena, an annual flowering plant of the genus Nigella, the blooms of which are generally blue in colour, though also found in shades of pink, white or pale purple.


lexentry: eng/love__Verb__1
written_rep: love
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lieben | lieb haben | gern haben
sense_list:
(usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).


lexentry: eng/love__Verb__1
written_rep: love
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: lieben | begehren | ehren | gieren | lechzen | schleckern
sense_list:
(usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive) To seek the good or honor of (someone), care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).


lexentry: eng/love_child__Noun__1
written_rep: love child
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kind der Liebe | außereheliches Kind | uneheliches Kind
sense_list:
(euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.


lexentry: eng/love_feast__Noun__1
written_rep: love feast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liebesmahl
sense_list:
(Christianity, historical) A symbolic communal meal held by early Christians in commemoration of the eucharist. [from 16th c.] | (figurative, now, chiefly, North America) Any banquet or gathering to promote goodwill among the participants. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/love_goggles__Noun__1
written_rep: love goggles
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rosarote Brille
sense_list:
(idiomatic, informal, plurale tantum) Blindness to criticism or objectivity directed at a person with whom one is in love.


lexentry: eng/love_handle__Noun__1
written_rep: love handle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rettungsring
sense_list:
(colloquial, euphemistic, mostly, in the plural) A protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips.


lexentry: eng/love_hotel__Noun__1
written_rep: love hotel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Love Hotel
sense_list:
A short-stay hotel found in Japan and elsewhere, operated primarily for the purpose of allowing lovers privacy to have sexual intercourse.


lexentry: eng/love_match__Noun__1
written_rep: love match
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liebesheirat
sense_list:
A marriage, betrothal, or other romantic relationship which is based on a spontaneous mutual feeling of love by the two individuals in the relationship, as opposed to a relationship based on other reasons or an arranged marriage brokered by parents or by third parties.


lexentry: eng/lovebird__Noun__1
written_rep: lovebird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Unzertrennliche | Unzertrennlicher | Agapornide | Liebesvogel | Liebesvögel | Turteltaube
sense_list:
Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other.


lexentry: eng/loved_one__Noun__1
written_rep: loved one
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Angehörige | Angehöriger | Freund | Freundin | Liebste | Liebster
sense_list:
A very close friend or family member for whom a person has feelings of endearment, one of someone's close ones; sometimes: next of kin (for example on hospital admission form).


lexentry: eng/lover__Noun__1
written_rep: lover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geliebte | Geliebter | Liebende | Liebender
sense_list:
One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.


lexentry: eng/lovingkindness__Noun__1
written_rep: lovingkindness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barmherzigkeit | Gnade | Güte
sense_list:
(archaic, uncountable) Kindness or mercy which is based on, or arises from, love; (countable) an act of such kindness or mercy.


lexentry: eng/low-calorie__Adjective__1
written_rep: low-calorie
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kalorienarm
sense_list:
Of a diet, involving eating a lower number of calories than would normally eaten, usually with the intention of losing weight. | Of a food or drink, having fewer calories than its standard form.


lexentry: eng/low-fat__Adjective__1
written_rep: low-fat
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fettarm
sense_list:
Not having a high number of calories from fat or great amount of fats. Especially an alternate variety of food designed to have lower calories, dietetic.


lexentry: eng/low__Adjective__1
written_rep: low
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gemein | niederträchtig
sense_list:
Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions. | Humble, meek, not haughty. | Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.


lexentry: eng/low__Adjective__1
written_rep: low
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tief | niedrig
sense_list:
(baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees. | Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.


lexentry: eng/low__Adjective__1
written_rep: low
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: niedrig | schwach
sense_list:
Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.) | Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).


lexentry: eng/low__Adjective__1
written_rep: low
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 16
trans_list: niedrig | flach
sense_list:
(phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.


lexentry: eng/low__Adverb__1
written_rep: low
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tief
sense_list:
Close to the ground. | Of a pitch, at a lower frequency. | (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.


lexentry: eng/low_cost_carrier__Noun__1
written_rep: low cost carrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Billigflieger
sense_list:
(aviation, travel) An airline that sells very inexpensive tickets but which does not provide (or charges for) typical services like meals or the carriage of baggage.


lexentry: eng/low_temperature_flexibility__Noun__1
written_rep: low temperature flexibility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kälteflexibilität
sense_list:
The ability of a membrane or other material to resist cracking when flexed after it has been cooled to a low temperature.


lexentry: eng/lowball__Verb__1
written_rep: lowball
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: absichtlich unter Wert schätzen | bewusst unterschätzen
sense_list:
(transitive) To give an intentionally low estimate of anything, not necessarily with deceptive intent.


lexentry: eng/lowball__Verb__1
written_rep: lowball
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: den Preis in betrügerischer Absicht unter Wert berechnen
sense_list:
(transitive) To give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate that one has no intention of honoring or to prepare a cost estimate deliberately and misleadingly low.


lexentry: eng/lowball__Verb__1
written_rep: lowball
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bewusst unterbieten | vorsätzlich unter Wert bieten
sense_list:
(transitive) To make an offer well below an item's true value, often to take advantage of the seller's desperation or desire to sell the item quickly.


lexentry: eng/lowboy__Noun__1
written_rep: lowboy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Tieflader
sense_list:
(trucking) A semi-trailer designed for hauling vehicles and other mobile equipment, with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels; so named because the trailer's main deck is situated close to the ground for easy loading and unloading of vehicles and equipment.


lexentry: eng/lower_back__Noun__1
written_rep: lower back
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kreuz
sense_list:
The region of the back above the waist, also known as the lumbar region; the area surrounding the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.


lexentry: eng/lower_class__Noun__1
written_rep: lower class
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Unterschicht
sense_list:
A class of people in a society characterized by low incomes, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status.


lexentry: eng/lower_house__Noun__1
written_rep: lower house
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Unterhaus
sense_list:
(government) The lower legislative house in a bicameral legislature; in many cases, the one that is directly elected and/or has more practical power, such as the power to raise and spend money.


lexentry: eng/lower_jaw__Noun__1
written_rep: lower jaw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Unterkieferknochen
sense_list:
Specifically, the bone therein; the mandible of humans and other vertebrates that, with the cranium, composes the skull.


lexentry: eng/lower_the_boom__Verb__1
written_rep: lower the boom
part_of_speech: verb
sense_list: (idiomatic, with "on") To scold severely.
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list:
den Marsch blasen | eine Standpauke halten | einen Anschiss verpassen | herunterputzen | zur Minna machen


lexentry: eng/lowest_common_denominator__Noun__1
written_rep: lowest common denominator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kleinster gemeinsamer Nenner
sense_list:
(mathematics) The smallest positive integer which is a multiple of every denominator of several fractions.


