# translation

lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
written_rep: column
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: cronaca | rubrica
sense_list:
(by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.


lexentry: eng/colza__Noun__1
written_rep: colza
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colza
sense_list:
Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes.


lexentry: eng/comb__Noun__1
written_rep: comb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pettine
sense_list:
A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place. | The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.


lexentry: eng/comb__Verb__1
written_rep: comb
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pettinare
sense_list:
(transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb. | (transitive) To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.


lexentry: eng/combination__Noun__1
written_rep: combination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: combinazione
sense_list:
The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining. | (mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.


lexentry: eng/combination_pliers__Noun__1
written_rep: combination pliers
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pinza universale
sense_list:
(US, UK) A type of pliers used by linemen, electricians, and other tradesmen primarily for gripping, twisting, bending and cutting wire, cable and small metalwork components.


lexentry: eng/combinatorics__Noun__1
written_rep: combinatorics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcolo combinatorio
sense_list:
(mathematics) a branch of mathematics that studies (usually finite) collections of objects that satisfy specified criteria


lexentry: eng/combo_box__Noun__1
written_rep: combo box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casella combinata
sense_list:
(graphical user interface) A widget that is a combination of a dropdown list or list box and a single-line textbox, allowing the user either to type a value directly into the control or choose from the list of existing options.


lexentry: eng/combustion__Noun__1
written_rep: combustion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: combustione
sense_list:
(chemistry) The act or process of burning. | A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.


lexentry: eng/combustion_chamber__Noun__1
written_rep: combustion chamber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: camera di combustione
sense_list:
An enclosed space, within a heat engine, in which the fuel is mixed and reacted with air or other oxidizing agent in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/come_about__Verb__1
written_rep: come about
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: girare
sense_list:
(intransitive, nautical) To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking. See also come to.


lexentry: eng/come_across__Verb__1
written_rep: come across
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: avere [[l']]aria | dare [[l']]impressione
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]


lexentry: eng/come_again__Interjection__1
written_rep: come again
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: come scusa? | prego?
sense_list:
(idiomatic, informal, by ellipsis) A polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said, or to indicate surprise.


lexentry: eng/come_and_go__Verb__1
written_rep: come and go
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: andare e venire
sense_list:
To alternately enter and exit, arrive and depart (either physically or figuratively). | To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.


lexentry: eng/come_apart__Verb__1
written_rep: come apart
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: disfare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To have an emotional breakdown; to become emotionally dysfunctional; to have an intense emotional reaction.


lexentry: eng/come_around__Verb__1
written_rep: come around
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cambiare idea | ricredersi | ripensarsi | tornare in sé
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.


lexentry: eng/come_back__Verb__1
written_rep: come back
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: tornare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To return to a former state, usually a desirable one; to become fashionable once more.


lexentry: eng/come_down__Verb__1
written_rep: come down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: atterrare
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion.


lexentry: eng/come_from__Verb__1
written_rep: come from
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: capire
sense_list:
(transitive, slightly, informal) To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point.


lexentry: eng/come_full_circle__Verb__1
written_rep: come full circle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: chiudere il cerchio
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To complete a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things.


lexentry: eng/come_into_one's_own__Verb__1
written_rep: come into one's own
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: raggiungere la maturità
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To reach a stage of development or maturity where one has achieved strength and confidence, economic security, or respect and social acceptance.


lexentry: eng/come_out__Verb__1
written_rep: come out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: uscire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be discovered; to be revealed. | (intransitive) To be published or released; to be issued; to be broadcast for the first time. | (copulative) To end up or result; to turn out to be.


lexentry: eng/come_out_of_the_closet__Verb__1
written_rep: come out of the closet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dichiararsi | uscire allo scoperto
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic, LGBTQ) To disclose to others about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity, where previously this had been kept secret.


lexentry: eng/come_to_a_head__Verb__1
written_rep: come to a head
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: maturare
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed. | (medicine, of an abscess) To reach its final stage.


lexentry: eng/come_to_one's_senses__Verb__1
written_rep: come to one's senses
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tornare in sé
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To reawaken after having lost consciousness. | (idiomatic) To become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible, especially after having behaved in an unreasonable, confused, uncomprehending, or irresponsible manner.


lexentry: eng/come_up_with__Verb__1
written_rep: come up with
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: escogitare | ideare | inventare
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.


lexentry: eng/comeback__Noun__1
written_rep: comeback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comeback
sense_list:
A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.


lexentry: eng/comedo__Noun__1
written_rep: comedo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comedone
sense_list:
(medicine) A clogged hair follicle in the skin, formed when keratin combines with oil to block the follicle.


lexentry: eng/comedy__Noun__1
written_rep: comedy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commedia
sense_list:
(countable, historical) a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece | (countable) a light, amusing play with a happy ending | (countable, Medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy) | (countable, drama) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone | (drama) the genre of such works


lexentry: eng/comely__Adjective__1
written_rep: comely
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gentile
sense_list:
Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.


lexentry: eng/comer__Noun__1
written_rep: comer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spacciatore
sense_list:
One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning. | (figuratively) One who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory.


lexentry: eng/comfort_zone__Noun__1
written_rep: comfort zone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: zona di comfort
sense_list:
(idiomatic, by extension) The range of circumstances in which a person feels relaxed or able to cope.


lexentry: eng/comfrey__Noun__1
written_rep: comfrey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consolida
sense_list:
Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically Symphytum officinale.


lexentry: eng/comic__Adjective__1
written_rep: comic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comico
sense_list:
Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. [from 16th c.] | Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/comic_book__Noun__1
written_rep: comic book
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fumetto
sense_list:
(comics) A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to narrate a story or a series of stories, primarily in a serialized form, usually fiction.


lexentry: eng/comic_relief__Noun__1
written_rep: comic relief
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rilievo comico
sense_list:
(narratology) The inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.


lexentry: eng/comic_strip__Noun__1
written_rep: comic strip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fumetto | striscia di fumetti | vignette
sense_list:
(comics) A series of drawings, in sequence, often but not necessarily depicting something funny or satirical in nature; more specifically, a single work consisting of a short row of such drawings.


lexentry: eng/comitative_case__Noun__1
written_rep: comitative case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comitativo
sense_list:
(grammatical case) Noun case used to denote companionship. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase in company with, together with or with, as in "with the house." Languages that use the comitative case include Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Inari Sami, Northern Sami, Skolt Sami, and Quechua. It is also found in many Australian Aboriginal languages, where it is commonly used to form names of places and languages.


lexentry: eng/comitology__Noun__1
written_rep: comitology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comitologia
sense_list:
(European Union) The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.


lexentry: eng/comma__Noun__1
written_rep: comma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: virgola
sense_list:
(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.


lexentry: eng/command__Noun__1
written_rep: command
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: comando
sense_list:
The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience. | (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.


lexentry: eng/command_line__Noun__1
written_rep: command line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: riga di comando
sense_list:
The text prompt presented to the user in a command line interface. | A line of text that is entered at such a prompt.


lexentry: eng/commandeer__Verb__1
written_rep: commandeer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: depredare | razziare | soggiogare
sense_list:
(transitive, by extension) To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force).


lexentry: eng/commando__Noun__1
written_rep: commando
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commando
sense_list:
A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.


lexentry: eng/commedia_dell'arte__Noun__1
written_rep: commedia dell'arte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commedia dell'arte
sense_list:
(theatre) An early form of Italian theatre characterised by stock characters in a variety of masks, popular in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.


lexentry: eng/commemorate__Verb__1
written_rep: commemorate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commemorare
sense_list:
(transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object. | (transitive) To serve as a memorial to someone or something.


lexentry: eng/commensal__Adjective__1
written_rep: commensal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commensale
sense_list:
(ecology) Of a form of symbiosis in which one organism derives a benefit while the other is unaffected.


lexentry: eng/commensalism__Noun__1
written_rep: commensalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commensalismo
sense_list:
(ecology) A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales.


lexentry: eng/comment__Noun__1
written_rep: comment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: commento
sense_list:
(programming) A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.


lexentry: eng/comment__Verb__1
written_rep: comment
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commentare
sense_list:
(transitive) To remark. | (intransitive, with "on", or, "about") To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding. | (transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.


lexentry: eng/commentary__Noun__1
written_rep: commentary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commento
sense_list:
A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work. | An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.


lexentry: eng/commentative__Adjective__1
written_rep: commentative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commentativo
sense_list:
(of film music) That occurs outside of the context of the film's action, and therefore cannot be heard by the film's characters.


lexentry: eng/commerce__Noun__1
written_rep: commerce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commercio
sense_list:
(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.


lexentry: eng/commie__Noun__1
written_rep: commie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mancino
sense_list:
(pejorative, slang) A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.


lexentry: eng/commie_block__Noun__1
written_rep: commie block
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prefabbricato
sense_list:
(pejorative) A large apartment complex, especially in former Eastern Bloc countries of Eastern Europe, characterized by concrete and rectangular cuboids, similar to a plattenbau.


lexentry: eng/commissariat__Noun__1
written_rep: commissariat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: commissariato
sense_list:
(historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.


lexentry: eng/commission__Noun__1
written_rep: commission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: commissione
sense_list:
The thing to be done as agent for another. | A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function. | A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction. | The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).


lexentry: eng/commissioned_officer__Noun__1
written_rep: commissioned officer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ufficiale
sense_list:
(military) An officer who derives authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, holds a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position.


lexentry: eng/commissioning__Noun__1
written_rep: commissioning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: messa in servizio
sense_list:
The process of assuring that all systems and components of a major piece of equipment, a process, a building or similar are designed, installed and tested according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client.


lexentry: eng/commit__Verb__1
written_rep: commit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impegnarsi | commettere | affidare | arrestare | compromettere | imprigionare
sense_list:
(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.


lexentry: eng/commit__Verb__1
written_rep: commit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: compromettere
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)


lexentry: eng/commitment__Noun__1
written_rep: commitment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: impegno | promessa
sense_list:
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially: | Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.


lexentry: eng/committed__Adjective__1
written_rep: committed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impegnato
sense_list:
Obligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, by a pledge) to some course of action. | Showing commitment. | Associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship.


lexentry: eng/committee__Noun__1
written_rep: committee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comitato | commissione
sense_list:
A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.


lexentry: eng/commodious__Adjective__1
written_rep: commodious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: adatto
sense_list:
(now, rare) Of life or living, endowed with conveniences; comfortable; free from hardship. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/commodity__Noun__1
written_rep: commodity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: materia prima
sense_list:
(economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.


lexentry: eng/commodore__Noun__1
written_rep: commodore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commodoro
sense_list:
(military, nautical) A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral. | (nautical) A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral. | (nautical) The president of a yacht club.


lexentry: eng/common_European_adder__Noun__1
written_rep: common European adder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marasso
sense_list:
A venomous snake of species Vipera berus, in the family Viperidae, that can be found throughout much of Europe, and as far as East Asia


lexentry: eng/common__Adjective__1
written_rep: common
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: comune
sense_list:
Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual. | Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual. | (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.


lexentry: eng/common_barley__Noun__1
written_rep: common barley
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orzo
sense_list:
A plant of the species Hordeum vulgare, which yields the commercially important cereal grain barley.


lexentry: eng/common_bean__Noun__1
written_rep: common bean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fagiolo
sense_list:
An herbaceous annual plant (Phaseolus vulgaris), grown for its edible bean. | A bean of such a plant, varying in size, shape and especially color.


lexentry: eng/common_bile_duct__Noun__1
written_rep: common bile duct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coledoco
sense_list:
(anatomy) The bile duct downstream of the confluence of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct. It discharges bile into the duodenum.


lexentry: eng/common_clothes_moth__Noun__1
written_rep: common clothes moth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: camola
sense_list:
Tineola bisselliella, a winged insect of Tineidae family, the caterpillar of which is a serious pest which destroys woollen materials.


lexentry: eng/common_cold__Noun__1
written_rep: common cold
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: raffreddore
sense_list:
(pathology) A very common, mild viral infection of the nose and throat, whose symptoms typically include sneezing, sniffling, a running or blocked nose, a sore throat, coughing and a headache.


lexentry: eng/common_ground__Noun__1
written_rep: common ground
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: terreno d'intesa
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A characteristic or interest shared by multiple people or systems; any belief, etc. held in common.


lexentry: eng/common_ground_dove__Noun__1
written_rep: common ground dove
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tortorina picui
sense_list:
Columbina passerina, a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.


lexentry: eng/common_house_martin__Noun__1
written_rep: common house martin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: balestruccio
sense_list:
A migratory bird of the species Delichon urbicum, breeding in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.


lexentry: eng/common_knowledge__Noun__1
written_rep: common knowledge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: conoscenza comune
sense_list:
(logic, game theory) A special kind of knowledge for a group of agents, such that when all the agents in a group G know p, they all know that they know p, they all know that they all know that they know p, and so on ad infinitum.


lexentry: eng/common_law__Noun__1
written_rep: common law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: diritto comune
sense_list:
(legal, Scots law, Roman-Dutch law) Law of general application throughout a country, province, or state as opposed to law having only a special or local application


lexentry: eng/common_noun__Noun__1
written_rep: common noun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nome comune
sense_list:
A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo.


lexentry: eng/common_poppy__Noun__1
written_rep: common poppy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: papavero
sense_list:
The poppy (Papaver rhoeas), widespread in western Eurasia and North Africa, formerly a common agricultural weed, now often used in gardens.


lexentry: eng/common_sandpiper__Noun__1
written_rep: common sandpiper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piro piro piccolo
sense_list:
A small species of wading bird, Actitis hypoleucos, widely distributed across Africa, Eurasia, and Australasia.


lexentry: eng/common_sense__Noun__1
written_rep: common sense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buonsenso | senno | senso comune
sense_list:
Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.


lexentry: eng/common_sorrel__Noun__1
written_rep: common sorrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acetosa
sense_list:
Rumex acetosa, a taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae, garden sorrel, native in much of Europe.


lexentry: eng/common_swift__Noun__1
written_rep: common swift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rondone
sense_list:
Apus apus, a swallow-like bird native to Europe and much of temperate Asia, rarely alighting on the ground.


lexentry: eng/common_yarrow__Noun__1
written_rep: common yarrow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: achillea millefoglie
sense_list:
Achillea millefolium, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.


lexentry: eng/commons__Noun__2
written_rep: commons
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bene comune
sense_list:
(figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.


lexentry: eng/commune__Noun__1
written_rep: commune
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: comune | comuna
sense_list:
A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
written_rep: communicate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comunicare | informare | trasmettere
sense_list:
(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
written_rep: communicate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: comunicare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.] | (transitive, obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of. [16th–19th c.] | (intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
written_rep: communicate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: comunicare | essere collegato
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be connected by means of an opening or channel [with with ‘another room, vessel etc.’]. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communication__Noun__1
written_rep: communication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comunicazione
sense_list:
The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission. | (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities. | (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.


lexentry: eng/communism__Noun__1
written_rep: communism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comunismo
sense_list:
Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution. | The international socialist society where classes, money, and the state no longer exist.


lexentry: eng/communist__Noun__1
written_rep: communist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comunista
sense_list:
(communism) An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.


lexentry: eng/communitarianism__Noun__1
written_rep: communitarianism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comunitarismo
sense_list:
(ethics) The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more community-based approach [from 1980s]


lexentry: eng/community__Noun__1
written_rep: community
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comunità
sense_list:
(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition. | (countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune. | (countable, ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.


lexentry: eng/commutative__Adjective__1
written_rep: commutative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commutativo
sense_list:
(mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation.


lexentry: eng/commutative_algebra__Noun__1
written_rep: commutative algebra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algebra commutativa
sense_list:
(mathematics) The branch of algebra concerned with commutative rings and objects related to them (such as ideals and modules). | (algebra) Any algebra (mathematical structure) in which the multiplication operation is commutative.


lexentry: eng/commute__Verb__1
written_rep: commute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: commutare
sense_list:
(intransitive, mathematics) Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.


lexentry: eng/commute__Verb__2
written_rep: commute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare il pendolare
sense_list:
(intransitive, US, UK, Canada) To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.


lexentry: eng/commuter_rail__Noun__1
written_rep: commuter rail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: servizio ferroviario metropolitano | servizio ferroviario suburbano | servizio ferroviario urbano
sense_list:
(rail transport) A rail transport system with trains used to transport commuters between two places, typically their homes and works, normally within a metropolitan area and its surrounding environs, and generally distinguished from other rail transport systems (i.e. subways, metros, tramways) by having less frequent service, lacking free transfers between trains and using heavy rolling stock running on a mainline railway


lexentry: eng/comorbidity__Noun__1
written_rep: comorbidity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comorbidità
sense_list:
(medicine, uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.


lexentry: eng/comp__Verb__1
written_rep: comp
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: aggiungere
sense_list:
(transitive) To provide (someone) with a complimentary item, such as a ticket; to provide (someone) with something for free.


lexentry: eng/compact__Adjective__2
written_rep: compact
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compatto
sense_list:
Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume. | Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space. | (topology, uncomparable) Of a topological space:


lexentry: eng/compact_camera__Noun__1
written_rep: compact camera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotocamera compatta
sense_list:
A simple, digital or 35mm camera that lacks accessories such as changeable lenses or light meter but includes automatic focus, intended primarily for taking snapshots.


lexentry: eng/compact_star__Noun__1
written_rep: compact star
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stella degenere
sense_list:
(star) A type of celestial body that collectively refers to white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes and exotic stars.


lexentry: eng/company__Noun__1
written_rep: company
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compagnia | azienda
sense_list:
(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion. | A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose. | (uncountable) Companionship.


lexentry: eng/company__Noun__1
written_rep: company
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: compagnia | azienda | impresa
sense_list:
(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.


lexentry: eng/comparative__Adjective__1
written_rep: comparative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comparativo
sense_list:
Of or relating to comparison. | Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it. | Approximated by comparison; relative.


lexentry: eng/comparative__Noun__1
written_rep: comparative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comparativo
sense_list:
(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).


lexentry: eng/comparative_literature__Noun__1
written_rep: comparative literature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comparatistica
sense_list:
The academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, cultural and national boundaries.


lexentry: eng/comparator__Noun__1
written_rep: comparator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comparatore
sense_list:
Any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard. | (computing) An application or program that compares prices, rates, tariffs of flights, smartphones, cars, etc.


lexentry: eng/compare__Verb__1
written_rep: compare
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paragonare | comparare | confrontare
sense_list:
(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.


lexentry: eng/comparison__Noun__1
written_rep: comparison
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: comparazione
sense_list:
An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other. | (grammar) A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.


lexentry: eng/compartment__Noun__1
written_rep: compartment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: terrazza | zoccolo
sense_list:
(heraldry) A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.


lexentry: eng/compartmentalization__Noun__1
written_rep: compartmentalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: compartimentalizzazione
sense_list:
(by extension) The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.


lexentry: eng/compass__Noun__1
written_rep: compass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bussola | compasso
sense_list:
A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).


lexentry: eng/compass_point__Noun__1
written_rep: compass point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punto cardinale
sense_list:
Any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass. There may be 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or even 128 compass points on a compass, depending on its size and accuracy.


lexentry: eng/compass_rose__Noun__1
written_rep: compass rose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rosa dei venti
sense_list:
(navigation) A graduated circle, usually marked in degrees, indicating directions and printed or inscribed on an appropriate medium, often a map.


lexentry: eng/compatibility__Noun__1
written_rep: compatibility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: compatibilità
sense_list:
(telecommunication) the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.


lexentry: eng/compellation__Noun__1
written_rep: compellation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: appellativo | designazione
sense_list:
(archaic, rare) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; an appellation, a designation.


lexentry: eng/compensate__Verb__1
written_rep: compensate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compensare
sense_list:
To do (something good) after (something bad) happens | To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.


lexentry: eng/compensate__Verb__1
written_rep: compensate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bilanciare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.


lexentry: eng/compensation__Noun__1
written_rep: compensation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compensazione
sense_list:
The act or principle of compensating. | The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems, the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.


lexentry: eng/compensation__Noun__1
written_rep: compensation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: corrispettivo | compensazione
sense_list:
(finance) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.


lexentry: eng/compensation__Noun__1
written_rep: compensation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: contropartita
sense_list:
(real estate) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.


lexentry: eng/compersion__Noun__1
written_rep: compersion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compersione
sense_list:
(neologism) Vicarious joy associated with seeing one's partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relation with another.


lexentry: eng/compete__Verb__1
written_rep: compete
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: competere | gareggiare
sense_list:
To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend | To take part in a contest, game or similar event


lexentry: eng/competence__Noun__1
written_rep: competence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: competenza
sense_list:
(countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill.


lexentry: eng/competent__Adjective__1
written_rep: competent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: competente
sense_list:
Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications. | (legal) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.


lexentry: eng/competitive__Adjective__1
written_rep: competitive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: competitivo
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to competition. | (of someone's character) Inclined to compete. | (economics) Capable of competing successfully. | (biochemistry) Relating to the inhibition of the effects of a chemical substance by another substance competing with it for binding or bonding. | (euphemistically, of prices) Cheap, especially used of quality products.


lexentry: eng/compilation__Noun__1
written_rep: compilation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: combinazione | raccolta
sense_list:
(countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.


lexentry: eng/complaint__Noun__1
written_rep: complaint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: lamentela | reclamo | denuncia | rimostranza
sense_list:
(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.


lexentry: eng/complaint__Noun__1
written_rep: complaint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: denuncia
sense_list:
(legal) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.


lexentry: eng/complement__Noun__1
written_rep: complement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: angolo complementare
sense_list:
(astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/complement__Noun__1
written_rep: complement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: complemento | completamento
sense_list:
Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/complement__Noun__1
written_rep: complement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: complemento assoluto | insieme complemento | insieme differenza
sense_list:
(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/complementary_distribution__Noun__1
written_rep: complementary distribution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: distribuzione complementare
sense_list:
(phonetics) The distribution of phones in their respective phonetic environments such that one never appears in the same phonetic context as the other.


lexentry: eng/complementary_function__Noun__1
written_rep: complementary function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: funzione complementare
sense_list:
(mathematics) For a nonhomogeneous linear differential equation a_n y^{(n)} + a_{n-1} y^{(n-1)} + \cdots + a_1 y' + a_0 y = g(x), the general solution of the associated homogenous linear differential equation a_n y^{(n)} + a_{n-1} y^{(n-1)} + \cdots + a_1 y' + a_0 y = 0.


lexentry: eng/completist__Noun__1
written_rep: completist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: completista
sense_list:
(originally, scifi, _, fandom slang) A collector who strives to obtain a complete collection of some type of thing, especially a fan who aims to own or consume the complete output of a particular author, publisher, musician or band. | A person who champions any philosophy which focuses on the completeness of something.


lexentry: eng/complex__Adjective__1
written_rep: complex
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: complesso
sense_list:
(mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1. | (mathematics, analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers. | (mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.


lexentry: eng/complex__Noun__1
written_rep: complex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: complesso
sense_list:
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base. | An assemblage of related things; a collection. | (informal, by extension) A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing. | (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.


lexentry: eng/complex_geometry__Noun__1
written_rep: complex geometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: geometria complessa
sense_list:
(mathematics) The study of complex manifolds, complex algebraic varieties, and functions of several complex variables.


lexentry: eng/complex_number__Noun__1
written_rep: complex number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero complesso
sense_list:
(complex analysis) A number of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i denotes the imaginary unit.


lexentry: eng/complex_sentence__Noun__1
written_rep: complex sentence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: periodo
sense_list:
(grammar) A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.


lexentry: eng/complexity__Noun__1
written_rep: complexity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: complessità
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement. | (countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.


lexentry: eng/complication__Noun__1
written_rep: complication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: complicazione
sense_list:
The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity. | (medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.


lexentry: eng/complicity__Noun__1
written_rep: complicity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: complicità
sense_list:
The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.


lexentry: eng/component__Noun__1
written_rep: component
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: componente
sense_list:
A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.


lexentry: eng/compose__Verb__1
written_rep: compose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comporre
sense_list:
(transitive) To make something by merging parts. [from later 15th c.] | (transitive, or, intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.


lexentry: eng/composite__Adjective__1
written_rep: composite
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: asteracea
sense_list:
(botany) Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.


lexentry: eng/composition__Noun__1
written_rep: composition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: composizione
sense_list:
A mixture or compound; the result of composing. [from 16th c.] | The proportion of different parts to make a whole. [from 14th c.] | (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.


lexentry: eng/composition__Noun__1
written_rep: composition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: composizione | componimento
sense_list:
The general makeup of a thing or person. [from 14th c.] | A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/compound__Noun__2
written_rep: compound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: composto
sense_list:
(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.


lexentry: eng/compound_bow__Noun__1
written_rep: compound bow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arco compound
sense_list:
(weapons) A modern bow that uses pulleys and cables to help with the drawing and releasing of the bowstring.


lexentry: eng/compound_interest__Noun__1
written_rep: compound interest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interesse composto
sense_list:
(banking, finance) Interest, as on a loan or a bank account, that is calculated on the total on the principal plus accumulated unpaid interest.


lexentry: eng/comprehensive_school__Noun__1
written_rep: comprehensive school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: liceo scientifico
sense_list:
(British) a normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities; replaced the secondary modern schools and grammar schools


lexentry: eng/compress__Noun__1
written_rep: compress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compressa
sense_list:
(medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.


lexentry: eng/compress__Verb__1
written_rep: compress
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comprimere
sense_list:
(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume. | (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format. | (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format. | (computing, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.


lexentry: eng/compressed_air__Noun__1
written_rep: compressed air
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aria compressa
sense_list:
Air which has been reduced in volume and increased in pressure for use in industrial processes or for cleaning.


lexentry: eng/compression__Noun__1
written_rep: compression
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compressione
sense_list:
An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction. | (automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed. | (computing) The process by which data is compressed.


lexentry: eng/compressor__Noun__1
written_rep: compressor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compressore
sense_list:
A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas. | (audio, sound engineering) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.


lexentry: eng/comprise__Verb__1
written_rep: comprise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comprendere | consistere
sense_list:
(transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). [from the earlier 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/comprise__Verb__1
written_rep: comprise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: comprendere | includere
sense_list:
(patent law) To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.


lexentry: eng/compulsion__Noun__1
written_rep: compulsion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coartazione
sense_list:
An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.


lexentry: eng/compulsion__Noun__1
written_rep: compulsion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coercizione
sense_list:
The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act. | The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).


lexentry: eng/compulsory_acquisition__Noun__1
written_rep: compulsory acquisition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espropriazione per pubblica utilità
sense_list:
(legal, Australia, New Zealand) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.


