# translation

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


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


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


lexentry: eng/back-of-the-envelope__Adjective__1
written_rep: back-of-the-envelope
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sottobicchiere
sense_list:
(idiomatic, informal) Especially of a calculation, estimation, or other reasoning, or an idea: approximate, rough, simplified. [from 20th c.]


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


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


lexentry: eng/back__Noun__1
written_rep: back
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schiena | dorso | retro | rovescio | dietro | fondo
sense_list:
The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/backbone__Noun__1
written_rep: backbone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spina dorsale | colonna vertebrale | rachide
sense_list:
(countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.


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


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


lexentry: eng/background_music__Noun__1
written_rep: background music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: musica di sottofondo
sense_list:
(music) Any music in a film, video game, or other medium that establishes mood and is not meant to be the focus of attention.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/backlash__Noun__1
written_rep: backlash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reazione
sense_list:
(literal) A suddenly reversed or backward motion, such as of a rope or elastic band when it snaps under tension.


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


lexentry: eng/backlash__Noun__1
written_rep: backlash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: dissonanza | scuotimento | stridore
sense_list:
(mechanics) The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.


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


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


lexentry: eng/backpedal__Verb__1
written_rep: backpedal
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fare macchina indietro
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.


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


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


lexentry: eng/backside__Noun__1
written_rep: backside
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lato posteriore
sense_list:
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK, _, dialect, euphemism) an outhouse. | The back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly:


lexentry: eng/backspace__Noun__1
written_rep: backspace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cancellare
sense_list:
(computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.


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


lexentry: eng/backstab__Verb__1
written_rep: backstab
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colpire alle spalle
sense_list:
(transitive) To attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/backstitch__Noun__1
written_rep: backstitch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punto indietro
sense_list:
(sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles forward on the bottom, coming out farther in front, then repeats. The backstitch is a very tight and secure stitch, and also looks very neat.


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


lexentry: eng/backstory__Noun__1
written_rep: backstory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coperta
sense_list:
(chiefly, espionage, law enforcement) A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bacteriochlorophyll__Noun__1
written_rep: bacteriochlorophyll
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: batterioclorofilla
sense_list:
(biology) A photosynthetic pigment related to the chlorophylls, occurring in various bacteria doing anoxygenic photosynthesis.


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


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


lexentry: eng/bad__Adjective__3
written_rep: bad
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cattivo | malvagio | difettoso
sense_list:
Bold, daring, and tough. | Good, superlative, excellent, cool. | (originally, _, AAVE, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.


lexentry: eng/bad__Adjective__3
written_rep: bad
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: cattivo | malvagio | difettoso | sbagliato
sense_list:
(Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.


lexentry: eng/bad__Adjective__3
written_rep: bad
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: cattivo | malvagio
sense_list:
(chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.


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


lexentry: eng/bad_breath__Noun__1
written_rep: bad breath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alito cattivo
sense_list:
(medicine, dentistry, informal) Breath that produces an unpleasant or foul-smelling odor when exhaled.


lexentry: eng/bad_faith__Noun__1
written_rep: bad faith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: malafede
sense_list:
(legal) An intent to deceive or mislead another to gain some advantage; dishonesty or fraud in a transaction (such as knowingly misrepresenting the quality of something that is being bought or sold). | (legal) A malicious motive by a party in a lawsuit, which has an effect on the ability to maintain causes of action and obtain legal remedies. | (philosophy) The existentialist concept of denying one's total freedom of will.


lexentry: eng/bad_things_come_in_threes__Proverb__1
written_rep: bad things come in threes
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: non c'è due senza tre
sense_list:
If one unfortunate event has already occurred, a second and third are likely to occur; if two, a third should be expected.


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


lexentry: eng/badass__Noun__1
written_rep: badass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leccino
sense_list:
(US, sometimes considered, _, vulgar, slang, negative connotation) A belligerent or mean person; a person with an unpleasantly extreme appearance, attitudes, or behavior. | (US, sometimes considered, _, vulgar, slang, positive connotation) A person considered impressive due to courage, skill, daring, audacity, and/or toughness.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/baggage_carousel__Noun__1
written_rep: baggage carousel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carosello bagagli
sense_list:
A machine that delivers checked luggage to the passengers at the baggage claim area at their final destination. The luggage rotates in the carousel until it is picked up.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bait__Noun__1
written_rep: bait
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esca
sense_list:
Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net. | Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests. | Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something


lexentry: eng/bait_and_switch__Noun__1
written_rep: bait and switch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pubblicità esca
sense_list:
An unscrupulous and sometimes illegal sales technique, in which an inexpensive product is advertised to attract prospective customers who are then told by sales personnel that the inexpensive product is unavailable or of poor quality and are instead urged to buy a more expensive product.


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


lexentry: eng/bajocco__Noun__1
written_rep: bajocco
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: baiocco
sense_list:
(archaic, historical) A coin, originally copper, later silver, issued by the Papal States from the 15th century to 1865. In the 19th century the value was five hundredths of a lira.


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/balance__Noun__1
written_rep: balance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: equilibrio | punto di equilibrio
sense_list:
(uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.


lexentry: eng/balance__Noun__1
written_rep: balance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: equilibrio
sense_list:
(uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others. | (uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).


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


lexentry: eng/balance_of_payments__Noun__1
written_rep: balance of payments
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bilancia dei pagamenti
sense_list:
A measure of all flows of money into and out of a country including payments for goods and services and capital flows.


lexentry: eng/balance_of_terror__Noun__1
written_rep: balance of terror
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equilibrio del terrore
sense_list:
(historical) The tenuous peace that existed during the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/balancing_act__Noun__1
written_rep: balancing act
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equilibrismo
sense_list:
(entertainment) A performance that involves balancing things precariously and suspensefully. | (figurative, idiomatic) An effort to manage many conflicting or competing items or interests.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/baldric__Noun__1
written_rep: baldric
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: balteo | tracolla
sense_list:
A broad belt, originally of leather and often richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast and under the opposite arm), which was formerly used to hold a sword, a bugle, etc., and is now chiefly worn for ceremonial purposes; also (loosely) , any belt. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/bale__Noun__3
written_rep: bale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: balla
sense_list:
A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation. | A bundle of compressed fibers (especially hay, straw, cotton, or wool), compacted for shipping and handling and bound by twine or wire.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/ball__Noun__1
written_rep: ball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palla
sense_list:
A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass. | (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point. | (ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/ballast__Noun__1
written_rep: ballast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: regolatore
sense_list:
(countable, electricity, electronics) device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/balloon_plant__Noun__1
written_rep: balloon plant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lampione
sense_list:
A flowering vine with large, hollow seedpod and round seeds featuring a heart-shaped mark; Cardiospermum halicacabum


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


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


lexentry: eng/ballroom_dancing__Noun__1
written_rep: ballroom dancing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ballo da sala
sense_list:
Formal social dancing in couples, either as recreation or in competition, including dances like or developed from the waltz, minuet, tango, rumba, cha-cha, foxtrot, and the quickstep.


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


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


lexentry: eng/balsam__Noun__1
written_rep: balsam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: balsamo
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK) A sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants. | (chiefly, UK, figuratively) Something soothing.


lexentry: eng/balsamic__Adjective__1
written_rep: balsamic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: balsamico
sense_list:
Having the health-giving properties of balsam; soothing, restorative. | Having the pleasant odour of balsam; balmy, fragrant.


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


lexentry: eng/baluster__Noun__1
written_rep: baluster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: balaustra | balaustro
sense_list:
(architecture) A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway or around a balcony; a banister.


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


lexentry: eng/bamboo__Noun__1
written_rep: bamboo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bambù
sense_list:
(uncountable) The wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc. | (slang) A didgeridoo.


lexentry: eng/bamboo_rat__Noun__1
written_rep: bamboo rat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ratto del bambù
sense_list:
Any of the four species of burrowing rodents in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys, found in China and Southeast Asia


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


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


lexentry: eng/banana__Noun__1
written_rep: banana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: banana | banano
sense_list:
(North America, UK, Ireland) In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking. | An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. [from 1597]


lexentry: eng/banana__Noun__1
written_rep: banana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: banano
sense_list:
The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves. [from 1697]


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/band-aid__Noun__1
written_rep: band-aid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cerotto
sense_list:
(Australia, North America, Philippines) An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.


lexentry: eng/band__Noun__2
written_rep: band
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gruppo | banda
sense_list:
A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.


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


lexentry: eng/bandicoot__Noun__1
written_rep: bandicoot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bandicoot | peramelide
sense_list:
Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae. | A bandicoot rat; any of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of rat-like rodents of southeast Asia.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bang_out__Verb__1
written_rep: bang out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rigurgitare
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To do (something) quickly, in a slipshod, or unprofessional manner, especially performing or composing music or a piece of writing.


lexentry: eng/bang_snap__Noun__1
written_rep: bang snap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: petardo
sense_list:
(pyrotechnics) A type of very small firework consisting of a small amount of gravel or coarse sand impregnated with a minute amount of silver fulminate and wrapped in a twisted piece of thin paper, which detonates harmlessly when struck, crushed, or ignited.


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


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


lexentry: eng/bank__Noun__1
written_rep: bank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: banca
sense_list:
(countable) An underwriter or controller of a card game. | (gambling, countable) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses. | (countable, mostly, in combination) A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.


lexentry: eng/bank__Noun__2
written_rep: bank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: banco | banca
sense_list:
(nautical, hydrology) An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bankrupt__Adjective__1
written_rep: bankrupt
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fallito
sense_list:
(finance, of a person, company, etc.) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent. [from 1565]


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


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


lexentry: eng/banner__Noun__1
written_rep: banner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: striscione
sense_list:
Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric. | A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__1
written_rep: bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 21
trans_list: avvocatura
sense_list:
(law, metonym, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.


lexentry: eng/bar__Noun__1
written_rep: bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 23
trans_list: bar | barra | taverna | birreria
sense_list:
(music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/barb__Noun__1
written_rep: barb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: nodosità
sense_list:
Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.


lexentry: eng/barbarian__Noun__1
written_rep: barbarian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: barbaro | barbara
sense_list:
An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; usually associated with senseless violence and self-harm or other such shows of brute force and lack of mental faculty.


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/barbershop__Noun__1
written_rep: barbershop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barbieria | salone da parrucchiere
sense_list:
(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.


lexentry: eng/barbet__Noun__1
written_rep: barbet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fabbro
sense_list:
Any of numerous arboreal birds of the families Capitonidae, Lybiidae, and Megalaimidae, within the order Piciformes.


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


lexentry: eng/barbituric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: barbituric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido barbiturico
sense_list:
(organic compound) A heterocyclic compound derived from pyrimidine that is the basis of all barbiturate drugs.


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


lexentry: eng/barcode__Noun__1
written_rep: barcode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codice a barre
sense_list:
Any set of machine-readable parallel bars or concentric circles, varying in width, spacing, or height, encoding information according to a symbology. [from 1960s]


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bark_up_the_wrong_tree__Verb__1
written_rep: bark up the wrong tree
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prendere un granchio
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To take the wrong approach to a situation; to follow a false lead; to attempt to solve a problem using mistaken assumptions about its true nature.


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/barometer__Noun__1
written_rep: barometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barometro
sense_list:
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. | (figurative, by extension) Anything used as a gauge or indicator.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/baryon_number__Noun__1
written_rep: baryon number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero barionico
sense_list:
(physics) A quantum number related to the difference between the numbers of quarks and antiquarks in a system of subatomic particles


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/base__Noun__1
written_rep: base
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: base
sense_list:
The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis. | (baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play. | (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT). | (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.


lexentry: eng/base__Noun__1
written_rep: base
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: base | caserma
sense_list:
A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.


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


lexentry: eng/base__Noun__1
written_rep: base
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: base | zoccolo | basamento | piedistallo
sense_list:
(architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement. | (geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.


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


lexentry: eng/base_camp__Noun__1
written_rep: base camp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campo base
sense_list:
(climbing) An encampment used temporarily for storing supplies and preparing for a larger activity (especially one at a higher altitude or farther afield), such as mountain climbing or hunting.


lexentry: eng/base_note__Noun__1
written_rep: base note
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fondo
sense_list:
(perfumery) The heavily volatile and thus most-lasting parts of a perfume, often of ligneous, resinous or animalic nature.


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


lexentry: eng/based__Adjective__2
written_rep: based
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: basato
sense_list:
(slang, of a person) Not caring what others think about one's personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality. | (internet slang, sometimes, humorous) Admirable; praiseworthy, especially if the thing that is considered "praiseworthy" is unpopular or controversial.


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/basin__Noun__1
written_rep: basin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: conca | bacino
sense_list:
(geography) A shallow depression in a rock formation, such as an area of down-folded rock that has accumulated a thick layer of sediments, or an area scooped out by water erosion.


lexentry: eng/basionym__Noun__1
written_rep: basionym
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: basionimo
sense_list:
(botany, taxonomy) An earlier valid scientific name of a species that has since been renamed and from which the new name is partially derived.


lexentry: eng/basis__Noun__1
written_rep: basis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: base
sense_list:
A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis. | An underlying condition or circumstance. | (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.


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


lexentry: eng/basket__Noun__1
written_rep: basket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: canestro | cesta
sense_list:
(basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball. | (basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.


lexentry: eng/basket__Noun__1
written_rep: basket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: carrello
sense_list:
A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.


lexentry: eng/basket_case__Noun__1
written_rep: basket case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: relitto
sense_list:
(colloquial) An institution or country in a bad condition or difficult situation (economically, financially or otherwise). [from 20th c.] | (colloquial, potentially, _, offensive) One made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic, stress or exhaustion; someone considered mentally unstable. [from 20th c.]


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bast__Noun__1
written_rep: bast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: libro
sense_list:
Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants (particularly the lime tree) and used for making ropes, cords and matting.


lexentry: eng/bastard__Adjective__1
written_rep: bastard
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bastardo
sense_list:
Of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant). | Of or like a bastard (bad person). | Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.


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


lexentry: eng/bastard__Noun__1
written_rep: bastard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bastardo
sense_list:
A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties). | (endearing, or, humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend. | (informal) A child who does not know its father.


lexentry: eng/bastard__Noun__1
written_rep: bastard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bastardo | figlio di puttana
sense_list:
(vulgar,, _, , _, offensive, or, pejorative) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.


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


lexentry: eng/bastide__Noun__1
written_rep: bastide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: impalcatura
sense_list:
new town built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony and Aquitaine during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries


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


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


lexentry: eng/bat__Noun__2
written_rep: bat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pipistrello | mazza | racchetta
sense_list:
A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.


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


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


lexentry: eng/bathometer__Noun__1
written_rep: bathometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: batometro
sense_list:
An instrument that measures the depth of water, used especially to measure the depth of ocean water.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/battering_ram__Noun__1
written_rep: battering ram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ariete | puntone | rompimuro
sense_list:
(historical) A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates or a siege engine that includes such an object.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/battle_of_the_sexes__Noun__1
written_rep: battle of the sexes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: battaglia dei sessi
sense_list:
Any competition between men and women. | (game theory) A situation in which two people want to do different things, but do them together.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bay__Noun__2
written_rep: bay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alloro
sense_list:
Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries. | Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.


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


lexentry: eng/bayonet__Noun__1
written_rep: bayonet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: baionetta
sense_list:
(military) A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel. | (engineering) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.


lexentry: eng/be__Verb__1
written_rep: be
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: essere
sense_list:
(formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence. | Used to link a subject to a measurement.


lexentry: eng/be__Verb__1
written_rep: be
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: essere | stare
sense_list:
Used with past participles of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect aspect. | Used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent. | Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase. | Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective or prepositional phrase. | (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality. | To occupy a place. | To occur, to take place.


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


lexentry: eng/be__Verb__1
written_rep: be
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: andare | venire | essere
sense_list:
(in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".


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


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


lexentry: eng/be_used_to__Verb__1
written_rep: be used to
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: solere
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be familiar with or accustomed to something or someone through repeated experience; to be acclimated to.


lexentry: eng/be_wrong__Verb__1
written_rep: be wrong
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sbagliarsi | errare | essere in errore | essere in torto | ingannarsi | sbagliare
sense_list:
To have an incorrect belief, to be mistaken about one's judgment or statement concerning something. (This entry is a translation hub.)


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/beak__Noun__1
written_rep: beak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: becco
sense_list:
A similar pointed structure forming the nose and mouth of various animals, such as turtles, platypuses, whales, etc.


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


lexentry: eng/beak__Noun__1
written_rep: beak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rostro
sense_list:
(nautical) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy.


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


lexentry: eng/beaker__Noun__1
written_rep: beaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bicchiere | becher
sense_list:
A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container.


lexentry: eng/beam__Noun__1
written_rep: beam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trave | asse
sense_list:
(structural) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. | (structural) One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.


lexentry: eng/beam__Noun__1
written_rep: beam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: architrave | traversa
sense_list:
(nautical) One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bean_counter__Noun__1
written_rep: bean counter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pedante
sense_list:
(idiomatic, mildly, derogatory) A person who is excessively interested in controlling or reducing expenses, increasing profits, or in quantitative details in general.


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


lexentry: eng/beaner__Noun__1
written_rep: beaner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fagiolaio | mangiafagioli
sense_list:
(US, racial slur, offensive) A Mexican. | (sometimes , _, offensive, slang) A casual term of address, especially used by Mexican Americans.


lexentry: eng/bear__Noun__1
written_rep: bear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orso
sense_list:
A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae. | (gay slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual. [c. 1970]


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


lexentry: eng/bear_market__Noun__1
written_rep: bear market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mercato ribassista
sense_list:
(finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are selling ("bears"), causing overall stock prices to drop. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 20% or more on some specific stock market index.


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


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


lexentry: eng/bearded_seal__Noun__1
written_rep: bearded seal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foca barbata
sense_list:
Erignathus barbatus, an earless seal with conspicuous whiskers, found in and around the Arctic Ocean.


lexentry: eng/bearer__Noun__1
written_rep: bearer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: portatore
sense_list:
One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. | (India, dated) A domestic servant in charge of household goods and clothing; a valet.


lexentry: eng/bearskin__Noun__1
written_rep: bearskin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: colbacco
sense_list:
(countable) A tall ceremonial hat worn by members of some British regiments for ceremonial occasions; a busby.


lexentry: eng/beast_of_burden__Noun__1
written_rep: beast of burden
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: animale da soma | giumento
sense_list:
A draft animal, a pack animal such as a donkey, mule, llama, camel, horse, or ox, that carries or pulls a load for the benefit of a human.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/beat_around_the_bush__Verb__1
written_rep: beat around the bush
part_of_speech: verb
sense_list: (idiomatic) To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
menare il can per l'aia | andare per le spicce | fare giri di parole | girarci intorno | tergiversare


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/beautiful__Adjective__1
written_rep: beautiful
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: fantastico | magnifico | splendido | stupendo
sense_list:
Impressing with charm in an intellectual or moral way, through inherent suitability or elegance. [from 1580s]


lexentry: eng/beauty__Noun__1
written_rep: beauty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bellezza | bella
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness. | Someone who is beautiful. | (in the plural) Those aspects or elements that make someone or something beautiful.


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


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


lexentry: eng/beaver__Noun__1
written_rep: beaver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: figa
sense_list:
(chiefly, North American, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.


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


lexentry: eng/because__Interjection__1
written_rep: because
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perché sì | perché
sense_list:
Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer to a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".


lexentry: eng/becket__Noun__1
written_rep: becket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cappio
sense_list:
(nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle | (nautical) A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.


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


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


lexentry: eng/bed__Noun__1
written_rep: bed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: letto
sense_list:
A prepared spot in which to spend the night. | (countable) The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river. [from later 16thc.] | A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. | A garden plot.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bedbug__Noun__1
written_rep: bedbug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cimice | cimice dei letti | cimice da letto
sense_list:
A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep.


lexentry: eng/bedhead__Noun__1
written_rep: bedhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: testiera
sense_list:
(colloquial) The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up from sleep.


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


lexentry: eng/bedrock__Noun__1
written_rep: bedrock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: roccia madre
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock found at some depth below the ground surface.


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


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


lexentry: eng/bedstead__Noun__1
written_rep: bedstead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sponda | telaio
sense_list:
The framework that supports a bed; the rigid structural components of a bed, excluding the mattress, box spring, etc; bedframe.


lexentry: eng/bedstraw__Noun__1
written_rep: bedstraw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caglio
sense_list:
any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers


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


lexentry: eng/bee_escape__Noun__1
written_rep: bee escape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: apiscampo
sense_list:
(apiculture) A panel having holes or mesh allowing bees to be removed from a hive before honey is harvested.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/beef__Noun__1
written_rep: beef
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manzo | carne bovina
sense_list:
(in the meat industry, on, _, product packaging) The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat). | (uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines.


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


lexentry: eng/beehive__Noun__1
written_rep: beehive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alveare | arnia
sense_list:
Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.


lexentry: eng/beehive__Noun__1
written_rep: beehive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cofana
sense_list:
A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.


