# translation

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/contamination__Noun__1
written_rep: contamination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: contaminazione
sense_list:
The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.


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/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: 03
trans_list: continuità
sense_list:
(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 a similar musical pitch, 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__Noun__1
written_rep: contrarian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bastian contrario | controcorrente | fuori dal coro
sense_list:
A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority persuasion, usually because of spite or nonconformity.


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 and/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, or law, 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: 02
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/convene__Verb__1
written_rep: convene
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: convocare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke. | (transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear.


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.


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:
(LGBT, 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_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_clause__Noun__1
written_rep: coordinate clause
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proposizione principale
sense_list:
(grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.


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: pulce
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 duplicate of an original. | (marketing, advertising) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services. | (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.


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/cord__Noun__1
written_rep: cord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cordone
sense_list:
(countable) A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (a rope, for example).


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.


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: caparra | cuore | essenza | fondamento | nocciolo
sense_list:
(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: 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_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:
Short for 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 Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region. | A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.


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) An 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. | (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: 02
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 Coronaviridaews, 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/corpse__Noun__1
written_rep: corpse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cadavere | salma
sense_list:
A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal. | (archaic, sometimes, derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead.


lexentry: eng/corpus__Noun__1
written_rep: corpus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
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/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, 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/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; familiar 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: costo della vita
sense_list:
The average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life, especially of food, shelter and clothing.


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/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_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:
(British) A knife or cutter attached to the beam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the share 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:
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: controvaiato
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 | patria
sense_list:
The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area; a sovereign state. [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:
A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, speakers of the same language etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc. [from 13th c.]


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:
(British) A weekend and holiday residence, located outside of urban areas, used as a retreat from city life.


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: 01
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
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/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:
Work carried out by students of a particular course; it is 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 many legal systems, the highest-level court of appeal in procedural matters, which is asked to squash a verdict but then refers the case back for a new court case 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 written command, issued by a judge, requiring whomever it is served upon to do whatever the order says, under penalty of being held in contempt of court.


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: 02
trans_list: copertura | nascondiglio
sense_list:
(uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view. | The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.


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__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) 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: 23
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/cowgirl_position__Noun__1
written_rep: cowgirl position
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amazzone
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: 01
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: 01
trans_list: culla
sense_list:
A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots. | (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/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: 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. Used 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/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/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_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/creak__Verb__1
written_rep: creak
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scricchiolare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.


lexentry: eng/cream__Noun__1
written_rep: cream
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crema | panna
sense_list:
The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder. | A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream. | (medicine) A viscous aqueous oil/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/creamy__Adjective__1
written_rep: creamy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cremoso | cremosa
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_note__Noun__1
written_rep: credit note
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nota di credito
sense_list:
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 or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.


lexentry: eng/creek__Noun__1
written_rep: creek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
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 rampicante | pianta strisciante
sense_list:
Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.


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


lexentry: eng/crippled__Adjective__1
written_rep: crippled
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: storpio | zoppo
sense_list:
(usually, _, offensive) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.


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/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: 01
trans_list: punto critico
sense_list:
(thermodynamics) The temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal, at which point there is no difference between gas and liquid. | (mathematics) A maximum, minimum or point of inflection on a curve; a point at which the derivative of a function is zero or undefined.


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: canticchiare
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: 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-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. | (heraldiccharge) 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). | (Christianity) The Crucifix, the cross on which Christ was crucified. | (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:
A bar of metal, at right-angles, between the blade and the hilt of a sword that stops an opponent's blade from sliding down 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: 02
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: folla | torma | turba | fiumana | massa | moltitudine
sense_list:
A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order. | 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: 27
trans_list: corona | calotta | calotta cranica | cocuzzolo
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. | (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/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) A grand concerted effort toward 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.


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 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_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/crypt__Noun__1
written_rep: crypt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cripta
sense_list:
An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place. [from 16th c.]


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. | 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/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/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: 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: 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/cuckoopint__Noun__1
written_rep: cuckoopint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gigaro scuro
sense_list:
A flowering plant of species Arum maculatum, that has arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries.


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 ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.


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 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. | (US) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.


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:
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/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/culver__Noun__1
written_rep: culver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piccione
sense_list:
(now, _, UK, south and east, _, dialect, or) A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.


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/cumulonimbus__Noun__1
written_rep: cumulonimbus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cumulonembo
sense_list:
(meteorology) A cloud, with a tall structure and a flat base, that is often associated with thunderstorms.


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: 08
trans_list: accartocciamento | arricciamento
sense_list:
(agriculture, phytopathology) 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 of the family Scolopacidae, 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) short for 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
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, flavoured by a spiced sauce | A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured 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 and sometimes called a caret, 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 something; 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/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/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__Adjective__1
written_rep: custom
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fatto ad hoc | fatto su misura | personalizzato
sense_list:
Created under particular specifications, specially to fit one's needs: specialized, unique, custom-made. | (archaic) Accustomed; usual.


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: dazio | dogana
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; one 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; one 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: 05
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__Noun__1
written_rep: cut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: taglio
sense_list:
The act of cutting. | The result of cutting. | (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.


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_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: 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 done 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) 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 of various 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/cyanobacterium__Noun__1
written_rep: cyanobacterium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cianoficea | cianobatterio
sense_list:
(biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.


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.


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/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 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. | (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 | ciclocross | ciclocrossismo | ciclopratismo | 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.


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 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/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: 08
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: 02
trans_list: falciatore
sense_list:
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) Any (non-spider) arachnid of the order Opiliones, mostly with long thin legs; the harvestman.


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/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__Noun__1
written_rep: daisy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pratolina | margheritina
sense_list:
The wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals


lexentry: eng/daisy_chain__Verb__1
written_rep: daisy chain
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: connettere
sense_list:
(electronics) To connect a network or other peripheral in sequence from one node to another through the connected devices.


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/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: 03
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: 01
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/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: 05
trans_list: oscuro
sense_list:
Marked by or conducted with secrecy: hidden, secret; clandestine, surreptitious. | 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_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 which, it is supposed, is spread uniformly throughout space (and time) and has 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/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/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: 06
trans_list: pannello | pannello di controllo | 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__1
written_rep: data
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dato
sense_list:
(collectively, uncountable) Information, especially in a scientific or computational context, or with the implication that it is organized.


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.


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) Noting 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: 04
trans_list: dato
sense_list:
(cartography, surveying, engineering) A fixed reference point or set of reference points which precisely define a system of measurement or a coordinate system.


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. | A period of confusion of a day or more.


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/de_facto__Adjective__1
written_rep: de facto
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: de facto
sense_list:
In fact or in practice; in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status. (Often opposed to de jure.)


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__Adjective__1
written_rep: dead
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: morto
sense_list:
(, usually, not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.) | (hyperbole) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life. | (not comparable) No longer used or required. | (rare, especially, religion, often with "to") Indifferent to; having no obligation toward; no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).


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: fannullone
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 (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: 02
trans_list: campo di sterminio
sense_list:
A facility built during the Holocaust by the Nazis to kill especially the Jewish people through gassing.


lexentry: eng/death_certificate__Noun__1
written_rep: death certificate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: attestato 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/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: 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/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/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: decennio | decade | decina
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/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
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 sound intensity ratio that is one tenth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale. It is defined as dB = ⅒log10(P1 / P2), where P1 and P2 are the relative powers of the sound.


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:
(typography) A period/full stop ⟨.⟩ or middot ⟨·⟩ used to set off the decimal or fractional part of a number.


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: 03
trans_list: dichiarazione
sense_list:
The act or process of declaring. | (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.


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) Pertaining to plant parts that extend downward, most often applied to 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/deer__Noun__1
written_rep: deer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cervo | capriolo | daino | alce | caribù | renna
sense_list:
A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla.


