# translation

lexentry: eng/vernacular__Noun__1
written_rep: vernacular
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Volkssprache
sense_list:
Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.


lexentry: eng/vernal_equinox__Noun__1
written_rep: vernal equinox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(astronomy) The moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator while tilting towards the observer, taking place in March in the northern hemisphere and September in the southern hemisphere.

trans_list:
Frühlingspunkt | Widderpunkt | Frühjahrs-Tagundnachtgleiche | Frühjahrs-Äquinoktium | Frühjahrsanfang | Frühlings-Tagundnachtgleiche


lexentry: eng/vernalization__Noun__1
written_rep: vernalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vernalisation | Jarowisation | Jarowisierung | Vernalisierung
sense_list:
(agrobiology) The treatment of seeds or bulbs by exposure to low temperatures so as to decrease the vegetative period or to cause the plant to flower or bear fruit more quickly.


lexentry: eng/vernier_caliper__Noun__1
written_rep: vernier caliper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Messschieber | Nonius | Schiebelehre | Schublehre
sense_list:
A type of sliding calipers for measuring the external or internal dimensions of objects, using the vernier scale for improved precision.


lexentry: eng/vers__Adjective__1
written_rep: vers
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vielseitige Fachkraft
sense_list:
(LGBTQ, _, slang) Willing to take either a penetrative (top) or receptive (bottom) role in anal sex.


lexentry: eng/verse__Noun__1
written_rep: verse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vers
sense_list:
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme. | A small section of a holy book (Bible, Quran etc.)


lexentry: eng/version__Noun__1
written_rep: version
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Version
sense_list:
A translation from one language to another. | An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account. | (computing) A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.).


lexentry: eng/version_control__Noun__1
written_rep: version control
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Versionsverwaltung
sense_list:
(software development) A system responsible for managing modifications and additions to digital works, giving each revision a time-stamp and showing its difference to the previous revision.


lexentry: eng/version_number__Noun__1
written_rep: version number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Versionsnummer
sense_list:
(computing) A unique number or set of numbers assigned to a specific version of software, firmware, file, etc.


lexentry: eng/verso__Noun__1
written_rep: verso
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rückseite
sense_list:
(printing) The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number. | The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;


lexentry: eng/vert__Noun__1
written_rep: vert
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grün
sense_list:
(tincture) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.


lexentry: eng/vertebra__Noun__1
written_rep: vertebra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wirbel | Wirbelknochen
sense_list:
(skeleton) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.


lexentry: eng/vertical__Adjective__1
written_rep: vertical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: senkrecht | vertikal
sense_list:
Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.


lexentry: eng/vertical_integration__Noun__1
written_rep: vertical integration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vertikale Integration
sense_list:
(economics) The integrating of successive stages in the production and marketing process under the ownership or control of a single management organization.


lexentry: eng/vertigo__Noun__1
written_rep: vertigo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwindel
sense_list:
A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.


lexentry: eng/vervain__Noun__1
written_rep: vervain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eisenkraut
sense_list:
Any herbaceous plant in the genus Verbena especially if used for medicinal purposes, primarily Verbena officinalis, common in Europe and formerly held to have medicinal properties.


lexentry: eng/verve__Noun__1
written_rep: verve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verve | Begeisterung | Enthusiasmus | Schwung
sense_list:
Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing.


lexentry: eng/very_high_frequency__Noun__1
written_rep: very high frequency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ultrakurzwellenbereich
sense_list:
(broadcasting, radio, TV) The frequency area from 30 MHz through 300 MHz, commonly used for radio and TV broadcasting.


lexentry: eng/very_well__Interjection__1
written_rep: very well
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: na gut
sense_list:
(idiomatic, formal) Indicating acceptance, often with resignation or acquiescence, of a statement or situation.


lexentry: eng/vesicle__Noun__1
written_rep: vesicle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Blase
sense_list:
(biology, medicine) A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb. | A small bladder-like cell or cavity, as: | (geology) A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.


lexentry: eng/vessel_flute__Noun__1
written_rep: vessel flute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gefäßflöte
sense_list:
A type of flute with an enclosed rather than cylindrical body - i.e. a vessel rather than a tube - such as the ocarina, xun, etc.


lexentry: eng/vest__Noun__1
written_rep: vest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weste | Gilet
sense_list:
(North America) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.


lexentry: eng/vest__Noun__1
written_rep: vest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: verleihen | übergeben
sense_list:
A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team. | (now, rare) A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.


lexentry: eng/vested_interest__Noun__1
written_rep: vested interest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ersessenes Recht | erworbenes Recht
sense_list:
(legal) An indefeasible right or title, distinguished from a contingent interest, which could be defeated (i.e. cease) if a certain event occurred.


lexentry: eng/vestibule__Noun__1
written_rep: vestibule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eingangshalle | Vorhalle | Vorraum | Windfang
sense_list:
(architecture) A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building. [from the 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/vestibule__Noun__1
written_rep: vestibule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Vestibulum | Vorhof
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space. [from the 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/vestige__Noun__1
written_rep: vestige
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Überbleibsel | Überrest
sense_list:
(by extension) A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present.


lexentry: eng/vestment__Noun__1
written_rep: vestment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Ornat
sense_list:
Any of the special articles of clothing worn by members of the clergy etc., especially a garment worn at the celebration of the Eucharist.


lexentry: eng/vestry__Noun__1
written_rep: vestry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sakristei
sense_list:
A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy.


lexentry: eng/vetch__Noun__1
written_rep: vetch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wicke
sense_list:
Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.


lexentry: eng/veterinary__Adjective__1
written_rep: veterinary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tierärztlich
sense_list:
Of or relating to the medical or surgical treatment of non-human animals, especially domestic and farm animals.


lexentry: eng/veterinary_medicine__Noun__1
written_rep: veterinary medicine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Veterinärmedizin | Tiermedizin | Tierheilkunde
sense_list:
The branch of medicine that deals with the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and injuries of animals, especially domestic and farm animals.


lexentry: eng/vexation__Noun__1
written_rep: vexation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Belästigung | Beunruhigung | Irritation | Plage | Störung | Ärger
sense_list:
(uncountable) The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/vexation__Noun__1
written_rep: vexation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Verdruss | Ärger | Beunruhigung | Irritation | Qual
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/viaduct__Noun__1
written_rep: viaduct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Viadukt
sense_list:
(transport) A bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.


lexentry: eng/vial__Noun__1
written_rep: vial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Phiole
sense_list:
A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.


lexentry: eng/viaticum__Noun__1
written_rep: viaticum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Viatikum
sense_list:
(especially, Catholicism) The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death.


lexentry: eng/vibe__Noun__1
written_rep: vibe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vibe
sense_list:
(informal, originally, New Age jargon, often, in the plural) An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing. [c. 1960s]


lexentry: eng/vibraphone__Noun__1
written_rep: vibraphone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vibraphon
sense_list:
A percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above a tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.


lexentry: eng/vibrate__Noun__1
written_rep: vibrate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vibration
sense_list:
The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.


lexentry: eng/vibration__Noun__1
written_rep: vibration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schwingung | Vibration
sense_list:
(physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position.


lexentry: eng/vibrato__Noun__1
written_rep: vibrato
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bebung
sense_list:
(music) The musical effect or technique where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered over a small distance for the duration of that note or sound.


lexentry: eng/vibrator__Noun__1
written_rep: vibrator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vibrator
sense_list:
A device that vibrates or causes vibration. | A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.


lexentry: eng/viburnum__Noun__1
written_rep: viburnum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schneeball
sense_list:
Any of many shrubs and trees, of the genus Viburnum, native to the Northern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers.


lexentry: eng/vicarious_embarrassment__Noun__1
written_rep: vicarious embarrassment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fremdscham | Fremdschämen
sense_list:
(psychology) The uncomfortable sympathetic feeling experienced while watching someone else embarrass themselves.


lexentry: eng/vicarious_liability__Noun__1
written_rep: vicarious liability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fremdhaftung
sense_list:
(law) The legal liability imputed to the superior for the acts of their subordinate, even though the superior is not personally at fault.


lexentry: eng/vice-presidency__Noun__1
written_rep: vice-presidency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vizepräsidentschaft
sense_list:
The office or role of vice-president. | The time during which one is vice-president; a vice-president's term of office.


lexentry: eng/vice__Noun__1
written_rep: vice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Sittenvergehen | Sittlichkeitsdelikt | Sittlichkeitsverbrechen
sense_list:
(legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.


lexentry: eng/vice_president__Noun__1
written_rep: vice president
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vizepräsident | Vizepräsidentin
sense_list:
A deputy to a president, often empowered to assume the position of president on their death or absence.


lexentry: eng/vicious_circle__Noun__1
written_rep: vicious circle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Teufelskreis
sense_list:
A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.


lexentry: eng/vicious_circle__Noun__1
written_rep: vicious circle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Zirkelschluss | Circulus vitiosus
sense_list:
(logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.


lexentry: eng/vicissitude__Noun__1
written_rep: vicissitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Unbeständigkeit | Wandel
sense_list:
Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange; variability.


lexentry: eng/victim__Noun__1
written_rep: victim
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Opfer
sense_list:
One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition. | One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam. | One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness. | One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own. | A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.


lexentry: eng/victimology__Noun__1
written_rep: victimology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Viktimologie
sense_list:
The study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims.


lexentry: eng/victory__Noun__1
written_rep: victory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sieg
sense_list:
(uncountable) The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/video__Noun__1
written_rep: video
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Video
sense_list:
Television, a television show, or a movie. | A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube). | A motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.


lexentry: eng/video_arcade__Noun__1
written_rep: video arcade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spielhalle
sense_list:
(US) A business or establishment containing a selection of arcade games, pinball machines and other amusement devices.


lexentry: eng/video_camera__Noun__1
written_rep: video camera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Videokamera
sense_list:
A device for recording video footage, often a portable one used by amateurs; also as a fixed installation for surveillance purposes.


lexentry: eng/video_card__Noun__1
written_rep: video card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grafikkarte
sense_list:
(computing) A piece of hardware installed into a personal computer to allow it to send video signals to an external output device such as a monitor or projector.


lexentry: eng/video_conference__Noun__1
written_rep: video conference
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Videokonferenz
sense_list:
(telecommunications) A conference held by video link; an arranged video phone call between more than two parties.


lexentry: eng/video_game__Noun__1
written_rep: video game
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Videospiel | Computerspiel
sense_list:
A type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a monitor or television screen, and controlled by a joypad, joystick, keyboard, mouse, touchscreen or paddle. [from 1973]


lexentry: eng/video_game_console__Noun__1
written_rep: video game console
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spielkonsole | Videospielkonsole
sense_list:
(video games) A dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games, especially in accompaniment with a television.


lexentry: eng/video_projector__Noun__1
written_rep: video projector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beamer | Projektor
sense_list:
A device that takes a video signal and projects the corresponding image on a projection screen using a lens system.


lexentry: eng/videocassette__Noun__1
written_rep: videocassette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Videokassette
sense_list:
A cassette containing a blank or prerecorded videotape on which visual images and sounds are recorded for use with a VCR.


lexentry: eng/videocassette_recorder__Noun__1
written_rep: videocassette recorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Videorekorder
sense_list:
An electronic device for recording and playing back television programs and movies (featuring visual images and sound) on a videocassette that can be attached to a television set.


lexentry: eng/videographer__Noun__1
written_rep: videographer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Videograf
sense_list:
Any person involved in the production of video material, but especially a person who uses a video camera.


lexentry: eng/videography__Noun__1
written_rep: videography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Videografie
sense_list:
The art and technology of producing moving (video) images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart. | The occupation of making videos. | The list of music videos an artist has appeared or performed in.


lexentry: eng/videophone__Noun__1
written_rep: videophone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bildtelefon
sense_list:
(dated) A cellphone with such capability. Used to distinguish from stills-only camera cellphones and camera-less cellphones. | A telephone capable of transmitting both audio and video signals in both directions.


lexentry: eng/videotape__Noun__1
written_rep: videotape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Videoband
sense_list:
A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.


lexentry: eng/vieux_riche__Noun__1
written_rep: vieux riche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Altereicher
sense_list:
(pejorative) Old money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are inherited, and who are therefore perceived to have refinement and good breeding.


lexentry: eng/view__Noun__1
written_rep: view
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Sicht | View
sense_list:
(computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.


lexentry: eng/view__Noun__1
written_rep: view
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Sicht
sense_list:
(computing, programming) The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with


lexentry: eng/viewfinder__Noun__1
written_rep: viewfinder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sucher
sense_list:
A device on a camera that shows what will appear in the field of view of the lens; it helps the user target a subject, zoom and focus the image.


lexentry: eng/viewport__Noun__1
written_rep: viewport
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Viewport
sense_list:
(computer graphics) A typically rectangular region representing the range or area currently visible (within a window, screen, etc.).


lexentry: eng/vigilante__Noun__1
written_rep: vigilante
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mitglied einer Bürgerwehr | Vigilant
sense_list:
A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.


lexentry: eng/vigilantism__Noun__1
written_rep: vigilantism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Selbstjustiz | Vigilantentum | Vigilantismus
sense_list:
The activities of a vigilante; acting outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.


lexentry: eng/vigintillion__Numeral__1
written_rep: vigintillion
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dezilliarde | Vigintillion
sense_list:
Originally, in accordance with the long scale, the twentieth power of a million, 10120; now (originally, US) , in accordance with the short scale, more usually 1063.


lexentry: eng/vignette__Noun__1
written_rep: vignette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Vignette
sense_list:
(printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position. | (by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge. | (computer graphics) A hardware deficiency (even occurring in most expensive models) of a computer display wherein the picture slants towards a colour or brightness towards the edges especially if viewed from an angle. | (automotive) A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.


lexentry: eng/vigour__Noun__1
written_rep: vigour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Energie | Ausdruckskraft | Leidenschaftlichkeit
sense_list:
Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.


lexentry: eng/vila__Noun__1
written_rep: vila
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vila
sense_list:
(Slavic mythology) A type of female nature spirit in Slavic mythology, similar in some ways to a fairy or nymph.


lexentry: eng/vilayet__Noun__1
written_rep: vilayet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wilajet
sense_list:
(politics) A province, particularly (historical) the first-level administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/vilipend__Verb__1
written_rep: vilipend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diffamer
sense_list:
(transitive, dated, formal) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.


lexentry: eng/villa__Noun__1
written_rep: villa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Villa | Landhaus | Anwesen | Gutshaus | Herrenhaus | Landgut
sense_list:
A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.


lexentry: eng/villain__Noun__1
written_rep: villain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bösewicht | Schurke | Oberböse
sense_list:
An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes. | (fiction) A character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero; an antagonist who is also evil or malevolent.


lexentry: eng/villus__Noun__1
written_rep: villus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zotte
sense_list:
(biology) A small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines.


lexentry: eng/vinaigrette__Noun__1
written_rep: vinaigrette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vinaigrette
sense_list:
A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats.


lexentry: eng/vinaigrette__Noun__1
written_rep: vinaigrette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Riechfläschchen
sense_list:
(obsolete) A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts


lexentry: eng/vinegar__Noun__1
written_rep: vinegar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Essig
sense_list:
(uncountable) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.


lexentry: eng/vinegret__Noun__1
written_rep: vinegret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vinaigrette
sense_list:
A type of Russian salad with diced cooked vegetables (red beets, potatoes, carrots), chopped onions, as well as sauerkraut or brined pickles or both, and sometimes other ingredients such as green peas or beans.


lexentry: eng/vinok__Noun__1
written_rep: vinok
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Winok
sense_list:
A traditional Ukrainian wreath chiefly decorated with flowers and other plant parts, which is worn by women and girls as a headdress.


lexentry: eng/vintage__Noun__1
written_rep: vintage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Jahrgang
sense_list:
Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin. | The year or place in which something is produced.


lexentry: eng/vintage_car__Noun__1
written_rep: vintage car
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Oldtimer
sense_list:
A motor car that is of an older make and model, especially one that was built between the years 1919 and 1930.


lexentry: eng/vinyl__Noun__1
written_rep: vinyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vinyl
sense_list:
(organic compound, uncountable) The univalent radical CH2=CH−, derived from ethylene. | (countable) Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics.


lexentry: eng/viol__Noun__1
written_rep: viol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gambe | Kniegeige | Viola da Gamba
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold.


lexentry: eng/viola__Noun__2
written_rep: viola
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bratsche | Viola | Altgeige
sense_list:
A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.


lexentry: eng/violated__Adjective__1
written_rep: violated
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: geschändet
sense_list:
(of a rule or law) Having been broken or ignored, especially in a flagrant manner. | (by extension) Abused, harmed or sexually victimized.


lexentry: eng/violator__Noun__1
written_rep: violator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Täter | Vergewaltiger | Verletzer | Zuwiderhandelnder | Übertreter (des Gesetzes)
sense_list:
(literary, euphemistic) One who violates another person's body as through forced sexual activity | One who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender


lexentry: eng/violet__Noun__1
written_rep: violet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Veilchen | Violett
sense_list:
A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.


lexentry: eng/violet__Noun__1
written_rep: violet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Violett | violett
sense_list:
The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.


lexentry: eng/violin__Noun__1
written_rep: violin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geige | Violine | Fiedel | Fidel
sense_list:
(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.


lexentry: eng/violin_maker__Noun__1
written_rep: violin maker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fiedelmacher | Fiedelmacherin | Geigenbauer | Geigenbauerin | Geigenmacher | Geigenmacherin
sense_list:
(lutherie) A person who makes violins, and usually other bowed stringed instruments such as violas, cellos and double basses.


lexentry: eng/viral__Adjective__1
written_rep: viral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Virus- | rasend schnell im Internet ausbreitet | virusartig
sense_list:
(computing) Of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.


lexentry: eng/viral_load__Noun__1
written_rep: viral load
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Viruslast
sense_list:
(pathology) A measure of the severity of a viral infection based on the amount of virus in a bodily fluid.


lexentry: eng/viral_marketing__Noun__1
written_rep: viral marketing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Empfehlungsvertrieb | Freundschaftswerbung
sense_list:
(advertising, and, marketing) A technique aiming at reproducing "word of mouth", usually on the Internet or by email, for humorous, political or marketing purposes.


lexentry: eng/vireo__Noun__1
written_rep: vireo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grünling
sense_list:
Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.


lexentry: eng/virga__Noun__1
written_rep: virga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Sturzsträhne
sense_list:
(measurement, countable) A unit of length: a rod, pole or perch (5½ yards); or a unit of area: a square rod, pole or perch.


lexentry: eng/virgin__Adjective__1
written_rep: virgin
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jungfräulich | Jungfrau
sense_list:
(usually, not comparable) In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse. | Of a physical object, untouched.


lexentry: eng/virgin_birth__Noun__1
written_rep: virgin birth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jungferngeburt | Jungfernzeugung
sense_list:
(biology) A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.


lexentry: eng/virgin_birth__Noun__1
written_rep: virgin birth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Jungfrauengeburt
sense_list:
(Christianity, theology) (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.


lexentry: eng/virial_theorem__Noun__1
written_rep: virial theorem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Viralsatz
sense_list:
(physics) A theorem in mechanics showing the relationship between the kinetic energy of a system to the virial of Clausius.


lexentry: eng/virile__Adjective__1
written_rep: virile
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: männlich | viril | maskulin
sense_list:
Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.


lexentry: eng/virile__Adjective__1
written_rep: virile
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Personalmaskulinum
sense_list:
(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.


lexentry: eng/virtual_YouTuber__Noun__1
written_rep: virtual YouTuber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vtuber | Vtuberin | virtuelle YouTuberin | virtueller YouTuber
sense_list:
An Internet personality (video creator or streamer) who operates using a virtual avatar, as a fictional or fictionalized character.


lexentry: eng/virtual__Adjective__1
written_rep: virtual
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: virtuell
sense_list:
(object-oriented programming) Of a class member: capable of being overridden with a different implementation in a subclass.


lexentry: eng/virtual_particle__Noun__1
written_rep: virtual particle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: virtuelles Teilchen
sense_list:
(physics) a particle that exists for a limited time and space, introducing uncertainty in their energy and momentum


lexentry: eng/virtual_private_network__Noun__1
written_rep: virtual private network
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: virtuelles privates Netzwerk
sense_list:
(computing) A network set up for use by a limited number of individuals, such as employees of a company, operating over a large area. The network typically uses encryption to keep information secure.


lexentry: eng/virtual_reality__Noun__1
written_rep: virtual reality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: virtuelle Realität
sense_list:
A computer technology that simulates a real or imagined environment so that the user can interact with it as if physically present.


lexentry: eng/virtue__Noun__1
written_rep: virtue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Tugend
sense_list:
(countable) An attribute of a personality (a "personality trait") which predisposes a person to behaviors resulting in human goodness; an admirable quality. | A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/virtue__Noun__1
written_rep: virtue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Keuschheit | Tugend
sense_list:
(Christianity) A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and archangels, and below seraphim and cherubim. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/virtue_signalling__Noun__1
written_rep: virtue signalling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tugendschau | den Heiligenschein aufsetzen | die (moralische) Flagge zeigen
sense_list:
(derogatory, chiefly, in the context of political and social justice issues) The practice of expressing a particular opinion or performing a particular action in an attempt to make oneself look virtuous: commonly defensively in response to, or anticipation of, criticism; or aggressively, in assuming a moral posture in attacking an opponent.


lexentry: eng/virtuoso__Noun__1
written_rep: virtuoso
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Virtuose
sense_list:
Specifically, a musician (or other performer) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/virtuous_circle__Noun__1
written_rep: virtuous circle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schiefe Ebene
sense_list:
(idiomatic, management) A situation in which the solution to one problem makes each future problem easier to solve than the original one.


lexentry: eng/virus__Noun__1
written_rep: virus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Virus
sense_list:
A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms). | (informal, metonymically) A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.


lexentry: eng/virus__Noun__1
written_rep: virus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Computervirus | Virus
sense_list:
(computing) A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.


lexentry: eng/visa-on-arrival__Noun__1
written_rep: visa-on-arrival
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Visum bei Ankunft
sense_list:
A simplified method of issuing visa (a permit to enter and leave a country) on arrival, as an alternative to a complete visa-free entry.


lexentry: eng/visa__Noun__1
written_rep: visa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Visum
sense_list:
A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.


lexentry: eng/viscacha__Noun__1
written_rep: viscacha
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hasenmaus
sense_list:
Any of the several South American rodents, native to the Andes Mountains, of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus.


lexentry: eng/viscera__Noun__2
written_rep: viscera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eingeweide | innere Organe
sense_list:
Collectively, the internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities, such as the liver, heart, or stomach.


lexentry: eng/visceral__Adjective__1
written_rep: visceral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: viszeral
sense_list:
(anatomy) Of or relating to, made up of, or positioned among or within, the viscera. | Of or relating to the viscera or bowels regarded as the origin of a person's emotions; hence (figuratively) , relating to or having deep internal feelings or sensibility. [16th–17th c.; revived from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/visceral__Adjective__1
written_rep: visceral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aus dem Bauch heraus | instinktiv | intuitiv | tief sitzend | zu den Eingeweiden gehörig
sense_list:
Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking.


lexentry: eng/viscose__Noun__1
written_rep: viscose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Viskose
sense_list:
A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film. | A fabric made from this material.


lexentry: eng/viscosity__Noun__1
written_rep: viscosity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Viskosität
sense_list:
(countable, physics) A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow.


lexentry: eng/viscus__Noun__1
written_rep: viscus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eingeweide
sense_list:
(anatomy) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.


lexentry: eng/vise__Noun__1
written_rep: vise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schraubstock
sense_list:
(US) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.


lexentry: eng/visible_light__Noun__1
written_rep: visible light
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sichtbares Licht
sense_list:
(physics) The part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between infrared and ultraviolet, that is visible to the human eye.


lexentry: eng/vision_statement__Noun__1
written_rep: vision statement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vision Statement
sense_list:
(business, management) A form of mission statement, issued by a company or organization, in which its intentions for the future are stated.


lexentry: eng/visit__Verb__1
written_rep: visit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: besuchen
sense_list:
(transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/visiting_scholar__Noun__1
written_rep: visiting scholar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gastwissenschaftler | Gastwissenschaftlerin
sense_list:
(education) A scholar from an institution who visits a host university to teach, lecture or perform research on a particular topic.


lexentry: eng/visiting_team__Noun__1
written_rep: visiting team
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Auswärtsmannschaft
sense_list:
(sports) The team in a sport that has traveled out of its home area to play, as opposed to the home team.


lexentry: eng/visitor_pattern__Noun__1
written_rep: visitor pattern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Besucher | Besucher-Muster | Visitor
sense_list:
(software, design) A behavioural design pattern that separates an algorithm from an object structure on which it operates.


lexentry: eng/visor__Noun__1
written_rep: visor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Visier
sense_list:
A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. | The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.


lexentry: eng/visual_angle__Noun__1
written_rep: visual angle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gesichtswinkel
sense_list:
(geometry) The angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye.


lexentry: eng/visual_arts__Noun__2
written_rep: visual arts
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bildende Kunst
sense_list:
Art forms that are primarily visual in nature, such as painting, photography, printmaking, and filmmaking.


lexentry: eng/vital_capacity__Noun__1
written_rep: vital capacity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lungenvolumen | Vitalkapazität
sense_list:
(biology) The maximum volume of air that can be discharged from the lungs following maximum inspiration.


lexentry: eng/vital_organ__Noun__1
written_rep: vital organ
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lebenswichtiges Organ
sense_list:
An organ of the body which performs a sufficiently important function that damage to the organ can cause death.


lexentry: eng/vitalism__Noun__1
written_rep: vitalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vitalismus
sense_list:
The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.


lexentry: eng/vitamin_A__Noun__1
written_rep: vitamin A
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vitamin A
sense_list:
(vitamin) Any of several closely related fat-soluble vitamins that are essential for normal vision; retinol.


lexentry: eng/vitamin_D__Noun__1
written_rep: vitamin D
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vitamin D
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of a number of fat-soluble vitamins, required for normal bone development and that prevents rickets; can be manufactured in the skin on exposure to sunlight.


lexentry: eng/vitamin__Noun__1
written_rep: vitamin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vitamin
sense_list:
Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.


lexentry: eng/vitreous_humour__Noun__1
written_rep: vitreous humour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glaskörper
sense_list:
(ophthalmology, British, Canada) The clear gel that fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina.


lexentry: eng/vitrine__Noun__1
written_rep: vitrine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vitrine
sense_list:
A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, or fine merchandise.


lexentry: eng/viviparous__Adjective__1
written_rep: viviparous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lebendgebärend | lebend gebärend | vivipar
sense_list:
(of an animal or animal species) Being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species).


lexentry: eng/vivisection__Noun__1
written_rep: vivisection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vivisektion
sense_list:
The act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.


lexentry: eng/vizier__Noun__1
written_rep: vizier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wesir
sense_list:
(history) A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/vocabulary__Noun__1
written_rep: vocabulary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wortschatz | Vokabular | Wörterverzeichnis | Glossar | Vokabularium | Wortliste
sense_list:
A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.


lexentry: eng/vocabulary_word__Noun__1
written_rep: vocabulary word
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vokabel
sense_list:
(education, US) A word which a student is expected to learn; a word included in a test of one's general vocabulary or of subject-specific terminology


lexentry: eng/vocal__Adjective__1
written_rep: vocal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mündlich | stimmhaft | stimmlich
sense_list:
(phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.


lexentry: eng/vocal_cord__Noun__1
written_rep: vocal cord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stimmband
sense_list:
(anatomy, usually, in the plural) Either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane stretched horizontally across the human larynx whose vibrations help to produce the voice.


lexentry: eng/vocal_cords__Noun__1
written_rep: vocal cords
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stimmbänder
sense_list:
(chiefly, in the plural) Two folds of tissue located in the larynx that vibrate when air passes over them, producing the sound waves associated with talking and singing.


lexentry: eng/vocalization__Noun__1
written_rep: vocalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Vokalisation | Vokalisierung
sense_list:
(orthography, phonology) The addition of these diacritics and the respective phonemes to a word; the spoken form the word thereby receives.


lexentry: eng/vocative__Adjective__1
written_rep: vocative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: vokativ | Vokativ
sense_list:
(grammar) Used in address; appellative; said of the case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective by which a person or thing is addressed.