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


lexentry: eng/been_there,_done_that__Phrase__1
written_rep: been there, done that
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: già visto, già fatto
sense_list:
(idiomatic, ironic) An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is not too keen on revisiting or redoing it again.


lexentry: eng/beer__Noun__1
written_rep: beer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: birra
sense_list:
(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/begging_the_question__Noun__1
written_rep: begging the question
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: petitio principii
sense_list:
A logical fallacy in which a premise of an argument contains a direct or indirect assumption that the conclusion is true; offering a circular argument; circular reasoning.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/behavior__Noun__1
written_rep: behavior
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: comportamento | condotta
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally. | (uncountable) The way a device or system operates.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/belabour__Verb__1
written_rep: belabour
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: insistere
sense_list:
(transitive) To discuss or explain (something) excessively or repeatedly; to harp on or overelaborate.


lexentry: eng/belay__Verb__1
written_rep: belay
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: assicurare | dare volta
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, nautical) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.


lexentry: eng/belemnite__Noun__1
written_rep: belemnite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: belemnite
sense_list:
(paleontology) Any member of the extinct order †Belemnitida of Mesozoic marine cephalopods, very similar in many ways to the modern squid and closely related to the modern cuttlefish.


lexentry: eng/belief__Noun__1
written_rep: belief
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fiducia
sense_list:
Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.


lexentry: eng/believe__Verb__1
written_rep: believe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: credere
sense_list:
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing). | (transitive) To accept that someone is telling the truth. | (intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth. | To ascribe existence to. | To believe that (something) is right or desirable. | To have confidence in the ability or power of.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bell__Noun__1
written_rep: bell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campana
sense_list:
(percussion instrument) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck. | (music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument. | (architecture) The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.


lexentry: eng/bell_pepper__Noun__1
written_rep: bell pepper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peperone
sense_list:
(North America, Philippines) Any of several bell-shaped varieties of Capsicum annuum, an edible, sweet, generally mild (not spicy) fruit, originating in the New World.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/belt__Verb__1
written_rep: belt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cingere
sense_list:
(transitive) To encircle. | (transitive) To hit with a belt. | (transitive, informal, normally belt out) To scream or sing in a loud, strong manner. | (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps. | (transitive, colloquial) To hit someone or something. | (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run. | (intransitive) To move very fast.


lexentry: eng/belt__Verb__1
written_rep: belt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: allacciare | cingere
sense_list:
(transitive) To fasten a belt on. | (transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bend_the_knee__Verb__1
written_rep: bend the knee
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inginocchiarsi
sense_list:
(idiom) To swear fealty or allegiance to another person. | (idiom) To submit to or show reverence toward a divine power.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/benzoyl__Noun__1
written_rep: benzoyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: benzoile
sense_list:
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical formally derived from benzoic acid, C6H5CO-, by removal of the hydroxyl group.


lexentry: eng/benzyl__Noun__1
written_rep: benzyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: benzile
sense_list:
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical C6H5-CH2- related to toluene and benzoic acid


lexentry: eng/berdache__Noun__1
written_rep: berdache
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bardascia
sense_list:
(anthropology, dated, now, _, offensive, ethnic slur) Among Native Americans, a person who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex; a transgender person. [from 19th c.]


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


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


lexentry: eng/berth__Noun__1
written_rep: berth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuccetta
sense_list:
(by extension) A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin. | (by extension) A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess#Verb 2 and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage.


lexentry: eng/berth__Verb__1
written_rep: berth
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: attraccare
sense_list:
(nautical) To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).


lexentry: eng/beryl__Noun__1
written_rep: beryl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: berillo
sense_list:
(uncountable, mineral) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone (molecular formula Be3Al2Si6O18).


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/besot__Verb__1
written_rep: besot
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inebitire
sense_list:
(transitive) To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.


lexentry: eng/bespeak__Verb__1
written_rep: bespeak
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: prenotare
sense_list:
(transitive) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.


lexentry: eng/bespoke__Adjective__1
written_rep: bespoke
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: su misura
sense_list:
Made or done in a way adjusted to the needs of a specific person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.


lexentry: eng/bestow__Verb__1
written_rep: bestow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: conferire | donare | applicare | collocare | depositare | elargire
sense_list:
To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; to confer, to give, to accord; to render.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/beta-lactamase__Noun__1
written_rep: beta-lactamase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: betalattamasi
sense_list:
(enzyme) An enzyme produced by certain bacteria, responsible for their resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillin.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/beth__Noun__1
written_rep: beth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bet
sense_list:
The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁 | The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב | The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ


lexentry: eng/betide__Verb__1
written_rep: betide
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accadere
sense_list:
(transitive) Often used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall. | (intransitive) Chiefly in the third person: to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall.


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


lexentry: eng/betray__Verb__1
written_rep: betray
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consegnare | tradire
sense_list:
(transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.


lexentry: eng/betray__Verb__1
written_rep: betray
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tradire | rivelare
sense_list:
(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.


lexentry: eng/betray__Verb__1
written_rep: betray
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: tradire
sense_list:
(transitive) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.


lexentry: eng/betroth__Verb__1
written_rep: betroth
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fidanzare | promettere in sposa
sense_list:
(archaic) Often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; specifically and chiefly, to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man; to affiance.


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


lexentry: eng/better_safe_than_sorry__Proverb__1
written_rep: better safe than sorry
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: la prudenza non è mai troppa | meglio prevenire che curare
sense_list:
It is preferable to be cautious in one's choices and actions than to act recklessly and suffer afterwards.


lexentry: eng/better_than_a_poke_in_the_eye_with_a_sharp_stick__Phrase__1
written_rep: better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meglio di un pugno in un occhio
sense_list:
(jocular) Better than nothing; not unsatisfactory but also not a reason for enthusiastic excitement.


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


lexentry: eng/between_a_rock_and_a_hard_place__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: between a rock and a hard place
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fra l'incudine ed il martello
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Having the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.


lexentry: eng/between_the_hammer_and_the_anvil__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: between the hammer and the anvil
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tra l'incudine e il martello
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK, idiomatic) With the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/beyond_the_pale__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: beyond the pale
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: superare i limiti
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Of a person or their behaviour: outside the bounds of what is acceptable, or regarded as good judgment, morality, ethics, etc.


lexentry: eng/bezant__Noun__1
written_rep: bezant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bisante
sense_list:
(history) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/biased__Adjective__1
written_rep: biased
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: distorto
sense_list:
(statistics) Exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation; skewed.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bibliography__Noun__1
written_rep: bibliography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bibliografia
sense_list:
A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work. | A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author. | The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.


lexentry: eng/bibliometrics__Noun__1
written_rep: bibliometrics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bibliometria
sense_list:
The statistical analysis of texts, especially of published literature and especially of reference citations as semantically important connections between articles.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bicycle__Noun__1
written_rep: bicycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bicicletta | bici
sense_list:
(cycling) A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals. | (by extension, sometimes, proscribed) Any similar vehicle powered by human pedaling or steered with a handlebar, regardless of the number of wheels.


lexentry: eng/bicycle_clip__Noun__1
written_rep: bicycle clip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fermacalzoni
sense_list:
Either of a pair of clips, worn around the ankles of a cyclist, that prevent the trousers becoming entangled with the chain.


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


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


lexentry: eng/bifurcation__Noun__1
written_rep: bifurcation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biforcazione
sense_list:
(biology) A division into two branches. | (by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two. | (geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet. | (mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.


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


lexentry: eng/big_break__Noun__1
written_rep: big break
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: breccia
sense_list:
(entertainment, idiomatic) A breakthrough, especially the first big hit of a previously unknown performer or performers in the entertainment industry.


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


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


lexentry: eng/big_mouth__Noun__1
written_rep: big mouth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: chiacchierone | lingua lunga | linguaccia
sense_list:
(idiomatic, often, derogatory) A person who talks too much, especially by making exaggerated claims or by inappropriately revealing information.


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


lexentry: eng/bighead__Noun__1
written_rep: bighead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pallone gonfiato
sense_list:
(countable, colloquial, especially used by children) A person with an inflated opinion of themselves; a conceited or arrogant person.


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


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


lexentry: eng/bigoted__Adjective__1
written_rep: bigoted
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bigot
sense_list:
Having the characteristics of a bigot; strongly prejudiced; forming negative opinions about others without just cause.


lexentry: eng/bigotry__Noun__1
written_rep: bigotry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: limitatezza
sense_list:
The condition or the characteristic quality of a bigot, especially religious, anti-religious or racial intolerant prejudice; opinionatedness; fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.


lexentry: eng/bijective__Adjective__1
written_rep: bijective
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biiettivo | bigettivo
sense_list:
(mathematics, of a function) Associating to each element of the codomain exactly one element of the domain; establishing a perfect (one-to-one) correspondence between the elements of the domain and the codomain; (formally) both injective and surjective.


lexentry: eng/bike__Noun__1
written_rep: bike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: moto | puttana
sense_list:
Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/bilge__Noun__1
written_rep: bilge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sentina
sense_list:
(nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates. | (uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.


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


lexentry: eng/bilious__Adjective__1
written_rep: bilious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bilioso
sense_list:
(pathology) Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, especially excessive secretions of bile.


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


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


lexentry: eng/bill__Noun__1
written_rep: bill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cambiale | inventario | manifesto
sense_list:
A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)


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


lexentry: eng/bill__Noun__1
written_rep: bill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: denuncia
sense_list:
(obsolete, law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/billing__Noun__1
written_rep: billing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fatturazione
sense_list:
Amounts billed. | The tracking of bills and amounts owed; the department within an institution or business that deals with the tracking of bills and amounts owed.


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


lexentry: eng/bimbo__Noun__1
written_rep: bimbo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oca giuliva
sense_list:
(derogatory, slang) A physically attractive person, typically a woman or otherwise feminine in appearance, who lacks intelligence.


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


lexentry: eng/bin__Verb__1
written_rep: bin
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cestinare
sense_list:
(chiefly, British, informal) To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.


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


lexentry: eng/binary_relation__Noun__1
written_rep: binary relation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: relazione binaria
sense_list:
(set theory, order theory, "on" a set A) A subset of the Cartesian product A×A (the set of ordered pairs (a, b) of elements of A).


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/binding__Noun__1
written_rep: binding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: rilegatura
sense_list:
(sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment. | (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.


lexentry: eng/binding_agent__Noun__1
written_rep: binding agent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: addensante
sense_list:
Synonym of binder (chemical or other substance): a material or substance that holds other materials together mechanically, chemically, or as an adhesive, to form a cohesive whole.


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


lexentry: eng/binge__Verb__1
written_rep: binge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbuffarsi
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive, often with on) To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol or media consumption.


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


lexentry: eng/binnacle__Noun__1
written_rep: binnacle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiesuola
sense_list:
(nautical) The wooden housing for a ship's compass, with its corrector magnets and illuminating arrangements. The log and other equipment for measuring the ship's speed are also stowed there.


lexentry: eng/binoculars__Noun__1
written_rep: binoculars
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: binocolo
sense_list:
A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.


lexentry: eng/binomial_coefficient__Noun__1
written_rep: binomial coefficient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coefficiente binomiale
sense_list:
(combinatorics) a coefficient of any of the terms in the expansion of the binomial (x+y)n, defined by {n \choose k} = \frac{n!}{k!(n-k)!}, read as "n choose k"


lexentry: eng/binomial_nomenclature__Noun__1
written_rep: binomial nomenclature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nomenclatura binomiale
sense_list:
(taxonomy) The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts; the first is the genus, and is written with an initial capital letter; the second is some specific epithet that distinguishes the species within the genus. By convention, the whole name is typeset in italics. The genus part is often abbreviated to its initial letter e.g. H. sapiens for Homo sapiens


lexentry: eng/bioaccumulation__Noun__1
written_rep: bioaccumulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bioaccumulo
sense_list:
(biology) The process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms; used especially of toxic substances that accumulate via a food chain.


lexentry: eng/bioavailability__Noun__1
written_rep: bioavailability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biodisponibilità
sense_list:
(pharmacology, nutrition) The amount of drug or nutrient which reaches the site of physiological activity after administration.


lexentry: eng/biochemical__Adjective__1
written_rep: biochemical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biochimico
sense_list:
of, or relating to biochemistry | characterized by, produced by, or involving chemical processes in living organisms


lexentry: eng/biochemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: biochemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biochimica
sense_list:
(uncountable) The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism | (countable) The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism


lexentry: eng/bioclastic__Adjective__1
written_rep: bioclastic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bioclastico
sense_list:
(geology) Describing a sedimentary rock that is composed of the remains of small organisms | (geology) Describing a form of erosion or formation caused by the action of living organisms


lexentry: eng/bioclimatology__Noun__1
written_rep: bioclimatology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bioclimatologia
sense_list:
The interdisciplinary field of science that studies the interactions between the biosphere and the Earth's atmosphere on time scales of the order of seasons or longer (in opposition to biometeorology).


lexentry: eng/biodegradability__Noun__1
written_rep: biodegradability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biodegradabilità
sense_list:
The capacity of a material to decompose over time as a result of biological activity, especially to be broken down by microorganisms.


lexentry: eng/biodiversity_hotspot__Noun__1
written_rep: biodiversity hotspot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punto caldo di biodiversità
sense_list:
(ecology) A place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat.


lexentry: eng/bioelectricity__Noun__1
written_rep: bioelectricity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bioelettricità
sense_list:
(biology, physics) Any form of electricity generated within an organism, especially by a muscle or nerve.


lexentry: eng/biogas__Noun__1
written_rep: biogas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biogas
sense_list:
A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, produced by anaerobic digestion of organic waste matter, used as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/biogeochemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: biogeochemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biogeochimica
sense_list:
(biology, geology, chemistry, ecology) The scientific study of biological, geological and chemical processes in the natural environment and especially of their mutual relationships.


lexentry: eng/biohazard__Noun__1
written_rep: biohazard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biorischio
sense_list:
A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some biological factor such as bacteria or human waste.


lexentry: eng/bioherm__Noun__1
written_rep: bioherm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bioherma
sense_list:
(geology) A mass of rock constructed from the remains of marine organisms such as coral or algae, especially in a mound or dome shape.


lexentry: eng/bioinformatics__Noun__1
written_rep: bioinformatics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bioinformatica
sense_list:
(biology, computer science) A field of science in which biology, computer science, and information technology merge into a single discipline to analyse biological information using computers and statistical techniques.


lexentry: eng/biomass__Noun__1
written_rep: biomass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biomassa
sense_list:
The total mass of all, or a specified category of, living things within a specific area, habitat, etc. | Organic matter from living things which were recently alive (especially vegetation) used as a fuel or source of energy, especially if cultivated for that purpose; also, fuel produced from such organic matter; biofuel.


lexentry: eng/biomaterial__Noun__1
written_rep: biomaterial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biomateriale
sense_list:
A nonviable, biocompatible material used in a medical device, intended to interact with biological systems or to evaluate, treat, augment, or replace any tissue, organ, or function of the body.


lexentry: eng/biomathematics__Noun__1
written_rep: biomathematics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biomatematica
sense_list:
(biology, mathematics) The application of mathematics to the study of biological systems and processes


lexentry: eng/biomedicine__Noun__1
written_rep: biomedicine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: biomedicina
sense_list:
The branch of medicine that studies the effects of environmental stress on organisms (most often in space travel).


lexentry: eng/biometrics__Noun__1
written_rep: biometrics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biometria
sense_list:
The automated measurement of biological data. | The automated recognition or authentication of an individual's identity based on their behavioural and biological characteristics, such as iris appearance, fingerprint, or face shape.


lexentry: eng/biomolecule__Noun__1
written_rep: biomolecule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biomolecola
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Molecules, such as amino acids, sugars, nucleic acids, proteins, polysaccharides, DNA, and RNA, that occur naturally in living organisms; any such molecule, even if created outside a living thing (as for example in a test tube or bioreactor).


lexentry: eng/biophotolysis__Noun__1
written_rep: biophotolysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biofotolisi
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The photolysis of a biochemical compound; but especially the production of hydrogen by the action of light on algae or any other organism


lexentry: eng/biophysics__Noun__1
written_rep: biophysics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biofisica
sense_list:
The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology.


lexentry: eng/biopiracy__Noun__1
written_rep: biopiracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biopirateria
sense_list:
(pejorative) The appropriation of indigenous biomedical knowledge, especially by patenting naturally occurring substances.


lexentry: eng/bioplastic__Noun__1
written_rep: bioplastic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bioplastica
sense_list:
Any form of synthetic polymer, similar to normal plastic, made from renewable biomass sources such as plant sugars, starches, or oils, rather than from petroleum.


lexentry: eng/biopolymer__Noun__1
written_rep: biopolymer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biopolimero
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any macromolecule of a living organism that is formed from the polymerization of smaller entities; a polymer that occurs in a living organism or results from life.


lexentry: eng/biopsy__Noun__1
written_rep: biopsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biopsia
sense_list:
The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.


lexentry: eng/bioreactor__Noun__1
written_rep: bioreactor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bioreattore
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A vat or pressure vessel, containing microorganisms or biochemically active substances, used for biotechnological processes such as fermentation, waste recycling, or making drugs.


lexentry: eng/bioremediation__Noun__1
written_rep: bioremediation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biorimediazione
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The use of biological organisms, usually microorganisms, to remove contaminants, especially from polluted water


lexentry: eng/biosynthesis__Noun__1
written_rep: biosynthesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biosintesi
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The synthesis of organic compounds within a living organism, especially the synthesis of large compounds from small ones.


lexentry: eng/biotechnology__Noun__1
written_rep: biotechnology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biotecnologia
sense_list:
The use of living organisms (especially microorganisms) in industrial, agricultural, medical and other technological applications. | The application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences.


lexentry: eng/biotherapy__Noun__1
written_rep: biotherapy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bioterapia
sense_list:
(medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system. | (medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.


lexentry: eng/biotin__Noun__1
written_rep: biotin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biotina
sense_list:
(vitamin) A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex, 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid, found in liver, egg yolk, milk, and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems.


lexentry: eng/biotite__Noun__1
written_rep: biotite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biotite
sense_list:
(mineral) A dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of potassium, magnesium and iron.


lexentry: eng/biotope__Noun__1
written_rep: biotope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biotopo
sense_list:
A geographical area that has a uniform biological environment and a uniform distribution of plants and animals


lexentry: eng/bipartite__Adjective__1
written_rep: bipartite
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: bipartito
sense_list:
(graph theory, of a graph) Having vertices that can be divided into two independent sets (see bigraph)


lexentry: eng/biphenyl__Noun__1
written_rep: biphenyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bifenile
sense_list:
(organic compound, countable) Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs.


lexentry: eng/bipolar__Adjective__1
written_rep: bipolar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bipolare
sense_list:
Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time. | Relating to or having bipolar disorder.


lexentry: eng/bipolar_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: bipolar disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicosi maniaco-depressiva
sense_list:
(clinical psychology, psychiatry) A psychiatric diagnostic category, previously called manic depression, characterised by mood swings between great energy (mania) and clinical depression.


lexentry: eng/bipropellant__Noun__1
written_rep: bipropellant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bipropellente
sense_list:
A propellant composed of two components (typically a fuel and an oxidizer) that react together in the combustion chamber


lexentry: eng/birch__Noun__1
written_rep: birch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: betulla
sense_list:
A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture. | A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.


lexentry: eng/bird__Noun__1
written_rep: bird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bambola
sense_list:
(slang) A man, fellow. [from mid-19th c.] | (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.


lexentry: eng/bird_of_paradise__Noun__1
written_rep: bird of paradise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paradisea | uccello del paradiso
sense_list:
Any of various passerine birds of the family Paradisaeidae native to Oceania. In many of the species the breeding plumage of the males is brightly coloured.


lexentry: eng/birds_of_a_feather_flock_together__Proverb__1
written_rep: birds of a feather flock together
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dio li fa e poi li accoppia | chi si assomiglia si piglia
sense_list:
(idiomatic) People of similar character, background or taste tend to congregate or associate with one another; it is easier to establish friendships with people that one has a lot in common with.


lexentry: eng/birdsong__Noun__1
written_rep: birdsong
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: canto
sense_list:
(ornithology) A vocalisation made by a bird, more complex than a call, for purposes associated with courtship and territory.


lexentry: eng/birefringence__Noun__1
written_rep: birefringence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: birifrangenza
sense_list:
(physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium; the property of a material that light passing through it is so split.


lexentry: eng/biretta__Noun__1
written_rep: biretta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: berretta
sense_list:
A square cap, originally with four ridges across the top, surmounted by a tuft, worn by Roman Catholic clergy (and by some in the Anglican Church). A three-sided biretta is worn by Roman Catholic clergy for liturgical celebrations.


lexentry: eng/birth__Noun__1
written_rep: birth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nascita | parto
sense_list:
(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment. | (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.


lexentry: eng/birth_certificate__Noun__1
written_rep: birth certificate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: atto di nascita | certificato di nascita
sense_list:
An official document certifying the details of an individual's birth, indicating the name, date, and parents' names, and details such as parents' occupation and religion.


lexentry: eng/birthday__Noun__1
written_rep: birthday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: data di nascita | compleanno
sense_list:
The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.


lexentry: eng/birthday_cake__Noun__1
written_rep: birthday cake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: torta di compleanno
sense_list:
A cake, often iced and decorated, made to celebrate a person's birthday. | In particular, a buttery, frosted vanilla cake of the sort commonly made to celebrate birthdays in the US, used in compound words to attribute a buttery or creamy, sugary, vanilla cake flavour or aroma to other things.


lexentry: eng/birthday_paradox__Noun__1
written_rep: birthday paradox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paradosso del compleanno
sense_list:
(probability theory) The counterintuitive observation that a random group of people needs to have only 23 members before there is a 50% chance of two of them having the same birthday.