lexentry: eng/compulsory_education__Noun__1
written_rep: compulsory education
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Scuola dell'obbligo
sense_list:
(legal, education) A period of time in a child's life during which the child must receive schooling as required by law.


lexentry: eng/compulsory_purchase__Noun__1
written_rep: compulsory purchase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espropriazione per pubblica utilità
sense_list:
(legal, UK, Ireland) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.


lexentry: eng/computational_geometry__Noun__1
written_rep: computational geometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: geometria computazionale
sense_list:
(computer science, geometry) A field of study, within computer science, devoted to algorithms that solve problems formulated in geometric terms.


lexentry: eng/computational_linguistics__Noun__1
written_rep: computational linguistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linguistica computazionale
sense_list:
(linguistics, computer science) An interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical and/or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective. This modeling is not limited to any particular field of linguistics.


lexentry: eng/computational_number_theory__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: computational number theory
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teoria algoritmica dei numeri | teoria computazionale dei numeri
sense_list:
(mathematics, number theory) The field of study dealing with computational methods for investigating and solving problems in number theory and arithmetic geometry.


lexentry: eng/computed_tomography__Noun__1
written_rep: computed tomography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tomografia computerizzata
sense_list:
A form of radiography which uses computer software to create images, or slices, at various planes of depth from images taken around a body or volume of interest. Sometimes called “computerized tomography”. (The radiation used is X-rays unless otherwise specified.)


lexentry: eng/computer__Noun__1
written_rep: computer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: computer | calcolatore | elaboratore | ordinatore | computatore | computiere
sense_list:
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/computer_game__Noun__1
written_rep: computer game
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gioco di computer
sense_list:
An electronic game, especially a game played using a general-purpose computer (as opposed to a game console).


lexentry: eng/computer_language__Noun__1
written_rep: computer language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linguaggio di programmazione
sense_list:
(programming) A language that is used internally by computers, including programming languages, machine languages, query languages, markup languages etc.


lexentry: eng/computer_programming__Noun__1
written_rep: computer programming
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: programmazione
sense_list:
(programming) The process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.


lexentry: eng/computer_science__Noun__1
written_rep: computer science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: informatica
sense_list:
The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.


lexentry: eng/computer_security__Noun__1
written_rep: computer security
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sicurezza informatica
sense_list:
A branch of computer science that addresses enforcement of 'secure' behavior on the operation of computers.


lexentry: eng/comrade__Noun__1
written_rep: comrade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: compagno | compagna
sense_list:
(communism, by extension) A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person. [from 1884] | (communism) A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state. [from 1884]


lexentry: eng/con_artist__Noun__1
written_rep: con artist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbindolatore | defraudatore | imbonitore | ingannatore | millantatore | mistificatore
sense_list:
A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.


lexentry: eng/concatenation__Noun__1
written_rep: concatenation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catena
sense_list:
(countable) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.


lexentry: eng/concede__Verb__1
written_rep: concede
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concedere
sense_list:
To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant | To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of. | To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge | (sports) To have a goal or point scored against


lexentry: eng/conceit__Noun__1
written_rep: conceit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: concetto
sense_list:
(countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/conceited__Adjective__1
written_rep: conceited
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arrogante | pallone gonfiato
sense_list:
Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.


lexentry: eng/conceive__Verb__1
written_rep: conceive
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concepire
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To have a child; to become pregnant (with). | (transitive) To understand (someone).


lexentry: eng/concentrate__Verb__1
written_rep: concentrate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concentrare
sense_list:
(ergative) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force. | To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.


lexentry: eng/concentration__Noun__1
written_rep: concentration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concentrazione
sense_list:
The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated. | The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water. | The proportion of a substance in a whole. | (physical chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))


lexentry: eng/concentration_camp__Noun__1
written_rep: concentration camp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: campo di concentramento
sense_list:
A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/concept__Noun__1
written_rep: concept
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: concetto | ipotesi
sense_list:
Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).


lexentry: eng/conception__Noun__1
written_rep: conception
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: concezione | concepimento | concetto
sense_list:
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.


lexentry: eng/concern__Verb__1
written_rep: concern
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riguardare | concernere | preoccupare | inquietare | interessare | turbare
sense_list:
(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.


lexentry: eng/concert__Noun__1
written_rep: concert
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concerto
sense_list:
(uncountable) An agreement in a design or plan; a union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; an accordance in a scheme; harmony; a simultaneous action. | (uncountable) Musical accordance or harmony; concord. | (countable) A musical performance, usually public, in which several performers or instruments take part.


lexentry: eng/concertation__Noun__1
written_rep: concertation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concertazione
sense_list:
A form of dialogue and co-decision, implying the mutual exchange of information, open discussion and knowledge sharing, and the signature of operational agreements between public administrations and/or with representatives of the private sector.


lexentry: eng/concertina__Noun__1
written_rep: concertina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fisarmonica
sense_list:
A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.


lexentry: eng/conch__Noun__1
written_rep: conch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: conchiglia
sense_list:
The shell of this sea animal. | Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”).


lexentry: eng/conch__Verb__1
written_rep: conch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lavorare alla conca
sense_list:
To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.


lexentry: eng/concierge__Noun__1
written_rep: concierge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: portiere
sense_list:
One who attends to the wishes of hotel guests. | (British) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.


lexentry: eng/conciliarism__Noun__1
written_rep: conciliarism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conciliarismo
sense_list:
The doctrine that the highest ecclesiastical authority is an ecumenical council (rather than a pope).


lexentry: eng/conciliarist__Noun__1
written_rep: conciliarist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conciliarista
sense_list:
A believer in conciliarism; someone who thinks the highest authority of the Church is found in ecumenical councils.


lexentry: eng/conciliation__Noun__1
written_rep: conciliation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ravvicinamento
sense_list:
(legal) A form of alternative dispute resolution, similar to but less formal than mediation, in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions, improve communications and explore possible solutions.


lexentry: eng/conclave__Noun__1
written_rep: conclave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conclave
sense_list:
A closed assembly at which cardinals elect a pope. | A group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope. | The set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place. | (by extension) A closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature.


lexentry: eng/conclude__Verb__1
written_rep: conclude
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concludere | finire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To end; to come to an end. | (obsolete) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.


lexentry: eng/conclusion__Noun__1
written_rep: conclusion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conclusione
sense_list:
The end, finish, close or last part of something. | The outcome or result of a process or act. | A decision reached after careful thought. | (logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises. | arrangement; settlement.


lexentry: eng/concordance__Noun__1
written_rep: concordance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: concordanza
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, Bible) An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.


lexentry: eng/concordat__Noun__1
written_rep: concordat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concordato
sense_list:
A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.


lexentry: eng/concordia__Noun__1
written_rep: concordia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concordia
sense_list:
(geology, geochronology) A set of plotted points, appearing as a curve on a concordia diagram or isochron diagram, representing sample data from rock of the same age; the condition of being a member of said set (or on said curve).


lexentry: eng/concourse__Noun__1
written_rep: concourse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: androne | atrio | sala | salone | spianata
sense_list:
A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.


lexentry: eng/concrete__Adjective__1
written_rep: concrete
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concreto | reale
sense_list:
Real, actual, tangible. | Being or applying to actual things, rather than abstract qualities or categories. | Particular, specific, rather than general. | (obsolete) Not liquid or fluid; solid.


lexentry: eng/concrete__Noun__1
written_rep: concrete
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcestruzzo | beton | cemento
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.


lexentry: eng/concrete_jungle__Noun__1
written_rep: concrete jungle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giungla d'asfalto | giungla di cemento
sense_list:
(idiomatic) An urban or other populated area containing a high density of buildings constructed of concrete or similar materials, especially one which lacks greenery and which seems unattractive, harsh, or unsafe.


lexentry: eng/concrete_term__Noun__1
written_rep: concrete term
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: termine concreto
sense_list:
(linguistics) A term which expresses material facts, actions and events in physical reality relating to possible causes and means.


lexentry: eng/concrete_verb__Noun__1
written_rep: concrete verb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verbo concreto
sense_list:
(Slavic grammar) A verbal aspect in verbs of motion that is unidirectional (as opposed to multidirectional), a definitely directed motion, or a single, completed action (instead of a repeated action or series of actions). Concrete verbs may be either imperfective or perfective.


lexentry: eng/concretization__Noun__1
written_rep: concretization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: concretizzazione
sense_list:
(countable) Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea.


lexentry: eng/concretize__Verb__1
written_rep: concretize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concretizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make concrete, substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.


lexentry: eng/concussion__Noun__1
written_rep: concussion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: commozione cerebrale
sense_list:
(uncountable, _, in, _, Commonwealth, countable, _) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.


lexentry: eng/condemn__Verb__1
written_rep: condemn
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: condannare
sense_list:
(transitive) To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence | (transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.


lexentry: eng/condemnation__Noun__1
written_rep: condemnation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condanna
sense_list:
The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong. | The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture. | The state of being condemned.


lexentry: eng/condensation__Noun__1
written_rep: condensation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condensazione
sense_list:
The act or process of condensing or of being condensed | (physics, physical chemistry) The conversion of a gas to a liquid.


lexentry: eng/condense__Verb__1
written_rep: condense
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condensare
sense_list:
(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume. | (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.


lexentry: eng/condenser__Noun__1
written_rep: condenser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condensatore
sense_list:
(process engineering) A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.


lexentry: eng/condescend__Verb__1
written_rep: condescend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accondiscendere
sense_list:
To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.


lexentry: eng/condescend__Verb__1
written_rep: condescend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concedere
sense_list:
To treat someone as though inferior; to talk down to someone; to patronize. | (nonstandard, rare) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to talk down to (someone); to patronize.


lexentry: eng/condescension__Noun__1
written_rep: condescension
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condiscendenza
sense_list:
The act of condescending; a manner of behaving in an outwardly polite way that nevertheless implies superiority to another; patronizing courtesy toward inferiors.


lexentry: eng/condition__Noun__1
written_rep: condition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condizione
sense_list:
The health status of a medical patient. | A particular state of being. | A requirement. | A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.


lexentry: eng/condition__Verb__1
written_rep: condition
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: condizionare
sense_list:
To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on. | To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.


lexentry: eng/condition_precedent__Noun__1
written_rep: condition precedent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: condizione sospensiva
sense_list:
(legal) a condition depending upon an uncertain event which must be fulfilled before an obligation arises or a legal transaction takes effect.


lexentry: eng/condition_subsequent__Noun__1
written_rep: condition subsequent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condizione risolutiva
sense_list:
(legal) A condition depending upon an uncertain event which, if fulfilled, brings an end to an obligation or legal transaction.


lexentry: eng/conditional_perfect__Noun__1
written_rep: conditional perfect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condizionale passato
sense_list:
(grammar) A combination of the conditional mood and the perfect tense, roughly corresponding to English 'I would have...'


lexentry: eng/conditional_sentence__Noun__1
written_rep: conditional sentence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condizionale
sense_list:
(grammar) A sentence discussing factual implications or hypothetical situations and their consequences. A full conditional sentence contains two clauses: the condition or protasis, and the consequence or apodosis.


lexentry: eng/condole__Verb__1
written_rep: condole
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condolersi
sense_list:
Followed by with: to express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with, someone; to lament in sympathy with someone.


lexentry: eng/condolence__Noun__1
written_rep: condolence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: condoglianze | condoglianza
sense_list:
(countable, usually, in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.


lexentry: eng/condolences__Noun__2
written_rep: condolences
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condoglianze
sense_list:
comfort, support, or sympathy offered especially to the family and friends of somebody who has died.


lexentry: eng/condom__Noun__1
written_rep: condom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: preservativo | condom | profilattico | goldone
sense_list:
A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STIs during PIV, anal, or oral.


lexentry: eng/condominium__Noun__1
written_rep: condominium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: condominio
sense_list:
(US, Canada, Philippines) A building or complex of buildings that provides multiple residential units each of which is owned separately but whose grounds, structure, etc. (if any) are owned jointly. [from 20th c.] | (US, Canada, Philippines) The system of ownership by which such condominiums operate.


lexentry: eng/condone__Verb__1
written_rep: condone
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perdonare
sense_list:
(transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked). | (transitive, legal) To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).


lexentry: eng/condone__Verb__1
written_rep: condone
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sopportare
sense_list:
(transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).


lexentry: eng/condor__Noun__1
written_rep: condor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condor | condor della California | condor delle Ande
sense_list:
Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.


lexentry: eng/condor__Noun__1
written_rep: condor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: condor | condor delle Ande
sense_list:
(golf) The completion of a hole four strokes under par (a quadruple birdie, triple eagle, or double albatross).


lexentry: eng/condottiere__Noun__1
written_rep: condottiere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capitano di ventura
sense_list:
(historical) A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.


lexentry: eng/conduct__Verb__1
written_rep: conduct
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condurre
sense_list:
(archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort. | (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.


lexentry: eng/conductance__Noun__1
written_rep: conductance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conduttanza
sense_list:
(physics) A measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance.


lexentry: eng/conductimetry__Noun__1
written_rep: conductimetry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conduttometria
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) The measurement of the conductance of a solution, especially during a reaction or titration


lexentry: eng/conductivity__Noun__1
written_rep: conductivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conduttività
sense_list:
The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound | (physics) The reciprocal of resistivity


lexentry: eng/conductor__Noun__1
written_rep: conductor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: direttore d'orchestra
sense_list:
(musician) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.


lexentry: eng/conduit__Noun__1
written_rep: conduit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condotto
sense_list:
A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc. | A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.


lexentry: eng/cone__Noun__1
written_rep: cone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cono
sense_list:
(geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line. | (geometry) A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes. | (topology) A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point. | (anatomy) Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina.


lexentry: eng/cone_cell__Noun__1
written_rep: cone cell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cono
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any of the photoreceptor cells in the retina that are responsible for colour vision in relatively bright light.


lexentry: eng/confection__Noun__1
written_rep: confection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dolce | pasticcino
sense_list:
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.


lexentry: eng/confectioner__Noun__1
written_rep: confectioner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pasticciere
sense_list:
A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).


lexentry: eng/confectionery__Noun__1
written_rep: confectionery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dolciumi
sense_list:
(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.


lexentry: eng/confer__Verb__1
written_rep: confer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conferire
sense_list:
(transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow. [from 16th c.] | (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/conference__Noun__1
written_rep: conference
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: conferenza
sense_list:
(business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers. | (Philippines, sports) A constituent tournament of a sports league in a given season.


lexentry: eng/confess__Verb__1
written_rep: confess
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confessare
sense_list:
(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.


lexentry: eng/confession__Noun__1
written_rep: confession
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confessione
sense_list:
The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad). | A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.


lexentry: eng/confessional__Noun__1
written_rep: confessional
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confessionale
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.


lexentry: eng/confessional_chair__Noun__1
written_rep: confessional chair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confessionale
sense_list:
A chair, or rather booth, in various constructional variations, typically in church or chapel, where the confessor, seated in one compartment, can privately (to protect the sacred secret of the sacrament) hear confession from the person in the other


lexentry: eng/confetti__Noun__1
written_rep: confetti
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coriandoli
sense_list:
Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.


lexentry: eng/confide__Verb__1
written_rep: confide
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: affermare
sense_list:
(intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. | (transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.


lexentry: eng/confidence_interval__Noun__1
written_rep: confidence interval
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intervallo di confidenza | intervallo di fiducia
sense_list:
(statistics) A range defined such that there is a fixed probability that the value of the measured parameter will fall within the range.


lexentry: eng/confidential__Adjective__1
written_rep: confidential
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confidenziale | riservato
sense_list:
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly


lexentry: eng/configurationism__Noun__1
written_rep: configurationism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: configurazionismo
sense_list:
(psychology) Any theory of psychology based on configurational properties, but especially Gestalt psychology


lexentry: eng/configure__Verb__1
written_rep: configure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: definire
sense_list:
(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking


lexentry: eng/confine__Verb__1
written_rep: confine
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sfiorare
sense_list:
(transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/confirmation__Noun__1
written_rep: confirmation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cresima | confermazione
sense_list:
A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.


lexentry: eng/confirmation_bias__Noun__1
written_rep: confirmation bias
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bias di conferma
sense_list:
(psychology) A cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study; a psychological tendency to look for and accept information which supports one's values and worldview and reject that which conflicts with it.


lexentry: eng/conflate__Verb__1
written_rep: conflate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: confondere
sense_list:
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.


lexentry: eng/conflation__Noun__1
written_rep: conflation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: associazione
sense_list:
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry. | (uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.


lexentry: eng/conflict_of_interest__Noun__1
written_rep: conflict of interest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conflitto d'interesse
sense_list:
(legal) A situation in which an individual or legal entity in a position of trust (such as an attorney, investment advisor, broker, politician, executive, director, scientist or physician) has competing professional or personal interests.


lexentry: eng/confluence__Noun__1
written_rep: confluence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confluenza
sense_list:
The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.


lexentry: eng/conform__Verb__1
written_rep: conform
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: essere conforme
sense_list:
(intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.


lexentry: eng/conformal__Adjective__1
written_rep: conformal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: conforme
sense_list:
(mathematics, of a transformation) That preserves angles between intersecting curves. | (cartography, of a map projection) That preserves relative angles over small scales, at all but a limited number of distinct points.


lexentry: eng/conformation__Noun__1
written_rep: conformation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conformazione
sense_list:
The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity. | The state of being conformed; agreement | Structure, the arrangement of parts of some thing; form; arrangement. | (physical chemistry) The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken.


lexentry: eng/confound__Verb__1
written_rep: confound
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: condannare
sense_list:
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong. | To cause to be ashamed; to abash. | To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.


lexentry: eng/confounded__Adjective__1
written_rep: confounded
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abominabile
sense_list:
Confused, astonished. | Defeated, thwarted. | (colloquial) Extremely bad; very unpleasant; used as an intensifier.


lexentry: eng/confront__Verb__1
written_rep: confront
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confrontare | affrontare
sense_list:
(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with


lexentry: eng/confrontational__Adjective__1
written_rep: confrontational
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aggresivo
sense_list:
Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.


lexentry: eng/confuse__Verb__1
written_rep: confuse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confondere
sense_list:
(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand | (transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).


lexentry: eng/confused__Adjective__1
written_rep: confused
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confuso
sense_list:
(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand | chaotic, jumbled or muddled | making no sense; illogical | embarrassed


lexentry: eng/confusedly__Adverb__1
written_rep: confusedly
part_of_speech: adverb
sense_list: In a confused manner.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
confusamente | allucinatamente | babelicamente | farraginosamente | ingarbugliatamente | nebbiosamente


lexentry: eng/confute__Verb__1
written_rep: confute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confutare
sense_list:
(transitive, now, _, rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.


lexentry: eng/conga__Noun__1
written_rep: conga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conga
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin. | (dance) A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain. [from 1935]


lexentry: eng/congeal__Verb__1
written_rep: congeal
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: congelare
sense_list:
(transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.


lexentry: eng/conger_eel__Noun__1
written_rep: conger eel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grongo
sense_list:
Any of various large marine eels of the family Congridae, having no scales and found in temperate and tropical coastal waters.


lexentry: eng/congest__Verb__1
written_rep: congest
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intasare
sense_list:
To hinder or block the passage of something moving, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.


lexentry: eng/congregate__Verb__1
written_rep: congregate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: congregare
sense_list:
(transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.


lexentry: eng/congregation__Noun__1
written_rep: congregation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: assemblea | congregazione | raduno
sense_list:
A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).


lexentry: eng/congress__Noun__1
written_rep: congress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: congresso
sense_list:
A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question. | (often, capitalized) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.


lexentry: eng/congruence__Noun__1
written_rep: congruence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: congruenza
sense_list:
The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate. | (mathematics, number theory) A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number.


lexentry: eng/conic_section__Noun__1
written_rep: conic section
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sezione conica | conica
sense_list:
(geometry) Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.


lexentry: eng/conifer__Noun__1
written_rep: conifer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conifera
sense_list:
(botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.


lexentry: eng/coniine__Noun__1
written_rep: coniine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coniina
sense_list:
(organic compound) A poisonous alkaloid found in poison hemlock and the yellow pitcher plant; it is a neurotoxin which disrupts the peripheral nervous system.


lexentry: eng/conjecture__Verb__1
written_rep: conjecture
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: congetturare
sense_list:
(formal, intransitive) To guess; to venture an unproven idea. | (transitive) To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.


lexentry: eng/conjugate__Verb__1
written_rep: conjugate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coniugare
sense_list:
(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.


lexentry: eng/conjugation__Noun__1
written_rep: conjugation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: coniugazione
sense_list:
(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take. | (grammar) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.


lexentry: eng/conjunction__Noun__1
written_rep: conjunction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: congiunzione
sense_list:
(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.) | (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.


lexentry: eng/conjunctiva__Noun__1
written_rep: conjunctiva
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: congiuntiva
sense_list:
(anatomy) A clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.


lexentry: eng/conk__Noun__1
written_rep: conk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lingua
sense_list:
The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.


lexentry: eng/connate__Adjective__1
written_rep: connate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: connato
sense_list:
Of the same or a similar nature; proceeding from the same stock or root. | Inborn. | (botany) United with other organs of the same kind (for example sepals connate with sepals, petals connate with petals, or stamens with stamens). | (geology) Trapped within a rock at the time of its formation (especially of water or petroleum).


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
written_rep: connect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: connettere | collegare | cablare | connettersi
sense_list:
(intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. | (transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
written_rep: connect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: connettere | connettersi
sense_list:
(intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.


lexentry: eng/connected__Adjective__1
written_rep: connected
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: connesso
sense_list:
(mathematics, graph theory, of a graph) Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.


lexentry: eng/connecting_rod__Noun__1
written_rep: connecting rod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biella
sense_list:
Any rod, in an engine, that transmits power or motion, especially one that connects a reciprocating shaft to a rotating wheel, in reciprocating engines connecting piston to crankshaft


lexentry: eng/connection__Noun__1
written_rep: connection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: connessione
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of connecting. | A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.


lexentry: eng/connection__Noun__1
written_rep: connection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: coincidenza
sense_list:
(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.


lexentry: eng/connective_tissue__Noun__1
written_rep: connective tissue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tessuto connettivo
sense_list:
(anatomy) A type of tissue found in animals whose main function is binding other tissue systems (such as muscle to skin) or organs and consists of the following three elements: cells, fibers and a ground substance (or extracellular matrix).


lexentry: eng/connectivity__Noun__1
written_rep: connectivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: connettività
sense_list:
(countable, mathematics) In a graph, a measure of concatenated adjacency (the number of ways that points are connected to each other)


lexentry: eng/connectome__Noun__1
written_rep: connectome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: connettoma
sense_list:
(biology, neuroscience) The complete mapping of the structural links in an organism's neural circuitry.


lexentry: eng/connector__Noun__1
written_rep: connector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: connettore
sense_list:
A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.


lexentry: eng/conning_tower__Noun__1
written_rep: conning tower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: torre di comando
sense_list:
(nautical) A connecting structure between the bridge and pressure hull of a submarine; in larger, modern submarines it contains the captain's cabin and is known as the sail.


lexentry: eng/connive__Verb__1
written_rep: connive
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: architettare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/connoisseur__Noun__1
written_rep: connoisseur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conoscitore | esperto | connaisseur | intenditore
sense_list:
A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.


lexentry: eng/connotation__Noun__1
written_rep: connotation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: connotazione
sense_list:
(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.


lexentry: eng/conscience__Noun__1
written_rep: conscience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coscienza
sense_list:
(chiefly, fiction, narratology) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.


lexentry: eng/conscientious_objector__Noun__1
written_rep: conscientious objector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: obiettore di coscienza | obiettrice di coscienza
sense_list:
Someone who refuses to perform military service (for example to fight in an armed conflict, or be compulsorily drafted in a time of peace) because of religious or moral principles.


lexentry: eng/conscious__Adjective__1
written_rep: conscious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cosciente
sense_list:
Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active. | Aware of one's own existence; aware of one's own awareness.


lexentry: eng/consecutio_temporum__Noun__1
written_rep: consecutio temporum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concordanza dei tempi | consecutio temporum
sense_list:
(linguistics, grammar) A set of grammatical rules of a particular language, governing the agreement between the tenses of verbs in related clauses or sentences; agreement between tenses of verbs in accordance with said set of rules.


lexentry: eng/consecutive_interpreting__Noun__1
written_rep: consecutive interpreting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interpretazione consecutiva
sense_list:
(translation studies) A type of oral translation from one language into another which is produced after a person has finished speaking and typically with the aid of notetaking.


lexentry: eng/consensus__Noun__1
written_rep: consensus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: consenso
sense_list:
General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each member of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.


lexentry: eng/consequence__Noun__1
written_rep: consequence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conseguenza
sense_list:
An effect; something that follows a cause as a result. | (especially when preceded by "of") Importance, influence, or significance.


lexentry: eng/consequentialism__Noun__1
written_rep: consequentialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: consequenzialismo
sense_list:
(ethics) The belief that consequences form the basis for any valid moral judgment about an action. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome, or consequence.


lexentry: eng/conservation__Noun__1
written_rep: conservation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conservazione
sense_list:
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. | (biology) Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor


lexentry: eng/conservation_law__Noun__1
written_rep: conservation law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: legge di conservazione
sense_list:
(physics) Any of several laws that hold that some physical property remains constant in a closed system regardless of other changes that take place.


lexentry: eng/conservative__Adjective__1
written_rep: conservative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: conservatore
sense_list:
Tending to resist change or innovation. | (US, Canada, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism. | (linguistics) Having few changes relative to an older form, especially in comparison to related varieties.


lexentry: eng/conservative__Noun__1
written_rep: conservative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conservatore | conservatrice
sense_list:
(politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country. | (US, Canada, politics) A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.


lexentry: eng/conservator__Noun__1
written_rep: conservator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conservatore
sense_list:
One who conserves, preserves or protects something. | A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.


lexentry: eng/conservatorship__Noun__1
written_rep: conservatorship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tutela
sense_list:
(legal) The legal status of a conservator, similar to guardianship or trusteeship. | (legal) The state of being under the control of a conservator.


lexentry: eng/consideration__Noun__1
written_rep: consideration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: considerazione
sense_list:
The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition). | The tendency to consider others and make allowances for their needs or desires.


lexentry: eng/consist__Noun__1
written_rep: consist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: composizione | configurazione | formazione
sense_list:
(rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.