lexentry: eng/vocative_case__Noun__1
written_rep: vocative case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vokativ | Anredefall
sense_list:
(grammar) case of address, case used for a noun identifying the person or thing being addressed. It corresponds to the archaic English particle "O" as used in solemn or poetic address e.g.: Hear me, O Albion! Languages that regularly employ the vocative include Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hawaiian, Hindi-Urdu, Irish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ojibwe, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ruthenian/Rusyn, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Tamil and Ukrainian.


lexentry: eng/vogue_word__Noun__1
written_rep: vogue word
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Modewort
sense_list:
(linguistics) A neologism that gains sudden popularity but is forgotten after a relatively short time.


lexentry: eng/voice__Noun__1
written_rep: voice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stimme
sense_list:
Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character | (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered | (archaic) Command; precept. | One who speaks; a speaker. | (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.


lexentry: eng/voice__Noun__1
written_rep: voice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: Stimme | Gattung | Genus Verbi | Genus verbi | Verbalgenus | Verbgenus
sense_list:
(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.


lexentry: eng/voice_actor__Noun__1
written_rep: voice actor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Synchronsprecher
sense_list:
An actor who provides voices or voice-overs for radio drama, animations, commercials, dubbed films, games, etc.


lexentry: eng/voice_in_the_wilderness__Noun__1
written_rep: voice in the wilderness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eine Stimme in der Wüste
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A person, publication, or other source of assertions that expresses an opinion, doctrine, or point of view which is ignored or rejected by almost all others; the actual utterance of an unpopular opinion, doctrine, or point of view.


lexentry: eng/voiced__Adjective__1
written_rep: voiced
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stimmhaft
sense_list:
(phonetics) Sounded with vibration of the vocal cords. For example, the phone [z] is voiced, while [s] is unvoiced.


lexentry: eng/voiceless__Adjective__1
written_rep: voiceless
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: stimmlos
sense_list:
(phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].


lexentry: eng/voicing__Noun__1
written_rep: voicing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Stimmhaftmachung
sense_list:
(phonetics) The articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate. | (phonology) A phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one.


lexentry: eng/voicing__Noun__1
written_rep: voicing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Klang
sense_list:
(phonetics, phonology) A classification of speech sounds that tend to be associated with vocal cord vibration.


lexentry: eng/void__Adjective__1
written_rep: void
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: ungültig | nichtig
sense_list:
Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification. | (programming, of a function or method) That does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function. | (bridge) Having no cards in a particular suit.


lexentry: eng/void__Verb__1
written_rep: void
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: annullieren | entleeren | leeren | löschen
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.


lexentry: eng/voivode__Noun__1
written_rep: voivode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Woiwode | Wojewode
sense_list:
A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.


lexentry: eng/voivodeship__Noun__1
written_rep: voivodeship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Woiwodschaft
sense_list:
(countable) The highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland, comparable to a province or state.


lexentry: eng/vol__Noun__1
written_rep: vol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Diebstahl
sense_list:
(heraldiccharge) A heraldic symbol consisting of a pair of outstretched wings, often conjoined at their shoulders.


lexentry: eng/volatility__Noun__1
written_rep: volatility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Volatilität
sense_list:
(finance, countable) A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product.


lexentry: eng/volcanic__Adjective__1
written_rep: volcanic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vulkanisch
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes | Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies | Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.


lexentry: eng/volcanic_ash__Noun__1
written_rep: volcanic ash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vulkanasche | vulkanische Asche
sense_list:
(geology) Fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass created during a volcanic eruption.


lexentry: eng/volcanic_winter__Noun__1
written_rep: volcanic winter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vulkanischer Winter
sense_list:
(climatology) A reduction in global temperatures caused by volcanic ash and droplets of sulfuric acid obscuring the Sun and raising Earth's albedo (increasing the reflection of solar radiation) after a large, particularly explosive volcanic eruption.


lexentry: eng/volcanism__Noun__1
written_rep: volcanism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vulkanismus
sense_list:
(volcanology) Any of the natural phenomena and processes associated with the action of volcanos, geysers and fumaroles


lexentry: eng/volcano__Noun__1
written_rep: volcano
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vulkan | Feuerberg | feuerspeiender Berg
sense_list:
A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.


lexentry: eng/vole__Noun__1
written_rep: vole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wühlmaus
sense_list:
Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.


lexentry: eng/volleyball__Noun__1
written_rep: volleyball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Volleyball
sense_list:
(uncountable) A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net. | (countable) The inflated ball used in such a game.


lexentry: eng/volt__Noun__1
written_rep: volt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Volt
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V


lexentry: eng/voltage__Noun__1
written_rep: voltage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spannung
sense_list:
(electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.


lexentry: eng/voltage_divider__Noun__1
written_rep: voltage divider
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spannungsteiler
sense_list:
(electronics) A type of simple electronic circuit which reduces any input voltage by a fixed factor using sources of impedance (such as resistors) connected in series.


lexentry: eng/volume__Noun__1
written_rep: volume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Volumen | Rauminhalt
sense_list:
A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.


lexentry: eng/volume__Noun__1
written_rep: volume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Band | Volumen
sense_list:
A bound book. | A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.


lexentry: eng/volume__Noun__1
written_rep: volume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: Partition | Volume
sense_list:
(computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.


lexentry: eng/volumetric_flask__Noun__1
written_rep: volumetric flask
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maßkolben | Messkolben
sense_list:
(chemistry) A glass flask used in a laboratory for holding chemical liquids and solutions. They are similar in shape to a Florence flask, but with a longer neck and wider flat bottom. The neck is marked so that a particular volume of liquid can be measured with high precision.


lexentry: eng/volunteer__Noun__1
written_rep: volunteer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Freiwillige | Freiwilliger | Ehrenamtliche | Ehrenamtlicher
sense_list:
One who enters into, or offers themselves for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay. | (military) One who enters into military service voluntarily (but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers), as opposed to a conscript.


lexentry: eng/voluntourism__Noun__1
written_rep: voluntourism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Voluntourismus
sense_list:
A type of tourism which combines traditional travel and tourism with volunteer work. Travelers are given opportunities to contribute money and/or time to causes related to their destinations.


lexentry: eng/voluptuous__Adjective__1
written_rep: voluptuous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: genüßlich
sense_list:
Characterized or marked by full, generous, pleasurable sensation. | (of a woman) Curvaceous and sexually attractive.


lexentry: eng/volute__Noun__1
written_rep: volute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Volute
sense_list:
(architectural element) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.


lexentry: eng/voodoo__Noun__1
written_rep: voodoo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Voodoo | Wodu | Voudou
sense_list:
Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.


lexentry: eng/vore__Noun__1
written_rep: vore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vore
sense_list:
(informal, slang) The genre of creative work appreciated by vorarephiles, involving characters being eaten or swallowed, or any creative works that fall under this category.


lexentry: eng/votary__Noun__1
written_rep: votary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Verherer | Verhererin
sense_list:
A devotee of a particular religion or cult. | A devout or zealous worshipper. | (by extension) Someone who is devoted to a particular pursuit etc. | A loyal supporter or devoted admirer of a person or institution.


lexentry: eng/vote__Noun__1
written_rep: vote
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stimme | Votum
sense_list:
A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.


lexentry: eng/vote_of_confidence__Noun__1
written_rep: vote of confidence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vertrauensfrage
sense_list:
A motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly to give members the chance to express their confidence in a government; sometimes proposed by a government to counter a vote of no confidence proposed by the opposition; defeat would lead to the resignation of the government.


lexentry: eng/vote_of_no_confidence__Noun__1
written_rep: vote of no confidence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Misstrauensvotum
sense_list:
(politics, legal) A parliamentary motion representing the lack of confidence of a parliament in the standing government. A passed motion of no confidence usually results in the government's fall.


lexentry: eng/vote_with_one's_feet__Verb__1
written_rep: vote with one's feet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mit den Füßen abstimmen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To express one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, by physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.


lexentry: eng/vote_with_one's_wallet__Verb__1
written_rep: vote with one's wallet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mit dem Portemonnaie abstimmen | mit seinem Portemonnaie abstimmen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To elect to either support or boycott a company, store, or other product in order to demonstrate one's views, values, or principles.


lexentry: eng/voting_booth__Noun__1
written_rep: voting booth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wahlkabine
sense_list:
(US) A small enclosed compartment where a voter may register a vote in private; it may house some voting machine, or just have a pencil for marking a voting slip.


lexentry: eng/voting_slip__Noun__1
written_rep: voting slip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stimmzettel
sense_list:
a piece of paper with a list of the candidates at an election (sometimes with an indication of the candidate's party); the voter puts an X in the corresponding place against the candidate of his choice, folds the slip and places it in a ballot box provided.


lexentry: eng/votive_candle__Noun__1
written_rep: votive candle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grablicht
sense_list:
A thick cylindrical pillar-shaped candle often encased in a glass casing. | A small candle burnt as a votive offering in an act of Christian prayer.


lexentry: eng/vouch__Verb__1
written_rep: vouch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bezeugen | bürgen | einstehen | garantieren | verbürgen | versichern
sense_list:
To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).


lexentry: eng/voucher__Noun__1
written_rep: voucher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gutschein
sense_list:
A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.


lexentry: eng/vouchsafe__Verb__1
written_rep: vouchsafe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gewähren
sense_list:
To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.


lexentry: eng/voussoir__Noun__1
written_rep: voussoir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bogensegment | Bogenstein | Bogenstück | Keilstein
sense_list:
(architecture) One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault. [from 1728]


lexentry: eng/vow__Noun__1
written_rep: vow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gelöbnis | Gelübde | Eid | Schwur
sense_list:
A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.


lexentry: eng/vowel__Noun__1
written_rep: vowel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vokal | Selbstlaut | Vokallaut
sense_list:
(phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.


lexentry: eng/vowel__Noun__1
written_rep: vowel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Vokal | Vokalbuchstabe | Selbstlaut
sense_list:
(orthography) A letter or diacritic representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, w (rarely), y (sometimes).


lexentry: eng/vowel_harmony__Noun__1
written_rep: vowel harmony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vokalharmonie | Synharmonismus
sense_list:
(phonology) A phonological process in some languages that sets constraints on which vowels may be found near each other or within a word, such as back vowels or front vowels; sometimes resulting in variant affixes, clitics or similar variations.


lexentry: eng/vox_pop__Noun__1
written_rep: vox pop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meinungsäußerung | Stimmen von der Straße
sense_list:
(journalism) A short, informal, non-prearranged interview with a member of the public, especially to canvas opinion.


lexentry: eng/voxel__Noun__1
written_rep: voxel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Voxel
sense_list:
(computer graphics) The three-dimensional analogue of a pixel; a volume element representing some numerical quantity, such as the colour, of a point in three-dimensional space, used in the visualisation and analysis of three-dimensional (especially scientific and medical) data.


lexentry: eng/voyeur__Noun__1
written_rep: voyeur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spanner | Voyeur | Voyeurin
sense_list:
A person who derives sexual pleasure from observing other people engaging in some intimate or sexual activity; one who engages in voyeurism.


lexentry: eng/voyeurism__Noun__1
written_rep: voyeurism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Voyeurismus
sense_list:
The derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching unsuspecting people secretly, especially when those being watched are undressed or undressing, toileting, or engaging in sexual activity.


lexentry: eng/vrykolakas__Noun__1
written_rep: vrykolakas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wrukolakas
sense_list:
(folklore) In Greek folklore, a harmful undead creature that eats flesh, somewhat like a vampire or zombie.


lexentry: eng/vulnerability__Noun__1
written_rep: vulnerability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.

trans_list:
Verwundbarkeit | Verletzbarkeit | Schwachstelle | Sicherheitslücke | Verletzlichkeit | Vulnerabilität


lexentry: eng/vulnerable__Adjective__1
written_rep: vulnerable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verletzlich | verwundbar | empfindlich
sense_list:
More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.


lexentry: eng/vulture_capitalism__Noun__1
written_rep: vulture capitalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Heuschreckenkapitalismus
sense_list:
(informal) The practice of acquiring distressed firms in the hopes of making them more profitable so as to sell them for a profit.


lexentry: eng/vulture_fund__Noun__1
written_rep: vulture fund
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geierfond
sense_list:
(finance, pejorative) A hedge fund or private equity fund that invests in debt considered to be very weak or in imminent default. Investors profit by buying debt at a discounted price on a secondary market and then suing the debtor for a larger amount than the purchasing price.


lexentry: eng/vulva__Noun__1
written_rep: vulva
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vulva | Scham
sense_list:
(anatomy) The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.


lexentry: eng/vyshyvanka__Noun__1
written_rep: vyshyvanka
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wyschywanka
sense_list:
Traditional Ukrainian and Belarusian clothing, featuring elements of Ukrainian and Belarusian ethnic embroidery.


lexentry: eng/völva__Noun__1
written_rep: völva
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Völva
sense_list:
(Germanic paganism, historical) In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy.


lexentry: eng/wad__Noun__1
written_rep: wad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Pfropfen | Vorladung | Vorschlag
sense_list:
A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon.


lexentry: eng/wad_hook__Noun__1
written_rep: wad hook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kugelzieher | Dammzieher | Flintenkrätzer | Krätzer | Schusszieher
sense_list:
two spiral blades arranged something like a corkscrew and fastened to a ramrod for extracting spherical objects from the bottom of a bore-hole, particularly a bullet from the barrel of a firearm


lexentry: eng/wader__Noun__1
written_rep: wader
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Watstiefel
sense_list:
(footwear, chiefly, in the plural) A waterproof boot that comes up to the hip, used by fishermen, etc.


lexentry: eng/wadi__Noun__1
written_rep: wadi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wadi
sense_list:
A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.


lexentry: eng/wading_bird__Noun__1
written_rep: wading bird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Watvogel | Stelzvogel
sense_list:
Any of various long-legged birds, of the order Ciconiiformes, such as cranes, herons, or storks, that wade in shallow water in search of food.


lexentry: eng/wafer__Noun__1
written_rep: wafer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Halbleiterscheibe | Wafer
sense_list:
(electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.


lexentry: eng/waffle__Noun__1
written_rep: waffle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waffel
sense_list:
(countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.


lexentry: eng/waffle__Verb__2
written_rep: waffle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwafeln
sense_list:
(intransitive) To speak or write evasively or vaguely. | (ambitransitive) Often followed by on: to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point; to ramble.


lexentry: eng/waffle__Verb__2
written_rep: waffle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: gemächlich dahingleiten
sense_list:
(intransitive, aviation, road transport, colloquial) Of an aircraft or motor vehicle: to travel in a slow and unhurried manner.


lexentry: eng/wag__Verb__1
written_rep: wag
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wedeln | schwänzeln
sense_list:
To swing from side to side, as an animal's tail, or someone's head to express disagreement or disbelief.


lexentry: eng/wage__Noun__1
written_rep: wage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lohn | Arbeitsentgelt
sense_list:
(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.


lexentry: eng/wager__Noun__1
written_rep: wager
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Wette | Wetteinsatz
sense_list:
(legal) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.


lexentry: eng/waggle_dance__Noun__1
written_rep: waggle dance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwänzeltanz
sense_list:
A dance in the form of a figure eight performed by the honey bee in order to communicate the direction and distance of patches of flowers, water sources, etc. that are more than 100 metres distant from the hive.


lexentry: eng/wagon__Noun__1
written_rep: wagon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wagen
sense_list:
A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people). [from late 15th c.] | (US, chiefly, New England) A shopping cart. | Ellipsis of dinner wagon (“set of light shelves mounted on castors so that it can be pushed around a dining room and used for serving”). | (slang) Ellipsis of paddy wagon (“police van for transporting prisoners”).


lexentry: eng/wagon__Noun__1
written_rep: wagon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bollerwagen
sense_list:
Abbreviation of toy wagon; A child's riding toy, with the same structure as a wagon (sense 1), pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front.


lexentry: eng/wagtail__Noun__1
written_rep: wagtail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stelze | Bachstelze
sense_list:
Any of various small passerine birds, principally of genus Motacilla, of the Old World, notable for their long tails.


lexentry: eng/waif__Noun__1
written_rep: waif
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: herrenloses Gut
sense_list:
(Britain, law, archaic) An article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.


lexentry: eng/waif__Noun__1
written_rep: waif
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Fundsache | Fundstück
sense_list:
Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.


lexentry: eng/waif__Noun__1
written_rep: waif
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Heimatloser | heimatlose Person | heimatloses Kind
sense_list:
A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.


lexentry: eng/wail__Noun__1
written_rep: wail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Heulen
sense_list:
A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.


lexentry: eng/wain__Noun__1
written_rep: wain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 2 ;3: Auto
sense_list:
(archaic, or, literary) A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.


lexentry: eng/waistline__Noun__1
written_rep: waistline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Taille
sense_list:
a line around the body at the waist; its measurement | the narrowest part of a garment, usually at the waist, but may be above or below depending on the dictates of fashion or the whim of the designer


lexentry: eng/wait__Verb__1
written_rep: wait
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: warten
sense_list:
(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.


lexentry: eng/wait__Verb__1
written_rep: wait
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bedienen
sense_list:
(intransitive, stative, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.


lexentry: eng/wait_on__Verb__1
written_rep: wait on
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kümmern
sense_list:
To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.


lexentry: eng/waiting_game__Noun__1
written_rep: waiting game
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aussitzen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor.


lexentry: eng/waiting_move__Noun__1
written_rep: waiting move
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abwartezug
sense_list:
(chess) A move that is not tactical except in that it puts the burden to move on the opposing player.


lexentry: eng/waiver__Noun__1
written_rep: waiver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Verzichterklärung
sense_list:
(law) A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless).


lexentry: eng/wake-up_call__Noun__1
written_rep: wake-up call
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weckruf
sense_list:
(literally) A telephone call to awaken someone at a certain time, especially one requested by the person while staying at a hotel.


lexentry: eng/wake__Noun__1
written_rep: wake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Leichenschmaus | Totenwache
sense_list:
A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.


lexentry: eng/walk__Noun__1
written_rep: walk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: Kantenzug
sense_list:
(graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence. Compare path, trail.


lexentry: eng/walk__Verb__1
written_rep: walk
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gehen | laufen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.


lexentry: eng/walk__Verb__1
written_rep: walk
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: freigelassen werden | freikommen
sense_list:
(intransitive, colloquial, legal) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.


lexentry: eng/walk__Verb__1
written_rep: walk
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: laufen | gehen
sense_list:
(transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking. | (machining, intransitive, of a tool, such as a drill bit or reamer) To tend to move radially while feeding axially, whether tending toward on-center or tending toward off-center. Walking may be desirable (e.g., when a reamer walks into concentricity) or undesirable (e.g., when a twist drill walks into eccentricity.)


lexentry: eng/walk_on_eggshells__Verb__1
written_rep: walk on eggshells
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: einen Eiertanz vollführen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To be overly careful in dealing with a person or situation because they get angry or offended very easily; to try very hard not to upset someone or something.


lexentry: eng/walker__Noun__1
written_rep: walker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gehen
sense_list:
The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.


lexentry: eng/walking_catfish__Noun__1
written_rep: walking catfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Froschwels
sense_list:
A Southeast Asian catfish that can breathe air and move on land using its pectoral fins, Clarias batrachus


lexentry: eng/walking_dictionary__Noun__1
written_rep: walking dictionary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wandelndes Lexikon
sense_list:
(informal) A person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms; a person with an extensive vocabulary.


lexentry: eng/walking_frame__Noun__1
written_rep: walking frame
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rollator
sense_list:
A framework device used to support either an infant learning to walk or a person with walking difficulties.


lexentry: eng/walkthrough__Noun__1
written_rep: walkthrough
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Komplettlösung
sense_list:
(video games) A thorough demonstration that explains or illustrates the steps involved in winning the game.


lexentry: eng/wall__Noun__1
written_rep: wall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Mauer | Wand
sense_list:
Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure. | (anatomy, zoology, botany) A dividing or containing structure in an organ or cavity.


lexentry: eng/wall_bars__Noun__1
written_rep: wall bars
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sprossenwand
sense_list:
A type of exercise equipment consisting of a ladder-like series of horizontal bars, used for gymnastics exercises as well as rehabilitation.


lexentry: eng/wall_chaser__Noun__1
written_rep: wall chaser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mauernutfräse
sense_list:
A specialised hand-held power tool used for cutting narrow grooves in walls, for instance when laying electrical cable.


lexentry: eng/wall_knot__Noun__1
written_rep: wall knot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spleißen
sense_list:
A knot made by untwisting the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the first, and the third over the end of the second and through the bight of the first.


lexentry: eng/wall_of_shame__Noun__1
written_rep: wall of shame
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schandmauer
sense_list:
(usually capitalized) A collection of the worst or most hated entries in a particular subject, medium, field, or for people who have failed to complete a challenge, etc.


lexentry: eng/wall_of_text__Noun__1
written_rep: wall of text
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Testament
sense_list:
(chiefly, Internet slang) An intimidatingly large block of writing, particularly one with few or no paragraph breaks.


lexentry: eng/wall_rocket__Noun__1
written_rep: wall rocket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Doppelsame
sense_list:
Diplotaxis (can refer both to the genus and specific species), native to the western Mediterranean and adjoining regions, used as a leaf vegetable.


lexentry: eng/wall_unit__Noun__1
written_rep: wall unit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wohnwand
sense_list:
An integrated set of furniture pieces (bookshelves, cabinet etc.) standing against the wall of a room.


lexentry: eng/wallaroo__Noun__1
written_rep: wallaroo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Känguru
sense_list:
Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies.


lexentry: eng/wallcreeper__Noun__1
written_rep: wallcreeper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mauerläufer
sense_list:
A passerine bird of species Tichodroma muraria, closely related to the nuthatches, breeding in temperate Asia, found more widely in much of temperate Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/wallet__Noun__1
written_rep: wallet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geldbörse | Portemonnaie | Brieftasche | Geldbeutel | Börse | Portmonee
sense_list:
(US, UK) A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.


lexentry: eng/walleye__Noun__1
written_rep: walleye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Glasaugenbarsch
sense_list:
(plural "walleye" or "walleyes") A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.


lexentry: eng/wallflower__Noun__1
written_rep: wallflower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Mauerblümchen
sense_list:
A person who does not dance at a party, due to shyness or unpopularity; by extension, anyone who is left on the sidelines while an activity takes place. | (informal) Any person who is socially awkward, shy, or reserved.


lexentry: eng/wallow__Verb__1
written_rep: wallow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: suhlen | wälzen
sense_list:
To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud. | To move lazily or heavily in any medium.


lexentry: eng/wallpaper__Noun__1
written_rep: wallpaper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Hintergrundbild | Wallpaper
sense_list:
(computing, countable, uncountable) An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.


lexentry: eng/walrus__Noun__1
written_rep: walrus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Walross
sense_list:
A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.


lexentry: eng/wampum__Noun__1
written_rep: wampum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wampum
sense_list:
(uncountable) Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.


lexentry: eng/wand__Noun__1
written_rep: wand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stab
sense_list:
A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.


lexentry: eng/wandering_Jew__Noun__1
written_rep: wandering Jew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mexikanische Dreimasterblume
sense_list:
Any plant of three species of spiderworts, Tradescantia pallida, Tradescantia fluminensis, and Tradescantia zebrina.


lexentry: eng/wane__Verb__1
written_rep: wane
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: abnehmen
sense_list:
(intransitive, astronomy) For the Moon to pass through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.


lexentry: eng/waning_moon__Noun__1
written_rep: waning moon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abnehmender Mond
sense_list:
A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears smaller each night as it progresses from a full moon to a new moon: a moon in any of the diminishing lunar phases.


lexentry: eng/wannabe__Noun__1
written_rep: wannabe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Möchtegern
sense_list:
(informal, derogatory, often, attributive) Someone who wishes to be someone or do something, but lacks the qualifications or talent; an overeager amateur; an aspirant.


lexentry: eng/want_list__Noun__1
written_rep: want list
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manco-Liste
sense_list:
A list of items missing from a collection; especially a list of postage stamps that a collector is seeking to acquire.


lexentry: eng/wanton__Adjective__1
written_rep: wanton
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: rücksichtslos
sense_list:
Capricious, reckless of morality, justice etc.; acting without regard for the law or the well-being of others; gratuitous.


lexentry: eng/wantonness__Noun__1
written_rep: wantonness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ausgelassenheit | Unbeherrschtheit
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.


lexentry: eng/wapiti__Noun__1
written_rep: wapiti
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wapiti
sense_list:
(US, Canada) The American elk (Cervus canadensis). It was formerly considered to be in the same species as the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.


lexentry: eng/war__Noun__1
written_rep: war
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krieg
sense_list:
(uncountable) Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving active engagement of military forces. | (crime) A prolonged conflict between two groups of organized criminals, usually over organizational or territorial control. | (chiefly, _, US) A sustained campaign against a social problem, idea, set of values, etc. | (uncountable, card games) Any of a family of card games where all cards are dealt at the beginning of play and players attempt to capture them all, typically involving no skill and only serving to kill time.


lexentry: eng/war_bride__Noun__1
written_rep: war bride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kriegsbraut | Soldatenbraut
sense_list:
A woman who marries a man who is on active military duty in wartime; especially, a woman who marries a foreign soldier serving in her country and then emigrates to his.


lexentry: eng/war_chest__Noun__1
written_rep: war chest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kriegskasse
sense_list:
A fund to finance a war | (by extension) A fund for some special purpose, such as a political campaign


lexentry: eng/war_crime__Noun__1
written_rep: war crime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kriegsverbrechen
sense_list:
(criminal law, international law) A punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian.


lexentry: eng/war_dance__Noun__1
written_rep: war dance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kriegstanz
sense_list:
(anthropology) A ceremonial dance performed before a major battle or after a victory, usually by a tribe.


lexentry: eng/war_game__Noun__1
written_rep: war game
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kriegsspiel
sense_list:
A game, for entertainment or edutainment purposes, that simulates or represents a military operation.


lexentry: eng/war_grave__Noun__1
written_rep: war grave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gefallenenfriedhof | Soldatenfriedhof
sense_list:
A burial place, grave(s) for individual victim(s), soldiers and/or civilians, of warfare, including civil war.


lexentry: eng/war_of_aggression__Noun__1
written_rep: war of aggression
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Angriffskrieg
sense_list:
(international law) A military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation.


lexentry: eng/war_of_attrition__Noun__1
written_rep: war of attrition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zermürbungskrieg | Abnutzungskrieg
sense_list:
(military) A prolonged war in which the warring sides try to defeat their opponents by wearing them out.


lexentry: eng/war_of_conquest__Noun__1
written_rep: war of conquest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eroberungskrieg
sense_list:
A military conflict where one state, nation, or people conquers or attempts to conquer another; a conquering war.


lexentry: eng/war_of_nerves__Noun__1
written_rep: war of nerves
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Nervenkrieg
sense_list:
(idiomatic, by extension) A situation in which opposed parties refrain from direct conflict but maintain a tense, contentious relationship in which each uses annoyances or intimidating psychological tactics to attempt to dishearten and unnerve the other.


lexentry: eng/war_paint__Noun__1
written_rep: war paint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kriegsbemalung
sense_list:
Pigments ritually applied to the face and/or body (originally and still especially of a Native American warrior) prior to going into a battle.


lexentry: eng/war_profiteer__Noun__1
written_rep: war profiteer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kriegsgewinnler | Kriegsgewinnlerin | Kriegsprofiteur | Kriegsprofiteurin
sense_list:
A person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military equipment.


lexentry: eng/war_room__Noun__1
written_rep: war room
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kommandozentrale
sense_list:
A single location which serves as the point of coordination for military activities. | (by extension) A single location from which any activity is directed.


lexentry: eng/war_tuba__Noun__1
written_rep: war tuba
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kriegstuba
sense_list:
An acoustic locator, vaguely resembling a tuba, used (by Japan during the World Wars) to provide early warning of incoming aircraft.


lexentry: eng/war_veteran__Noun__1
written_rep: war veteran
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kriegsveteran
sense_list:
A person who has served in the armed forces during a war, as contrasted with one who served entirely during peacetime.


lexentry: eng/warbler__Noun__1
written_rep: warbler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grasmücke | Waldsänger
sense_list:
Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).


lexentry: eng/ward__Noun__2
written_rep: ward
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Gemeinde | Wache
sense_list:
(Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.