lexentry: eng/lowlife__Noun__1
written_rep: lowlife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abschaum | Gesindel | Pack | suspekter Typ | zwielichtige Gestalt | zwielichtige Person
sense_list:
(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.


lexentry: eng/lozenge__Noun__1
written_rep: lozenge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Raute
sense_list:
(shapes, heraldiccharge) A quadrilateral with sides of equal length (rhombus), having two acute and two obtuse angles.


lexentry: eng/lubrication__Noun__1
written_rep: lubrication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schmierung
sense_list:
The application of a substance (lubricant) between moving surfaces in contact in order to reduce friction and minimize heating.


lexentry: eng/lubrication_payment__Noun__1
written_rep: lubrication payment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schmiergeld
sense_list:
(idiomatic, business, ethics, euphemism) A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.


lexentry: eng/lucky_break__Noun__1
written_rep: lucky break
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glückstreffer | glücklicher Zufall
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A stroke of luck; a fortunate event, particularly of the sort that propels one to success, fame, etc.


lexentry: eng/lucky_dip__Noun__1
written_rep: lucky dip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Angeln
sense_list:
(UK) A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.


lexentry: eng/lucre__Noun__1
written_rep: lucre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: der Reichtum, das Vermögen
sense_list:
Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.


lexentry: eng/ludicrous__Adjective__1
written_rep: ludicrous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lächerlich | absurd | aberwitzig
sense_list:
Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.


lexentry: eng/lug__Noun__1
written_rep: lug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Hülse
sense_list:
(electricity) A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw.


lexentry: eng/lug__Verb__1
written_rep: lug
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schleppen
sense_list:
(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull.


lexentry: eng/luge__Noun__1
written_rep: luge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlitten | Rennschlitten
sense_list:
(countable) A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.


lexentry: eng/lumbago__Noun__1
written_rep: lumbago
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hexenschuss | Lumbago | Lumbalgie
sense_list:
(uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.


lexentry: eng/lumbar__Adjective__1
written_rep: lumbar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lumbal
sense_list:
Related to the lower back or loin, specifically the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.


lexentry: eng/lumbar_puncture__Noun__1
written_rep: lumbar puncture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lumbalpunktion
sense_list:
(medical) A diagnostic and at times therapeutic procedure performed to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid for biochemical, microbiological, and cytological analysis, or rarely to relieve increased intracranial pressure.


lexentry: eng/lumber__Noun__1
written_rep: lumber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bauholz
sense_list:
(North America) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/lumen__Noun__1
written_rep: lumen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lumen
sense_list:
(physics) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.


lexentry: eng/luminance__Noun__1
written_rep: luminance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leuchtdichte
sense_list:
The quality of being luminous. | The luminous flux emitted in a given direction divided by the product of the projected area of the source element perpendicular to the direction and the solid angle containing that direction (i.e. luminous intensity divided by unit area), measured in stilbs or apostilbs.


lexentry: eng/luminary__Noun__1
written_rep: luminary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lichtgestalt
sense_list:
One who is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in one's chosen field; a leading light.


lexentry: eng/luminescence__Noun__1
written_rep: luminescence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lumineszenz
sense_list:
(physics) Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body.


lexentry: eng/luminol__Noun__1
written_rep: luminol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luminol
sense_list:
(organic compound) The compound 5-amino-2,3-dihydro-1,4-phthalazinedione that exhibits blue chemiluminescence when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent


lexentry: eng/luminosity__Noun__1
written_rep: luminosity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Leuchtkraft
sense_list:
(physics) the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor | (astronomy) the rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions


lexentry: eng/luminous_intensity__Noun__1
written_rep: luminous intensity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lichtstärke
sense_list:
(physics) A measure of the power emitted by a source of light; equal to the flux density per solid angle


lexentry: eng/lump__Noun__1
written_rep: lump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Klumpen | Kloß
sense_list:
Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.


lexentry: eng/lump_sum__Noun__1
written_rep: lump sum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pauschale | Pauschalbetrag | Pauschbetrag
sense_list:
A relatively large single payment of money often paid and received instead of, or in addition to, a sequence of smaller payments.


lexentry: eng/lumpenproletariat__Noun__1
written_rep: lumpenproletariat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lumpenproletariat
sense_list:
(Marxism) The lowest stratum of the proletariat, whose mental and physical health, mores and morale have deteriorated, through exploitation by the bourgeoisie, to a degree where they cannot build class consciousness and hence cannot be mobilized for the revolution.


lexentry: eng/lunar__Adjective__1
written_rep: lunar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: lunar
sense_list:
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.


lexentry: eng/lunar_calendar__Noun__1
written_rep: lunar calendar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mondkalender | Lunarkalender
sense_list:
A calendar that measures the passage of the year according to the phases of the moon, as opposed to the revolution of the earth around the sun; a calendar of the lunar year.


lexentry: eng/lunar_module__Noun__1
written_rep: lunar module
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mondlandefähre
sense_list:
(astronautics) The spacecraft used in the Apollo missions that was designed for the landing on the surface of the Moon; the lunar excursion module.


lexentry: eng/lunar_phase__Noun__1
written_rep: lunar phase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mondphase
sense_list:
(astronomy) Any of the near-monthly cyclically occurring aspects or appearances presented by a moon#Noun as seen from its planet (unless otherwise specified, the Moon as seen from Earth).


lexentry: eng/lunar_year__Noun__1
written_rep: lunar year
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mondjahr
sense_list:
a year determined by a certain number of phases of the moon, as opposed to the passage of the Earth around the sun


lexentry: eng/lunette__Noun__1
written_rep: lunette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lünette
sense_list:
(architectural element) A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape. [from 17th c.] | (architectural element) A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door. [from 18th c.] a lunette in the Thomas Jefferson building of the US Library of Congress


lexentry: eng/lunette__Noun__1
written_rep: lunette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Lunula
sense_list:
(Christianity) A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/lunge__Noun__1
written_rep: lunge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Ausfallschritt
sense_list:
An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.


lexentry: eng/lungeing_cavesson__Noun__1
written_rep: lungeing cavesson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kappzaum
sense_list:
a special type of halter or headcollar with extra rings on the noseband for attaching a lunge line (or rein)


lexentry: eng/lungeing_rein__Noun__1
written_rep: lungeing rein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Longe
sense_list:
A piece of cotton or nylon webbing, usually around 25mm wide by about 20 metres (or longer) in length, attached with a swivel to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or headcollar of a horse to provide control while exercising or training it.


lexentry: eng/lunula__Noun__1
written_rep: lunula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lunula
sense_list:
(anatomy) Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.


lexentry: eng/lupin__Noun__1
written_rep: lupin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lupine
sense_list:
Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. | A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly.


lexentry: eng/lupus__Noun__1
written_rep: lupus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lupus
sense_list:
(pathology) Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.