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 | imputata | imputato | accusata | 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/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 or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions). | A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation | A product of defining. | Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.


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.


lexentry: eng/deflation__Noun__1
written_rep: deflation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: deflazione
sense_list:
(economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages.


lexentry: eng/deflect__Verb__1
written_rep: deflect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deviare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position. | (intransitive) To deviate from an original path or position.


lexentry: eng/deflect__Verb__1
written_rep: deflect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: respingere
sense_list:
(transitive, ball games) To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players.


lexentry: eng/deforestation__Noun__1
written_rep: deforestation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deforestazione
sense_list:
The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.


lexentry: eng/deform__Verb__1
written_rep: deform
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deformare
sense_list:
To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.


lexentry: eng/defragment__Verb__1
written_rep: defragment
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deframmentare
sense_list:
(computing) To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.


lexentry: eng/defuse__Verb__1
written_rep: defuse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disinnescare
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb). | (transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.


lexentry: eng/defy__Verb__1
written_rep: defy
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: abiurare | sfidare
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.


lexentry: eng/degenerate__Adjective__1
written_rep: degenerate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: snaturato
sense_list:
(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.


lexentry: eng/degeneration__Noun__1
written_rep: degeneration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: degenerazione
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse. | (uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.


lexentry: eng/deglaze__Verb__2
written_rep: deglaze
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfumare
sense_list:
(transitive, cooking) To detach small pieces of cooked food from a pan by adding liquid, so that they can be used in further cooking.


lexentry: eng/degradability__Noun__1
written_rep: degradability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: degradabilità
sense_list:
(uncountable) The condition of being degradable | (countable) A measure of the extent to which something is degradable


lexentry: eng/degradation__Noun__1
written_rep: degradation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abiezione
sense_list:
The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society


lexentry: eng/degreaser__Noun__1
written_rep: degreaser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sgrassatore
sense_list:
An industrial solvent, often containing polyhalogenated hydrocarbons, used to remove grease from mechanical parts.


lexentry: eng/degree__Noun__1
written_rep: degree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laurea
sense_list:
A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.) [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/degree__Noun__1
written_rep: degree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: grado
sense_list:
(geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1⁄360 of a circle's circumference. [from 14th c.] | (physics) A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit. [from 18th c.] | (algebra) The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial. [from 18th c.] | (graph theory) The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency. | The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/degree_of_comparison__Noun__1
written_rep: degree of comparison
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceto
sense_list:
(linguistics, grammar) A form of an adjective that indicates a different degree of the attribute the adjective denotes; like the positive, comparative and superlative forms.


lexentry: eng/degree_of_freedom__Noun__1
written_rep: degree of freedom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grado di libertà
sense_list:
(physics) Any of the coordinates, a minimum number of which are needed to specify the motion of a mechanical system. | (physics) Any of the independent variables required to specify the thermodynamic state of a system containing components and phases. | (mathematics) Any unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution.


lexentry: eng/degu__Noun__1
written_rep: degu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: degù
sense_list:
Any species of the genus Octodon, especially Octodon degus, a small, caviomorph rodent native to Chile.


lexentry: eng/dehiscence__Noun__1
written_rep: dehiscence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deiscenza
sense_list:
(botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents. | (medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.


lexentry: eng/dehumanize__Verb__1
written_rep: dehumanize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disumanizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.


lexentry: eng/dehydrate__Verb__1
written_rep: dehydrate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disidratare
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove water from; to dry up. | (intransitive) To lose water from one's body; to become dehydrated.


lexentry: eng/dehydration__Noun__1
written_rep: dehydration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disidratazione
sense_list:
The act or process of removing water from something. | The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.


lexentry: eng/dehydrogenase__Noun__1
written_rep: dehydrogenase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deidrogenasi
sense_list:
(enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the removal of hydrogen (a proton) from biological compounds.


lexentry: eng/dehydrogenation__Noun__1
written_rep: dehydrogenation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deidrogenazione
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any reaction or process in which hydrogen is removed from a substance, especially the production of unsaturated organic compounds from saturated ones.


lexentry: eng/deicide__Noun__1
written_rep: deicide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deicidio
sense_list:
The killing of a deity; godslaughter. [1610s] | (Christianity, theology) The crucifixion of Jesus, viewed as a crime.


lexentry: eng/deism__Noun__1
written_rep: deism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deismo
sense_list:
A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural phenomena or specific religious doctrines.


lexentry: eng/deixis__Noun__1
written_rep: deixis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deissi
sense_list:
(linguistics) The use of a word, such as a pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the wider context; a word used in such a way.


lexentry: eng/dejecta__Noun__1
written_rep: dejecta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deiezioni
sense_list:
(medicine, zoology) any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the body. Dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so on.


lexentry: eng/delation__Noun__1
written_rep: delation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: delazione
sense_list:
(legal) An accusation or charge brought against someone, especially by an informer; the act of accusing someone.


lexentry: eng/delative_case__Noun__1
written_rep: delative case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caso delativo
sense_list:
(grammar) case used to indicate movement from an object. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions from or off of, as in "down off of the house." Hungarian is a language that uses the delative case, see -ról.


lexentry: eng/delay__Noun__1
written_rep: delay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ritardo
sense_list:
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.


lexentry: eng/delayed-onset_muscle_soreness__Noun__1
written_rep: delayed-onset muscle soreness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dolore muscolare
sense_list:
(medicine) The pain and stiffness felt in muscles several hours to days after unaccustomed or strenuous exercise.


lexentry: eng/delegate__Noun__1
written_rep: delegate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: delegato | delegata
sense_list:
A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy. | (US) An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.


lexentry: eng/delegate__Verb__1
written_rep: delegate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: delegare
sense_list:
(transitive) To commit (a task or responsibility) to someone, especially a subordinate. | (computing, Internet, transitive) (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.


lexentry: eng/delegation__Noun__1
written_rep: delegation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: delegazione
sense_list:
A group of delegates. | (legal) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)


lexentry: eng/delete__Verb__1
written_rep: delete
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cancellare | eliminare
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]


lexentry: eng/deliberation__Noun__1
written_rep: deliberation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: considerazione
sense_list:
The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.


lexentry: eng/delicacy__Noun__1
written_rep: delicacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: leccornia | prelibatezza | squisitezza
sense_list:
Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.


lexentry: eng/delicate__Adjective__1
written_rep: delicate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: delicato
sense_list:
Easily damaged or requiring careful handling. | Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines. | Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.


lexentry: eng/delirium__Noun__1
written_rep: delirium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: delirio
sense_list:
(symptom) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.


lexentry: eng/delirium_tremens__Noun__1
written_rep: delirium tremens
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: delirium tremens
sense_list:
(pathology) A psychosis of chronic alcoholism, usually due to alcohol withdrawal, which can be fatal. Symptoms include sweating, tremors, terrifying hallucinations, insomnia, restlessness, disorientation and anxiety.


lexentry: eng/delivery_room__Noun__1
written_rep: delivery room
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sala parto
sense_list:
(medicine) An operating theatre or similar room in a hospital or other medical facility, furnished with suitable equipment and staffed by physicians, surgeons, or other medical workers, for the purpose of assisting mothers with the births of their babies.


lexentry: eng/delta__Noun__1
written_rep: delta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: delta
sense_list:
The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ. | A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.


lexentry: eng/delta_wing__Noun__1
written_rep: delta wing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ala a delta
sense_list:
(aeronautics) An aircraft wing having a swept-back shape in the form of an isosceles triangle; used mostly on supersonic aircraft


lexentry: eng/deluge__Noun__1
written_rep: deluge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diluvio
sense_list:
A great flood or rain. | An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.