lexentry: eng/warden__Noun__1
written_rep: warden
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Aufseher
sense_list:
An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air-raid warden.


lexentry: eng/wardrobe__Noun__1
written_rep: wardrobe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Garderobe | Kleiderschrank | Schrank | Kleiderkasten
sense_list:
A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.


lexentry: eng/wardroom__Noun__1
written_rep: wardroom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quadrat
sense_list:
(nautical) The living quarters of a ship designated for the commissioned officers other than the captain.


lexentry: eng/ware__Noun__1
written_rep: ware
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ware
sense_list:
(uncountable, usually, in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use. | (in the plural) See wares. | (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods. | (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact. | (Ireland) Crockery.


lexentry: eng/warehouse__Noun__1
written_rep: warehouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lager | Lagerhaus | Packhaus | Speicherhaus
sense_list:
A place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.


lexentry: eng/warfare__Noun__1
written_rep: warfare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kriegsführung
sense_list:
The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy. | Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.


lexentry: eng/warfarin__Noun__1
written_rep: warfarin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Warfarin
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A coumarin salt, warfarin sodium, found in certain clovers, that retards blood coagulation: | Manufactured as a pharmaceutical drug and used in low dosage, with regular monitoring, for the prevention of thrombosis and embolism.


lexentry: eng/warhead__Noun__1
written_rep: warhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sprengkopf | Gefechtskopf
sense_list:
The part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive system, chemical or biological agents, or inert materials intended to inflict damage.


lexentry: eng/warhorse__Noun__1
written_rep: warhorse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kampfross | Schlachtross | Streitross
sense_list:
(historical, military) Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armoured knight.


lexentry: eng/warhorse__Noun__1
written_rep: warhorse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Haudegen | Kämpe
sense_list:
(figurative, informal) An experienced person who has been through many battles, situations or contests; someone who has given long service.


lexentry: eng/warhorse__Noun__1
written_rep: warhorse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bühnenklassiker | Dauerbrenner
sense_list:
(theater, music) A regularly revived theatrical or musical work, as with Hamlet or a Beethoven symphony, or as excerpts thereto. May imply that the work in question has become hackneyed.


lexentry: eng/warlord__Noun__1
written_rep: warlord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kriegsherr | Warlord
sense_list:
A military commander or bandit leader wielding civilian power in an area where the government is weak.


lexentry: eng/warm__Adjective__1
written_rep: warm
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: warm | fürsorglich | warmherzig
sense_list:
Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.


lexentry: eng/warm__Verb__1
written_rep: warm
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: wärmen
sense_list:
(transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.


lexentry: eng/warm_up__Verb__1
written_rep: warm up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aufwärmen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To become warmer. | (transitive) To make (an audience) enthusiastic or animated before a show.


lexentry: eng/warn__Verb__1
written_rep: warn
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: warnen | mahnen
sense_list:
(transitive) To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially: | (transitive) To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/warning__Noun__1
written_rep: warning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Warnung | Mahnung
sense_list:
The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone. | Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.


lexentry: eng/warning_triangle__Noun__1
written_rep: warning triangle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Warndreieck | Pannendreieck
sense_list:
(automotive) A triangle made of (usually) red reflective material, used to warn other road users of a broken-down vehicle.


lexentry: eng/warp__Noun__1
written_rep: warp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Verholtau
sense_list:
(nautical) A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.


lexentry: eng/warp__Verb__1
written_rep: warp
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: schleppen | verholen
sense_list:
(transitive, nautical) To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour.


lexentry: eng/warrant__Noun__1
written_rep: warrant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Vollmacht
sense_list:
(countable) An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.


lexentry: eng/warrant__Noun__1
written_rep: warrant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Befehl | Haftbefehl | Steckbrief | richterliche Anordnung
sense_list:
(law, countable) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.


lexentry: eng/warrant_of_attorney__Noun__1
written_rep: warrant of attorney
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: können
sense_list:
(US, legal) A document in which someone admits liability for a debt and allows an attorney to admit this in court so that no action will be taken.


lexentry: eng/warrant_of_payment__Noun__1
written_rep: warrant of payment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mahnbescheid | Zahlungsbefehl
sense_list:
(legal) A written order from a first person that instructs a second person to pay a specified recipient a specific amount of money or goods at a specific time.


lexentry: eng/warranty__Noun__1
written_rep: warranty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Garantie
sense_list:
(countable, law) A legal agreement, either written or oral (an expressed warranty) or implied through the actions of the buyer and seller (an implied warranty), which states that the goods or property in question will be in exactly the same state as promised, such as in a sale of an item or piece of real estate. | (countable) A written guarantee, usually over a fixed period, provided to someone who buys a product or item, which states that certain repairs and/or replacement parts will be provided free of charge in case of damage or a defect.


lexentry: eng/wart__Noun__1
written_rep: wart
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Warze
sense_list:
(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).


lexentry: eng/wary__Adjective__1
written_rep: wary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vorsichtig | achtsam | umsichtig | wachsam
sense_list:
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent


lexentry: eng/wash-leather__Noun__1
written_rep: wash-leather
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Samischleder
sense_list:
Leather that has been treated so as to be very absorbent. Usually made of sheepskin treated with oil, and used for dusting or as an absorbent lining in pockets, gloves, etc.


lexentry: eng/wash__Noun__1
written_rep: wash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Lavierung
sense_list:
(arts) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.


lexentry: eng/wash__Verb__1
written_rep: wash
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: waschen | spülen
sense_list:
(transitive) To clean with water. | (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.


lexentry: eng/wash_off__Verb__1
written_rep: wash off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: herauswaschen
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, ditransitive) To remove (or be removed) by washing; to clean off (dirt or the thing that it is besmirching) by washing.


lexentry: eng/wash_one's_hands__Verb__1
written_rep: wash one's hands
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: die Hände in Unschuld waschen
sense_list:
(figuratively) To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with. [with of ‘something’]


lexentry: eng/washable__Adjective__1
written_rep: washable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: waschbar | waschecht
sense_list:
Capable of being washed without being damaged; especially by a specified method, for example machine-washable.


lexentry: eng/washbasin__Noun__1
written_rep: washbasin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waschbecken | Waschschüssel
sense_list:
A basin used for washing, (now) particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face.


lexentry: eng/washboard__Noun__1
written_rep: washboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Waschbrett
sense_list:
(musical instruments) Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument. | (nautical) A board fastened along a ship's gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard.


lexentry: eng/washboard__Noun__1
written_rep: washboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Wellblech
sense_list:
(roads) A stretch of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road caused by interaction between traffic and road surface.


lexentry: eng/washbowl__Noun__1
written_rep: washbowl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schale
sense_list:
A sink in a bathroom, connected to a supply of water and a drain, in which one may wash one's face and hands.


lexentry: eng/washed_up__Adjective__1
written_rep: washed up
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: am Ende | erledigt | fertig
sense_list:
(informal, of a performer) Well past their prime and no longer successful; having no future in a particular role.


lexentry: eng/washer__Noun__2
written_rep: washer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Unterlegscheibe | Scheibe
sense_list:
A flat piece of material, often of metal and often an annulus, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction, provide directionally differentiated friction (e.g. making the nut turn counter-clockwise only with difficulty), or prevent leakage.


lexentry: eng/washhouse__Noun__1
written_rep: washhouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lavoir | Waschhaus | Waschhütte
sense_list:
A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry. | (New Zealand) A room in a house used for washing laundry; a utility room.


lexentry: eng/washing__Noun__1
written_rep: washing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wäsche
sense_list:
(uncountable, chiefly, British, NZ, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.


lexentry: eng/wassail__Noun__1
written_rep: wassail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Glühbier | Glühmost | Glühwein
sense_list:
The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc.


lexentry: eng/waste__Noun__1
written_rep: waste
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 14
trans_list: Bergung | Rettung | Sicherung | Verfall
sense_list:
(legal) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.


lexentry: eng/waste__Noun__1
written_rep: waste
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 15
trans_list: Geröll
sense_list:
(geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.


lexentry: eng/waste__Verb__1
written_rep: waste
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: verschwenden | vergeuden | kalt machen (Slang) | schwächen | töten | verfallen
sense_list:
(transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.


lexentry: eng/waste_breath__Verb__1
written_rep: waste breath
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Atem verschwenden
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To speak in a manner which is needless or futile; in discussion or argument to make points which are not appreciated or heeded.


lexentry: eng/waste_product__Noun__1
written_rep: waste product
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abfall
sense_list:
An unwanted material produced during some manufacturing process, especially radioactive material from nuclear reactors.


lexentry: eng/wastegate__Noun__1
written_rep: wastegate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bypassventil
sense_list:
(mechanical engineering, automotive, aviation) A valve that allows exhaust gases to bypass an engine's turbocharger, in order to keep from overspeeding the turbocharger rotor or driving the boost pressure high enough to risk engine knocking or detonation.


lexentry: eng/wastewater__Noun__1
written_rep: wastewater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abwasser
sense_list:
Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a result, now contains waste products.


lexentry: eng/watch__Noun__1
written_rep: watch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Wache
sense_list:
A particular time period when guarding is kept. | A person or group of people who guard. | (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.


lexentry: eng/watch_glass__Noun__1
written_rep: watch glass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Uhrglas | Uhrglasschale
sense_list:
(chemistry) An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a simple, slightly concave circle of glass. It is a general utility item, used to hold small samples, to evaporate liquids, to cover a beaker, and so on.


lexentry: eng/watch_one's_mouth__Verb__1
written_rep: watch one's mouth
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: auf seine Ausdrucksweise achten | aufpassen, was man sagt | nicht in diesem Ton reden
sense_list:
(idiomatic, US) To be careful about what one says, especially with regard to disrespectful or profane language.


lexentry: eng/watch_out__Verb__1
written_rep: watch out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aufpassen | achtgeben
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To be aware or conscious; to look closely or carefully; to use caution. Often used in the imperative.


lexentry: eng/watchdog__Noun__1
written_rep: watchdog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wachhund
sense_list:
(figurative) An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically.


lexentry: eng/watchman__Noun__1
written_rep: watchman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wächter
sense_list:
One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.


lexentry: eng/watchword__Noun__1
written_rep: watchword
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Parole | Kennwort | Losung
sense_list:
(military, security) A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies.


lexentry: eng/water__Noun__1
written_rep: water
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasser
sense_list:
(uncountable) An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H2O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam. | (countable) A serving of liquid water. | (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy. | Urine. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/water__Noun__1
written_rep: water
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Gewässer | Wasser
sense_list:
(poetic, archaic, or, dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.


lexentry: eng/water_beetle__Noun__1
written_rep: water beetle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserkäfer
sense_list:
Any of various freshwater aquatic beetles that have a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs adapted for swimming, and that carry an air bubble underneath their abdomens.


lexentry: eng/water_buffalo__Noun__1
written_rep: water buffalo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserbüffel
sense_list:
A large ungulate, widely used as a domestic animal in Asia, South America. North Africa and Europe: Bubalus bubalis.


lexentry: eng/water_chestnut__Noun__1
written_rep: water chestnut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserkastanie
sense_list:
(uncountable) Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), grown for its edible corm, used in Asian cooking.


lexentry: eng/water_clock__Noun__1
written_rep: water clock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasseruhr
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, historical) A device for measuring time using water, typically by measuring water flowing in or out of a basin of known size at a known rate.


lexentry: eng/water_column__Noun__1
written_rep: water column
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wassersäule
sense_list:
(environmental sciences, hydrology) A notional column of water from the surface to the bottom in a natural setting, notable for the differences in physical and chemical properties at various depths.


lexentry: eng/water_cycle__Noun__1
written_rep: water cycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserkreislauf
sense_list:
The natural cycle of evaporation of water from the oceans etc, and subsequent condensation and precipitation as rain and snow


lexentry: eng/water_down__Verb__1
written_rep: water down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verwässern
sense_list:
To dilute with water; to add water to. | (idiomatic) To simplify or oversimplify; to make easier; to make less difficult.


lexentry: eng/water_flea__Noun__1
written_rep: water flea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserfloh
sense_list:
Any of various aquatic crustacea of the order Diplostraca, characterised by their jumping or jerky mode of swimming.


lexentry: eng/water_fountain__Noun__1
written_rep: water fountain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Trinkbrunnen | Wasserspender
sense_list:
(US, Canada) A mechanical device designed to dispense small quantities of drinking water, usually in a public place such as a school or office.


lexentry: eng/water_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: water gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wassergas
sense_list:
A mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide produced by passing steam over hot coke; used as a domestic fuel, a town gas and/or illuminating gas.


lexentry: eng/water_glass__Noun__1
written_rep: water glass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wasserglas
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) Any of various water-soluble silicate compounds, especially when occurring in dissolved, jelly-like form.


lexentry: eng/water_level__Noun__1
written_rep: water level
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Schlauchwaage
sense_list:
(also attributive) (Relating to) an instrument to show the level by means of the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes connected by a pipe.


lexentry: eng/water_lily__Noun__1
written_rep: water lily
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seerose
sense_list:
Any of various members of the Nymphaeaceae family that are tuberous plants, rooted in soil with leaves (lily pads) and flowers floating on the water surface.


lexentry: eng/water_line__Noun__1
written_rep: water line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wasserlinie
sense_list:
(shipbuilding) Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel. In a half-breadth plan, the water lines are outward curves showing the horizontal form of the ship at their several heights; in a sheer plan, they are projected as straight horizontal lines.


lexentry: eng/water_main__Noun__1
written_rep: water main
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserhauptversorgungsleitung | Wasserversorgungshauptleitung
sense_list:
The principal pipe, usually underground, for conveying water to residential and business properties.


lexentry: eng/water_of_crystallization__Noun__1
written_rep: water of crystallization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kristallwasser
sense_list:
(chemistry) The water present in the crystals of the salts of certain metals; it is weakly bound by electrostatic forces and may normally be removed by heating.


lexentry: eng/water_pipe__Noun__1
written_rep: water pipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wasserpfeife
sense_list:
A device for smoking, such as a hookah or bong, in which the smoke is drawn through a container of water before inhaling.


lexentry: eng/water_pollution__Noun__1
written_rep: water pollution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gewässerverschmutzung
sense_list:
Contamination of water, especially surface water, by sewage effluent, fertilizer runoff, industrial chemical discharge, etc.


lexentry: eng/water_polo__Noun__1
written_rep: water polo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserball
sense_list:
A water sport consisting of two teams of swimmers who have to throw the ball into the opponent's goal.


lexentry: eng/water_power__Noun__1
written_rep: water power
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserkraft
sense_list:
(uncountable) Mechanical or electrical energy derived from running or falling water; originally obtained from a waterwheel immersed in a stream; modern hydroelectric power is obtained from turbines fed from reservoirs.


lexentry: eng/water_rail__Noun__1
written_rep: water rail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserralle
sense_list:
a small wetland bird (Rallus aquaticus) of the family Rallidae that breeds in marshes and reedbeds across Europe and Asia.


lexentry: eng/water_scorpion__Noun__1
written_rep: water scorpion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserskorpion
sense_list:
Any long-legged aquatic insect of the family Nepidae, commonly in temperate Europe of species Nepa cinerea.


lexentry: eng/water_slide__Noun__1
written_rep: water slide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserrutsche
sense_list:
A recreational slide with water flowing down it to reduce friction, sometimes involving the participant sitting on a mat or raft and sometimes leading into a pool at the bottom.


lexentry: eng/water_softener__Noun__1
written_rep: water softener
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Trinkwasserenthärtungsanlage
sense_list:
A device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water by passing it through an ion exchange resin.


lexentry: eng/water_softening__Noun__1
written_rep: water softening
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Εnthärtung
sense_list:
The removal of calcium and magnesium ions from water, or their replacement with sodium, either by chemical reaction or by ion exchange.


lexentry: eng/water_strider__Noun__1
written_rep: water strider
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserläufer
sense_list:
Any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae, which rely on surface tension to walk on top of water.


lexentry: eng/water_supply__Noun__1
written_rep: water supply
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserversorgung
sense_list:
The provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes.


lexentry: eng/water_tower__Noun__1
written_rep: water tower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserturm
sense_list:
A large tank of water, in an elevated position, acting as a local reservoir; water is pumped into the tank and fed by gravity to the consumers.


lexentry: eng/water_turbine__Noun__1
written_rep: water turbine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserturbine
sense_list:
A device that converts the energy of moving water, usually at a dam into rotary motion, usually used to make electricity.


lexentry: eng/water_under_the_bridge__Noun__1
written_rep: water under the bridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schnee von gestern
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Something in the past that cannot be controlled or undone, but must be accepted, forgiven, or forgotten.


lexentry: eng/water_vole__Noun__1
written_rep: water vole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schermaus
sense_list:
Any of three Old World vole species: European water vole (Arvicola amphibius, formerly Arvicola terrestris), montane water vole (Arvicola scherman), or southwestern water vole (Arvicola sapidus).


lexentry: eng/waterboarding__Noun__1
written_rep: waterboarding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waterboarding
sense_list:
A torture technique in which the victim is immobilized, has towels or rags wrapped over their face, and has water poured onto them, causing them to experience the sensation of drowning.


lexentry: eng/watercock__Noun__1
written_rep: watercock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schildralle
sense_list:
Gallicrex cinerea, a species of bird in the monotypic genus Gallicrex of the family Rallidae. It is a large rail found in wetland habitats in Asia.


lexentry: eng/watercress__Noun__1
written_rep: watercress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brunnenkresse | Wasserkresse | Echte Brunnenkresse
sense_list:
A perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish.


lexentry: eng/waterfowl__Noun__1
written_rep: waterfowl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasservogel
sense_list:
Any of the birds, such as ducks, geese and swans, that spend most of their non-flying time on water; especially those of the family Anatidae.


lexentry: eng/watering_can__Noun__1
written_rep: watering can
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gießkanne
sense_list:
A utensil for watering plants, consisting of a container with a handle and long spout, the spout sometimes being fitted with a perforated nozzle.


lexentry: eng/waterline__Noun__1
written_rep: waterline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserlinie | Wasserstand
sense_list:
(nautical) A line formed by the surface of the water on the hull of a ship when she is afloat; any of a series of short lines marked on the hull to show where the waterline would be under different loadings


lexentry: eng/watermark__Noun__1
written_rep: watermark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserzeichen
sense_list:
A translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light.


lexentry: eng/watermark__Verb__1
written_rep: watermark
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mit Wasserzeichen versehen
sense_list:
(transitive) To mark paper with a watermark. | (transitive) To mark a datafile with a digital watermark.


lexentry: eng/watershed__Noun__1
written_rep: watershed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserscheide
sense_list:
(hydrology, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.


lexentry: eng/waterspout__Noun__1
written_rep: waterspout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserhose
sense_list:
A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado).


lexentry: eng/watertight__Adjective__1
written_rep: watertight
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wasserdicht
sense_list:
So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape. | (figurative) So devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade or nullify.


lexentry: eng/waterwheel_plant__Noun__1
written_rep: waterwheel plant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserfalle
sense_list:
An endangered carnivorous aquatic plant, Aldrovanda vesiculosa, which is the sole extant species of the genus Aldrovanda.


lexentry: eng/waterworks__Noun__1
written_rep: waterworks
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserkunst | Wasserversorgung | Wasserwerk
sense_list:
The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.


lexentry: eng/waterworks__Noun__1
written_rep: waterworks
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wasserwerk | Wasseraufbereitungsanlage
sense_list:
(treated as singular) Any single facility, such as a filtration plant or pumping station, within such a system.


lexentry: eng/waterworks__Noun__1
written_rep: waterworks
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Geheul | Tränen
sense_list:
(informal) Often in the form turn on the waterworks: crying or tears, especially in a way that is considered manipulative or over-emotional.


lexentry: eng/waterworks__Noun__1
written_rep: waterworks
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Wasserkunst
sense_list:
(historical, treated as singular) A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.


lexentry: eng/watt-hour__Noun__1
written_rep: watt-hour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wattstunde
sense_list:
A unit of electrical energy equal to the power of one watt in use for one hour; often used as a unit of electricity consumption. It is equal to 3600 joules.


lexentry: eng/watt__Noun__1
written_rep: watt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Watt
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W


lexentry: eng/wattle__Noun__1
written_rep: wattle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Kehllappen
sense_list:
A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.


lexentry: eng/wattle__Noun__1
written_rep: wattle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Gold-Akazie
sense_list:
Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national emblem of Australia.


lexentry: eng/wattle_and_daub__Noun__1
written_rep: wattle and daub
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lehmflechtwerk
sense_list:
A structure of interwoven branches and twigs plastered with mud, clay or dung, used in the construction of dwellings, especially as infill in a half-timbered wall


lexentry: eng/wave-particle_duality__Noun__1
written_rep: wave-particle duality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Welle-Teilchen-Dualismus
sense_list:
(physics) The concept applying to all matter and radiation, but most evident in light and particles such as the electron, that properties of waves and of particles are exhibited simultaneously


lexentry: eng/wave__Noun__1
written_rep: wave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Welle
sense_list:
A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions. | (logistics) Any of a series of orders to be fulfilled in one short interval of time, planned as part of wave picking. | (usually "the wave") A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.


lexentry: eng/wave__Noun__1
written_rep: wave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Welle | Wink
sense_list:
Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.


lexentry: eng/wave__Noun__1
written_rep: wave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Wink
sense_list:
A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands. | (video games, by extension) One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.


lexentry: eng/wave__Verb__1
written_rep: wave
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flattern | schwenken | wedeln | wogen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely. | (transitive) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.


lexentry: eng/wave__Verb__1
written_rep: wave
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: winken | wedeln | ondulieren | wellen | zuwinken
sense_list:
(transitive, metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.


lexentry: eng/wave_mechanics__Noun__1
written_rep: wave mechanics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wellenmechanik
sense_list:
(physics, mathematics) The mathematical basis for quantum mechanics in which light and subatomic particles have the characteristics of both waves and particles.


lexentry: eng/wave_pool__Noun__1
written_rep: wave pool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wellenbecken
sense_list:
A swimming pool in which there are artificially generated, reasonably large waves, similar to the ocean's.


lexentry: eng/wave_the_white_flag__Verb__1
written_rep: wave the white flag
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ergeben
sense_list:
(in military combat) To indicate to an opposing force that one is surrendering. | (figurative) To yield, give up, or quit.


lexentry: eng/waveform__Noun__1
written_rep: waveform
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wellenform
sense_list:
(physics, engineering) The shape of a physical wave, such as sound, electric current or electromagnetic radiation, or its representation obtained by plotting a characteristic of the phenomenon (such as voltage) versus another variable, often time.


lexentry: eng/wavefunction__Noun__1
written_rep: wavefunction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wellenfunktion
sense_list:
(physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.


lexentry: eng/wavelength__Noun__1
written_rep: wavelength
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wellenlänge
sense_list:
(physics) The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency.


lexentry: eng/wavelike__Adjective__1
written_rep: wavelike
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wellenartig
sense_list:
(physics) Having some properties or characteristics of a wave; used especially of physical particles.


lexentry: eng/waver__Verb__1
written_rep: waver
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beben
sense_list:
(archaic) To sway back and forth, as if about to fall; to reel, to stagger, to totter. | Of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady; to shake, to tremble.


lexentry: eng/waver__Verb__1
written_rep: waver
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: schwanken
sense_list:
To cause (someone) to begin to or show signs of weakening in resolve; also (rare) , to weaken in resolve due to (something).


lexentry: eng/wavy__Adjective__1
written_rep: wavy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Wellenschnitt
sense_list:
(heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines, especially to symbolize a river.


lexentry: eng/wax__Noun__1
written_rep: wax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Wachs
sense_list:
Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.


lexentry: eng/wax__Verb__2
written_rep: wax
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wachsen | wichsen | bohnern
sense_list:
(transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.


lexentry: eng/wax__Verb__2
written_rep: wax
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: zunehmen
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.


lexentry: eng/wax__Verb__3
written_rep: wax
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: zunehmen
sense_list:
(intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.


lexentry: eng/wax_paper__Noun__1
written_rep: wax paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wachspapier | Ölpapier
sense_list:
A semitranslucent, moistureproof paper made with a waxy coating, used primarily for wrapping and packaging.


lexentry: eng/wax_tablet__Noun__1
written_rep: wax tablet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wachstafel
sense_list:
A tablet made of wood and covered with a layer of wax, used as a reusable and portable writing surface in Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages.


lexentry: eng/waxing__Noun__1
written_rep: waxing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wachsen | Waxing
sense_list:
(countable) A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax.


lexentry: eng/waxing_moon__Noun__1
written_rep: waxing moon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zunehmender Mond
sense_list:
A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears larger each night as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon: a moon in any of the increasing lunar phases.


lexentry: eng/wayfaring-tree__Noun__1
written_rep: wayfaring-tree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wolliger Schneeball
sense_list:
(botany) A much-branched European shrub of large size (Viburnum lantana), with dense cymes of small white flowers, the foliage and young shoots thickly covered with soft mealy down.


lexentry: eng/we__Pronoun__1
written_rep: we
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: wir
sense_list:
The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)


lexentry: eng/weak-minded__Adjective__1
written_rep: weak-minded
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: willensschwach
sense_list:
Having or exhibiting a mind that lacks steadfastness, resoluteness or especially judgment; not strong-minded. [from 1530s] | (offensive, now, chiefly, historical) Mentally or intellectually deficient; feeble-minded; half-witted. [from ca. 1700]


lexentry: eng/weak__Adjective__1
written_rep: weak
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwach
sense_list:
Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability. | Dilute, lacking in taste or potency. | (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-. | (grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including: | (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.


lexentry: eng/weak_nuclear_force__Noun__1
written_rep: weak nuclear force
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schwache Wechselwirkung
sense_list:
(nuclear physics) One of the four fundamental forces that is associated with nuclear decay. Its gauge bosons are the W+, W- and Z0 particles.


lexentry: eng/weal__Noun__2
written_rep: weal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Strieme
sense_list:
A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt.


lexentry: eng/wean__Verb__1
written_rep: wean
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abstillen | entwöhnen
sense_list:
(transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.


lexentry: eng/weapon_of_mass_destruction__Noun__1
written_rep: weapon of mass destruction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Massenvernichtungswaffe
sense_list:
Any human-made weapon causing indiscriminate large-scale death or destruction, especially a biological weapon, chemical weapon, nuclear weapon or radiological weapon.


lexentry: eng/wear__Verb__1
written_rep: wear
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abnutzen
sense_list:
To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.


lexentry: eng/wear_and_tear__Noun__1
written_rep: wear and tear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abnutzung | Verschleiß
sense_list:
Damage or depreciation resulting from ordinary use (normally as something excluded from a guarantee or warranty of quality, or as justifying a write-down in a set of accounts).


lexentry: eng/wear_out__Verb__1
written_rep: wear out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abnutzen | verschleißen
sense_list:
To cause (something) to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use, especially hard, heavy, or careless use.


lexentry: eng/wear_out__Verb__1
written_rep: wear out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: verschleißen | ausleiern | sich abnutzen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain.


lexentry: eng/wear_out__Verb__1
written_rep: wear out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: erschöpfen | schlapp machen
sense_list:
To exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness, as by continued strain or exertion.


lexentry: eng/wear_out_one's_welcome__Verb__1
written_rep: wear out one's welcome
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: die Gastfreundschaft überbeanspruchen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To behave in an offensive, burdensome, or tiresome manner, with the result that one's continued presence is unwanted within a residence, commercial establishment, or social group.


lexentry: eng/wear_too_many_hats__Verb__1
written_rep: wear too many hats
part_of_speech: verb
sense_list: (idiomatic) To try to fill more roles at once than is realistically possible.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
eierlegende Wollmilchsau | in vielen Funktionen tätig sein | sich verschiedene Hüte aufsetzen | viele Aufgaben haben | viele Aufgaben übernehmen | viele Funktionen ausüben


lexentry: eng/weasel__Noun__1
written_rep: weasel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wiesel
sense_list:
Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genera Mustela, Neogale, Poecilogale, and Lyncodon, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.


lexentry: eng/weasel_out__Verb__1
written_rep: weasel out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abhauen
sense_list:
(idiomatic, intransitive, often followed by of) To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.)