lexentry: eng/birthrate__Noun__1
written_rep: birthrate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tasso di natalità
sense_list:
The ratio of total live births to total population for a specific community or nation in a specified period; often expressed in births per thousand per year


lexentry: eng/birthright__Noun__1
written_rep: birthright
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diritto di nascita
sense_list:
Something a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.


lexentry: eng/birthright_citizenship__Noun__1
written_rep: birthright citizenship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ius soli
sense_list:
The right (unconditional or near-unconditional) of anyone born in the territory of a state to nationality or citizenship.


lexentry: eng/biscuit__Noun__1
written_rep: biscuit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biscotto | biscottino
sense_list:
(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes, Canada, rare) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.


lexentry: eng/bisector__Noun__1
written_rep: bisector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bisettrice
sense_list:
(geometry) A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts.


lexentry: eng/bisexual__Adjective__1
written_rep: bisexual
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bisessuale
sense_list:
(of humans, or, other animals) Sexually attracted to both same-gendered and different-gendered partners. Similar to pansexual


lexentry: eng/bisexual__Adjective__1
written_rep: bisexual
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bisessuale | ermafrodita
sense_list:
(rare) Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.


lexentry: eng/bisexuality__Noun__1
written_rep: bisexuality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bisessualità
sense_list:
(of humans or other animals) The state of being sexually or romantically attracted to members of either sex or gender.


lexentry: eng/bishop__Noun__1
written_rep: bishop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vescovo | vescova | presule
sense_list:
(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.


lexentry: eng/bishop__Noun__1
written_rep: bishop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: alfiere
sense_list:
(chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.


lexentry: eng/bissextile__Adjective__1
written_rep: bissextile
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bisestile
sense_list:
Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st.


lexentry: eng/bistort__Noun__1
written_rep: bistort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bistorta
sense_list:
Any of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers.


lexentry: eng/bit__Noun__1
written_rep: bit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: punta | punta di trapano
sense_list:
A rotary cutting tool, fitted to a drill, brace, or router, used to bore or drill holes or to remove material from the profile of the workpiece. | A replaceable tip for a hand tool or power tool, comprising the portion that drives a fastener.


lexentry: eng/bit__Noun__1
written_rep: bit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ottavo di dollaro
sense_list:
(historical, US, and, Canada) A unit of currency worth one eighth of a dollar, originally of a Spanish dollar but later also US or Canadian; also, a coin with this value, in particular the silver Spanish real.


lexentry: eng/bit__Noun__2
written_rep: bit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bit
sense_list:
(mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0. | (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.


lexentry: eng/bitch__Noun__1
written_rep: bitch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fica
sense_list:
(archaic, offensive) A promiscuous woman, slut, whore. | (vulgar, offensive, slang) A woman. | (obsolete, informal, of a man) A playful variation on dog (sense "man"). [from the 16th c]


lexentry: eng/bitch__Noun__1
written_rep: bitch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: troia | stronza | puttana
sense_list:
(slang, vulgar, offensive, often, sexist) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/bite__Verb__1
written_rep: bite
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: mordere
sense_list:
(intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.


lexentry: eng/bite_off__Verb__1
written_rep: bite off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rompersi il culo
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic, sometimes followed by on) To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges.


lexentry: eng/bite_one's_tongue__Verb__1
written_rep: bite one's tongue
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mordersi la lingua
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To resist the urge to speak out, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute.


lexentry: eng/bite_the_hand_that_feeds_one__Verb__1
written_rep: bite the hand that feeds one
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mordere la mano che ti nutre | sputare nel piatto in cui si mangia
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To cause harm to a benefactor (especially one that one is dependent on, thus with the idea that this behaviour is self-damaging).


lexentry: eng/bitstock__Noun__1
written_rep: bitstock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: girabacchino | menarola
sense_list:
A hand tool consisting of a crank which holds a fitted rotating drill bit tip, designed to bore holes in rigid materials, by cutting a disc in a spiral fashion.


lexentry: eng/bitter_almond__Noun__1
written_rep: bitter almond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mandorla amara
sense_list:
The seed of this tree, which is unpalatably bitter and bears many times the cyanide of the sweet almond.


lexentry: eng/bitter_vetch__Noun__1
written_rep: bitter vetch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mochi | ervo | girlo
sense_list:
A plant with bitter, lentil-like seeds that are edible with special processing, but are now mostly fed to livestock, Vicia ervilia.


lexentry: eng/bitters__Noun__2
written_rep: bitters
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bitter
sense_list:
A liquid used in mixed drinks or as a tonic into which bitter herbs have been steeped (it can also be found in powdered form for adding to mixed drinks).


lexentry: eng/bitumen__Noun__1
written_rep: bitumen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bitume | asfalto
sense_list:
A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.


lexentry: eng/bivalve__Noun__1
written_rep: bivalve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bivalve
sense_list:
Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.


lexentry: eng/biwa__Noun__1
written_rep: biwa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biwa
sense_list:
A plucked lute, originating in the classical and traditional music of Japan, characterized by a pear-shaped body and four or five high frets, giving the instrument a distinctively twangy tone.


lexentry: eng/bizarre__Adjective__1
written_rep: bizarre
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bizzarro
sense_list:
Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.


lexentry: eng/black-and-white__Adjective__1
written_rep: black-and-white
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bianco e nero
sense_list:
Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color. | Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color.


lexentry: eng/black-backed_jackal__Noun__1
written_rep: black-backed jackal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sciacallo dalla gualdrappa
sense_list:
A jackal of species Canis mesomelas, which inhabits the southernmost and central-eastern regions of the African continent.


lexentry: eng/black-crested_antshrike__Noun__1
written_rep: black-crested antshrike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Averla formichiera crestanera
sense_list:
A South American passerine bird in the antbird family, living in undergrowth in mangrove or other swampy forest and thickets near water, Sakesphorus canadensis.


lexentry: eng/black-crowned_night_heron__Noun__1
written_rep: black-crowned night heron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nitticora
sense_list:
A medium-sized heron, Nycticorax nycticorax, found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia.


lexentry: eng/black-footed_cat__Noun__1
written_rep: black-footed cat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gatto dai piedi neri
sense_list:
Felis nigripes, the smallest African cat, endemic in the south west arid zone of the southern African subregion.


lexentry: eng/black-headed_gull__Noun__1
written_rep: black-headed gull
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gabbiano comune
sense_list:
A small gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada.


lexentry: eng/black-throated_diver__Noun__1
written_rep: black-throated diver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: strolaga mezzana
sense_list:
Gavia arctica, a medium-sized member of the loon or diver family that breeds in Eurasia, with grey head, black throat, white underparts and chequered black-and-white mantle.


lexentry: eng/black__Adjective__1
written_rep: black
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nero
sense_list:
(of a location or setting) Without light. | (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. | (sometimes, capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.) | Bad; evil; ill-omened. | (of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced. | (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour). | Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public. | Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public. | (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.


lexentry: eng/black__Noun__1
written_rep: black
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nero | nera
sense_list:
(countable, and, uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed. | (countable, British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour. | (countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.


lexentry: eng/black__Noun__1
written_rep: black
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nero
sense_list:
(countable, and, uncountable) A black dye or pigment. | (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.


lexentry: eng/black_alder__Noun__1
written_rep: black alder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ontano nero | ontano comune
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A tree (Alnus glutinosa), of many practical uses, growing in moist conditions in Europe.


lexentry: eng/black_and_blue__Adjective__1
written_rep: black and blue
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: violetto
sense_list:
(colloquial, of a person) Having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.


lexentry: eng/black_and_white__Adjective__1
written_rep: black and white
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bianco e nero
sense_list:
(of an image, a video, etc: in black, white, and perhaps shades of grey, rather than in colour) | (figuratively, idiomatic) Easily divided into diametrically opposing camps or schools of thought.


lexentry: eng/black_belt__Noun__1
written_rep: black belt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cintura nera
sense_list:
(martial arts) The highest belt colour in various martial arts. | (martial arts) Someone who has attained the black belt in martial arts.


lexentry: eng/black_bloc__Noun__1
written_rep: black bloc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: black bloc
sense_list:
Any group of individuals who join a protest or demonstration, wearing black clothing including items to protect and/or conceal their faces and often engaging in violence and vandalism; the tactic of forming and participating in such a group.


lexentry: eng/black_box__Noun__1
written_rep: black box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scatola nera | registratore di volo
sense_list:
(informal, aviation) A flight recorder; the brightly colored cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in an aircraft designed to aid in determining the cause of an accident.


lexentry: eng/black_box__Noun__1
written_rep: black box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: scatola nera
sense_list:
A theoretical construct or device with known input and output characteristics but unknown method of operation.


lexentry: eng/black_caraway__Noun__1
written_rep: black caraway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cumino nero
sense_list:
A Middle-Eastern spice plant related to buttercups, Nigella sativa, with dark black, aromatic seeds. | These seeds as spice.


lexentry: eng/black_dwarf__Noun__1
written_rep: black dwarf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nana nera
sense_list:
(astronomy) A theoretically predicted stellar remnant consisting of a white dwarf that has cooled and faded for trillions of years and no longer emits visible light.


lexentry: eng/black_eye__Noun__1
written_rep: black eye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: occhio nero
sense_list:
A periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.


lexentry: eng/black_goby__Noun__1
written_rep: black goby
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiozzo nero
sense_list:
Any of the species Gobius niger of ray-finned fishes, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.


lexentry: eng/black_horehound__Noun__1
written_rep: black horehound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ballota | cimiciotto
sense_list:
The plant Ballota nigra possessing a disagreeable odor. Traditionally used as a medicinal herb as an antispasmodic, stimulant and vermifuge.


lexentry: eng/black_humor__Noun__1
written_rep: black humor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: umorismo nero
sense_list:
A subgenre of comedy and satire that deals with subjects that are believed to be serious or controversial, such as death, divorce, drug abuse, etc.


lexentry: eng/black_ice__Noun__1
written_rep: black ice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ghiaccio nero | vetrone
sense_list:
A smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement.


lexentry: eng/black_letter__Noun__1
written_rep: black letter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gotico
sense_list:
(typography) A Northern European style of type based on the script, with contrasting thick-and-thin, angular strokes forming upright letterforms, and usually set with a dark typographic colour on the page.


lexentry: eng/black_locust__Noun__1
written_rep: black locust
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: robinia
sense_list:
A tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to the southeastern United States, but widely planted and naturalized elsewhere in temperate North America, Europe and Asia; considered an invasive species in some areas.


lexentry: eng/black_magic__Noun__1
written_rep: black magic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magia nera
sense_list:
Magic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing harm.


lexentry: eng/black_mamba__Noun__1
written_rep: black mamba
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mamba nero
sense_list:
A large venomous snake found in Africa, taxonomic name Dendroaspis polylepis. Despite the name, this species of snake is not black; its colour ranges widely from olive-brown, khaki or grey, sometimes to darker hues, especially when old. The inside of the mouth is black, but in spite of a recent urban legend there is no indication that that has anything to do with the name "black mamba", which is a much older usage than any such suggestion.


lexentry: eng/black_metal__Noun__1
written_rep: black metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: black metal
sense_list:
(music) A subgenre of heavy metal employing fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars, double-kick drumming, raw recording and unconventional song structure, often emphasizing antireligious and misanthropic themes.


lexentry: eng/black_money__Noun__1
written_rep: black money
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: denaro sporco
sense_list:
(India) Money that is obtained illegally, especially that which circulates outside the formal financial system in the underworld. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/black_out__Verb__1
written_rep: black out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: perdere conoscenza
sense_list:
(intransitive) To lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout. | (transitive) To cause (someone) to lose consciousness.


lexentry: eng/black_pepper__Noun__1
written_rep: black pepper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pepe nero | pepe
sense_list:
The dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form.


lexentry: eng/black_poplar__Noun__1
written_rep: black poplar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pioppo
sense_list:
Any of species Populus nigra of poplars found in Europe, southwest and central Asia, and northwest Africa.


lexentry: eng/black_rat__Noun__1
written_rep: black rat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ratto nero
sense_list:
A common species of rat, Rattus rattus, originating anciently in Asia but now distributed worldwide.


lexentry: eng/black_rice__Noun__1
written_rep: black rice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riso venere
sense_list:
A type of rice of the species Oryza sativa L. which is black or dark purple in color and often glutinous.


lexentry: eng/black_salsify__Noun__1
written_rep: black salsify
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scorzonera di Spagna | scorzonera
sense_list:
A perennial member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), cultivated as a root vegetable (Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, syn. Scorzonera hispanica).


lexentry: eng/black_scabbardfish__Noun__1
written_rep: black scabbardfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesce sciabola oceanico
sense_list:
A North Atlantic fish of the cutlassfish family Trichiuridae with an extremely elongated, eel-like body, Aphanopus carbo.


lexentry: eng/black_sheep__Noun__1
written_rep: black sheep
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pecora nera
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person, who may be rejected or disdained by others for this reason. | (idiomatic) A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy.


lexentry: eng/black_smoker__Noun__1
written_rep: black smoker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fumarola nera
sense_list:
(geology, oceanography) A kind of hydrothermal vent found on the seabed, emitting clouds of black material.


lexentry: eng/black_stork__Noun__1
written_rep: black stork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cicogna nera
sense_list:
A large bird of species Ciconia nigra in the stork family Ciconiidae, wintering in tropical Africa, found in much of western Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/black_swan__Noun__1
written_rep: black swan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cigno nero
sense_list:
Cygnus atratus, a swan with black plumage and a red bill which is endemic to Australia. [from c. 1700]


lexentry: eng/black_swan__Noun__1
written_rep: black swan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mosca bianca
sense_list:
Something believed impossible or not to exist, especially if an example is subsequently found; also, something extremely rare; a rara avis.


lexentry: eng/black_tea__Noun__1
written_rep: black tea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tè nero
sense_list:
Tea leaves which have been "fermented" (actually, oxidized) before drying to enhance their flavour (cf. green tea). | (British) A cup of tea served without milk.


lexentry: eng/black_truffle__Noun__1
written_rep: black truffle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tartufo nero
sense_list:
A species of truffle, Tuber melanosporum, darker than the white truffle, most commonly from France but also found in other parts of Europe, that is prized as a culinary ingredient.


lexentry: eng/black_widow__Noun__1
written_rep: black widow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vedova nera
sense_list:
Any of several species of venomous and potentially deadly spiders, particularly Latrodectus spp. | A woman who kills one or more of her lovers.


lexentry: eng/blackamoor__Noun__1
written_rep: blackamoor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moro
sense_list:
(archaic, heraldry, now, offensive) A person with dark black skin, especially one from north Africa.


lexentry: eng/blackbird__Noun__1
written_rep: blackbird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: merlo
sense_list:
A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/blackboard__Noun__1
written_rep: blackboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lavagna
sense_list:
A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.


lexentry: eng/blackbody__Noun__1
written_rep: blackbody
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corpo nero
sense_list:
(physics) a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation and reflects none; it has a characteristic emission spectrum


lexentry: eng/blackhead__Noun__1
written_rep: blackhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comedone | punto nero
sense_list:
(countable, medicine) A type of comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.


lexentry: eng/blackjack__Noun__1
written_rep: blackjack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ventuno
sense_list:
(card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.


lexentry: eng/blackjack__Noun__1
written_rep: blackjack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: manganello
sense_list:
(weapons) A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma. | (aviation) A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal.


lexentry: eng/blacklist__Noun__1
written_rep: blacklist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lista nera
sense_list:
(legal, computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, disallowed or blocked.


lexentry: eng/blackshirt__Noun__1
written_rep: blackshirt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: squadrista | camicia nera
sense_list:
(historical, chiefly, in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.


lexentry: eng/blackthorn__Noun__1
written_rep: blackthorn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prugnolo
sense_list:
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.


lexentry: eng/bladder__Noun__1
written_rep: bladder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vescica
sense_list:
(zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases. | (botany) A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant. | The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.


lexentry: eng/bladder_cherry__Noun__1
written_rep: bladder cherry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alchechengi
sense_list:
A plant, Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi), having a bright paper-like covering over its fruit, native to southern Europe.


lexentry: eng/blade__Noun__1
written_rep: blade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pala
sense_list:
The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.


lexentry: eng/blade__Noun__1
written_rep: blade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 18
trans_list: filo | lama
sense_list:
(biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.


lexentry: eng/blade__Noun__1
written_rep: blade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 21
trans_list: pala | lama
sense_list:
(mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)


lexentry: eng/blame__Noun__1
written_rep: blame
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: colpa
sense_list:
(computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.


lexentry: eng/blame__Verb__1
written_rep: blame
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biasimare | incolpare | dare torto
sense_list:
(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).


lexentry: eng/blanch__Verb__1
written_rep: blanch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bianchire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To grow or become white. | (transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;


lexentry: eng/bland__Adjective__1
written_rep: bland
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blando
sense_list:
Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating. | (now, _, rare) Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.


lexentry: eng/blandishment__Noun__1
written_rep: blandishment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blandizia
sense_list:
(countable) Often in the plural form blandishments: a flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade.


lexentry: eng/blank_check__Noun__1
written_rep: blank check
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: assegno in bianco
sense_list:
(literal) A signed check of the type used to draw money from a bank account, containing no information as to the amount to be paid with it, so that any amount can be filled in.


lexentry: eng/blank_check__Noun__1
written_rep: blank check
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: carta bianca
sense_list:
(figurative) A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.


lexentry: eng/blank_verse__Noun__1
written_rep: blank verse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verso sciolto
sense_list:
(poetry) A poetic form with regular meter, particularly iambic pentameter, but no fixed rhyme scheme.


lexentry: eng/blanket__Noun__1
written_rep: blanket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coperta
sense_list:
A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.


lexentry: eng/blasphemy__Noun__1
written_rep: blasphemy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bestemmia | blasfemia
sense_list:
An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.


lexentry: eng/blast__Noun__1
written_rep: blast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: getto
sense_list:
A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the tuyeres of a blast furnace, a person's mouth, etc.


lexentry: eng/blast_furnace__Noun__1
written_rep: blast furnace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: altoforno
sense_list:
(metallurgy) As above, but specifically such a furnace where the fuel and the ore are intermixed, as for example when coke and iron ore are burned together.


lexentry: eng/blastema__Noun__1
written_rep: blastema
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blastema
sense_list:
(physiology) A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.


lexentry: eng/blastpipe__Noun__1
written_rep: blastpipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cerbottana
sense_list:
(mechanical engineering, rail transport) A pipe forming part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders up into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the firebox; this speeds up the release of smoke through the chimney.


lexentry: eng/blastula__Noun__1
written_rep: blastula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blastula
sense_list:
(embryology) An early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid; a blastosphere.


lexentry: eng/blat__Noun__1
written_rep: blat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blat
sense_list:
The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).


lexentry: eng/bleach__Noun__1
written_rep: bleach
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: varechina | candeggina | decolorante | sbiancante
sense_list:
(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.


lexentry: eng/bleach__Verb__1
written_rep: bleach
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sbiancare | imbiancare | candeggiare | decolorare
sense_list:
(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).


lexentry: eng/bleacher__Noun__1
written_rep: bleacher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gradinate
sense_list:
(US, usually, in the plural) A stand of tiered planks used as seating for spectators, often outdoors.


lexentry: eng/bleed__Verb__1
written_rep: bleed
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sanguinare
sense_list:
(intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel. | (transitive) To let or draw blood from.


lexentry: eng/bleed_white__Verb__1
written_rep: bleed white
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dissanguare
sense_list:
(literally) To drain of blood extensively. | (transitive, figurative, informal) To cause life-threatening hardship through deprivation of essential resources.


lexentry: eng/bleeder__Noun__1
written_rep: bleeder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: emofiliaco
sense_list:
A person who is easily made to bleed, or who bleeds in unusually large amounts, particularly a hemophiliac.


lexentry: eng/bleep_censor__Noun__1
written_rep: bleep censor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: censore di segnale
sense_list:
(computing) A software module, manually operated by a broadcast technician, putting a five-second broadcast delay on the live content, providing time to censor the audio (and video) feed, and used to censor out what many consider "inappropriate" audio content during a live broadcast signal and replace it with a bleep signal.


lexentry: eng/blend__Verb__1
written_rep: blend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mescolare | amalgamare | miscelare | rimestare
sense_list:
(transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. | (obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.


lexentry: eng/blender__Noun__1
written_rep: blender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frullatore
sense_list:
A machine with sharp rotating blades in a bowl, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients.


lexentry: eng/blepharospasm__Noun__1
written_rep: blepharospasm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blefarospasmo
sense_list:
(medicine) A physiological condition characterized by recurring involuntary twitches or closing of the eyelids.


lexentry: eng/blessed__Adjective__1
written_rep: blessed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beato
sense_list:
Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing. | (Roman Catholicism) A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.


lexentry: eng/blessed_thistle__Noun__1
written_rep: blessed thistle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cardo benedetto
sense_list:
Centaurea benedicta (formerly usually called Cnicus benedictus), a thistle-like plant native to the Mediterranean.


lexentry: eng/blessing__Noun__1
written_rep: blessing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: benedizione
sense_list:
Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward. | A pronouncement invoking divine aid. | Good fortune. | The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval. | Something someone is glad of.