lexentry: eng/delusion_of_grandeur__Noun__1
written_rep: delusion of grandeur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: megalomania
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) The false belief that one is important or powerful, accompanying certain mental disorders.


lexentry: eng/delusional_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: delusional disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paranoia
sense_list:
A mental disorder characterized by isolated delusions without any accompanying symptoms like hallucinations, thought disorder or flat affect.


lexentry: eng/delve__Verb__1
written_rep: delve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: indagare | investigare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out


lexentry: eng/demagogue__Noun__1
written_rep: demagogue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: demagogo
sense_list:
(pejorative) A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.


lexentry: eng/demand__Noun__1
written_rep: demand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: domanda
sense_list:
(economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price. | (electricity supply) More precisely peak demand or peak load, a measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.


lexentry: eng/demanding__Adjective__1
written_rep: demanding
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esigente
sense_list:
Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience. | Making great demands in terms of quality, quantity, accuracy or other criteria; difficult to satisfy.


lexentry: eng/demarcation__Noun__1
written_rep: demarcation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: demarcazione
sense_list:
The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire. | A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line.


lexentry: eng/demean__Verb__2
written_rep: demean
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: svilire
sense_list:
(obsolete) To manage; to conduct; to treat. | (now rare) To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.


lexentry: eng/demeanor__Noun__1
written_rep: demeanor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comportamento | atteggiamento
sense_list:
(American spelling) The social, non-verbal behaviours (such as body language and facial expressions) that are characteristic of a person.


lexentry: eng/dementia__Noun__1
written_rep: dementia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: demenza
sense_list:
(pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving. | Madness or insanity.


lexentry: eng/demesne__Noun__1
written_rep: demesne
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dominio
sense_list:
A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.


lexentry: eng/demijohn__Noun__1
written_rep: demijohn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: damigiana
sense_list:
A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.


lexentry: eng/demilitarized_zone__Noun__1
written_rep: demilitarized zone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zona demilitarizzata
sense_list:
(military) An area, often on a border between military factions, in which military forces and operations are prohibited. (This sense is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/demimonde__Noun__1
written_rep: demimonde
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ambiente
sense_list:
(chiefly, historical, _, (19th-century France)) A class of women maintained by wealthy protectors; female courtesans or prostitutes as a group.


lexentry: eng/demise__Noun__1
written_rep: demise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: falio
sense_list:
Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.


lexentry: eng/demiurge__Noun__1
written_rep: demiurge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: demiurgo
sense_list:
(Platonic, _, philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.


lexentry: eng/demo__Noun__1
written_rep: demo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: demo
sense_list:
(informal) A demonstration or visual explanation. | (informal) A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.


lexentry: eng/demobilization__Noun__1
written_rep: demobilization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: smobilitazione
sense_list:
The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.


lexentry: eng/demobilize__Verb__1
written_rep: demobilize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: smobilitare
sense_list:
To release someone from military duty, especially after a war. | To disband troops, or remove them from a war footing.


lexentry: eng/democracy__Noun__1
written_rep: democracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: democrazia
sense_list:
(uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy). | (countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/democrat__Noun__1
written_rep: democrat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: democratico | democratica
sense_list:
A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).


lexentry: eng/democratic__Adjective__1
written_rep: democratic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: democratico
sense_list:
Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.


lexentry: eng/democratic_centralism__Noun__1
written_rep: democratic centralism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centralismo democratico
sense_list:
A set of principles of internal organization, mainly associated with Leninism, in which political decisions reached by voting are binding upon all members of the party.


lexentry: eng/democratization__Noun__1
written_rep: democratization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: democratizzazione
sense_list:
The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.


lexentry: eng/demography__Noun__1
written_rep: demography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: demografia
sense_list:
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.


lexentry: eng/demoiselle_crane__Noun__1
written_rep: demoiselle crane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: damigella di Numidia
sense_list:
A crane, Grus virgo (syn. Anthropoides virgo), found in central Asia, 85-100 centimeters long with a loud trumpeting call.


lexentry: eng/demon__Noun__1
written_rep: demon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: demonio
sense_list:
A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse. [from 14th c.] | Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/demonize__Verb__1
written_rep: demonize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: demonizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To turn into a demon. | (transitive, figuratively) To describe or represent as evil or diabolic, usually falsely.


lexentry: eng/demonstrate__Verb__1
written_rep: demonstrate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dimostrare
sense_list:
(transitive) to show how to use (something). | to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.


lexentry: eng/demonstration__Noun__1
written_rep: demonstration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dimostrazione
sense_list:
The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something. | An event at which something will be demonstrated. | A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.


lexentry: eng/demonstrative__Adjective__1
written_rep: demonstrative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espansivo
sense_list:
that serves to demonstrate, show or prove | (grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to


lexentry: eng/demonstrative_adjective__Noun__1
written_rep: demonstrative adjective
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aggettivo dimostrativo
sense_list:
An adjective that points out which person, object or concept is being referred to; whether it is singular or plural; and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer.


lexentry: eng/demonstrative_pronoun__Noun__1
written_rep: demonstrative pronoun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pronome dimostrativo
sense_list:
(grammar) a pronoun that replaces a noun whose identity can be understood from the context; it indicates whether the noun is singular or plural, and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer


lexentry: eng/demonstrator__Noun__1
written_rep: demonstrator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: manifestante
sense_list:
One who takes part in a demonstration; a protester. | One who demonstrates products in a retail environment; a merchandiser.


lexentry: eng/demoralization__Noun__1
written_rep: demoralization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: demoralizzazione
sense_list:
The act of corrupting or subverting morale, discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in morale.


lexentry: eng/demotic__Adjective__1
written_rep: demotic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: demotica
sense_list:
Of, relating to, or written in the ancient Egyptian script that developed from Lower Egyptian hieratic writing starting from around 650 BCE and was chiefly used to write the Demotic phase of the Egyptian language, with simplified and cursive characters that no longer corresponded directly to their hieroglyphic precursors.


lexentry: eng/demur__Verb__1
written_rep: demur
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contraddire
sense_list:
Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception.


lexentry: eng/demyelination__Noun__1
written_rep: demyelination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: demielinizzazione
sense_list:
(biology, medicine) The removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, usually as a result of disease causing myelinolysis.


lexentry: eng/den__Noun__1
written_rep: den
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: covo | tana | salotto
sense_list:
A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.


lexentry: eng/denarius__Noun__1
written_rep: denarius
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: denaro
sense_list:
(Ancient Rome, numismatics) A small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces. Roughly one day’s wage for a skilled worker.


lexentry: eng/denationalize__Verb__1
written_rep: denationalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: denazionalizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.


lexentry: eng/denaturation__Noun__1
written_rep: denaturation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: denaturazione
sense_list:
The deliberate addition of a noxious substance to alcohol to make it unfit to drink | (biochemistry) The change of folding structure of a protein (and thus of physical properties) caused by heating, changes in pH, or exposure to certain chemicals.


lexentry: eng/denatured_alcohol__Noun__1
written_rep: denatured alcohol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alcol denaturato
sense_list:
(US) Reasonably pure ethyl alcohol for industrial purposes that has been made unfit for consumption by the addition of a poisonous substance such as acetone or methyl alcohol


lexentry: eng/denazification__Noun__1
written_rep: denazification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: denazificazione
sense_list:
The process of the removal of Nazis from public office and positions of responsibility in Germany and Austria after World War II.


lexentry: eng/dendrite__Noun__1
written_rep: dendrite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dendrite
sense_list:
(cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.


lexentry: eng/dendrochronology__Noun__1
written_rep: dendrochronology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dendrocronologia
sense_list:
(biology, archaeology) The science that uses the spacing between the annual growth rings of trees to date their exact year of formation.