lexentry: eng/weasel_word__Noun__1
written_rep: weasel word
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: schwammiger Begriff
sense_list:
(pejorative) A word used to hedge a statement, for example to make it vague, equivocal, or misleading.


lexentry: eng/weather__Noun__1
written_rep: weather
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wetter | Witterung
sense_list:
The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.


lexentry: eng/weather__Verb__1
written_rep: weather
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: verwittern
sense_list:
To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.


lexentry: eng/weather_balloon__Noun__1
written_rep: weather balloon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wetterballon
sense_list:
(meteorology) a balloon that carries meteorological instruments aloft in order to measure, record and return data concerning atmospheric pressure, temperature and humidity


lexentry: eng/weather_deck__Noun__1
written_rep: weather deck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Oberdeck | Wetterdeck
sense_list:
(nautical) A ship's deck which has no overhead protection, which is open to the weather; a ship's uppermost deck.


lexentry: eng/weather_forecast__Noun__1
written_rep: weather forecast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wettervorhersage
sense_list:
(meteorology) A prediction of future weather, often for a specific locality, in a newspaper or on the radio or television.


lexentry: eng/weather_report__Noun__1
written_rep: weather report
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wetterbericht
sense_list:
(meteorology) A description, especially one prepared by a governmental or other authority, of past, present or forecasted meteorological conditions for a particular geographical area.


lexentry: eng/weather_satellite__Noun__1
written_rep: weather satellite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wettersatellit
sense_list:
(meteorology) A type of satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth.


lexentry: eng/weather_station__Noun__1
written_rep: weather station
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wetterstation
sense_list:
A piece of equipment that collects and transmits meteorological information, and can make weather forecasts


lexentry: eng/weather_vane__Noun__1
written_rep: weather vane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wetterfahne | Windfahne
sense_list:
A mechanical device rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind.


lexentry: eng/weatherboard__Noun__1
written_rep: weatherboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Schindel
sense_list:
Any of a series of horizontal boards used to cover the exterior of a timber-framed building; clapboard.


lexentry: eng/weatherstrip__Noun__1
written_rep: weatherstrip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bodendichtung | Bürstendichtung | Dichtband | Dichtprofil | Dichtungsprofil | Fugendichtband
sense_list:
(US) A narrow piece of material used to prevent cold air from entering a building through the edge of a window or a door.


lexentry: eng/weave__Verb__1
written_rep: weave
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: weben
sense_list:
(transitive) To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another. | (transitive) To spin a cocoon or a web.


lexentry: eng/weaver__Noun__1
written_rep: weaver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Webervogel
sense_list:
Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs. | Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.


lexentry: eng/weaver_ant__Noun__1
written_rep: weaver ant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weber
sense_list:
Any ant of the genus Oecophylla which construct their nests by weaving leaves together with silk produced by their larvae.


lexentry: eng/web_application__Noun__1
written_rep: web application
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Webanwendung | Webapplikation
sense_list:
(software) A software application that is accessed via a web browser, often over a network but sometimes offline.


lexentry: eng/web_browser__Noun__1
written_rep: web browser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Webbrowser | Browser
sense_list:
(Internet) A computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks.


lexentry: eng/web_design__Noun__1
written_rep: web design
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Webdesign
sense_list:
The trade of a web designer; the creation of web pages, especially in terms of layout and presentation rather than functionality.


lexentry: eng/web_page__Noun__1
written_rep: web page
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Webseite
sense_list:
(Internet) A single hypertext document (transmitted as HTML) on the World Wide Web, often hyperlinked to others, and intended to be viewed with a web browser. | (loosely) A website, by extension from the home page of the site.


lexentry: eng/web_server__Noun__1
written_rep: web server
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Webserver
sense_list:
(software) software that delivers Web pages and other documents to browsers using the HTTP protocol. | (computer hardware) the computer on which such software runs.


lexentry: eng/webbing__Noun__1
written_rep: webbing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Gurt
sense_list:
(military) A belt and shoulder harness with attached pouches used to carry a soldier's equipment, water, ammunition, etc.


lexentry: eng/webcam__Noun__1
written_rep: webcam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Webcam
sense_list:
(computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.


lexentry: eng/weber__Noun__1
written_rep: weber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weber
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb.


lexentry: eng/webinar__Noun__1
written_rep: webinar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Webinar
sense_list:
An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through text-based chat, voice, video, or file-sharing.


lexentry: eng/website__Noun__1
written_rep: website
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Website | Internetauftritt | Webangebot | Webauftritt | Webpräsenz | Internetpräsenz
sense_list:
(Internet) A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.


lexentry: eng/wedding_cake__Noun__1
written_rep: wedding cake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hochzeitstorte
sense_list:
A decorated cake, often in several tiers and with a model bride and groom, that is cut by the couple as part of a wedding ceremony and distributed to the guests.


lexentry: eng/wedding_dress__Noun__1
written_rep: wedding dress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brautkleid
sense_list:
The dress worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony, in Western culture traditionally white with a long train.


lexentry: eng/wedding_ring__Noun__1
written_rep: wedding ring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ehering | Trauring
sense_list:
(jewellery) One of a pair or rings exchanged by spouses in a wedding ceremony, and afterwards worn by them, symbolizing continuous fidelity.


lexentry: eng/wedge__Noun__1
written_rep: wedge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Keil
sense_list:
One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering. | (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends. | (archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.


lexentry: eng/wedgie__Noun__1
written_rep: wedgie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Hosenzieher
sense_list:
(slang) A prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind in order to wedge the clothing uncomfortably between the person's buttocks.


lexentry: eng/wee_hours__Noun__1
written_rep: wee hours
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: früger Morgen
sense_list:
(colloquial) The very early morning; the early morning hours; the nighttime hours following midnight, when most people are asleep.


lexentry: eng/week__Noun__1
written_rep: week
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Woche
sense_list:
A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday. | A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.


lexentry: eng/weekday__Noun__1
written_rep: weekday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wochentag | Arbeitstag | Werktag
sense_list:
Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:


lexentry: eng/weekend__Noun__1
written_rep: weekend
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wochenende | Weekend
sense_list:
The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.


lexentry: eng/weep__Verb__1
written_rep: weep
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: weinen
sense_list:
To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.


lexentry: eng/weeping_willow__Noun__1
written_rep: weeping willow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Trauerweide | Babylonische Trauerweide | Chinesische Trauerweide | Echte Trauerweide
sense_list:
Any of the numerous decorative cultivars and hybrids of Salix babylonica with white willow (Salix alba) or crack willow (Salix fragilis).


lexentry: eng/weever__Noun__1
written_rep: weever
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Petermännchen
sense_list:
Any of the usually brown fish in family Trachinidae, which catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past.


lexentry: eng/weevil__Noun__1
written_rep: weevil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rüsselkäfer
sense_list:
Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.


lexentry: eng/weigh__Verb__1
written_rep: weigh
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wiegen | wägen
sense_list:
(transitive) To determine the weight of an object. | (intransitive, copulative, stative) To have a certain weight.


lexentry: eng/weigh__Verb__1
written_rep: weigh
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: hieven | lichten
sense_list:
(transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed. | To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.


lexentry: eng/weigh_in__Verb__1
written_rep: weigh in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: sein Zeug dazutun | sich einmischen | sich einschalten
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To bring in one's weight, metaphorically speaking, to bear on an issue; frequently construed with on or with.


lexentry: eng/weighbridge__Noun__1
written_rep: weighbridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brückenwaage | Straßenfahrzeugwaage | Waagenbrücke
sense_list:
(UK) a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.


lexentry: eng/weight__Noun__1
written_rep: weight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gewicht
sense_list:
The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity. | An object used to make something heavier. | (figurative) Importance or influence. | (weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training. | (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.). | (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.


lexentry: eng/weight_plate__Noun__1
written_rep: weight plate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hantelscheibe
sense_list:
A flat, heavy object, usually made of cast iron, that is used in combination with barbells or dumbbells for the purpose of physical exercise.


lexentry: eng/weight_rack__Noun__1
written_rep: weight rack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gewichtsständer | Hantelablage | Hantelscheibenablage | Hantelscheibenständer | Hantelständer
sense_list:
(bodybuilding, weightlifting) A metal storage unit consisting of shelves or pegs for storing weights.


lexentry: eng/weight_training__Noun__1
written_rep: weight training
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gewichtsübungen | Kraftübungen
sense_list:
(weightlifting) A form of physical exercise using weights to increase the strength and size of muscles by using exercises specific for each muscle group.


lexentry: eng/weighted__Adjective__1
written_rep: weighted
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: geehrt
sense_list:
(statistics) With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance.


lexentry: eng/weightlifter__Noun__1
written_rep: weightlifter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Gewichtheber
sense_list:
A person who uses weights to train the muscles of the body, usually for strength or for improved performance in a sport.


lexentry: eng/weightlifting__Noun__1
written_rep: weightlifting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Gewichtheben
sense_list:
(sports) A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.


lexentry: eng/weissbier__Noun__1
written_rep: weissbier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weizenbier
sense_list:
A Bavarian specialty beer in which a significant proportion of malted barley is replaced with malted wheat.


lexentry: eng/welcome__Adjective__1
written_rep: welcome
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: willkommen | Willkommen
sense_list:
Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.


lexentry: eng/weld__Noun__1
written_rep: weld
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Färberwau | Gelbkraut | Färberresede | Gilbkraut
sense_list:
A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.


lexentry: eng/weld__Verb__1
written_rep: weld
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schweißen | zusammenschweißen
sense_list:
(transitive) To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.


lexentry: eng/welding__Noun__1
written_rep: welding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schweißen
sense_list:
joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination, or


lexentry: eng/welfare__Noun__1
written_rep: welfare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wohlfahrt | Sozialhilfe
sense_list:
(uncountable, chiefly, _, US, informal) Shortened form of "welfare spending", "welfare payments", or "welfare assistance".


lexentry: eng/welfare_state__Noun__1
written_rep: welfare state
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wohlfahrtsstaat
sense_list:
A social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, providing health care, education, unemployment benefits and social security. | A country in which such a system operates.


lexentry: eng/welfare_trap__Noun__1
written_rep: welfare trap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitslosigkeitsfalle
sense_list:
(chiefly, US) A situation where the welfare system discourages people who receive government public assistance payments from entering low-paid work because such work does not produce a significant income increase.


lexentry: eng/welkin__Noun__1
written_rep: welkin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Firmament | Himmel | Himmelszelt
sense_list:
(also, Lancashire) The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.


lexentry: eng/well-defined__Adjective__1
written_rep: well-defined
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: wohldefiniert
sense_list:
(mathematics) Defined in an unambiguous and consistent way: specifically, such that any two objects implied to be identical are indeed identical.


lexentry: eng/well-formed__Adjective__1
written_rep: well-formed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wohlgeformt
sense_list:
(linguistics, computing) Correctly written; syntactically correct; expressed in a way that obeys rules for constructing formulas in a certain language.


lexentry: eng/well-mannered__Adjective__1
written_rep: well-mannered
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manierlich | wohlgesittet
sense_list:
Having good manners; polite, courteous, and socially correct; conforming to standards of good behaviour.


lexentry: eng/well-order__Noun__1
written_rep: well-order
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wohlordnung
sense_list:
(set theory, order theory) A total order of some set such that every nonempty subset contains a least element.


lexentry: eng/well-rested__Adjective__1
written_rep: well-rested
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ausgeschlafen
sense_list:
Having had sufficient (or even more than enough) sleep or rest to function optimally during waking hours.


lexentry: eng/well__Noun__1
written_rep: well
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 15
trans_list: Brunnen
sense_list:
(biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.


lexentry: eng/well_logging__Noun__1
written_rep: well logging
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kernbohrung
sense_list:
The analysis and recording of the strata penetrated by the drill of an oil well as an aid to exploration.


lexentry: eng/well_up__Verb__1
written_rep: well up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hervorquellen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To gradually or steadily flow upwards or outwards so as to begin to fill or overflow something.


lexentry: eng/wellness__Noun__1
written_rep: wellness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wohlbefinden
sense_list:
The quality or state of being in good health (sometimes emphasizing both health and safety); mental and physical soundness.


lexentry: eng/wels_catfish__Noun__1
written_rep: wels catfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wels
sense_list:
A scaleless fresh-water catfish (Silurus glanis), of much of temperate western Eurasia, recognizable by its broad, flat head and wide mouth.


lexentry: eng/welt__Noun__1
written_rep: welt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Quaddel | Strieme
sense_list:
(shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.


lexentry: eng/welter-weight__Noun__1
written_rep: welter-weight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weltergewicht
sense_list:
(boxing) a boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class


lexentry: eng/wench__Noun__1
written_rep: wench
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magd | Mädchen | Mädel
sense_list:
(archaic, now, dialectal, or, humorous, possibly, offensive) A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.


lexentry: eng/wendigo__Noun__1
written_rep: wendigo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wendigo
sense_list:
(mythological creature) A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder.


lexentry: eng/weretiger__Noun__1
written_rep: weretiger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wertiger
sense_list:
(fiction, mythological) A creature of Southeast Asian myth; a shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a tiger.


lexentry: eng/werewolf__Noun__1
written_rep: werewolf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Werwolf | Lykanthrop | Lykanthropin | Mannwolf | Werwölfin
sense_list:
(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.


lexentry: eng/wergeld__Noun__1
written_rep: wergeld
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wergeld | Blutgeld | Manngeld
sense_list:
(historical, especially in Germanic, _, legal) Compensation thus determined and paid; a reparative payment.


lexentry: eng/west__Noun__1
written_rep: west
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westen | West
sense_list:
The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°. | The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof. [circa 1300] | (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.


lexentry: eng/west_by_north__Noun__1
written_rep: west by north
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: West zu Nord
sense_list:
The compass point halfway between west and west-northwest, specifically 281.25°, abbreviated as WbN.


lexentry: eng/western__Noun__1
written_rep: western
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Western
sense_list:
(Should we move, merge or split([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary%3ARequests+for+moves%2C+mergers+and+splits&#38;action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfm-sense/preload&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bnorthern+and+western%23rfm-sense-notice-en-%7cwestern%5D%5D +]) this sense?) (cinema) A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850–1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture.


lexentry: eng/western_cattle_egret__Noun__1
written_rep: western cattle egret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kuhreiher
sense_list:
Bubulcus ibis is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones.


lexentry: eng/western_marsh_harrier__Noun__1
written_rep: western marsh harrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rohrweihe
sense_list:
Circus aeruginosus, a large harrier, a bird of prey from temperate and subtropical western Eurasia and adjacent Africa.


lexentry: eng/westerner__Noun__1
written_rep: westerner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westler | Abendländer | Wessi
sense_list:
A native or inhabitant of the West, of the Western world—Europe and the Americas. (Also written capitalized as Westerner.)


lexentry: eng/westwork__Noun__1
written_rep: westwork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westwerk
sense_list:
(architecture) The vaulted monumental structure at the western end of a church constructed in some medieval styles, flanked by two towers and containing the entrance.


lexentry: eng/wet__Adjective__1
written_rep: wet
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nass
sense_list:
Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water. | Of weather or a time period: rainy. | (slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie. | (poker slang) Of a board or flop: enabling the creation of many or of strong hands; e.g. containing connectors or suited cards. (Compare dry).


lexentry: eng/wet__Adjective__1
written_rep: wet
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: feucht | nass
sense_list:
(slang, vulgar, of a female) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.


lexentry: eng/wet_behind_the_ears__Adjective__1
written_rep: wet behind the ears
part_of_speech: adjective
sense_list: (idiomatic) Inexperienced; just beginning; immature (especially in judgment).
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
feucht hinter den Ohren | grün hinter den Ohren | nicht trocken hinter den Ohren | noch feucht hinter den Ohren | noch grün hinter den Ohren sein | noch nicht trocken hinter den Ohren


lexentry: eng/wet_blanket__Noun__1
written_rep: wet blanket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spaßbremse | Miesmacher | Miesmacherin | Spielverderber
sense_list:
(idiomatic, usually, endearing, derogatory) A person who takes the fun out of a situation or activity, as by pessimism, demands, dullness, etc.


lexentry: eng/wet_dock__Noun__1
written_rep: wet dock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dock
sense_list:
(nautical) A dock that has a constant level of water in which a vessel floats despite the tide; usually achieved by separating the dock from the sea by a lock.


lexentry: eng/wet_dream__Noun__1
written_rep: wet dream
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: feuchter Traum
sense_list:
(idiomatic, by extension) An exciting fantasy; a very appealing, ideal thing, person, or state of affairs.


lexentry: eng/wet_end__Noun__1
written_rep: wet end
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Siebpartie
sense_list:
The first section of a paper machine to which the pulp is delivered in a slurry form (as mixture of fiber and water).


lexentry: eng/wet_wipe__Noun__1
written_rep: wet wipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Feuchttuch | Feuchtpapier | feuchtes Tuch
sense_list:
A small moistened piece of paper or cloth for cleaning or personal hygiene, often folded and individually wrapped for convenience.


lexentry: eng/wetback__Noun__1
written_rep: wetback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nass
sense_list:
(derogatory, _, slang) A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border.


lexentry: eng/wetland__Noun__1
written_rep: wetland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Feuchtgebiet
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.


lexentry: eng/wetsuit__Noun__1
written_rep: wetsuit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Neoprenanzug | Tauchanzug
sense_list:
A close fitting, insulating garment usually made from neoprene or similar material designed to keep one warm during activities on or under water.


lexentry: eng/wh-question__Noun__1
written_rep: wh-question
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: W-Frage
sense_list:
(chiefly, linguistics) A question that is introduced by a wh-word (what, where, why, etc.) and cannot be answered by yes or no.


lexentry: eng/whack-a-mole__Noun__1
written_rep: whack-a-mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: der Kampf gegen die Hydra
sense_list:
(idiomatic, chiefly, Canada, US) The practice of trying to stop problems, etc., that repeatedly occur in an apparently random manner; also, the act of dealing with such matters in a piecemeal manner without achieving a complete solution.


lexentry: eng/whale__Noun__1
written_rep: whale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wal | Walfisch
sense_list:
Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.


lexentry: eng/whale_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: whale oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tran
sense_list:
Any of various oils and fats extracted from the blubber of whales and used in the manufacture of soap and lubricants (formerly as an illuminating oil).


lexentry: eng/whale_shark__Noun__1
written_rep: whale shark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Walhai
sense_list:
A very large spotted shark, Rhincodon typus, of warm marine waters, similar to a whale, that feeds by filtering plankton from the water.


lexentry: eng/whalebone__Noun__1
written_rep: whalebone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fischbein
sense_list:
The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that is used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets


lexentry: eng/what's-his-name__Pronoun__1
written_rep: what's-his-name
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dingsda
sense_list:
A male person or entity whose name one does not remember or want to mention but that is known to the person to which one is speaking.


lexentry: eng/what's_new__Phrase__1
written_rep: what's new
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: was gibt's Neues
sense_list:
(informal) An informal greeting asking the other person what has recently happened in their life. A typical response might be "Not much; you?". The greeting is not always literal and may just be used to say hello.


lexentry: eng/what's_sauce_for_the_goose_is_sauce_for_the_gander__Proverb__1
written_rep: what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: was dem einen recht ist, ist dem anderen billig
sense_list:
If something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another (often of the opposite gender).


lexentry: eng/what's_up__Phrase__1
written_rep: what's up
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: was geht | wie geht's | was geht ab | was läuft
sense_list:
(idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly, _, US, with up in the sense of "happening") What's happening? What are you doing?


lexentry: eng/what's_your_phone_number__Phrase__1
written_rep: what's your phone number
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
sense_list: Asks the interlocutor to give their phone number for subsequent communication.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
Wie lautet Ihre Telefonnummer? | Wie lautet deine Telefonnummer? | was ist Ihre Telefonnummer? | was ist deine Telefonnummer?


lexentry: eng/what__Determiner__1
written_rep: what
part_of_speech: determiner
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: was für | so | was
sense_list:
(exclamative) Used to form exclamations indicating that something is remarkable, in either a good or bad way.


lexentry: eng/what__Determiner__1
written_rep: what
part_of_speech: determiner
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: was für | welch
sense_list:
Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.


lexentry: eng/what__Interjection__1
written_rep: what
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: was? | wie bitte
sense_list:
What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires. | (British, colloquial, dated) Clipping of what do you say?, used as a type of tag question to emphasise a statement and invite agreement, often rhetorically. | What did you say? I beg your pardon? This usage is often considered impolite, with the more polite "Pardon?" or "Excuse me?" preferred. | Indicating a guess or approximation, or a pause to try to recall information.


lexentry: eng/what__Pronoun__1
written_rep: what
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: was
sense_list:
(fused relative) That which; those that; the thing(s) that. | (fused relative) Anything that; all that; whatever.


lexentry: eng/what_about__Adverb__1
written_rep: what about
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wie wär's mit
sense_list:
Used to make a suggestion. | Used to repeat a question but referring to a different subject or object.


lexentry: eng/what_does_that_have_to_do_with_the_price_of_tea_in_China__Phrase__1
written_rep: what does that have to do with the price of tea in China
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nachts ist es kälter als draußen
sense_list:
(rhetorical question, colloquial) Used to indicate that a previous comment is irrelevant or non sequitur.


lexentry: eng/what_goes_around_comes_around__Proverb__1
written_rep: what goes around comes around
part_of_speech: proverb
sense_list: A person's actions, whether good or bad, will often have consequences for that person.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus | alles rächt sich irgendwann | das kommt davon | die Vergangenheit holt einen immer ein | man erntet, was man sät | sowas kommt von sowas


lexentry: eng/what_is_that__Phrase__1
written_rep: what is that
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: was ist das
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see what,‎ was,‎ that.: Asks the interlocutor to identify an indicated object.


lexentry: eng/what_number__Adverb__1
written_rep: what number
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wievielter
sense_list:
Which, what position (in an ordered series, such as which day of the month or which floor). (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/what_the_fuck__Interjection__1
written_rep: what the fuck
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verfickt nochmal | was zum Scheiß? | was zum Teufel?
sense_list:
(vulgar) Used to express astonishment, shock, incredulity, or disbelief (as an ellipsis of longer expressions).


lexentry: eng/what_the_fuck__Interjection__1
written_rep: what the fuck
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: was auch immer
sense_list:
(vulgar) Used to express nonchalance or the dismissal of any consequences of something one is about to do.


lexentry: eng/what_time_is_it__Phrase__1
written_rep: what time is it
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wie spät ist es | wieviel Uhr ist es?
sense_list:
What is the time of day? (used to request for the current hour and approximate number of minutes after the hour)


lexentry: eng/whataboutism__Noun__1
written_rep: whataboutism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Whataboutism
sense_list:
(logical fallacy) A logical fallacy where criticisms are deflected by raising unrelated criticisms of the opposite side.


lexentry: eng/whatchamacallit__Noun__1
written_rep: whatchamacallit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dingsbums | Dingsda | Krimskrams
sense_list:
(slang) A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.


lexentry: eng/whatever__Interjection__1
written_rep: whatever
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: egal | naja | nebbich
sense_list:
(colloquial) A holophrastic expression used to dismiss something that the speaker doesn't care about, doesn't think important, or doesn't want to consider or discuss any further. Sometimes conceived as an ellipsis of whatever you say, implying feigned deference: whatever you say [apparently must be true].


lexentry: eng/whatever_it_takes__Noun__1
written_rep: whatever it takes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: um jeden Preis
sense_list:
(idiomatic, sometimes, _, euphemistic, _, for improper behavior) Anything, including measures which may be extreme or wrongful, that is required to achieve an objective.


lexentry: eng/wheat__Noun__1
written_rep: wheat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weizen
sense_list:
(countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.


lexentry: eng/wheat_beer__Noun__1
written_rep: wheat beer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißbier | Weizenbier
sense_list:
A top-fermented beer brewed with a large proportion of wheat relative to the amount of malted barley.


lexentry: eng/wheat_weevil__Noun__1
written_rep: wheat weevil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kornkrebs | gemeiner Kornkäfer
sense_list:
A common species of weevil (Sitophilus granarius) that occurs worldwide and causes damage to harvested grain.


lexentry: eng/wheel__Noun__1
written_rep: wheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rad
sense_list:
A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.


lexentry: eng/wheel__Noun__1
written_rep: wheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 15
trans_list: Steuerrad
sense_list:
A maneuver in marching in which the marchers turn in a curving fashion to right or left so that the order of marchers does not change.


lexentry: eng/wheel_and_axle__Noun__1
written_rep: wheel and axle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Haspel
sense_list:
A simple machine consisting of a wheel (or similar lever) that turns an axle around which a cord is wound; its mechanical advantage is the ratio of the diameters of the wheel and axle.


lexentry: eng/wheel_clamp__Noun__1
written_rep: wheel clamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Autokralle | Parkkralle | Radkralle | Kralle
sense_list:
A device locked to the wheel of a motor car to prevent it from being driven; normally used to enforce payment of a traffic violation fine.


lexentry: eng/wheel_of_fortune__Noun__1
written_rep: wheel of fortune
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glücksrad
sense_list:
(gambling) A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally to determine, by its stopping position, whether a gambler will receive one of the prizes marked around its circumference.


lexentry: eng/wheelbarrow__Noun__1
written_rep: wheelbarrow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schubkarre | Scheibtruhe
sense_list:
A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.


lexentry: eng/wheelbarrow_race__Noun__1
written_rep: wheelbarrow race
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Besorgung
sense_list:
A two-member team race in which one team member holds the legs of the other, as if the handles of a wheelbarrow. The team member playing the barrow runs on his/her hands.


lexentry: eng/wheelchair__Noun__1
written_rep: wheelchair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rollstuhl | Krankenfahrstuhl | Fahrstuhl
sense_list:
A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person. | (attributive) Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.


lexentry: eng/wheeler-dealer__Noun__1
written_rep: wheeler-dealer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geschäftemacher | Geschäftemacherin
sense_list:
(informal) A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator.


lexentry: eng/wheelhouse__Noun__1
written_rep: wheelhouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ruderhaus | Steuerhaus
sense_list:
An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.


lexentry: eng/wheelie__Noun__1
written_rep: wheelie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wheelie
sense_list:
(informal) An action or stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is ridden for a short period while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels.


lexentry: eng/wheelset__Noun__1
written_rep: wheelset
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Radsatz
sense_list:
A wheel and axle combination, such as the front and back bicycle wheels (with axles) sold as a ready-made set; or an axle and mounted left and right pair of railroad wheels.


lexentry: eng/wheeltapper__Noun__1
written_rep: wheeltapper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Radklopfer
sense_list:
(UK, rail, historical) A railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.


lexentry: eng/whelk__Noun__1
written_rep: whelk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wellhornschnecke
sense_list:
Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.


lexentry: eng/whelp__Noun__1
written_rep: whelp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Welpe | Welpin
sense_list:
A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.


lexentry: eng/when_Hell_freezes_over__Adverb__1
written_rep: when Hell freezes over
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(idiom, slang, informal, hyperbolic) Never; not in this lifetime or a time in the unforeseeably distant future; not a chance.

trans_list:
alle Jubeljahre | an Sankt Nimmerlein | wenn Ostern und Pfingsten auf einen Tag fallen | wenn die Hölle zufriert


lexentry: eng/when__Adverb__1
written_rep: when
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wann | wenn
sense_list:
(interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.


lexentry: eng/when__Conjunction__1
written_rep: when
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: wenn | als | wann
sense_list:
During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase. | At what time; at which time.


lexentry: eng/when_life_gives_you_lemons,_make_lemonade__Proverb__1
written_rep: when life gives you lemons, make lemonade
part_of_speech: proverb
sense_list: You should always make the best out of difficult situations.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
wenn dir das Leben eine Zitrone gibt, mach Limonade draus | wenn das Leben dir eine Zitrone gibt, mach Limonade draus


lexentry: eng/when_push_comes_to_shove__Phrase__1
written_rep: when push comes to shove
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wenn es hart auf hart kommt | wenn es ernst wird
sense_list:
(figuratively, idiomatic) When the pressure is on; when the situation is critical or urgent; when the time has come for action, even if it is difficult.


lexentry: eng/where_there's_smoke,_there's_fire__Proverb__1
written_rep: where there's smoke, there's fire
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer
sense_list:
(UK, US, Australia, Canada, NZ) If there is a hint of something occurring it could indeed be true, but such rumors should be taken with a grain of salt.