lexentry: eng/blight__Verb__1
written_rep: blight
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: obliterare
sense_list:
(figurative) To impede the development or growth of (an aspect of life); to damage, to ruin, to spoil.


lexentry: eng/blighter__Noun__1
written_rep: blighter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: birbante
sense_list:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, often, disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.


lexentry: eng/blind__Noun__1
written_rep: blind
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tenda
sense_list:
A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.


lexentry: eng/blind_spot__Noun__1
written_rep: blind spot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: angolo morto | punto cieco
sense_list:
(rail transport) The part of the railway/tramway track that cannot be seen in the side mirror or the side window.


lexentry: eng/blinder__Noun__1
written_rep: blinder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: paraocchi
sense_list:
A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted. | A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side.


lexentry: eng/bling_bling__Noun__1
written_rep: bling bling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bling bling
sense_list:
(slang) Shiny jewelry that displays wealth, such as a diamond ring or a stylish gold necklace or bracelet.


lexentry: eng/blini__Noun__1
written_rep: blini
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bliny
sense_list:
A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon.


lexentry: eng/blink__Noun__1
written_rep: blink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: battito di ciglia | in un batter d'occhio | occhiata
sense_list:
(computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.


lexentry: eng/blinkers__Noun__2
written_rep: blinkers
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paraocchi
sense_list:
A pair of leather or rubber eye cups attached to a horse hood in order to impede the rear vision of racehorses and harness horses.


lexentry: eng/blister__Noun__1
written_rep: blister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bolla | vescica
sense_list:
A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.


lexentry: eng/blitz__Noun__1
written_rep: blitz
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: carica
sense_list:
(countable, American football) A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.


lexentry: eng/blitz_chess__Noun__1
written_rep: blitz chess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: partita lampo
sense_list:
(chess) Chess played at a quick time control, with each side getting about five minutes to make their moves. Blitz chess is played at a variety of time controls, primarily 3+0 (three minutes per side), 3+2 (three minutes per side plus two extra seconds per move), 5+0, and 5+3.


lexentry: eng/blitzkrieg__Noun__1
written_rep: blitzkrieg
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guerra lampo | guerra celere
sense_list:
A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.


lexentry: eng/blizzard__Noun__1
written_rep: blizzard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tormenta
sense_list:
A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.


lexentry: eng/blob__Noun__1
written_rep: blob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grumo
sense_list:
A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.


lexentry: eng/blobby__Adjective__1
written_rep: blobby
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a forma di bolla
sense_list:
Similar in shape to blobs; amorphous and rounded in appearance; partially irregular in appearance like bubbles.


lexentry: eng/blobfish__Noun__1
written_rep: blobfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesce blob
sense_list:
Psychrolutes marcidus, a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania.


lexentry: eng/bloc__Noun__1
written_rep: bloc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blocco
sense_list:
A group of voters or politicians who share common goals. | A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance.


lexentry: eng/block__Noun__1
written_rep: block
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blocco | condominio
sense_list:
(cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.


lexentry: eng/block__Noun__1
written_rep: block
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceppo | bozzello | verricello
sense_list:
A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.


lexentry: eng/block__Noun__1
written_rep: block
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: quartina
sense_list:
(philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.


lexentry: eng/block__Noun__1
written_rep: block
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: blocco
sense_list:
(computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors. | (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions. | (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop. | (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).


lexentry: eng/block__Noun__1
written_rep: block
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: blocco | isolato
sense_list:
A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.


lexentry: eng/block__Verb__1
written_rep: block
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bloccare | ostruire
sense_list:
(transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass. | (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing. | (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).


lexentry: eng/block__Verb__1
written_rep: block
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: bloccare | impedire
sense_list:
(transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).


lexentry: eng/block_and_tackle__Noun__1
written_rep: block and tackle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paranco | polispasto
sense_list:
A system in which a rope, cable, or chain (the tackle) is passed over pulleys enclosed in two (or rarely more) blocks, one fixed and one attached to a load, which is used to gain mechanical advantage to lift or pull heavy loads.


lexentry: eng/blockade__Noun__1
written_rep: blockade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: blocco
sense_list:
(by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.


lexentry: eng/blockboard__Noun__1
written_rep: blockboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paniforte
sense_list:
A compound wood board consisting of nearly square strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood.


lexentry: eng/blockbuster__Noun__1
written_rep: blockbuster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: successo commerciale
sense_list:
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.


lexentry: eng/blockchain__Noun__1
written_rep: blockchain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blockchain | catena di blocchi
sense_list:
A shared record of past transactions in a distributed network, typically used for cryptocurrency. [from 2010s]


lexentry: eng/blog__Noun__1
written_rep: blog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blog | diario in rete
sense_list:
(Internet) A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)


lexentry: eng/blogosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: blogosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blogosfera
sense_list:
(Internet) The totality of blogs, especially the unique jargon, cultures and shared interests created by their interconnection. [1999]


lexentry: eng/bloke__Noun__1
written_rep: bloke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zio
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street. [From 1847]


lexentry: eng/blood__Noun__1
written_rep: blood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sangue
sense_list:
A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow. | A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation. | (medicine, informal, countable) A blood test or blood sample.


lexentry: eng/blood_and_soil__Noun__1
written_rep: blood and soil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sangue e suolo
sense_list:
A nationalist, often fascist, ideology that sees genetic heritage (blood) and geographic territory (soil) as the most important values of a nation, typically associated with the idealisation of racial “purity”, reproductive fertility, agriculture and belligerence; examples include Nazism (cf. the concept of Lebensraum) and white nationalism in the United States.


lexentry: eng/blood_brother__Noun__1
written_rep: blood brother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fratello di sangue
sense_list:
An unrelated male considered to share a brother-like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures.


lexentry: eng/blood_cell__Noun__1
written_rep: blood cell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: globulo
sense_list:
(hematology, cytology) Any of the cells normally found in blood, namely erythrocytes and leukocytes, sometimes including the platelets.


lexentry: eng/blood_clot__Noun__1
written_rep: blood clot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trombosi
sense_list:
(hematology, pathology) A clot formed from platelets and other elements; that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.


lexentry: eng/blood_eagle__Noun__1
written_rep: blood eagle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aquila di sangue
sense_list:
A method of Viking ritual execution, in which the ribs are opened from the back, and the lungs pulled out and arranged to resemble wings.


lexentry: eng/blood_is_thicker_than_water__Proverb__1
written_rep: blood is thicker than water
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: il sangue non è acqua
sense_list:
(family, idiomatic) Family relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.


lexentry: eng/blood_libel__Noun__1
written_rep: blood libel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accusa del sangue
sense_list:
(conspiracy) The false, anti-Semitic accusation that Jews abduct and murder non-Jewish children to use their blood for their religious rituals and holidays.


lexentry: eng/blood_poisoning__Noun__1
written_rep: blood poisoning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sepsi
sense_list:
(pathology) The presence in the bloodstream of microorganisms or their toxins in a sufficient quantity to cause serious illness; sepsis or septicemia.


lexentry: eng/blood_pressure__Noun__1
written_rep: blood pressure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pressione del sangue | pressione sanguigna | pressione
sense_list:
The pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins; it varies during the heartbeat cycle, and according to a person's age, health and physical condition.


lexentry: eng/blood_sugar__Noun__1
written_rep: blood sugar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: glicemia
sense_list:
(medicine, physiology) Glucose in the blood. | (medicine, physiology) The amount of glucose in a person's blood.


lexentry: eng/blood_test__Noun__1
written_rep: blood test
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esame del sangue
sense_list:
(medicine, hematology) A laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or by fingerprick.


lexentry: eng/blood_transfusion__Noun__1
written_rep: blood transfusion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trasfusione | trasfusione di sangue
sense_list:
(medicine) The act or process of transferring blood products into a person's circulation intravenously; an instance of it. | (figurative, uncommon) A refreshing or reinvigoration of something.


lexentry: eng/blood_type__Noun__1
written_rep: blood type
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gruppo sanguigno
sense_list:
Any classification of human blood by the presence or absence of various antigens in a person’s red blood cells. | One of eight possible classifications within the ABO and Rh blood group systems, commonly used to determine a person's compatibility for blood transfusion.


lexentry: eng/blood_vessel__Noun__1
written_rep: blood vessel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vaso sanguigno
sense_list:
(anatomy) A component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood.


lexentry: eng/bloodhound__Noun__1
written_rep: bloodhound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: segugio
sense_list:
A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners. | (figurative, informal) A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues.


lexentry: eng/bloodletting__Noun__1
written_rep: bloodletting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salasso
sense_list:
(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.


lexentry: eng/bloodlust__Noun__1
written_rep: bloodlust
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sete di sangue
sense_list:
A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture.


lexentry: eng/bloodroot__Noun__1
written_rep: bloodroot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinquefoglia tormetilla
sense_list:
A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring.


lexentry: eng/bloody_dock__Noun__1
written_rep: bloody dock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: romice rosso | romice sanguineo
sense_list:
A herb named for its characteristic red or purple veins, used in moderate amounts in salads and as ornamental vegetable, Rumex sanguineus.


lexentry: eng/bloody_mary__Noun__1
written_rep: bloody mary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bloody mary
sense_list:
A cocktail made from vodka, tomato juice, and usually other spices or flavorings, such as Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, beef consommé or bouillon, horseradish, celery or celery salt, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice.


lexentry: eng/bloom__Noun__1
written_rep: bloom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fioritura
sense_list:
(uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.


lexentry: eng/bloom__Noun__1
written_rep: bloom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: pruina
sense_list:
The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.


lexentry: eng/blooming__Adjective__1
written_rep: blooming
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiorente
sense_list:
Opening in blossoms; flowering. | Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.


lexentry: eng/blooper__Noun__1
written_rep: blooper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: papera | strafalcione
sense_list:
(film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident and/or mistake.


lexentry: eng/blossom__Noun__1
written_rep: blossom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bocciolo
sense_list:
A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.


lexentry: eng/blouse__Noun__1
written_rep: blouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: camicetta | blusa | camicia
sense_list:
(fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.


lexentry: eng/blow__Verb__1
written_rep: blow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: soffiare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To produce an air current. | (transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth. | (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current. | (transitive) To create or shape by blowing. | (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing (as a musical instrument). | (intransitive) To make a sound as a result of being blown. | (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To fail at; to mess up; to make a mistake in.


lexentry: eng/blow_off_steam__Verb__1
written_rep: blow off steam
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfogarsi
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To vent; to talk or take action (especially in a ranting or unrestrained way) so as to relieve stress. | (idiomatic) To do something to get rid of excess energy or worry, especially exercise or diversion.


lexentry: eng/blow_one's_nose__Verb__1
written_rep: blow one's nose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: soffiarsi il naso | soffiarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive) To expel mucus or other matter from one's nasal passages, via one's nostril, by force of lung power.


lexentry: eng/blow_out__Verb__1
written_rep: blow out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: crepare
sense_list:
(transitive) To destroy or degrade (something) quickly, especially inadvertently and prematurely; for example, to deflate (a tire) by puncturing it, to burn out a light bulb by overcurrent, or to injure a bodily joint.


lexentry: eng/blow_out_of_proportion__Verb__1
written_rep: blow out of proportion
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ingigantire
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.


lexentry: eng/blow_up__Verb__1
written_rep: blow up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: gonfiare
sense_list:
(transitive, dated) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up. | (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to gather; to form.


lexentry: eng/blowfish__Noun__1
written_rep: blowfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesce palla
sense_list:
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.


lexentry: eng/blowhard__Noun__1
written_rep: blowhard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fanfarona | fanfarone | sbruffona | sbruffone
sense_list:
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner. [from c. 1840]


lexentry: eng/blowhole__Noun__1
written_rep: blowhole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfiatatoio
sense_list:
(marine biology) The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe. | (geology) A vent for the escape of steam or other gas.


lexentry: eng/blowtorch__Noun__1
written_rep: blowtorch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lampada per saldare
sense_list:
A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.


lexentry: eng/blubber__Noun__1
written_rep: blubber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adipe
sense_list:
(uncountable, informal, chiefly, derogatory, and, offensive) A person's fat tissue, usually when regarded as excessive and unsightly.


lexentry: eng/blubber__Noun__1
written_rep: blubber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pannicolo
sense_list:
(uncountable) A fatty layer of adipose tissue found in other animals which keeps them warm, especially Arctic animals such as sea lions and Antarctic animals such as penguins.


lexentry: eng/blue-eyed_boy__Noun__1
written_rep: blue-eyed boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beniamino
sense_list:
(idiomatic, informal, usually, derogatory) The favorite, especially a young one, especially of someone in power; a fair-haired boy (US), (Australian).


lexentry: eng/blue-green_alga__Noun__1
written_rep: blue-green alga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cianobatterio
sense_list:
Any member of the taxonomic class or phylum Cyanobacteria; a primitive photosynthetic organism similar to bacteria which is thought to have generated the first oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/blue-sky_thinking__Noun__1
written_rep: blue-sky thinking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fantasticheria
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A form of thinking that is not grounded or in touch with the realities of the present, and can thus benefit from creative imagination.


lexentry: eng/blue__Noun__1
written_rep: blue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: blu | azzurro
sense_list:
Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour. | A blue dye or pigment.


lexentry: eng/blue_bonnet__Noun__1
written_rep: blue bonnet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fiordaliso
sense_list:
Any of several blue flowering plants, especially cornflower, Centaurea cyanus, and plants of the genus Scabiosa. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/blue_catfish__Noun__1
written_rep: blue catfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesce gatto azzurro
sense_list:
A very large freshwater catfish native from central North America south to Central America, of the species Ictalurus furcatus.


lexentry: eng/blue_gum__Noun__1
written_rep: blue gum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: febbraio
sense_list:
Any of various eucalyptus trees having blueish leaves, especially Eucalyptus globulus. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/blue_hour__Noun__1
written_rep: blue hour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ora blu
sense_list:
The period of twilight when the Sun is approximately 4-8° below the horizon and the sky is within a range of blue colors.


lexentry: eng/blue_jay__Noun__1
written_rep: blue jay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ghiandaia azzurra americana | ghiandaia azzurra
sense_list:
Any of species Cyanocitta cristata of North American jays with blue feathering from the top of its head to midway down its back.


lexentry: eng/blue_mussel__Noun__1
written_rep: blue mussel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cozza | mitilo | muscolo | peocio
sense_list:
A medium-sized edible mussel, Mytilus edulis, found on the North Atlantic coast of North America, Europe, and in other temperate and polar waters around the world.


lexentry: eng/blue_rock_thrush__Noun__1
written_rep: blue rock thrush
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passera solitaria
sense_list:
Monticola solitarius, a thrush-like flycatcher found in southern Europe, northern Africa and parts of Asia


lexentry: eng/blue_screen_of_death__Noun__1
written_rep: blue screen of death
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schermo blu della morte
sense_list:
(computing, informal) An error screen displayed by some operating systems, especially Microsoft Windows, after encountering an unrecoverable error which causes the system to shut down.


lexentry: eng/blue_tit__Noun__1
written_rep: blue tit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinciarella
sense_list:
A bird of species Cyanistes caeruleus of tits in family Paridae, with an azure blue crown and dark blue line passing through the eye and encircling the white cheeks to the chin.


lexentry: eng/blue_wildebeest__Noun__1
written_rep: blue wildebeest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gnu striato | gnu azzurro
sense_list:
A large ungulate mammal of the bovid family and one of two species of wildebeest, (Connochaetes taurinus)


lexentry: eng/blueberry__Noun__1
written_rep: blueberry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mirtillo
sense_list:
(countable) An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening. | (countable) The shrub of the above-mentioned berry. | (countable, and, uncountable) A dark blue colour.


lexentry: eng/bluebird__Noun__1
written_rep: bluebird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sialia
sense_list:
Any of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.


lexentry: eng/bluegrass__Noun__2
written_rep: bluegrass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bluegrass
sense_list:
(music, uncountable) A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm.


lexentry: eng/blueprint__Noun__1
written_rep: blueprint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: progetto
sense_list:
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).


lexentry: eng/blues__Noun__2
written_rep: blues
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: blues
sense_list:
(music genre) A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale. | (music, in the singular) A musical composition following blues forms.


lexentry: eng/blueshift__Noun__1
written_rep: blueshift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spostamento verso il blu
sense_list:
(physics, :, astronomy, relativity) A decrease in the wavelength of a photon or of light, corresponding to a higher frequency and a shift toward the blue end of the electromagnetic spectrum.


lexentry: eng/blueshift__Verb__1
written_rep: blueshift
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spostare verso il blu
sense_list:
(physics, :, astronomy, relativity) (ergative) (said of light or a photon) To shift toward the blue end of the electromagnetic spectrum; to change to a shorter wavelength and a higher frequency.


lexentry: eng/bluethroat__Noun__1
written_rep: bluethroat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pettazzurro
sense_list:
A small Old World passerine bird, of species Luscinia svecica, the male in spring having a bright blue throat.


lexentry: eng/bluetongue__Noun__1
written_rep: bluetongue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lingua blu
sense_list:
(uncountable) A disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/bluff__Noun__1
written_rep: bluff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bluff
sense_list:
(countable, or, uncountable) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.


lexentry: eng/bluff__Noun__2
written_rep: bluff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scogliera
sense_list:
A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.


lexentry: eng/bluff__Verb__1
written_rep: bluff
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bluffare | bleffare
sense_list:
(poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one’s hand is stronger than it is. | (Manglish, Singlish) To give false information intentionally, to lie (to someone), to deceive; to put on an act.


lexentry: eng/bluff__Verb__1
written_rep: bluff
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bluffare
sense_list:
(by analogy) To frighten, deter, or deceive with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate or gain some advantage.


lexentry: eng/blunderbuss__Noun__1
written_rep: blunderbuss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spingarda | trombone
sense_list:
An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.


lexentry: eng/blurt__Verb__1
written_rep: blurt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: blaterare
sense_list:
To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.


lexentry: eng/blush__Verb__1
written_rep: blush
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arrossire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.


lexentry: eng/boa__Noun__1
written_rep: boa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boa
sense_list:
Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico. | A type of long scarf; typically made from synthetic or real feathers (or occasionally fur), and usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck.


lexentry: eng/board__Noun__1
written_rep: board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: asse | tavola
sense_list:
A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.


lexentry: eng/board__Noun__1
written_rep: board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: quadro
sense_list:
A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.


lexentry: eng/board__Noun__1
written_rep: board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: lavagna
sense_list:
Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.


lexentry: eng/board__Verb__1
written_rep: board
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: abbordare
sense_list:
(transitive, nautical) To (at least attempt to) capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party.


lexentry: eng/board_game__Noun__1
written_rep: board game
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gioco da tavolo
sense_list:
Any of many games of strategy or chance played on a specially designed board; often involves one or more players moving pieces and using dice or cards.


lexentry: eng/board_of_directors__Noun__1
written_rep: board of directors
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consiglio d'amministrazione
sense_list:
A group of people elected by stockholders to establish corporate policies and make management decisions.


lexentry: eng/board_up__Verb__1
written_rep: board up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbattere
sense_list:
(transitive) To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.


lexentry: eng/boarding_party__Noun__1
written_rep: boarding party
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gruppo d'assalto
sense_list:
(nautical) The group of sailors who were selected to board an enemy ship and, when in control, to make such repairs to rigging and sail that the ship could be taken to port as a prize


lexentry: eng/boarding_pass__Noun__1
written_rep: boarding pass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carta d'imbarco
sense_list:
A document or card, similar to a ticket, needed in order to board an airplane or other mode of transport.


lexentry: eng/boarding_school__Noun__1
written_rep: boarding school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: internato | collegio | convitto
sense_list:
A school which provides board and lodging as well as tuition, with students going home during the weekends or between terms.


lexentry: eng/boardwalk__Noun__1
written_rep: boardwalk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passeggiata
sense_list:
A slightly elevated path (walkway) for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.


lexentry: eng/boast__Verb__1
written_rep: boast
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: vantare | vantarsi
sense_list:
(transitive) (used with "about" or "of") To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.


lexentry: eng/boat__Noun__1
written_rep: boat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barca | battello | nave | lancia | natante | schifo
sense_list:
A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.


lexentry: eng/boathook__Noun__1
written_rep: boathook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gaffa | mezzomarinaro | alighiero
sense_list:
A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.


lexentry: eng/boatswain's_chair__Noun__1
written_rep: boatswain's chair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bansigo
sense_list:
(nautical) A short board or other seating, secured in a bridle of ropes, used to hoist a man aloft or over the ship’s side for painting and similar work.


lexentry: eng/boatswain__Noun__1
written_rep: boatswain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nostromo
sense_list:
(nautical) The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.


lexentry: eng/bob__Verb__1
written_rep: bob
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dondolare | ondeggiare | spuntare fuori | traballare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.


lexentry: eng/bob_haircut__Noun__1
written_rep: bob haircut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caschetto
sense_list:
A women's haircut in which both the bangs and back are cut in a straight line, with the back generally off the neck.


lexentry: eng/bobolink__Noun__1
written_rep: bobolink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: doliconice
sense_list:
An American migratory songbird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch.


lexentry: eng/bocal__Noun__1
written_rep: bocal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barattolo
sense_list:
A curved, tapered metal tube which connects the reed of several double reed woodwind instruments (such as the cor anglais, bassoon, and contrabassoon) to the rest of the instrument.