lexentry: eng/lur__Noun__1
written_rep: lur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lure
sense_list:
(musical instruments, historical) A long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.


lexentry: eng/lure__Noun__1
written_rep: lure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Anlockungsmittel | Lockmittel | Lockung | Lockvogel | Lure | Reiz
sense_list:
(also, figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.


lexentry: eng/lure__Verb__1
written_rep: lure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anlocken | locken | ködern | herlocken
sense_list:
(intransitive) To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile. | (transitive) To attract fish with a lure. | (transitive, falconry) To recall a hawk with a lure.


lexentry: eng/lurk__Verb__1
written_rep: lurk
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lauern
sense_list:
To remain concealed in order to ambush. | To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.


lexentry: eng/lurker__Noun__1
written_rep: lurker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Beobachter | Lurker | passiver Zuschauer
sense_list:
(Internet slang) A user who observes a community rather than participating; someone who reads or takes advantage of content on a website, newsgroup, etc. but does not contribute.


lexentry: eng/lust__Verb__1
written_rep: lust
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: begehren | sehnen | verlangen
sense_list:
(intransitive, usually in the phrase "lust after") To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.


lexentry: eng/luster__Noun__1
written_rep: luster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glanz | Lüster
sense_list:
The ability or condition of shining when light is applied, inclusive of shine, sheen, polish, gloss, sparkle, etc.


lexentry: eng/lustration__Noun__1
written_rep: lustration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lustration
sense_list:
(religion) A rite of purification, especially washing. | (politics, law) The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime.


lexentry: eng/lustrum__Noun__1
written_rep: lustrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kronleuchter
sense_list:
(historical) A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/lute__Noun__1
written_rep: lute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laute
sense_list:
A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.


lexentry: eng/luteal_phase__Noun__1
written_rep: luteal phase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lutealphase | Sekretionsphase
sense_list:
The latter part of the menstrual cycle, that occurs after ovulation, in which the corpus luteum secretes progesterone to prepare the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo.


lexentry: eng/lutetium__Noun__1
written_rep: lutetium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lutetium | Cassiopeium
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Lu) with an atomic number of 71, a silvery-white metal which resists corrosion in dry air.


lexentry: eng/luthier__Noun__1
written_rep: luthier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geigenbauer | Geigenbauerin
sense_list:
A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.


lexentry: eng/lutung__Noun__1
written_rep: lutung
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Haubenlangur | Lutung
sense_list:
Any of a group of Old World monkeys, making up the genus Trachypithecus, with a rather slim build and a long tail


lexentry: eng/lux__Noun__1
written_rep: lux
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lux
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx


lexentry: eng/luxury__Noun__1
written_rep: luxury
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luxus
sense_list:
Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings. | Something desirable but expensive. | Something that is pleasant but not necessary in life.


lexentry: eng/luxury_good__Noun__1
written_rep: luxury good
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luxusgut
sense_list:
A product or service that is not considered essential to everyday life and is associated with affluence.


lexentry: eng/lycanthropy__Noun__1
written_rep: lycanthropy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lykanthropie
sense_list:
(mythology) The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily during a full moon; werewolfdom. | (mythology, by extension) The state of being a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and an animal, whether or not it is a wolf.


lexentry: eng/lych-gate__Noun__1
written_rep: lych-gate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Friedhofstor
sense_list:
A churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to await the arrival of the clergyman.


lexentry: eng/lye__Noun__1
written_rep: lye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lauge
sense_list:
An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes). | Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).


lexentry: eng/lymph__Noun__1
written_rep: lymph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lymphe
sense_list:
(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.


lexentry: eng/lymph_node__Noun__1
written_rep: lymph node
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lymphknoten | Lymphsystem
sense_list:
(anatomy, immunology) Each of the small oval bodies of the lymphatic system, distributed along the lymphatic vessels, that are clustered in the armpits, groin, neck, chest and abdomen. They act as filters, with an internal honeycomb of connective tissue filled with lymphocytes and macrophages that collect and destroy bacteria, viruses and foreign matter from lymph. When the body is fighting an infection, these lymphocytes multiply rapidly and produce a characteristic swelling of the lymph nodes.


lexentry: eng/lymphatic_system__Noun__1
written_rep: lymphatic system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lymphsystem
sense_list:
(anatomy) In mammals, including humans, a network of lymph vessels and lymph nodes that transport fluid, fats, proteins, and lymphocytes to the bloodstream as lymph, and remove microorganisms and other debris from tissues.


lexentry: eng/lymphocyte__Noun__1
written_rep: lymphocyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lymphozyt
sense_list:
(cytology, immunology) Any of several types of white blood cell with a spherical nucleus occurring in the lymphatic system, including B cells, T cells and natural killer cells.


lexentry: eng/lynch__Verb__1
written_rep: lynch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lynchen
sense_list:
To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.


lexentry: eng/lynx_spider__Noun__1
written_rep: lynx spider
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luchsspinne
sense_list:
Any of the family Oxyopidae of spiders, which hunt their prey rather than spinning webs to ensnare them.


lexentry: eng/lyre__Noun__1
written_rep: lyre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lyra | Leier
sense_list:
An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke. | A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.


lexentry: eng/lyrebird__Noun__1
written_rep: lyrebird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leierschwanz
sense_list:
Either of two large ground-dwelling Australian songbirds, of the genus Menura, named because of the beautiful tail feathers of the male of one species, the superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), which can be erected to look like a lyre, and notable for their extraordinary ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment.


lexentry: eng/lysergic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: lysergic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lysergsäure
sense_list:
(organic compound) An organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid, derived from an alkaloid found in ergot; its amide derivatives are widely used as pharmaceuticals and as hallucinogenic drugs (LSD).


lexentry: eng/lysosome__Noun__1
written_rep: lysosome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lysosom
sense_list:
(cytology) An organelle found in all types of animal cells which contains a large range of digestive enzymes capable of splitting most biological macromolecules.


lexentry: eng/lysozyme__Noun__1
written_rep: lysozyme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lysozym
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A bacteriolytic (or antibiotic) enzyme found in many animal secretions, and in egg white.


lexentry: eng/mRNA__Noun__1
written_rep: mRNA
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mRNA
sense_list:
(uncountable, biochemistry) Initialism of messenger RNA. | (countable, biochemistry) A strand of messenger RNA.


lexentry: eng/macOS__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: macOS
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: macOS
sense_list:
(operating systems, trademark) A major operating system, formerly known as OS X (and before that as Mac OS X), used on laptop and desktop computers by Apple, Inc.


lexentry: eng/macadam__Noun__1
written_rep: macadam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makadam
sense_list:
(uncountable) The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).