lexentry: eng/consistence__Noun__1
written_rep: consistence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: consistenza
sense_list:
(archaic) The physical quality which is given by the degree of density, firmness, solidity, and viscosity; consistency.


lexentry: eng/consistent__Adjective__1
written_rep: consistent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: continuo | costante
sense_list:
Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]


lexentry: eng/consolation_prize__Noun__1
written_rep: consolation prize
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: premio di consolazione
sense_list:
An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.


lexentry: eng/consommé__Noun__1
written_rep: consommé
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consommé
sense_list:
a clear broth made from reduced meat or vegetable stock, served either hot as a soup or chilled as a jelly


lexentry: eng/consonant__Noun__1
written_rep: consonant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consonante
sense_list:
(phonetics) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel. | A letter representing the sound of a consonant.


lexentry: eng/consonantism__Noun__1
written_rep: consonantism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: consonantismo
sense_list:
(linguistics, phonology) The consonants, sequence of consonants, or the quality peculiar to the consonants of a given word or group of words.


lexentry: eng/consortium__Noun__1
written_rep: consortium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consorzio
sense_list:
An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture. | A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations. | An association or society.


lexentry: eng/conspicuous_consumption__Noun__1
written_rep: conspicuous consumption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consumo ostentativo | consumo vistoso
sense_list:
A public display of acquisition of possessions with the intention of gaining social prestige; excessive consumerism in order to flaunt one's purchasing power.


lexentry: eng/conspiracy__Noun__1
written_rep: conspiracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cospirazione
sense_list:
(legal) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future. | (loosely) An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.


lexentry: eng/conspire__Verb__1
written_rep: conspire
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: complottare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.


lexentry: eng/constable__Noun__1
written_rep: constable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: conestabile
sense_list:
(historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).


lexentry: eng/constancy__Noun__1
written_rep: constancy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costanza
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.


lexentry: eng/constant__Noun__1
written_rep: constant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costante
sense_list:
That which is permanent or invariable. | (algebra) A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion. | (science) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances. | (computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.


lexentry: eng/constant_of_integration__Noun__1
written_rep: constant of integration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costante di integrazione
sense_list:
(calculus) An unspecified constant term added to a particular antiderivative to make it represent its whole family of antiderivatives, usually denoted with C.


lexentry: eng/constellation__Noun__1
written_rep: constellation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costellazione
sense_list:
(astronomy) An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism. | (modern, _, astronomy) Any of the 88 regions of the sky officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region. [from 1920s] | A wide, seemingly unlimited, assortment.


lexentry: eng/consternation__Noun__1
written_rep: consternation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costernazione
sense_list:
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.


lexentry: eng/constipation__Noun__1
written_rep: constipation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stitichezza | stipsi
sense_list:
A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces. | The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.


lexentry: eng/constituent__Noun__1
written_rep: constituent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: elettore
sense_list:
A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.


lexentry: eng/constitution__Noun__1
written_rep: constitution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costituzione
sense_list:
The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup. | (government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions. | (law) A legal document describing such a formal system. | (dated) The general health of a person.


lexentry: eng/constitutional__Adjective__1
written_rep: constitutional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: costituzionale
sense_list:
In compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution. | Relating to a legal or political constitution.


lexentry: eng/constitutional_court__Noun__1
written_rep: constitutional court
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corte costituzionale
sense_list:
a high court whose jurisdiction is focused on constitutional law or constitutional issues, such as the review of the constitutionality of laws, draft laws, political and bureaucratic decisions, acts of political parties, etc.


lexentry: eng/constitutional_law__Noun__1
written_rep: constitutional law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diritto costituzionale
sense_list:
(legal) The area of law which deals with the interpretation and application of a constitution, particularly that of a national government.


lexentry: eng/constitutionalist__Noun__1
written_rep: constitutionalist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costituzionalista
sense_list:
A person who adheres to the philosophy of constitutionalism. | A person who is expert in constitutional law.


lexentry: eng/constitutionality__Noun__1
written_rep: constitutionality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costituzionalità
sense_list:
(legal) The status of being constitutional; of being in accord with the provisions of the appropriate constitution.


lexentry: eng/construct__Noun__1
written_rep: construct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: costruzione
sense_list:
(genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.


lexentry: eng/constructed_language__Noun__1
written_rep: constructed language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lingua artificiale
sense_list:
Any language—whether a human language, a programming language, or markup language—that is not a natural language.


lexentry: eng/constructible__Adjective__1
written_rep: constructible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costruibile
sense_list:
Of a land, suitable or allowable for constructing a building on. | Of a building or other thing, capable of being constructed.


lexentry: eng/construction__Noun__1
written_rep: construction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costruzione
sense_list:
The process of constructing. | Anything that has been constructed. | The trade of building structures.


lexentry: eng/construction_site__Noun__1
written_rep: construction site
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cantiere
sense_list:
A place where a building or other physical structure is under construction. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/constructivism__Noun__1
written_rep: constructivism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costruttivismo
sense_list:
(arts) A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.


lexentry: eng/constructor__Noun__1
written_rep: constructor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: costruttore
sense_list:
(object-oriented programming) A class method that creates and initializes each instance of an object.


lexentry: eng/construe__Verb__1
written_rep: construe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: interpretare
sense_list:
(transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).


lexentry: eng/consul__Noun__1
written_rep: consul
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: console
sense_list:
(historical) Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires. | (by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.


lexentry: eng/consult__Verb__1
written_rep: consult
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consultare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.


lexentry: eng/consultant__Noun__1
written_rep: consultant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consulente
sense_list:
A person or party that is consulted. | A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.


lexentry: eng/consumer_price_index__Noun__1
written_rep: consumer price index
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indice prezzi al consumo
sense_list:
(economics) A statistical estimate of the level of prices of goods and services bought for consumption purposes by households.


lexentry: eng/consummation__Noun__1
written_rep: consummation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consumazione
sense_list:
The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.


lexentry: eng/contact__Noun__1
written_rep: contact
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: contatto
sense_list:
The establishment of communication (with). | Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication. | (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.


lexentry: eng/contact_details__Noun__1
written_rep: contact details
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coordinata
sense_list:
Information on how to contact a person or entity, typically including a telephone number, address etc.


lexentry: eng/contact_lens__Noun__1
written_rep: contact lens
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lente a contatto
sense_list:
A thin lens, made of flexible or rigid plastic, that is placed directly on to the eye to correct vision, used as an alternative to spectacles, or, if coloured, to change one's eye color cosmetically.


lexentry: eng/contact_tracing__Noun__1
written_rep: contact tracing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contact tracing | rintracciamento dei contatti | tracciamento dei contatti
sense_list:
(epidemiology) The process of identification of persons ("contacts") who may have come into contact with a person carrying an infectious disease.


lexentry: eng/contagion__Noun__1
written_rep: contagion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contagio
sense_list:
A disease spread by contact. | The spread or transmission of such a disease. | (figuratively, by extension) The spread of anything likened to a contagious disease. | (finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.


lexentry: eng/contagious__Adjective__1
written_rep: contagious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contagioso | infettivo
sense_list:
(of a disease) Easily transmitted to others. | (of a person) Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.


lexentry: eng/contain__Verb__1
written_rep: contain
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contenere
sense_list:
(transitive) To hold inside. | (transitive) To include as a part. | (transitive) To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.


lexentry: eng/container__Noun__1
written_rep: container
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: contenitore
sense_list:
(object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.


lexentry: eng/container_deposit__Noun__1
written_rep: container deposit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pegno
sense_list:
A monetary deposit on a beverage or other container at the point of sale, refundable when the container is returned for reuse, recycling or proper disposal.


lexentry: eng/container_ship__Noun__1
written_rep: container ship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nave portacontainer
sense_list:
(watercraft) A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.


lexentry: eng/containerization__Noun__1
written_rep: containerization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: containerizzazione
sense_list:
The process of containerizing; the use of containers in shipping and transport, especially shipping containers.


lexentry: eng/containment__Noun__1
written_rep: containment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: contenimento
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.


lexentry: eng/contemplate__Verb__1
written_rep: contemplate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contemplare | considerare
sense_list:
To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.


lexentry: eng/contempt__Noun__1
written_rep: contempt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disprezzo
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.


lexentry: eng/contend__Verb__1
written_rep: contend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: affermare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue. | (intransitive) To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate.


lexentry: eng/content__Noun__2
written_rep: content
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contenuto
sense_list:
(uncountable) That which is contained. | Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc. | (algebra, ring theory, of a polynomial with coefficients in a GCD domain) The greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor of the coefficients which, when removed, leaves the adjusted coefficients with no common factor that is noninvertible.


lexentry: eng/contention__Noun__1
written_rep: contention
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: asserzione
sense_list:
A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.


lexentry: eng/contents_insurance__Noun__1
written_rep: contents insurance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: assicurazione sulle suppellettili domestiche
sense_list:
Insurance that pays for damage to, or loss of, an individual’s personal possessions whilst they are located within that individual’s home.


lexentry: eng/context-sensitive__Adjective__1
written_rep: context-sensitive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contestuale
sense_list:
(computing, philosophy) Sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation.


lexentry: eng/context__Noun__1
written_rep: context
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contesto
sense_list:
The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence. | (linguistics) The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.


lexentry: eng/contextual__Adjective__1
written_rep: contextual
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contestuale
sense_list:
Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of information; relating to the situation or location in which the information was found.


lexentry: eng/contextualization__Noun__1
written_rep: contextualization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contestualizzazione
sense_list:
The act or process of putting information into context; making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.


lexentry: eng/contiguity__Noun__1
written_rep: contiguity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contiguità
sense_list:
A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.


lexentry: eng/continent__Noun__1
written_rep: continent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: continente
sense_list:
Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.


lexentry: eng/contingency__Noun__1
written_rep: contingency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: casualità | eventualità | imprevisto
sense_list:
(countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. [from 1610s]


lexentry: eng/contingency__Noun__1
written_rep: contingency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: indennizzo | penale
sense_list:
(finance, countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.


lexentry: eng/contingency_plan__Noun__1
written_rep: contingency plan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piano B
sense_list:
An alternative plan to be put into operation if needed, especially in case of emergencies, or if a primary plan fails.


lexentry: eng/contingentism__Noun__1
written_rep: contingentism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contingentismo
sense_list:
(philosophy) The philosophy concerned with the contingency of existence or other metaphysical concepts.


lexentry: eng/continue__Verb__1
written_rep: continue
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: continuare
sense_list:
(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity). | (intransitive) To resume.


lexentry: eng/continued_fraction__Noun__1
written_rep: continued fraction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frazione continua
sense_list:
(mathematics, number theory) A compound numerical expression consisting of an integer plus a fraction whose numerator is a positive integer and whose denominator is a continued fraction (an integer plus a fraction), and so on, with finite or infinite recursion.


lexentry: eng/continuity__Noun__1
written_rep: continuity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: continuità
sense_list:
Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time. | (narratology) A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.


lexentry: eng/continuous__Adjective__1
written_rep: continuous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: continuo
sense_list:
Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption. | (mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).


lexentry: eng/continuous_integration__Noun__1
written_rep: continuous integration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: integrazione continua
sense_list:
(software engineering) The practice of merging all branches to a shared mainline several times a day.


lexentry: eng/continuum__Noun__1
written_rep: continuum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: continuo
sense_list:
A continuous extent. | (mathematics) The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.


lexentry: eng/contour__Noun__1
written_rep: contour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contorno | profilo
sense_list:
An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape. | A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth; (metonymically) the landform or its surface.


lexentry: eng/contrabassoon__Noun__1
written_rep: contrabassoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: controfagotto
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.


lexentry: eng/contraceptive__Noun__1
written_rep: contraceptive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contraccettivo
sense_list:
A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.


lexentry: eng/contract__Noun__1
written_rep: contract
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contratto
sense_list:
An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement. | (legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.


lexentry: eng/contract_of_sale__Noun__1
written_rep: contract of sale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compravendita
sense_list:
(legal) A contract that involves an exchange of goods, services or property to be exchanged from seller (or vendor) to buyer (or purchaser) for an agreed upon value in money (or money equivalent) paid or the promise to pay same.


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
written_rep: contraction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: contrazione
sense_list:
(linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are reduced or lost, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word. | (orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark. | A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.


lexentry: eng/contracture__Noun__1
written_rep: contracture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contrattura
sense_list:
(medicine) An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle or skin; a deformity so caused.


lexentry: eng/contradiction__Noun__1
written_rep: contradiction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contraddizione
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting. | (countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms. | (logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.


lexentry: eng/contradiction_in_terms__Noun__1
written_rep: contradiction in terms
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contraddizione | ossimoro
sense_list:
A phrase or expression in which the component words contradict one another, often unintentionally, or are claimed to do so when seen from a particular point of view.


lexentry: eng/contrail__Noun__1
written_rep: contrail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scia di condensazione
sense_list:
An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.


lexentry: eng/contraindication__Noun__1
written_rep: contraindication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: controindicazione
sense_list:
(medicine) A factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually.


lexentry: eng/contralto__Noun__1
written_rep: contralto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contralto
sense_list:
(music) The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to the same musical pitch range, but among singers, the term contralto is reserved for female singers; the equivalent male form is counter-tenor. Originally the contratenor altus was a high countermelody sung against the tenor or main melody.


lexentry: eng/contraposition__Noun__1
written_rep: contraposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contrapposizione
sense_list:
(countable, logic) The statement of the form "if not Q then not P", given the statement "if P then Q".


lexentry: eng/contrarian__Adjective__1
written_rep: contrarian
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: controcorrente | fuori dal coro
sense_list:
Liking or tending to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/contrarian__Noun__1
written_rep: contrarian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bastian contrario
sense_list:
A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/contrast__Noun__1
written_rep: contrast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contrasto
sense_list:
(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable. | (countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed. | (uncountable) The degree of this difference.


lexentry: eng/contravariant__Adjective__1
written_rep: contravariant
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: controvariante
sense_list:
(category theory, of a functor) Which reverses the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X \to Y to a morphism F(f):F(Y) \to F(X). | (object-oriented programming) Using or relating to contravariance.


lexentry: eng/contravention__Noun__1
written_rep: contravention
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contravvenzione
sense_list:
The act of contravening (a rule, regulation, law, or order) or of not fulfilling (an obligation, promise, or agreement).


lexentry: eng/contribution__Noun__1
written_rep: contribution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contributo | contribuzione
sense_list:
Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole. | An amount of money given toward something.


lexentry: eng/control__Noun__1
written_rep: control
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: comandi
sense_list:
The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.


lexentry: eng/control_car__Noun__1
written_rep: control car
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carrozza semipilota
sense_list:
(railways) A non-powered railroad car from which the train may be controlled - equipped with a driver's cabin, front lights and other equipment required for a locomotive, located at the end of the train opposite to that of the locomotive. This arrangement allows the train to be safely driven into both directions at full speed without changing the configuration of the train.


lexentry: eng/control_room__Noun__1
written_rep: control room
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cabina di regia
sense_list:
The area inside a recording studio designed to facilitate the mixing of audio for studio recordings.


lexentry: eng/control_surface__Noun__1
written_rep: control surface
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(aeronautics) A moveable surface attached to a machine such as an aircraft or submarine that can be used to control the machine's motion in roll, pitch or yaw.

trans_list:
superficie di controllo | timone | timone di direzione (verticale) | timone di profondità (orizzontale)


lexentry: eng/control_tower__Noun__1
written_rep: control tower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: torre di controllo
sense_list:
(aviation) An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport.


lexentry: eng/controlled__Adjective__1
written_rep: controlled
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: controllato
sense_list:
(medicine, science, research) Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)


lexentry: eng/controller__Noun__1
written_rep: controller
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: controllore | revisore
sense_list:
(business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.


lexentry: eng/controller__Noun__1
written_rep: controller
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: controllo
sense_list:
(computer hardware) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.


lexentry: eng/contumelious__Adjective__1
written_rep: contumelious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sprezzante
sense_list:
(archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.


lexentry: eng/conure__Noun__1
written_rep: conure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conuro
sense_list:
Any of many New World parakeets of the former genus Conurus, now reassigned to other genera in subfamily Arinae, principally Psittacara and Eupsittula.


lexentry: eng/convection__Noun__1
written_rep: convection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: convezione
sense_list:
(obsolete) The process of conveying something. | (physics) The transmission of heat in a fluid by the circulation of currents. | (meteorology) The vertical movement of heat and moisture, especially by updrafts and downdrafts in an unstable air mass. The terms convection and thunderstorm are often used interchangeably, although thunderstorms are only one form of convection. Towering cumulus clouds are visible forms of convection.


lexentry: eng/convenience_store__Noun__1
written_rep: convenience store
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minimarket | minimercato | superetta | superette
sense_list:
A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of items such as staples, junk food, and drugstore items, and which is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.


lexentry: eng/convent__Noun__1
written_rep: convent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: convento
sense_list:
The buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives. | (now, _, especially) Synonym of nunnery, a female religious community and its residence.


lexentry: eng/convention__Noun__1
written_rep: convention
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: convenzione
sense_list:
A meeting or gathering. | A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact. | (international law) A treaty or supplement to such. | A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.


lexentry: eng/conventional__Adjective__1
written_rep: conventional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: convenzionale
sense_list:
Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour. | Ordinary, commonplace.


lexentry: eng/conventional_wisdom__Noun__1
written_rep: conventional wisdom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cliché
sense_list:
A belief or set of beliefs that is widely accepted, especially one which may be questionable on close examination.


lexentry: eng/convergence__Noun__1
written_rep: convergence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: convergenza
sense_list:
The act of moving toward union or uniformity. | (mathematics) The process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series.


lexentry: eng/convergent__Adjective__1
written_rep: convergent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: convergente
sense_list:
(analysis, topology) Of a (typically infinite) sequence or series in a topological space, converging to a (finite, proper) limit.


lexentry: eng/conversation__Noun__1
written_rep: conversation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conversazione | discorso | dialogo
sense_list:
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/conversion__Noun__1
written_rep: conversion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: conversione
sense_list:
(rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points. | (law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.


lexentry: eng/conversion_therapy__Noun__1
written_rep: conversion therapy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: terapia di conversione
sense_list:
(LGBTQ, pseudoscience) The practice of psychiatric or psychological treatment to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of an LGBT person; used especially as an attempt to turn gay people heterosexual.


lexentry: eng/convert__Verb__1
written_rep: convert
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: convertire
sense_list:
(transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product. | (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another. | (transitive) To exchange for something of equal value. | (transitive) To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.


lexentry: eng/convertible__Noun__1
written_rep: convertible
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: decappottabile
sense_list:
(vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.


lexentry: eng/conveyor_belt__Noun__1
written_rep: conveyor belt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nastro trasportatore
sense_list:
A continuous flexible band moved by a series of rollers to transport objects or material from one place to another, especially within a factory or mine.


lexentry: eng/convince__Verb__1
written_rep: convince
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: convincere
sense_list:
To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.


lexentry: eng/convolution__Noun__1
written_rep: convolution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: convoluzione
sense_list:
(mathematics, functional analysis) A mathematical operation on two functions that produces a third that expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other; the integral of the product of the two functions after one is reflected about the y-axis and shifted along the x-axis.


lexentry: eng/convolvulus__Noun__1
written_rep: convolvulus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: convolvolo
sense_list:
(botany) Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers.


lexentry: eng/convoy__Noun__1
written_rep: convoy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: convoglio
sense_list:
(nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels. | A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.


lexentry: eng/convulse__Verb__1
written_rep: convulse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: agitare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.


lexentry: eng/cony__Noun__1
written_rep: cony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coniglio
sense_list:
A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).


lexentry: eng/cookie__Noun__1
written_rep: cookie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biscotto
sense_list:
(North America, Philippines) A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm. | (UK, Commonwealth) A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it.


lexentry: eng/cooking_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: cooking oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: olio
sense_list:
A purified fat taken from plant material that is commonly used in cooking, e.g. olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, etc.


lexentry: eng/cool__Adjective__1
written_rep: cool
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: disinvolto | figo | ganzo | in gamba | sicuro di se
sense_list:
(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.


lexentry: eng/cool__Noun__1
written_rep: cool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fresco
sense_list:
A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.


lexentry: eng/cooler__Noun__1
written_rep: cooler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ghiacciaia | termos | thermos
sense_list:
An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.


lexentry: eng/cooler_bag__Noun__1
written_rep: cooler bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: borsa frigo
sense_list:
Insulated bag used to keep food items cool for a limited amount of time (for example on the way from a grocery store to one's house).


lexentry: eng/coolie__Noun__1
written_rep: coolie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: penna
sense_list:
An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.


lexentry: eng/cooling_center__Noun__1
written_rep: cooling center
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centro di raffreddamento
sense_list:
(US) An artificially cooled emergency shelter that operates during dangerously hot weather to provide care and relief for people affected by the high temperature. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/cooling_tower__Noun__1
written_rep: cooling tower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: torre di raffreddamento
sense_list:
A large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air


lexentry: eng/cooper__Noun__1
written_rep: cooper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bottaio
sense_list:
A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.


lexentry: eng/coordinate__Noun__1
written_rep: coordinate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coordinata
sense_list:
(mathematics, cartography, astronomy) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.


lexentry: eng/coordinate_system__Noun__1
written_rep: coordinate system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sistema di coordinate | sistema di riferimento
sense_list:
(geometry, analysis) A method of representing the position of any individual point in a space of given dimensionality as a tuple of numerical coordinates.


lexentry: eng/coordinating_conjunction__Noun__1
written_rep: coordinating conjunction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: congiunzione coordinante
sense_list:
(grammar) A conjunction that joins two grammatical elements of the same status or construction. It can join subjects, objects, verbs, nouns, adjectives, phrases, and independent clauses. [from 1875–80]


lexentry: eng/coordination__Noun__1
written_rep: coordination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coordinazione
sense_list:
The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect. | (chemistry) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound.


lexentry: eng/coot__Noun__1
written_rep: coot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: folaga
sense_list:
Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.


lexentry: eng/cootie_catcher__Noun__1
written_rep: cootie catcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indovino
sense_list:
(informal, US) A form of origami with hidden fortunes, activities, etc. written on the folds, and used mainly in children's games, where a person is asked to choose a fold to open.


lexentry: eng/cop-out__Noun__1
written_rep: cop-out
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pretesto | scusa
sense_list:
(slang) An excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty; a reason offered when someone cops out.


lexentry: eng/cop__Verb__1
written_rep: cop
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: afferrare | catturare | acciuffare | prendere
sense_list:
(transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.


lexentry: eng/copal__Noun__1
written_rep: copal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: copale
sense_list:
A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.


lexentry: eng/cope__Noun__2
written_rep: cope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piviale
sense_list:
(liturgy) A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.


lexentry: eng/coping__Noun__1
written_rep: coping
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capezzata | cimasa | copertina
sense_list:
(architecture) The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.


lexentry: eng/copper__Noun__1
written_rep: copper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rame
sense_list:
(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29. | The reddish-brown colour / color of copper. | (countable, dated) Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item.


lexentry: eng/copper_shark__Noun__1
written_rep: copper shark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: squalo bronzo
sense_list:
Carcharhinus brachyurus, a species of requiem shark characterized by its narrow, hook-shaped upper teeth, lack of a prominent ridge between the dorsal fins, and plain bronze coloration.


lexentry: eng/coppice__Noun__1
written_rep: coppice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bosco ceduo
sense_list:
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.


lexentry: eng/coprime__Adjective__1
written_rep: coprime
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coprimo
sense_list:
(number theory, of two or more positive integers) Having no positive integer factors in common, aside from 1. | (number theory, of a positive integer) Having no positive integer factors, aside from 1, in common with one or more specified other positive integers.


lexentry: eng/coprocessor__Noun__1
written_rep: coprocessor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coprocessore
sense_list:
(computer hardware) An additional microprocessor used to supplement the functionality of the central processing unit, performing tasks such as floating-point arithmetic (floating-point unit) or graphics calculations (graphics processing unit).


lexentry: eng/coprolalia__Noun__1
written_rep: coprolalia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coprolalia
sense_list:
(psychiatry) The uncontrolled use of abusive, obscene or scatological language; especially such behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.


lexentry: eng/coprophilia__Noun__1
written_rep: coprophilia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coprofilia
sense_list:
(psychiatry) A marked interest in excrement; especially the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and pleasure from feces and defecation.


lexentry: eng/copula__Noun__1
written_rep: copula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: copula
sense_list:
(linguistics, grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.


lexentry: eng/copulation__Noun__1
written_rep: copulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: copulazione
sense_list:
(uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.


lexentry: eng/copy__Noun__1
written_rep: copy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: copia
sense_list:
The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original. | (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication. | (marketing, advertising) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.


lexentry: eng/copy__Noun__1
written_rep: copy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: copia | esemplare
sense_list:
A particular instance of a book: a single printed impression or digital file representing it. | A particular instance of an issue of a periodical (e.g., magazine, journal, bulletin): a single printed impression or digital file representing that issue; (metonynmically) the issue.


lexentry: eng/copy__Verb__1
written_rep: copy
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: copiare
sense_list:
(transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object. | (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.


lexentry: eng/copy_editor__Noun__1
written_rep: copy editor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: correttore
sense_list:
Someone who corrects printed material (copy) and prepares it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.


lexentry: eng/copycat__Noun__1
written_rep: copycat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: copiatore
sense_list:
(informal, derogatory) One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work. [from late 19th c.] | A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just or recently been committed by someone else.


lexentry: eng/copyedit__Verb__1
written_rep: copyedit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: correggere
sense_list:
(transitive, printing) To correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.


lexentry: eng/copyright__Noun__1
written_rep: copyright
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diritto d'autore | copyright
sense_list:
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.


lexentry: eng/copyright__Verb__1
written_rep: copyright
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: porre sotto copyright | tutelare i [[diritti d'autore]] | tutelare i copyright
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.


lexentry: eng/copyright_infringement__Noun__1
written_rep: copyright infringement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: violazione del diritto d'autore
sense_list:
(copyright) The unauthorized use of copyrighted material in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works that build upon it.


lexentry: eng/cor_anglais__Noun__1
written_rep: cor anglais
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corno inglese
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family that is pitched in F, one-fifth lower than the oboe and is consequently approximately one-third longer than the oboe.


lexentry: eng/coral__Noun__1
written_rep: coral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corallo
sense_list:
(countable) Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species. | (uncountable) A hard substance made of the skeletons of these organisms.


lexentry: eng/cordite__Noun__1
written_rep: cordite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cordite
sense_list:
A smokeless propellent made by combining two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, used in some firearm ammunition.


lexentry: eng/cordon__Noun__1
written_rep: cordon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fascia
sense_list:
(archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/cordon__Noun__1
written_rep: cordon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: catena
sense_list:
A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
written_rep: core
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cuore | essenza | fondamento | nocciolo
sense_list:
The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence. | (engineering, manufacturing) The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
written_rep: core
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: essenza | fondamento
sense_list:
A technical term for classification of things denoting those parts of a category that are most easily or most likely understood as within it.