lexentry: eng/bocce__Noun__1
written_rep: bocce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bocce
sense_list:
(sports, uncountable) A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court


lexentry: eng/bodice__Noun__1
written_rep: bodice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corpino
sense_list:
A sleeveless shirt for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves. | The upper portion of a women's one-piece dress, equivalent to a shirt.


lexentry: eng/bodice__Noun__1
written_rep: bodice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: corpetto
sense_list:
Blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piece dress or European folk costume. | Underbodice: an undershirt for women, (archaic) particularly a corset or other undershirt stiffened with whalebone.


lexentry: eng/bodice_ripper__Noun__1
written_rep: bodice ripper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: racconto erotico
sense_list:
(informal) A romantic novel, usually in a historical setting, with frank depictions of sexual activity, especially one in which the female protagonist is seduced; (by extension) a film, television programme, etc., featuring such activity.


lexentry: eng/bodily_fluid__Noun__1
written_rep: bodily fluid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: umore
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any liquid portion of the body, such as blood, urine, semen, saliva, especially when expelled.


lexentry: eng/body__Noun__1
written_rep: body
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corpo
sense_list:
(countable) The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. [from 9th c.] | The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul. [from 13th c.] | A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass. [from 16th c.] | A unified collection of details, knowledge or information. [from 17th c.] | (countable) Any physical object or material thing. [from 14th c.] | (uncountable) Substance; physical presence. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/body__Noun__1
written_rep: body
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: carrozzeria | scafo
sense_list:
The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/body_art__Noun__1
written_rep: body art
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: body art
sense_list:
A type of performance art in which artists use or abuse their own body to make particular statements.


lexentry: eng/body_hair__Noun__1
written_rep: body hair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pelo
sense_list:
(anatomy) Hair of the body; in particular, androgenic hair, to the exclusion of facial hair and the hair atop one's head.


lexentry: eng/body_language__Noun__1
written_rep: body language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linguaggio del corpo
sense_list:
Nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like; often thought to be involuntary. | Deliberate, usually culturally influenced, nonverbal communication using the body through facial expressions, gestures, dance, mime, etc.


lexentry: eng/body_louse__Noun__1
written_rep: body louse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amico per la pelle | piattola
sense_list:
A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus humanus (syn. Pediculus humanus corporis), that infests the body and clothes of humans and feeds on blood.


lexentry: eng/body_mass_index__Noun__1
written_rep: body mass index
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: IMC
sense_list:
A statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height, used to estimate if a person is underweight or overweight. BMI units are defined as \mathrm{kg}/\mathrm{m}^2 ≈ \mathrm{703*lb}/\mathrm{in}^2.


lexentry: eng/body_of_water__Noun__1
written_rep: body of water
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corpo d'acqua | specchio d'acqua
sense_list:
Any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as an ocean, a river, lake or a bay.


lexentry: eng/body_piercing__Noun__1
written_rep: body piercing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piercing
sense_list:
(uncountable) The practice of making an opening in part of the flesh and attaching rings, small barbells or varios other decoration through it. | (countable) An opening made in the flesh through the above practice.


lexentry: eng/body_snatcher__Noun__1
written_rep: body snatcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ultracorpo
sense_list:
One who abducts or controls another's body, such as a slaver, psychic, or human resources agent. | (historical) One who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, etc., especially by exhuming corpses from graves, a resurrection man.


lexentry: eng/body_temperature__Noun__1
written_rep: body temperature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: temperatura corporea
sense_list:
The current temperature of the body of a person or animal, especially when used as a simple guide to health.


lexentry: eng/bodybuilder__Noun__1
written_rep: bodybuilder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: culturista
sense_list:
(bodybuilding) A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.


lexentry: eng/bodyweight__Adjective__1
written_rep: bodyweight
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a corpo libero
sense_list:
Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.


lexentry: eng/boffin__Noun__1
written_rep: boffin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scienziato
sense_list:
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, informal) An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research. [from 1930s]


lexentry: eng/bog__Noun__1
written_rep: bog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: torbiera | palude
sense_list:
(wetland science, specifically) An acidic, chiefly rain-fed (ombrotrophic), peat-forming wetland. (Contrast an alkaline fen, and swamps and marshes.)


lexentry: eng/bog_bilberry__Noun__1
written_rep: bog bilberry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mirtillo uliginoso
sense_list:
A shrub native of the cool temperate areas of northern hemisphere, Vaccinium uliginosum, and the berry of that shrub.


lexentry: eng/bogan__Noun__1
written_rep: bogan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gentaglia
sense_list:
(Australia, NZ, slang, derogatory stereotype) An unsophisticated person from a working class background.


lexentry: eng/bogart__Verb__1
written_rep: bogart
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accaparrare
sense_list:
(slang) To selfishly take or keep something; to hog; especially to hold a joint (marijuana) dangling between the lips instead of passing it on.


lexentry: eng/bogey__Noun__1
written_rep: bogey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fantasma
sense_list:
A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature. | (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.


lexentry: eng/bogie__Noun__1
written_rep: bogie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: carrello
sense_list:
(by extension, rail transport, also, attributively) One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle.


lexentry: eng/boil_down__Verb__1
written_rep: boil down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: condensare | ridurre | semplificare
sense_list:
(transitive) To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).


lexentry: eng/boiler__Noun__1
written_rep: boiler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: caldaia | bollitore | scaldabagno | boiler
sense_list:
A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.


lexentry: eng/boilerplate__Noun__1
written_rep: boilerplate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: banalità
sense_list:
(computing) A standard piece of program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor.


lexentry: eng/boiling__Noun__1
written_rep: boiling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ebollizione
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.


lexentry: eng/boiling_point__Noun__1
written_rep: boiling point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punto di ebollizione
sense_list:
(physical chemistry, physics) The temperature at which a liquid boils, with the vapor pressure equal to the given external pressure.


lexentry: eng/bok_choy__Noun__1
written_rep: bok choy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavolo cinese | pe-tsai
sense_list:
Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, an East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage.


lexentry: eng/bokeh__Noun__1
written_rep: bokeh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bokeh
sense_list:
(photography) A subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image projected by a camera lens.


lexentry: eng/boldface__Noun__1
written_rep: boldface
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grassetto
sense_list:
(typography) A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.


lexentry: eng/bolete__Noun__1
written_rep: bolete
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boleto
sense_list:
A type of fruiting body produced by certain fungus species in the order Boletales, especially those of genus Boletus, many of which are prized for their flavour; any species of said order that produces such a fruiting body.


lexentry: eng/boll_weevil__Noun__1
written_rep: boll weevil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: antonomo
sense_list:
A beetle (Anthonomus grandis) measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, native to Central America.


lexentry: eng/bollard__Noun__1
written_rep: bollard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bitta | colonnina | galloccia | paracarro | pilastro | spartitraffico
sense_list:
A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.


lexentry: eng/bollocks__Verb__1
written_rep: bollocks
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: incasinare
sense_list:
(transitive, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, vulgar, slang) (also bollocks up) To fail (a task); to make a mess of.


lexentry: eng/bolt__Noun__1
written_rep: bolt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: chiavistello | bullone
sense_list:
A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.


lexentry: eng/bolt__Noun__1
written_rep: bolt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: otturatore
sense_list:
(military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.


lexentry: eng/bolt__Verb__1
written_rep: bolt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: sprangare
sense_list:
(US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.


lexentry: eng/bolt_bucket__Noun__1
written_rep: bolt bucket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scarcassone
sense_list:
(idiomatic, slang) A machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.


lexentry: eng/bolthole__Noun__1
written_rep: bolthole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: addiaccio
sense_list:
A hole in an animal’s den, or through a wall or fence, used for escape or emergency exit, i.e., a hole the animal may bolt through.


lexentry: eng/bolthole__Noun__1
written_rep: bolthole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: havre
sense_list:
(figurative) A second home, etc., where one can seek an escape or refuge from the stresses of everyday life.


lexentry: eng/bomb_crater__Noun__1
written_rep: bomb crater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cratere di bomba
sense_list:
A hole in the ground created by the explosion of a large bomb, usually one dropped by a bomber (aircraft).


lexentry: eng/bombardier_beetle__Noun__1
written_rep: bombardier beetle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bombardiere
sense_list:
A beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from a number of subfamilies: Carabinae (e.g., Brachinus crepitans), Metriinae (e.g., Stenaptinus insignis) and Paussinae (e.g., Goniotropis nicaraguensis).


lexentry: eng/bombastic__Adjective__1
written_rep: bombastic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pomposo | ampolloso | magniloquente
sense_list:
(of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous


lexentry: eng/bombe__Noun__1
written_rep: bombe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bomba
sense_list:
A dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or hemispherical) mold. | (computing) An electromechanical device used in early cryptanalysis.


lexentry: eng/bombshell__Noun__1
written_rep: bombshell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bomba | granata
sense_list:
(historical) Any grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode.


lexentry: eng/bond__Noun__1
written_rep: bond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laccio | legaccio | stringa
sense_list:
(legal) A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds. | (often, in the plural) A physical connection which binds, a band.


lexentry: eng/bond__Noun__1
written_rep: bond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: vincolo | cemento | collante | legame
sense_list:
An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.


lexentry: eng/bondage__Noun__1
written_rep: bondage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bondage
sense_list:
(sex) The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling.


lexentry: eng/bondsman__Noun__1
written_rep: bondsman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: avallo
sense_list:
Someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations.


lexentry: eng/bone-eating_snot_flower_worm__Noun__1
written_rep: bone-eating snot flower worm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verme
sense_list:
A worm-like creature, Osedax mucofloris, that feeds on the carcasses of minke whales in the North Sea.


lexentry: eng/bone__Noun__1
written_rep: bone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: osso
sense_list:
(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. | (countable) Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of this material. | (American football, informal) The wishbone formation.


lexentry: eng/bone_density__Noun__1
written_rep: bone density
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: densità minerale ossea
sense_list:
(medicine) A measure of the amount of mineral in bones, used to estimate the risk of osteoporosis or fractures owing to bone loss.


lexentry: eng/bone_marrow__Noun__1
written_rep: bone marrow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: midollo osseo | midollo
sense_list:
(anatomy) The fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones, being the place where new blood cells are produced.


lexentry: eng/bone_of_contention__Noun__1
written_rep: bone of contention
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pomo della discordia
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Something that continues to be disputed; something on which no agreement can be reached.


lexentry: eng/boned__Adjective__1
written_rep: boned
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fottuto
sense_list:
(slang) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.


lexentry: eng/boneseeker__Noun__1
written_rep: boneseeker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radioisotopo
sense_list:
(physiology, radiology) Any element, especially a radioisotope, that has a tendency to accumulate in bones.


lexentry: eng/bonfire__Noun__1
written_rep: bonfire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: falò | rogo
sense_list:
A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally (historical) , heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.


lexentry: eng/bong__Noun__2
written_rep: bong
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bong
sense_list:
A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances, especially cannabis.


lexentry: eng/bonhomie__Noun__1
written_rep: bonhomie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bonomia
sense_list:
(uncountable) A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.


lexentry: eng/bonito__Noun__1
written_rep: bonito
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palamita
sense_list:
Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda that are related to and resemble the tuna, but smaller. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/bonnet__Noun__1
written_rep: bonnet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: cofano
sense_list:
(Australia, British, NZ, South Africa, Commonwealth, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.


lexentry: eng/bonus__Noun__1
written_rep: bonus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bonus | extra
sense_list:
Something extra that is good; an added benefit. | An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.


lexentry: eng/boo-boo__Noun__1
written_rep: boo-boo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bua
sense_list:
(countable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.


lexentry: eng/boo__Interjection__1
written_rep: boo
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bu
sense_list:
A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from the target, and then appears unexpectedly. | An exclamation used by a member of an audience, as at a stage play or sporting event, to indicate derision or disapproval.


lexentry: eng/booby__Noun__1
written_rep: booby
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sula
sense_list:
Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.


lexentry: eng/book__Noun__1
written_rep: book
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: libro
sense_list:
A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. | A major division of a long work. | (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).


lexentry: eng/book__Noun__1
written_rep: book
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: blocchetto | libro
sense_list:
A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.


lexentry: eng/book__Verb__1
written_rep: book
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ammonire
sense_list:
(law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action. | (sports) To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.


lexentry: eng/book_of_hours__Noun__1
written_rep: book of hours
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: breviario
sense_list:
(Christianity, chiefly, _, historical) An illuminated Catholic devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages.


lexentry: eng/bookend__Noun__1
written_rep: bookend
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reggilibro
sense_list:
A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.


lexentry: eng/bookkeeping__Noun__1
written_rep: bookkeeping
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contabilità
sense_list:
(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.


lexentry: eng/bookmaker__Noun__1
written_rep: bookmaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: allibratore | bookmaker
sense_list:
(gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.


lexentry: eng/bookmark__Noun__1
written_rep: bookmark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: segnalibro
sense_list:
A strip of material used to mark a place in a book. | (computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.


lexentry: eng/bookmobile__Noun__1
written_rep: bookmobile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bibliobus
sense_list:
A mobile library; especially, a large van designed to transport a portion of some library's collection.


lexentry: eng/bookplate__Noun__1
written_rep: bookplate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ex libris
sense_list:
A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft.


lexentry: eng/boom__Noun__2
written_rep: boom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boma
sense_list:
(sailing) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.


lexentry: eng/boom_barrier__Noun__1
written_rep: boom barrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barriera
sense_list:
A bar or pole that can be lowered to block vehicular access through a controlled location, or raised to allow traffic to pass.


lexentry: eng/boom_vang__Noun__1
written_rep: boom vang
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vang
sense_list:
(nautical) A line or piston system on a sailboat used to exert downward force on the boom and thus control the shape of the sail; a martingale.


lexentry: eng/boomerang__Noun__1
written_rep: boomerang
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boomerang | bumerang
sense_list:
A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training.


lexentry: eng/boon__Noun__1
written_rep: boon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: regalo
sense_list:
(Hindu mythology) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.


lexentry: eng/boost__Verb__1
written_rep: boost
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: incrementare | potenziare | rafforzare
sense_list:
(transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.


lexentry: eng/boot__Noun__1
written_rep: boot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: guaina
sense_list:
(construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.


lexentry: eng/boot__Verb__3
written_rep: boot
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: avviare | caricare
sense_list:
(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.


lexentry: eng/booted_eagle__Noun__1
written_rep: booted eagle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aquila minore
sense_list:
Hieraaetus pennatus, a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey with a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia.


lexentry: eng/booth__Noun__1
written_rep: booth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cabina
sense_list:
A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.


lexentry: eng/bootstrap__Noun__1
written_rep: bootstrap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linguetta | tirante
sense_list:
A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.


lexentry: eng/bootstrap__Noun__1
written_rep: bootstrap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: caricamento
sense_list:
(computing) The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.


lexentry: eng/bora__Noun__2
written_rep: bora
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bora
sense_list:
A cold, often dry, northeasterly wind which blows, sometimes in violent gusts, down from mountains on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It also applies to cold, squally, downslope winds in other parts of the world.


lexentry: eng/borage__Noun__1
written_rep: borage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: borragine | borraggine
sense_list:
Borago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves and stems, used in salads and cooked.


lexentry: eng/borax__Noun__1
written_rep: borax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: borace
sense_list:
A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.


lexentry: eng/border_control__Noun__1
written_rep: border control
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: controllo di frontiera
sense_list:
Measures taken by a state or a bloc of states to monitor its borders and regulate the movement of people, animals, and goods across the border.


lexentry: eng/bore__Noun__1
written_rep: bore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: calibro
sense_list:
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.


lexentry: eng/bore__Verb__1
written_rep: bore
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: alesare | scavare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.


lexentry: eng/boric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: boric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido borico
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) H3BO3; B(OH)3; a white crystalline solid, soluble in hot water to form a weak acid. Used as a mild antiseptic, flame retardant, insecticide, and in the manufacture of borax and other borate salts.


lexentry: eng/boron__Noun__1
written_rep: boron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boro
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder.


lexentry: eng/borrow__Verb__1
written_rep: borrow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: importare | prendere in prestito
sense_list:
(arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.


lexentry: eng/borscht__Noun__1
written_rep: borscht
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boršč
sense_list:
A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.


lexentry: eng/bosom__Noun__1
written_rep: bosom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: intimità | seno
sense_list:
The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace. [from 15thc.]


lexentry: eng/boson__Noun__1
written_rep: boson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bosone
sense_list:
(particle) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.


lexentry: eng/boss__Noun__1
written_rep: boss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: boss
sense_list:
(video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.


lexentry: eng/boss__Noun__2
written_rep: boss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: umbone
sense_list:
A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.


lexentry: eng/boss__Verb__1
written_rep: boss
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comandare
sense_list:
(transitive) To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.


lexentry: eng/boss_around__Verb__1
written_rep: boss around
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comandare a bacchetta
sense_list:
(transitive) To act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.


lexentry: eng/bossa_nova__Noun__1
written_rep: bossa nova
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bossa nova
sense_list:
A genre of music originating from Brazil, similar to a fusion of jazz and samba music, no longer closely associated with the Brazilian dance. | The music of that dance.


lexentry: eng/bossage__Noun__1
written_rep: bossage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bugnato
sense_list:
(architecture) A rough, unfinished stone block, which is left projecting from the wall of a building to be later sculpted.


lexentry: eng/bot__Noun__3
written_rep: bot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bot
sense_list:
(computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.


lexentry: eng/bota_bag__Noun__1
written_rep: bota bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stivale
sense_list:
A traditional Greek or Spanish wineskin bag. Typically it is made of leather, and is used to carry wine, although any liquid can be carried.


lexentry: eng/botanical_garden__Noun__1
written_rep: botanical garden
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giardino botanico | orto botanico
sense_list:
A place where a variety of plants are grown, primarily for scientific or educational reasons, but are normally open to the public, and include ornamental plants from around the world.


lexentry: eng/botch__Noun__1
written_rep: botch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pastrocchio | guazzabuglio | pasticcio
sense_list:
An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.


lexentry: eng/botch__Verb__1
written_rep: botch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abborracciare | raffazzonare | rovinare | malfare | pasticciare
sense_list:
(transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something


lexentry: eng/botfly__Noun__1
written_rep: botfly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estro
sense_list:
One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.


lexentry: eng/bottle_episode__Noun__1
written_rep: bottle episode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: episodio bottiglia
sense_list:
(originally, US, television) An episode of a television series designed to be inexpensive and restricted in its use of sets, effects, cast members, etc.


lexentry: eng/bottle_out__Verb__1
written_rep: bottle out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sgonfiare
sense_list:
(UK, informal) To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage or nerve; to run away or back down from a contest or challenge.


lexentry: eng/bottled_water__Noun__1
written_rep: bottled water
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acqua in bottiglia
sense_list:
Drinking water sold by bottle, either natural or processed by e.g. filtering, carbonation or mineralization.


lexentry: eng/bottleneck__Noun__1
written_rep: bottleneck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: collo di bottiglia | imbuto | strettoia | strozzatura
sense_list:
(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay. | (by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.


lexentry: eng/bottlenose_dolphin__Noun__1
written_rep: bottlenose dolphin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tursiope
sense_list:
One of the species of gray dolphin in the genus Tursiops, between 2 and 4 meters in length inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide.


lexentry: eng/bottom_line__Noun__1
written_rep: bottom line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: saldo
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, business) The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.


lexentry: eng/bottomless_pit__Noun__1
written_rep: bottomless pit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: pozzo senza fondo
sense_list:
(figuratively) A person with an apparently boundless appetite; an entity or problem which consumes seemingly endless resources.


lexentry: eng/botulin__Noun__1
written_rep: botulin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: botulino
sense_list:
An extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of botulism.


lexentry: eng/botulism__Noun__1
written_rep: botulism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: botulismo
sense_list:
(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.


lexentry: eng/bougainvillea__Noun__1
written_rep: bougainvillea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buganvillea
sense_list:
Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.


lexentry: eng/bouillon_cube__Noun__1
written_rep: bouillon cube
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dado
sense_list:
(Canada, US) A small cube, consisting of dry ingredients, that can be dissolved to make a broth or soup stock.


lexentry: eng/bounce__Noun__1
written_rep: bounce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rimbalzo
sense_list:
A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle. | A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.


lexentry: eng/bouncer__Noun__1
written_rep: bouncer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buttafuori
sense_list:
(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble.


lexentry: eng/bouncing_castle__Noun__1
written_rep: bouncing castle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: castello gonfiabile
sense_list:
A large inflatable structure, resembling a castle etc., on which children jump and play as on a trampoline.


lexentry: eng/bound__Noun__1
written_rep: bound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frontiera | confine
sense_list:
(often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.


lexentry: eng/bound__Verb__3
written_rep: bound
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: balzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause to leap. | (transitive, dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.


lexentry: eng/bound_variable__Noun__1
written_rep: bound variable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: variabile apparente
sense_list:
(programming) A variable that is associated with a value, and therefore a variable that has an allocated storage location. If the programming language implements a representation of a canonical unknown value, infinity, etc., the value bound to the variable may be one of these.


lexentry: eng/boundary_condition__Noun__1
written_rep: boundary condition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: condizione al contorno
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) either one of the conditions that the wave function must be continuous and that its derivative must be as well, except in the case of infinite potential


lexentry: eng/bounty__Noun__1
written_rep: bounty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: compenso | ingaggio | paga | premio | premio di arruolamento | retribuzione
sense_list:
(military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.