lexentry: eng/dengue__Noun__1
written_rep: dengue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dengue
sense_list:
An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.


lexentry: eng/dengue_fever__Noun__1
written_rep: dengue fever
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dengue
sense_list:
An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.


lexentry: eng/denial__Noun__1
written_rep: denial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: rifiuto
sense_list:
(psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.


lexentry: eng/denialism__Noun__1
written_rep: denialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: negazionismo
sense_list:
The practice of rejecting propositions which are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence, and often of seeking to influence policy processes and outcomes accordingly.


lexentry: eng/denominal__Noun__1
written_rep: denominal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: denominale | denominativo
sense_list:
(grammar, linguistics) A denominative: a word, often a verb, that is derived from a noun or adjective.


lexentry: eng/denomination__Noun__1
written_rep: denomination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: denominazione
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of naming or designating. | (countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals. | (countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.


lexentry: eng/denotation__Noun__1
written_rep: denotation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: denotazione
sense_list:
(logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.


lexentry: eng/denounce__Verb__1
written_rep: denounce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: denunciare
sense_list:
(transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame. | (transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse. | (transitive) To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.


lexentry: eng/denounce__Verb__1
written_rep: denounce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: dichiarare
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.


lexentry: eng/dense__Adjective__1
written_rep: dense
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: denso
sense_list:
Having relatively high density. | Compact; crowded together. | Thick; difficult to penetrate. | Opaque; allowing little light to pass through. | (mathematics, topology) Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See the Wikipedia article on dense sets for a mathematical definition. | Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person)


lexentry: eng/density__Noun__1
written_rep: density
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: densità
sense_list:
(physics) A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume. | The ratio of one quantity, representing something of interest, to another quantity representing space, area, or extent in which the thing of interest is distributed. | (mathematics, statistics) The probability that an outcome will fall into a given range, per unit of that range; the relative likelihood of possible values of a continuous random variable.


lexentry: eng/dental__Adjective__1
written_rep: dental
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dentario | dentale
sense_list:
(dentistry, relational) Of or concerning dentistry. | (phonetics) Articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or with the blade of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, so that the tip of the tongue rests near the teeth.


lexentry: eng/dental_dam__Noun__1
written_rep: dental dam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dental dam
sense_list:
(dentistry) A thin, flexible piece of latex or similar material used to isolate one or more teeth during some dental procedures.


lexentry: eng/denticulated__Adjective__1
written_rep: denticulated
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: denticolato
sense_list:
(heraldry, of a, bordure, very, rare) Embattled, but with only the projecting portions visible, so that the bordure appears non-contiguous (but the spaces are part of the field, unlike compony).


lexentry: eng/dentil__Noun__1
written_rep: dentil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dentello
sense_list:
(architectural element) Any one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice.


lexentry: eng/dentistry__Noun__1
written_rep: dentistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: odontoiatria
sense_list:
(uncountable) The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.


lexentry: eng/dentition__Noun__1
written_rep: dentition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dentizione
sense_list:
The set of natural teeth of an individual | The type, number and arrangement of the normal teeth of an organism or of the actual teeth of an individual


lexentry: eng/deodorant__Noun__1
written_rep: deodorant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deodorante
sense_list:
An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration. | Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.


lexentry: eng/deontology__Noun__1
written_rep: deontology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: deontologia
sense_list:
(ethics) The normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to rules or obligations rather than either the inherent goodness or the consequences of those actions. [from 1930]


lexentry: eng/deoxidation__Noun__1
written_rep: deoxidation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disossidazione
sense_list:
(chemistry) The process of extracting the oxygen content of a dissolved oxide, or of removing dissolved oxygen, with the aid of a reducing agent.


lexentry: eng/deoxyribonucleic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: deoxyribonucleic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido desossiribonucleico | acido deossiribonucleico
sense_list:
(biochemistry, genetics) A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction.


lexentry: eng/deoxyribose__Noun__1
written_rep: deoxyribose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deossiribosio
sense_list:
(carbohydrate) A derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which the 2' hydroxyl (-OH) is reduced to a hydrogen (H); it is a constituent of the nucleotides that constitute the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.


lexentry: eng/department__Noun__1
written_rep: department
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dipartimento
sense_list:
A part, portion, or subdivision. | A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons. | (historical) A military subdivision of a country


lexentry: eng/department_store__Noun__1
written_rep: department store
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grande magazzino | emporio
sense_list:
A large store containing many different departments, each of which deals in the sale of different goods or services.


lexentry: eng/departure__Noun__1
written_rep: departure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: partenza
sense_list:
(navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian. | (legal) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another


lexentry: eng/depend__Verb__1
written_rep: depend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dipendere
sense_list:
(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.


lexentry: eng/depend__Verb__1
written_rep: depend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: pendere
sense_list:
(now, literary) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. | (archaic) To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.


lexentry: eng/dependence__Noun__1
written_rep: dependence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dipendenza
sense_list:
The state of being dependent, of relying upon another. | An irresistible physical or psychological need, especially for a chemical substance.


lexentry: eng/dependency__Noun__1
written_rep: dependency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dipendenza
sense_list:
Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else: | (computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component. | (computing) An external component whose functionality is relied on.


lexentry: eng/dependent_variable__Noun__1
written_rep: dependent variable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: variabile dipendente
sense_list:
(algebra) In an equation, the variable whose value depends on one or more variables in the equation.


lexentry: eng/depersonalize__Verb__1
written_rep: depersonalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spersonalizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove a sense of personal identity or individual character from something; to anonymize.


lexentry: eng/depict__Verb__1
written_rep: depict
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rappresentare | raffigurare
sense_list:
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. [from early 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/deplete__Verb__1
written_rep: deplete
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: demolire
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.


lexentry: eng/depleted_uranium__Noun__1
written_rep: depleted uranium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uranio impoverito
sense_list:
Uranium that contains a reduced (depleted) amount of the fissile isotope U-235 compared to natural uranium; it is used in applications where the nuclear properties of the uranium are not important, and the uranium is instead being used for its mechanical or chemical properties.


lexentry: eng/depolarizer__Noun__1
written_rep: depolarizer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: depolarizzante
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any substance added to the electrolyte of a battery that produces hydrogen in order to combine with the liberated hydrogen and prevent the build-up of pressure.


lexentry: eng/deponent__Adjective__1
written_rep: deponent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deponente
sense_list:
(grammar, of a verb) Having passive grammatical form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning.


lexentry: eng/depopulation__Noun__1
written_rep: depopulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spopolamento
sense_list:
The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.


lexentry: eng/deposit__Noun__1
written_rep: deposit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: acconto | anticipo | caparra | deposito
sense_list:
(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.


lexentry: eng/deposit__Noun__1
written_rep: deposit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: deposito cauzionale
sense_list:
A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit


lexentry: eng/deposition__Noun__1
written_rep: deposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: brinamento
sense_list:
(physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)


lexentry: eng/depravity__Noun__1
written_rep: depravity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corruzione
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement. | (uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.


lexentry: eng/depreciation__Noun__1
written_rep: depreciation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ammortamento
sense_list:
The state of being depreciated; disparagement. | (accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.


lexentry: eng/depression__Noun__1
written_rep: depression
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: depressione
sense_list:
(psychology, usually, uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future. | (psychology, countable) A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide. | (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings. | (meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes. | (economics) A period of major economic contraction. | (biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.


lexentry: eng/depressive__Adjective__1
written_rep: depressive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: depressivo
sense_list:
Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic. | Relating to or characteristic of depression.