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
written_rep: core
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: nucleo
sense_list:
A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field. | (physics) An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons).


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__5
written_rep: core
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caparra
sense_list:
(automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself.


lexentry: eng/core_sample__Noun__1
written_rep: core sample
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carotaggio
sense_list:
A cylindrical section of a naturally occurring substance, typically obtained by drilling into the substance, for example sediment or rock, with a core drill.


lexentry: eng/corgi__Noun__1
written_rep: corgi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corgi
sense_list:
Ellipsis of Welsh corgi (“a type of herding dog originating from Wales, having a small body, short legs, and fox-like features such as large ears; two separate breeds are recognized: the Cardigan Welsh Corgi and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi”).


lexentry: eng/corium__Noun__2
written_rep: corium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corium
sense_list:
(nuclear physics) A lavalike mixture of fissile material created in a nuclear reactor's core during a nuclear meltdown.


lexentry: eng/cork__Noun__1
written_rep: cork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sughero
sense_list:
The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.


lexentry: eng/corkscrew__Noun__1
written_rep: corkscrew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavatappi
sense_list:
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.


lexentry: eng/corm__Noun__1
written_rep: corm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cormo
sense_list:
A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.


lexentry: eng/cormorant__Noun__1
written_rep: cormorant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cormorano | marangone | divoratore | ghiottone | mangione
sense_list:
Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).


lexentry: eng/corn__Noun__1
written_rep: corn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grano
sense_list:
(Commonwealth English, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.


lexentry: eng/corn_bunting__Noun__1
written_rep: corn bunting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: strillozzo
sense_list:
A passerine bird (Emberiza calandra, syn. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra) whose male and female plumages are (untypically for buntings) similar.


lexentry: eng/corn_salad__Noun__1
written_rep: corn salad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: valerianella | dolcetta
sense_list:
Any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta.


lexentry: eng/corn_syrup__Noun__1
written_rep: corn syrup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sciroppo di mais
sense_list:
A sticky sweet liquid, consisting of sugars dissolved in water, produced from corn (maize). Used as a sweetener in cooking, especially in commercial kitchens but also in candy making.


lexentry: eng/corncrake__Noun__1
written_rep: corncrake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: re di quaglie | gallinella terrestre
sense_list:
A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.


lexentry: eng/cornea__Noun__1
written_rep: cornea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cornea
sense_list:
(anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.


lexentry: eng/cornel__Noun__1
written_rep: cornel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corniolo
sense_list:
Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel.


lexentry: eng/corner__Noun__1
written_rep: corner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: angolo
sense_list:
The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point. | An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection. | A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.


lexentry: eng/corner_kick__Noun__1
written_rep: corner kick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcio d'angolo
sense_list:
(soccer) A kick awarded to the attacking team when the ball leaves the field of play by wholly crossing the goal line without a goal having been scored, having last touched a player from the defending team. For the kick, the ball is placed within the corner arc closest to where it went out of play.


lexentry: eng/cornerstone__Noun__1
written_rep: cornerstone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pietra angolare
sense_list:
Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.


lexentry: eng/cornet__Noun__1
written_rep: cornet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cornetta
sense_list:
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.


lexentry: eng/cornett__Noun__1
written_rep: cornett
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cornetto
sense_list:
(musical instruments) An early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.


lexentry: eng/cornflower__Noun__1
written_rep: cornflower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiordaliso
sense_list:
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).


lexentry: eng/cornice__Noun__1
written_rep: cornice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cornicione | cornice
sense_list:
(architectural element) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.


lexentry: eng/cornrow__Noun__1
written_rep: cornrow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: treccine aderenti
sense_list:
(chiefly, in plural) One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp, forming a hairstyle, of African origin.


lexentry: eng/cornucopia__Noun__1
written_rep: cornucopia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cornucopia
sense_list:
(Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.


lexentry: eng/corolla__Noun__1
written_rep: corolla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corolla
sense_list:
(botany) The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.


lexentry: eng/corollary__Noun__1
written_rep: corollary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: corollario
sense_list:
(mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.


lexentry: eng/corona__Noun__1
written_rep: corona
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: corona
sense_list:
The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse. | (botany) A ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants (Narcissus, Passiflora, etc.); a paraperigonium or paracorolla. | (Ancient Rome, historical) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.


lexentry: eng/corona__Noun__3
written_rep: corona
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corona
sense_list:
(poetry) A series of sonnets linked together such that the last word of each is the first word of the next.


lexentry: eng/coronal_mass_ejection__Noun__1
written_rep: coronal mass ejection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espulsione di massa coronale
sense_list:
(astronomy) A massive burst of solar wind, other light isotope plasma, and magnetic fields rising above the solar corona or being released into space.


lexentry: eng/coronary__Adjective__1
written_rep: coronary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coronario
sense_list:
(anatomy) Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.


lexentry: eng/coronary_artery_disease__Noun__1
written_rep: coronary artery disease
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coronaropatia
sense_list:
(disease, cardiology) Any disease caused by the accumulation of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the myocardium.


lexentry: eng/coronary_thrombosis__Noun__1
written_rep: coronary thrombosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trombosi coronaria
sense_list:
(cardiology, pathology) Thrombosis of a coronary artery, that is, a blockage, caused by a blood clot, of the blood flow in a coronary artery of the heart, leading to myocardial infarction.


lexentry: eng/coronation__Noun__1
written_rep: coronation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incoronazione | coronazione
sense_list:
(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.


lexentry: eng/coronavirus__Noun__1
written_rep: coronavirus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coronavirus
sense_list:
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA. [from 1968]


lexentry: eng/coroner__Noun__1
written_rep: coroner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: medico legale
sense_list:
(Commonwealth, Ireland, Japan, legal) A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove.


lexentry: eng/coroner__Noun__1
written_rep: coroner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: forense
sense_list:
(Canada, US, medicine) A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.


lexentry: eng/corporal__Noun__1
written_rep: corporal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caporale
sense_list:
(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.


lexentry: eng/corporal__Noun__2
written_rep: corporal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corporale
sense_list:
(ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.


lexentry: eng/corporation__Noun__1
written_rep: corporation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corporazione | società | società anonima | società per azioni | azienda | consiglio comunale
sense_list:
A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.


lexentry: eng/corporatism__Noun__1
written_rep: corporatism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corporativismo
sense_list:
The principle or practice of corporate action; (in later use, _, chiefly) specifically, a political ideology which advocates for government and social organization by collective interest groups.


lexentry: eng/corpus__Noun__1
written_rep: corpus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corpus
sense_list:
(specifically, linguistics) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.


lexentry: eng/corpus_callosum__Noun__1
written_rep: corpus callosum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corpo calloso
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) In placental mammals, a broad band of nerve fibres that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.


lexentry: eng/corpus_cavernosum__Noun__1
written_rep: corpus cavernosum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corpo cavernoso
sense_list:
(anatomy) One of the pair of cylindrical columns of erectile tissue that form the bulk of the clitoris and penis.


lexentry: eng/corpus_luteum__Noun__1
written_rep: corpus luteum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corpo luteo
sense_list:
(anatomy) A yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle in mammals; it secretes steroid hormones.


lexentry: eng/correction__Noun__1
written_rep: correction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: correzione
sense_list:
The act of correcting. | A substitution for an error or mistake. | (chiefly, in plural) Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender. | An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.


lexentry: eng/correction_fluid__Noun__1
written_rep: correction fluid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bianchetto
sense_list:
A white, opaque fluid, applied to paper to mask textual errors; used especially to mask errors in typing so that corrections may be overtyped.


lexentry: eng/correlate__Verb__1
written_rep: correlate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: correlare
sense_list:
(transitive) To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics. | (intransitive) To be related by a correlation; to be correlated.


lexentry: eng/correlation__Noun__1
written_rep: correlation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: correlazione | corrispondenza
sense_list:
(statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.


lexentry: eng/correspond__Verb__1
written_rep: correspond
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corrispondere
sense_list:
(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc. | (intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.


lexentry: eng/correspondence__Noun__1
written_rep: correspondence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corrispondenza
sense_list:
(uncountable) Newspaper or news stories. | (countable, or, uncountable) Postal or other written communications. | (countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.


lexentry: eng/correspondence__Noun__1
written_rep: correspondence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corrispondenza | carteggio
sense_list:
(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.


lexentry: eng/correspondent__Noun__1
written_rep: correspondent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: corrispondente | inviata | inviato
sense_list:
A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.


lexentry: eng/corrigendum__Noun__1
written_rep: corrigendum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: refuso
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections. (The items thus listed will sometimes be corrected in subsequent print runs, if any occur; they are then called reprint corrections.)


lexentry: eng/corroborate__Verb__1
written_rep: corroborate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corroborare
sense_list:
(transitive) To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for. | (transitive) To make strong; to strengthen.


lexentry: eng/corrosion__Noun__1
written_rep: corrosion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corrosione
sense_list:
The act of corroding or the condition so produced. | (physical chemistry) Erosion by chemical action, especially oxidation. | (by extension) The gradual destruction or undermining of something.


lexentry: eng/corrosive__Adjective__1
written_rep: corrosive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corrosivo
sense_list:
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.


lexentry: eng/corrosive__Noun__1
written_rep: corrosive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: caustico
sense_list:
Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.


lexentry: eng/corrupt__Verb__1
written_rep: corrupt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corrompere
sense_list:
(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.


lexentry: eng/corruption__Noun__1
written_rep: corruption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corruzione
sense_list:
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity. | Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.


lexentry: eng/cortex__Noun__1
written_rep: cortex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corteccia
sense_list:
(countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. | (uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.


lexentry: eng/cortical__Adjective__1
written_rep: cortical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abside
sense_list:
(anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.


lexentry: eng/corticosteroid__Noun__1
written_rep: corticosteroid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corticosteroide
sense_list:
(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems.


lexentry: eng/cortisone__Noun__1
written_rep: cortisone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cortisone
sense_list:
(steroid hormone, pharmaceutical drug) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, produced by the adrenal cortex. One of the glucocorticoids, it is also made synthetically for use as an anti-inflammatory and antiallergy agent. 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C21H28O5.


lexentry: eng/corundum__Noun__1
written_rep: corundum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corindone
sense_list:
(mineral) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al2O3, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.


lexentry: eng/corvette__Noun__1
written_rep: corvette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corvetta
sense_list:
(nautical, historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; – called in the United States navy a sloop of war. | (nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.


lexentry: eng/corvette_captain__Noun__1
written_rep: corvette captain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capitano di corvetta
sense_list:
(military) Most junior senior officer rank in the navies of some Romance-speaking and European countries, usually equal in rank to the Anglophone rank of lieutenant commander.


lexentry: eng/coryphaeus__Noun__1
written_rep: coryphaeus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cervello
sense_list:
(Ancient Greece, drama, historical) The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama. | (by extension) The chief or leader of an interest or party.


lexentry: eng/coryza__Noun__1
written_rep: coryza
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coriza
sense_list:
(medicine) Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the nasal cavity, usually causing a running nose, nasal congestion and loss of smell.


lexentry: eng/coset__Noun__1
written_rep: coset
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: classe laterale
sense_list:
(algebra, group theory) The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a given fixed element of the group on each element of a given subgroup.


lexentry: eng/cosine__Noun__1
written_rep: cosine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coseno
sense_list:
(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos


lexentry: eng/cosmetic__Noun__1
written_rep: cosmetic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cosmetico
sense_list:
Any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner; makeup.


lexentry: eng/cosmetologist__Noun__1
written_rep: cosmetologist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cosmetista | cosmetologa | cosmetologo | estetista | visagista
sense_list:
A person who advises people (normally women) on cosmetics and other beauty treatments; a beautician.


lexentry: eng/cosmochemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: cosmochemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cosmochimica
sense_list:
The branch of chemistry that deals with the creation of the elements, and their isotopic distribution, in the universe; also with the synthesis and reactions of simple molecules in interstellar space.


lexentry: eng/cosmodrome__Noun__1
written_rep: cosmodrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cosmodromo
sense_list:
A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.


lexentry: eng/cosmogony__Noun__1
written_rep: cosmogony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cosmogonia
sense_list:
The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.


lexentry: eng/cosmology__Noun__1
written_rep: cosmology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cosmologia
sense_list:
The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate. | A metaphysical study into the origin and nature of the universe.


lexentry: eng/cosmopolitan__Adjective__1
written_rep: cosmopolitan
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cosmopolita
sense_list:
(of a place, or, institution) Composed of people from all over the world. | (of a person) At ease in any part of the world; having a wide experience with many cultures. | (biology, ecology) Growing or living in many parts of the world; widely distributed.


lexentry: eng/cosplay__Verb__1
written_rep: cosplay
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare un cosplay | vestirsi come
sense_list:
(intransitive) To costume oneself as a character. | (transitive) To costume oneself as (a character).


lexentry: eng/cost_of_living__Noun__1
written_rep: cost of living
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carovita | costo della vita | rincaro
sense_list:
The average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life, especially of food, shelter and clothing.


lexentry: eng/costal_cartilage__Noun__1
written_rep: costal cartilage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartilagine costale
sense_list:
(anatomy) One of the bars of hyaline cartilage, found at the anterior ends of the ribs, that serve to prolong the ribs forward and contribute to the elasticity of the walls of the thorax.


lexentry: eng/costume__Noun__1
written_rep: costume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costume
sense_list:
A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people. | An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.


lexentry: eng/cot__Noun__1
written_rep: cot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: culla | lettino | greppia | presepe
sense_list:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.


lexentry: eng/cotangent__Noun__1
written_rep: cotangent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cotangente
sense_list:
(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle. Symbols: cot, ctg, or ctn


lexentry: eng/coterie__Noun__1
written_rep: coterie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cricca
sense_list:
A circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose. | A communal burrow of prairie dogs.


lexentry: eng/cotidal__Adjective__1
written_rep: cotidal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cotidale
sense_list:
Describing the locations (and of related lines on a chart) linking places where tides occur at the same time of day


lexentry: eng/cotillion__Noun__1
written_rep: cotillion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cotillon
sense_list:
(dance) A bold dance performed in groups of eight where women lift their skirts to display their ankles. [from 1766]


lexentry: eng/cottage_industry__Noun__1
written_rep: cottage industry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lavoro a domicilio
sense_list:
A job or occupation carried out at home or on a part-time basis, historically often manufacturing work such as sewing, lacemaking, or spinning.


lexentry: eng/cotton__Noun__1
written_rep: cotton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cotone
sense_list:
(uncountable) A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium. | A plant of genus Gossypium, used as a source of such fiber.


lexentry: eng/cotton_swab__Noun__1
written_rep: cotton swab
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bastoncino cotonato | cotton fioc | nettaorecchi | pulisciorecchi
sense_list:
A small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod, made of wood, rolled paper, or plastic. The most common uses for cotton swabs include aural hygiene and cosmetics application.


lexentry: eng/cottonwood__Noun__1
written_rep: cottonwood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pioppo
sense_list:
A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.


lexentry: eng/cotyledon__Noun__1
written_rep: cotyledon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cotiledone
sense_list:
(botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.


lexentry: eng/couch__Noun__1
written_rep: couch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: divano | sofà | canapè
sense_list:
(North America, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.


lexentry: eng/couch_potato__Noun__1
written_rep: couch potato
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pantofolaio
sense_list:
(idiom) A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol. [from 1976]


lexentry: eng/cougar__Noun__1
written_rep: cougar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: panterona
sense_list:
(North America, slang) An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.


lexentry: eng/cough__Noun__1
written_rep: cough
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tosse | colpo di tosse
sense_list:
A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.


lexentry: eng/cough__Verb__1
written_rep: cough
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tossire
sense_list:
Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth. | To make a noise like a cough.


lexentry: eng/coulomb__Noun__1
written_rep: coulomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coulomb
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C


lexentry: eng/coulter__Noun__1
written_rep: coulter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coltro | coltello
sense_list:
A cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.


lexentry: eng/councillor__Noun__1
written_rep: councillor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: assessore
sense_list:
In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor


lexentry: eng/countable__Adjective__1
written_rep: countable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: contabile | finito o numerabile
sense_list:
(mathematics, of a set) Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.


lexentry: eng/countdown__Noun__1
written_rep: countdown
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conto alla rovescia
sense_list:
(astronautics) A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.


lexentry: eng/countenance__Noun__1
written_rep: countenance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espressione | apparenza | sembianza
sense_list:
Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face. | Calm facial expression, composure, self-control.


lexentry: eng/counter__Noun__1
written_rep: counter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: contatore
sense_list:
An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.


lexentry: eng/counter__Noun__1
written_rep: counter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: bancone
sense_list:
A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted | In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.


lexentry: eng/counterculture__Noun__1
written_rep: counterculture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: controcultura
sense_list:
Any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to Western culture.


lexentry: eng/counterespionage__Noun__1
written_rep: counterespionage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: controspionaggio
sense_list:
All those activities undertaken to neutralize or exploit the espionage activities of another nation or an enemy.


lexentry: eng/counterexample__Noun__1
written_rep: counterexample
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: controesempio
sense_list:
(logic) An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.


lexentry: eng/counterfeit__Adjective__1
written_rep: counterfeit
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contraffazione | falso
sense_list:
False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine. | Inauthentic.


lexentry: eng/counterpoint__Noun__1
written_rep: counterpoint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contrappunto
sense_list:
(music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.


lexentry: eng/countersign__Verb__1
written_rep: countersign
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: controfirmare
sense_list:
(transitive, by extension) To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person.


lexentry: eng/countersink__Noun__1
written_rep: countersink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accecatoio | accecatura | alesatura | svasatura
sense_list:
A conical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (with a matching taper) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.


lexentry: eng/countersteer__Verb__1
written_rep: countersteer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: controsterzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To steer (a vehicle) in the opposite direction at the beginning of a turn in order to adjust the rider's center of gravity.


lexentry: eng/countertenor__Noun__1
written_rep: countertenor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contraltista
sense_list:
An adult male singer who uses head tone or falsetto to sing far higher than the typical male vocal range. | (historical) A part or section performing a countermelody against the tenor or main part.


lexentry: eng/countervair__Noun__1
written_rep: countervair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: controvaio
sense_list:
(heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the panes of each tincture are opposite those of the same tincture in adjoining rows.


lexentry: eng/counterweight__Noun__1
written_rep: counterweight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contrappeso
sense_list:
A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
written_rep: country
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paese | stato | nazione | landa | patria
sense_list:
The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
written_rep: country
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: paese | landa
sense_list:
(especially, _, Britain, uncountable, countable) An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district. [from 13th c.] | (Australia, usually capitalised) Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
written_rep: country
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: campagna | campo
sense_list:
(uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/country_house__Noun__1
written_rep: country house
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proprietà
sense_list:
(especially, British) A house serving as a weekend and holiday residence, used as a retreat from city life; traditionally and archetypically in the country, and especially of wealthy owners. | (especially, British) Such a house, even as a primary residence and even in an area that is no longer rural, but with an aesthetic in keeping with that traditional distinction of country ways.


lexentry: eng/country_music__Noun__1
written_rep: country music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: country | musica country
sense_list:
(music) A style of popular music that originated in the folk music of the rural population of the southern and western United States and characterized by string-band instruments and simple melodies.


lexentry: eng/countryside__Noun__1
written_rep: countryside
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campagna
sense_list:
An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area. | A rural landscape.


lexentry: eng/county__Noun__1
written_rep: county
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: contea
sense_list:
An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana).


lexentry: eng/coup_d'état__Noun__1
written_rep: coup d'état
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colpo di stato | golpe
sense_list:
(politics, government) The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.


lexentry: eng/couple__Noun__1
written_rep: couple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: paio | coppia
sense_list:
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.


lexentry: eng/coupler__Noun__1
written_rep: coupler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: congionzione
sense_list:
Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.


lexentry: eng/coupling__Noun__1
written_rep: coupling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aggancio
sense_list:
The act of joining together to form a couple. | A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.


lexentry: eng/coupon__Noun__1
written_rep: coupon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: cedola
sense_list:
(finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).


lexentry: eng/courage__Noun__1
written_rep: courage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coraggio
sense_list:
The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate. | The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.


lexentry: eng/course__Verb__1
written_rep: course
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: braccare
sense_list:
(transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after. | (transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.


lexentry: eng/coursework__Noun__1
written_rep: coursework
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: studio
sense_list:
(education) An assignment, project or task that a student is required to complete as part of a particular course, which is then assessed and counts towards the grade given.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
written_rep: court
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cortile | corte
sense_list:
An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
written_rep: court
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: corte
sense_list:
The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace. | The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
written_rep: court
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: giuria | tribunale
sense_list:
(often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
written_rep: court
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: tribunale | corte | campo | assemblea | giuria
sense_list:
The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
written_rep: court
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: campo
sense_list:
(sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games


lexentry: eng/court_jester__Noun__1
written_rep: court jester
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buffone | affabulatore | affabulatrice | buffone di corte | giullare
sense_list:
A person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.


lexentry: eng/court_of_cassation__Noun__1
written_rep: court of cassation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corte suprema di cassazione
sense_list:
(legal) In several legal systems, the highest-level court of appeal in procedural matters, which is empowered to quash a verdict but then refers the case back for a new trial at the previous level.


lexentry: eng/court_order__Noun__1
written_rep: court order
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decreto giudiziario
sense_list:
(legal) A legally binding directive issued by a judge or authorized judicial officer that requires an individual or an entity to fulfill or perform specific actions or refrain from certain behaviors.


lexentry: eng/courtesy__Noun__1
written_rep: courtesy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cortesia
sense_list:
(uncountable) Polite behavior. | (countable) A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice. | (uncountable) Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence.


lexentry: eng/courtship__Noun__1
written_rep: courtship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corteggiamento | corteggio
sense_list:
The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.


lexentry: eng/cousin__Noun__1
written_rep: cousin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cugino | cugina
sense_list:
(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.


lexentry: eng/covalent_bond__Noun__1
written_rep: covalent bond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: legame covalente
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) A type of chemical bond where two atoms are connected to each other by the sharing of two or more electrons.


lexentry: eng/covariance__Noun__1
written_rep: covariance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: covarianza
sense_list:
(statistics) A statistical measure defined as \scriptstyle\operatorname{Cov}(X, Y) = \operatorname{E}((X - \mu) (Y - \nu)) given two real-valued random variables X and Y, with expected values \scriptstyle E(X)\,=\,\mu and \scriptstyle E(Y)\,=\,\nu. | (object-oriented programming) The conversion of data types from wider to narrower in certain situations.


lexentry: eng/covariant__Adjective__1
written_rep: covariant
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: covariante
sense_list:
(category theory, of a functor) Which preserves the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X \to Y to a morphism F(f):F(X) \to F(Y). | (object-oriented programming) Using or relating to covariance.


lexentry: eng/cove__Noun__1
written_rep: cove
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: insenatura | calanca
sense_list:
A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/covenstead__Noun__1
written_rep: covenstead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: santuario
sense_list:
(Wicca) A permanent circle or temple used to meet for rituals and to store religious items, often a mundane location.


lexentry: eng/cover__Noun__1
written_rep: cover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: copertina
sense_list:
(music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.


lexentry: eng/cover__Noun__1
written_rep: cover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: copertura | nascondiglio
sense_list:
(cricket) A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet.


lexentry: eng/cover__Verb__1
written_rep: cover
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coprire | nascondere
sense_list:
(transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect. | (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect. | (military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.


lexentry: eng/cover__Verb__1
written_rep: cover
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: coprire
sense_list:
(transitive) To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.


lexentry: eng/cover_charge__Noun__1
written_rep: cover charge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coperto | pane e coperto
sense_list:
An amount of money added to a restaurant bill in lieu of tips, and to pay for uncharged items such as bread and water.


lexentry: eng/cover_girl__Noun__1
written_rep: cover girl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ragazza-copertina
sense_list:
(informal) An attractive, usually well-known, female model whose image has been featured on one or more magazine covers.


lexentry: eng/cover_letter__Noun__1
written_rep: cover letter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lettera di presentazione
sense_list:
A letter or written communication that serves to introduce an accompanying document; especially, a letter that introduces a résumé or curriculum vitae.


lexentry: eng/cover_someone's_ass__Verb__1
written_rep: cover someone's ass
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pararsi il culo
sense_list:
(North America, idiomatic, vulgar) To make preparations or take precautions to ensure that a person is not blamed or punished for his or her conduct.


lexentry: eng/cover_version__Noun__1
written_rep: cover version
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cover | riedizione
sense_list:
(music) A version of a song that is a new performance or rerecording of that song by a different artist.


lexentry: eng/coverage__Noun__1
written_rep: coverage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: copertura
sense_list:
(genetics) The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.


lexentry: eng/coverall__Noun__1
written_rep: coverall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tuta
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A loose-fitting jumpsuit-style protective garment worn over other clothing.


lexentry: eng/covering__Noun__1
written_rep: covering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: copertura
sense_list:
(countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.


lexentry: eng/covey__Noun__1
written_rep: covey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: covata | nidiata
sense_list:
A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).


lexentry: eng/covidiot__Noun__1
written_rep: covidiot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: covidiota
sense_list:
(pejorative, jocular, neologism) A person who is foolishly reckless with respect to avoiding contracting or spreading COVID-19.