lexentry: eng/macaroni__Noun__1
written_rep: macaroni
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makkaroni
sense_list:
(uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely, pasta in general. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/macaroni_penguin__Noun__1
written_rep: macaroni penguin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Goldschopfpinguin
sense_list:
A species of penguins, Eudyptes chrysolophus, with distinctive yellow and black plumes on the top of their heads.


lexentry: eng/macaroni_salad__Noun__1
written_rep: macaroni salad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makkaronisalat
sense_list:
A type of pasta salad, served cold-made with cooked elbow macaroni and usually prepared with mayonnaise.


lexentry: eng/macaw__Noun__1
written_rep: macaw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ara
sense_list:
Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.


lexentry: eng/macchia__Noun__1
written_rep: macchia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Macchie
sense_list:
A shrubland biota in Mediterranean countries, typically consisting of densely-growing evergreen shrubs.


lexentry: eng/machete__Noun__1
written_rep: machete
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Machete
sense_list:
A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.


lexentry: eng/machicolation__Noun__1
written_rep: machicolation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maschikuli
sense_list:
(architectural element) An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls.


lexentry: eng/machine__Noun__1
written_rep: machine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maschine
sense_list:
A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect. | (dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane. | (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.


lexentry: eng/machine__Verb__1
written_rep: machine
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bearbeiten
sense_list:
To shape or finish by machinery; (usually, more specifically) to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths.


lexentry: eng/machine_code__Noun__1
written_rep: machine code
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Maschinencode | Maschinenkode
sense_list:
(computer science) Machine language instructions that can be executed directly by a computer's central processing unit.


lexentry: eng/machine_gun__Noun__1
written_rep: machine gun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maschinengewehr | MG
sense_list:
A type of fully automatic firearm that fires bullets in rapid succession by a single action of the trigger and is capable of sustained fire.


lexentry: eng/machine_language__Noun__1
written_rep: machine language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maschinensprache | Maschinencode | Maschinenkode
sense_list:
(programming) The set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute; generated from an assembly language by an assembler, or from a high-level language by a compiler or interpreter.


lexentry: eng/machine_learning__Noun__1
written_rep: machine learning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: maschinelles Lernen
sense_list:
(artificial intelligence) A field of study concerned with the design and development of algorithms and techniques that allow computers to learn.


lexentry: eng/machine_pistol__Noun__1
written_rep: machine pistol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maschinenpistole
sense_list:
A lightweight submachine gun, usually capable of being fired with one hand (but sometimes with a second grip at the front of the barrel and then fired like a rifle).


lexentry: eng/machine_tool__Noun__1
written_rep: machine tool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Werkzeugmaschine
sense_list:
(mechanical engineering) A tool, typically a power-driven machine and typically stationary, used especially for machining (removing hard material via cutting, grinding, or other subtractive processes) and (more broadly) for any mix of subtractive, forming/stamping, or additive work.


lexentry: eng/machine_translation__Noun__1
written_rep: machine translation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maschinelle Übersetzung
sense_list:
(translation studies) The act of translating something from one language to another by means of a machine, especially a computer.


lexentry: eng/mackerel__Noun__1
written_rep: mackerel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makrele
sense_list:
Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,


lexentry: eng/mackerel_sky__Noun__1
written_rep: mackerel sky
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schäfchen | Schäfchenwolken
sense_list:
A sky filled with a regular pattern of altocumulus clouds somewhat resembling the skin of a mackerel.


lexentry: eng/macrobiotic__Adjective__1
written_rep: macrobiotic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: makrobiotisch
sense_list:
Of a lifestyle incorporating a dietary regimen including locally grown, seasonal, natural foods, or of the diet itself.


lexentry: eng/macroblock__Noun__1
written_rep: macroblock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Macroblock
sense_list:
(signal processing, video compression) A block of adjacent pixels, typically a rectangular 16×16 block


lexentry: eng/macrocosm__Noun__1
written_rep: macrocosm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makrokosmos
sense_list:
(philosophy) A complex structure, such as a society, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar, smaller-scale structures.


lexentry: eng/macroeconomics__Noun__1
written_rep: macroeconomics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makroökonomie
sense_list:
The study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices.


lexentry: eng/macrogamete__Noun__1
written_rep: macrogamete
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makrogamet
sense_list:
(cytology) The larger of a pair of anisogamous, conjugating gametes; the female ovule in plants or ovum for animals.


lexentry: eng/macromolecule__Noun__1
written_rep: macromolecule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makromolekül
sense_list:
(chemistry, biochemistry) A very large molecule, especially used in reference to large biological polymers (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins).


lexentry: eng/macron__Noun__1
written_rep: macron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makron | Längenstrich | Längestrich | Verlängerungszeichen
sense_list:
(orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/macrophage__Noun__1
written_rep: macrophage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fresszelle | Makrophage
sense_list:
(immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.


lexentry: eng/macropod__Noun__1
written_rep: macropod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Känguru
sense_list:
A marsupial of the family Macropodidae, which includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree kangaroos and pademelons.


lexentry: eng/macroprudential__Adjective__1
written_rep: macroprudential
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: makroprudentiell | makroprudenziell
sense_list:
(economics) Relating to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.


lexentry: eng/macrostate__Noun__1
written_rep: macrostate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makrozustand
sense_list:
(physics) A group of macroscopic properties of a physical system, such as its temperature and pressure.


lexentry: eng/macula__Noun__1
written_rep: macula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gelber Fleck
sense_list:
(anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.


lexentry: eng/mad_scientist__Noun__1
written_rep: mad scientist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verrückte Wissenschaftlerin | verrückter Wissenschaftler
sense_list:
A stock character in popular fiction; a bumbling scientist working on unlikely ways to save the world, or a villainous one bent on destroying it.


lexentry: eng/madam__Noun__1
written_rep: madam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Puffmutter | Bordellwirtin
sense_list:
(slang) A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.


lexentry: eng/madrasah__Noun__1
written_rep: madrasah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Madrasa | Medresse
sense_list:
(Islam) A school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level; usually specifically a school that teaches Islamic theology.


lexentry: eng/madrigal__Noun__1
written_rep: madrigal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Madrigal
sense_list:
(music) A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy. | (music) A polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy. | (poetry) A short poem, often pastoral, and suitable to be set to music.


lexentry: eng/magazine__Noun__1
written_rep: magazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zeitschrift | Illustrierte | Magazin | Journal
sense_list:
A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.


lexentry: eng/magazine__Noun__1
written_rep: magazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Magazin
sense_list:
A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.


lexentry: eng/magenta__Noun__1
written_rep: magenta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magenta
sense_list:
A colour which is close to an equal mixture of red and blue which is n additive secondary colour but a subtractive primary colour evoked by the combination of red and blue light.


lexentry: eng/maggot__Noun__1
written_rep: maggot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Made | Fleischmade
sense_list:
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/maggot_therapy__Noun__1
written_rep: maggot therapy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Madentherapie
sense_list:
A type of biotherapy in which live, disinfected maggots are introduced into the wound of a human or animal to clean out the necrotic tissue therein.