lexentry: eng/where_there_is_a_will_there_is_a_way__Proverb__1
written_rep: where there is a will there is a way
part_of_speech: proverb
sense_list: If someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found to make it happen.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
wo ein Wille ist, ist auch ein Weg | man muss nur wollen | es ist Platz in der kleinsten Hütte | wer will, der kann | wer will, findet Wege, wer nicht will, findet Gründe


lexentry: eng/whereas__Conjunction__1
written_rep: whereas
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: wobei | dieweil
sense_list:
(mostly, law) It being the fact that; inasmuch as. (Often used to begin recitals; sometimes emboldened or emphasized as a signifier.)


lexentry: eng/whet__Verb__1
written_rep: whet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wetzen
sense_list:
(transitive) To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.


lexentry: eng/whether__Conjunction__1
written_rep: whether
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ob
sense_list:
Introduces a simple indirect question (without a correlative). | Introduces a disjunctive adverbial clause qualifying the main clause (with correlative or).


lexentry: eng/whetstone__Noun__1
written_rep: whetstone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schleifstein | Wetzstein | Abziehstein
sense_list:
A sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.


lexentry: eng/whew__Interjection__1
written_rep: whew
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: puh | uff
sense_list:
An expressive sound made indicating the release of one's inner tension; the release of breath; an expression of relief.


lexentry: eng/which__Pronoun__1
written_rep: which
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: welcher | der | was
sense_list:
(mostly, archaic) Used of people (now generally who, whom, that; which remains possible with words also referred to by it such as baby, child).


lexentry: eng/whiff__Noun__1
written_rep: whiff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauch
sense_list:
A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft. | An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.


lexentry: eng/while_loop__Noun__1
written_rep: while loop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: while-Schleife
sense_list:
(programming) A section of computer code in which an instruction or group of instructions is repeated only while a certain condition continues to be met.


lexentry: eng/whimbrel__Noun__1
written_rep: whimbrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Regenbrachvogel
sense_list:
A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill.


lexentry: eng/whip__Noun__1
written_rep: whip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Peitsche | Knute | Zagel
sense_list:
A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.


lexentry: eng/whip__Verb__1
written_rep: whip
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: schlagen
sense_list:
(transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food. | To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.


lexentry: eng/whiplash__Noun__1
written_rep: whiplash
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: (countable) The lash of a whip.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
Distorsion der Halswirbelsäule | HWS-Distorsion | HWS-Schleudertrauma | Halswirbelsäulen-Distorsion | Halswirbelsäulenschleudertrauma | Peitschenriemen


lexentry: eng/whiplash__Noun__1
written_rep: whiplash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Peitschenriemen
sense_list:
An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.


lexentry: eng/whippersnapper__Noun__1
written_rep: whippersnapper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bengel | Jungspund | Lümmel | junger Spund
sense_list:
(colloquial) A young and cheeky or presumptuous person; often with a connotation of ignorance via inexperience. [from 1670s]


lexentry: eng/whipstaff__Noun__1
written_rep: whipstaff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ruderstock
sense_list:
(nautical) A bar, going through the poopdeck, attached perpendicularly to the tiller for steering a ship.


lexentry: eng/whirlwind__Noun__1
written_rep: whirlwind
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wirbelwind | Wirbelsturm
sense_list:
A windstorm of limited extent, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air.


lexentry: eng/whisk__Noun__1
written_rep: whisk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schneebesen | Schaumschläger
sense_list:
A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).


lexentry: eng/whisker__Noun__1
written_rep: whisker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barthaar | Barthaare
sense_list:
That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.


lexentry: eng/whisper__Verb__1
written_rep: whisper
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: flüstern | wispern | wispeln
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete) To address in a whisper, or low voice. | (internet) To send a private message to an individual in a chat room.


lexentry: eng/whistle-blower__Noun__1
written_rep: whistle-blower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hinweisgeber | Hinweisgeberin | Whistleblower | Enthüller | Skandalaufdecker
sense_list:
(slang, chiefly, US) One who reports a problem or violation to the authorities; especially, an employee or former employee who reports a violation by an employer.


lexentry: eng/whistle__Noun__1
written_rep: whistle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pfeife | Trillerpfeife | Flöte
sense_list:
A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.


lexentry: eng/whistle__Verb__1
written_rep: whistle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pfeifen | flöten
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.


lexentry: eng/whistle_in_the_wind__Verb__1
written_rep: whistle in the wind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ein Windei ausbrüten | gegen Windmühlen kämpfen | mit der Wand reden
sense_list:
(especially, UK, idiomatic) To attempt something that is futile; to say something that is not heeded.


lexentry: eng/whistle_past_the_graveyard__Verb__1
written_rep: whistle past the graveyard
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(idiomatic, US) To attempt to stay cheerful in a dire situation; to proceed with a task, ignoring an upcoming hazard, hoping for a good outcome.

trans_list:
blauäugig sein | der Angst ins Gesicht lachen | die Angst weglachen | gute Mine zum bösen Spiel machen | zweckoptimistisch sein


lexentry: eng/white-bellied_rat__Noun__1
written_rep: white-bellied rat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißbauchratte
sense_list:
(sensu lato, especially in compounds) Any rat species of the murid genus Niviventer of Southeast Asia.


lexentry: eng/white-bellied_rat__Noun__1
written_rep: white-bellied rat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Große Himalaya-Weißbauchratte
sense_list:
(sensu stricto) Niviventer niviventer, a species of murid found in Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.


lexentry: eng/white-blue-white_flag__Noun__1
written_rep: white-blue-white flag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: weiß-blau-weiße flagge
sense_list:
(neologism) A symbol of opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the current government of Russia, used by Russian anti-war protesters online.


lexentry: eng/white-flippered_penguin__Noun__1
written_rep: white-flippered penguin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißflügelpinguin
sense_list:
A subspecies of small penguin, Eudyptula minor albosignata, with distinctive white marks on the flippers, which breed on South Island.


lexentry: eng/white-headed_vulture__Noun__1
written_rep: white-headed vulture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wollkopfgeier
sense_list:
A critically-endangered species of Old World vultures, Trigonoceps occipitalis, known for the white plumage adorning their heads.


lexentry: eng/white-lipped_snail__Noun__1
written_rep: white-lipped snail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißmündige Bänderschnecke
sense_list:
A snail of species Cepaea hortensis, very similar to the grove snail, but with a white band at the lip of the shell.


lexentry: eng/white-sided_dolphin__Noun__1
written_rep: white-sided dolphin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kurzschnauzendelfin | Weißseitendelfin
sense_list:
Any dolphin of the species Leucopleurus acutus and Aethalodelphis obliquidens which have conspicuous white markings on the sides of their body.


lexentry: eng/white-tailed_deer__Noun__1
written_rep: white-tailed deer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißwedelhirsch
sense_list:
A medium-sized deer found throughout most of North and Central America and northern portions of South America; Odocoileus virginianus.


lexentry: eng/white-throated_dipper__Noun__1
written_rep: white-throated dipper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasseramsel
sense_list:
Cinclus cinclus, an aquatic passerine bird found in Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent.


lexentry: eng/white-throated_rail__Noun__1
written_rep: white-throated rail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Cuvier-Ralle
sense_list:
A flightless bird, of species Dryolimnas cuvieri, from the family Rallidae, of islands of the western Indian Ocean.


lexentry: eng/white__Adjective__1
written_rep: white
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: weiß | weiss
sense_list:
(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.


lexentry: eng/white__Adjective__1
written_rep: white
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: weiß
sense_list:
(chiefly, historical) Designated for use by Caucasians. | Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc. | (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour. | (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.


lexentry: eng/white__Noun__1
written_rep: white
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Schnee
sense_list:
(slang, US, UK) Cocaine. | A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.


lexentry: eng/white__Noun__1
written_rep: white
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Lederhaut | Schnee | Sklera | weiße Augenhaut
sense_list:
(archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.


lexentry: eng/white_ash__Noun__1
written_rep: white ash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weiß-Esche
sense_list:
A critically endangered species of ash tree, Fraxinus americana, distributed throughout the eastern United States.


lexentry: eng/white_blood_cell__Noun__1
written_rep: white blood cell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leukozyt | weißes Blutkörperchen
sense_list:
(hematology, cytology, immunology) A type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response, or part of the immune system.


lexentry: eng/white_bream__Noun__1
written_rep: white bream
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blei
sense_list:
A European species of fish in the Cyprinidae family (Blicca bjoerkna, syn. Abramis bjoerkna, Cyprinus bjoerkna).


lexentry: eng/white_cabbage__Noun__1
written_rep: white cabbage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißkohl
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. alba, a cabbage plant with white leaves grown in northern and central Europe.


lexentry: eng/white_campion__Noun__1
written_rep: white campion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Breitblättrige Lichtnelke
sense_list:
A flowering plant, Silene latifolia, in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to most of Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa.


lexentry: eng/white_clover__Noun__1
written_rep: white clover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißklee | Kriechklee
sense_list:
A species of clover, Trifolium repens, native to much of Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia and introduced elsewhere as a pasture crop.


lexentry: eng/white_dwarf__Noun__1
written_rep: white dwarf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißer Zwerg
sense_list:
(star) The dim, highly dense core remnant that is the final stage in the evolution of a star of low or medium mass, after nuclear reactions have ceased.


lexentry: eng/white_gold__Noun__1
written_rep: white gold
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißgold
sense_list:
(countable) Any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal such as platinum or palladium or other white metal such as nickel.


lexentry: eng/white_goods__Noun__1
written_rep: white goods
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Weißwäsche
sense_list:
The large household appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, washing machines and driers as a group.


lexentry: eng/white_hole__Noun__1
written_rep: white hole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißes Loch
sense_list:
(physics) A theoretically possible but hypothetical singularity from which matter and energy are able to escape but unable to enter; the antithesis of a black hole.


lexentry: eng/white_horse__Noun__1
written_rep: white horse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schimmel
sense_list:
(countable) Any of several horse-shaped chalk figures in England, such as the Uffington White Horse.


lexentry: eng/white_lead__Noun__1
written_rep: white lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bleiweiß
sense_list:
A basic lead carbonate, particularly (historical) as once widely used for white paint, whitening cosmetics, and early medicine.


lexentry: eng/white_lie__Noun__1
written_rep: white lie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Notlüge | soziale Lüge
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A deliberately untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result; especially, one which is judged to be better than an overhonest alternative, as for example to remain polite in a superficial social exchange, or to choose one's battles.


lexentry: eng/white_magic__Noun__1
written_rep: white magic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: weiße Magie
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Magic derived from good or benign forces, as distinct from evil or malevolent forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing good or giving aid.


lexentry: eng/white_meat__Noun__1
written_rep: white meat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: weisses Fleisch | weißes Fleisch
sense_list:
Meats whose color, either before or after cooking, is considered white as opposed to red, including poultry, seafood, and in some uses, even pork.


lexentry: eng/white_metal__Noun__1
written_rep: white metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Weißmetall
sense_list:
Any silvery or whitish metal or alloy. | (music) Christian-themed heavy metal, as distinguished from black metal.


lexentry: eng/white_mulberry__Noun__1
written_rep: white mulberry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: weiße Maulbeere
sense_list:
A short-lived mulberry tree of species Morus alba, native to northern China, used in traditional Chinese medicine, that yields berries that are paler than other mulberries, even when ripe. The tree is widely cultivated to feed the silkworms employed in the commercial production of silk.


lexentry: eng/white_noise__Noun__1
written_rep: white noise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: weißes Rauschen
sense_list:
(physics) A random signal (or process) with a flat power spectral density; a signal with a power spectral density that has equal power in any band, at any centre frequency, having a given bandwidth.


lexentry: eng/white_oak__Noun__1
written_rep: white oak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Weißeiche
sense_list:
(usually, countable) A similar oak tree in a subgenus, Quercus subg. Quercus, especially section Quercus.


lexentry: eng/white_paper__Noun__1
written_rep: white paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißbuch | Whitepaper
sense_list:
(management, marketing) A document based on research informing and educating a reader regarding a topic, which may also promote a product or a solution. | (British, Ireland, European Union, government, politics) A parliamentary document announcing or proposing a government policy or action.


lexentry: eng/white_pepper__Noun__1
written_rep: white pepper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: weißer Pfeffer
sense_list:
A spice consisting of the light-colored seed of the black pepper fruit without the dark-colored pulp and skin. Used as a spice in light colored foods such as cream sauces.


lexentry: eng/white_phosphorus__Noun__1
written_rep: white phosphorus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: weißer Phosphor
sense_list:
(chemistry) The most common allotrope of phosphorus; a yellow-white waxy solid that is insoluble in water and spontaneously combusts on exposure to air to form clouds of phosphorus pentoxide; used as a military smokescreen and as an incendiary weapon.


lexentry: eng/white_space__Noun__1
written_rep: white space
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leerraum
sense_list:
White area between written characters and graphic regions on a produced page or computer display; blanks and the vertical blank lines in between paragraphs, or other organized rows of text lines (poetry).


lexentry: eng/white_space__Noun__1
written_rep: white space
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Leerzeichen
sense_list:
(computer science, uncountable) A contiguous collection of one or more characters that each represents horizontal or vertical space in typography.


lexentry: eng/white_stork__Noun__1
written_rep: white stork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weißstorch
sense_list:
A large wading bird, of species Ciconia ciconia, that winters in Africa and breeds in Europe; in European folklore, it delivers babies.


lexentry: eng/white_tea__Noun__1
written_rep: white tea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: weißer Tee
sense_list:
The leaves of a tea plant which have been processed in a manner to let them wilt slightly and lose their "grassy" taste of green tea while undergoing minimal oxidation. | A drink brewed from these tea leaves. | Boiled water; hot water served as a hot beverage.


lexentry: eng/white_tie__Noun__1
written_rep: white tie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Frack | Frack-Anzug
sense_list:
The most formal kind of eveningwear for men, consisting of an evening tailcoat, trousers with strips of braid down the side seams, white stiff-fronted shirt, white bow tie and waistcoat with or without sash.


lexentry: eng/white_trash__Noun__1
written_rep: white trash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: White Trash | weißer Abschaum | weißes Gesindel mit viel Geld
sense_list:
(US, idiomatic, pejorative, ethnic slur, offensive) A poorly educated white person or, collectively, white people of low social status and often regarded as lazy, irresponsible, unintelligent, etc.


lexentry: eng/whitebeam__Noun__1
written_rep: whitebeam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mehlbeere
sense_list:
Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus subg. Aria (now Aria edulis), native to Eurasia, especially common whitebeam.


lexentry: eng/whitefly__Noun__1
written_rep: whitefly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mottenschildlaus
sense_list:
Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest


lexentry: eng/whitehead__Noun__1
written_rep: whitehead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Komedo | Mitesser
sense_list:
(dermatology) A type of comedo, manifesting as a small whitish bump of the skin due to retention of sebum and dead skin cells in a skin pore blocked by a thin layer of epithelium. | A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla). | The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens. | The surf scoter duck. | A domestic pigeon of a particular breed; a white-tailed monk.


lexentry: eng/whitelist__Noun__1
written_rep: whitelist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: weiße Liste
sense_list:
(legal, computing) A list or collection of people or entities that are known, trusted, or explicitly permitted.


lexentry: eng/whitetop__Noun__1
written_rep: whitetop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Pfeilkresse
sense_list:
Lepidium draba (hoary cress, hoary peppercress, perennial peppergrass, tall whitetop), a perennial herb of family Brassicaceae that reproduces by seeds and by horizontal creeping roots.


lexentry: eng/whitewash__Noun__1
written_rep: whitewash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tünche
sense_list:
(uncountable) A mixture of a powdered mineral substance (often slaked lime (containing calcium hydroxide), chalk (calcium carbonate), or both) and water which is used for painting surfaces such as fences and walls bright white.


lexentry: eng/whitewash__Noun__1
written_rep: whitewash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: reinwaschen | schönfärben
sense_list:
A thing used to hide mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; also (often, politics) , an act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; especially, a campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts.


lexentry: eng/whitewash__Verb__1
written_rep: whitewash
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beschönigen | reinwaschen | schönfärben | schönreden
sense_list:
(often, politics) To hide (someone's) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); also, to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.).


lexentry: eng/whitewash__Verb__1
written_rep: whitewash
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: weißen | anstreichen | weißeln
sense_list:
(chiefly, literary, and, poetic, often, passive voice) To cover or coat (something) with a white substance, as if with whitewash (noun sense 1); also, to light up (something) with white light. | To paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash (noun sense 1).


lexentry: eng/whither__Adverb__1
written_rep: whither
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: wohin
sense_list:
(generally) In or to any place to which; to whatever place; wherever. | To which place; also (after a noun denoting a place) to which.


lexentry: eng/whiting__Noun__2
written_rep: whiting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wittling | Merlan
sense_list:
A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).


lexentry: eng/who_are_you_and_what_have_you_done_with_someone__Phrase__1
written_rep: who are you and what have you done with someone
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wer sind Sie und was haben Sie mit jemandem gemacht
sense_list:
(colloquial, humorous, rhetorical question) Said to express surprise due to a perceived drastic change of behaviour of a person.


lexentry: eng/who_knows__Phrase__1
written_rep: who knows
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wer weiß?
sense_list:
A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor knows who might.


lexentry: eng/who_watches_the_watchers__Phrase__1
written_rep: who watches the watchers
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wer wird die Wächter selbst bewachen
sense_list:
Indicating concern as to whether those responsible for monitoring the behavior of others are themselves held accountable.


lexentry: eng/who_would_have_thunk_it__Phrase__1
written_rep: who would have thunk it
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wer hätte das gedacht
sense_list:
(colloquial, sometimes, sarcastic) A rhetorical question used to express incredulity: who would have guessed it?; who would have thought that would happen?


lexentry: eng/whodunit__Noun__1
written_rep: whodunit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krimi | Kriminalroman | Detektivroman
sense_list:
A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.


lexentry: eng/whole_cloth__Noun__1
written_rep: whole cloth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: frei erfunden
sense_list:
(figurative, uncountable, used attributively, or, preceded by various prepositions) The fictitious material from which complete fabrications, lies with no basis in truth, are made.


lexentry: eng/whole_tone__Noun__1
written_rep: whole tone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ganzton
sense_list:
(music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though tuning systems that are not meantone have a "major tone" of 9/8 and a "minor tone" of 10/9.


lexentry: eng/wholegrain__Noun__1
written_rep: wholegrain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vollkorn
sense_list:
A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.


lexentry: eng/wholesaler__Noun__1
written_rep: wholesaler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Großhändler
sense_list:
A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.


lexentry: eng/wholesome__Adjective__1
written_rep: wholesome
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: rechtschaffen | tugendhaft
sense_list:
Favorable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous.


lexentry: eng/whom__Pronoun__1
written_rep: whom
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dem | den | der | die
sense_list:
As the object of a preposition. | (relative) Used to refer to a previously mentioned person or people. | (fused relative, archaic, _, outside set patterns) The person(s) whom; whomever. | (informal, especially, non-US) Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.


lexentry: eng/whoopee_cushion__Noun__1
written_rep: whoopee cushion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Furzkissen | Pupskissen
sense_list:
An inflatable bag containing a valve at its neck that retains the air in the bag until pressure is put on it (usually by someone unintentionally sitting on it after it has been placed on a chair by someone else as a practical joke), when the air is expelled with a sound similar to that of someone farting (breaking wind).


lexentry: eng/whooping_cough__Noun__1
written_rep: whooping cough
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Keuchhusten
sense_list:
(disease) A contagious disease of the respiratory system that usually affects children caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, the advanced stage of which is characterised by spasms of coughing followed by a whooping sound during the intake of breath.


lexentry: eng/whose__Pronoun__1
written_rep: whose
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wem gehört/gehören? | wessen
sense_list:
(interrogative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom. | (relative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom.


lexentry: eng/why__Interjection__1
written_rep: why
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: na | nanu
sense_list:
(dated, or, literary) An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.


lexentry: eng/wick__Noun__1
written_rep: wick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Docht | Dacht | Kerzendocht
sense_list:
(countable) A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.


lexentry: eng/wicked_problem__Noun__1
written_rep: wicked problem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vertracktes Problem | verzwicktes Problem
sense_list:
(social planning) A problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize.


lexentry: eng/wicket__Noun__1
written_rep: wicket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Schalter
sense_list:
(Britain, Canada) A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller


lexentry: eng/wide_berth__Noun__1
written_rep: wide berth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gehöriger Abstand | großer Bogen | sichere Distanz | sichere Entfernung
sense_list:
(idiomatic, by extension) A considerable or comfortable distance from a person or object, especially for safety or deliberate avoidance.


lexentry: eng/widescreen__Noun__1
written_rep: widescreen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Breitbild | Breitbildschirm
sense_list:
(often, attributive) A screen with a wider aspect ratio than the ordinary 35-millimeter frame, making more effective use of the human field of view and producing a more immersive view experience.


lexentry: eng/widespread__Adjective__1
written_rep: widespread
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: weit verstreut | weitläufig | weitverbreitet
sense_list:
Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.


lexentry: eng/widget__Noun__1
written_rep: widget
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Schaber
sense_list:
A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.


lexentry: eng/widget__Noun__2
written_rep: widget
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Steuerelement | Widget
sense_list:
(computing, GUI) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.


lexentry: eng/widow's_mite__Noun__1
written_rep: widow's mite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Scherflein
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A very small gift or donation which, however, represents a great sacrifice on the part of the giver.


lexentry: eng/widow__Noun__1
written_rep: widow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Witwe
sense_list:
A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.


lexentry: eng/widow__Noun__1
written_rep: widow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Hurenkind | Witwe
sense_list:
(typography) A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column.


lexentry: eng/widowed__Adjective__1
written_rep: widowed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verwitwet
sense_list:
(of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.


lexentry: eng/widower__Noun__1
written_rep: widower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Witwer
sense_list:
A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/wienie__Noun__1
written_rep: wienie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Penis | Pimmel | Schniedel | Schwanz
sense_list:
(North America, informal) A wiener sausage. [from 20th c.] | (North America, informal) The penis. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/wife-beating_question__Noun__1
written_rep: wife-beating question
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fangfrage
sense_list:
(rhetoric) A question that presupposes some controversial premise, such that it cannot be directly answered without incriminating oneself or, at least, unintentionally conceding a point; a loaded question.


lexentry: eng/wig__Noun__1
written_rep: wig
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Perücke
sense_list:
A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying.


lexentry: eng/wiggle__Verb__1
written_rep: wiggle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hin und her wackeln | schlängeln | schwänzeln | wackeln
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.


lexentry: eng/wigwam__Noun__1
written_rep: wigwam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wigwam
sense_list:
A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.


lexentry: eng/wiki__Noun__1
written_rep: wiki
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wiki
sense_list:
A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.


lexentry: eng/wikify__Verb__1
written_rep: wikify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wikifizieren
sense_list:
(transitive, of text or other content, technology, wiki jargon) To adapt to the standards and facilities of an existing wiki, such as by marking up with wikitext. | (transitive) To make into a wiki, or to use a wiki approach for.


lexentry: eng/wild-goose_chase__Noun__1
written_rep: wild-goose chase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fruchtloses Unterfangen | sinnloses Unterfangen
sense_list:
(figuratively) A futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome.


lexentry: eng/wild_boar__Noun__1
written_rep: wild boar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wildschwein | Bache | Bacher | Behr | Beier | Ber
sense_list:
A wild swine native to Eurasia and North Africa (Sus scrofa), now widely distributed elsewhere and ancestor of most domestic pig breeds.


lexentry: eng/wild_goose__Noun__1
written_rep: wild goose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Graugans | Wildgans
sense_list:
any of many species of wildlife goose, such as the greylag goose or the Canada goose, whose wedge fly in a wedge or V form, or cuneiform, as opposed to the domesticated goose that would not fly.


lexentry: eng/wild_leek__Noun__1
written_rep: wild leek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Ackerlauch
sense_list:
A wild onion native to southern Europe and western Asia, cultivated and consequently naturalized in many other places, Allium ampeloprasum.


lexentry: eng/wild_pansy__Noun__1
written_rep: wild pansy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wildes Stiefmütterchen
sense_list:
Viola tricolor, a European wildflower with medicinal properties, which was formerly believed to ease heartache.


lexentry: eng/wild_rice__Noun__1
written_rep: wild rice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wildreis | Wasserreis
sense_list:
Rice of any of four species of grasses which form the genus Zizania, which have edible grains and edible stems.


lexentry: eng/wild_service_tree__Noun__1
written_rep: wild service tree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Elsbeere
sense_list:
A tree with edible fruit, Sorbus torminalis, native to central and southern Europe and neighboring parts of Asia and Africa.


lexentry: eng/wildcard__Noun__1
written_rep: wildcard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Platzhalter
sense_list:
(computing) A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.


lexentry: eng/wilderness__Noun__1
written_rep: wilderness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wildnis | Wüste
sense_list:
(uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.


lexentry: eng/wildland__Noun__1
written_rep: wildland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wildnis
sense_list:
Land that is unfit for, or has not been modified by, cultivation or other human activity; a natural area.


lexentry: eng/wildlife__Noun__1
written_rep: wildlife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fauna | Tierwelt
sense_list:
(often, attributive) undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild.


lexentry: eng/wile__Noun__1
written_rep: wile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlich
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice


lexentry: eng/will__Noun__1
written_rep: will
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wille
sense_list:
One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. [from 9th c.] | The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition. [from 10th c.] | One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/will__Verb__1
written_rep: will
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: werden
sense_list:
(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/will__Verb__2
written_rep: will
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: vermachen
sense_list:
(transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/will_do__Interjection__1
written_rep: will do
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mach ich | wird gemacht
sense_list:
(by ellipsis) Affirmative yes in response to an especially personal or direct request for the performance of some action.


lexentry: eng/will_o'_the_wisp__Noun__1
written_rep: will o' the wisp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Irrlicht | Irrwisch | Sumpflicht | Sumpflichter
sense_list:
(British, _, folklore) A flickering light or lantern, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes, held by a supernatural creature who uses it to lure travelers at night to their demise.


lexentry: eng/willful_ignorance__Noun__1
written_rep: willful ignorance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ignoranz
sense_list:
(idiomatic, legal) A decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed about something so as to avoid having to make undesirable decisions that such information might prompt.


lexentry: eng/willy-nilly__Adverb__1
written_rep: willy-nilly
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wohl oder übel | nolens volens | ob man will oder nicht
sense_list:
Whether desired or not; without regard for consequences or wishes of those affected; whether willingly or unwillingly.


lexentry: eng/wimp__Noun__1
written_rep: wimp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwächling | Weichei
sense_list:
(chiefly, derogatory, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.


lexentry: eng/win-win__Adjective__1
written_rep: win-win
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Doppelsieg | Win-Win | zum beiderseitigen Vorteil
sense_list:
(of a situation or outcome) That benefits both or all parties, or that has two distinct benefits. [from 1960s]


lexentry: eng/win__Verb__1
written_rep: win
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gewinnen | siegen
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb). | (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).


lexentry: eng/wind-up__Noun__1
written_rep: wind-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Schabernack | Streich
sense_list:
(British) A humorous attempt to fool somebody; a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue.


lexentry: eng/wind__Noun__1
written_rep: wind
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wind
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. | (philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air. | (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.


lexentry: eng/wind__Verb__2
written_rep: wind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: sich schlängeln | sich winden
sense_list:
(transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern. | (transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch.


lexentry: eng/wind_chime__Noun__1
written_rep: wind chime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Windspiel
sense_list:
A set of decorative metallic or wooden tubular bells that sound when blown by the wind. | (musical instrument, percussion) A singular tubular bell.


lexentry: eng/wind_chimes__Noun__1
written_rep: wind chimes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Windspiel
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A chime constructed from tubes, rods, bells, etc. made of wood, glass, metal or ceramic, suspended outside a building in such a way that they tinkle pleasantly when moved by the wind.


lexentry: eng/wind_generator__Noun__1
written_rep: wind generator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Windgenerator
sense_list:
A wind-driven generator, working on the same principle as a wind turbine but usually on a smaller scale, used for example for charging batteries on sailing boats.


lexentry: eng/wind_rose__Noun__1
written_rep: wind rose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Windrose
sense_list:
(meteorology) A diagram in which the speed and direction of the winds at a particular location are represented by lines of varying thickness and length superimposed on a compass rose.