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
written_rep: cow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bovino | vacca
sense_list:
(loosely, or, informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
written_rep: cow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: vacca | mucca | femmina | elefantessa
sense_list:
(biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
written_rep: cow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: vacca | stronza | bastarda
sense_list:
(derogatory, UK, Irish, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.


lexentry: eng/cow_chip__Noun__1
written_rep: cow chip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patta di vacca
sense_list:
A piece of dried cow dung, used especially as fuel in the Third World and by early North American settlers.


lexentry: eng/cow_eyes__Noun__1
written_rep: cow eyes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: occhi vitulini
sense_list:
(US, informal) A wide-eyed expression meant to discreetly signal otherwise unstated romantic attraction to the one it is directed at.


lexentry: eng/cowcatcher__Noun__1
written_rep: cowcatcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cacciapietre
sense_list:
(rail transport, principally, _, US) A plough-shaped device affixed to the front of a locomotive (or other large vehicle), usually wedge or V-shaped so as to push or deflect objects on the tracks out of the way, to clear out the train's path and prevent the risk of derailment or major damage to it.


lexentry: eng/cower__Verb__1
written_rep: cower
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acquattarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear. | (intransitive, figuratively) To be a coward; to hide away or refuse to face opposition due to fear.


lexentry: eng/cowgirl_position__Noun__1
written_rep: cowgirl position
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: smorzacandela
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A sex position in which the man lies on his back, and the woman sits on top of him facing him.


lexentry: eng/cowlick__Noun__1
written_rep: cowlick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciuffo ribelle | ritrosa
sense_list:
An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.


lexentry: eng/coxswain__Noun__1
written_rep: coxswain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nocchiere | timoniere | nocchiero
sense_list:
(rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.


lexentry: eng/coypu__Noun__1
written_rep: coypu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nutria | castorino
sense_list:
A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/crab_canon__Noun__1
written_rep: crab canon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canone cancrizzante
sense_list:
(music) A contrapuntal composition in which one melody is superimposed on the same melody in reverse


lexentry: eng/crack__Noun__1
written_rep: crack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: fessa
sense_list:
(slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe. | (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news. | (hydrodynamics, US, dated) An expanding circle of white water surrounding the site of a large explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress of the shock wave through the air above the water.A nuclear explosion in shallow water; the crack is clearly visible on the water's surface.


lexentry: eng/crack__Verb__1
written_rep: crack
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: mutare
sense_list:
(intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.


lexentry: eng/crack__Verb__1
written_rep: crack
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 19
trans_list: scindere | scomporre
sense_list:
(transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.


lexentry: eng/crack_down__Verb__1
written_rep: crack down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dare un giro di vite | opporsi | usare la mano pesante
sense_list:
(idiomatic, often with 'on') To take harsh action (against), as when enforcing a law more stringently than before.


lexentry: eng/cracker__Noun__1
written_rep: cracker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cracker
sense_list:
A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).


lexentry: eng/cradle__Noun__1
written_rep: cradle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: culla | cuna
sense_list:
(figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.


lexentry: eng/cradle_cap__Noun__1
written_rep: cradle cap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crosta lattea
sense_list:
(medicine, pathology) A form of seborrheic dermatitis that occurs on the scalps of infants, causing scaly, flaky, itchy, red skin.


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
written_rep: craft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abilità
sense_list:
Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity [9th century].


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
written_rep: craft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: mestiere
sense_list:
(countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation [since the 9th century].


lexentry: eng/crafty__Adjective__1
written_rep: crafty
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: destro | fantasioso | ingegnoso
sense_list:
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. | Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.


lexentry: eng/crag_martin__Noun__1
written_rep: crag martin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rondine
sense_list:
Any of four species of passerine birds in the Ptyonoprogne genus of the swallow family, including the Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and the rock martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula).


lexentry: eng/cram__Verb__1
written_rep: cram
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stivare
sense_list:
(transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.


lexentry: eng/cramp__Noun__1
written_rep: cramp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crampo
sense_list:
A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.


lexentry: eng/cramp__Noun__1
written_rep: cramp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: calco | forma | stampo
sense_list:
A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.


lexentry: eng/crampon__Noun__1
written_rep: crampon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rampone
sense_list:
An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.


lexentry: eng/cranberry_juice__Noun__1
written_rep: cranberry juice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: succo di mirtillo
sense_list:
The unfermented juice of squeezed cranberries, often mixed with water and a sweetener, used as a beverage.


lexentry: eng/crane__Noun__1
written_rep: crane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gru
sense_list:
Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight. | A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.


lexentry: eng/cranefly__Noun__1
written_rep: cranefly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tipula
sense_list:
Any of various large flies of the suborder Tipulomorpha that have slender bodies and very long legs and that resemble giant mosquitoes.


lexentry: eng/cranial_nerve__Noun__1
written_rep: cranial nerve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nervo cranico | nervo encefalico
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) Any of the twelve paired nerves that originate from the brainstem or base of the brain instead of the spinal cord.


lexentry: eng/craniectomy__Noun__1
written_rep: craniectomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: craniectomia
sense_list:
(surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, to relieve intracranial pressure


lexentry: eng/craniotomy__Noun__1
written_rep: craniotomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: craniotomia
sense_list:
(surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, prior to a treatment. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the operation.


lexentry: eng/cranium__Noun__1
written_rep: cranium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cranio
sense_list:
(skeleton) That part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.


lexentry: eng/crank__Noun__2
written_rep: crank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manovella
sense_list:
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.


lexentry: eng/crankshaft__Noun__1
written_rep: crankshaft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: albero a gomiti
sense_list:
A rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.


lexentry: eng/crape__Noun__1
written_rep: crape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crepella
sense_list:
Alternative form of crepe (“a thin fabric, paper, or pancake”). | Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.


lexentry: eng/crape_myrtle__Noun__1
written_rep: crape myrtle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lagerstroemia
sense_list:
Any of the genus Lagerstroemia, family Lythraceae, shrubs or small trees, certain of which are ornamental, bearing big gaudy blooms.


lexentry: eng/crapper__Noun__1
written_rep: crapper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: catorcio
sense_list:
(mildly, _, coarse, _, slang) A chamber pot or toilet, particularly (dated) a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper.


lexentry: eng/crappy__Adjective__1
written_rep: crappy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pessimo
sense_list:
(chiefly, North America, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful. | (chiefly, North America, colloquial, mildly, vulgar, especially with "feel") Bad, sick, or depressed.


lexentry: eng/crash__Noun__1
written_rep: crash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: blocco
sense_list:
(computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.


lexentry: eng/crash__Noun__1
written_rep: crash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: crollo
sense_list:
(finance) A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).


lexentry: eng/crash__Verb__1
written_rep: crash
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: imbucarsi | schiantare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.


lexentry: eng/crash__Verb__1
written_rep: crash
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 14
trans_list: imbucarsi
sense_list:
(transitive, Scotland, education) To take a subject at higher level without having previously studied it.


lexentry: eng/crash_barrier__Noun__1
written_rep: crash barrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guardastrada | guardavia | guidovia | sicurvia | guardaraglio | guardrail
sense_list:
(chiefly, British) A strengthened barrier installed on the sides of a (usually major) road to keep vehicles on the carriageway and reduce the risk and/or impact of crashes.


lexentry: eng/crash_landing__Noun__1
written_rep: crash landing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: atterraggio di fortuna
sense_list:
The landing of an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous circumstances, usually with damage to the aircraft.


lexentry: eng/crasis__Noun__1
written_rep: crasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: crasi
sense_list:
(linguistics) External vowel sandhi; contraction of a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word with a vowel or diphthong at the start of the following word.


lexentry: eng/crater__Noun__1
written_rep: crater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cratere
sense_list:
(astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object. [from 1831] | (geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [from 1610s] | The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb. [from 1839]


lexentry: eng/crawl__Verb__1
written_rep: crawl
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: strisciare | gattonare | brulicare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.


lexentry: eng/crawl_space__Noun__1
written_rep: crawl space
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vespaio
sense_list:
(construction) A narrow opening underneath the bottom of a building or storey used to give access to pipes, cables and other utilities.


lexentry: eng/crayfish__Noun__1
written_rep: crayfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gambero | gambero di fiume | aragosta
sense_list:
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.


lexentry: eng/cream__Noun__1
written_rep: cream
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crema | panna
sense_list:
The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder. | A yellowish white color; the color of cream. | (medicine) A viscous aqueous oil or fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)


lexentry: eng/cream_of_tartar__Noun__1
written_rep: cream of tartar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cremortartaro
sense_list:
(organic compound) Potassium hydrogen tartrate (also called potassium bitartrate), a byproduct of wine manufacture, used in baking powder and in cooking to stabilize beaten egg whites.


lexentry: eng/cream_off__Verb__1
written_rep: cream off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: far man bassa
sense_list:
To extract the cream or creamy part from something. | To separate (the best part of something from the regular part).


lexentry: eng/creamy__Adjective__1
written_rep: creamy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cremoso
sense_list:
Of food or drink, having the rich taste or thick, smooth texture of cream, whether or not it actually contains cream. | Of any liquid, having the thick texture of cream.


lexentry: eng/crease__Noun__1
written_rep: crease
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cordonatura | grinza | piega
sense_list:
A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.


lexentry: eng/create__Verb__1
written_rep: create
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: creare
sense_list:
(especially, of a, god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used. | (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:) | To make#Verb or produce#Verb from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.


lexentry: eng/creatine__Noun__1
written_rep: creatine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: creatina
sense_list:
(amino acid) An amino acid, 2-(carbamimidoyl-methyl- amino)acetic acid, which naturally occurs in vertebrates and helps to supply energy to muscle and nerve cells.


lexentry: eng/creatine_kinase__Noun__1
written_rep: creatine kinase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: creatinchinasi
sense_list:
(enzyme) An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of creatine and uses adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to create phosphocreatine and adenosine diphosphate (ADP).


lexentry: eng/creatinine__Noun__1
written_rep: creatinine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: creatinina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A heterocyclic amine, 2-amino-1-methyl-5H-imidazol-4-one, formed by the metabolism of creatine.


lexentry: eng/creation__Noun__1
written_rep: creation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: creazione
sense_list:
(countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork. | (uncountable) The act of creating something.


lexentry: eng/creationism__Noun__1
written_rep: creationism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: creazionismo
sense_list:
Any creationary belief, especially a belief that the origin of things is due to an event or process of creation brought about by the deliberate act of any divine agency, such as a Creator God.


lexentry: eng/creative__Adjective__1
written_rep: creative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: creativo
sense_list:
Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these. | (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.


lexentry: eng/creative_work__Noun__1
written_rep: creative work
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: componimento
sense_list:
(chiefly, copyright) A tangible manifestation of creative effort, such as literature, music, paintings, and software.


lexentry: eng/creator__Noun__1
written_rep: creator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: creatore | creatrice | ideatore | ideatrice | inventore | inventrice
sense_list:
(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.


lexentry: eng/credence__Noun__1
written_rep: credence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: credenza
sense_list:
(countable) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate on open shelves.


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
written_rep: credit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: credito
sense_list:
Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust. | (uncountable) Recognition, respect and admiration. | (uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid. | (accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
written_rep: credit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: riconoscimento
sense_list:
(countable) Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts. | A nominal unit of value assigned outside of a currency system.


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
written_rep: credit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: crediti | titoli di coda | titoli di testa
sense_list:
(television/film, usually, in the plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.


lexentry: eng/credit_card__Noun__1
written_rep: credit card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carta di credito
sense_list:
(banking) A plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit account and used to buy goods or services.


lexentry: eng/credit_crunch__Noun__1
written_rep: credit crunch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stretta del credito
sense_list:
(economics, finance) A period of economic crisis in which credit and investment capital are difficult to obtain.


lexentry: eng/credit_note__Noun__1
written_rep: credit note
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nota di credito
sense_list:
(accounting) A commercial document issued by a seller to adjust downwards the amount of an invoice already issued, i.e. to cancel part or all of it.


lexentry: eng/credit_transfer__Noun__1
written_rep: credit transfer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bancogiro | bonifico | giroconto | trasferimento bancario
sense_list:
A method of payment in which an amount of money (credit) is transferred directly from one account to another, in the same or different bank


lexentry: eng/credo__Noun__1
written_rep: credo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: credo
sense_list:
A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.


lexentry: eng/creed__Noun__1
written_rep: creed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: credo
sense_list:
That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.


lexentry: eng/creek__Noun__1
written_rep: creek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calanca | piccola insenatura
sense_list:
(British) A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.


lexentry: eng/creek__Noun__1
written_rep: creek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ruscello | fiumicello | rivo
sense_list:
(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.


lexentry: eng/creel__Noun__1
written_rep: creel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cantra
sense_list:
(textile making) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.


lexentry: eng/creep__Noun__1
written_rep: creep
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: antipatico | lecchino | ruffiano
sense_list:
(informal, pejorative) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.


lexentry: eng/creep__Verb__1
written_rep: creep
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: insinuarsi
sense_list:
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.


lexentry: eng/creeper__Noun__1
written_rep: creeper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: girello
sense_list:
A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position. | Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.


lexentry: eng/creeper__Noun__1
written_rep: creeper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: pianta strisciante | pianta rampicante
sense_list:
Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.


lexentry: eng/crema__Noun__2
written_rep: crema
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: panna
sense_list:
A Mexican foodstuff, the Mexican version of crème fraîche or sour cream. Its fat content is usually higher than that of sour cream, and it is thinner and less sour.


lexentry: eng/crenellation__Noun__1
written_rep: crenellation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cima
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture.


lexentry: eng/creodont__Noun__1
written_rep: creodont
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: creodonto
sense_list:
A member of the extinct Creodonta order of mammals that lived from the Paleocene to the Pliocene epoch.


lexentry: eng/creole__Noun__1
written_rep: creole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: creolo | lingua creola
sense_list:
(linguistics) A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.


lexentry: eng/crescendo__Noun__1
written_rep: crescendo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crescendo
sense_list:
(music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin. | (figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax. | (figuratively, nonstandard) The climax of a gradual increase.


lexentry: eng/crescent__Noun__1
written_rep: crescent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crescente | mezzaluna | falce
sense_list:
The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.


lexentry: eng/crescent_moon__Noun__1
written_rep: crescent moon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: congiunzione | fase di novilunio | luna crescente
sense_list:
The Moon as it appears early in its first quarter or late in its last quarter, when only a small arc-shaped section of the visible portion is illuminated by the Sun.


lexentry: eng/cress__Noun__1
written_rep: cress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crescione
sense_list:
(plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.


lexentry: eng/crest__Noun__1
written_rep: crest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cresta
sense_list:
The summit of a hill or mountain ridge. | A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. | The ridge or top of a wave.


lexentry: eng/crest__Noun__1
written_rep: crest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cimiero | cresta
sense_list:
The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.


lexentry: eng/crest__Noun__1
written_rep: crest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: cimiero | timbro
sense_list:
(heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.


lexentry: eng/crested_tit__Noun__1
written_rep: crested tit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cincia dal ciuffo
sense_list:
Lophophanes cristatus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae, with an erectile crest, the tip of which is often recurved.


lexentry: eng/cretin__Noun__1
written_rep: cretin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cretino
sense_list:
(medicine, archaic) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. [from 1779] | (by extension, pejorative) An idiot.


lexentry: eng/cretinism__Noun__1
written_rep: cretinism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cretinismo
sense_list:
(medicine, archaic) A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.


lexentry: eng/crew__Noun__1
written_rep: crew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: squadra | equipaggio | banda | cricca | folla | gente
sense_list:
A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.


lexentry: eng/crew__Noun__1
written_rep: crew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: staff | troupe
sense_list:
(arts) The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast. | (arts, plural: crew) A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast.


lexentry: eng/cri_du_chat_syndrome__Noun__1
written_rep: cri du chat syndrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sindrome del grido di gatto
sense_list:
(medicine) A rare genetic disorder identified by the catlike cry of the infant, caused by an absence of some genetic material on the fifth chromosome.


lexentry: eng/crib__Noun__1
written_rep: crib
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: culla | lettino a sponde alte
sense_list:
(US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.


lexentry: eng/crib__Noun__1
written_rep: crib
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: greppia | mangiatoia
sense_list:
A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.


lexentry: eng/crick__Noun__1
written_rep: crick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: torcicollo
sense_list:
A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected.


lexentry: eng/cricket__Noun__1
written_rep: cricket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grillo
sense_list:
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.


lexentry: eng/cricothyrotomy__Noun__1
written_rep: cricothyrotomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coniotomia | cricotiroidotomia
sense_list:
(surgery) An incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations, such as airway obstruction by a foreign body, angioedema, or massive facial trauma.


lexentry: eng/crime_against_humanity__Noun__1
written_rep: crime against humanity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crimine contro l'umanità
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, legal) A very destructive and immoral act; later specifically, something causing widespread human misery or loss of life; an atrocity. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/crime_of_passion__Noun__1
written_rep: crime of passion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crimine passionale
sense_list:
(law, criminology) A crime, typically a violent crime such as assault or murder, committed against a loved one because of sudden jealous rage or heartbreak rather than as a premeditated act.


lexentry: eng/crime_scene__Noun__1
written_rep: crime scene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scena del crimine
sense_list:
The location of a crime, especially one at which forensic evidence is collected in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/criminal__Adjective__1
written_rep: criminal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: criminale
sense_list:
Against the law; forbidden by law. | Guilty of breaking the law. | Of or relating to crime or penal law.


lexentry: eng/criminal_code__Noun__1
written_rep: criminal code
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codice penale
sense_list:
(legal) A document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.


lexentry: eng/criminalization__Noun__1
written_rep: criminalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: penalizzazione
sense_list:
The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.


lexentry: eng/criminalize__Verb__1
written_rep: criminalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: criminalizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban. | (transitive) To treat as a criminal.


lexentry: eng/crimini__Noun__1
written_rep: crimini
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: champignon
sense_list:
A dark brown edible mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, that has a rounded cap; called a portobello when mature


lexentry: eng/cringe__Verb__1
written_rep: cringe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ribrezzare
sense_list:
(intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.


lexentry: eng/cringeworthiness__Noun__1
written_rep: cringeworthiness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cringe
sense_list:
The property of being cringeworthy; awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe.


lexentry: eng/cripple__Noun__1
written_rep: cripple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: storpio | storpia
sense_list:
(offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.


lexentry: eng/crisis__Noun__1
written_rep: crisis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crisi
sense_list:
A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point. | An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change. | (psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life. | (drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.


lexentry: eng/crisis__Noun__1
written_rep: crisis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: emergenza | crisi
sense_list:
(medicine) A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.


lexentry: eng/crisp__Adjective__1
written_rep: crisp
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: croccante
sense_list:
(dated) Of hair: curling, especially in tight, stiff curls or ringlets; also (obsolete) , of a person: having hair curled in this manner.


lexentry: eng/criterion__Noun__1
written_rep: criterion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: criterio
sense_list:
A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.


lexentry: eng/critical__Adjective__1
written_rep: critical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: critico
sense_list:
Inclined to find fault or criticize. | (medicine) Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility. | Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable. | (physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.


lexentry: eng/critical_mass__Noun__1
written_rep: critical mass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: massa critica
sense_list:
(nuclear physics) The minimum amount of fissile material needed to support a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.


lexentry: eng/critical_point__Noun__1
written_rep: critical point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: punto critico
sense_list:
(mathematics) A point at which the derivative of a function is zero or undefined, such as a minimum, a maximum, a point of inflection or, in multivariate calculus, a saddle point.


lexentry: eng/critical_thinking__Noun__1
written_rep: critical thinking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pensiero critico
sense_list:
The application of logical principles, rigorous standards of evidence, and careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues.


lexentry: eng/croak__Verb__1
written_rep: croak
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: crepare | terminare
sense_list:
To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.


lexentry: eng/crockery__Noun__1
written_rep: crockery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: terraglia | vasellame
sense_list:
Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.


lexentry: eng/crocket__Noun__1
written_rep: crocket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uncino
sense_list:
(architectural element) Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture.


lexentry: eng/crocodile__Noun__1
written_rep: crocodile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coccodrillo
sense_list:
Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.


lexentry: eng/crocus__Noun__1
written_rep: crocus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: croco
sense_list:
A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.


lexentry: eng/croft__Noun__1
written_rep: croft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campetto | campicello | podere
sense_list:
An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.


lexentry: eng/cromlech__Noun__1
written_rep: cromlech
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cromlech
sense_list:
A dolmen or ancient underground tomb in Wales, usually made with stones disposed in a circular shape.


lexentry: eng/crony_capitalism__Noun__1
written_rep: crony capitalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capitalismo clientelare
sense_list:
(politics, idiomatic) A form of capitalism in which success in business depends on corrupt close relationships with government officials, often implying favouritism.


lexentry: eng/cronyism__Noun__1
written_rep: cronyism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nepotismo
sense_list:
(originally, US, derogatory) Favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications; especially (politics) , in their appointment to political positions.


lexentry: eng/crook__Noun__1
written_rep: crook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: pastorale | vincastro
sense_list:
A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.


lexentry: eng/croon__Verb__1
written_rep: croon
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bisbigliare
sense_list:
To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice.


lexentry: eng/crop__Noun__1
written_rep: crop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coltura | messe | mietitura | raccolto
sense_list:
(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.


lexentry: eng/crop__Noun__1
written_rep: crop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: gozzo | stomaco
sense_list:
(anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.


lexentry: eng/crop__Verb__1
written_rep: crop
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ritagliare | ridimensionare | ridurre | rifilare | scontornare
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.


lexentry: eng/crop_circle__Noun__1
written_rep: crop circle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cerchio nel grano
sense_list:
An area in a field of crops where the stalks have been flattened into a circle or other geometric shape, performed as a prank or sometimes ascribed to UFO activity etc.


lexentry: eng/crop_milk__Noun__1
written_rep: crop milk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: latte del gozzo | latte di piccione
sense_list:
A semi-solid substance, somewhat like pale yellow cottage cheese, secreted from the lining of the crop of (both male and female) pigeons and doves that is fed to their young (squabs) through regurgitation. An analog to crop milk is also secreted from the esophagus of flamingos and some penguins.


lexentry: eng/crop_rotation__Noun__1
written_rep: crop rotation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rotazione delle colture
sense_list:
(agriculture) A farming practice in which the same land is used to grow different crops in successive seasons or years (when once the land would have been left fallow); used to prevent erosion and increase fertility.


lexentry: eng/croquette__Noun__1
written_rep: croquette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crocchetta
sense_list:
(culinary) A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs.


lexentry: eng/croquis__Noun__1
written_rep: croquis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: croquis
sense_list:
(arts) A quick and sketchy drawing, often of a live model. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which the model changes pose and another croquis is drawn.


lexentry: eng/crosier__Noun__1
written_rep: crosier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vincastro | pastorale | bacolo | bastone pastorale
sense_list:
A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.


lexentry: eng/cross-country_skiing__Noun__1
written_rep: cross-country skiing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sci di fondo
sense_list:
(sports) An endurance sport and method of getting about involving travelling on skis, uphill as well as downhill.


lexentry: eng/cross-dresser__Noun__1
written_rep: cross-dresser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: travestido
sense_list:
A person who wears clothing which society considers appropriate only for members of the opposite sex.


lexentry: eng/cross-reference__Noun__1
written_rep: cross-reference
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rimando | rinvio
sense_list:
A reference or direction in one place in a book or other source of information to information at another place in the same work.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
written_rep: cross
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: croce
sense_list:
A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other. | (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross. | A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion). | (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured. | A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
written_rep: cross
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: diagonale
sense_list:
(football) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.


lexentry: eng/cross_country__Noun__1
written_rep: cross country
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corsa campestre
sense_list:
(sports) A running sport popular in US high schools, colleges, etc., where participants race over varying terrain (e.g. golf courses, roads, etc.) in approximately 5- to 10-kilometre races. Abbreviated XC.


lexentry: eng/cross_country__Noun__1
written_rep: cross country
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cross-country
sense_list:
A phase of the equestrian sport of three day eventing, which the horse and rider travel over varied terrain and jump natural obstacles.


lexentry: eng/cross_to_bear__Noun__1
written_rep: cross to bear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: croce
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A problem, or unpleasant or painful situation or person that one has to accept and deal with, although one finds it very difficult, or it causes trouble or worry over a long period of time.


lexentry: eng/crossbill__Noun__1
written_rep: crossbill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crociere
sense_list:
Any of various finches of the genus Loxia, whose bill crosses over at the tips; they are specialist feeders on conifer cones.


lexentry: eng/crossfire__Noun__1
written_rep: crossfire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuoco incrociato
sense_list:
(military) An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at something in front of a line between them.


lexentry: eng/crossguard__Noun__1
written_rep: crossguard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elsa
sense_list:
(swords) A metal bar fixed between, and at right angles to, the blade and the handle of a sword or other bladed weapon that stops an opponent's similar weapon from sliding along the blade and injuring the hand of the person wielding the sword.


lexentry: eng/crossing_guard__Noun__1
written_rep: crossing guard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vigile per l'attraversamento
sense_list:
A person who directs vehicular traffic so that pedestrians, especially students, may cross the right of way.


lexentry: eng/crosspiece__Noun__1
written_rep: crosspiece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ramo
sense_list:
A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.


lexentry: eng/crosstalk__Noun__1
written_rep: crosstalk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diafonia
sense_list:
(electronics) Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits.


lexentry: eng/crosstree__Noun__1
written_rep: crosstree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crocetta
sense_list:
(nautical) A light timber or metal spreader fixed athwartships part way up a mast to spread the shrouds from higher up


lexentry: eng/crossword__Noun__1
written_rep: crossword
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cruciverba | parole crociate
sense_list:
(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.


lexentry: eng/crostata__Noun__1
written_rep: crostata
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crostata
sense_list:
A kind baked tart of Italian origin, made with shortcrust pastry spread over a baking sheet, then covered with a layer of jam and then decorated with thin strips of the same dough, placed crosswise to form diamonds.


lexentry: eng/crotch__Noun__1
written_rep: crotch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavallo
sense_list:
The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.


lexentry: eng/crotonic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: crotonic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido crotonico
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) An unsaturated organic acid, trans--CH3-CH=CH-COOH, found in croton oil and having many industrial uses; the cis- form is isocrotonic acid.


lexentry: eng/crouch__Verb__1
written_rep: crouch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accovacciarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.


lexentry: eng/crow's_nest__Noun__1
written_rep: crow's nest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coffa
sense_list:
(nautical) A small open-top shelter, originally a cask, on the top of the foremast, large enough to accommodate a lookout. It was used by whalers to watch for a blow (spout), or in icebound waters to seek a channel.


lexentry: eng/crowbar__Noun__1
written_rep: crowbar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piede di porco | levachiodi | cavachiodi | palanchino
sense_list:
An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.


lexentry: eng/crowd__Noun__1
written_rep: crowd
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mucchio
sense_list:
A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order. | Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other. | A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.


lexentry: eng/crowdfunding__Noun__1
written_rep: crowdfunding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: finanziamento collettivo
sense_list:
(finance) Funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet.


lexentry: eng/crown__Adjective__1
written_rep: crown
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corona
sense_list:
Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown. | Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
written_rep: crown
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corona
sense_list:
(headwear, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem. | Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it. | Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone. | (historical) A former predecimalization British coin worth five shillings. | (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet. | (anatomy, dentistry) The part of a tooth above the gums.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
written_rep: crown
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: centro | colmo
sense_list:
The raised centre of a road. | (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
written_rep: crown
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: corona | calotta cranica | cocuzzolo | calotta
sense_list:
(religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.