lexentry: eng/depressor_septi_nasi__Noun__1
written_rep: depressor septi nasi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: depressore del setto | depressore del setto nasale | muscolo depressore del setto
sense_list:
(muscle) A small muscle of each side of the upper lip that is inserted into the nasal septum and wing of the nose on each side and constricts the nasal opening by drawing the wing downward.


lexentry: eng/depressurization__Noun__1
written_rep: depressurization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: depressurizzazione
sense_list:
The act, or an instance, of depressurizing; a reduction of atmospheric pressure within a chamber or space vehicle etc.


lexentry: eng/deprivation__Noun__1
written_rep: deprivation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: privazione
sense_list:
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.


lexentry: eng/deprive__Verb__1
written_rep: deprive
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: privare | togliere | sottrarre
sense_list:
(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.


lexentry: eng/deprogramming__Noun__1
written_rep: deprogramming
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deprogramazione
sense_list:
The removal of the programming instilled into a person by a religious, political, economic, or social group associated with the belief system.


lexentry: eng/deprotonation__Noun__1
written_rep: deprotonation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deprotonazione
sense_list:
(chemistry) The removal of a proton (hydrogen ion) (better called a hydron, because it can occasionally be deuterium) from a molecule to form a conjugate base.


lexentry: eng/deputation__Noun__1
written_rep: deputation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: delegazione
sense_list:
The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.


lexentry: eng/deputize__Verb__1
written_rep: deputize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rappresentare
sense_list:
(transitive) to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office | (intransitive) To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office


lexentry: eng/deputy__Noun__1
written_rep: deputy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: delegata | delegato | rappresentate | vice
sense_list:
(historical) A member of the French Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif. | (US) a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency.


lexentry: eng/derail__Verb__1
written_rep: derail
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deragliare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause to come off the tracks. | (intransitive, figurative) To deviate from the previous course or direction.


lexentry: eng/derealization__Noun__1
written_rep: derealization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: derealizzazione
sense_list:
(psychology) The psychological symptom in which the world appears to be unreal, and the patient has a sense of detachment from it.


lexentry: eng/derelict__Noun__1
written_rep: derelict
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: relitto
sense_list:
(uncountable, specifically, law) Property abandoned at sea with no hope of recovery and no expectation of being returned to its owner; (countable) an item of such property, especially a ship.


lexentry: eng/derelict__Noun__1
written_rep: derelict
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rifiuto
sense_list:
(uncountable) Property abandoned by its former guardian or owner; (countable) an item of such property.


lexentry: eng/derelict__Noun__1
written_rep: derelict
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: persona negligente
sense_list:
(countable, by extension, derogatory) A homeless and/or jobless person; a vagrant; also, a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their hygiene and personal affairs.


lexentry: eng/derisive__Adjective__1
written_rep: derisive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irrisorio
sense_list:
Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing. | Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.


lexentry: eng/derivation__Noun__1
written_rep: derivation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: derivazione | etimologia
sense_list:
The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.


lexentry: eng/derivation__Noun__1
written_rep: derivation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: etimologia
sense_list:
(genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent; an instance thereof (for example, an etymology).


lexentry: eng/derivative__Noun__1
written_rep: derivative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: derivata
sense_list:
The value of such a derived function for a given value of its independent variable: the rate of change of a function at a point in its domain.


lexentry: eng/derivatization__Noun__1
written_rep: derivatization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: derivatizzazione
sense_list:
(chemistry) A technique which transforms a chemical compound into a product of similar chemical structure.


lexentry: eng/derive__Verb__1
written_rep: derive
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: derivare
sense_list:
(transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else. | (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase). | (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction. | (intransitive) To originate or stem (from).


lexentry: eng/dermatographia__Noun__1
written_rep: dermatographia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dermografia | dermografismo
sense_list:
(pathology) A skin disorder in which the skin becomes raised and inflamed when stroked, scratched or rubbed.


lexentry: eng/derogate__Verb__1
written_rep: derogate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: rimuovere
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/derogate__Verb__1
written_rep: derogate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: togliere
sense_list:
(intransitive) To remove a part, to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/dervish__Noun__1
written_rep: dervish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: derviscio
sense_list:
(Islam) An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.


lexentry: eng/descaling__Noun__1
written_rep: descaling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decalcificazione
sense_list:
The removal of scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.


lexentry: eng/descend__Verb__1
written_rep: descend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scendere
sense_list:
(transitive) To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon.


lexentry: eng/descend__Verb__1
written_rep: descend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scendere | discendere
sense_list:
(intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.


lexentry: eng/descendant__Noun__1
written_rep: descendant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: discendente
sense_list:
One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations. | (biology) A later evolutionary type.


lexentry: eng/descender__Noun__1
written_rep: descender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coda
sense_list:
(typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters). | (typography, uncommon) A letter that has such a portion, such as g, j, or in some fonts Q.


lexentry: eng/describe__Verb__1
written_rep: describe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: descrivere
sense_list:
(transitive) To represent in words. | (transitive, mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.


lexentry: eng/description__Noun__1
written_rep: description
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: descrizione
sense_list:
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.


lexentry: eng/descriptive_statistics__Noun__1
written_rep: descriptive statistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: statistica descrittiva
sense_list:
(statistics) A branch of statistics dealing with summarization and description of collections of data—data sets, including the concepts of arithmetic mean, median, mode, and quantile.


lexentry: eng/descriptivism__Noun__1
written_rep: descriptivism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: descrittivismo
sense_list:
(linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.


lexentry: eng/descriptor__Noun__1
written_rep: descriptor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: descrittore
sense_list:
(computing, information science) A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.


lexentry: eng/descry__Verb__1
written_rep: descry
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: scoprire
sense_list:
(transitive) To see, especially from afar; to discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.


lexentry: eng/desert__Noun__1
written_rep: desert
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deserto
sense_list:
A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland. | In particular, a barren, arid area of land which is hot, with sandy, rocky, or parched ground.


lexentry: eng/desert__Verb__1
written_rep: desert
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disertare
sense_list:
To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.


lexentry: eng/desert_island__Noun__1
written_rep: desert island
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isola deserta
sense_list:
A deserted island, an uninhabited island, especially one in the tropics and (now, frequently, _, misunderstood, _, as) a small and almost entirely sandy desert.


lexentry: eng/deserter__Noun__1
written_rep: deserter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disertore | disertrice
sense_list:
(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving


lexentry: eng/desertification__Noun__1
written_rep: desertification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: desertificazione
sense_list:
The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity.


lexentry: eng/deserve__Verb__1
written_rep: deserve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meritare | meritarsi
sense_list:
(transitive) To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have. | (obsolete) To serve; to treat; to benefit.


lexentry: eng/desideratum__Noun__1
written_rep: desideratum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: desiderato
sense_list:
Something that is wished for, or considered desirable, particularly when thought to be essential. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/design__Noun__1
written_rep: design
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: disegno | progetto | design | pianta
sense_list:
A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.


lexentry: eng/design__Noun__1
written_rep: design
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: design
sense_list:
A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture. | The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.


lexentry: eng/design__Verb__1
written_rep: design
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: progettare
sense_list:
(obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.


lexentry: eng/designate__Verb__1
written_rep: designate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: designare
sense_list:
To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description | To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.


lexentry: eng/designer_drug__Noun__1
written_rep: designer drug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: postbruciatore
sense_list:
A drug specifically developed to replace an illegal recreational drug, in order to circumvent existing drug laws, usually by modifying its molecular structure.


lexentry: eng/desire__Noun__1
written_rep: desire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: desiderio
sense_list:
(uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something. | (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.


lexentry: eng/desk__Noun__1
written_rep: desk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scrivania
sense_list:
A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath. | A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.


lexentry: eng/desktop__Noun__1
written_rep: desktop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: desktop
sense_list:
The top surface of a desk. | (computing, GUI) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.