lexentry: eng/bourgeois__Adjective__1
written_rep: bourgeois
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: borghese
sense_list:
(Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually, _, pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.


lexentry: eng/boustrophedon__Noun__1
written_rep: boustrophedon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scrittura bustrofedica
sense_list:
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.


lexentry: eng/bovarysm__Noun__1
written_rep: bovarysm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bovarismo
sense_list:
(psychology) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.


lexentry: eng/bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy__Noun__1
written_rep: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: encefalopatia spongiforme bovina
sense_list:
(disease, neurology) A fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues.


lexentry: eng/bow__Noun__1
written_rep: bow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arco | archetto
sense_list:
(archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows. | (musical instrument) A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments. | Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.


lexentry: eng/bow__Noun__2
written_rep: bow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inchino
sense_list:
A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence


lexentry: eng/bow__Verb__1
written_rep: bow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: curvare | curvarsi | incurvare | incurvarsi | piegare | piegarsi
sense_list:
(transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.


lexentry: eng/bow_grip__Noun__1
written_rep: bow grip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passeggino
sense_list:
(musical instruments, lutherie) The small section of a stringed instrument's bow near the heel having grippy material such as goatskin leather or snakeskin wrapped tightly around the bow stick between the lapping and the frog, so as to facilitate it being held and to protect the stick.


lexentry: eng/bow_saw__Noun__1
written_rep: bow saw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sega ad arco
sense_list:
A lightweight metal-framed saw in the shape of a bow with a removable coarse wide blade, used for cutting tree trunks.


lexentry: eng/bow_wave__Noun__1
written_rep: bow wave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: onda di prua
sense_list:
The wave that forms at the bow of a ship as it moves through the water, and defines the outer limits of the ship's wake.


lexentry: eng/bowdlerize__Verb__1
written_rep: bowdlerize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: censurare
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.


lexentry: eng/bower__Noun__1
written_rep: bower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: alburno
sense_list:
A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods. | (ornithology) A large structure made of grass, twigs, etc., and decorated with bright objects, used by male bower birds during courtship displays.


lexentry: eng/bower_bird__Noun__1
written_rep: bower bird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uccello giardiniere
sense_list:
Any bird of the Australasian family Ptilonorhynchidae noted for building display structures (bowers) and decorating them with bright objects such as shells, glass, flowers, etc.


lexentry: eng/bowhead__Noun__1
written_rep: bowhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: balena della Groenlandia
sense_list:
A large baleen whale, of species Balaena mysticetus, having a large, rounded head, that inhabits Arctic waters.


lexentry: eng/bowl__Noun__1
written_rep: bowl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scodella | ciotola | tazza | terrina
sense_list:
A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.


lexentry: eng/bowl__Noun__1
written_rep: bowl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fornello
sense_list:
(cooking) A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.


lexentry: eng/bowl_a_googly__Verb__1
written_rep: bowl a googly
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cogliere di sorpresa
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic, UK, figuratively) to surprise (someone); to introduce (to someone) something unexpected, underhand or requiring a quick reaction or correction.


lexentry: eng/bowl_cut__Noun__1
written_rep: bowl cut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: taglio a scodella
sense_list:
(hairstyling) A haircut where the hair is cut short on the sides and back and allowed to grow long on the top, as though only the hair not covered by an inverted bowl had been removed.


lexentry: eng/bowline__Noun__1
written_rep: bowline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bolina
sense_list:
(nautical) A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.


lexentry: eng/bowling__Noun__1
written_rep: bowling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bowling
sense_list:
A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling


lexentry: eng/bowls__Noun__2
written_rep: bowls
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bocce
sense_list:
A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.


lexentry: eng/bowser__Noun__1
written_rep: bowser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: camion cisterna
sense_list:
A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.


lexentry: eng/bowsprit__Noun__1
written_rep: bowsprit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bompresso
sense_list:
(ship parts) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.


lexentry: eng/bowstring__Noun__1
written_rep: bowstring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corda
sense_list:
The string of an archer's bow. | (historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.


lexentry: eng/box-office_bomb__Noun__1
written_rep: box-office bomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fallimento al botteghino
sense_list:
(informal, film) A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.


lexentry: eng/box__Noun__1
written_rep: box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casella
sense_list:
(fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.


lexentry: eng/box__Noun__1
written_rep: box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casella | cornice | deposito | riquadro
sense_list:
A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.


lexentry: eng/box__Noun__1
written_rep: box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conchiglia | sospensorio
sense_list:
(cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.


lexentry: eng/box__Noun__2
written_rep: box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bosso
sense_list:
Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary. | (Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees.


lexentry: eng/box__Verb__2
written_rep: box
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boxare
sense_list:
(transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch. | (transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.


lexentry: eng/box_plot__Noun__1
written_rep: box plot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diagramma a scatola e baffi
sense_list:
(statistics) A graphical summary of a numerical data sample through five statistics: median, lower quartile, upper quartile, and some indication of more extreme upper and lower values.


lexentry: eng/box_tree__Noun__1
written_rep: box tree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bossolo
sense_list:
(botany) Any of several trees, of the genus Buxus, often used as a hedge, for topiary, and as a source of boxwood


lexentry: eng/box_wine__Noun__1
written_rep: box wine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vino in scatola
sense_list:
(packaging) A type of wine that is sealed in a plastic bladder and packaged in a cardboard box; cask wine.


lexentry: eng/boxer_engine__Noun__1
written_rep: boxer engine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boxer
sense_list:
(automotive) An engine with two horizontally opposed cylinder banks, commonly used in Porsche and Subaru automobiles.


lexentry: eng/boxing__Noun__1
written_rep: boxing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pugilato | boxe
sense_list:
(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.


lexentry: eng/boxing_glove__Noun__1
written_rep: boxing glove
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guanto da boxe | guantone | guantone da boxe
sense_list:
(boxing, clothing) A padded mitten, designed to protect the hand while punching, and worn in boxing.


lexentry: eng/boy__Noun__1
written_rep: boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ragazzo
sense_list:
(informal, sometimes mildly derogatory) A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age). | (obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave. [14th–17th c.] | (informal, especially, with a possessive) A male friend.


lexentry: eng/boy__Noun__1
written_rep: boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: ragazzo | negro
sense_list:
A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/boyar__Noun__1
written_rep: boyar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boiardo
sense_list:
(historical) A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.


lexentry: eng/boyau__Noun__1
written_rep: boyau
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: budello
sense_list:
(military) A small trench or ditch, typically built in a zigzag pattern, serving to connect or provide communication between two trenches, particularly the rear and front lines.


lexentry: eng/boycott__Verb__1
written_rep: boycott
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boicottare
sense_list:
(transitive) To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.


lexentry: eng/brace__Noun__1
written_rep: brace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: bretella
sense_list:
A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell. | (Britain, mostly, in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.


lexentry: eng/brace__Verb__1
written_rep: brace
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: puntellarsi | tenersi forte
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow. | To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.


lexentry: eng/brachialis__Noun__1
written_rep: brachialis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brachiale
sense_list:
(anatomy) A muscle in the upper arm that flexes the elbow joint, in conjunction with the biceps brachii.


lexentry: eng/brachiosaur__Noun__1
written_rep: brachiosaur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brachiosauro
sense_list:
Any of several massive, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Brachiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.


lexentry: eng/brachiosaurus__Noun__1
written_rep: brachiosaurus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brachiosauro
sense_list:
A large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, Brachiosaurus altithorax, which lived during the Jurassic period.


lexentry: eng/brachycephalic__Adjective__1
written_rep: brachycephalic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brachicefalo
sense_list:
(anatomy, of a person or animal) Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right); having a broad skull with a cephalic index over 80.


lexentry: eng/brachycephaly__Noun__1
written_rep: brachycephaly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brachicefalia
sense_list:
(pathology) A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad.


lexentry: eng/brachytherapy__Noun__1
written_rep: brachytherapy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brachiterapia
sense_list:
Radiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume, typically with radiopharmaceuticals as opposed to external-beam sources.


lexentry: eng/bracken__Noun__1
written_rep: bracken
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: felce | felce aquilina
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.


lexentry: eng/bracket__Noun__1
written_rep: bracket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: parentesi
sense_list:
Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.


lexentry: eng/brackish__Adjective__1
written_rep: brackish
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salmastro
sense_list:
(of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.


lexentry: eng/bract__Noun__1
written_rep: bract
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brattea
sense_list:
(botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.


lexentry: eng/bradycardia__Noun__1
written_rep: bradycardia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bradicardia
sense_list:
(medicine, cardiology) The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.


lexentry: eng/bradyseism__Noun__1
written_rep: bradyseism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bradisismo
sense_list:
(vulcanology) A gradual uplift or descent of part of the Earth's surface caused by the filling or emptying of an underground magma chamber and/or hydrothermal activity, particularly in volcanic calderas


lexentry: eng/brag__Verb__1
written_rep: brag
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vantarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive, often with of) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.


lexentry: eng/brahmin__Noun__1
written_rep: brahmin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: bramino
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, especially, New England, capitalized) A member of a social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA.


lexentry: eng/braid__Noun__1
written_rep: braid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: treccia
sense_list:
A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/braid__Verb__1
written_rep: braid
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: intrecciare
sense_list:
(transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids. | (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.


lexentry: eng/braille__Noun__1
written_rep: braille
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: braille
sense_list:
A system of writing in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three or four rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.


lexentry: eng/brain-washing__Noun__1
written_rep: brain-washing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lavaggio del cervello
sense_list:
A form of indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favour of another set of beliefs by conditioning through various forms of pressure or torture.


lexentry: eng/brain__Noun__1
written_rep: brain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cervello | cervella
sense_list:
A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc. | The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action. | (informal) Mind. | (in the plural) Intellect. | (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity. | (informal) An intelligent person. | (plurale tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something. | By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations. | (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Oral sex. | A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.


lexentry: eng/brain_drain__Verb__1
written_rep: brain drain
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuga di cervelli | fuga dei cervelli
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic, uncommon) Of a nation or society, to be deprived of educated or talented people, who in turn migrate to larger cities or more developed nations.


lexentry: eng/brain_mushroom__Noun__1
written_rep: brain mushroom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falsa morchella | marugola | spongino | spugnola bastarda | spugnola falsa
sense_list:
A fungus common in Europe and North America and one of several species of fungi known as false morels, especially Gyromitra esculenta.


lexentry: eng/brain_stem__Noun__1
written_rep: brain stem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tronco encefalico
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and the rest of the forebrain.


lexentry: eng/brainchild__Noun__1
written_rep: brainchild
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frutto ingegno
sense_list:
(informal) A creation of one's brain; an original idea or innovation of a person or group of people, an organization, etc.


lexentry: eng/brains__Noun__2
written_rep: brains
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: testa pensante
sense_list:
(informal, with "the") The intelligent person or people in a group: the director, planner, administrator, etc.


lexentry: eng/brainwash__Verb__1
written_rep: brainwash
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare il lavaggio del cervello
sense_list:
(psychology) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)


lexentry: eng/braise__Verb__1
written_rep: braise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brasare
sense_list:
(cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.


lexentry: eng/brake__Noun__1
written_rep: brake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: freno
sense_list:
A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. [from 18th c.] | (engineering) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake. | (figuratively) Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.


lexentry: eng/brake__Verb__1
written_rep: brake
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frenare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes. | (intransitive) To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.


lexentry: eng/brake_fluid__Noun__1
written_rep: brake fluid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fluido freni
sense_list:
A special fluid for operating hydraulic brakes and clutches, which are linked by pipe to a master cylinder.


lexentry: eng/brake_light__Noun__1
written_rep: brake light
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: luci d'arresto
sense_list:
(transportation, automotive) A light on a vehicle's instrument panel indicating a failure or malfunction of the vehicle's brake system.


lexentry: eng/brake_pad__Noun__1
written_rep: brake pad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pastiglia | pastiglia dei freni
sense_list:
A friction element in a disc brake or rim brake, made from various compounds, often organic, semi-metallic, or ceramic.


lexentry: eng/brake_shoe__Noun__1
written_rep: brake shoe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ganascia
sense_list:
(mechanical engineering) An element of a drum brake into which the friction-producing brake lining is attached.


lexentry: eng/braking_distance__Noun__1
written_rep: braking distance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spazio di frenata
sense_list:
The distance travelled by a vehicle between the time that the brakes are applied and the vehicle coming to rest


lexentry: eng/brambling__Noun__1
written_rep: brambling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peppola
sense_list:
A finch, Fringilla montifringilla of northern Eurasia, the male having a black head in summer and an orange breast with white belly and a long white rump.


lexentry: eng/bran__Noun__1
written_rep: bran
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crusca | semola
sense_list:
The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.


lexentry: eng/branch__Noun__1
written_rep: branch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ramo
sense_list:
The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing. | A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.


lexentry: eng/branchial__Adjective__1
written_rep: branchial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: branchiale
sense_list:
Of, pertaining to, or resembling gills; of or pertaining to the embryonic branchial arches and clefts from which the gills arise.


lexentry: eng/brand__Noun__1
written_rep: brand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marchio a fuoco
sense_list:
A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.


lexentry: eng/brand__Noun__1
written_rep: brand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: marca
sense_list:
The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public. | A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.


lexentry: eng/brand_loyalty__Noun__1
written_rep: brand loyalty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fedeltà alla marca
sense_list:
(business, marketing) The positive feelings towards a brand and dedication to purchase the same product or service repeatedly, regardless of deficiencies, a competitor's actions, or changes in the environment.


lexentry: eng/brandish__Verb__1
written_rep: brandish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brandire
sense_list:
(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.


lexentry: eng/brane__Noun__1
written_rep: brane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brana
sense_list:
(physics) A hypothetical object extending across a number of (often specified) spatial dimensions, with strings in string theory seen as one-dimensional examples.


lexentry: eng/bras_d'honneur__Noun__1
written_rep: bras d'honneur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gesto dell'ombrello | ombrello
sense_list:
An obscene gesture in which an arm is bent into an L-shape, with the closed palm pointing upwards, while the other hand then grips the biceps of the bent arm, and the bent forearm is then raised vertically; it conveys the sense of “up yours!”.


lexentry: eng/brash__Adjective__1
written_rep: brash
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: avventato
sense_list:
(of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.


lexentry: eng/brass__Noun__1
written_rep: brass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ottone
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.


lexentry: eng/brass__Noun__1
written_rep: brass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bronzo | ottoni
sense_list:
(music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; a band or the section of an orchestra that features such instruments.


lexentry: eng/brass__Noun__1
written_rep: brass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bossolo
sense_list:
Spent cartridge casings (usually made of brass): the part of the cartridge left over after bullets or shells have been fired.


lexentry: eng/brass__Noun__1
written_rep: brass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: gallonato
sense_list:
(military, business, or, other organizations, uncountable, used as a singular or plural noun, metonym) High-ranking officers: the brass hats.


lexentry: eng/brass_instrument__Noun__1
written_rep: brass instrument
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: strumento ad ancia
sense_list:
(musical instruments) Any musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a mouthpiece (or tubular resonator).


lexentry: eng/brawn__Noun__1
written_rep: brawn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: aspic
sense_list:
(chiefly, British) Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.


lexentry: eng/bray__Verb__1
written_rep: bray
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ragliare
sense_list:
(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.


lexentry: eng/brazen__Verb__1
written_rep: brazen
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ignorare sfacciatamente
sense_list:
(transitive) Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc. [from 1550s.]


lexentry: eng/brazen_bull__Noun__1
written_rep: brazen bull
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: toro di Falaride
sense_list:
An ancient torture device, supposed to have been devised by Perillos of Athens, consisting of a hollow bull fashioned from brass in which victims were imprisoned and burned to death.


lexentry: eng/brazier__Noun__2
written_rep: brazier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: braciere | calderaio | ottonario
sense_list:
An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal for a source of light or heat.


lexentry: eng/brazilwood__Noun__1
written_rep: brazilwood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pernambuco
sense_list:
A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.


lexentry: eng/breach__Noun__1
written_rep: breach
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: breccia
sense_list:
A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence | The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.


lexentry: eng/breach_of_the_peace__Noun__1
written_rep: breach of the peace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: violazione dell’ordine pubblico
sense_list:
(legal) The legal offense of engaging in public behavior which is violent, rowdy, or disruptive. | (by extension) Any public disturbance or disorderly behavior.


lexentry: eng/bread__Noun__1
written_rep: bread
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pane
sense_list:
A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals. | Food; sustenance; support of life, in general. | (countable) Any variety of bread.


lexentry: eng/bread_maker__Noun__1
written_rep: bread maker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impastatrice
sense_list:
A household appliance which makes dough from raw ingredients and in most cases can also bake it into bread.


lexentry: eng/breadcrumb__Noun__1
written_rep: breadcrumb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pangrattato | briciola | mollica
sense_list:
(chiefly, in the plural) A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread.


lexentry: eng/breadfruit__Noun__1
written_rep: breadfruit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: albero del pane
sense_list:
An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.


lexentry: eng/breadstick__Noun__1
written_rep: breadstick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grissino
sense_list:
A long, very slender loaf of crisp bread smaller than a baguette; for example, grissini from Italy and rosquilletas from Spain.


lexentry: eng/breadth-first_search__Noun__1
written_rep: breadth-first search
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: visita in ampiezza
sense_list:
(graph theory) A search algorithm that begins at the root node and explores all the neighboring nodes.


lexentry: eng/break-even_point__Noun__1
written_rep: break-even point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punto di pareggio
sense_list:
(business, management) The point where total costs equal total revenue and the organization neither makes a profit nor suffers a loss.


lexentry: eng/break-in__Noun__1
written_rep: break-in
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: effrazione
sense_list:
The act of entering a place with the intent to steal or commit some other offense; an instance of breaking and entering.


lexentry: eng/break__Verb__1
written_rep: break
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: apparire | fare capolino | nascere | spuntare
sense_list:
(intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive. | (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce. | (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.


lexentry: eng/break__Verb__1
written_rep: break
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 14
trans_list: contrattaccare
sense_list:
(transitive, gaming, _, slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.


lexentry: eng/break__Verb__1
written_rep: break
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 15
trans_list: apparire | dissiparsi | esaurire | esaurirsi | fare capolino | nascere
sense_list:
(specifically, in, _, programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.


lexentry: eng/break__Verb__1
written_rep: break
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 18
trans_list: fracassarsi | frantumarsi | infrangersi
sense_list:
(intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water. A wave breaking.


lexentry: eng/break__Verb__1
written_rep: break
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 28
trans_list: rompere | spezzare | fratturare | rompersi | apparire | chiudere
sense_list:
(intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.


lexentry: eng/break__Verb__1
written_rep: break
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 30
trans_list: frantumare | oltrepassare | sfondare | superare
sense_list:
(transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.


lexentry: eng/break__Verb__1
written_rep: break
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 32
trans_list: degradare | retrocedere
sense_list:
(transitive, military, most often in the, _, passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.


lexentry: eng/break_a_lance__Verb__1
written_rep: break a lance
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: battagliare
sense_list:
(intransitive) to take a stand, to contend [with for ‘to the benefit of’] [with in favour of ‘to the benefit of’] [with against ‘in opposition to’] [with with ‘in opposition to’]


lexentry: eng/break_a_leg__Interjection__1
written_rep: break a leg
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in bocca al lupo! | in culo alla balena!
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Good luck!; Do your best!; Said to someone wishing they perform well in a theatrical production or comparable endeavor.


lexentry: eng/break_bad__Verb__1
written_rep: break bad
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cambiare in peggio
sense_list:
(colloquial, especially, Southern US, and, Midwest US, of a person) To go bad; to turn toward immorality or crime.


lexentry: eng/break_down__Verb__1
written_rep: break down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: decomporre | digerire | elaborare | guastarsi | rompersi
sense_list:
(ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.


lexentry: eng/break_down__Verb__1
written_rep: break down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: partizionare | suddividere
sense_list:
(ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.


lexentry: eng/break_in__Verb__1
written_rep: break in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rodare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, ergative, idiomatic) To reach a state of functioning more smoothly through use or wear; to cause (something, or someone, new) to undergo this change.


lexentry: eng/break_off__Verb__1
written_rep: break off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cancellare
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping. | (transitive) To discontinue abruptly. | (intransitive) To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.


lexentry: eng/break_off__Verb__1
written_rep: break off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: spezzarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive) To become detached by breaking or snapping. | (transitive, slang, AAVE) To give (someone) (something); to allow (someone) to take (something); to grant (someone) a share or portion of (something).


lexentry: eng/break_one's_fast__Verb__1
written_rep: break one's fast
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare colazione | rompere il digiuno
sense_list:
(dated) To eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food.


lexentry: eng/break_the_fourth_wall__Verb__1
written_rep: break the fourth wall
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rompere la quarta parete
sense_list:
(idiomatic, fiction) To apparently communicate with reality directly, such as when characters of literature comment on the existence of a reader.


lexentry: eng/break_up__Verb__1
written_rep: break up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: concludere | finire | interrompere | terminare
sense_list:
(intransitive, telecommunications) Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.


lexentry: eng/break_wind__Verb__1
written_rep: break wind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mollarne una
sense_list:
(idiomatic, euphemistic) To expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart.


lexentry: eng/breakaway__Noun__1
written_rep: breakaway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fuga
sense_list:
(ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them. | A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position.