lexentry: eng/wind_tunnel__Noun__1
written_rep: wind tunnel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Windkanal
sense_list:
A test facility through which air is forced in a controlled manner so as to study the effects of flow around airfoils, aircraft, motor cars etc.


lexentry: eng/wind_up__Verb__1
written_rep: wind up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: aufziehen
sense_list:
(transitive, figuratively, by extension) To tighten (someone or something) by winding or twisting. | (British, transitive) To play a prank (on); to take the mickey (out of) or mock.


lexentry: eng/windfall__Noun__1
written_rep: windfall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Geldregen | warmer Regen
sense_list:
(figuratively) A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift.


lexentry: eng/windfall_tax__Noun__1
written_rep: windfall tax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Übergewinnsteuer
sense_list:
Ellipsis of windfall profits tax, a higher tax rate on profits from sudden gains (“profiteering”) in certain industries.


lexentry: eng/winding__Noun__2
written_rep: winding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 00
trans_list: Wicklung
sense_list:
The act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing. | (electrical engineering) A length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer.


lexentry: eng/winding_number__Noun__1
written_rep: winding number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Studienbuch
sense_list:
(geometry, topology, analysis) The total number of times a given curve travels counterclockwise around a specified point.


lexentry: eng/windmill__Noun__1
written_rep: windmill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Windrad
sense_list:
A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.


lexentry: eng/window__Noun__1
written_rep: window
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fenster
sense_list:
An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle. | (graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying output and allowing input, often for a single task in a multitasking system.


lexentry: eng/window_dressing__Noun__1
written_rep: window dressing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schaufensterdeko | Schaufensterdekoration
sense_list:
The decorative display of retail merchandise in store windows; the goods and trimmings used in such a display.


lexentry: eng/window_dressing__Noun__1
written_rep: window dressing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Augenwischerei | Schönfärberei
sense_list:
(figurative, uncountable) A means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only.


lexentry: eng/window_screen__Noun__1
written_rep: window screen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fenstergitter | Fliegengitter | Fliegenschutzgitter
sense_list:
A mesh, made of metal wire, fibreglass, or other synthetic fibre, set in a frame and covering the opening of a window to keep leaves, debris, insects, birds, etc. from entering a building without blocking fresh airflow.


lexentry: eng/window_seat__Noun__1
written_rep: window seat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fensterplatz
sense_list:
A typically soft seat placed in a recess, for a window, in a wall, and filling the recess. | A seat beside a window in public transport, as in a bus, train or passenger aircraft.


lexentry: eng/windscreen_washer__Noun__1
written_rep: windscreen washer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Windschutzscheibenwaschanlage
sense_list:
(British) A device that pumps water mixed with detergent from a tank through small nozzles on to the windscreen/windshield of a car in order to clean it.


lexentry: eng/windshield__Noun__1
written_rep: windshield
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Windschutzscheibe
sense_list:
(North America, Philippines) A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front and back of a vehicle in front of its occupants to protect them from the wind force generated by the vehicle's speed and inclement weather.


lexentry: eng/windshield_wiper__Noun__1
written_rep: windshield wiper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Scheibenwischer
sense_list:
(automobiles, US, Canada) a device used to clear rain and dirt from a windshield; normally a pivoting arm with a rubber blade.


lexentry: eng/windsock__Noun__1
written_rep: windsock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Windsack
sense_list:
(aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.


lexentry: eng/windsurfing__Noun__1
written_rep: windsurfing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Windsurfen | Windsurfing
sense_list:
A marine sport in which one stands on a floating board (typically 2 - 3 meters in length) to which a sail is attached. The board is steered by tilting the sail or banking the board. Some windsurfers use large waves to perform jumps and other stunts.


lexentry: eng/windward__Adjective__1
written_rep: windward
part_of_speech: adjective
sense_list: Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
gegen den Wind gelegen | im Wind gelegen | luvwärts gelegen | windwärts gelegen | über dem Winde gelegen


lexentry: eng/wine__Noun__1
written_rep: wine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wein
sense_list:
An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%. | An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV. | (countable) A serving of wine.


lexentry: eng/wine_from_unpressed_grapes__Noun__1
written_rep: wine from unpressed grapes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ausbruch | Beerwein | Vorlass | Vorlauf | Vorschuss | Vorsprung
sense_list:
A (sweet) wine made from the juice that flows out of grapes before they are pressed. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/wine_grape__Noun__1
written_rep: wine grape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weintraube
sense_list:
Any variety of grape especially suited for winemaking, to be fermented into alcohol; usually, its suitability has been imparted by selective breeding.


lexentry: eng/wine_gum__Noun__1
written_rep: wine gum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weingummi
sense_list:
(UK, Canada, New Zealand) a chewy, pastille-like jelly candy, usually brightly coloured and fruit flavoured.


lexentry: eng/winebibber__Noun__1
written_rep: winebibber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weinsäufer | Weinsäuferin
sense_list:
(archaic, poetic) A habitual (or heavy) drinker of alcohol, especially wine, an excessive wine-drinker; a drunkard.


lexentry: eng/wineskin__Noun__1
written_rep: wineskin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weinschlauch
sense_list:
A bag, traditionally made from the skin of a goat (a goatskin), used for holding and dispensing wine.


lexentry: eng/wing__Noun__1
written_rep: wing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flügel | Schwinge
sense_list:
(zootomy) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly. | One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.


lexentry: eng/wing__Noun__1
written_rep: wing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: Flügel | Gebäudeflügel | Gebäudetrakt
sense_list:
A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, and located at the side, such as an extension from the main building. | A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position. | A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.


lexentry: eng/wing__Noun__1
written_rep: wing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 23
trans_list: Kotflügel | Flügel
sense_list:
(nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.


lexentry: eng/wing__Noun__1
written_rep: wing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 24
trans_list: Flügel
sense_list:
(sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field. | (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger


lexentry: eng/wing_commander__Noun__1
written_rep: wing commander
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Oberstleutnant
sense_list:
A person holding a rank in the RAF between that of squadron leader and group captain, equivalent to an army lieutenant colonel


lexentry: eng/wing_mirror__Noun__1
written_rep: wing mirror
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Außenspiegel | Seitenspiegel
sense_list:
Either of a pair of mirrors on the sides of a car or other vehicle that enable the driver to see to the side and behind.


lexentry: eng/winged_bean__Noun__1
written_rep: winged bean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Goabohne
sense_list:
A tropical legume of species Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, having clusters of purple flowers and pods with four jagged wings


lexentry: eng/winged_word__Noun__1
written_rep: winged word
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: geflügeltes Wort
sense_list:
(idiomatic, literary, chiefly, in the plural) A word or statement which is very apt for an occasion, or memorable. [late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/winghead_shark__Noun__1
written_rep: winghead shark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flügelkopf-Hammerhai
sense_list:
A species of hammerhead shark, Eusphyra blochii, in the family Sphyrnidae, named for the remarkably wide lobes on its head. It is the sole species in its genus.


lexentry: eng/wingnut__Noun__1
written_rep: wingnut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Spinner
sense_list:
(informal, derogatory, political) A person who is or seems odd, eccentric, or crazy; especially, someone with bizarre or extreme political views.


lexentry: eng/wink__Verb__1
written_rep: wink
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: zwinkern | zuzwinkern
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)


lexentry: eng/winnow__Verb__1
written_rep: winnow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: worfeln | windsichten | trennen
sense_list:
(transitive, agriculture, literal) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.


lexentry: eng/winnow__Verb__1
written_rep: winnow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: trennen | aussortieren | separieren | sichten
sense_list:
(transitive, figuratively) To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.


lexentry: eng/winnowing_fan__Noun__1
written_rep: winnowing fan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kornschwinge
sense_list:
A specially shaped winnowing basket, in which grain is shaken in the process of winnowing, with the shape of the basket allowing the chaff to spill out more readily.


lexentry: eng/winter__Noun__1
written_rep: winter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Winter | Winterzeit
sense_list:
Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.


lexentry: eng/winter_coat__Noun__1
written_rep: winter coat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Winterfell
sense_list:
(zoology) An animal's seasonal appearance in winter, notably thicker and/or otherwise camouflaged plumage or fur after (often autumnal) moulting


lexentry: eng/winter_solstice__Noun__1
written_rep: winter solstice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wintersonnenwende
sense_list:
(astronomy) The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun.


lexentry: eng/winter_squash__Noun__1
written_rep: winter squash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Winterkürbis
sense_list:
Any of numerous cultivars of four species of summer-growing vegetable of the genus Cucurbita, harvested when mature, once the rind has thickened and hardened.


lexentry: eng/winter_storm__Noun__1
written_rep: winter storm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wintersturm
sense_list:
A meteorological event in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a rainstorm in which ground temperatures are cold enough to allow ice to form.


lexentry: eng/winter_wheat__Noun__1
written_rep: winter wheat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Winterweizen
sense_list:
A type of wheat that is planted in the autumn to germinate and develop into young plants that remain in the vegetative phase during the winter and resume growth in early spring.


lexentry: eng/winter_wren__Noun__1
written_rep: winter wren
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Winterzaunkönig
sense_list:
Any of what are now consider separate species, the Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) and the Pacific wren (Troglodytes pacificus)


lexentry: eng/wintergreen__Noun__1
written_rep: wintergreen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wintergrün
sense_list:
Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including: | Some species of the herbaceous genus Trientalis, in family Primulaceae (chickweed wintergreen)


lexentry: eng/wipe__Verb__1
written_rep: wipe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wischen
sense_list:
(transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)


lexentry: eng/wipe__Verb__1
written_rep: wipe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: löschen
sense_list:
(transitive, plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.


lexentry: eng/wipe_off__Verb__1
written_rep: wipe off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abwischen
sense_list:
(transitive, literally) To remove (something such as dirt) by wiping. | (transitive, literally) To clean (something), removing any dirt from it, by wiping it.


lexentry: eng/wipe_out__Verb__1
written_rep: wipe out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: auslöschen | vernichten
sense_list:
(transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.


lexentry: eng/wipe_out__Verb__1
written_rep: wipe out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ausradieren | auswischen
sense_list:
(transitive) To do away with; to cause to disappear. | (transitive, informal) To bankrupt (a person or company); to empty (a bank account); to erase (a bank balance).


lexentry: eng/wipe_the_floor_with_someone__Verb__1
written_rep: wipe the floor with someone
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jemanden nass machen
sense_list:
(slang, idiomatic) To be well ahead of someone, or to win a competition by a considerable margin over someone.


lexentry: eng/wipe_the_slate_clean__Verb__1
written_rep: wipe the slate clean
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reinen Tisch machen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To make a fresh start, for example by forgetting about previous differences and disagreements.


lexentry: eng/wire__Noun__1
written_rep: wire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Wanze
sense_list:
(slang) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.


lexentry: eng/wire__Verb__1
written_rep: wire
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: überweisen
sense_list:
To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.


lexentry: eng/wire_rope__Noun__1
written_rep: wire rope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seil
sense_list:
A strong cable consisting of twisted strands of wire, generally intended for supporting heavy loads.


lexentry: eng/wired__Adjective__1
written_rep: wired
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kabelgebunden
sense_list:
Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.


lexentry: eng/wiretap__Noun__1
written_rep: wiretap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wanze
sense_list:
A connection installed on a telephone line or other communications system in order to allow a third party to conduct covert surveillance of conversations.


lexentry: eng/wiring_harness__Noun__1
written_rep: wiring harness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kabelbaum
sense_list:
(automotive, electronics) A bundle of insulated wires, often held together with straps or other connectors, that transmit signals or electrical current within a vehicle, electronic device, etc., or between them.


lexentry: eng/wisdom__Noun__1
written_rep: wisdom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weisheit
sense_list:
(uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise. | (countable) A piece of wise advice. | The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good. | The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained. | The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding. | (theology) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.


lexentry: eng/wisdom_tooth__Noun__1
written_rep: wisdom tooth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weisheitszahn
sense_list:
(dentistry) One of the four (one upper and one lower on each side) rearmost molars in humans, which typically develop between ages 18-24.


lexentry: eng/wise_guy__Noun__1
written_rep: wise guy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Besserwisser | Klugscheißer | Naseweis | Neunmalkluger | Rotznase | Schlaumeier
sense_list:
(informal, mildly, derogatory, sarcastic, or, humorous) One who is insolent or flippant; one who makes jokes or perpetrates pranks.


lexentry: eng/wish__Verb__1
written_rep: wish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: wünschen
sense_list:
(intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur. | (ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).


lexentry: eng/wishbone__Noun__1
written_rep: wishbone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gabelbein
sense_list:
A forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries. | (American football) A particular kind of offensive formation. See wishbone formation. | (automotive) A suspension component similar in shape to a chicken wishbone.


lexentry: eng/wishful_thinking__Noun__1
written_rep: wishful thinking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wunschdenken
sense_list:
(idiomatic, psychology) The formation of beliefs based on an outcome that aligns with one's desires or hopes, while disregarding evidence, rationality, or reality.


lexentry: eng/wishing_well__Noun__1
written_rep: wishing well
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wunschbrunnen
sense_list:
A well where, traditionally, wishes were thought to be granted, especially if coins were dropped into the water.


lexentry: eng/wisteria__Noun__1
written_rep: wisteria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blauregen | Glyzinie
sense_list:
Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States.


lexentry: eng/witch's_hat__Noun__1
written_rep: witch's hat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kegeliger Saftling
sense_list:
Hygrocybe conica, a small mushroom of the waxcap genus found in North America and Northern Europe. | (Australia) A traffic cone. | . | Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see witch,‎ hat.


lexentry: eng/witch-hunt__Noun__1
written_rep: witch-hunt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hexenjagd
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, historical) A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.


lexentry: eng/witch__Noun__1
written_rep: witch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hexe | Gabelreiterin | Hexenmeister | Hexer
sense_list:
A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events.


lexentry: eng/witch_doctor__Noun__1
written_rep: witch doctor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hexendoktor | Hexendoktorin | Medizinfrau | Medizinmann
sense_list:
A person (often male) who is believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magical powers; a shaman.


lexentry: eng/witchcraft__Noun__1
written_rep: witchcraft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hexerei | Hexenkunst
sense_list:
The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.


lexentry: eng/witches'_cauldron__Noun__1
written_rep: witches' cauldron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hexenkessel
sense_list:
A large mist/smoke-filled black iron pot, stereotypically used by European witches to brew potions and cast spells.


lexentry: eng/witching_hour__Noun__1
written_rep: witching hour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geisterstunde
sense_list:
(chiefly, literary, or, poetic) Often preceded by the: midnight, when witches and other supernatural beings were thought to be active, and to which bad luck was ascribed; also (generally) , the middle of the night, when unfortunate things are thought more likely to occur; the dead of night.


lexentry: eng/with__Preposition__1
written_rep: with
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: mit
sense_list:
In addition to; as an accessory to. | Using as an instrument; by means of. | (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.


lexentry: eng/with_all_due_respect__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: with all due respect
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mit Verlaub | bei allem gebotenen Respekt | bei allem nötigen Respekt
sense_list:
(formal, idiom) A phrase used before disagreeing with someone or saying something they may find offensive, usually considered polite.


lexentry: eng/with_flying_colors__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: with flying colors
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mit Bravour
sense_list:
(American spelling, idiomatic) Extremely well; in an exceptional, noteworthy, or extraordinary manner.


lexentry: eng/with_good_reason__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: with good reason
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mit Recht
sense_list:
Based on sound judgment and reasonable inference; with one's proper justifications; on good grounds.


lexentry: eng/withdraw__Verb__1
written_rep: withdraw
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zurückziehen | abziehen
sense_list:
To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military) , to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed.


lexentry: eng/withdrawal__Noun__1
written_rep: withdrawal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Entzug
sense_list:
A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance (such as a drug) on which a patient is dependent is withheld.


lexentry: eng/withdrawal_symptom__Noun__1
written_rep: withdrawal symptom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Entzugserscheinung
sense_list:
(medicine, especially in plural) Any of a wide range of symptoms associated with the discontinuance of a drug by an addicted individual, or the medically controlled discontinuance by a patient of a prescribed drug.


lexentry: eng/withers__Noun__1
written_rep: withers
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Widerrist
sense_list:
The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height. [from 1580]


lexentry: eng/withhold__Verb__1
written_rep: withhold
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: einbehalten | zurückhalten
sense_list:
(transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.


lexentry: eng/withholding_tax__Noun__1
written_rep: withholding tax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abgeltungssteuer | Abgeltungsteuer
sense_list:
A withholding; a tax withheld from employees' salary and paid to the government. The withheld amount is considered a credit in final taxation.


lexentry: eng/without_a_doubt__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: without a doubt
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zweifelsohne
sense_list:
certainly; doubtlessly; unquestionably; indisputably; doubtless; surely; no doubt; without any doubt.


lexentry: eng/without_loss_of_generality__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: without loss of generality
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ohne Beschränkung der Allgemeinheit | o. B. d. A. | o. E.
sense_list:
(mathematics) With a constraining assumption that, however, makes it clear how to apply the proof performed under this assumption to the general case unconstrained by the assumption.


lexentry: eng/witness__Noun__1
written_rep: witness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zeugnis
sense_list:
(uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony. | (countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.


lexentry: eng/witness__Noun__1
written_rep: witness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Zeuge | Zeugin
sense_list:
(countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something. | (countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.


lexentry: eng/witness_protection__Noun__1
written_rep: witness protection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zeugenschutz | Zeugenschutzprogramm
sense_list:
(law, criminology) A government program that provides new identities and protection for witnesses who come forward and testify in court against dangerous targets.


lexentry: eng/wittol__Noun__1
written_rep: wittol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bock
sense_list:
(archaic) A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a mari complaisant.


lexentry: eng/witzchoura__Noun__1
written_rep: witzchoura
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Witzschoura
sense_list:
(historical) A woman's fur-lined cloak, mantle, or pelisse with large sleeves, worn during the early 19th century.


lexentry: eng/wizard__Noun__1
written_rep: wizard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zauberer | Magier | Hexenmeister
sense_list:
Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.


lexentry: eng/wizard__Noun__1
written_rep: wizard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Assistent
sense_list:
(computing) A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.


lexentry: eng/wobble_board__Noun__1
written_rep: wobble board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wackelbrett
sense_list:
An item of exercising equipment which challenges the sportsman to balance his weight on it as it could tilt in any direction.


lexentry: eng/wobbulator__Noun__1
written_rep: wobbulator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wobbelgenerator
sense_list:
An electronic device primarily used for the alignment of receiver or transmitter intermediate frequency strips, often in conjunction with an oscilloscope; a swept-output RF oscillator; a variable capacitor driven by a voice coil; a main component of a FM circuit.


lexentry: eng/wog__Noun__1
written_rep: wog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kanake | Ölauge
sense_list:
(UK, Irish, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Any person who looks in-between "white" and "black": originally specifically an Indian, but later also broadened to anybody of Middle Eastern or Mediterranean descent. | (Scientology, often, attributive) A person who is not a Scientologist.


lexentry: eng/woke__Adjective__1
written_rep: woke
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aufmerksam | politisch korrekt | wachsam
sense_list:
(originally, AAVE, slang) Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially of racial and other social justice issues.


lexentry: eng/woke__Adjective__1
written_rep: woke
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: politisch korrekt
sense_list:
(by extension, politics, slang, often, derogative) Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice.


lexentry: eng/wolf__Noun__1
written_rep: wolf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wolf | Meister Graubein
sense_list:
Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.


lexentry: eng/wolf_in_sheep's_clothing__Noun__1
written_rep: wolf in sheep's clothing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wolf im Schafspelz
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Someone who or something which is harmful or threatening but disguised as something peaceful or pleasant.


lexentry: eng/wolf_spider__Noun__1
written_rep: wolf spider
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wolfspinne
sense_list:
Any of several species of wandering spiders (family Lycosidae) that catch their prey on the ground by stalking it and not building webs.


lexentry: eng/wolfpack__Noun__1
written_rep: wolfpack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wolfsrudel
sense_list:
(historical, nautical, military) During World War II, any of various marauding groups of submarines, especially German submarines that patrolled the North Atlantic and preyed upon merchant ships.


lexentry: eng/wolframite__Noun__1
written_rep: wolframite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wolframit
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral that consists of a tungstate of iron and manganese; (Fe,Mn)WO4; it is one of the principal ores for tungsten.


lexentry: eng/wollastonite__Noun__1
written_rep: wollastonite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wollastonit
sense_list:
(mineral) A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO3, found deposited in limestone.


lexentry: eng/wolpertinger__Noun__1
written_rep: wolpertinger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wolperdinger | Wolpertinger
sense_list:
A fictional creature said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria, having various incongruous features such as wings, antlers, and fangs.


lexentry: eng/woman__Noun__1
written_rep: woman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Frau | Weib | Mensch | Weibchen | Weibsperson
sense_list:
A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.


lexentry: eng/womanhood__Noun__1
written_rep: womanhood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Weiblichkeit | Fraulichkeit | Frauen | Frausein | alle Frauen
sense_list:
The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.


lexentry: eng/womb__Noun__1
written_rep: womb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gebärmutter | Schoß | Uterus | Mutterleib
sense_list:
(anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus. [from 8th c.]


lexentry: eng/wombat__Noun__1
written_rep: wombat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wombat
sense_list:
Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.


lexentry: eng/women's_shelter__Noun__1
written_rep: women's shelter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Frauenhaus
sense_list:
A place of temporary refuge and support for women escaping violent or abusive situations, such as rape and domestic violence.


lexentry: eng/women's_studies__Noun__1
written_rep: women's studies
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Frauenforschung | Frauenstudien | Frauenstudium
sense_list:
The academic field which examines topics concerning women, feminism, and the relationship of gender and politics.


lexentry: eng/wonder__Verb__1
written_rep: wonder
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wundern
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.


lexentry: eng/wonder_of_the_world__Noun__1
written_rep: wonder of the world
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weltwunder
sense_list:
A structure or natural feature considered to be one of the greatest of its kind; especially as part of a collection of related entities, usually having seven members.


lexentry: eng/wood__Noun__1
written_rep: wood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Holz
sense_list:
(uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel. | (countable, golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.


lexentry: eng/wood_engraving__Noun__1
written_rep: wood engraving
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Holzriss | Holzstich
sense_list:
A variation of the woodcut method executed with a different tool (burin) and different wood (end grain), allowing for more detailed images.


lexentry: eng/wood_screw__Noun__1
written_rep: wood screw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Holzschraube
sense_list:
A screw designed for a wood or a similar material, with a point, a relatively coarse thread, a thick shank, and, usually, an unthreaded portion of the shank at the head end.


lexentry: eng/wood_warbler__Noun__1
written_rep: wood warbler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waldlaubsänger
sense_list:
Phylloscopus sibilatrix, a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains.


lexentry: eng/woodblock_printing__Noun__1
written_rep: woodblock printing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blockdruck
sense_list:
A technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.


lexentry: eng/woodchip__Noun__1
written_rep: woodchip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Holzfaser | Holzhackschnitzel | Holzschnitzel | Holzspan
sense_list:
A small fibre of wood; especially such material as used to make ingrain wallpaper, aka woodchip wallpaper.


lexentry: eng/woodchuck__Noun__1
written_rep: woodchuck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waldmurmeltier
sense_list:
(Northern US) A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.


lexentry: eng/woodcock__Noun__1
written_rep: woodcock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waldschnepfe | Schnepfe
sense_list:
Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.


lexentry: eng/wooden__Adjective__1
written_rep: wooden
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hölzern | Holz-
sense_list:
Made of wood. | (figuratively) As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.


lexentry: eng/wooden_fish__Noun__1
written_rep: wooden fish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Holzfisch
sense_list:
A wooden percussion instrument played by monks and lay people in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition in China, Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries.


lexentry: eng/woodlark__Noun__1
written_rep: woodlark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Heidelerche
sense_list:
A lark, Lullula arborea, the only member of the genus Lullula, found in western Eurasia and northern Africa.


lexentry: eng/woodlouse__Noun__1
written_rep: woodlouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Landassel | Assel | Kellerassel
sense_list:
Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.


lexentry: eng/woodpecker__Noun__1
written_rep: woodpecker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Specht
sense_list:
Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.


lexentry: eng/woodwind__Noun__1
written_rep: woodwind
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Holzblasinstrument
sense_list:
(musical instruments) Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.


lexentry: eng/woodwork__Noun__1
written_rep: woodwork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Holzverarbeitung
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) Something made from wood, especially cabinets and trim#Noun (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork.


lexentry: eng/woof__Noun__1
written_rep: woof
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schussfaden
sense_list:
The set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp; the weft.


lexentry: eng/word__Noun__1
written_rep: word
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wort
sense_list:
(semantics) The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.) | (computing) A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register). [from 20th c.] | (computing) With regards to Intel or Intel-compatible hardware and/or in the context of Windows programming, a group of exactly 16 bits regardless of the actual processor capabilities; a fossilized unit referring to the small word size of historical CPUs. [from 20th c.] | (telegraphy) A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space. [from 19th c.] | (now, rare, _, outside certain phrases) Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech. [from 10th c.] | (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/word_break__Noun__1
written_rep: word break
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Worttrennung
sense_list:
(usually) A point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen: an intersyllabic division.


lexentry: eng/word_family__Noun__1
written_rep: word family
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wortfamilie
sense_list:
(linguistics, lexicography, language teaching) A set of etymologically related words consisting of a single word with its inflections and derivations, such as walk, walked, walks, walking, walkings, walker, walkers, walkies, walkable, walkathon.


lexentry: eng/word_processing__Noun__1
written_rep: word processing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Textverarbeitungsprogramm
sense_list:
(computing) The creation, input, editing and formatting of documents and other text using software on a computer.


lexentry: eng/word_processor__Noun__1
written_rep: word processor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Textverarbeitungsprogramm
sense_list:
Software that provides word processing functions on a computer, typically including typeface selection, line justification and other formatting, pagination, and numerous other features.


lexentry: eng/word_search__Noun__1
written_rep: word search
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wörtersuchspiel
sense_list:
(games) A word game consisting of a grid of letters, the aim of which is to find an array of given words hidden within the grid.


lexentry: eng/wordlist__Noun__1
written_rep: wordlist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wortliste | Wörterliste
sense_list:
(especially, linguistics) A written collection of all words derived from a particular source, or sharing some other characteristic.


lexentry: eng/wordmark__Noun__1
written_rep: wordmark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wortmarke
sense_list:
(marketing) A logotype; a standardized graphic representation of the name of a company or product used for purposes of easy identification. It is often text with unique typographic or graphical treatment.


lexentry: eng/work-life_balance__Noun__1
written_rep: work-life balance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Work-Life-Balance
sense_list:
(labor, sociology) The effective management and equilibrium between the demands of one's work or professional responsibilities and one's personal life.


lexentry: eng/work-to-rule__Noun__1
written_rep: work-to-rule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dienst nach Vorschrift
sense_list:
A labor protest in which employees do only the minimum work required by the rules of a workplace, following safety or other regulations to the letter in order to cause a slowdown.


lexentry: eng/work__Noun__1
written_rep: work
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeit | Werk
sense_list:
Labour, occupation, job. | The place where one is employed. | (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move. | Effort expended on a particular task. | (uncountable, often, in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.


lexentry: eng/work__Verb__1
written_rep: work
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arbeiten
sense_list:
(intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers. | (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality. | (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence. | To shape, form, or improve a material.


lexentry: eng/work_hardening__Noun__1
written_rep: work hardening
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaltumformung | Kaltumformen
sense_list:
(metallurgy) The repeated plastic deformation of a material, causing a permanent distortion of its crystal structure, and an increase in its strength and hardness; the resultant hardness increase itself. (It can be either desirable or undesirable depending on the aims and circumstances in a metalworking task.)


lexentry: eng/work_of_art__Noun__1
written_rep: work of art
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kunstwerk
sense_list:
A product of the fine arts; a painting, sculpture, etc. | (idiomatic) Anything beautiful, exquisite, or finely crafted.


lexentry: eng/work_permit__Noun__1
written_rep: work permit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitserlaubnis | Arbeitsbewilligung | Arbeitsgenehmigung
sense_list:
A legal authorization which allows a person to take employment in a country other than the one in which they hold citizenship.