lexentry: eng/magic__Adjective__1
written_rep: magic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magisch
sense_list:
Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic. [from 14th c.] | Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/magic__Noun__1
written_rep: magic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magie | Zauberei | Zauber | Hexerei
sense_list:
The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/magic__Noun__1
written_rep: magic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Magie
sense_list:
A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/magic__Noun__1
written_rep: magic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Magie | Zauberei
sense_list:
A conjuring trick or illusion performed to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/magic_carpet__Noun__1
written_rep: magic carpet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fliegender Teppich
sense_list:
(fiction) A carpet capable either of magical flight, or instantaneous transport from one place to another, used as a means of travel.


lexentry: eng/magic_lantern__Noun__1
written_rep: magic lantern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laterna magica | Skioptikon
sense_list:
(historical) An early light projector and precursor to the slide projector that could achieve simple animation by moving and merging images.


lexentry: eng/magic_square__Noun__1
written_rep: magic square
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: magisches Quadrat
sense_list:
(number theory) An n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers such that the numbers in each row, in each column and along both diagonals all have the same sum.


lexentry: eng/magic_trick__Noun__1
written_rep: magic trick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zauberkunststück | Zaubertrick
sense_list:
A remarkable act carried out purportedly by magical means but in reality performed by trickery or illusion, generally as a form of entertainment.


lexentry: eng/magical_girl__Noun__1
written_rep: magical girl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magical Girl
sense_list:
In Japanese anime and manga, a young girl with superhuman abilities who is called upon to fight evil.


lexentry: eng/magistrate__Noun__1
written_rep: magistrate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magistrat
sense_list:
(legal) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both. | (historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.


lexentry: eng/magma__Noun__1
written_rep: magma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magma
sense_list:
(geology) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc. | (mathematics) A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.


lexentry: eng/magnesite__Noun__1
written_rep: magnesite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnesit
sense_list:
(mineral) A form of magnesium carbonate, MgCO3, occurring as dolomite (with calcite) but rarely found in the pure state.


lexentry: eng/magnesium__Noun__1
written_rep: magnesium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnesium
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.


lexentry: eng/magnesium_hydroxide__Noun__1
written_rep: magnesium hydroxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnesiumhydroxid
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The base Mg(OH)2 that occurs naturally as brucite; it is used as an antacid and in many industrial processes


lexentry: eng/magnesium_oxide__Noun__1
written_rep: magnesium oxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnesiumoxid
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A white powder (MgO) with a high melting point; it occurs naturally as periclase, an ore of magnesium.


lexentry: eng/magnetar__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetar
sense_list:
(star) A neutron star or pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field, especially those on which starquakes occur, thought to be the source of some gamma-ray bursts.


lexentry: eng/magnetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: magnetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnetisch
sense_list:
Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism. | Having the properties of a magnet, especially the ability to draw or pull. | Determined by earth's magnetic fields.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_compass__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic compass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bussole
sense_list:
(military, nautical) An instrument containing a freely suspended magnetic element which displays the direction of the horizontal component of the Earth’s magnetic field at the point of observation.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_field__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic field
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetfeld
sense_list:
(physics) A condition in the space around a magnet or electric current in which there is a detectable magnetic force and two magnetic poles are present.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_moment__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic moment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnetisches Moment
sense_list:
(electromagnetism) The torque exerted on a magnet within a magnetic field; a vector, being the product of the strength of the magnet and the distance between its poles.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_resonance_imaging__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic resonance imaging
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetresonanztomographie
sense_list:
(medicine) A technique that uses nuclear magnetic resonance to form cross sectional images of the human body for diagnostic purposes.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_tape__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic tape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetband
sense_list:
A type of (usually) acrylic tape with a fine coating of magnetically sensitive material on one side, used for recording audio and other data.


lexentry: eng/magnetism__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetismus
sense_list:
(physics) The property of being magnetic. | (physics) The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.


lexentry: eng/magnetite__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetit
sense_list:
(mineral) A magnetic mineral, Fe3O4, one of the primary ores of iron. It has also been called lodestone.


lexentry: eng/magnetochemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetochemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetochemie
sense_list:
(chemistry) The branch of chemistry that studies the effect of a magnetic field on atomic or molecular structures.


lexentry: eng/magnetometer__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetometer
sense_list:
(physics) An instrument used to measure the intensity and direction of a magnetic field, especially at points on the Earth's surface; sometimes used as metal detector.


lexentry: eng/magnetosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetosphäre
sense_list:
(physics) The comet-shaped region around Earth or another planet in which charged particles are trapped or deflected. Shaped by the solar wind and the planet's magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/magnification__Noun__1
written_rep: magnification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vergrößerung
sense_list:
The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration. | The apparent enlargement of an object in an image.


lexentry: eng/magnitude__Noun__1
written_rep: magnitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Betrag | Magnitudo
sense_list:
(astronomy) A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100.


lexentry: eng/magnitude__Noun__1
written_rep: magnitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Magnitudo
sense_list:
(uncountable) The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude


lexentry: eng/magnum__Noun__1
written_rep: magnum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Magnum
sense_list:
(firearms) A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.


lexentry: eng/magpie-goose__Noun__1
written_rep: magpie-goose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spaltfußgans
sense_list:
Anseranas semipalmata, the only non-extinct bird of the family Anseranatidae, resident breeder in northern Australia and southern New Guinea, having black and white plumage and yellowish legs.


lexentry: eng/magpie-lark__Noun__1
written_rep: magpie-lark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Drosselstelze
sense_list:
A common species of passerine bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, family Monarchidae, of Australia and southern New Guinea.


lexentry: eng/maguey__Noun__1
written_rep: maguey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agave
sense_list:
Any of various large agaves of Mexico and the southern US, especially the American aloe, Agave americana.


lexentry: eng/mahi-mahi__Noun__1
written_rep: mahi-mahi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwertlilie
sense_list:
A large food and game fish of the family Coryphaenidae which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.


lexentry: eng/mahjong__Noun__1
written_rep: mahjong
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mah-Jongg
sense_list:
A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.


lexentry: eng/mahogany__Noun__1
written_rep: mahogany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mahagonibaum | Mahagoni
sense_list:
(uncountable) The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mahogany__Noun__1
written_rep: mahogany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Mahagoni
sense_list:
A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood. [from 19th c.] | (obsolete, colloquial) A table made from mahogany wood; a dining table. [19th c.]


lexentry: eng/maid__Noun__1
written_rep: maid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mädchen
sense_list:
(dated, or, poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. | (archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.