lexentry: eng/breakcore__Noun__1
written_rep: breakcore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: breakcore
sense_list:
(music) A style of electronic music characterised by a high tempo, complex and intricate breakbeats, and a wide palette of samples from various sources, especially the "Amen break".


lexentry: eng/breakdown__Noun__1
written_rep: breakdown
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: analisi | dettaglio
sense_list:
(uncountable) Detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/breaker__Noun__1
written_rep: breaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: maroso | cavallone
sense_list:
(chiefly, in the plural) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard


lexentry: eng/breakfast_cereal__Noun__1
written_rep: breakfast cereal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cereale | cereale da colazione | cereale da prima colazione
sense_list:
A food made from processed grains, such as maize, oats, wheat or rice, usually eaten for breakfast with milk and sometimes sugar.


lexentry: eng/breaking_and_entering__Noun__1
written_rep: breaking and entering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: effrazione
sense_list:
(legal) The crime of gaining unauthorized entry into another's property, usually by breaking part of a building (a lock, door, window, etc.)


lexentry: eng/breakwater__Noun__1
written_rep: breakwater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frangiflutti | frangimare | frangionde
sense_list:
A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.


lexentry: eng/breakwater__Noun__1
written_rep: breakwater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bulbo
sense_list:
(nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.


lexentry: eng/breakwater__Noun__1
written_rep: breakwater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: diga foranea
sense_list:
(on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.


lexentry: eng/bream__Noun__1
written_rep: bream
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: breme | abramide comune
sense_list:
A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known. | An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. | A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera.


lexentry: eng/breast__Noun__1
written_rep: breast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mammella | poppa | seno
sense_list:
(anatomy) Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.


lexentry: eng/breast__Noun__1
written_rep: breast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: seno
sense_list:
The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts. | The ventral portion of an animal’s thorax.


lexentry: eng/breast__Noun__1
written_rep: breast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: petto | seno
sense_list:
A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.


lexentry: eng/breast_augmentation__Noun__1
written_rep: breast augmentation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protesi mammarie
sense_list:
(surgery) A cosmetic procedure to increase the size of a breast (the organ on the front of the chest).


lexentry: eng/breast_implant__Noun__1
written_rep: breast implant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protesa mammaria
sense_list:
(surgery) A medical prosthesis used to augment, reconstruct, or create the physical form of breasts (the organs on the front of the [typically female] chest).


lexentry: eng/breast_ironing__Noun__1
written_rep: breast ironing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stiramento del seno
sense_list:
The pounding and massaging of a pubescent girl's breasts, using hard or heated objects, to try to make them stop developing or disappear, typically aiming to prevent the girl from attracting sexual interest, and mostly carried out in Cameroon.


lexentry: eng/breast_pump__Noun__1
written_rep: breast pump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tiralatte
sense_list:
A device used by a lactating woman to extract milk from her breasts (typically for short-term storage).


lexentry: eng/breastbone__Noun__1
written_rep: breastbone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sterno
sense_list:
(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.


lexentry: eng/breaststroke__Noun__1
written_rep: breaststroke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rana
sense_list:
A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's


lexentry: eng/breath_test__Noun__1
written_rep: breath test
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: controllo alcolemico | controllo dell'alcolemia
sense_list:
An official test to determine if someone has taken alcohol or drugs by testing a sample of their exhaled breath.


lexentry: eng/breathalyzer__Noun__1
written_rep: breathalyzer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etilometro
sense_list:
A device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.


lexentry: eng/breathe__Verb__1
written_rep: breathe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: respirare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. | (intransitive) To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.


lexentry: eng/breccia__Noun__1
written_rep: breccia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: breccia
sense_list:
(petrology) A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.


lexentry: eng/breed__Verb__1
written_rep: breed
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: allevare
sense_list:
(transitive) To keep (animals) and have (them) reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities.


lexentry: eng/breeder__Noun__1
written_rep: breeder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: autofertilizzante
sense_list:
Ellipsis of breeder reactor, a type of nuclear reactor that creates more fissile material than it consumes, often used for the production of atomic weapons.


lexentry: eng/breeding-ground__Noun__1
written_rep: breeding-ground
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: focolare
sense_list:
(figuratively) A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc.


lexentry: eng/brew__Verb__1
written_rep: brew
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: preparare
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.


lexentry: eng/bribe__Verb__1
written_rep: bribe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corrompere | offrire una tangente
sense_list:
(transitive) To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something against their original will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble. | (transitive) To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.


lexentry: eng/bribery__Noun__1
written_rep: bribery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corruzione | concussione
sense_list:
The making of illegal payment, or bribes, to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions. | (legal) The activity of giving, offering or accepting bribes.


lexentry: eng/brick_and_mortar__Adjective__1
written_rep: brick and mortar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: convenzionale
sense_list:
(business) Buildings and property for the conduct of business, particularly in the sale of retail goods to the general public. (Used to contrast an Internet-based sales operation that lacks customer-oriented store fronts and a "traditional" one for which most capital investment might be in the building infrastructure.) [from mid-1990s]


lexentry: eng/brick_up__Verb__1
written_rep: brick up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: murare
sense_list:
(transitive) To block or cover using bricks. | (transitive, slang) To cause (someone) to have an erection.


lexentry: eng/bridal_couple__Noun__1
written_rep: bridal couple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coppia di sposi
sense_list:
The bride and bridegroom on their wedding day, and possibly for a short time thereafter, for example during their honeymoon.


lexentry: eng/bridal_shower__Noun__1
written_rep: bridal shower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: addio al nubilato
sense_list:
(US) A party held for a bride-to-be in anticipation of her wedding, involving guests (typically female friends and relatives) giving her gifts.


lexentry: eng/bride_price__Noun__1
written_rep: bride price
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prezzo della sposa
sense_list:
In some cultures, a sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride.


lexentry: eng/bridge__Noun__1
written_rep: bridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ponte
sense_list:
A construction or natural feature that spans a divide. | (dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth. | (nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck. | (graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected. | (computing) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.


lexentry: eng/bridge__Noun__1
written_rep: bridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ponticello | ponte
sense_list:
(music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.


lexentry: eng/bridgehead__Noun__1
written_rep: bridgehead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: testa di ponte
sense_list:
(military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.


lexentry: eng/briefing__Noun__1
written_rep: briefing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: briefing
sense_list:
A meeting to share a concise summary of a current situation, especially in close preparation for an operation or undertaking.


lexentry: eng/brigade__Noun__1
written_rep: brigade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: brigata
sense_list:
(military) Military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service.


lexentry: eng/brigandine__Noun__1
written_rep: brigandine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brigantina
sense_list:
(historical) A coat of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, sewn or riveted under or onto canvas or linen or other material.


lexentry: eng/brigantine__Noun__1
written_rep: brigantine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brigantino
sense_list:
(nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.


lexentry: eng/brighten__Verb__1
written_rep: brighten
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: chiarire
sense_list:
(transitive, figuratively) To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven | (intransitive) To become brighter or more cheerful in mood


lexentry: eng/brilliant__Noun__1
written_rep: brilliant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brillante | gemma | pietra preziosa
sense_list:
A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone.


lexentry: eng/brilliant__Noun__1
written_rep: brilliant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: perla
sense_list:
(uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.


lexentry: eng/brine__Noun__1
written_rep: brine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salamoia
sense_list:
Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.


lexentry: eng/bring_home_the_bacon__Verb__1
written_rep: bring home the bacon
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mettere la pagnotta sul tavolo | portare a casa il pane
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To have employment which provides remuneration to satisfy the basic needs of oneself and one's family.


lexentry: eng/bring_in__Verb__1
written_rep: bring in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: aggiungere | inserire | introdurre
sense_list:
To introduce, add or initiate a person or group of people to an organisation; to give (someone) a share or portion of something.


lexentry: eng/bring_it__Verb__1
written_rep: bring it
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adoperarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive, informal) To give one's all in a particular effort; to perform admirably or forcefully.


lexentry: eng/bring_on__Verb__1
written_rep: bring on
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare portare
sense_list:
(idiomatic, transitive) To cause. | (idiomatic, intransitive, US, informal, often, as imperative) To pose a challenge or threat; to attack; to compete aggressively.


lexentry: eng/bring_up__Verb__1
written_rep: bring up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sollevare
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring,‎ up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.


lexentry: eng/brink__Noun__1
written_rep: brink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bordo | ciglio | orlo
sense_list:
The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge. | (figurative) The edge or border.


lexentry: eng/brinkmanship__Noun__1
written_rep: brinkmanship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: politica del rischio calcolato
sense_list:
(chiefly, politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point. [from mid 1950s]


lexentry: eng/brisk__Adjective__1
written_rep: brisk
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vivace
sense_list:
Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action. | Full of spirit of life; effervescing.


lexentry: eng/bristle__Noun__1
written_rep: bristle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: setola | barba corta ispida | pelo ispido | setole
sense_list:
The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item, typically made from plant cellulose, animal hairs, or synthetic polymers.


lexentry: eng/bristletail__Noun__1
written_rep: bristletail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acciughina
sense_list:
Any of various small, active six-legged arthropods that have two or three bristles at the ends of their abdomens and that do not have wings. These were formerly classified together in the insect subclass Apterygota or the order Thysanura but are no longer considered closely related:


lexentry: eng/brittle_star__Noun__1
written_rep: brittle star
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stella serpentina
sense_list:
Any of various echinoderms, of the class Ophiuroidea, that resemble starfish and have long, slender arms that regenerate when snapped off.


lexentry: eng/bro__Noun__1
written_rep: bro
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fratello
sense_list:
(slang) Brother (a male sibling). | (slang, derogatory, usually in compounds) Someone, usually male, who aggressively evangelizes a person, concept or technology.


lexentry: eng/broach__Verb__1
written_rep: broach
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aprire
sense_list:
(transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.


lexentry: eng/broadband__Noun__1
written_rep: broadband
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: banda larga
sense_list:
(Internet) An Internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies such as ADSL or a cable modem.


lexentry: eng/broadbill__Noun__1
written_rep: broadbill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: arlecchino
sense_list:
Any of several small passerine birds of the family Eurylaimidae (Asian and Grauer's broadbills) or Calyptomenidae (African and green broadbills).


lexentry: eng/broadcast__Noun__1
written_rep: broadcast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: emissione | trasmissione | diffusione
sense_list:
A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.


lexentry: eng/broadleaf__Adjective__1
written_rep: broadleaf
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ancia
sense_list:
Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.


lexentry: eng/broadside__Noun__1
written_rep: broadside
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bordata
sense_list:
(nautical) One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing.


lexentry: eng/broadsword__Noun__1
written_rep: broadsword
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spadone
sense_list:
(history) A type of early modern sword that has a broad double-edged blade for cutting (as opposed to the more slender thrust-oriented rapier) and typically a basket hilt.


lexentry: eng/brocade__Noun__1
written_rep: brocade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: broccato
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns. | (metaphoric) A decorative pattern.


lexentry: eng/broccoli__Noun__1
written_rep: broccoli
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: broccolo | broccoli
sense_list:
A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.


lexentry: eng/broil__Verb__1
written_rep: broil
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: arrostire
sense_list:
(transitive, North America) To expose to great heat. | (intransitive, North America) To be exposed to great heat.


lexentry: eng/broken__Adjective__1
written_rep: broken
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rotto
sense_list:
(of sleep) Interrupted; not continuous. | Fragmented; in separate pieces. | (of a, bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces. | (of a, promise, etc) Breached; violated; not kept. | Non-functional; not functioning properly. | (colloquial, US, of a, situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.


lexentry: eng/broken_plural__Noun__1
written_rep: broken plural
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plurale fratto
sense_list:
An irregular plural formed by changing the pattern of consonants and vowels inside the singular form, found in the Semitic languages and other Afroasiatic languages such as Berber. An example in Arabic is , the plural form of .


lexentry: eng/brolga__Noun__1
written_rep: brolga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gru brolga
sense_list:
A large grey crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda), of northern and eastern Australia. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/bromine__Noun__1
written_rep: bromine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bromo
sense_list:
(uncountable) A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature.


lexentry: eng/bromoform__Noun__1
written_rep: bromoform
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bromoformio
sense_list:
(organic compound) The haloform CHBr3, a very heavy liquid that is the bromine analogue of chloroform.


lexentry: eng/bronchitis__Noun__1
written_rep: bronchitis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bronchite
sense_list:
(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.


lexentry: eng/bronchodilator__Noun__1
written_rep: bronchodilator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: broncodilatatore
sense_list:
(medicine) Any drug used to dilate and relax the bronchial passages and ease the flow of air to the lungs


lexentry: eng/bronchospasm__Noun__1
written_rep: bronchospasm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: broncospasmo
sense_list:
(medicine) difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles


lexentry: eng/bronze__Noun__1
written_rep: bronze
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bronzo
sense_list:
(uncountable) A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals. | (countable, and, uncountable) A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.


lexentry: eng/brooch__Noun__1
written_rep: brooch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spilla
sense_list:
A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.


lexentry: eng/brood__Noun__1
written_rep: brood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nidiata | prole
sense_list:
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.


lexentry: eng/brood__Verb__1
written_rep: brood
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: covare | arrovellarsi | rimuginare
sense_list:
(intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.


lexentry: eng/broom__Noun__1
written_rep: broom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scopa | granata | ramazza
sense_list:
(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.


lexentry: eng/broom__Noun__1
written_rep: broom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ramazza
sense_list:
(countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.


lexentry: eng/broom__Noun__1
written_rep: broom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: scopa | ginestra | granata | ramazza
sense_list:
Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.


lexentry: eng/broom_wagon__Noun__1
written_rep: broom wagon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carro scopa
sense_list:
(cycle racing) A vehicle that follows a cycling race, picking up stragglers and carrying food and equipment.


lexentry: eng/brother-in-law__Noun__1
written_rep: brother-in-law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cognato
sense_list:
(uncommon) The brother of the spouse of one's sibling. | The husband of the sibling of one's spouse.


lexentry: eng/brow__Noun__1
written_rep: brow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: passerella da sbarco
sense_list:
(nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay. | (nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.


lexentry: eng/brow_ridge__Noun__1
written_rep: brow ridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arcata sopraccigliare
sense_list:
a bony projection in humans and other primates located above eye sockets delimiting the bottom of the forehead


lexentry: eng/brown_bread__Noun__1
written_rep: brown bread
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pane integrale
sense_list:
Bread with a brown colour as distinct from white bread, wholemeal, granary or other specific types of bread.


lexentry: eng/brown_dwarf__Noun__1
written_rep: brown dwarf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nana bruna
sense_list:
(star) A starlike object that contracts to about the volume of Jupiter after its formation phase; its mass may range from several times that of Jupiter, such that it fuses deuterium, up to just below the threshold of sustained hydrogen fusion.


lexentry: eng/brown_hyena__Noun__1
written_rep: brown hyena
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iena bruna
sense_list:
A comparatively rare species of hyena, Parahyaena brunnea, endemic to desert and semi-desert areas and open woodland savannahs of southern Africa.


lexentry: eng/brown_rice__Noun__1
written_rep: brown rice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riso integrale
sense_list:
Rice with the brownish hull not polished off as in white rice. The hull contains important vitamins, including vitamin B complex, which are missing in white rice.


lexentry: eng/brown_trout__Noun__1
written_rep: brown trout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trota
sense_list:
A nonmigratory freshwater trout of species Salmo trutta, with dark spotted skin, native to Europe and Asia.


lexentry: eng/brownie__Noun__1
written_rep: brownie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brownie
sense_list:
(usually, countable, culinary, originally, US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate. [from 1897]


lexentry: eng/brownout__Noun__1
written_rep: brownout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calo di tensione
sense_list:
(electricity) A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination.


lexentry: eng/browse__Verb__1
written_rep: browse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfogliare | scartabellare
sense_list:
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.


lexentry: eng/browse__Verb__1
written_rep: browse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: navigare
sense_list:
(transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.


lexentry: eng/brucellosis__Noun__1
written_rep: brucellosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brucellosi
sense_list:
(disease) Infection by a bacterium of the genus Brucella, which is carried by ruminants and other mammals, with symptoms including recurring fevers, sweating, weakness, anorexia, headaches, depression, and generalized aches and pains.


lexentry: eng/brucine__Noun__1
written_rep: brucine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brucina
sense_list:
(organic compound) An alkaloid related to strychnine, found in several plant species, notably Strychnos nux-vomica (nux vomica).


lexentry: eng/bruise__Noun__1
written_rep: bruise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: livido
sense_list:
A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.


lexentry: eng/bruise__Verb__1
written_rep: bruise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: creare un livido
sense_list:
(transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it; to contuse.


lexentry: eng/bruiser__Noun__1
written_rep: bruiser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maschio
sense_list:
(sports) In contact sports, an athlete whose size, strength, and/or aggressiveness make it likely that they will cause athletes on the opposing team to suffer physical punishment.


lexentry: eng/bruiser__Noun__1
written_rep: bruiser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gorilla
sense_list:
(by extension, colloquial, derogatory) A tall, strong, heavily built person, usually a man, especially one prone to physical violence; a strong and tough person.


lexentry: eng/bruit__Verb__1
written_rep: bruit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dare notizia di
sense_list:
(transitive, archaic, _, in, _, Britain, current in the) To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.


lexentry: eng/brunch__Noun__1
written_rep: brunch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colanzo | colapranzo | pranzolazione | brunch
sense_list:
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.


lexentry: eng/brush__Noun__1
written_rep: brush
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spazzola | pennello
sense_list:
An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.


lexentry: eng/brush__Noun__1
written_rep: brush
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: spazzola
sense_list:
A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.


lexentry: eng/brush_one's_teeth__Verb__1
written_rep: brush one's teeth
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lavarsi i denti
sense_list:
To clean one's teeth, especially by using a toothbrush and toothpaste. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/brute__Adjective__1
written_rep: brute
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bruto
sense_list:
Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans). [from 16th c.] | Crude, unpolished. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/brute__Noun__1
written_rep: brute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bruto
sense_list:
(archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. [from 17th c.] | A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/bruxism__Noun__1
written_rep: bruxism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bruxismo
sense_list:
(dentistry) The habit or practice of grinding the teeth, as while sleeping, or due to stress or certain drugs.


lexentry: eng/bryophyte__Noun__1
written_rep: bryophyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grana
sense_list:
(botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.


lexentry: eng/bubble__Noun__1
written_rep: bubble
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bolla
sense_list:
A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid. | (economics) A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.


lexentry: eng/bubble_tea__Noun__1
written_rep: bubble tea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tè alle bolle | tè alle perle
sense_list:
Sweetened tea with milk and tapioca pearls, often including fruit juice, syrup and other ingredients.


lexentry: eng/bubble_wrap__Noun__1
written_rep: bubble wrap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pluriball | millebolle
sense_list:
Cushioning material consisting of small spheres of air trapped in plastic, sold on long rolls for tearing off, and used as packaging for fragile items.


lexentry: eng/bubblegum__Noun__1
written_rep: bubblegum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gomma da masticare
sense_list:
(usually, _, uncountable) A sweet chewing gum formulated to be stretchy so the chewer can blow bubbles with it.


lexentry: eng/bubo__Noun__1
written_rep: bubo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bubbone
sense_list:
(pathology) An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or syphilis.


lexentry: eng/bubonic_plague__Noun__1
written_rep: bubonic plague
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peste bubbonica
sense_list:
(disease) A contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of fleas from an infected person or rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by delirium, chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes.


lexentry: eng/buccaneer__Noun__1
written_rep: buccaneer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bucaniere
sense_list:
(nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.


lexentry: eng/buck-passing__Noun__1
written_rep: buck-passing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rimpallo di responsabilità | scaricabarile
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Blameshifting; the act of absolving oneself of responsibility or concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/buck__Noun__1
written_rep: buck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: antilope | camoscio | daino | lepre
sense_list:
A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, shad and kangaroo.


lexentry: eng/buck__Verb__2
written_rep: buck
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sgroppare
sense_list:
(intransitive, of a horse, _, or similar saddle or pack animal) To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.


lexentry: eng/bucket__Noun__1
written_rep: bucket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: secchio
sense_list:
The amount held in this container. | Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).


lexentry: eng/bucket_list__Noun__1
written_rep: bucket list
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lista dei desideri
sense_list:
(by extension) A list of things to accomplish before a certain deadline or in a certain time period. | A list of things to accomplish before one's death. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/bucket_of_bolts__Noun__1
written_rep: bucket of bolts
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scarcassone
sense_list:
(idiomatic, slang) A piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often an old car.


lexentry: eng/buckle__Noun__1
written_rep: buckle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fibbia
sense_list:
A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.


lexentry: eng/buckle__Verb__1
written_rep: buckle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: allacciare
sense_list:
To fasten (something) using a buckle (noun sense 1); hence (obsolete) , to fasten (something) in any way.


lexentry: eng/buckle__Verb__2
written_rep: buckle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sottomettersi
sense_list:
(figurative) Of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress; to give in or give way, to yield.


lexentry: eng/buckle_down__Verb__1
written_rep: buckle down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mettersi sotto a
sense_list:
(intransitive, originally, US, idiomatic) To apply oneself to study, or a task or work; to focus on or take a serious attitude towards something; to put forth the needed effort.


lexentry: eng/buckler__Noun__1
written_rep: buckler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: brocchiero
sense_list:
(obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.