lexentry: eng/work_someone's_ass_off__Verb__1
written_rep: work someone's ass off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: den Arsch aufreißen
sense_list:
(This entry is a translation hub.) (idiomatic, vulgar, slang) To work, or cause to work, excessively or to the point of exhaustion; see work + someone's ass off.


lexentry: eng/workaround__Noun__1
written_rep: workaround
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Workaround
sense_list:
(computing) A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.


lexentry: eng/workbook__Noun__1
written_rep: workbook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitsbuch
sense_list:
A book, used by a student, in which answers and workings may be entered besides questions and exercises. | A book, used by a business, containing a record of work to be done, or work completed.


lexentry: eng/workday__Noun__1
written_rep: workday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitstag
sense_list:
(chiefly, US) Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).


lexentry: eng/workers_of_the_world,_unite__Phrase__1
written_rep: workers of the world, unite
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch
sense_list:
Laborers are encouraged to unionize or otherwise engage in collective action on a global scale in order to use the strength of their numbers to obtain better working conditions.


lexentry: eng/workflow__Noun__1
written_rep: workflow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitsablauf
sense_list:
The flowrate at which a flow of work takes place. | (especially, business) A process or procedure by which tasks are completed. It may be defined by a flowchart with actors, actions, results, decisions, and action paths.


lexentry: eng/workhorse__Noun__1
written_rep: workhorse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Arbeitstier
sense_list:
(by extension) Someone or something that does a lot of work; something or someone who works consistently or regularly.


lexentry: eng/working_animal__Noun__1
written_rep: working animal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitstier
sense_list:
An animal which is kept mainly to do work, such as a draft animal or a service animal, not mainly as a pet nor for its animal products.


lexentry: eng/working_class__Noun__1
written_rep: working class
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeiterklasse
sense_list:
The social class of those who perform physical work for a living, as opposed to the professional or middle class, the upper class, or others.


lexentry: eng/working_conditions__Noun__1
written_rep: working conditions
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitsbedingungen
sense_list:
The environment in which one works, as influenced by factors such as cleanliness, lighting, equipment, paid overtime, uniforms, access to amenities, etc.


lexentry: eng/working_day__Noun__1
written_rep: working day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Werktag | Arbeitstag
sense_list:
Any of those days of a week on which work is done, officially Monday to Friday in many countries (even though many people work on weekends). | The part of a day in which work is done; the number of hours one must work per day for a specified wage.


lexentry: eng/working_dog__Noun__1
written_rep: working dog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitshund
sense_list:
Any breed of dog developed primarily to assist humans in performing tasks, such as farming, controlling livestock, law enforcement, or assisting the blind.


lexentry: eng/working_hypothesis__Noun__1
written_rep: working hypothesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitshypothese
sense_list:
A hypothesis that is weakly held, tentatively, as a best guess; such a hypothesis among several plausible ones that is driving or underpinning a scientific team's work at a given time.


lexentry: eng/working_language__Noun__1
written_rep: working language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitssprache
sense_list:
Language that is given a unique legal status in an international organisation or other supranational body as its primary means of communication.


lexentry: eng/working_time__Noun__1
written_rep: working time
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitszeit
sense_list:
(legal) The period of time that an individual spends at paid occupational labor. Most countries regulate the working time by law, e.g. by stipulating a maximum number of working hours per week. Exact definition varies by the legislation.


lexentry: eng/working_title__Noun__1
written_rep: working title
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitstitel
sense_list:
The temporary name of a product or project (such as a film or video game), when under development; often changed when released.


lexentry: eng/workpiece__Noun__1
written_rep: workpiece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Werkstück
sense_list:
(machining, woodworking) The raw material or partially finished piece that is shaped by performing various operations.


lexentry: eng/works__Noun__3
written_rep: works
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Arbeiten
sense_list:
(with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.


lexentry: eng/works_agreement__Noun__1
written_rep: works agreement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Betriebsvereinbarung
sense_list:
A contract between an employer and a works council specifying conditions of their industry binding the employer and all the workforce for whom the works council has been established.


lexentry: eng/works_council__Noun__1
written_rep: works council
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Betriebsrat
sense_list:
An organization representing workers within a commercial corporation, known in several European jurisdictions.


lexentry: eng/worksheet__Noun__1
written_rep: worksheet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitsblatt
sense_list:
(education) A sheet of paper or computerized document on which problems are worked out or solved and the answers are recorded.


lexentry: eng/workshop__Noun__1
written_rep: workshop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Werkstatt
sense_list:
A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work.


lexentry: eng/workshop__Noun__1
written_rep: workshop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Workshop | Werkstatt
sense_list:
A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving.


lexentry: eng/workspace__Noun__1
written_rep: workspace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Arbeitsbereich
sense_list:
(computing) A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated or developed in isolation from others.


lexentry: eng/workstation__Noun__1
written_rep: workstation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Workstation
sense_list:
(computing) A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.


lexentry: eng/workstead__Noun__1
written_rep: workstead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Anstellung
sense_list:
(puristic) Any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation. | A place of employment; workplace.


lexentry: eng/worktable__Noun__1
written_rep: worktable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitstisch
sense_list:
(historical) A small table used by ladies for doing needlework. | A table designed for work of a specific type.


lexentry: eng/worktop__Noun__1
written_rep: worktop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arbeitsfläche
sense_list:
(UK) A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers that can be used to work on. Usually in a kitchen.


lexentry: eng/world__Noun__1
written_rep: world
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Welt
sense_list:
(with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in. | (countable) A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable. | An individual or group perspective or social setting.


lexentry: eng/world__Noun__1
written_rep: world
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: Welt | Erde
sense_list:
(computing) The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.


lexentry: eng/world_cup__Noun__1
written_rep: world cup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weltmeisterschaft | WM
sense_list:
An event or competition where competitors and/or teams from several different countries to establish a world champion.


lexentry: eng/world_line__Noun__1
written_rep: world line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weltlinie
sense_list:
(physics) A path in spacetime, especially that traversed by an elementary particle from its creation to its destruction.


lexentry: eng/world_map__Noun__1
written_rep: world map
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weltkarte
sense_list:
A map of a world; a cartographic representation, a projection done to scale, representative of a planet's surface.


lexentry: eng/world_order__Noun__1
written_rep: world order
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weltordnung
sense_list:
A particular structure that manages the world's stability, informed by a number of legal, political and socio-economic factors.


lexentry: eng/world_soul__Noun__1
written_rep: world soul
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weltseele
sense_list:
(religion, philosophy) A single, unifying spirit believed by some to animate every living being in the world and to underlie the value of every inanimate thing as well.


lexentry: eng/worldbuilding__Noun__1
written_rep: worldbuilding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weltenbau
sense_list:
(fiction) The conception and description of a fictional world, often as the setting of a work of fiction, particularly in speculative fiction.


lexentry: eng/worldly__Adjective__1
written_rep: worldly
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: weltlich
sense_list:
Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual. | Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.


lexentry: eng/worldview__Noun__1
written_rep: worldview
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weltanschauung | Weltbild
sense_list:
A person's personal view of the world and how one interprets it; any ingroup's or society's mainstream view thereof.


lexentry: eng/worm__Noun__1
written_rep: worm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Wurm
sense_list:
(archaic, or, poetic) Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar. | (computing) A self-replicating program that propagates through a network, differing from a virus in usually lacking any destructive effects. | (anatomy) A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.


lexentry: eng/worm__Verb__1
written_rep: worm
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Würmer aus der Nase ziehen | einem alles aus der Nase ziehen | etwas aus der Nase ziehen
sense_list:
(transitive, figuratively, in “worm out of”) To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly).


lexentry: eng/worm_and_wheel__Noun__1
written_rep: worm and wheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schneckengetriebe
sense_list:
A gear arrangement consisting of a screw (the worm) whose thread meshes with a gear wheel in such a way as to turn the direction of drive through a right angle.


lexentry: eng/worm_drive__Noun__1
written_rep: worm drive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schneckengetriebe
sense_list:
A worm and wheel, a gear arrangement consisting of a screw (the worm) whose thread meshes with a gear wheel to turn the direction of drive through a right angle, typically with a large (1:10 to 1:60) speed reduction and similar torque increase.


lexentry: eng/wormhole__Noun__1
written_rep: wormhole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wurmloch
sense_list:
A hole burrowed by a worm. | (relativity) A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel. | (programming, slang) A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality.


lexentry: eng/wormwood__Noun__1
written_rep: wormwood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wermut | Wermutkraut
sense_list:
An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.


lexentry: eng/worried__Adjective__1
written_rep: worried
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: besorgt | beunruhigt
sense_list:
Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.


lexentry: eng/worse__Adverb__1
written_rep: worse
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schlechter | schlimmer
sense_list:
Less skillfully. | More severely or seriously. | (sentence adverb) Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse.


lexentry: eng/worship__Noun__1
written_rep: worship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Anbetung | Verehrung
sense_list:
The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object. | (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.


lexentry: eng/worship__Verb__1
written_rep: worship
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: anbeten | verehren
sense_list:
(transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.


lexentry: eng/worst_comes_to_worst__Adverb__1
written_rep: worst comes to worst
part_of_speech: adverb
sense_list: (idiomatic) If a possible worst-case scenario actually occurs.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
schlimmstenfalls | wenn alle Stricke reißen | wenn es zum Schlimmsten kommt | wenn es zum Äußersten kommt


lexentry: eng/wort__Noun__2
written_rep: wort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Würze
sense_list:
(brewing, distilling) Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky.


lexentry: eng/would__Verb__1
written_rep: would
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: damit
sense_list:
Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality, indicating a state or action that is conditional on another. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/woulda,_coulda,_shoulda__Phrase__1
written_rep: woulda, coulda, shoulda
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hätte, hätte, Fahrradkette
sense_list:
An expression of dismissiveness or disappointment concerning a statement, question, explanation, course of action, or occurrence involving hypothetical possibilities, uncertain facts, or missed opportunities.


lexentry: eng/wound__Noun__1
written_rep: wound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wunde | Verletzung
sense_list:
An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body. | (criminal, _, legal) An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.


lexentry: eng/wrap__Verb__1
written_rep: wrap
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: umhüllen | einpacken | einwickeln | hüllen | wickeln
sense_list:
(transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.


lexentry: eng/wrap__Verb__1
written_rep: wrap
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Dreharbeiten beenden
sense_list:
(transitive, or, intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.


lexentry: eng/wrap_around_one's_little_finger__Verb__1
written_rep: wrap around one's little finger
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: um den Finger wickeln | um den kleinen Finger wickeln
sense_list:
(transitive, idiom) To successfully control or exert influence over, especially for a sustained period of time.


lexentry: eng/wrap_up__Verb__1
written_rep: wrap up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: einpacken | einschlagen | einhüllen | umhüllen | verpacken | zusammenpacken
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive) To cover or enclose (something) by folding and securing a covering entirely around it.


lexentry: eng/wrap_up__Verb__1
written_rep: wrap up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abschließen | in Sack und Tüten bringen / haben | zum Abschluss bringen
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To conclude or finish completely. | (transitive, idiomatic, figurative) To tie up; to make too busy to respond.


lexentry: eng/wrap_up__Verb__1
written_rep: wrap up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: einmummeln | einpacken
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To put on abundant clothing as protection from the cold; to bundle up.


lexentry: eng/wrapping_paper__Noun__1
written_rep: wrapping paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geschenkpapier | Packpapier
sense_list:
Paper used for wrapping parcels (in this case, often brown) or presents (in this case, often colourful/colorful and decorative).


lexentry: eng/wrasse__Noun__1
written_rep: wrasse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lippfisch
sense_list:
Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored. [from mid-17th c.]


lexentry: eng/wrath__Noun__1
written_rep: wrath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Vergeltung
sense_list:
(uncountable) Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/wreath__Noun__1
written_rep: wreath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kranz | Gebinde
sense_list:
An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.


lexentry: eng/wreath__Noun__1
written_rep: wreath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Wulst | Helmwulst
sense_list:
(heraldry) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.


lexentry: eng/wreathe__Verb__1
written_rep: wreathe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: einkreisen
sense_list:
(also, reflexive, chiefly, passive voice) Followed by about, around, or round: to coil, twist, or wind (oneself or something) around a person or thing; (by extension) to cause (oneself or something) to cover or encircle a person or thing.


lexentry: eng/wreck_yard__Noun__1
written_rep: wreck yard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schrottplatz
sense_list:
The location of a dismantling business where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, for the recovery of reusable parts and scrap metal.


lexentry: eng/wreckage__Noun__1
written_rep: wreckage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Trümmer
sense_list:
Something wrecked, especially the remains or debris of something which has been severely damaged or destroyed.


lexentry: eng/wreckfish__Noun__1
written_rep: wreckfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wrackbarsche
sense_list:
Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae, often inhabiting caves and shipwrecks.


lexentry: eng/wrecking_ball__Noun__1
written_rep: wrecking ball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abrissbirne | Abbruchbirne
sense_list:
(construction) A heavy steel ball, usually hung from a crane, that is swung to demolish large structures.


lexentry: eng/wren__Noun__1
written_rep: wren
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zaunkönig
sense_list:
Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).


lexentry: eng/wrench__Noun__1
written_rep: wrench
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: Schlüssel | Schraubenschlüssel
sense_list:
(US, Canada, Philippines) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/wrestle__Verb__1
written_rep: wrestle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ringen
sense_list:
To grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat.


lexentry: eng/wring_out__Verb__1
written_rep: wring out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: auswringen
sense_list:
To squeeze (wet clothing or cloth), either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water.


lexentry: eng/wrinkle__Noun__1
written_rep: wrinkle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Problem
sense_list:
A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.


lexentry: eng/wrinkled__Adjective__1
written_rep: wrinkled
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faltig
sense_list:
(of a surface) Uneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals.


lexentry: eng/wrist__Noun__1
written_rep: wrist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handgelenk | Handwurzel
sense_list:
(anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.


lexentry: eng/wrist_wrap__Noun__1
written_rep: wrist wrap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gelenkbandage | Handgelenkbandage | Handgelenkschoner
sense_list:
A piece of equipment to keep the joints and ligaments of the hand in order while powerlifting or boxing.


lexentry: eng/wristband__Noun__1
written_rep: wristband
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Armband
sense_list:
A strip of material worn around the wrist, e.g. to absorb perspiration, especially in sports. | A band that supports a wristwatch.


lexentry: eng/wriststrap__Noun__1
written_rep: wriststrap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Trageband | Zughilfe
sense_list:
A strap worn around the wrist to circumvent straining the hand by translocating the borne load to the stronger parts of the arm when carrying or lifting an item.


lexentry: eng/writ__Noun__1
written_rep: writ
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erlaß | Gerichtsurkunde | Verfügung | Zwangsbefehl
sense_list:
(countable, legal) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.


lexentry: eng/write__Verb__1
written_rep: write
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: schreiben
sense_list:
(transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form. | To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.


lexentry: eng/write_off__Verb__1
written_rep: write off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abschreiben
sense_list:
(accounting, transitive) To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero. | (accounting, transitive) To record (an expenditure) as an expense. | (accounting) To record a notional expense such as amortization or depreciation.


lexentry: eng/writeback__Noun__1
written_rep: writeback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zurückschreiben
sense_list:
(computing) An operation in which data previously read into a cache is written back to permanent storage.


lexentry: eng/writedown__Noun__1
written_rep: writedown
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abschreibung
sense_list:
(accounting) An adjustment; a precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down or entering an asset and its value; a reduction of an asset, written down or otherwise recorded as such.


lexentry: eng/writer's_block__Noun__1
written_rep: writer's block
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schreibblockade
sense_list:
The (usually temporary) inability to begin or continue work on a piece of writing, especially creative writing.


lexentry: eng/writer's_cramp__Noun__1
written_rep: writer's cramp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schreibkrampf | Cheirospasmus | Graphospasmus
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil.


lexentry: eng/writing_board__Noun__1
written_rep: writing board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verzeichnis
sense_list:
A smooth vertical surface to be written upon using an erasable material, large enough for several persons to read simultaneously.


lexentry: eng/writing_system__Noun__1
written_rep: writing system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schreibweise
sense_list:
(linguistics) A system for writing one or more languages; a particular alphabetic, syllabic, logographic, or other scheme. For example, the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet.


lexentry: eng/wrong_number__Noun__1
written_rep: wrong number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: falsche Nummer
sense_list:
(by extension) A telephone call received from an unfamiliar caller, due to a mistake in the number dialled.


lexentry: eng/wrong_side__Noun__1
written_rep: wrong side
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linke Seite
sense_list:
(textiles, sewing) The side of a fabric, often with a less visible color or pattern, that is not intended to be seen on a finished project.


lexentry: eng/wrong_side_of_the_tracks__Noun__1
written_rep: wrong side of the tracks
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Slum
sense_list:
(idiomatic) The part of town that is not inhabited by the wealthy. An area where the working class, poor or extremely poor live.


lexentry: eng/wryneck__Noun__1
written_rep: wryneck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wendehals
sense_list:
Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.


lexentry: eng/wudu__Noun__1
written_rep: wudu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wudu | kleine Waschung
sense_list:
(Islam) A ritual washing of the forearms, head, and feet, required after minor impurity, frequently performed immediately before prayer.


lexentry: eng/wuxing__Noun__1
written_rep: wuxing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fünf Elemente
sense_list:
the five fundamental elements or phases of processes in traditional East Asian cosmology, consisting of fire, water, wood, metal, and earth


lexentry: eng/wyvern__Noun__1
written_rep: wyvern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lindwurm
sense_list:
(heraldiccharge, mythology, fantasy) A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.


lexentry: eng/x-axis__Noun__1
written_rep: x-axis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: x-Achse
sense_list:
(analytic geometry) The axis on a graph that is usually drawn left to right and usually shows the range of values of an independent variable.


lexentry: eng/xanthine__Noun__1
written_rep: xanthine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Xanthin
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any of a group of alkaloids that include caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine as well as the parent compound, a precursor of uric acid found in many organs of the body.


lexentry: eng/xanthoma__Noun__1
written_rep: xanthoma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Xanthom
sense_list:
(medicine) A small, yellow nodule, rich in cholesterol and other lipids, that occurs in the skin, often near a joint


lexentry: eng/xebec__Noun__1
written_rep: xebec
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schebecke | Chebeke
sense_list:
A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern. [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/xenodochium__Noun__1
written_rep: xenodochium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Xenodochion
sense_list:
A room (or separate guesthouse) in a monastery for the temporary accommodation of guests or pilgrims.


lexentry: eng/xenolith__Noun__1
written_rep: xenolith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Xenolith
sense_list:
(geology) Any piece of rock having a different origin to that of the igneous rock in which it is found.


lexentry: eng/xenon__Noun__1
written_rep: xenon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Xenon
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.


lexentry: eng/xenophobe__Noun__1
written_rep: xenophobe
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: One who hates or fears strangers or foreigners.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
Fremdenhasser | Fremdenfeind | Ausländerfeind | Ausländerfeindin | Ausländerhasser | Ausländerhasserin


lexentry: eng/xenophobic__Adjective__1
written_rep: xenophobic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fremdenfeindlich | xenophob | ausländerfeindlich | xenophobisch
sense_list:
Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.


lexentry: eng/xenotransplantation__Noun__1
written_rep: xenotransplantation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Xenotransplantation
sense_list:
The transplantation of biological or organic matter from a given species into a different one, especially when this matter has been altered (such as by genetic engineering)


lexentry: eng/xeric__Adjective__1
written_rep: xeric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: xerisch
sense_list:
(of an environment or habitat) Very dry, lacking humidity and water. | (of an organism) Adapted to live in a very dry habitat.


lexentry: eng/xerography__Noun__1
written_rep: xerography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Xerografie
sense_list:
A photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically charged plate is transferred as a positive to paper and thermally fixed.


lexentry: eng/xeromorphic__Adjective__1
written_rep: xeromorphic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: xeromorph
sense_list:
(biology) Of, relating to, or characteristic of the xerophytes, especially having the ability to store water in leaves and stems.


lexentry: eng/xerophthalmia__Noun__1
written_rep: xerophthalmia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Xerophthalmie
sense_list:
(ophthalmology) A condition due to a deficiency of vitamin A where the conjunctiva and cornea become dry. The condition starts with conjunctival xerosis and night blindness and progresses to corneal xerosis and, later, a severe condition called keratomalacia.


lexentry: eng/xerophyte__Noun__1
written_rep: xerophyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Xerophyt
sense_list:
(botany) Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral. Such plants may be succulent, have small or reduced leaves, or spines.


lexentry: eng/xerox__Verb__1
written_rep: xerox
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotokopieren
sense_list:
(Philippines, India, dated, _, in, _, North America) To make a paper copy or copies by means of a photocopier.


lexentry: eng/xiphoid_process__Noun__1
written_rep: xiphoid process
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwertfortsatz
sense_list:
(anatomy, medicine) The small cartilaginous extension to the lower part of the sternum, usually ossified in the adult human.


lexentry: eng/xor__Noun__1
written_rep: xor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Exklusiv oder
sense_list:
The logic function exclusive OR (as opposed to inclusive OR), whose output is true only when exactly one of its inputs is true.


lexentry: eng/xylem__Noun__1
written_rep: xylem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Xylem
sense_list:
(botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.


lexentry: eng/xylitol__Noun__1
written_rep: xylitol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Xylitol
sense_list:
(chemistry) A pentahydric alcohol, C5H12O5, penta-hydroxy pentane; derived from xylose; used as a sweetener.


lexentry: eng/xylophone__Noun__1
written_rep: xylophone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Xylophon | Xylofon
sense_list:
(percussion instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.


lexentry: eng/y-axis__Noun__1
written_rep: y-axis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Y-Achse | y-Achse
sense_list:
(algebraic geometry) The axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top and usually shows the range of values of variable dependent on one other variable, or the second of two independent variables.


lexentry: eng/yacht__Noun__1
written_rep: yacht
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yacht | Jacht
sense_list:
(watercraft) A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.


lexentry: eng/yak__Noun__1
written_rep: yak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yak | Jak
sense_list:
An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.


lexentry: eng/yakhni__Noun__1
written_rep: yakhni
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eintopf
sense_list:
Any of various stocks, broths and stews found in many countries from the Balkan Peninsula to South Asia.


lexentry: eng/yam__Noun__1
written_rep: yam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yamswurzel | Yams
sense_list:
Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.


lexentry: eng/yandere__Noun__1
written_rep: yandere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yandere
sense_list:
(chiefly, Japanese fiction) A character, usually a girl, who has an obsessive and possessive side in regards to their crush, ready to use violent (if not murderous) means to maintain an exclusive bond.


lexentry: eng/yang__Noun__1
written_rep: yang
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yang
sense_list:
(philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.


lexentry: eng/yard__Noun__1
written_rep: yard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hof
sense_list:
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.


lexentry: eng/yard__Noun__2
written_rep: yard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Rah
sense_list:
(nautical) A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely.


lexentry: eng/yardlong_bean__Noun__1
written_rep: yardlong bean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spargelbohne
sense_list:
A vigorous climbing annual vine (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) grown primarily for its strikingly long (35-75 cm) immature pods with uses very similar to that of a green bean.


lexentry: eng/yarn__Noun__1
written_rep: yarn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Tau
sense_list:
(nautical) Bundles of fibres twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.


lexentry: eng/yarrow__Noun__1
written_rep: yarrow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schafgarbe
sense_list:
Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine.


lexentry: eng/yaw__Noun__1
written_rep: yaw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gieren
sense_list:
The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.


lexentry: eng/yaw__Noun__1
written_rep: yaw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Gierwinkel
sense_list:
The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory in the corresponding point of flight of the projectile.


lexentry: eng/yawl__Noun__1
written_rep: yawl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Beiboot | Jolle
sense_list:
A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.


lexentry: eng/yawn__Noun__1
written_rep: yawn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gähnen
sense_list:
The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.


lexentry: eng/yawn__Verb__1
written_rep: yawn
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gähnen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.


lexentry: eng/yaws__Noun__1
written_rep: yaws
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Frambösie
sense_list:
(disease) A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble berries.


lexentry: eng/yeah__Particle__1
written_rep: yeah
part_of_speech: particle
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ja | jo | joa
sense_list:
Yes. | Used to express acknowledgment of what was previously said. | Used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.


lexentry: eng/year__Noun__1
written_rep: year
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jahr
sense_list:
The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year. | The mean length of a calendar year in the Julian calendar, that is, 365.25 solar days; a Julian year. | (by extension) An orbital period: the period of one revolution in any particular orbit: The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star. | A period between set dates that mark a year, such as from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar. | A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.


lexentry: eng/year_dot__Noun__1
written_rep: year dot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anno dazumal
sense_list:
(idiomatic, British, Ireland) A very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember.


lexentry: eng/year_of_our_Lord__Noun__1
written_rep: year of our Lord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jahr des Herrn | im Jahre des Herrn
sense_list:
(Christianity) A year of the Common Era/Christian Era; anno Domini; numbered from the once estimated first year for the birth of Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/yearbook__Noun__1
written_rep: yearbook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jahrbuch
sense_list:
(countable) A reference book, published annually. | (countable, US, education) A publication compiled by the graduating class of a high school or college, recording the year's events and containing photographs of students and faculty.


lexentry: eng/yearling__Noun__1
written_rep: yearling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jährling
sense_list:
An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).


lexentry: eng/yearn__Verb__1
written_rep: yearn
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sich sehnen | verlangen | vermissen
sense_list:
(intransitive, also, figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.


lexentry: eng/yeast__Noun__1
written_rep: yeast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hefe | Bärme | Germ | Gest | Yeast
sense_list:
An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines. | A compressed cake or dried granules of this substance used for mixing with flour to make bread dough rise.


lexentry: eng/yellow-eyed_penguin__Noun__1
written_rep: yellow-eyed penguin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gelbaugenpinguin
sense_list:
Any of a species of small penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, with a distinctive yellow band around its eyes, native to New Zealand.


lexentry: eng/yellow-headed_blackbird__Noun__1
written_rep: yellow-headed blackbird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gelbkopf-Schwarzstärling
sense_list:
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, a medium-sized blackbird, and the only member of the genus Xanthocephalus.


lexentry: eng/yellow__Noun__1
written_rep: yellow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gelb | Gelb
sense_list:
The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.


lexentry: eng/yellow_badge__Noun__1
written_rep: yellow badge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Judenstern
sense_list:
(countable, historical) A cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public, especially in Nazi-controlled states during the 1930s and 1940s. [17th c.]


lexentry: eng/yellow_bugle__Noun__1
written_rep: yellow bugle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acker-Günsel | Gelber Günsel
sense_list:
A flowering plant of species Ajuga chamaepitys, in the family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and the eastern Mediterranean.


lexentry: eng/yellow_card__Noun__1
written_rep: yellow card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gelbe Karte | Gelbe Karte
sense_list:
(sports) a yellow-coloured card, shown to a player (especially in association football) as a caution that he or she has committed a flagrant foul; a further such foul would result in a red card.


lexentry: eng/yellow_fever__Noun__1
written_rep: yellow fever
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gelbfieber
sense_list:
(pathology) An acute febrile illness of tropical regions, caused by a flavivirus (Yellow fever virus) and spread by certain mosquitoes, characterised by jaundice, black vomit and the absence of urination.


lexentry: eng/yellow_garden_spider__Noun__1
written_rep: yellow garden spider
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gold-Wespenspinne
sense_list:
Argiope aurantia, a very common Central and North American species of large orbweaver, know for their distinctive black, white, and yellow patterns on their abdomens.


lexentry: eng/yellow_jersey__Noun__1
written_rep: yellow jersey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gelbes Trikot
sense_list:
Especially in the Tour de France: the yellow shirt worn by the leader of a stage of a cycling race, which is then awarded to the cyclist who wins the race with the fastest overall time.


lexentry: eng/yellow_light__Noun__1
written_rep: yellow light
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gelblicht
sense_list:
(US) A traffic light, between the green light and the red light, indicating that vehicles should stop if safely possible.


lexentry: eng/yellow_press__Noun__1
written_rep: yellow press
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boulevardpresse | Regenbogenpresse
sense_list:
(idiomatic, usually, collective) Newspapers which publish sensationalist articles rather than well researched and sober journalism.