lexentry: eng/desktop_computer__Noun__1
written_rep: desktop computer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: computer fisso
sense_list:
A computer of a size designed to be used on a desk or table, as opposed to larger machines, such as mainframes, and smaller machines, such as laptops and palmtops.


lexentry: eng/desman__Noun__1
written_rep: desman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: desman
sense_list:
Either of two species, Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus, of aquatic or semi-aquatic insectivore of the mole family, Talpidae, found in Europe.


lexentry: eng/despair__Verb__1
written_rep: despair
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: disperare
sense_list:
(intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.


lexentry: eng/desperate_times_call_for_desperate_measures__Proverb__1
written_rep: desperate times call for desperate measures
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a mali estremi, estremi rimedi
sense_list:
In adverse circumstances, actions that might have been rejected under other circumstances may become the best choice.


lexentry: eng/despotism__Noun__1
written_rep: despotism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dispotismo
sense_list:
Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.


lexentry: eng/dessertspoon__Noun__1
written_rep: dessertspoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cucchiaino
sense_list:
A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately 10 millilitres; a dessertspoonful. | More generally, that volume of a substance which is contained within a dessert spoon. | (rare) An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert.


lexentry: eng/destalinization__Noun__1
written_rep: destalinization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: destalinizzazione
sense_list:
The process, begun by Nikita Khrushchev, of discrediting and then reforming the policies of Joseph Stalin.


lexentry: eng/destigmatize__Verb__1
written_rep: destigmatize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: destigmatizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization; to remove stigma or stigmata.


lexentry: eng/destination__Noun__1
written_rep: destination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: destinazione | meta | traguardo
sense_list:
(countable) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.


lexentry: eng/destitution__Noun__1
written_rep: destitution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: indigenza
sense_list:
An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.


lexentry: eng/destroy__Verb__1
written_rep: destroy
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: distruggere | annichilare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.


lexentry: eng/destructor__Noun__1
written_rep: destructor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: distruttore
sense_list:
(object-oriented programming) A function that runs when an object is no longer required, used to release any resources that it was using.


lexentry: eng/desuetude__Noun__1
written_rep: desuetude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: desuetudine | disuso
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state when something (for example, a custom or a law) is no longer observed nor practised; disuse, obsolescence; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/desulfurize__Verb__1
written_rep: desulfurize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: desolforare
sense_list:
(American spelling, transitive) To remove the sulfur from something (such as petroleum or flue gases).


lexentry: eng/desultory__Adjective__1
written_rep: desultory
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caotico
sense_list:
Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.


lexentry: eng/detached_house__Noun__1
written_rep: detached house
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abitazione isolata | casa isolata
sense_list:
A free-standing, single-family dwelling unit that does not share a common wall with any other structure.


lexentry: eng/detachment__Noun__1
written_rep: detachment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: distacco
sense_list:
(uncountable) The action of detaching; separation. | (uncountable) Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.


lexentry: eng/detachment__Noun__1
written_rep: detachment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: distaccamento
sense_list:
(uncountable, military) The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission. | (countable, military) The unit so dispatched.


lexentry: eng/detection__Noun__1
written_rep: detection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: detezione | identificazione | investigazione | rilevamento | rilevazione
sense_list:
The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.


lexentry: eng/detective__Noun__1
written_rep: detective
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: investigatore | detective
sense_list:
(law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.


lexentry: eng/detector__Noun__1
written_rep: detector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: detector
sense_list:
A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.


lexentry: eng/detention__Noun__1
written_rep: detention
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: detenzione
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained. | (pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork. | (civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.


lexentry: eng/determinant__Noun__1
written_rep: determinant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: determinante
sense_list:
(linear algebra) A scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a given transformation matrix; the unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value 1 for the unit matrix; abbreviated as: det.


lexentry: eng/determination__Noun__1
written_rep: determination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: determinazione
sense_list:
(countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc. | The act of determining, or the state of being determined.


lexentry: eng/determine__Verb__1
written_rep: determine
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: accertarsi | capire | verificare
sense_list:
To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.


lexentry: eng/determiner__Noun__1
written_rep: determiner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aggettivo determinativo
sense_list:
(grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.


lexentry: eng/determiner__Noun__1
written_rep: determiner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: determinante
sense_list:
(grammar) A dependent function in a noun phrase that marks it as definite or indefinite. This function is usually filled by words in the determinative class but may be filled by other elements such as a genitive pronoun. | Something (some input factor, a nonsentient agent) that determines, or helps someone to determine, something else.


lexentry: eng/determinism__Noun__1
written_rep: determinism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: determinismo
sense_list:
(philosophy) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.


lexentry: eng/deterministic__Adjective__1
written_rep: deterministic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deterministico
sense_list:
(philosophy) Of, or relating to determinism. | (mathematics, of a Turing machine) Having at most one instruction associated with any given internal state. | (physics, of a system) Having exactly predictable time evolution. | (computing, of an algorithm) For a given particular input, always producing the same output through the same sequence of states.


lexentry: eng/deterrence__Noun__1
written_rep: deterrence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dissuasione
sense_list:
The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred. | The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking.


lexentry: eng/deterrence__Noun__1
written_rep: deterrence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: intimidazione
sense_list:
Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action.


lexentry: eng/detonate__Verb__1
written_rep: detonate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: detonare | esplodere
sense_list:
(intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust or decompose supersonically via shock compression.


lexentry: eng/detonation__Noun__1
written_rep: detonation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: detonazione
sense_list:
(chemistry) An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.


lexentry: eng/detrain__Verb__1
written_rep: detrain
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: scendere
sense_list:
(rail transport, transitive) to remove a passenger or passengers from a train; to evacuate passengers from a train.


lexentry: eng/detritus__Noun__1
written_rep: detritus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: detrito
sense_list:
(countable, chiefly, geology) Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion. | (biology, ecology) Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.


lexentry: eng/detrusor__Noun__1
written_rep: detrusor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: detrusore
sense_list:
(anatomy) A smooth muscle in the wall of the bladder that relaxes to allow urine to be stored and contracts to expel it; often used attributively.


lexentry: eng/deuce__Noun__1
written_rep: deuce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: due
sense_list:
(cards) A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards. | (dice) A side of a die with two spots. | The number two.


lexentry: eng/deuce__Noun__1
written_rep: deuce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: parità
sense_list:
(tennis, table tennis, volleyball) A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.


lexentry: eng/deuteragonist__Noun__1
written_rep: deuteragonist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deuteragonista
sense_list:
(narratology) A secondary character; specifically, the second most important character (after the protagonist).


lexentry: eng/deuterocanonical__Adjective__1
written_rep: deuterocanonical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deuterocanonico
sense_list:
(biblical) Being of the second canon of the Old Testament of the Bible, and not accepted by some Christians. Part of the Apocrypha.


lexentry: eng/deuterostome__Noun__1
written_rep: deuterostome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deuterostoma
sense_list:
(zoology) Any animal, of the subphylum Deuterostomia, in which the initial pore formed during gastrulation becomes the anus, and the second pore becomes the mouth.


lexentry: eng/deutoxide__Noun__1
written_rep: deutoxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biossido
sense_list:
(chemistry) A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; a dioxide or binoxide.


lexentry: eng/devastate__Verb__1
written_rep: devastate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: devastare
sense_list:
To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.


lexentry: eng/develop__Verb__1
written_rep: develop
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: sviluppare
sense_list:
(transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film. | (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.


lexentry: eng/developer__Noun__1
written_rep: developer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sviluppatore
sense_list:
A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land. | A film developer; a person who uses chemicals to create photographs from photograph negatives.


lexentry: eng/developing_country__Noun__1
written_rep: developing country
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paese in via di sviluppo
sense_list:
(economics) A country with an emerging and low- and middle-income but still industrializing its economy.