lexentry: eng/crown__Verb__1
written_rep: crown
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: incoronare
sense_list:
To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc. | To declare (someone) a winner. | Of a forest fire or bushfire, to spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.


lexentry: eng/crown_jewels__Noun__1
written_rep: crown jewels
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gioielli della corona
sense_list:
(literally) The jewelry that accompany the office of rulership in a monarchy, i.e. crown, scepter, signet ring, etc.


lexentry: eng/crown_molding__Noun__1
written_rep: crown molding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cornice
sense_list:
(woodworking, interior decorating) A molding at the edge of a room between the ceiling and the wall.


lexentry: eng/crown_of_thorns__Noun__1
written_rep: crown of thorns
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corona di spine
sense_list:
(Christianity) The crown made of a thorny plant that Christ was forced to wear before his Crucifixion, in mocking reference to his alleged status as ‘king of the Jews’, or a representation of this. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/crucial__Adjective__1
written_rep: crucial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cruciale
sense_list:
Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.


lexentry: eng/crucible__Noun__1
written_rep: crucible
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crogiolo
sense_list:
(chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures. | A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.


lexentry: eng/crucifix__Noun__1
written_rep: crucifix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: crocifisso | crocefisso | crucifisso | croce
sense_list:
An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.


lexentry: eng/crucifixion__Noun__1
written_rep: crucifixion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crocifissione | crocefissione
sense_list:
An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead. | (Christianity, often, capitalized) The death of Jesus Christ on the Cross.


lexentry: eng/cruelty__Noun__1
written_rep: cruelty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crudeltà
sense_list:
(uncountable) An indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering. | (countable) A cruel act.


lexentry: eng/cruet__Noun__1
written_rep: cruet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ampolla | boccetta | flacone
sense_list:
A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table.


lexentry: eng/cruise_control__Noun__1
written_rep: cruise control
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: regolatore di velocità
sense_list:
A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed.


lexentry: eng/cruise_ship__Noun__1
written_rep: cruise ship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nave da crociera
sense_list:
(nautical) A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.


lexentry: eng/cruiser__Noun__1
written_rep: cruiser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incrociatore
sense_list:
(nautical, in the days of sail) A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships. | (military, nautical) A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship.


lexentry: eng/crumb__Noun__1
written_rep: crumb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: briciola
sense_list:
A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread). | (figuratively) A bit, small amount.


lexentry: eng/crumb__Verb__1
written_rep: crumb
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impanare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cover with crumbs. | (transitive) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.


lexentry: eng/crumpet__Noun__1
written_rep: crumpet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gatto
sense_list:
(UK, slang, dated, countable, uncountable) A sexually attractive person or, collectively, people; usually referring to women.


lexentry: eng/crunch__Verb__1
written_rep: crunch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: masticare
sense_list:
(slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.


lexentry: eng/crusade__Noun__1
written_rep: crusade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crociata
sense_list:
(historical) Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars. | (figuratively, sometimes, ironically) A grand, concerted effort towards some purportedly worthy cause.


lexentry: eng/crush__Verb__1
written_rep: crush
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schiacciare | pigiare
sense_list:
To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.


lexentry: eng/crust__Noun__1
written_rep: crust
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crosta
sense_list:
A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary. | The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc. | (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Northern US) A slice of bread cut from the end of a loaf; the heel. | (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth. | (astronomy, by extension) The outermost layer of any terrestrial planet.


lexentry: eng/crustacean__Noun__1
written_rep: crustacean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crostaceo
sense_list:
Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice, traditionally excluding hexapods.


lexentry: eng/crusty__Adjective__1
written_rep: crusty
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: eccitabile
sense_list:
(informal, figuratively, of a person or behavior) Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.


lexentry: eng/crutch__Noun__1
written_rep: crutch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stampella | gruccia
sense_list:
A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.


lexentry: eng/crutch__Noun__1
written_rep: crutch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: stampella
sense_list:
Something or someone that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop


lexentry: eng/crwth__Noun__1
written_rep: crwth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crotta
sense_list:
(historical) An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard. Played variously by plucking or bowing.


lexentry: eng/cry_over_spilt_milk__Verb__1
written_rep: cry over spilt milk
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inutile piangere sul latte versato | non piangere sul latte versato
sense_list:
(informal, idiomatic) To worry about unfortunate events which have already happened and which cannot be changed.


lexentry: eng/cry_wolf__Verb__1
written_rep: cry wolf
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gridare al lupo
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears.


lexentry: eng/cryogenics__Noun__1
written_rep: cryogenics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: criogenia
sense_list:
The science and technology of the production of very low temperatures. | The scientific study of low-temperature phenomena.


lexentry: eng/cryohydrate__Noun__1
written_rep: cryohydrate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crioidrato
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) Any salt that forms crystals containing water of crystallization only at low temperatures


lexentry: eng/cryopreservation__Noun__1
written_rep: cryopreservation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crioconservazione
sense_list:
the preservation of biological tissue at cryogenic temperatures, typically at -80°C (dry ice temperature) or -196°C (the boiling point of liquid nitrogen).


lexentry: eng/cryoscopy__Noun__1
written_rep: cryoscopy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crioscopia
sense_list:
The measurement of the freezing point of a liquid using a cryoscope. | (physical chemistry) The estimation of the molecular weight of a compound by measuring its effect on the freezing point of a solvent.


lexentry: eng/cryovolcano__Noun__1
written_rep: cryovolcano
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: criovulcano
sense_list:
(planetology, geology, vulcanology) A volcano on an icy moon that ejects volatile materials rather than magma.


lexentry: eng/cryptic__Adjective__1
written_rep: cryptic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: criptico
sense_list:
Having hidden (unapparent) meaning. | Mystified or of an obscure nature; not easy to perceive. | Involving use of a code or cipher.


lexentry: eng/crypto-Jew__Noun__1
written_rep: crypto-Jew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Cripto-giudeo
sense_list:
A person who, while publicly converting to another religion (such as Christianity or Islam), secretly practices Judaism.


lexentry: eng/cryptobiosis__Noun__1
written_rep: cryptobiosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anabiosi
sense_list:
(biology) A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted


lexentry: eng/cryptocommunist__Noun__1
written_rep: cryptocommunist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: criptocomunista
sense_list:
(politics) A person with communist views they do not express publicly, often to avoid negative judgment.


lexentry: eng/cryptocurrency__Noun__1
written_rep: cryptocurrency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: criptovaluta
sense_list:
A digital currency based on a cryptographic system, usually having no central issuing or regulating authority.


lexentry: eng/cryptography__Noun__1
written_rep: cryptography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crittografia
sense_list:
The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.


lexentry: eng/cryptophthalmos__Noun__1
written_rep: cryptophthalmos
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: criptoftalmo
sense_list:
A rare congenital anomaly in which the skin is continuous over the eyeball, with absence of eyelids.


lexentry: eng/cryptosporidiosis__Noun__1
written_rep: cryptosporidiosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: criptosporidiosi
sense_list:
A disease affecting the intestines of mammals that is caused by cryptosporidium, a protozoan parasite.


lexentry: eng/crystal__Noun__1
written_rep: crystal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cristallo
sense_list:
(countable) A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions. | (countable) A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass. | (uncountable) A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it. | The glass over the dial of a watch case.


lexentry: eng/crystal_clear__Adjective__1
written_rep: crystal clear
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiarissimo | chiaro come il sole | chiaro e limpido | cristallino
sense_list:
(idiomatic, simile) Completely clear (in various senses). | Without ambiguity or doubt; completely understood.


lexentry: eng/crystal_healing__Noun__1
written_rep: crystal healing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cristalloterapia
sense_list:
(alternative medicine) The practice of using the supposed therapeutic effects of crystals to cure illness.


lexentry: eng/crystal_set__Noun__1
written_rep: crystal set
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radio a galena
sense_list:
(electronics) An early radio receiver, having no electrical power supply except the radio waves themselves; it used a crystal of lead or cadmium sulphide and a wire (the cat's whisker) touching the crystal's surface.


lexentry: eng/crystal_system__Noun__1
written_rep: crystal system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sistema cristallino
sense_list:
(crystallography) Any of the seven distinct symmetry classifications of crystals: cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, triclinic and trigonal.


lexentry: eng/crystallization__Noun__1
written_rep: crystallization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cristallizzazione
sense_list:
The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized. | The body formed by crystallizing. | The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase


lexentry: eng/crystallize__Verb__1
written_rep: crystallize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cristallizzare
sense_list:
(transitive, chemistry, physics) To make something form into crystals. | (intransitive) To assume a crystalline form. | (intransitive) To take a definite form. | (transitive) To coat something with crystals, especially with sugar.


lexentry: eng/crystalloid__Noun__1
written_rep: crystalloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cristalloide
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) Any substance that can be crystallized from solution; a water-soluble crystalline substance that can diffuse through a semipermeable membrane, as opposed to a colloid which cannot.


lexentry: eng/csardas__Noun__1
written_rep: csardas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciarda | czarda
sense_list:
An intricate Hungarian folk dance characterized by variations in tempo. The two main parts are called lassú (slow) and friss (quick).


lexentry: eng/cub__Noun__1
written_rep: cub
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: volpino
sense_list:
The young of wild dogs and big cats, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger. | (gay slang) a younger (or younger-looking) "bear" type of man.


lexentry: eng/cube__Noun__1
written_rep: cube
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cubo
sense_list:
(geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces. | (mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.


lexentry: eng/cube__Verb__1
written_rep: cube
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elevare al cubo | elevare alla terza
sense_list:
(transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.


lexentry: eng/cube_root__Noun__1
written_rep: cube root
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radice cubica
sense_list:
(mathematics) Of a number or expression, a number or expression the cube of which is equal to the given number or expression.


lexentry: eng/cubeb__Noun__1
written_rep: cubeb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cubebe
sense_list:
A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.


lexentry: eng/cubic__Adjective__1
written_rep: cubic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cubico | cubo
sense_list:
(geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.


lexentry: eng/cubic_centimetre__Noun__1
written_rep: cubic centimetre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centimetro cubo
sense_list:
A unit of volume equal to that of a cube having sides each one centimetre in length, equal to 10⁻⁶ cubic metres and 1 millilitre. Commonly used in fluid measure and for engine sizes.


lexentry: eng/cubiculum__Noun__1
written_rep: cubiculum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cubicolo
sense_list:
A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.


lexentry: eng/cubism__Noun__1
written_rep: cubism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cubismo
sense_list:
(often, capitalized) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes. [from 1900s]


lexentry: eng/cuboctahedron__Noun__1
written_rep: cuboctahedron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cubottaedro
sense_list:
(geometry) An Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal.


lexentry: eng/cuboid_bone__Noun__1
written_rep: cuboid bone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuboide | osso cuboide
sense_list:
One of the seven tarsal bones, the most lateral of the bones in the distal row of the tarsus, and roughly cubical in shape.


lexentry: eng/cuckold__Verb__1
written_rep: cuckold
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cornificare | mettere le corna
sense_list:
(transitive) To make a cuckold or cuckquean of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing their partner or spouse.


lexentry: eng/cuckoo__Noun__1
written_rep: cuckoo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuculo | cucù
sense_list:
Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.


lexentry: eng/cuckoo__Noun__1
written_rep: cuckoo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: cuculo | cucù | cu cu
sense_list:
A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).


lexentry: eng/cuckoo_clock__Noun__1
written_rep: cuckoo clock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orologio a cucù
sense_list:
A clock that announces the time (hours and quarter hours) by a cuckoo sound, often equipped with a small cuckoo automaton.


lexentry: eng/cud__Noun__1
written_rep: cud
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bolo
sense_list:
The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.


lexentry: eng/cuddle__Noun__1
written_rep: cuddle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coccola
sense_list:
(UK) An affectionate embrace, a hug, such as is given to family members and close friends (less intimate than a snuggle, and typically of shorter duration).


lexentry: eng/cuddle__Verb__1
written_rep: cuddle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coccolare
sense_list:
(US, intransitive, transitive) To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle.


lexentry: eng/cue__Noun__2
written_rep: cue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: avvertimento | segnale
sense_list:
An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something. | The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.


lexentry: eng/cue__Noun__3
written_rep: cue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stecca | stecca da biliardo
sense_list:
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.


lexentry: eng/cue_ball__Noun__1
written_rep: cue ball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bianca
sense_list:
(snooker, pool, billiards) The white ball which, stricken by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game.


lexentry: eng/cue_mark__Noun__1
written_rep: cue mark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: segnalatore di passaggio
sense_list:
A visual indicator, placed in an upper corner of a frame of a motion picture, to signal the projectionist to change reels


lexentry: eng/cuisine__Noun__1
written_rep: cuisine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cucina | culinaria
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.


lexentry: eng/cul-de-sac__Noun__1
written_rep: cul-de-sac
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: binario morto
sense_list:
A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on the street, with little or no through-traffic.


lexentry: eng/cull__Verb__1
written_rep: cull
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: abbattere
sense_list:
To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/culminate__Verb__1
written_rep: culminate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: culminare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To reach the (physical or figurative) summit, highest point, peak etc. | (intransitive, figuratively) To reach a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion.


lexentry: eng/culmination__Noun__1
written_rep: culmination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: culminazione
sense_list:
(astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.


lexentry: eng/culpable__Adjective__1
written_rep: culpable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colpevole
sense_list:
Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.


lexentry: eng/culpable_homicide__Noun__1
written_rep: culpable homicide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: omicidio colposo
sense_list:
Homicide which is culpable but does not rise to the level of murder; unlawful killing of a human being which does not constitute murder.


lexentry: eng/cult__Noun__1
written_rep: cult
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: culto
sense_list:
(religion) The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship. | (chiefly, derogatory) A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.


lexentry: eng/cult_of_personality__Noun__1
written_rep: cult of personality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: culto della personalità
sense_list:
A situation where a leader (often a dictator) has been idolized and made into a national or group icon and is revered as a result.


lexentry: eng/cultivar__Noun__1
written_rep: cultivar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cultivar
sense_list:
A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species. [from 1923]


lexentry: eng/cultivate__Verb__1
written_rep: cultivate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coltivare
sense_list:
To grow plants, notably crops. | (figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend. | To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.


lexentry: eng/cultivation__Noun__1
written_rep: cultivation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coltura
sense_list:
The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as: | Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something) | Advancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition


lexentry: eng/cultivator__Noun__1
written_rep: cultivator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: motocoltivatore
sense_list:
Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.


lexentry: eng/cultural_appropriation__Noun__1
written_rep: cultural appropriation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: appropriazione culturale
sense_list:
(sociology) The (often financially) exploitative, oppressive and/or inaccurate cooption of elements of one culture by members of a different culture.


lexentry: eng/cultural_imperialism__Noun__1
written_rep: cultural imperialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imperialismo culturale
sense_list:
(chiefly, depreciative) The imposition of a dominant nation's culture onto a nondominant nation, often through the export of cultural products such as film and music.


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
written_rep: culture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cultura
sense_list:
The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize humankind, or a particular society or nation. | The beliefs, values, behaviour, and material objects that constitute a people's way of life. | The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising the accepted norms and values of a society. | (anthropology) Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings. | (euphemism) Ethnicity, race (and its associated arts, customs, etc.)


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
written_rep: culture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: coltura | cultura
sense_list:
(microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.


lexentry: eng/culture__Verb__1
written_rep: culture
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coltivare
sense_list:
(transitive) to maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate)


lexentry: eng/culture_hero__Noun__1
written_rep: culture hero
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eroe culturale
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A mythical character or real person who is renowned as the exemplar of the values or achievements of a society, group, or time period.


lexentry: eng/culture_shock__Noun__1
written_rep: culture shock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: shock culturale
sense_list:
(anthropology, sociology) A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment.


lexentry: eng/cumacean__Noun__1
written_rep: cumacean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cumaceo
sense_list:
(taxonomic name, zoology) Any small marine crustacean of the order Cumacea, closely related to tanaidaceans.


lexentry: eng/cumin__Noun__1
written_rep: cumin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cumino
sense_list:
The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae. | Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery.


lexentry: eng/cummerbund__Noun__1
written_rep: cummerbund
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fascia di seta | fascia di smoking
sense_list:
(fashion) A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as around a man's waist together with a tuxedo or dinner jacket. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cumulative__Adjective__1
written_rep: cumulative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cumulativo | cumulata | cumulato
sense_list:
Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.


lexentry: eng/cunning__Noun__1
written_rep: cunning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: furbizia | furberia
sense_list:
The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.


lexentry: eng/cunt__Noun__1
written_rep: cunt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: stronzo | bastardo | stronza
sense_list:
(vulgar, offensive, originally, synecdochically
, countable) An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in Commonwealth more usually a man). | (Ireland, UK, Commonwealth, countable, vulgar, ) An unpleasant or difficult experience or incident.


lexentry: eng/cup-and-ball__Noun__1
written_rep: cup-and-ball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bilbocchetto
sense_list:
A traditional children's toy consisting of a hand-held wooden cup with a ball attached by a string. The player jerks the ball into the air and attempts to catch it in the cup.


lexentry: eng/cup__Noun__1
written_rep: cup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tazza | coppa
sense_list:
A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.


lexentry: eng/cup__Noun__1
written_rep: cup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coppa
sense_list:
The contents of said vessel. | A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup. | A contest for which a cup is awarded. | One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.


lexentry: eng/cup_of_tea__Noun__1
written_rep: cup of tea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tazza di tè
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cup,‎ tea. A cup or mug with tea in it. | (bingo) three


lexentry: eng/cupboard__Noun__1
written_rep: cupboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: armadio | credenza | dispensa | madia | vetrinetta
sense_list:
A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.


lexentry: eng/cuproammonium__Noun__1
written_rep: cuproammonium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuprammonio | cuproammonio
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) The cation Cu(NH3)42+ formed by adding ammonia to copper salts: A complex of four molecules of ammonia surrounding a copper ion.


lexentry: eng/cupule__Noun__1
written_rep: cupule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mallo
sense_list:
Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies.


lexentry: eng/curare__Noun__1
written_rep: curare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: curaro
sense_list:
A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.


lexentry: eng/curator__Noun__1
written_rep: curator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conservatrice
sense_list:
A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.


lexentry: eng/curator__Noun__1
written_rep: curator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tutore
sense_list:
One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.


lexentry: eng/curaçao__Noun__1
written_rep: curaçao
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: curaçao
sense_list:
A liqueur made from eau de vie, sugar, and dried peel of sweet and sour oranges, naturally colorless but typically artificially colored blue.


lexentry: eng/curcumin__Noun__1
written_rep: curcumin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: curcumina
sense_list:
(organic compound, biochemistry) A polyphenol (1E,6E)-1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)hepta-1,6-diene-3,5-dione; a major constituent of the spice turmeric.


lexentry: eng/curd__Noun__1
written_rep: curd
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cagliata | coagulo
sense_list:
The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.


lexentry: eng/curdle__Verb__1
written_rep: curdle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cagliare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)


lexentry: eng/cure__Noun__1
written_rep: cure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: reticolazione | vulcanizzazione
sense_list:
(engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.


lexentry: eng/curette__Noun__1
written_rep: curette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: curette
sense_list:
(medicine, dentistry) A hand-held surgical instrument, often with a scoop or hook at its tip, used for cleaning or debriding biological tissue.


lexentry: eng/curfew__Noun__1
written_rep: curfew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coprifuoco
sense_list:
Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time. | The time when such restriction begins. | A signal indicating this time. | (historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.


lexentry: eng/curia__Noun__1
written_rep: curia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: curia
sense_list:
(historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome | (historical) The Roman senate during the republic


lexentry: eng/curiosity__Noun__1
written_rep: curiosity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: curiosità
sense_list:
(uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. [from 17th c.] | A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/curiosity_killed_the_cat__Proverb__1
written_rep: curiosity killed the cat
part_of_speech: proverb
sense_list: One should not be curious about things that can be dangerous.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
la curiosità uccise il gatto | la troppa curiosità spinge l'uccello nella rete | tanto va la gatta al lardo, che ci lascia lo zampino


lexentry: eng/curious__Adjective__1
written_rep: curious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: curioso | interessato
sense_list:
Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.


lexentry: eng/curl__Noun__1
written_rep: curl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: rotore
sense_list:
(calculus, proper noun) The vector operator, denoted \rm{curl}\; or \vec{\nabla}\times\vec{\left(\cdot\right)}, that generates this field.


lexentry: eng/curl__Noun__1
written_rep: curl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: accartocciamento | arricciamento
sense_list:
(agriculture, phytopathology, uncountable) Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.


lexentry: eng/curl_up__Verb__1
written_rep: curl up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: arricciarsi | raggomitolarsi | rannicchiarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive) to shape one's body into a somewhat ball-like shape, with one's legs tucked into the abdomen, especially for cosiness or for protection.


lexentry: eng/curlew__Noun__1
written_rep: curlew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiurlo
sense_list:
Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.


lexentry: eng/curling__Noun__1
written_rep: curling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: curling
sense_list:
(uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).


lexentry: eng/current__Noun__1
written_rep: current
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: corrente
sense_list:
The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current. | (electricity) The amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time. | A tendency or a course of events.


lexentry: eng/curriculum_vitae__Noun__1
written_rep: curriculum vitae
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: curriculum vitae
sense_list:
(British) A written account of one's life comprising one's education, accomplishments, work experience, publications, etc.; especially, one used to apply for a job.


lexentry: eng/curry__Noun__1
written_rep: curry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: curry
sense_list:
One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce. | A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavored with curry powder.


lexentry: eng/currywurst__Noun__1
written_rep: currywurst
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salsiccia con salsa al curry
sense_list:
A German national dish consisting of hot pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry ketchup.


lexentry: eng/curse__Verb__1
written_rep: curse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maledire
sense_list:
(transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object). | To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.


lexentry: eng/curse__Verb__1
written_rep: curse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: imprecare | bestemmiare
sense_list:
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.


lexentry: eng/cursor__Noun__1
written_rep: cursor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cursore
sense_list:
A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position. | (GUI) A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.


lexentry: eng/cursor__Noun__1
written_rep: cursor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cursore | puntatore
sense_list:
(computing) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.


lexentry: eng/curtail__Verb__1
written_rep: curtail
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbreviare
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete) To cut short the tail of (an animal). | (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.


lexentry: eng/curtain-raiser__Noun__1
written_rep: curtain-raiser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: audizione
sense_list:
(performing arts) In a theater, an initial play, musical performance, etc which precedes the main performance.


lexentry: eng/curtsey__Noun__1
written_rep: curtsey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inchino | riverenza
sense_list:
A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses the shin of one leg behind the calf of her other leg and briefly bends her knees to lower her body in deference.


lexentry: eng/curve__Noun__1
written_rep: curve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: curva
sense_list:
A gentle bend, such as in a road. | A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line. | A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject. | (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.


lexentry: eng/cuscus__Noun__1
written_rep: cuscus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cusco
sense_list:
Any arboreal marsupial of genera Ailurops, Phalanger, Spilocuscus, and Strigocuscus, all in the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia.


lexentry: eng/cushion__Noun__1
written_rep: cushion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sponda
sense_list:
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.


lexentry: eng/cushy__Adjective__1
written_rep: cushy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accogliente
sense_list:
(informal) Making few demands; comfortable, easy. | (chiefly, US) Comfortable, often in a way that will suit a person's body; ergonomic.


lexentry: eng/cushy_number__Noun__1
written_rep: cushy number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nascondiglio
sense_list:
(Britain, informal) A job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding; a sinecure.


lexentry: eng/cusp__Noun__1
written_rep: cusp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuspide
sense_list:
A sharp point or pointed end. | (geometry) A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point. | (astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses. | (dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.


lexentry: eng/custard__Noun__1
written_rep: custard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: crema pasticcera
sense_list:
(by extension) A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.


lexentry: eng/custody__Noun__1
written_rep: custody
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: custodia
sense_list:
Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property. | The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial. | (Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor.


lexentry: eng/custom-made__Adjective__1
written_rep: custom-made
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: su misura
sense_list:
Made according to the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.


lexentry: eng/custom__Noun__1
written_rep: custom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costume | usanza | uso
sense_list:
Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.


lexentry: eng/custom__Noun__1
written_rep: custom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: costume
sense_list:
(legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.


lexentry: eng/custom_house__Noun__1
written_rep: custom house
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dogana | dazio
sense_list:
An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit


lexentry: eng/customer__Noun__1
written_rep: customer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: avventore | avventrice
sense_list:
(obsolete) A habitual patron, regular purchaser, returning client; a person or company who has a custom of buying from a particular business.


lexentry: eng/customer__Noun__1
written_rep: customer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cliente
sense_list:
A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.


lexentry: eng/custos__Noun__1
written_rep: custos
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: custode
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a custody of the order.


lexentry: eng/cut-out__Noun__1
written_rep: cut-out
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: interruttore
sense_list:
(electronics) Any of several devices that halt the flow of a current, especially an electric current; a trip-switch or trip.


lexentry: eng/cut__Adjective__1
written_rep: cut
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: cesellato | scolpito
sense_list:
(bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.


lexentry: eng/cut__Verb__1
written_rep: cut
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tagliare
sense_list:
To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument. | (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time. | (transitive, slang) To make, to negotiate, to conclude.


lexentry: eng/cut__Verb__1
written_rep: cut
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: alzare
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.


lexentry: eng/cut_a_wide_swath__Verb__1
written_rep: cut a wide swath
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aprire un varco | aprirsi un varco
sense_list:
(chiefly, US) To clear a broad track through a grassland, woodland, geographical region, or other area, either by natural means or by human action.


lexentry: eng/cut_corners__Verb__1
written_rep: cut corners
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prendere delle scorciatoie
sense_list:
To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road.


lexentry: eng/cut_off__Verb__1
written_rep: cut off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: recidere
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove by cutting. | (transitive) To isolate or remove from contact. | (transitive) To move so as to block someone else's movement in a direction.


lexentry: eng/cut_off__Verb__1
written_rep: cut off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: interrompere
sense_list:
(transitive) To stop providing funds or something else to (someone). | (transitive) To end abruptly. | (transitive) To interrupt (someone speaking).


lexentry: eng/cut_out__Adjective__1
written_rep: cut out
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adeguato | idoneo | ritagliato
sense_list:
(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose.


lexentry: eng/cut_out__Verb__1
written_rep: cut out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ritagliare
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut,‎ out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever.