lexentry: eng/buckshot__Noun__1
written_rep: buckshot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frazione
sense_list:
(chiefly, US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/bud__Noun__1
written_rep: bud
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: gemma
sense_list:
A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.


lexentry: eng/budgerigar__Noun__1
written_rep: budgerigar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pappagallino | parrocchetto ondulato
sense_list:
A species of small green parrot, Melopsittacus undulatus, native to inland Australia; a common cagebird throughout the world and bred in many colour varieties.


lexentry: eng/budget__Noun__1
written_rep: budget
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bilancio | budget
sense_list:
The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe. | An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.


lexentry: eng/buff-breasted_sandpiper__Noun__1
written_rep: buff-breasted sandpiper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piro piro fulvo
sense_list:
Any of species Calidris subruficollis of sandpipers, that breed in the North American tundra and migrate as far as Argentina.


lexentry: eng/buffalo__Noun__1
written_rep: buffalo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bufalo
sense_list:
An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.


lexentry: eng/buffer__Noun__2
written_rep: buffer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: respingente
sense_list:
(telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.


lexentry: eng/buffer__Noun__2
written_rep: buffer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: soluzione tampone
sense_list:
(chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.


lexentry: eng/buffer_stop__Noun__1
written_rep: buffer stop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fermacarri
sense_list:
(rail, UK) a device installed at the end of a railway line or siding, which is intended to stop trains and other rail vehicles going any further.


lexentry: eng/bug__Noun__1
written_rep: bug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 14
trans_list: logo della rete
sense_list:
(television) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.


lexentry: eng/bug__Noun__1
written_rep: bug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 26
trans_list: bacarozzo
sense_list:
(gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.


lexentry: eng/bugbear__Noun__1
written_rep: bugbear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: babau
sense_list:
(folklore, fantasy) A generic creature, often described as a large goblin, meant to inspire fear in children.


lexentry: eng/bugger_off__Interjection__1
written_rep: bugger off
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bagascia
sense_list:
(idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, emphatic , colloquial) An expression of disagreement or disbelief.


lexentry: eng/bugle__Noun__3
written_rep: bugle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bugola
sense_list:
A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.


lexentry: eng/build__Verb__1
written_rep: build
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: costruire
sense_list:
(transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process. | (transitive) To establish a basis for (something).


lexentry: eng/build_castles_in_the_air__Verb__1
written_rep: build castles in the air
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare castelli in aria
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To have any desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to be realized; to imagine visionary projects or schemes; to have an idle fancy or a pipe dream; to daydream.


lexentry: eng/building_block__Noun__1
written_rep: building block
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cubo
sense_list:
A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure.


lexentry: eng/building_block__Noun__1
written_rep: building block
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pietra da costruzione
sense_list:
(literally) A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone. | (figuratively) A component that is part of a larger system.


lexentry: eng/building_site__Noun__1
written_rep: building site
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cantiere
sense_list:
(construction) The site, the place where a building is located, is currently under construction, or shall be constructed (including structures other than buildings).


lexentry: eng/buisine__Noun__1
written_rep: buisine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tromba dritta
sense_list:
(musical instruments, historical) A medieval wind instrument with a very long, straight and slender body, usually made of metal.


lexentry: eng/bulb__Noun__1
written_rep: bulb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bulbo
sense_list:
The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown. | Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.


lexentry: eng/bulbul__Noun__1
written_rep: bulbul
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bulbul
sense_list:
Any of the bulbul species of the Middle East, popular in poetry; sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’.


lexentry: eng/bulge__Noun__1
written_rep: bulge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sporgenza | protuberanza | rigonfiamento
sense_list:
An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.


lexentry: eng/bulimia__Noun__1
written_rep: bulimia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bulimia
sense_list:
(pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.


lexentry: eng/bulk_carrier__Noun__1
written_rep: bulk carrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: portarinfuse
sense_list:
(nautical) Any ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship) designed to carry unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils and cement, in its holds.


lexentry: eng/bulkhead__Noun__1
written_rep: bulkhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paratia
sense_list:
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.


lexentry: eng/bull_market__Noun__1
written_rep: bull market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rialzo
sense_list:
(finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are buying ("bulls"), causing overall stock prices to rise.


lexentry: eng/bulldog__Noun__1
written_rep: bulldog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bulldog
sense_list:
A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.


lexentry: eng/bulldozer__Noun__1
written_rep: bulldozer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bulldozer | apripista | escavatore | escavatrice | ruspa
sense_list:
A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.


lexentry: eng/bullet__Noun__1
written_rep: bullet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proiettile | pallottola
sense_list:
A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed. | (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc. | (figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.


lexentry: eng/bulleted_list__Noun__1
written_rep: bulleted list
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elenco puntato
sense_list:
A list whose items start with the typographical bullet, that is •, or with other symbols other than numbers.


lexentry: eng/bulletin__Noun__1
written_rep: bulletin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bollettino
sense_list:
A time-sensitive news item or short news report. | A short printed publication, especially one produced regularly by an organization.


lexentry: eng/bullion__Noun__1
written_rep: bullion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lingotto
sense_list:
A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.


lexentry: eng/bullionism__Noun__1
written_rep: bullionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bullionismo
sense_list:
(economics, historical) An economic theory that defines wealth by the amount of precious metals owned; a primitive form of mercantilism.


lexentry: eng/bullroarer__Noun__1
written_rep: bullroarer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rombo
sense_list:
A ritual musical instrument and means of communicating over extended distances, consisting of a slat of wood tied to the end of a thong or string, with which the slat is whirled so as to cause an intermittent roaring noise.


lexentry: eng/bullshit__Noun__1
written_rep: bullshit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cazzata | coglionata | minchiata | stronzata
sense_list:
(vulgar, slang, usual sense) Statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener.


lexentry: eng/bullshitter__Noun__1
written_rep: bullshitter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cazzaro | ciarlatano | gabbamondo
sense_list:
(vulgar) Someone who lies or exaggerates a lot, especially in order to preserve or enhance their reputation.


lexentry: eng/bully__Noun__1
written_rep: bully
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arrogante | bullo | prepotente | smargiasso | spaccone
sense_list:
A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege. [from late 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/bulrush__Noun__1
written_rep: bulrush
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: giunco di palude
sense_list:
(AU) Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/bulwark__Noun__1
written_rep: bulwark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: impavesata
sense_list:
(nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.


lexentry: eng/bum's_rush__Noun__1
written_rep: bum's rush
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sbarco
sense_list:
(originally, North America, slang, idiomatic) The forcible ejection of someone, such as a bum or a hobo, from an establishment.


lexentry: eng/bum__Noun__2
written_rep: bum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vagabondo | barbone | fannullone
sense_list:
(colloquial, sometimes, derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man. | (colloquial, sometimes, derogatory) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man. | (colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly. | (colloquial) A drinking spree.


lexentry: eng/bum_wine__Noun__1
written_rep: bum wine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colostro
sense_list:
(colloquial, pejorative) Cheap wine of very low quality, sold solely for the purposes of intoxication.


lexentry: eng/bumf__Noun__1
written_rep: bumf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scartoffia
sense_list:
(pejorative) Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc.


lexentry: eng/bumfuck_nowhere__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: bumfuck nowhere
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in culo al mondo | fanculo | in Culonia
sense_list:
(vulgar) The middle of nowhere; a nondescript, isolated, and underdeveloped locale whose precise location may be difficult to ascertain.


lexentry: eng/bumper__Noun__1
written_rep: bumper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: paraurti
sense_list:
(automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.


lexentry: eng/bunch__Noun__1
written_rep: bunch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grappolo | ciuffo | graspo | mucchio
sense_list:
A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.


lexentry: eng/bungalow__Noun__1
written_rep: bungalow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bungalow
sense_list:
A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.


lexentry: eng/bungle__Verb__1
written_rep: bungle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abborracciare | pasticciare
sense_list:
(transitive) To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.


lexentry: eng/bunion__Noun__1
written_rep: bunion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alluce valgo
sense_list:
(pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.


lexentry: eng/bunk_bed__Noun__1
written_rep: bunk bed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: letto a castello
sense_list:
Two or more beds fixed on top of one another, so that one person can sleep in each bunk at a different height.


lexentry: eng/bunker__Noun__1
written_rep: bunker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bunker
sense_list:
(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks. | (nautical) A compartment for storing coal for the ship's boilers; or a tank for storing fuel oil for the ship's engines. | (golf) A hazard on a golf course consisting of a sand-filled hollow. | (Britain, chiefly, historical) A large bin or container for storing coal, often built outdoors in the yard of a house.


lexentry: eng/bunny_girl__Noun__1
written_rep: bunny girl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coniglietta
sense_list:
(slang) A club hostess or other female entertainer wearing a sexually provocative outfit with rabbit-like ears and tail.


lexentry: eng/buoy__Noun__1
written_rep: buoy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boa | gavitello
sense_list:
(nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes


lexentry: eng/buprenorphine__Noun__1
written_rep: buprenorphine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buprenorfina
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A semisynthetic narcotic analgesic that is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C29H41NO4·HCl to control moderate to severe pain and treat opioid dependence.


lexentry: eng/buprestid__Noun__1
written_rep: buprestid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buprestide
sense_list:
Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.


lexentry: eng/bur-reed__Noun__1
written_rep: bur-reed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coltellaccio
sense_list:
A group (genus Sparganium) of widespread flowering perennial marsh plants widespread in wet areas in temperate regions.


lexentry: eng/burbot__Noun__1
written_rep: burbot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bottatrice
sense_list:
A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.


lexentry: eng/burden_of_proof__Noun__1
written_rep: burden of proof
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: onere della prova | obblighi di fornire prove | obbligo di fornire prove
sense_list:
(legal) The duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact; it includes both the burden of production and the burden of persuasion; the onus probandi.


lexentry: eng/burden_of_proof__Noun__1
written_rep: burden of proof
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: obblighi di fornire prove | obbligo di fornire prove
sense_list:
(epistemology) The obligation of the person making a claim in a dispute to provide sufficient evidence for their position.


lexentry: eng/bureau__Noun__1
written_rep: bureau
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: scrivania | scrittoio
sense_list:
(chiefly, British) A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.


lexentry: eng/bureaucracy__Noun__1
written_rep: bureaucracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: burocrazia
sense_list:
Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers. | (business, organizational theory) A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner. | The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government. | (chiefly, derogatory) Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.


lexentry: eng/bureaucratese__Noun__1
written_rep: bureaucratese
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: burocratese
sense_list:
(informal, pejorative) A style of language, used by bureaucrats, that involves jargon or euphemism to the detriment of broader understanding.


lexentry: eng/burette__Noun__1
written_rep: burette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buretta
sense_list:
(chemistry) A glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory procedures for accurate fluid dispensing and titration.


lexentry: eng/burgee__Noun__1
written_rep: burgee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guidone
sense_list:
A flag, usually a broad tapering pennant, often with a swallowtail, flown by yachts to identify the owner's yacht club.


lexentry: eng/burgeon__Verb__1
written_rep: burgeon
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: germogliare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To swell to the point of bursting. | (intransitive, archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud.


lexentry: eng/burglary__Noun__1
written_rep: burglary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scasso
sense_list:
(law) Under the common law, breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with the intent to commit a felony. | The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.


lexentry: eng/burgomaster__Noun__1
written_rep: burgomaster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: borgomastro | sindaco
sense_list:
The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries.


lexentry: eng/burgrave__Noun__1
written_rep: burgrave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: burgravio
sense_list:
(historical) The military governor of a town or castle in the Middle Ages, especially in German-speaking Europe; a nobleman of the same status. | One who holds a hereditary title, with an associated domain, descended from an ancestor who commanded a burg, especially in German-speaking Europe.


lexentry: eng/burn__Verb__1
written_rep: burn
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bruciare
sense_list:
(transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable. | (transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip. | (transitive) To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.


lexentry: eng/burn__Verb__1
written_rep: burn
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: bruciare | incendiare | ustionare
sense_list:
(chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.


lexentry: eng/burn_one's_bridges__Verb__1
written_rep: burn one's bridges
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bruciarsi i ponti alle spalle | il dado è tratto | passare il Rubicone
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc., particularly intentionally.


lexentry: eng/burn_out__Verb__1
written_rep: burn out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: esaurirsi | estinguersi | spegnersi
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause (someone) to tire due to overwork; to cause (someone) to overwork to one's limit.


lexentry: eng/burn_the_candle_at_both_ends__Verb__1
written_rep: burn the candle at both ends
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bruciare la candela ad entrambe le estremità
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To work hard night and day; to sleep late and wake up early; to overwork or overexert oneself.


lexentry: eng/burnet__Noun__1
written_rep: burnet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meloncello | pimpinella | salvastrella
sense_list:
Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.


lexentry: eng/burning_bush__Noun__1
written_rep: burning bush
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: roveto ardente
sense_list:
(Judaism, Christianity) A biblical object described in Exodus 3:1-22, used by Yahweh to communicate with Moses.


lexentry: eng/burnish__Verb__1
written_rep: burnish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brunire | abbrunire | lappare | lumeggiare
sense_list:
To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.


lexentry: eng/burnout__Noun__1
written_rep: burnout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: burnout
sense_list:
(automotive) Use of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.


lexentry: eng/buro__Noun__1
written_rep: buro
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: scrittoio | scrivania
sense_list:
a desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath.


lexentry: eng/burqa__Noun__1
written_rep: burqa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: burqa
sense_list:
(strictly) An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the eyes, chiefly worn by women in fundamentalist denominations of Islam to observe sartorial hijab (the practice of wearing concealing clothing in front of adult men after the age of puberty).


lexentry: eng/burqini__Noun__1
written_rep: burqini
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: burkini
sense_list:
A head-to-toe swimsuit, enabling women to conform to the Islamic dress code when bathing on a public beach.


lexentry: eng/burr__Noun__1
written_rep: burr
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: macina | riccio
sense_list:
(engineering) A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.


lexentry: eng/burrito__Noun__1
written_rep: burrito
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: burrito
sense_list:
A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.


lexentry: eng/bursa__Noun__1
written_rep: bursa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: borsa
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.


lexentry: eng/bus__Noun__1
written_rep: bus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bus | autobus
sense_list:
An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.


lexentry: eng/bus_replacement_service__Noun__1
written_rep: bus replacement service
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: autobus sostitutivo
sense_list:
(British, transport) A special bus service which replaces a train service when engineering work is carried out, or when the train service is temporarily suspended for other reasons such as flooding, track damage etc.


lexentry: eng/busby__Noun__1
written_rep: busby
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colbacco
sense_list:
A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.


lexentry: eng/bush__Noun__1
written_rep: bush
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arbusto | cespuglio
sense_list:
(horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.


lexentry: eng/bush_hammer__Noun__1
written_rep: bush hammer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bocciarda
sense_list:
A square-headed hammer with spikes used in stoneworking to either even the surface before polishing, or give it a pockmarked and weathered aspect.


lexentry: eng/bushbuck__Noun__1
written_rep: bushbuck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imbabala | tragelafo striato
sense_list:
Either of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa.


lexentry: eng/bushing__Noun__1
written_rep: bushing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bronzina
sense_list:
(mechanical engineering) A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.


lexentry: eng/bushing__Noun__1
written_rep: bushing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: filetto riportato
sense_list:
(mechanical engineering) A threaded bushing: a fastener element that is inserted into an object, usually to add a threaded hole in a softer or thin material.


lexentry: eng/bushing__Noun__1
written_rep: bushing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: isolante
sense_list:
(electrical engineering) A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.


lexentry: eng/business_administration__Noun__1
written_rep: business administration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amministrazione aziendale
sense_list:
(business, education) A course of study in higher education intended to prepare the students for a career in business.


lexentry: eng/business_card__Noun__1
written_rep: business card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biglietto da visita
sense_list:
A small card with a person's name and professional information (such as occupation, business phone number, e-mail address, etc.).


lexentry: eng/business_plan__Noun__1
written_rep: business plan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: business plan
sense_list:
(business) A summary of how a business owner, manager, or entrepreneur intends to organize an entrepreneurial endeavor and implement activities necessary and sufficient for the venture to succeed.


lexentry: eng/busk__Verb__1
written_rep: busk
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: suonare per strada
sense_list:
(intransitive, especially, UK) To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.


lexentry: eng/busker__Noun__1
written_rep: busker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: artista di strada
sense_list:
A person who solicits donations while entertaining the public, often by playing a musical instrument, on a street or in another public area such as a park or marketplace.


lexentry: eng/buskin__Noun__1
written_rep: buskin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: coturno
sense_list:
(historical) A type of soft calf- or knee-high boot that laces up the front, sometimes featuring open toes or thick soles, worn in the Greco-Roman world by hunters and horsemen, as well as by actors in Athenian tragedy.


lexentry: eng/bust__Verb__1
written_rep: bust
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: rompere | sfasciare | sgamare
sense_list:
(transitive, slang) To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.


lexentry: eng/bust__Verb__1
written_rep: bust
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: rompere | sfasciare
sense_list:
(transitive, slang) To break in (a woman or girl), to deflower | (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt.


lexentry: eng/bust_someone's_balls__Verb__1
written_rep: bust someone's balls
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rompere i coglioni | rompere le palle | rompere le scatole
sense_list:
(slang, vulgar) To give someone a hard time, whether by playfully teasing or sincerely harassing them.


lexentry: eng/bustard__Noun__1
written_rep: bustard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: otarda
sense_list:
Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae in the order Otidiformes that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.


lexentry: eng/buster__Noun__1
written_rep: buster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: birbante
sense_list:
(chiefly, colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that 'breaks', tames, or overpowers a specified person or thing.


lexentry: eng/buster__Noun__1
written_rep: buster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: marmocchio
sense_list:
(colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) A form of address, particularly of men: guy, dude, fella, mack, buddy, loser. (Originally as 'old buster.)


lexentry: eng/bustier__Noun__1
written_rep: bustier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bustino
sense_list:
A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.


lexentry: eng/bustle__Noun__1
written_rep: bustle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: sottana
sense_list:
(historical, countable) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.


lexentry: eng/bustle__Verb__1
written_rep: bustle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pullulare
sense_list:
To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).


lexentry: eng/but__Conjunction__1
written_rep: but
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ma | però | tuttavia
sense_list:
However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence). | (obsolete) Except with; unless with; without.


lexentry: eng/but__Conjunction__1
written_rep: but
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: tranne | eccetto | a parte | salvo
sense_list:
Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".


lexentry: eng/butadiene__Noun__1
written_rep: butadiene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: butadiene
sense_list:
(organic compound) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH2=CH-CH=CH2; it is obtained from petroleum and is used in the preparation of the synthetic rubber polybutadiene.


lexentry: eng/butane__Noun__1
written_rep: butane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: butano
sense_list:
(organic compound) A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10 n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.


lexentry: eng/butcher_block__Noun__1
written_rep: butcher block
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceppo
sense_list:
A style of assembled wood (often sugar maple, teak, or walnut) used as heavy duty chopping blocks, table tops, and cutting boards.


lexentry: eng/butler__Noun__1
written_rep: butler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: maggiordomo
sense_list:
The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.


lexentry: eng/butt__Noun__1
written_rep: butt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mozzicone | cicca
sense_list:
(US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread. | (usually as "butt of (a) joke") A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.


lexentry: eng/butt__Verb__2
written_rep: butt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cozzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To strike bluntly, particularly with the head. | (intransitive) To strike bluntly with the head.


lexentry: eng/butt_in__Verb__1
written_rep: butt in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intromettersi
sense_list:
(idiomatic, informal) To join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject (connotes a rude or discourteous interruption).


lexentry: eng/butter__Noun__1
written_rep: butter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: burro
sense_list:
Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).


lexentry: eng/butter_dish__Noun__1
written_rep: butter dish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: burriera | portaburro
sense_list:
A specialized dish for serving butter, typically consisting of a base with a separate fitting lid with its own handle.


lexentry: eng/butter_knife__Noun__1
written_rep: butter knife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coltello da burro
sense_list:
A non-serrated or unilaterally serrated table knife with a dull edge and rounded point, designed for spreading butter on a piece of bread without tearing it.


lexentry: eng/butterbur__Noun__1
written_rep: butterbur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farfaraccio | petasite
sense_list:
Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, having dense clusters of often purple flowers.


lexentry: eng/buttercream__Noun__1
written_rep: buttercream
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crema al burro
sense_list:
(cooking) A type of thick, sweet icing or cake-filling made by creaming butter (or sometimes another fat, such as margarine) with powdered sugar.


lexentry: eng/butterfly__Noun__1
written_rep: butterfly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farfalla
sense_list:
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/butterfly_door__Noun__1
written_rep: butterfly door
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: portiera ad ala di gabbiano
sense_list:
(automotive) A car door similar to scissor door, but while scissor doors move straight up via hinge points at the bottom of the A-pillar, butterfly doors move up and out via hinges along the A-pillar. | (architecture) A door which pivots on a central axis, used in locations with a pressure differential between the two sides of the door, so that forces exhibited do not inhibit opening and closing of the door, due to contrary action of forces on the two halves of the door which open inwards and outwards at the same time.


lexentry: eng/butterfly_stroke__Noun__1
written_rep: butterfly stroke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farfalla
sense_list:
A swimming stroke in which the body is prone, the arms are moved in simultaneous circles, and the feet are kicked up and down.


lexentry: eng/butterflyfish__Noun__1
written_rep: butterflyfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesce farfalla
sense_list:
Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.