lexentry: eng/development_aid__Noun__1
written_rep: development aid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aiuto allo sviluppo
sense_list:
Financial aid given by developed countries to promote the development of underdeveloped or developing countries.


lexentry: eng/deviance__Noun__1
written_rep: deviance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: devianza
sense_list:
(sociology) Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.


lexentry: eng/deviate__Verb__1
written_rep: deviate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deviare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans. | (intransitive, figurative) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.


lexentry: eng/deviation__Noun__1
written_rep: deviation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: deviazione | scarto
sense_list:
(statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.


lexentry: eng/device__Noun__1
written_rep: device
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: motto | coccarda | emblema | inscrizione
sense_list:
(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.


lexentry: eng/device_driver__Noun__1
written_rep: device driver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aguzzino
sense_list:
(computing) Software, usually supplied with the operating system or by a hardware manufacturer, that communicates between the operating system of a personal computer and a specific hardware device.


lexentry: eng/devil's_advocate__Noun__1
written_rep: devil's advocate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: avvocato del diavolo
sense_list:
(idiomatic) One who debates from a viewpoint which one may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity or simply for the sake of argument. | (historical, Roman Catholic) A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate.


lexentry: eng/devil__Noun__1
written_rep: devil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diavolo | demonio
sense_list:
(theology) An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. | The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel. | A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.


lexentry: eng/devil__Noun__1
written_rep: devil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: diavolo
sense_list:
(euphemistic, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell. | A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.


lexentry: eng/devoice__Verb__1
written_rep: devoice
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: desonorizzare | devocalizzare
sense_list:
(transitive, phonetics) To pronounce a sound with little or no vibration of the vocal cords, especially a sound that is normally pronounced with such vibration (i.e. a voiced sound).


lexentry: eng/devote__Verb__1
written_rep: devote
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dedicare
sense_list:
to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter


lexentry: eng/devotion__Noun__1
written_rep: devotion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: devozione
sense_list:
(uncountable) Feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication | (uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety. | (countable, ecclesiastical) A prayer (often found in the plural)


lexentry: eng/devshirme__Noun__1
written_rep: devshirme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: devscirme
sense_list:
(historical) Systematic collection of non-Muslim boys or young men from rural Christian populations of the Balkans, practiced by Ottomans; the boys were taken to Istanbul, converted to Islam and educated for military profession or religious disciplines.


lexentry: eng/dew__Noun__1
written_rep: dew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rugiada
sense_list:
(uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.


lexentry: eng/dewlap__Noun__1
written_rep: dewlap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pappagorgia
sense_list:
The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal. | The sagging flesh on the throat of an elderly human.


lexentry: eng/dexter__Adjective__1
written_rep: dexter
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: destro
sense_list:
(archaic, outside, heraldry) Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)


lexentry: eng/dextrin__Noun__1
written_rep: dextrin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: destrina
sense_list:
(carbohydrate) Any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives.


lexentry: eng/dextrorotatory__Adjective__1
written_rep: dextrorotatory
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: destrogiro
sense_list:
(chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-#Prefix.


lexentry: eng/diabetes__Noun__1
written_rep: diabetes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diabete
sense_list:
(disease) Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/diabetes_insipidus__Noun__1
written_rep: diabetes insipidus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diabete insipido
sense_list:
A disease characterized by excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine, which cannot be reduced when fluid intake is reduced.


lexentry: eng/diabetes_mellitus__Noun__1
written_rep: diabetes mellitus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diabete mellito
sense_list:
A medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating. It is classified in two types, which are different etiologically but similar in clinical effects: type 1 and type 2.


lexentry: eng/diabetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: diabetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diabetico
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus. | Having diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus. | Suitable for one having diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.


lexentry: eng/diabolo__Noun__1
written_rep: diabolo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diabolo
sense_list:
A juggling apparatus consisting of a spool which is whirled and tossed on a string attached to handsticks.


lexentry: eng/diacritical__Adjective__1
written_rep: diacritical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diacritico
sense_list:
Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction. | Of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic


lexentry: eng/diacritical_mark__Noun__1
written_rep: diacritical mark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: segno diacritico
sense_list:
(orthography, typography) A symbol in writing used with a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.


lexentry: eng/diadochus__Noun__1
written_rep: diadochus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diadoco
sense_list:
(historical) Any of the rival families who fought for control over Alexander the Great's empire after his death.


lexentry: eng/diadumenos__Noun__1
written_rep: diadumenos
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diadumeno
sense_list:
A form of Ancient Greek sculpture featuring a young man holding a knotted diadem (as the winner of a contest).


lexentry: eng/diaeresis__Noun__1
written_rep: diaeresis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dieresi | iato
sense_list:
(orthography) The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable.


lexentry: eng/diaeresis__Noun__1
written_rep: diaeresis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: dieresi
sense_list:
(prosody) A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse.


lexentry: eng/diagenesis__Noun__1
written_rep: diagenesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diagenesi
sense_list:
(geology) All the chemical, physical, and biological changes sediment goes through during and after lithification, not including weathering or other surface changes.


lexentry: eng/diagnosis__Noun__1
written_rep: diagnosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: diagnosi
sense_list:
The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).


lexentry: eng/diagnostics__Noun__2
written_rep: diagnostics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diagnosi
sense_list:
(of devices) The process of determining the state of or capability of a component to perform its function(s).


lexentry: eng/diagonal__Adjective__1
written_rep: diagonal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diagonale
sense_list:
(geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron). | Having a slanted or oblique direction.


lexentry: eng/diagonal__Noun__1
written_rep: diagonal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: diagonale
sense_list:
Anything forming or resembling such a line, particularly: | (geometry) A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.


lexentry: eng/diagram__Noun__1
written_rep: diagram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diagramma
sense_list:
A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole. | A graph or chart.


lexentry: eng/dial_tone__Noun__1
written_rep: dial tone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tonalità
sense_list:
A telephony signal, usually in the form of a sound, used to indicate that the telephone exchange is working, has recognized an off-hook, and is ready to accept a call.


lexentry: eng/dialect__Noun__1
written_rep: dialect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dialetto
sense_list:
(linguistics, strict sense) A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German). | (linguistics, broad sense) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.


lexentry: eng/dialectical__Adjective__1
written_rep: dialectical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dialettica
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to dialectic; (in, _, philosophy) logically reasoned through the exchange of opposing ideas.


lexentry: eng/dialectical_materialism__Noun__1
written_rep: dialectical materialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: materialismo dialettico
sense_list:
(philosophy) The concept of reality in which material things are in the constant process of change brought about by the tension between conflicting or interacting forces, elements, or ideas.


lexentry: eng/dialectics__Noun__1
written_rep: dialectics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dialettica
sense_list:
(philosophy, uncountable) A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas.


lexentry: eng/dialefe__Noun__1
written_rep: dialefe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dialefe
sense_list:
A short metrical pause between two identical vowel sounds, one at the end of a word, the other at the beginning of the next word.


lexentry: eng/dialog__Verb__1
written_rep: dialog
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dialogare
sense_list:
(American spelling, informal, business) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.


lexentry: eng/dialogue__Noun__1
written_rep: dialogue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dialogo | conversazione | discorso
sense_list:
A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals. | (authorship) In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.


lexentry: eng/dialysis__Noun__1
written_rep: dialysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dialisi
sense_list:
(chemistry) A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane. | (medicine) Use of this method for removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.