lexentry: eng/cut_out__Verb__1
written_rep: cut out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: finirla | smetterla
sense_list:
(transitive, informal) To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).


lexentry: eng/cut_scene__Noun__1
written_rep: cut scene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinematica
sense_list:
(video games) A typically non-interactive portion of cinematic narrative shown during a video game to advance the story. Cut scenes may be presented with full motion video or may be rendered with the game engine, in which case they may allow some interactivity.


lexentry: eng/cut_up__Verb__1
written_rep: cut up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tagliare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections. | (transitive, idiomatic, UK, Irish) To move aggressively in front of another vehicle while driving. | (intransitive) To disintegrate; to break into pieces.


lexentry: eng/cutaneous__Adjective__1
written_rep: cutaneous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cutaneo
sense_list:
(anatomy, zoology) Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.


lexentry: eng/cutaway__Noun__1
written_rep: cutaway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ritaglio
sense_list:
(television, cinematography) A cut to a shot of person listening to a speaker so that the audience can see the listener's reaction.


lexentry: eng/cute__Adjective__1
written_rep: cute
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carino | grazioso
sense_list:
Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.


lexentry: eng/cute__Adjective__1
written_rep: cute
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: carino
sense_list:
Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.


lexentry: eng/cuticle__Noun__1
written_rep: cuticle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cuticola
sense_list:
The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail. | (zoology, botany) A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants.


lexentry: eng/cutlet__Noun__1
written_rep: cutlet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: costoletta
sense_list:
A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken, or beef) cut from the side of an animal.


lexentry: eng/cutter__Noun__1
written_rep: cutter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cutter | veliero
sense_list:
(nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.


lexentry: eng/cutting__Noun__1
written_rep: cutting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: talea
sense_list:
(countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.


lexentry: eng/cutting_edge__Noun__1
written_rep: cutting edge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: avanguardia
sense_list:
(idiomatic, by extension, often with "on the") The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.


lexentry: eng/cuttlefish__Noun__1
written_rep: cuttlefish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seppia
sense_list:
Any squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened.


lexentry: eng/cuttlefish_bone__Noun__1
written_rep: cuttlefish bone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: osso de seppia
sense_list:
The calcareous, oval-shaped internal shell of a cuttlefish (order Sepiida), originally used in powdered form as an antacid and for absorbing moisture or polishing objects, and now chiefly as a dietary supplement for cage birds.


lexentry: eng/cuvette__Noun__1
written_rep: cuvette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cuvetta
sense_list:
(analytical chemistry) a small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer


lexentry: eng/cyan__Noun__1
written_rep: cyan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciano
sense_list:
An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.


lexentry: eng/cyanide__Noun__1
written_rep: cyanide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cianuro
sense_list:
(inorganic compound, organic compound, countable) Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN− anion.


lexentry: eng/cyanidin__Noun__1
written_rep: cyanidin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cianidina
sense_list:
(organic compound) An anthocyanidin pigment, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) chromenylium-3,5,7-triol, found in many red berries.


lexentry: eng/cyanoacrylate__Noun__1
written_rep: cyanoacrylate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cianoacrilato
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of esters of cyanoacrylic acid that are used as instant adhesives.


lexentry: eng/cyberattack__Noun__1
written_rep: cyberattack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cyberattacco
sense_list:
An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying.


lexentry: eng/cybernetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: cybernetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cibernetico
sense_list:
Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in living organisms or machines. | Of or relating to computers and the Internet.


lexentry: eng/cybernetics__Noun__1
written_rep: cybernetics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cibernetica
sense_list:
The theory/science of communication and control in living organisms or machines. | The art/study of governing, controlling automatic processes and communication.


lexentry: eng/cyberpunk__Noun__1
written_rep: cyberpunk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cyberpunk
sense_list:
(science fiction, uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order. | (music genre, uncountable) A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.


lexentry: eng/cybersex__Noun__1
written_rep: cybersex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cibersesso
sense_list:
A virtual sexual encounter in which two or more persons connected remotely via a computer network send one another sexually explicit messages simulating a sexual experience.


lexentry: eng/cyclamen__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclamen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclamino | artanita
sense_list:
Any of various primulaceous flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers.


lexentry: eng/cycle__Noun__1
written_rep: cycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ciclo
sense_list:
A complete rotation of anything. | A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence. | A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy. | (graph theory) A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.


lexentry: eng/cycle_of_fifths__Noun__1
written_rep: cycle of fifths
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circolo delle quinte
sense_list:
(music, _, theory) A sequence of bass notes at intervals of one perfect fifth lower than the previous note. In twelve-tone equal temperament the sequence repeats every twelve tones, forming a cycle.


lexentry: eng/cycle_rickshaw__Noun__1
written_rep: cycle rickshaw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclorisciò
sense_list:
A rickshaw, mostly used as taxi, with two wheels in the back for the carriage and one wheel for steering in the front (or sometimes vice versa), propelled by the action of a driver’s feet upon pedals.


lexentry: eng/cyclic__Adjective__1
written_rep: cyclic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclico
sense_list:
Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals; cyclical | (chemistry, of a compound) Having chains of atoms arranged in a ring. | (mathematics, of a group) Being generated by only one element.


lexentry: eng/cyclobutane__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclobutane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclobutano
sense_list:
(uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas. | (countable, organic chemistry) Any derivative of this compound.


lexentry: eng/cyclocross__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclocross
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclocampestre | ciclocrossismo | ciclopratismo | ciclocross | velocross
sense_list:
(cycle racing) A form of bicycle racing consisting of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles and requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike whilst navigating the obstruction and remount in one motion.


lexentry: eng/cyclodextrin__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclodextrin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclodestrina
sense_list:
(carbohydrate) Any of a class of cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of glucopyranose residues linked as in amylose; cycloamylose.


lexentry: eng/cyclogenesis__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclogenesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclogenesi
sense_list:
(meteorology) The process which leads to the formation of tropical storms, cyclones and hurricanes; typically involves an interaction that leads to vertical wind shear.


lexentry: eng/cyclohexane__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclohexane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cicloesano
sense_list:
(organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C6H12, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid.


lexentry: eng/cyclohexanol__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclohexanol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cicloesanolo
sense_list:
(organic compound) The alicyclic alcohol derived from cyclohexane by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group


lexentry: eng/cyclohexanone__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclohexanone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cicloesanone
sense_list:
(organic compound) The alicyclic ketone obtained from cyclohexane by the replacement of a methylene group by a carbonyl group.


lexentry: eng/cyclohexene__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclohexene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cicloesene
sense_list:
(organic compound) A cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives.


lexentry: eng/cycloid__Noun__1
written_rep: cycloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cicloide
sense_list:
(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.


lexentry: eng/cyclone__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclone
sense_list:
(broadly) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.


lexentry: eng/cyclooxygenase__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclooxygenase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclossigenasi
sense_list:
(enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze a cyclooxygenation reaction, but especially the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins (prostanoids); their inhibition is the mode of action of the NSAIDs aspirin and ibuprofen.


lexentry: eng/cyclopentadiene__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclopentadiene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclopentadiene
sense_list:
(organic compound) an unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon, C5H6; it forms complexes with some transition elements


lexentry: eng/cyclopentane__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclopentane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclopentano
sense_list:
(organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C5H10; a volatile inflammable liquid, sometimes used as a solvent.


lexentry: eng/cyclopropane__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclopropane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclopropano
sense_list:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) The simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6, an inflammable gas, sometimes used as an anaesthetic.


lexentry: eng/cyclopropene__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclopropene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclopropene
sense_list:
(organic compound) The cycloalkene having three carbon atoms and one double bond; any derivative of this compound


lexentry: eng/cyclotomic_field__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclotomic field
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campo ciclotomico
sense_list:
(number theory, algebraic number theory) A number field obtained by adjoining a primitive root of unity to the field of rational numbers.


lexentry: eng/cyclotron__Noun__1
written_rep: cyclotron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclotrone
sense_list:
An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated spirally outward through a fixed magnetic field and alternating electric fields.


lexentry: eng/cylinder__Noun__1
written_rep: cylinder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cilindro
sense_list:
(geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve. | (geometry) A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder. | Any object in the form of a circular cylinder. | A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine. | (automotive) The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump. | An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder. | The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.


lexentry: eng/cylinder_head__Noun__1
written_rep: cylinder head
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: testata
sense_list:
(automotive) A part of an internal combustion engine, usually made as a removable piece, that closes one end of the engine's cylinders.


lexentry: eng/cymbal__Noun__1
written_rep: cymbal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piatto
sense_list:
(percussion instrument) A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.


lexentry: eng/cynical__Adjective__1
written_rep: cynical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinico
sense_list:
Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.


lexentry: eng/cynodont__Noun__1
written_rep: cynodont
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinodonto
sense_list:
(zoology) Any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and extinct close relatives.


lexentry: eng/cypress__Noun__1
written_rep: cypress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cipresso
sense_list:
An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.


lexentry: eng/cypress_spurge__Noun__1
written_rep: cypress spurge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: euforbia cipressina
sense_list:
An erect, perennial spurge, native to Europe and an invasive species in North America, of species Euphorbia cyparissias.


lexentry: eng/cyproterone_acetate__Noun__1
written_rep: cyproterone acetate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciproterone acetato
sense_list:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) The cyproterone ester of acetic acid that is an antiandrogen and progestin medication - C24H29ClO4.


lexentry: eng/cyst__Noun__1
written_rep: cyst
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciste | cisti
sense_list:
A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.


lexentry: eng/cysteine__Noun__1
written_rep: cysteine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cisteina
sense_list:
(amino acid) A sulphur-containing nonessential amino acid C3H7NO2S found in most animal proteins; it readily oxidizes to cystine.


lexentry: eng/cystic_duct__Noun__1
written_rep: cystic duct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dotto cistico
sense_list:
(anatomy) A short duct that leads from the gallbladder and unites with the common hepatic duct to form the common bile duct.


lexentry: eng/cystic_fibrosis__Noun__1
written_rep: cystic fibrosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fibrosi cistica | mucoviscidosi
sense_list:
(pathology) An inherited condition in which the exocrine glands produce abnormally viscous mucus, causing chronic respiratory and digestive problems.


lexentry: eng/cysticercosis__Noun__1
written_rep: cysticercosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cisticercosi
sense_list:
(medicine) A parasitic infestation of the voluntary muscles, lungs, central nervous system and other organs, caused by the ingestion of eggs of the tapeworm Taenia solium.


lexentry: eng/cystine__Noun__1
written_rep: cystine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cistina
sense_list:
(amino acid) A nonessential amino acid formed by the oxidation of cysteine; it contains two cysteine residues linked by a disulfide bond.


lexentry: eng/cytochemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: cytochemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citochimica
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The biochemistry of cells, especially that of the macromolecules responsible for cell structure and function.


lexentry: eng/cytochrome__Noun__1
written_rep: cytochrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citocromo
sense_list:
Any of various related hemoproteins found in the cells of most organisms, which are an important part of cell respiration.


lexentry: eng/cytogenetics__Noun__1
written_rep: cytogenetics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citogenetica
sense_list:
(biology, genetics) The branch of genetics that studies the relationships between the structure and number of chromosomes as seen in isolated cells and variation in genotype and phenotype.


lexentry: eng/cytokine__Noun__1
written_rep: cytokine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citochina
sense_list:
(protein, immunology) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.


lexentry: eng/cytokinesis__Noun__1
written_rep: cytokinesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citodieresi | citochinesi
sense_list:
(biology) The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell divides following the division of the nucleus.


lexentry: eng/cytopathology__Noun__1
written_rep: cytopathology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citopatologia
sense_list:
(cytology, pathology) The branch of pathology that deals with abnormalities of cells, independently of the tissue architecture from which they came, as for example in aspiration biopsy such as fine-needle aspiration.


lexentry: eng/cytoplasm__Noun__1
written_rep: cytoplasm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citoplasma
sense_list:
(cytology) The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.


lexentry: eng/cytosine__Noun__1
written_rep: cytosine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citosina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).


lexentry: eng/cytosol__Noun__1
written_rep: cytosol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citosol
sense_list:
(cytology) The aqueous solution of a cell's cytoplasm, consisting of water, organic molecules and inorganic ions.


lexentry: eng/dabble__Verb__1
written_rep: dabble
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sguazzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.


lexentry: eng/dabble__Verb__1
written_rep: dabble
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: dilettarsi | occuparsi a tempo perso
sense_list:
(intransitive, figuratively) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.


lexentry: eng/dace__Noun__1
written_rep: dace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leucisco
sense_list:
A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.


lexentry: eng/dachshund__Noun__1
written_rep: dachshund
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bassotto
sense_list:
A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.


lexentry: eng/dactyl__Noun__1
written_rep: dactyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dattilo
sense_list:
A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.


lexentry: eng/daddy__Noun__1
written_rep: daddy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: papà | babbo
sense_list:
(slang, obsolete) The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.


lexentry: eng/daddy_longlegs__Noun__1
written_rep: daddy longlegs
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falciatore
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland) The cranefly; any insect of the suborder Tipulomorpha. | (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) Any (non-spider) arachnid of the order Opiliones, mostly with long thin legs. | (loosely) The daddy long-legs spider, any spider of the family Pholcidae.


lexentry: eng/daffodil__Noun__1
written_rep: daffodil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: narciso
sense_list:
(countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.


lexentry: eng/daguerreotype__Noun__1
written_rep: daguerreotype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dagherrotipo
sense_list:
An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors; such a photograph.


lexentry: eng/daikon__Noun__1
written_rep: daikon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: daikon | ravanello cinese | ravanello giapponese | ravanello invernale
sense_list:
An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.


lexentry: eng/dairy__Adjective__1
written_rep: dairy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caseario
sense_list:
(specifically) Referring to products produced from animal milk as opposed to non-milk substitutes. | Referring to the milk production and processing industries.


lexentry: eng/dairy__Noun__1
written_rep: dairy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caseificio | latteria
sense_list:
A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.


lexentry: eng/dairy_cow__Noun__1
written_rep: dairy cow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vacca da latte
sense_list:
Any breed of cow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk, from which dairy products are made; an individual cattle beast of such a breed; especially, a female cow who has calved and lactated.


lexentry: eng/dais__Noun__1
written_rep: dais
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: podio
sense_list:
A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. [from c. 1800.]


lexentry: eng/daisy-chain__Verb__1
written_rep: daisy-chain
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: connettere
sense_list:
(chiefly, computing, electronics) To connect (several computer devices or peripherals, or other components) in sequence with each other, usually such that the output of one component forms the input of another; also (followed by to), to connect (a computer device, peripheral, or other component) to another component in such a sequence.


lexentry: eng/daisy__Noun__1
written_rep: daisy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pratolina | margheritina
sense_list:
A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals


lexentry: eng/daisy_chain__Noun__1
written_rep: daisy chain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: daisy-chain
sense_list:
(also, electrical engineering) Several electrical or electronic devices linked in series by their data or power connections, or both.


lexentry: eng/dale__Noun__1
written_rep: dale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: valle
sense_list:
(mainly, Britain, slightly dated outside Yorkshire etc.) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.


lexentry: eng/dalet__Noun__1
written_rep: dalet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dalet
sense_list:
The fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).


lexentry: eng/dalmatic__Noun__1
written_rep: dalmatic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dalmatica
sense_list:
A long wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a liturgical vestment in the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches and is worn by a deacon at the Eucharist or Mass and, although infrequently, by bishops as an undergarment above the alb.


lexentry: eng/dam__Noun__1
written_rep: dam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diga | argine
sense_list:
A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.


lexentry: eng/damages__Noun__1
written_rep: damages
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: risarcimento dei danni
sense_list:
(legal) The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same.


lexentry: eng/damn__Interjection__1
written_rep: damn
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accidenti | cavolo | cribbio | dannazione | mannaggia
sense_list:
(sometimes, vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.


lexentry: eng/damn__Noun__1
written_rep: damn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: accidente
sense_list:
(sometimes, vulgar, chiefly in the negative) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.


lexentry: eng/damnatio_memoriae__Noun__1
written_rep: damnatio memoriae
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: damnatio memoriae
sense_list:
(historical, Ancient Rome) A posthumous punishment for traitors etc. by which they were effectively erased from history by having their works undone and any mention of their name forbidden.


lexentry: eng/damnation__Noun__1
written_rep: damnation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dannazione
sense_list:
The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation. | (religion) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.


lexentry: eng/damp__Verb__1
written_rep: damp
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: smorzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).


lexentry: eng/damp_squib__Noun__1
written_rep: damp squib
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bidonata
sense_list:
(idiomatic, by extension) Anything that does not work properly, or fails to come up to expectations; a dud.


lexentry: eng/damped__Adjective__1
written_rep: damped
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: smorzata
sense_list:
(of an extinguished fire) stopped from smouldering and reigniting by the application of water | (physics, of a linear dynamic system) Possessing a nonzero damping ratio.


lexentry: eng/damper__Noun__1
written_rep: damper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farfalla | smorzatore
sense_list:
A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.


lexentry: eng/damper__Noun__1
written_rep: damper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: smorzatore
sense_list:
A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.


lexentry: eng/damping__Noun__1
written_rep: damping
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: smorzamento
sense_list:
(mechanics) The reduction in the magnitude of oscillations by the dissipation of energy | (mechanics) The stabilization of a physical system by reducing oscillation


lexentry: eng/dampness__Noun__1
written_rep: dampness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: umidità
sense_list:
Moderate humidity; moisture; moistness; the state or quality of being damp. | The degree to which something is damp or moist.


lexentry: eng/dance__Noun__1
written_rep: dance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: danza | ballo
sense_list:
A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.


lexentry: eng/dance_to_someone's_tune__Verb__1
written_rep: dance to someone's tune
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ballare al ritmo dettato da qualcuno | farsi comandare a bacchetta da qualcuno
sense_list:
To do what someone demands or expects, do as told, defer to someone's wishes or demands, do someone's bidding.


lexentry: eng/dandelion__Noun__1
written_rep: dandelion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dente di leone | soffione
sense_list:
(countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).


lexentry: eng/dandle__Verb__1
written_rep: dandle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dondolare
sense_list:
(transitive) To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, usually said of a child.


lexentry: eng/dandy__Noun__1
written_rep: dandy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bellimbusto | damerino | fichetto | fighetto | figurino
sense_list:
A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.


lexentry: eng/danger_pay__Noun__1
written_rep: danger pay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indennità di lavoro pericoloso
sense_list:
Extra payment given to anybody, civilian or soldier, who is employed in a situation where the working conditions or locale are considered to be hazardous.


lexentry: eng/danger_zone__Noun__1
written_rep: danger zone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zona di pericolo
sense_list:
A specifically hazardous place to be avoided, usually demarcated, such as an area with anti-personnel mines.


lexentry: eng/danse_macabre__Noun__1
written_rep: danse macabre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: danza macabra
sense_list:
(arts) A conventional subject in art, literature and drama, or a particular work in that style, in which death (in the form of a putrid corpse, skeleton, the Grim Reaper, etc) is shown leading people to the grave.


lexentry: eng/daredevil__Noun__1
written_rep: daredevil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spericolato | scapestrato | temerario
sense_list:
A person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention. [from 1794]


lexentry: eng/daric__Noun__1
written_rep: daric
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: darico
sense_list:
A gold coin from Persian Empire, introduced by Darius the Great (522-486 BC) and used until Alexander the Great's invasion (330 BC).


lexentry: eng/daring__Adjective__1
written_rep: daring
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: audace
sense_list:
Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold. | Courageous or showing bravery; doughty.


lexentry: eng/dark__Adjective__1
written_rep: dark
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oscuro
sense_list:
Deprived of sight; blind. | Marked by or conducted with secrecy. | Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.


lexentry: eng/dark_culture__Noun__1
written_rep: dark culture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cultura dark
sense_list:
Any of several subcultures including gothic, darkwave, neofolk, industrial, electro, BDSM/fetish, metal and medieval.


lexentry: eng/dark_elf__Noun__1
written_rep: dark elf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: elfo oscuro
sense_list:
(fantasy) A member of a race of elves that is evil, has a dark (often greyish or bluish) skin and/or lives in dark places.


lexentry: eng/dark_energy__Noun__1
written_rep: dark energy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: energia oscura
sense_list:
(astronomy, astrophysics) A hypothetical form of energy thought to be spread uniformly throughout space (and time) and to have anti-gravitational properties: it represents a possible mechanism for the cosmological constant, and thus is one of the possible explanations for the current accelerating rate of expansion of the universe; and it is estimated to account for about 74% of the mass-energy of the universe.


lexentry: eng/dark_horse__Noun__1
written_rep: dark horse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acqua cheta
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Someone who possesses talents or favorable characteristics that are not known or expected by others.


lexentry: eng/dark_horse__Noun__1
written_rep: dark horse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: outsider
sense_list:
(idiomatic, politics) A candidate for an election who is nominated unexpectedly, without previously having been discussed or considered as a likely choice.


lexentry: eng/dark_matter__Noun__1
written_rep: dark matter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: materia oscura
sense_list:
(astronomy, astrophysics, broadly) Matter which cannot be detected by its radiation but whose presence is inferred from gravitational effects.


lexentry: eng/darken__Verb__1
written_rep: darken
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imbrunire
sense_list:
(transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light. | (intransitive) To become dark or darker (having less light). | (transitive) To make dark or darker in colour. | (intransitive) To become dark or darker in colour.


lexentry: eng/darkness__Noun__1
written_rep: darkness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: scuro
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.


lexentry: eng/darknet__Noun__1
written_rep: darknet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: darknet
sense_list:
(internet) A network of computers that can only be accessed using special software, configuration, or authorization, usually characterized by the anonymization of users, participating hosts, or both.


lexentry: eng/darkwave__Noun__1
written_rep: darkwave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dark
sense_list:
(music genre) A musical movement that originated in the late 1970s, combining elements of new wave and gothic rock with dark, thoughtful lyrics and an undertone of sorrow.


lexentry: eng/darling__Adjective__1
written_rep: darling
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caro
sense_list:
Very dear; beloved, cherished, favourite. | (affected) Very cute or lovable; adorable, charming, sweet.


lexentry: eng/darn__Verb__2
written_rep: darn
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rammendare
sense_list:
(transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.


lexentry: eng/darnel__Noun__1
written_rep: darnel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zizzania | loglio
sense_list:
A species of ryegrass, Lolium temulentum, often found in wheat fields and often host to a fungus intoxicating to humans and animals.


lexentry: eng/dart__Noun__1
written_rep: dart
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: freccette
sense_list:
A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.


lexentry: eng/darts__Noun__2
written_rep: darts
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: freccette
sense_list:
(games, sports) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land


lexentry: eng/dasein__Noun__1
written_rep: dasein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esistenza
sense_list:
(philosophy) Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence


lexentry: eng/dash__Noun__1
written_rep: dash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lineetta
sense_list:
(typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).


lexentry: eng/dashboard__Noun__1
written_rep: dashboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cruscotto
sense_list:
(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.


lexentry: eng/dashboard__Noun__1
written_rep: dashboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: parafango | paraschizzi | paraspruzzi
sense_list:
(Internet) The personalized feed of a user of a website, consisting of recent updates of pages the user has used or followed.


lexentry: eng/dashcam__Noun__1
written_rep: dashcam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dash cam
sense_list:
(automotive) A digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle to record occurrences in the vicinity, such as traffic accidents that the vehicle has been involved in, to provide evidence for criminal prosecutions, insurance claims, etc.


lexentry: eng/dashpot__Noun__1
written_rep: dashpot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pistone
sense_list:
A mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a viscous fluid (usually oil); used, in conjunction with a spring, in shock absorbers.


lexentry: eng/data__Noun__2
written_rep: data
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dati | dato
sense_list:
(collective, computing) A representation of information in a computer (as symbols, quantities, sound, images or videos) which is stored, processed or transmitted in the form of electrical signals, records on magnetic tape or punched cards, etc. | (collective) Material recorded and known or assumed as facts and used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation, represented especially in the form of numbers, and is usually structured (such as statistics).


lexentry: eng/data_mining__Noun__1
written_rep: data mining
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: data mining
sense_list:
(database) A technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns; used mainly to find previously unknown correlations between variables that may be commercially useful.


lexentry: eng/data_processing__Noun__1
written_rep: data processing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elaborazione dati
sense_list:
Any of many techniques in which data is retrieved, stored, classified, manipulated, transmitted and/or reported in such a way as to generate information; especially such processing using computers.


lexentry: eng/data_science__Noun__1
written_rep: data science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scienza dei dati
sense_list:
(science) An interdisciplinary field about scientific methods, processes and systems to extract knowledge or insights from data.


lexentry: eng/data_type__Noun__1
written_rep: data type
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tipo
sense_list:
(programming) A classification or category of various types of data, that states the possible values that can be taken, how they are stored, and what range of operations are allowed on them.


lexentry: eng/data_warehouse__Noun__1
written_rep: data warehouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: data warehouse
sense_list:
(computing) A collection of data, from a variety of sources, organized to provide useful guidance to an organization's decision-makers.


lexentry: eng/database__Noun__1
written_rep: database
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: banca dati | database | base di dati | archivio
sense_list:
(general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.


lexentry: eng/database__Noun__1
written_rep: database
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: base di dati | database
sense_list:
(computing, loosely, metonymically) A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.


lexentry: eng/date__Noun__1
written_rep: date
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dattero
sense_list:
The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/date__Noun__2
written_rep: date
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: data
sense_list:
The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made. | A point in time.


lexentry: eng/date__Noun__2
written_rep: date
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: data | accompagnatore | cavaliere
sense_list:
A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.


lexentry: eng/date__Verb__1
written_rep: date
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: datare
sense_list:
(transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution. | (transitive) To determine the age of something.


lexentry: eng/dated__Adjective__1
written_rep: dated
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: datato
sense_list:
Marked with a date. | Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context. | (obsolete) Alotted a span of days.


lexentry: eng/dative__Adjective__1
written_rep: dative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dativo
sense_list:
(grammar) Denoting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective. | (obsolete, legal) Given by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself.


lexentry: eng/dative_case__Noun__1
written_rep: dative case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caso dativo
sense_list:
(grammar) Case used to express direction towards an indirect object, the recipient or beneficiary of an action, and is generally indicated in English by to (when a recipient) or for (when a beneficiary) with the objective case. The direct object may be either stated or unstated where the indirect object is the beneficiary of the verbal action, but is stated where the indirect object is a recipient. If there is emphasis on the indirect object, the indirect object usually precedes the direct object and is not usually indicated with to or for; said structure is also used when neither object is being emphasized.