lexentry: eng/maidan__Noun__1
written_rep: maidan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Platz
sense_list:
(chiefly, South Asia) A marketplace or other open space in or by a city or town; an esplanade. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/maiden_flight__Noun__1
written_rep: maiden flight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jungfernflug
sense_list:
The first flight of an airplane or other airborne vehicle, usually used to test or demonstrate the functions of the systems.


lexentry: eng/maidenhair__Noun__1
written_rep: maidenhair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Venushaar | Frauenhaar | Frauenhaarfarn
sense_list:
Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris.


lexentry: eng/mail__Noun__1
written_rep: mail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Post
sense_list:
(now, _, regional) A bag or wallet. [from 13thc.] | A bag containing letters to be delivered by post. | The material conveyed by the postal service. [from 17thc.] | (dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post. | The postal service or system in general. [from 17thc.] | (chiefly, _, US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person. [from 19thc.] | (countable) An email message. | A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.


lexentry: eng/mail__Noun__1
written_rep: mail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Post | E-Mail
sense_list:
(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages. [from 20thc.]


lexentry: eng/mail_train__Noun__1
written_rep: mail train
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postzug
sense_list:
(rail transport) A train used by the postal service to transport mail, and in some cases, to sort mail en route.


lexentry: eng/mailing_list__Noun__1
written_rep: mailing list
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mailingliste | Verteiler
sense_list:
A collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients.


lexentry: eng/maillot__Noun__1
written_rep: maillot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Badeanzug
sense_list:
A one-piece swimsuit (for women) | A leotard or tights of stretchable jersey fabric, generally worn by dancers, gymnasts or cyclists.


lexentry: eng/mailman__Noun__1
written_rep: mailman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Briefträger | Postbote | Zusteller | Briefzusteller | Postmann
sense_list:
(North America) someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes


lexentry: eng/main__Noun__1
written_rep: main
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Hauptleitung
sense_list:
A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/main_group__Noun__1
written_rep: main group
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauptgruppe
sense_list:
(chemistry) In the periodic table of the elements, any of the eight groups (columns) of elements in the s and p blocks.


lexentry: eng/main_sequence__Noun__1
written_rep: main sequence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauptreihe
sense_list:
(star) A major grouping of stars represented on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram by a nearly uniform band of increasing luminosity with increasing surface temperature.


lexentry: eng/main_street__Noun__1
written_rep: main street
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauptstraße
sense_list:
the principal street of a town, but not necessarily named "Main Street" (qv); there can be more than one main street in some towns.


lexentry: eng/mainframe__Noun__1
written_rep: mainframe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Großrechner
sense_list:
(computer hardware) A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large, complex organizations (such as banks and supermarkets) where continuously sustained operation is vital.


lexentry: eng/mainland_China__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: mainland China
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Festlandchina
sense_list:
The People's Republic of China, viewed as the general geographical region administered by the PRC in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War (as opposed to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan which are coastal and insular areas)


lexentry: eng/mainlander__Noun__1
written_rep: mainlander
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: Someone who lives on the mainland.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
Festlandbewohner | Festlandbewohnerin | Festlandsbewohner | Festlandsbewohnerin | Festländer | Festländerin


lexentry: eng/mainmast__Noun__1
written_rep: mainmast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Großmast
sense_list:
(nautical) The tallest mast of a sailing ship that has more than one mast; particularly a full-rigged ship. | (nautical) The second-foremost mast of a non-sailing ship with more than one mast.


lexentry: eng/mainshock__Noun__1
written_rep: mainshock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauptbeben
sense_list:
(geology) The largest earthquake in a sequence, sometimes preceded by foreshocks and almost always followed by aftershocks which are of lesser intensity.


lexentry: eng/majestic_plural__Noun__1
written_rep: majestic plural
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pluralis Majestatis
sense_list:
The first-person plural pronoun as traditionally used by a sovereign in formal speech to refer to themselves in their role as the monarch.


lexentry: eng/major__Adjective__1
written_rep: major
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: dur
sense_list:
(education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization. | (postpositive) (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect. | Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval) | Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. (of a term)


lexentry: eng/major__Noun__1
written_rep: major
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Major
sense_list:
(military ranks) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.


lexentry: eng/major__Noun__1
written_rep: major
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Hauptfach | Hauptstudienfach | Hauptstudiengang
sense_list:
(education, North America, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.


lexentry: eng/major_axis__Noun__1
written_rep: major axis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauptachse
sense_list:
(geometry) The longest diameter of an ellipse, running through the center and foci, with its ends being the widest points of the shape.


lexentry: eng/major_general__Noun__1
written_rep: major general
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Generalmajor | Generalmajorin
sense_list:
A military officer in the armies of most nations, typically ranking below a lieutenant general and above a brigadier.


lexentry: eng/major_scale__Noun__1
written_rep: major scale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dur
sense_list:
(music) One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.


lexentry: eng/major_third__Noun__1
written_rep: major third
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: große Terz
sense_list:
(music) A musical interval in Western music that is equal to or approximates a frequency ratio of 5/4. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of four standard semitones, spans three degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a diminished fourth. Major scales are so named because of the major third interval between the tonic and mediant of a major tonic triad.


lexentry: eng/majorant__Noun__1
written_rep: majorant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Majorante
sense_list:
(mathematics) A function, or an element of a set, that dominates others or is greater than all others.


lexentry: eng/majordomo__Noun__1
written_rep: majordomo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Haushälter | Hausmeier | Hausverwalter | Majordomus
sense_list:
The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler.


lexentry: eng/majorette__Noun__1
written_rep: majorette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gardetänzerin | Tanzmariechen
sense_list:
A dancer who twirls and performs stunts with a lightweight baton, whether as a solo, in a group of majorettes, or in the company of a marching band.


lexentry: eng/majority_decision__Noun__1
written_rep: majority decision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mehrheitsbeschluss
sense_list:
A decision that gains the acceptance of the majority of voters in a decision-making body, such as a parliament, municipal council or shareholders' meeting.


lexentry: eng/make-up_artist__Noun__1
written_rep: make-up artist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Visagist | Visagistin | Maskenbildner | Maskenbildnerin
sense_list:
A person who applies makeup and prosthetics for theatrical, television, film, fashion, magazines and similar productions.


lexentry: eng/make__Verb__1
written_rep: make
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 30
trans_list: machen | lassen | bauen | bringen | interpretieren | produzieren
sense_list:
(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.


lexentry: eng/make_a_big_thing_out_of__Verb__1
written_rep: make a big thing out of
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: um ein Gewese machen | viel Aufhebens um machen
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To call attention to or publicize; to make a fuss about, especially unnecessarily.


lexentry: eng/make_a_mountain_out_of_a_molehill__Verb__1
written_rep: make a mountain out of a molehill
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen | aus einem Furz einen Donnerschlag machen
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.