lexentry: eng/yellow_tea__Noun__1
written_rep: yellow tea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gelber Tee
sense_list:
A Chinese tea produced in a similar manner to green tea but with the added steps of encasing and steaming the tea leaves, resulting in slower oxidisation and a mellower taste


lexentry: eng/yellow_vest__Noun__1
written_rep: yellow vest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gelbweste
sense_list:
A member of a French protest movement which started in late 2018 against rising fuel prices and advocates for economic justice and institutional political reforms.


lexentry: eng/yem__Noun__1
written_rep: yem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yem
sense_list:
(clothing) A Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and a V-shaped bottom worn by women on the torso, originally as an underbodice and now also as an outer garment.


lexentry: eng/yen__Noun__1
written_rep: yen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yen
sense_list:
The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen. | A coin or note worth one yen.


lexentry: eng/yeoman__Noun__1
written_rep: yeoman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Freisasse
sense_list:
(historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.


lexentry: eng/yes__Noun__1
written_rep: yes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ja | ja
sense_list:
An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance. | A vote of support or in favor of something.


lexentry: eng/yet__Adverb__1
written_rep: yet
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: noch
sense_list:
Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time. | At some future time; eventually. | (after 'have' and certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced. | In addition.


lexentry: eng/yew__Noun__1
written_rep: yew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eibe
sense_list:
(countable) A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia. | (countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.


lexentry: eng/yield__Verb__1
written_rep: yield
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ergeben
sense_list:
(linguistics) To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law. | To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.


lexentry: eng/yin__Noun__1
written_rep: yin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yin
sense_list:
(philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world.


lexentry: eng/yo-yo__Noun__1
written_rep: yo-yo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jo-Jo | Yo-Yo
sense_list:
A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist.


lexentry: eng/yob__Noun__1
written_rep: yob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Randalierer | Randaliererin | Rowdy | Halbstarke | Halbstarker | Hool
sense_list:
(derogatory, chiefly, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang) A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness.


lexentry: eng/yobibyte__Noun__1
written_rep: yobibyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yobibyte
sense_list:
(computing) Strictly, 280 (10248, 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176) bytes or 210 (1024) zebibytes, as opposed to a yottabyte.


lexentry: eng/yocto-__Prefix__1
written_rep: yocto-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: yokto-
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−24 short scale septillionth or long scale quadrillionth).


lexentry: eng/yodel__Verb__1
written_rep: yodel
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jodeln
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive) To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.


lexentry: eng/yodeler__Noun__1
written_rep: yodeler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jodler
sense_list:
One who sings so that their voice fluctuates rapidly between their normal chest voice and a falsetto, one who yodels.


lexentry: eng/yodh__Noun__1
written_rep: yodh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jod | Jud
sense_list:
The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).


lexentry: eng/yoga__Noun__1
written_rep: yoga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yoga | Joga
sense_list:
Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.


lexentry: eng/yogurt__Noun__1
written_rep: yogurt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Joghurt
sense_list:
A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.


lexentry: eng/yoke__Noun__1
written_rep: yoke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Joch
sense_list:
A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.


lexentry: eng/yoke_lute__Noun__1
written_rep: yoke lute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jochlaute
sense_list:
(musical instrument) Any chordophone (stringed instrument) with two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.


lexentry: eng/yolk__Noun__1
written_rep: yolk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dotter | Eigelb | Eidotter
sense_list:
The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.


lexentry: eng/yoni_egg__Noun__1
written_rep: yoni egg
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jade-Ei | Liebeskugel | Yoni-Ei
sense_list:
An oviform object, made from jade or other precious stone, which is inserted into the vagina to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles.


lexentry: eng/you-know-who__Pronoun__1
written_rep: you-know-who
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: du-weißt-schon-wer
sense_list:
Person or entity whose name one does not want to mention but which is known to the person to whom one is speaking.


lexentry: eng/you__Pronoun__1
written_rep: you
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Sie | ihr | du | euch | dich | dir
sense_list:
(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/you__Pronoun__1
written_rep: you
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: man
sense_list:
(indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/you__Verb__1
written_rep: you
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: siezen
sense_list:
(transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).


lexentry: eng/you_are_what_you_eat__Proverb__1
written_rep: you are what you eat
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: man ist, was man isst | man ist, was man ißt
sense_list:
Personal health and wellbeing is determined by one's eating habits, in both positive and negative ways.


lexentry: eng/you_can't_make_a_silk_purse_of_a_sow's_ear__Proverb__1
written_rep: you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: man kann aus einem Ackergaul kein Rennpferd machen | man kann aus einem Esel kein Rennpferd machen
sense_list:
It is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.


lexentry: eng/you_can't_make_an_omelette_without_breaking_eggs__Proverb__1
written_rep: you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wo gehobelt wird, fallen Späne
sense_list:
In order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that some mistakes are made or some sacrifices must occur.


lexentry: eng/you_can't_win_them_all__Proverb__1
written_rep: you can't win them all
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: heute oben, morgen unten
sense_list:
(informal) It is impossible to always succeed; failure or disappointment is inevitable from time to time.


lexentry: eng/you_can_catch_more_flies_with_honey_than_with_vinegar__Proverb__1
written_rep: you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mit einem Tropfen Honig fängt man mehr Fliegen als mit einem Fass Essig
sense_list:
It is easier to persuade others with polite requests and a positive attitude rather than with rude demands and negativity.


lexentry: eng/you_don't_get_something_for_nothing__Proverb__1
written_rep: you don't get something for nothing
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
One cannot expect to receive some benefit if one does not pay for it in some way or does not face a counterbalancing hazard or harm.

trans_list:
alles hat seinen Preis | man kriegt nichts geschenkt | nur der Tod ist umsonst | von nichts kommt nichts


lexentry: eng/you_get_what_you_pay_for__Proverb__1
written_rep: you get what you pay for
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Qualität hat ihren Preis
sense_list:
(informal) In commercial transactions, the prices increase, as the quality of goods and services increases, i.e., the more one pays, the higher-quality the merchandise.


lexentry: eng/you_name_it__Pronoun__1
written_rep: you name it
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: such dir was aus | such es dir aus | was auch immer
sense_list:
(informal, idiomatic) All kinds of things; expresses that further examples are unnecessary, often after a short list of items.


lexentry: eng/you_only_go_around_once__Proverb__1
written_rep: you only go around once
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: man lebt nur einmal
sense_list:
A person has only one lifetime, and should therefore take every opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of experiences in order to maximize their achievements and satisfaction.


lexentry: eng/young_Turk__Noun__1
written_rep: young Turk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jungtürke
sense_list:
(historical) From the late-19th to the early-20th century, a member of a movement that campaigned for reform of the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/young_Turk__Noun__1
written_rep: young Turk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Umstürzler
sense_list:
(idiomatic, by extension) A young person who agitates for political or other reform; a young person with a rebellious disposition.


lexentry: eng/young__Adjective__1
written_rep: young
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: jung
sense_list:
Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person. | Of or belonging to the early part of life.


lexentry: eng/young_at_heart__Adjective__1
written_rep: young at heart
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jung im Herzen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Having the joy and vitality associated with younger people, despite one's own advanced age.


lexentry: eng/younger_brother__Noun__1
written_rep: younger brother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jüngerer Bruder
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger,‎ brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/your_mileage_may_vary__Phrase__1
written_rep: your mileage may vary
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: meiner Meinung nach
sense_list:
(North America, idiomatic) Used to express a possible difference in taste: this is just my opinion, your opinion may be different.


lexentry: eng/your_mom__Interjection__1
written_rep: your mom
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dei Mudda | deine Mutter
sense_list:
(pejorative, slang, mostly, US) A general-purpose insult, often used to comedic effect due to becoming stale.


lexentry: eng/yours__Pronoun__1
written_rep: yours
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deiner | Ihres
sense_list:
That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.


lexentry: eng/yours_faithfully__Adjective__1
written_rep: yours faithfully
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hochachtungsvoll
sense_list:
(UK) A polite, formulaic end to a letter, used especially when the sender does not know the recipient's name, for example in a business letter.


lexentry: eng/yours_sincerely__Adjective__1
written_rep: yours sincerely
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hochachtungsvoll | mit freundlichen Grüßen | Ihr ergebener | viele liebe Grüße
sense_list:
(idiomatic, chiefly, British) A polite, formulaic phrase used at the end of a letter, especially when the sender knows the recipient's name.


lexentry: eng/yourselves__Pronoun__1
written_rep: yourselves
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: euch | Sie selbst | sich
sense_list:
(reflexive pronoun) Inflection of you (plural) used as the object of a verb or non-locative preposition in a clause whose subject is the same (the people addressed).


lexentry: eng/youth__Noun__1
written_rep: youth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Jugend | Jugendzeit
sense_list:
(uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.


lexentry: eng/youth_club__Noun__1
written_rep: youth club
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jugendzentrum
sense_list:
An organized group of young people who meet to take part in group activities. | A building dedicated to the use of such a group.


lexentry: eng/youth_detention_centre__Noun__1
written_rep: youth detention centre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jugendgefängnis | Jugendstrafanstalt
sense_list:
A secure residential facility for young people, often termed juvenile delinquents, awaiting court hearings and/or placement in long-term care facilities and programs.


lexentry: eng/yttrium__Noun__1
written_rep: yttrium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yttrium
sense_list:
A silvery metallic chemical element (symbol Y) with an atomic number of 39, mainly found in combination with lanthanide elements in rare-earth minerals.


lexentry: eng/yucca__Noun__1
written_rep: yucca
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Palmlilie | Yucca | Yuccapalme
sense_list:
Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.


lexentry: eng/yuppie__Noun__1
written_rep: yuppie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yuppie
sense_list:
(informal, sometimes derogatory, dated) A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.


lexentry: eng/yurt__Noun__1
written_rep: yurt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jurte
sense_list:
A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).


lexentry: eng/yus__Noun__1
written_rep: yus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jus
sense_list:
Either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the Cyrillic alphabet. The only major Slavic language retaining these sounds is Polish, which is written in the Latin alphabet.


lexentry: eng/z-axis__Noun__1
written_rep: z-axis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Z-Achse
sense_list:
(algebraic geometry) The axis on a graph of at least three dimensions that is usually drawn vertically and usually shows the range of values of a variable dependent on two other variables or the third independent variable.


lexentry: eng/z-test__Noun__1
written_rep: z-test
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: z-Test
sense_list:
(statistics) Any statistical test for which the distribution of the test statistic under the null hypothesis can be approximated by a normal distribution. | (computer graphics) A comparison to determine which object should be at the front of the z-buffer.


lexentry: eng/zaatar__Noun__1
written_rep: zaatar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Zatar
sense_list:
A Middle Eastern seasoning, having this herb or a mixture of herbs as the main ingredient, with sumac (or other tart-flavored equivalent) and sesame seeds.


lexentry: eng/zaftig__Adjective__1
written_rep: zaftig
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verlockend | wollüstig | üppig
sense_list:
(US, colloquial, of a woman) Having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.


lexentry: eng/zaibatsu__Noun__1
written_rep: zaibatsu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zaibatsu
sense_list:
(business, historical) A large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual.


lexentry: eng/zakat__Noun__1
written_rep: zakat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zakāt
sense_list:
(Islam) Almsgiving, usually in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes; the third of the five pillars of Islam.


lexentry: eng/zarzuela__Noun__1
written_rep: zarzuela
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zarzuela
sense_list:
(music) A form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and usually a comic subject. | (cooking) A Catalan fish soup or stew.


lexentry: eng/zeal__Noun__1
written_rep: zeal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eifer | Begeisterung
sense_list:
The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.


lexentry: eng/zealot__Noun__1
written_rep: zealot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fanatiker | Eiferer | Zelot
sense_list:
One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for their own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.


lexentry: eng/zealot__Noun__1
written_rep: zealot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Zelot
sense_list:
(historical, Judaism) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.


lexentry: eng/zebibyte__Noun__1
written_rep: zebibyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zebibyte
sense_list:
(computing) Strictly, 270 (10247, 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424) bytes or 210 (1024) exbibytes, as opposed to a zettabyte.


lexentry: eng/zebra__Noun__1
written_rep: zebra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Zebra | Tigerpferd
sense_list:
(pejorative, slang, ethnic slur) A biracial person, specifically one born to a Sub-Saharan African person and a white person. | (informal) A zebra cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata).


lexentry: eng/zebra_crossing__Noun__1
written_rep: zebra crossing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zebrastreifen | Fußgängerüberweg
sense_list:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes painted parallel to the street.


lexentry: eng/zebra_shark__Noun__1
written_rep: zebra shark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zebrahai
sense_list:
A species of carpet shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, family Stegostomatidae, covered in black and white stripes.


lexentry: eng/zebrafish__Noun__1
written_rep: zebrafish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zebrabärbling | Zebrabarbe
sense_list:
A small striped fish of species Danio rerio, originally from India but now common as an aquarium fish and as a subject of genetic experiments.


lexentry: eng/zebu__Noun__1
written_rep: zebu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buckelrind | Zebu
sense_list:
A domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa, having a large fleshy hump on its back and a dewlap (Bos taurus indicus).


lexentry: eng/zeitnot__Noun__1
written_rep: zeitnot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zeitnot | Zeitdruck | Zeitmangel
sense_list:
(chess) time trouble, time pressure, a situation where a player has little time to complete the required moves


lexentry: eng/zemstvo__Noun__1
written_rep: zemstvo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Semstwo
sense_list:
(now, historical) A Russian district or provincial council, or elective local-governmental administrative division, founded in 1864 by Tsar Alexander the Liberator.


lexentry: eng/zenith__Noun__1
written_rep: zenith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zenit
sense_list:
(astronomy) The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir. | (astronomy) The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body. | (by extension) Highest point or state; peak.


lexentry: eng/zeolite__Noun__1
written_rep: zeolite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zeolith
sense_list:
(mineral) Any of several minerals, aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium, that have a porous structure (originally, those which swelled and gave off water when heated); they are used in water softeners, in ion exchange chromatography, and as industrial catalysts. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/zerg__Verb__1
written_rep: zerg
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zergen
sense_list:
(slang, video games, strategy games, dated) To attack an opponent with a large swarm of low-level units before they have been able to build sufficient defences.


lexentry: eng/zero-knowledge_proof__Noun__1
written_rep: zero-knowledge proof
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zero-Knowledge-Beweis | kenntnisfreier Beweis
sense_list:
(cryptography) An interactive method for one party to prove to another that a (usually mathematical) statement is true, without revealing anything other than the veracity of the statement.


lexentry: eng/zero-point_energy__Noun__1
written_rep: zero-point energy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nullpunktenergie
sense_list:
(physics, quantum mechanics) The lowest possible energy of a given quantum mechanical system. | (physics, physical chemistry) The kinetic energy possessed by (the particle constituents of) a substance at absolute zero temperature.


lexentry: eng/zero-sum_game__Noun__1
written_rep: zero-sum game
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nullsummenspiel
sense_list:
(game theory) A game (or a similar political or economic system) in which the gains of some players must equal the losses of others.


lexentry: eng/zero__Noun__1
written_rep: zero
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Null | null
sense_list:
The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero. | The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems. | (informal, uncountable) Nothing, or none. | The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero. | The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates. | (finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).


lexentry: eng/zero__Noun__1
written_rep: zero
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Nullstelle
sense_list:
(mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.


lexentry: eng/zero__Noun__1
written_rep: zero
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Null
sense_list:
(mathematics, algebra) The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.


lexentry: eng/zero__Numeral__1
written_rep: zero
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: null | Null | Zero | zero
sense_list:
The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.


lexentry: eng/zero_coupon_bond__Noun__1
written_rep: zero coupon bond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nullkuponanleihe | Zerobond
sense_list:
(finance) A bond (e.g., corporate debenture or government debt) that has no coupon (i.e., pays no interest), during the life of the issue. Such a bond is initially sold at a discount to its face value. The rate of return to the holder is derived from the gradual appreciation as the security moves toward maturity.


lexentry: eng/zero_divisor__Noun__1
written_rep: zero divisor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Nullteiler
sense_list:
(algebra, ring theory) A nonzero element a of a ring R for which there exists some nonzero element x ∈ R such that either ax = 0 or xa = 0.


lexentry: eng/zero_option__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: zero option
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nulllösung
sense_list:
(US, politics, historical) A 1980s plan whereby all Soviet and American nuclear weapons would be mutually withdrawn from Europe.


lexentry: eng/zero_tolerance__Noun__1
written_rep: zero tolerance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nulltoleranz
sense_list:
The strict policy of enforcing law(s) or the rule(s), and allowing no toleration or compromise even for first-time offenders or petty violations.


lexentry: eng/zero_vector__Noun__1
written_rep: zero vector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nullvektor
sense_list:
(mathematics, linear algebra) A vector 0 in a vector space V such that for any v\in V, 0+v=v; a vector whose value in every dimension is zero; i.e., \vec 0 = <0,0,\ldots,0>.


lexentry: eng/zeroth__Adjective__1
written_rep: zeroth
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nullte
sense_list:
(mathematics) In the initial position in a sequence whose elements are numbered starting at zero; the ordinal number corresponding to zero. | Corresponding to a position preceding the first.


lexentry: eng/zeta__Noun__1
written_rep: zeta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zeta
sense_list:
The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded by epsilon (Ε, ε) and followed by eta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ, ϝ)


lexentry: eng/zeta_function__Noun__1
written_rep: zeta function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζ-Funktion
sense_list:
(mathematics) function of the complex variable s that analytically continues the sum of the infinite series \sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{n^s} that converges when the real part of s is greater than 1.


lexentry: eng/zetta-__Prefix__1
written_rep: zetta-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zetta-
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1021 (a short scale sextillion or long scale trilliard). Symbol: Z


lexentry: eng/zettaampere__Noun__1
written_rep: zettaampere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zettaampere
sense_list:
An SI unit measure of electrical current, equivalent to 1021 amperes (a sextillion amperes). 'ZA' is the SI unit symbol for the zettaampere.


lexentry: eng/zeugma__Noun__1
written_rep: zeugma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zeugma
sense_list:
(rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.


lexentry: eng/ziggurat__Noun__1
written_rep: ziggurat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zikkurat
sense_list:
(archaeology) A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories


lexentry: eng/zinc_group__Noun__1
written_rep: zinc group
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zinkgruppe
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) Group 12 of the periodic table, comprising zinc, cadmium, mercury and copernicium


lexentry: eng/zinc_oxide__Noun__1
written_rep: zinc oxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zinkoxid
sense_list:
(chemistry) An amorphous solid, ZnO, white when pure but often pale yellow, used in pigments and cosmetics.


lexentry: eng/zine__Noun__1
written_rep: zine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Broschur
sense_list:
A low-circulation, noncommercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images, especially one of minority interest.


lexentry: eng/zinnia__Noun__1
written_rep: zinnia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zinnie
sense_list:
Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid.


lexentry: eng/zip__Verb__1
written_rep: zip
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: zippen
sense_list:
(intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.


lexentry: eng/zip_fastener__Noun__1
written_rep: zip fastener
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Reißverschluss
sense_list:
A fastener used in clothing, bags, etc, comprised of two rows of teeth that are made to fit into each other by moving a slider along their length and opened again by moving the slider in the other direction.


lexentry: eng/zip_up__Verb__1
written_rep: zip up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ausschalten
sense_list:
(idiomatic, transitive, or, intransitive) To close as if with a zip fastener, especially one's mouth; to stop talking.


lexentry: eng/zipline__Noun__1
written_rep: zipline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seilrutsche | Tirolienne
sense_list:
A pulley suspended on a cable mounted on an incline, designed to enable a user to travel from one point to another by means of gravity.


lexentry: eng/zircon__Noun__1
written_rep: zircon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zirkon
sense_list:
(uncountable) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia.


lexentry: eng/zirconia__Noun__1
written_rep: zirconia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zirconerde
sense_list:
(chemistry) The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummond light.


lexentry: eng/zirconium__Noun__1
written_rep: zirconium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zirkonium | Zirkon | Zirconium
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Zr) with an atomic number of 40, a strong, lustrous, grey-white transition metal mainly used as a refractory and opacifier.


lexentry: eng/zither__Noun__1
written_rep: zither
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zither
sense_list:
(string instrument) A musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings placed on a horizontal surface, played with a plectrum or fingertips.


lexentry: eng/zitting_cisticola__Noun__1
written_rep: zitting cisticola
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zistensänger
sense_list:
A passerine bird of species Cisticola juncidis, family Cisticolidae, distributed across Africa, Eurasia, and Australasia.


lexentry: eng/zodiac__Noun__1
written_rep: zodiac
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Tierkreis | Tierkreiszeichen
sense_list:
(astrology) The twelve equal divisions of the zodiacal region into signs or houses, each named for a prominent constellation in the region.


lexentry: eng/zodiac__Noun__1
written_rep: zodiac
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Zodiac | Zodiak | Tierkreis
sense_list:
(astronomy) The ecliptic: the belt-like region of the celestial sphere corresponding to the apparent path of the sun over the course of a year.


lexentry: eng/zodiac_sign__Noun__1
written_rep: zodiac sign
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tierkreiszeichen | Sternzeichen
sense_list:
(astrology) Any of the twelve star signs corresponding to the constellations which make up the zodiac.


lexentry: eng/zodiacal_light__Noun__1
written_rep: zodiacal light
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zodiakallicht
sense_list:
(astronomy) A soft glow of white light seen in the sky along the ecliptic in an elongated triangular form with its base being on the horizon, particularly in the tropics.


lexentry: eng/zombie__Noun__1
written_rep: zombie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Zombie
sense_list:
(computing) A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge.


lexentry: eng/zombie_cell__Noun__1
written_rep: zombie cell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zombiezelle
sense_list:
(informal, cytology) A senescent cell, which avoids programmed cell death (apoptosis) and may damage other cells (including causing them to become senescent) by secretions associated with senescence-associated secretory phenotype.


lexentry: eng/zone__Noun__1
written_rep: zone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: Zone
sense_list:
(networking) That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and its subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority. | (networking, dated) A logical group of network devices on AppleTalk (an obsolete networking protocol).


lexentry: eng/zone__Verb__1
written_rep: zone
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: mit den Gedanken abschweifen | sich nicht konzentrieren
sense_list:
(intransitive, slang) To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.


lexentry: eng/zone_out__Verb__1
written_rep: zone out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abdriften
sense_list:
(informal, intransitive) To stop paying attention and think about something else, or to think about nothing


lexentry: eng/zoning__Noun__1
written_rep: zoning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bauordnung | Bebauungsplan
sense_list:
(legal) Legislative action for the purpose of regulating the use of property and the construction of buildings within the area under the jurisdiction of the legislative body concerned.


lexentry: eng/zonk__Noun__1
written_rep: zonk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arschkarte | Niete | Schwarzer Peter | Trostpreis | Zonk
sense_list:
(slang) An unfavorable card or token, or undesirable or worthless item used as a prize in a contest or game show (such as Let's Make a Deal).


lexentry: eng/zonohedron__Noun__1
written_rep: zonohedron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zonoeder
sense_list:
(geometry) A special case of convex polyhedron, in which every face of the polyhedron is a polygon with point symmetry.


lexentry: eng/zoology__Noun__1
written_rep: zoology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zoologie | Tierkunde
sense_list:
The part of biology relating to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.


lexentry: eng/zoom__Noun__1
written_rep: zoom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Vergrößerung
sense_list:
(figurative) A big increase. | An augmentation of a view, by varying the focal length of a lens, or digitally.


lexentry: eng/zoom_in__Verb__1
written_rep: zoom in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: heranzoomen | hineinzoomen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To increase the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a magnified image, or a close-up.


lexentry: eng/zoom_lens__Noun__1
written_rep: zoom lens
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zoomobjektiv
sense_list:
(photography) A lens containing a mechanical assembly of inner lenses, allowing the focal length to be changed rapidly.


lexentry: eng/zoom_out__Verb__1
written_rep: zoom out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: verkleinern
sense_list:
(intransitive) To manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image smaller and possibly less detailed.


lexentry: eng/zoonosis__Noun__1
written_rep: zoonosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zoonose
sense_list:
(biology, microbiology) An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.


lexentry: eng/zooplankton__Noun__1
written_rep: zooplankton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zooplankton
sense_list:
(zoology) Free-floating small protozoa, crustaceans (such as krill), etc. and the eggs and larvae from larger animals.


lexentry: eng/zorbing__Noun__1
written_rep: zorbing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zorbing
sense_list:
(originally, _, New Zealand) A sport in which a participant is secured inside a zorb and rolled downhill.


lexentry: eng/zu-infinitive__Noun__1
written_rep: zu-infinitive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erweiterter Infinitiv | zu-Infinitiv
sense_list:
(grammar) a German infinitive form created by adding or infixing the particle zu and used in subordinate clauses


lexentry: eng/zucchetto__Noun__1
written_rep: zucchetto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pileolus | Kalotte | Scheitelkäppchen | Soli Deo | Subbirettum | Submitrale
sense_list:
A small skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy (the Pope's is white, a cardinal's red, a bishop's purple, and a priest's black), Anglican clergy, and Syriac or Malankara Orthodox clergy


lexentry: eng/zugzwang__Noun__1
written_rep: zugzwang
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zugzwang
sense_list:
(chess) A situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move. | (figurative) A situation in which someone is forced to make a disadvantageous move.


lexentry: eng/zurna__Noun__1
written_rep: zurna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zurna
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A double-reed outdoor wind instrument, usually accompanied by a davul (bass drum) in Anatolian folk music.


lexentry: eng/zydeco__Noun__1
written_rep: zydeco
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zydeco
sense_list:
A form of Louisiana Creole music, characteristically performed by accordion and washboard bands, that combines Cajun and Creole roots music with elements of African American music.


lexentry: eng/zygomatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: zygomatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zygomatisch
sense_list:
(anatomy, relational) Of, relating to, or located in the area of the zygomatic bone or zygomatic arch.


lexentry: eng/zygote__Noun__1
written_rep: zygote
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zygote
sense_list:
(cytology, also, attributive) A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes during a fertilization process. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/zymase__Noun__1
written_rep: zymase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zymase
sense_list:
(enzyme) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the fermentation of simple carbohydrates to ethanol and carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/Æsir__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Æsir
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Asen
sense_list:
The principal group of benevolent deities in the Norse pantheon, representing power and war; opponents of the Vanir.


lexentry: eng/à_la_carte__Adjective__1
written_rep: à la carte
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: à la carte
sense_list:
(food and drink) Allowing selection from a fixed list of individually priced options shown on the menu.


lexentry: eng/éclair__Noun__1
written_rep: éclair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liebesknochen | Hasenpfote | Eclair
sense_list:
A small, chocolate-covered, creme-filled pastry puff in a general oblong shape, typically larger than the miniature French version.


lexentry: eng/éclat__Noun__1
written_rep: éclat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aufsehen
sense_list:
A brilliant or successful effect; brilliance of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.


lexentry: eng/übermensch__Noun__1
written_rep: übermensch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Übermensch
sense_list:
(in Nietzschean, _, philosophy) An overman (“higher” man) who has overcome (transcended) his (mere) humanity. (There is no consensus regarding the exact nature of the figure of the übermensch in Nietzsche’s philosophy.)


lexentry: eng/Česká_Lípa__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Česká Lípa
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bezirk Böhmisch Leipa
sense_list:
A district of the Liberec Region, Czech Republic, subdivided into the two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence of Česká Lípa and Nový Bor.


lexentry: eng/Česká_Lípa__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Česká Lípa
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bezirk Böhmisch Leipa | Böhmisch Leipa
sense_list:
A town, the district capital of the district of the same name, Liberec Region, Czech Republic, first mentioned in 1263, now the most populous of all Czech towns.


lexentry: eng/České_Budějovice__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: České Budějovice
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Budweis | Böhmisch Budweis | České Budějovice
sense_list:
A statutory city in the south of the Czech Republic located in the center of a valley of the Vltava River, at the confluence with the Malše.


lexentry: eng/Řeřišný__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Řeřišný
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brunnkreß
sense_list:
A settlement in the village of Bělý, municipality of Machov, Náchod District, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic, near the border with Poland.


lexentry: eng/π-system__Noun__1
written_rep: π-system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: π-System
sense_list:
(set theory, measure theory, probability theory) A non-empty collection of subsets of a given set Ώ that is closed under non-empty finite intersections.