lexentry: eng/datolite__Noun__1
written_rep: datolite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: datolite
sense_list:
(mineral) A borosilicate of lime commonly occurring in glassy, greenish crystals, with the chemical formula CaBSiO4(OH).


lexentry: eng/datum__Noun__1
written_rep: datum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dato
sense_list:
Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constructed.


lexentry: eng/datura__Noun__1
written_rep: datura
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: datura
sense_list:
A plant of the genus Datura, known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous properties. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/daturism__Noun__1
written_rep: daturism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: daturismo
sense_list:
Poisoning from hyoscyamine and scopolamine present in thorn apple and similar plants (of genus Datura).


lexentry: eng/dauphin__Noun__1
written_rep: dauphin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: delfino
sense_list:
The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois.


lexentry: eng/davit__Noun__1
written_rep: davit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gru
sense_list:
(nautical, construction) A crane, often working in pairs and usually made of steel, used to lower things over an edge of a long drop off, such as lowering a maintenance trapeze down a building or launching a lifeboat over the side of a ship.


lexentry: eng/dawdle__Verb__1
written_rep: dawdle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bighellonare | gingillarsi | lellare | traccheggiare
sense_list:
To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time. [from mid 17th c. (probably dialectal); in general use from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/day__Noun__1
written_rep: day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: giorno | dì | giornata
sense_list:
(informal, or, meteorology) A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise. | A period of time between two set times which mark the beginning and the end of day in a calendar, such as from midnight to the following midnight or (Judaism) from nightfall to the following nightfall.


lexentry: eng/day__Noun__1
written_rep: day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: giorno | giornata
sense_list:
The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc. | A period of contention of a day or less.


lexentry: eng/day_for_night__Noun__1
written_rep: day for night
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: effetto notte
sense_list:
(film) A cinematographic technique in which a crew films in a high-contrast situation, typically in the early morning or late afternoon, with a blue filter, causing the scene to look as if it were shot in moonlight.


lexentry: eng/day_in,_day_out__Adverb__1
written_rep: day in, day out
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giorno dopo giorno
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Every day; daily; constantly or continuously (especially, of something that has become routine or monotonous).


lexentry: eng/day_laborer__Noun__1
written_rep: day laborer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bracciante
sense_list:
A laborer who is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.


lexentry: eng/daylight_robbery__Noun__1
written_rep: daylight robbery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: furto
sense_list:
(uncountable) The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/daylight_saving_time__Noun__1
written_rep: daylight saving time
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ora legale
sense_list:
The practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the sun over the course of the day.


lexentry: eng/daylily__Noun__1
written_rep: daylily
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: emerocallide
sense_list:
Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Hemerocallis, that have fleshy roots, grasslike leaves and colourful flowers that bloom for just one day.


lexentry: eng/daze__Verb__1
written_rep: daze
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stordire
sense_list:
(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.


lexentry: eng/dazzle__Verb__1
written_rep: dazzle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbagliare | abbacinare
sense_list:
(transitive) To confuse or overpower the sight of (someone or something, such as a sensor) by means of excessive brightness.


lexentry: eng/dazzle__Verb__1
written_rep: dazzle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abbagliare | impressionare
sense_list:
(transitive, figuratively) To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.


lexentry: eng/deacon__Noun__1
written_rep: deacon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diacono
sense_list:
(Christianity) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6). | (Orthodoxy, Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work. | (Protestantism) Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.


lexentry: eng/dead_donkey__Noun__1
written_rep: dead donkey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cronaca nera
sense_list:
(journalism) A news item of no real significance, usually of whimsical or sentimental nature, placed at the end of a news bulletin or in a newspaper as filler. A dead donkey can often be removed from the programme or publication if a more significant story needs extra time or space.


lexentry: eng/dead_duck__Noun__1
written_rep: dead duck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cadavere
sense_list:
(idiomatic) One who is in serious danger or trouble. | (idiomatic) A project that is doomed to failure from the start.


lexentry: eng/dead_man's_handle__Noun__1
written_rep: dead man's handle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uomo morto
sense_list:
(rail) A lever used as a safety device, typically on trains, which shuts off power if the operator releases their grip.


lexentry: eng/dead_man's_switch__Noun__1
written_rep: dead man's switch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uomo morto
sense_list:
A switch that automatically triggers an action (for instance, to stop a machine or vehicle) if a specified input from the operator is not made or is altered.


lexentry: eng/dead_men_tell_no_tales__Proverb__1
written_rep: dead men tell no tales
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: i morti non parlano
sense_list:
A dead person can no longer reveal information, especially information which others wish to keep secret.


lexentry: eng/dead_or_alive__Adjective__1
written_rep: dead or alive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vivo o morto
sense_list:
Either dead or alive. | Used to indicate someone is being sought for some kind of punishment or reprimand, and that (s)he may be killed in the process of finding, as if this was reasonable punishment.


lexentry: eng/dead_reckoning__Noun__1
written_rep: dead reckoning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stima
sense_list:
A method of estimating the position of a ship or aircraft by applying estimates of the distance and direction travelled from a previously known position. In respect to ships/boats, it excludes the effect of wind and current on the vessel. Compare with estimated position. Abbreviation: DR


lexentry: eng/dead_ringer__Noun__1
written_rep: dead ringer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sosia
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.


lexentry: eng/dead_weight__Noun__1
written_rep: dead weight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: peso morto
sense_list:
(figuratively) That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down. | (rail) The total (unpowered) weight of a train to be propelled (or hauled) by the locomotive; another locomotive being hauled dead as part of the train is a dead weight.


lexentry: eng/deadbeat__Noun__1
written_rep: deadbeat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfruttatore
sense_list:
(pejorative) A lazy or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support.


lexentry: eng/deadlift__Noun__1
written_rep: deadlift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stacco da terra
sense_list:
(weightlifting) A weight training exercise where one lifts a loaded barbell off the ground from a stabilized bent-over position.


lexentry: eng/deadly_nightshade__Noun__1
written_rep: deadly nightshade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: belladonna
sense_list:
The plant Atropa belladonna, a perennial shrub of the nightshade family that contains high concentrations of the alkaloid atropine which can be deadly if taken in excess.


lexentry: eng/deadly_sin__Noun__1
written_rep: deadly sin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vizio capitale | peccato capitale
sense_list:
Any of the seven deadly sins: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).


lexentry: eng/deadnettle__Noun__1
written_rep: deadnettle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falsa ortica
sense_list:
Any plant of a species in genus Lamium, which closely resembles the nettle, but does not possess stinging hairs.


lexentry: eng/deafening_silence__Noun__1
written_rep: deafening silence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: silenzio di morte
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A noteworthy silence, or absence of response, especially one signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm.


lexentry: eng/deal__Noun__1
written_rep: deal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dose | quantità | tot
sense_list:
(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).


lexentry: eng/dean__Noun__1
written_rep: dean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decano
sense_list:
A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students). | A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons. | The senior member of some group of people.


lexentry: eng/dear__Adjective__1
written_rep: dear
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: caro
sense_list:
Loved; lovable. | Precious to or greatly valued by someone. | A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.


lexentry: eng/dear__Adjective__1
written_rep: dear
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: caro | egregio | gentile
sense_list:
A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
written_rep: death
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: l'arcano senza nome | la morte | morte
sense_list:
Execution (in the judicial sense). | (figuratively, especially followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone). | (preceded by the) The collapse or end of something. | (figurative) Spiritual lifelessness.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
written_rep: death
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: morte | decesso | dipartita | l'arcano senza nome | la morte | morire
sense_list:
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
written_rep: death
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: morte | l'arcano senza nome | la morte
sense_list:
(often, capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.


lexentry: eng/death_camp__Noun__1
written_rep: death camp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campo di sterminio
sense_list:
A prison camp in which a large number of prisoners die for various reasons, such as starvation, disease, brutality, and neglect.


lexentry: eng/death_certificate__Noun__1
written_rep: death certificate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: atto di morte
sense_list:
A document issued by a medical practitioner, or by a registrar, certifying the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths.


lexentry: eng/death_metal__Noun__1
written_rep: death metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: death metal
sense_list:
(music) A subgenre of heavy metal typically employing moderate to fast tempos, heavily distorted guitars, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes, often having violent or dark lyrics.


lexentry: eng/death_rattle__Noun__1
written_rep: death rattle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rantolo della morte
sense_list:
The raspy or gurgling sound sometimes made by a person while drawing in or expelling their final breaths before dying.


lexentry: eng/death_wish__Noun__1
written_rep: death wish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: augurio di morte
sense_list:
(psychology, often, sarcastic) A desire, especially subconscious, for the death of oneself or of someone else.


lexentry: eng/deathblow__Noun__1
written_rep: deathblow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: botta
sense_list:
A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace. | (figurative) Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback.


lexentry: eng/debacle__Noun__1
written_rep: debacle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiasco
sense_list:
An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/debacle__Noun__1
written_rep: debacle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: frantumazione
sense_list:
(ecology) A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.


lexentry: eng/debate__Noun__1
written_rep: debate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dibattito
sense_list:
An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision. | An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.


lexentry: eng/debate__Verb__1
written_rep: debate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dibattere | discutere
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/debauched__Adjective__1
written_rep: debauched
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: debosciato | lascivo | libertino
sense_list:
Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.


lexentry: eng/debauchery__Noun__1
written_rep: debauchery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dissolutezza | depravazione | immoralità | licenziosità | perversione | viziosità
sense_list:
Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous/immoral activities; involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition. | (archaic) Seduction from duty


lexentry: eng/debridement__Noun__1
written_rep: debridement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paraggio
sense_list:
(medicine) The removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.


lexentry: eng/debrief__Verb__1
written_rep: debrief
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fare il punto | fare un bilancio
sense_list:
(transitive) To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.


lexentry: eng/debris_field__Noun__1
written_rep: debris field
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pietraia
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.


lexentry: eng/debt__Noun__1
written_rep: debt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: debito | buffo | impegno | obbligo
sense_list:
An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.


lexentry: eng/debt__Noun__1
written_rep: debt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: debito | buffo
sense_list:
The state or condition of owing something to another. | (finance) Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.


lexentry: eng/debuccalization__Noun__1
written_rep: debuccalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: debuccalizzazione
sense_list:
(phonology) A sound change in which a consonant loses its original place of articulation and becomes [h] or [ʔ].


lexentry: eng/debug__Verb__1
written_rep: debug
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: correggere | mettere a punto
sense_list:
(computer science) To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery.


lexentry: eng/debugger__Noun__1
written_rep: debugger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: debugger
sense_list:
(programming) A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.


lexentry: eng/debunk__Verb__1
written_rep: debunk
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: screditare | demistificare | ridicolizzare | sbufalare | sbugiardare
sense_list:
(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.


lexentry: eng/decade__Noun__1
written_rep: decade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decade
sense_list:
A period of ten days, (history) particularly those in the ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and French Revolutionary calendars. [from 18th c.] | (electronics) A set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected so as to provide even increments between one and ten times a base electrical resistance.


lexentry: eng/decade__Noun__1
written_rep: decade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decennio | decina | decade
sense_list:
A period of ten years [from 17th c.], particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/decade__Noun__1
written_rep: decade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decina
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism) A series of prayers counted on a rosary, typically consisting of an Our Father, followed by ten Hail Marys, and concluding with a Glory Be and sometimes the Fatima Prayer. | A group, set, or series of ten [from 16th c.], particularly: | Any of the sets of ten sequential braille characters with predictable patterns.


lexentry: eng/decal__Noun__1
written_rep: decal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcomania | decalcabile | decalcomania | vetrofania
sense_list:
A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.


lexentry: eng/decane__Noun__1
written_rep: decane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decano
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of the 75 isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C10H22


lexentry: eng/decanol__Noun__1
written_rep: decanol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decanolo
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) A straight chain fatty alcohol with the chemical formula C10H21(OH), used in manufacture of plasticizers, lubricants, surfactants and solvents.


lexentry: eng/decathlon__Noun__1
written_rep: decathlon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decathlon
sense_list:
An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.


lexentry: eng/deceit__Noun__1
written_rep: deceit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: malafede
sense_list:
(law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.


lexentry: eng/decent__Adjective__1
written_rep: decent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: perbene | decente
sense_list:
(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.


lexentry: eng/decentralize__Verb__1
written_rep: decentralize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decentralizzare
sense_list:
To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points. | To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies.


lexentry: eng/deception__Noun__1
written_rep: deception
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frode | inganno | mistificazione | raggiro | sotterfugio
sense_list:
An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.


lexentry: eng/deceptive_cadence__Noun__1
written_rep: deceptive cadence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cadenza d'inganno
sense_list:
(music, US) a falling cadence in which the ear expects a dominant chord to resolve to the tonic, but it resolves to something else (usually a submediant chord) instead.


lexentry: eng/decibel__Noun__1
written_rep: decibel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decibel
sense_list:
A common measure of intensity ratio (e.g. for sound) that is one tenth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale. It is defined as dB = 10 log10(P1 / P2), where P1 and P2 are the relative intensities.


lexentry: eng/decidedly__Adverb__1
written_rep: decidedly
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decisamente
sense_list:
In a manner which leaves little question; definitely, clearly. | In a decided or final manner; resolutely.


lexentry: eng/decidua__Noun__1
written_rep: decidua
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decidua
sense_list:
(anatomy) A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy.


lexentry: eng/deciduous__Adjective__1
written_rep: deciduous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caduco | deciduo
sense_list:
(biology, anatomy) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.


lexentry: eng/decile__Noun__1
written_rep: decile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decile
sense_list:
(statistics) Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.


lexentry: eng/decillion__Numeral__1
written_rep: decillion
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decilione
sense_list:
(US; modern British & Australian, short scale) 1033. | (dated British & Australian, long scale) 1060.


lexentry: eng/decimal__Adjective__1
written_rep: decimal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decimale
sense_list:
(arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.


lexentry: eng/decimal__Noun__1
written_rep: decimal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decimale
sense_list:
(countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.


lexentry: eng/decimal_number__Noun__1
written_rep: decimal number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decimale
sense_list:
(mathematics) A number expressed in the decimal system (base ten), (particularly) fractional numbers so represented.


lexentry: eng/decimal_point__Noun__1
written_rep: decimal point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punto | virgola
sense_list:
(orthography, typography) A period/full stop ⟨.⟩ or middot ⟨·⟩ used to set off the decimal or fractional part of a number, traditionally widely used in some countries but not others.


lexentry: eng/decimate__Verb__1
written_rep: decimate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decimare
sense_list:
(archaic) To kill one-tenth of (a group), (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.


lexentry: eng/decipherment__Noun__1
written_rep: decipherment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deciframento
sense_list:
The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.


lexentry: eng/decision__Noun__1
written_rep: decision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: decisione
sense_list:
A choice or judgement. | (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.


lexentry: eng/decisionism__Noun__1
written_rep: decisionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decisionismo
sense_list:
The doctrine that moral or legal precepts are the product of decisions made by political or legal bodies


lexentry: eng/decisive__Adjective__1
written_rep: decisive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decisivo | determinante | sostanziale
sense_list:
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.


lexentry: eng/deck_chair__Noun__1
written_rep: deck chair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sdraio | sedia a sdraio
sense_list:
A folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach or onboard a liner.


lexentry: eng/declaim__Verb__1
written_rep: declaim
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: recitare
sense_list:
To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.


lexentry: eng/declaration__Noun__1
written_rep: declaration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dichiarazione | asserzione | conferma | enunciazione | voto
sense_list:
An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.


lexentry: eng/declaration__Noun__1
written_rep: declaration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: dichiarazione
sense_list:
(legal) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued. | (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.


lexentry: eng/declaration_of_war__Noun__1
written_rep: declaration of war
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dichiarazione di guerra
sense_list:
A formal announcement by a country or other body with military capability that it is in a state of war with another such entity.


lexentry: eng/declaration_of_will__Noun__1
written_rep: declaration of will
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dichiarazione di volontà
sense_list:
(law) A private outward manifestation of intention which is directly aimed at bringing about a legal effect.


lexentry: eng/declarative__Adjective__1
written_rep: declarative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dichiarativo
sense_list:
Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration. | (grammar, of a verb, sentence, or mood) Expressing truth. | (programming) A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. w:Declarative programming


lexentry: eng/declare__Verb__1
written_rep: declare
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dichiarare
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically. | (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes. | (card games) To show one's cards in order to score. | (Christianity, particularly Evangelicalism) To state that a thing shall happen or affirm a condition in the hopes of seeing it happen spiritually, in contrast to prayer which takes the form of a request.


lexentry: eng/declension__Noun__1
written_rep: declension
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: declinazione
sense_list:
(grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order. | (grammar) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.


lexentry: eng/declination__Noun__1
written_rep: declination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: declinazione
sense_list:
At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north. | At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.


lexentry: eng/decline__Verb__1
written_rep: decline
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: declinare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To move downwards, to fall, to drop. | (transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.


lexentry: eng/decoherence__Noun__1
written_rep: decoherence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decoerenza
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) Loss of quantum coherence (phase relation between the quantum states of particles) in a physical system as it interacts with its environment.


lexentry: eng/decomposition__Noun__1
written_rep: decomposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decomposizione
sense_list:
A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost. | The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.


lexentry: eng/decompression__Noun__1
written_rep: decompression
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decompressione
sense_list:
The process of decompressing. | The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver).


lexentry: eng/decompression_sickness__Noun__1
written_rep: decompression sickness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: malattia dei cassoni
sense_list:
(pathology) A sometimes fatal condition resulting from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood and tissues, because of too rapid decompression, seen especially in deep-sea divers ascending rapidly from a dive. It is characterized by severe pains in the joints and chest, skin irritation, cramps, nausea, and paralysis.


lexentry: eng/decoration__Noun__1
written_rep: decoration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decorazione
sense_list:
The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. | Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation. | Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.


lexentry: eng/decorous__Adjective__1
written_rep: decorous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decente | decoroso | dignitoso
sense_list:
Marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards; becoming, seemly.


lexentry: eng/decorticator__Noun__1
written_rep: decorticator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decorcicatore
sense_list:
A machine that peels off the fibrous husk, bark or outer layer of some vegetable product; used in the manufacture of animal feed etc.


lexentry: eng/decriminalization__Noun__1
written_rep: decriminalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decriminalizzazione
sense_list:
The act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.) | The act of ceasing to treat a person as a criminal, by making their activities legal or no longer subjecting them to the criminal justice system (but instead possibly the mental healthcare system, etc).


lexentry: eng/decryption__Noun__1
written_rep: decryption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decifrazione
sense_list:
The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.


lexentry: eng/decumbent__Adjective__1
written_rep: decumbent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decombente
sense_list:
Lying down; reclining on the ground. | (botany) Of a plant, which lies on the ground with tips turned upwards.


lexentry: eng/decurion__Noun__1
written_rep: decurion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decurione
sense_list:
(historical) An officer in charge of ten men in the ancient Roman army. | (historical) A member of local government in ancient Rome.


lexentry: eng/decurrent__Adjective__1
written_rep: decurrent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decorrenti
sense_list:
(botany) Of plant parts: extending downward, most often in the case of leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem.


lexentry: eng/dedicate__Verb__1
written_rep: dedicate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: dedicare
sense_list:
(transitive) To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.


lexentry: eng/dedicate__Verb__1
written_rep: dedicate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: inaugurare
sense_list:
(transitive) To open (a building, for example) to public use. | (transitive) To show to the public for the first time.


lexentry: eng/dedication__Noun__1
written_rep: dedication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dedicazione | dedica
sense_list:
(countable) A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection.


lexentry: eng/dedovshchina__Noun__1
written_rep: dedovshchina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dedovščina
sense_list:
Hazing, the informal system of subjection and physical or sexual abuse of new junior conscripts, formerly in the Soviet Armed Forces and contemporarily in the Russian, Ukrainian, etc. armed forces.


lexentry: eng/deduce__Verb__1
written_rep: deduce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dedurre
sense_list:
(transitive) To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.


lexentry: eng/deduction__Noun__1
written_rep: deduction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deduzione
sense_list:
That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed. | (logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true. | A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out | The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason


lexentry: eng/deed__Noun__1
written_rep: deed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: atto notarile | contratto
sense_list:
(legal) A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before a witness; sometimes required for certain legal activities, such as the transfer of certain kinds of property.


lexentry: eng/deem__Verb__1
written_rep: deem
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: considerare | credere | valutare
sense_list:
(ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.


lexentry: eng/deem__Verb__1
written_rep: deem
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: ritenere | considerare | reputare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.


lexentry: eng/deep__Adjective__1
written_rep: deep
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esteso | spesso
sense_list:
Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction, especially front-to-back.


lexentry: eng/deep__Adjective__1
written_rep: deep
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: profondo
sense_list:
Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively. | (cricket, baseball, softball) Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference. | (sports, _, such as, _, soccer, tennis) Penetrating a long way, especially a long way forward. | Voluminous. | Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure. | (sound, voice) Low in pitch. | (of a color or flavour) Highly saturated; rich.


lexentry: eng/deep_drawing__Noun__1
written_rep: deep drawing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imbutitura
sense_list:
A sheet metal forming process in which a sheet metal blank is radially drawn into a forming die by the mechanical action of a punch.


lexentry: eng/deep_fryer__Noun__1
written_rep: deep fryer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: friggitrice
sense_list:
A heated vessel for frying food by immersing in hot oil, as opposed to shallow frying in a frying pan.


lexentry: eng/deep_state__Noun__1
written_rep: deep state
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stato profondo
sense_list:
(politics, conspiracy research) A large group of people, typically members of government agencies and the military, believed to have enduring political influence that is difficult for an administration that is voted into power to counter or dislodge.


lexentry: eng/deep_water__Noun__1
written_rep: deep water
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: alto mare
sense_list:
Waters suitable for deep-draft ships, especially ocean-going. | (idiomatic) A difficult or embarrassing situation.


lexentry: eng/deepfake__Noun__1
written_rep: deepfake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deepfake
sense_list:
(technology) A convincingly realistic but fake image, video, or audio created with the use of artificial intelligence, especially one that imposes the face of one person onto the body of someone else.


lexentry: eng/deer__Noun__1
written_rep: deer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cervo | capriolo | daino | alce | caribù | renna
sense_list:
(countable) A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.


lexentry: eng/deface__Verb__1
written_rep: deface
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfregiare
sense_list:
To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner. | To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of.


lexentry: eng/defacement__Noun__1
written_rep: defacement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: aggiunta
sense_list:
(heraldry, vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.


lexentry: eng/defamation__Noun__1
written_rep: defamation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diffamazione
sense_list:
The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.


lexentry: eng/defame__Verb__1
written_rep: defame
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diffamare
sense_list:
To disgrace; to bring into disrepute. [from 4th c.] | To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage. [from 4th c.]


lexentry: eng/default__Noun__1
written_rep: default
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: predefinito
sense_list:
(often, attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.


lexentry: eng/defecation__Noun__1
written_rep: defecation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: defecazione
sense_list:
The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels. | Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.


lexentry: eng/defect__Verb__1
written_rep: defect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: defezionare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.


lexentry: eng/defective__Adjective__1
written_rep: defective
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: difettivo
sense_list:
(grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.


lexentry: eng/defective_verb__Noun__1
written_rep: defective verb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verbo difettivo
sense_list:
(grammar) A verb with an incomplete conjugation; for example, one that can only be conjugated in certain persons and numbers.


lexentry: eng/defenceman__Noun__1
written_rep: defenceman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: avvocato
sense_list:
In ice hockey and lacrosse, a player position with a primary responsibility to prevent the opposing team from scoring goals; same as defender in many other ballgames.


lexentry: eng/defendant__Noun__1
written_rep: defendant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accusato | accusata | imputata | imputato | controparte | convenuto
sense_list:
(legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.


lexentry: eng/defender__Noun__1
written_rep: defender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: difensore | difenditrice
sense_list:
Someone who defends people or property. | (law, rare) A lawyer who represents defendants, especially a public defender; a defense attorney (US) or defence counsel (UK).


lexentry: eng/defender__Noun__1
written_rep: defender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: difensore
sense_list:
(sports) One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring. | A fighter who seeks to repel an attack. | (Scots law) A defendant in a civil action.


lexentry: eng/defenestrate__Verb__1
written_rep: defenestrate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: defenestrare
sense_list:
(transitive) To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window. | (computing, transitive, humorous, slang) To remove a Windows operating system from (a computer).


lexentry: eng/defenestration__Noun__1
written_rep: defenestration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: defenestrazione
sense_list:
The act of throwing something or especially someone out of a window, especially lethally. [from c. 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/defense__Noun__1
written_rep: defense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: difesa
sense_list:
The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury. | Anything employed to oppose attack(s). | An argument in support or justification of something.


lexentry: eng/defense_mechanism__Noun__1
written_rep: defense mechanism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meccanismo di difesa
sense_list:
(psychology) A psychological strategy used unconsciously by people to cope with harmful or stressful situations. | (evolutionary biology) An automatic reaction of the body against foreign antibodies.


lexentry: eng/defensible__Adjective__1
written_rep: defensible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: difendibile | sostenibile | tenibile
sense_list:
(of an installation, etc.) Capable of being defended against armed attack. | (of an argument, etc.) Capable of being justified.


lexentry: eng/defer__Verb__2
written_rep: defer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deferire
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.


lexentry: eng/defibrillation__Noun__1
written_rep: defibrillation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: defibrillazione
sense_list:
The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.


lexentry: eng/defibrillator__Noun__1
written_rep: defibrillator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: defibrillatore
sense_list:
(cardiology) An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart.


lexentry: eng/deficiency__Noun__1
written_rep: deficiency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deficienza
sense_list:
(uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness. | (countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.


lexentry: eng/define__Verb__1
written_rep: define
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: definire
sense_list:
To express the essential nature of something. | To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol. | To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.


lexentry: eng/define__Verb__1
written_rep: define
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: definire | descrivere
sense_list:
To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.


lexentry: eng/definite_article__Noun__1
written_rep: definite article
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: articolo determinativo
sense_list:
(grammar) An article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is the and its variations.


lexentry: eng/definition__Noun__1
written_rep: definition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: definizione
sense_list:
(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or symbol; especially, a dictionary definition. | A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation | A product of defining. | Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.


lexentry: eng/definitive__Adjective__1
written_rep: definitive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: definitivo
sense_list:
explicitly defined | determining finally, conclusive, decisive | definite, authoritative and complete


lexentry: eng/deflagration__Noun__1
written_rep: deflagration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deflagrazione
sense_list:
The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.