lexentry: eng/make_a_show_of_oneself__Verb__1
written_rep: make a show of oneself
part_of_speech: verb
sense_list: (idiomatic, Ireland) To embarrass oneself or others in public.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
eine lächerliche Figur abgeben | sich lächerlich machen | sich zum Affen machen | unangenehm auffallen


lexentry: eng/make_a_silk_purse_of_a_sow's_ear__Verb__1
written_rep: make a silk purse of a sow's ear
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aus Scheiße Geld machen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.


lexentry: eng/make_a_spectacle_of_oneself__Verb__1
written_rep: make a spectacle of oneself
part_of_speech: verb
sense_list: (idiomatic, originally, _, US) To embarrass oneself or others in public.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
blamieren | eine lächerliche Figur abgeben | sich lächerlich machen | sich zum Affen machen | sich zum Narren machen | unangenehm auffallen


lexentry: eng/make_a_virtue_of_necessity__Verb__1
written_rep: make a virtue of necessity
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aus der Not eine Tugend machen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits.


lexentry: eng/make_amends__Verb__1
written_rep: make amends
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Genugtuung leisten
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To repair a relationship; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress.


lexentry: eng/make_do__Verb__1
written_rep: make do
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: auskommen | hinkommen | hinlangen | hinreichen | klarkommen | sich abfinden
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To survive, get by (with), or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources).


lexentry: eng/make_ends_meet__Verb__1
written_rep: make ends meet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: über die Runden kommen | über den Monat kommen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).


lexentry: eng/make_it__Verb__1
written_rep: make it
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schaffen
sense_list:
To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.


lexentry: eng/make_no_bones_about__Verb__1
written_rep: make no bones about
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To say, do, or indicate something clearly and without hesitation, even if it may be unpleasant. [15c.]

trans_list:
frei heraus sagen | kein Aufheben machen von | keine Umschweife machen | nicht viel Aufhebens machen um


lexentry: eng/make_off_with__Verb__1
written_rep: make off with
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sich aus dem Staub machen mit | sich davonmachen mit
sense_list:
(transitive) To steal (something) and flee. | To run away together with someone. | (transitive) To capture (someone) and flee.


lexentry: eng/make_out__Verb__1
written_rep: make out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adressieren | ausstellen
sense_list:
(transitive) To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque) to a given recipient, payee. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/make_out__Verb__1
written_rep: make out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: abschneiden | durchkommen
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, US, regional, intransitive) To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/make_over__Verb__1
written_rep: make over
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aufarbeiten | instandsetzen | renovieren | umgestalten | überarbeiten
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them.


lexentry: eng/make_peace__Verb__1
written_rep: make peace
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Frieden schließen
sense_list:
To end hostilities; to reach a peace agreement; to initiate or resume a cordial relationship after a period of animosity.


lexentry: eng/make_room__Verb__1
written_rep: make room
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Platz machen | Platz schaffen
sense_list:
(idiom) To rearrange or organize existing people, objects, furniture, belongings, etc., to create space for new objects.


lexentry: eng/make_sense__Verb__1
written_rep: make sense
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Sinn ergeben | Sinn geben | sinnvoll sein | Sinn machen
sense_list:
(informal) Used to express interest or desire in something; to be pleasing or beneficial; to work, be operative, or be advantageous to.


lexentry: eng/make_someone's_blood_boil__Verb__1
written_rep: make someone's blood boil
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jmds. Blut in Wallung geraten lassen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others.


lexentry: eng/make_strange__Verb__1
written_rep: make strange
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fremdeln
sense_list:
(idiomatic, especially of small children) To behave in a shy, uncommunicative, resistant manner when encountering an unfamiliar person or situation.


lexentry: eng/make_sure__Verb__1
written_rep: make sure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sicherstellen | zusehen | sichergehen
sense_list:
To make oneself certain (of something, or that something is the case); to verify, to ascertain. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/make_the_bed__Verb__1
written_rep: make the bed
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: das Bett machen | betten
sense_list:
To arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the mattress.


lexentry: eng/make_the_most_of__Verb__1
written_rep: make the most of
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ausnutzen
sense_list:
(idiomatic, transitive) To realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of (something); to derive as much benefit or profit from (something) as is possible.


lexentry: eng/make_whole__Verb__1
written_rep: make whole
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wiederherstellen
sense_list:
(transitive, set phrase) To restore (someone) to a sound, healthy, or otherwise favorable condition.


lexentry: eng/make_whole__Verb__1
written_rep: make whole
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: entschädigen | schadlos stellen
sense_list:
(transitive, finance, legal) To provide (someone), especially under the terms of a legal judgment or an agreement, with financial compensation for lost money or other lost assets.


lexentry: eng/makeover__Noun__1
written_rep: makeover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aufarbeitung | Instandsetzung | Neuaufstellung | Neugestaltung | Renovierung | Umarbeitung
sense_list:
A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation.


lexentry: eng/makeup__Noun__1
written_rep: makeup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Make-up | Schminke
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.


lexentry: eng/makhorka__Noun__1
written_rep: makhorka
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bauern-Tabak | Machorka | Rundblatt-Tabak
sense_list:
(chiefly, Russia) A coarse, strong type of tobacco (Nicotiana rustica), especially grown in Russia and Ukraine.


lexentry: eng/making-of__Noun__1
written_rep: making-of
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Making-of
sense_list:
(television, film) A documentary about how a film or television show was made, with behind-the-scenes footage.


lexentry: eng/malabsorption__Noun__1
written_rep: malabsorption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Malabsorption
sense_list:
The state arising from abnormality in digestion or absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal tract.


lexentry: eng/malachite__Noun__1
written_rep: malachite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Malachit
sense_list:
(mineral) A bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, Cu2CO3(OH)2; one of the principal ores of copper.


lexentry: eng/malapropism__Noun__1
written_rep: malapropism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Malapropismus
sense_list:
(uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.


lexentry: eng/male__Adjective__1
written_rep: male
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: männlich
sense_list:
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/male__Adjective__1
written_rep: male
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: männlich | Männchen
sense_list:
(of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).


lexentry: eng/male_circumcision__Noun__1
written_rep: male circumcision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
An operation involving the surgical removal of all or most of the foreskin (prepuce) and frenulum of the male genitalia.

trans_list:
Beschneidung des Mannes | Beschneidung des männlichen Genitals | Beschneidung männlicher Genitalien | Vorhautbeschneidung | Zirkumzision | männliche Beschneidung


lexentry: eng/malic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: malic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Äpfelsäure
sense_list:
(organic compound) A colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, hydroxy-malonic acid, found in wine, apples and other fruit; it is converted to lactic acid by malolactic fermentation.


lexentry: eng/malice__Noun__1
written_rep: malice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boshaftigkeit | Bösartigkeit | Böse | Bosheit
sense_list:
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.


lexentry: eng/malinger__Verb__1
written_rep: malinger
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: simulieren
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.


lexentry: eng/mallard__Noun__1
written_rep: mallard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stockente
sense_list:
Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.


lexentry: eng/malleable__Adjective__1
written_rep: malleable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schmiedbar | verformbar | formbar | geschmeidig | biegbar | biegsam
sense_list:
Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.


lexentry: eng/mallow__Noun__1
written_rep: mallow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Malve
sense_list:
Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.


lexentry: eng/malt__Verb__1
written_rep: malt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mälzen
sense_list:
(transitive) To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.


lexentry: eng/maltose__Noun__1
written_rep: maltose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maltose | Malzzucker
sense_list:
(carbohydrate) A disaccharide, C12H22O11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose


lexentry: eng/mama's_boy__Noun__1
written_rep: mama's boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Muttersöhnchen
sense_list:
(informal, idiomatic, derogatory, North America) A male who has a very close bond with his mother, and may consequently be perceived as soft or effeminate.


lexentry: eng/mama_bear__Noun__1
written_rep: mama bear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Helikoptermutti
sense_list:
(by extension, slang) A woman, especially a mother, who is extremely protective of a child or children.


lexentry: eng/mambo__Noun__1
written_rep: mambo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mambo
sense_list:
A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/mameluke__Noun__1
written_rep: mameluke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mameluck
sense_list:
(historical) A member of various military regimes in the Middle East created and run by freed slave soldiers, mainly from the Eurasian steppe or the Caucasus; in particular, those who formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria until 1516.


lexentry: eng/mamma__Noun__1
written_rep: mamma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brust
sense_list:
(anatomy, plural mammae) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.


lexentry: eng/mammal__Noun__1
written_rep: mammal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Säugetier
sense_list:
An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young. | (paleontology) A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.


lexentry: eng/mammography__Noun__1
written_rep: mammography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mammografie | Mammographie
sense_list:
(medicine) X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.


lexentry: eng/mammoth__Noun__1
written_rep: mammoth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mammut
sense_list:
Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/mammy__Noun__1
written_rep: mammy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mama
sense_list:
(US, historical, often pejorative) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.


lexentry: eng/mamzer__Noun__1
written_rep: mamzer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mamser | Mamzer
sense_list:
(Judaism) A child born to Jewish parents whose relationship is incestuous or otherwise forbidden by Jewish law (e.g. an unmarried man and a married woman), or the descendant of such a person. | A contemptible person; a jerk.


lexentry: eng/man-bag__Noun__1
written_rep: man-bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Herrenhandtasche
sense_list:
The equivalent of a woman's small handbag designed for use by men, having compartments for mobile phones, etc.


lexentry: eng/man-day__Noun__1
written_rep: man-day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Personentag | Arbeitstag | Manntag
sense_list:
One person's working time for a day, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.


lexentry: eng/man-eater__Noun__1
written_rep: man-eater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Menschenfresser
sense_list:
An animal that attacks and kills humans for food, such as certain tigers or sharks; any animal that consumes human flesh. | A cannibal; a human that eats other humans.


lexentry: eng/man-eater__Noun__1
written_rep: man-eater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Vamp
sense_list:
(by extension, slang) A seductive dangerous woman, often readily taking and discarding male romantic partners.


lexentry: eng/man-month__Noun__1
written_rep: man-month
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Personenmonat
sense_list:
One person's working time for a month, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.


lexentry: eng/man-of-war__Noun__1
written_rep: man-of-war
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kriegsschiff
sense_list:
(military, watercraft, chiefly, historical) A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.


lexentry: eng/man-year__Noun__1
written_rep: man-year
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Personenjahre
sense_list:
One person's working time for a year, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.


lexentry: eng/man_Friday__Noun__1
written_rep: man Friday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handlanger
sense_list:
A trusted man whose job is to assist and organize someone else's day-to-day business or personal tasks; a personal assistant, a right-hand man; also, a trusted male companion.


lexentry: eng/man__Interjection__1
written_rep: man
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mann
sense_list:
Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.


lexentry: eng/man__Noun__1
written_rep: man
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Mann | Herr
sense_list:
A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.


lexentry: eng/man_day__Noun__1
written_rep: man day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manntag | Personentag | Arbeitstag
sense_list:
The amount of work that one person can complete in one day, often considered to be equivalent to eight man hours


lexentry: eng/man_flu__Noun__1
written_rep: man flu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Männerschnupfen
sense_list:
(British, colloquial) A cold or similar minor ailment as suffered by a male seen as wildly exaggerating the severity of his symptoms.


lexentry: eng/man_in_the_moon__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: man in the moon
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mann im Mond | Mondgesicht
sense_list:
An image of a man perceived in the dark maria (plains or "seas") and light highlands or other features of the Moon, originally regarded as a man with a burden on his back or accompanied by a small dog, and now more commonly as a man's face in the full moon or his profile in a crescent moon; hence, an imaginary man thought to be living on the Moon.


lexentry: eng/man_overboard__Interjection__1
written_rep: man overboard
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mann über Bord
sense_list:
(nautical) A cry used to announce that one of the crew or passengers has fallen over the side of the vessel.


lexentry: eng/manacle__Noun__1
written_rep: manacle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handschellen
sense_list:
A shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined rings; a handcuff; (by extension) a similar device put around an ankle to restrict free movement.


lexentry: eng/management__Noun__1
written_rep: management
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Führung | Verwaltung | Leitung | Management | Handhabung | Regie
sense_list:
(uncountable) Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.


lexentry: eng/manager__Noun__1
written_rep: manager
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manager | Direktor | Managerin | Direktorin | Verwalter | Verwalterin
sense_list:
(management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.


lexentry: eng/manchineel__Noun__1
written_rep: manchineel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manchinelbaum | Manzanillobaum
sense_list:
A tropical American tree (Hippomane mancinella), having apple-like, poisonous fruit, and a sap that causes blisters on contact with the skin.


lexentry: eng/mandala__Noun__1
written_rep: mandala
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mandala
sense_list:
(Hinduism, Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_duck__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin duck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandarinente
sense_list:
A colorful perching duck that has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face, Aix galericulata.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_orange__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin orange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandarine
sense_list:
A small citrus tree (Citrus reticulata) with oblate fruits smaller than the (so-named) sweet oranges. | The fruit of this tree; in loose, informal usage, the term may include other similar citrus fruits such as Citrus unshiu (satsuma or mikan).


lexentry: eng/mandate__Noun__1
written_rep: mandate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandat
sense_list:
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.


lexentry: eng/mandola__Noun__1
written_rep: mandola
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandola
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A stringed musical instrument resembling the mandolin, but of larger size and tuned lower.


lexentry: eng/mandolin__Noun__1
written_rep: mandolin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandoline
sense_list:
(string instrument) A stringed instrument of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back.