lexentry: eng/dialyzer__Noun__1
written_rep: dialyzer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dializzatore
sense_list:
(medicine) The part of a hemodialysis machine that performs filtration by unequal diffusion through membranes


lexentry: eng/diamagnetism__Noun__1
written_rep: diamagnetism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diamagnetismo
sense_list:
(physics) a weak form of magnetism that is only observed in the presence of an external magnetic field; due to an induced magnetic field in an opposite direction


lexentry: eng/diameter__Noun__1
written_rep: diameter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: diametro
sense_list:
(geometry) The length of such a line. | (graph theory) The maximum eccentricity over all vertices in a graph.


lexentry: eng/diaminophenol__Noun__1
written_rep: diaminophenol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diamminofenolo
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of several isomeric diamino derivatives of phenol; they are used in organic synthesis, and in hair dying applications.


lexentry: eng/diamond__Noun__1
written_rep: diamond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diamante
sense_list:
(uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron. | A gemstone made from this mineral. | Something that resembles a diamond. | (baseball) The infield of a baseball field.


lexentry: eng/diamond_crossover__Noun__1
written_rep: diamond crossover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bretella
sense_list:
(rail transport) superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling a letter X, permitting to travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks


lexentry: eng/diamond_ring__Noun__1
written_rep: diamond ring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: brillante
sense_list:
(astronomy) An optical phenomenon visible during a moment of a solar eclipse when only a tiny part of the sun is not obscured by the moon, shining like a diamond in the ring of the sun’s corona.


lexentry: eng/diapause__Noun__1
written_rep: diapause
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diapausa
sense_list:
(biology, entomology, ichthyology) A temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes)


lexentry: eng/diapedesis__Noun__1
written_rep: diapedesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diapedesi
sense_list:
The migration of blood cells, especially leucocytes, through the intact walls of blood vessels into the surrounding tissue. [from 1625]


lexentry: eng/diaper__Noun__1
written_rep: diaper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pannolino
sense_list:
(North America, Philippines, India) An absorbent garment worn by a baby, by a young child not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent; a nappy.


lexentry: eng/diaphragm__Noun__1
written_rep: diaphragm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diaframma
sense_list:
(anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm. | A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse. | (mechanics) A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies. | (acoustics) In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.


lexentry: eng/diaphragm__Noun__1
written_rep: diaphragm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: diaframma lamellare | diaframma
sense_list:
(optics, photography) A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.


lexentry: eng/diapositive__Noun__1
written_rep: diapositive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diapositiva
sense_list:
(photography, graphic arts) An image suitable to overlay (superimpose) over another (as for example a gel for an overhead projector, a slide that complements another slide as a superimposition for it, or a digital virtual equivalent of these); its coloration is adjusted to contrast with the underlying image (for example, text may be white instead of black in areas where the background is dark).


lexentry: eng/diascopy__Noun__1
written_rep: diascopy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diascopia
sense_list:
(medicine) A test for blanchability performed by applying pressure with a finger or glass slide and observing color changes.


lexentry: eng/diaspora__Noun__1
written_rep: diaspora
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diaspora
sense_list:
(historical) The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE). | (collective) A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel.


lexentry: eng/diasporic__Adjective__2
written_rep: diasporic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diasporico
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to the dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel, a similar dispersion, or a people so dispersed. See diaspora.


lexentry: eng/diastase__Noun__1
written_rep: diastase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diastasi | maltina
sense_list:
(enzyme) Any one of a group of enzymes which catalyse the breakdown of starch into maltose; mostly amylases (α-amylase and β-amylase).


lexentry: eng/diastematic__Adjective__1
written_rep: diastematic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diastematico
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to diastema. | (music) Describing a musical notation in which the pitch of a note is represented by its vertical position on the page.


lexentry: eng/diastole__Noun__1
written_rep: diastole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diastole
sense_list:
(chiefly, uncountable, physiology) The phase or process of relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers, between contractions, during which they fill with blood; an instance of the process.


lexentry: eng/diastrophism__Noun__1
written_rep: diastrophism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diastrofismo
sense_list:
(geology) The deformation of the Earth's crust to form the continents, mountains and other large features


lexentry: eng/diathermy__Noun__1
written_rep: diathermy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diatermocoagulazione
sense_list:
(physics, medicine) The generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially the therapeutic production of heat in tissues in order to form coagulation


lexentry: eng/diatom__Noun__1
written_rep: diatom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diatomea
sense_list:
Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.


lexentry: eng/diatomaceous_earth__Noun__1
written_rep: diatomaceous earth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diatomite
sense_list:
A light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material or microabrasive.


lexentry: eng/diatonic__Adjective__1
written_rep: diatonic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diatonico
sense_list:
(music) Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major or natural minor scales.


lexentry: eng/diatonic_scale__Noun__1
written_rep: diatonic scale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scala diatonica
sense_list:
(music) A seven-note musical scale consisting of five tones and two diatonic semitones, formed by stacking six perfect fifths.


lexentry: eng/dibasic__Adjective__1
written_rep: dibasic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bibasico
sense_list:
(chemistry) (of an acid) containing two replaceable hydrogen atoms | (chemistry) (of a salt) having two atoms of a univalent metal


lexentry: eng/dibber__Noun__1
written_rep: dibber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piantatoio | scavabuche | seminatoio
sense_list:
A tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc. Also known as a dibble or dib.


lexentry: eng/dibenzodioxin__Noun__1
written_rep: dibenzodioxin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dibenzodiossina
sense_list:
(organic compound) An aromatic heterocycle having two benzene rings fused to a dioxin one; dibenzo-1,4-dioxin, oxanthrene.


lexentry: eng/dicastery__Noun__1
written_rep: dicastery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dicastero
sense_list:
A ministry or department of the Roman Curia of the Holy See, whether administrative or ecclesiastical.


lexentry: eng/dice_snake__Noun__1
written_rep: dice snake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biscia tassellata
sense_list:
Natrix tessellata, a European non-venomous snake belonging to the family of Colubridae, subfamily Natricinae


lexentry: eng/dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane__Noun__1
written_rep: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 1,1,1-tricloro-2,2-bis(p-clorofenil)etano
sense_list:
(organic compound) A chlorinated hydrocarbon originally used as an insecticide, often abbreviated as DDT.


lexentry: eng/dichromate__Noun__1
written_rep: dichromate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dicromato
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion.(Cr2O72-) is in equilibrium with the yellow chromate anion (CrO42-), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents


lexentry: eng/dichromatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: dichromatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bicromatico
sense_list:
(pathology) having a form of colorblindness in which only two of the three primary colors can be distinguished


lexentry: eng/dick__Noun__1
written_rep: dick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: coglione
sense_list:
(countable, vulgar, slang, derogatory, offensive) A highly contemptible or obnoxious person; a jerk; traditionally, especially, a male jerk.


lexentry: eng/dictation__Noun__1
written_rep: dictation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dettato | dettatura
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words. | (countable, uncountable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.


lexentry: eng/dictation__Noun__1
written_rep: dictation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ordine
sense_list:
(countable) The act of ordering or commanding. | (uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner.


lexentry: eng/dictation_machine__Noun__1
written_rep: dictation machine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dittafono
sense_list:
A sound recording device most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print.


lexentry: eng/dictatorial__Adjective__1
written_rep: dictatorial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dittatoriale
sense_list:
of or pertaining to a dictator | in the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others.


lexentry: eng/dictatorship_of_the_proletariat__Noun__1
written_rep: dictatorship of the proletariat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dittatura del proletariato
sense_list:
(Marxism) A socio-political power, as opposed to the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, characterized by a struggle to achieve a communist society.


lexentry: eng/dictionary__Noun__1
written_rep: dictionary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dizionario | vocabolario | lessico
sense_list:
A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings (senses), and sometimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, and translations, as well as other data.


lexentry: eng/dictionary_attack__Noun__1
written_rep: dictionary attack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: attacco a dizionario
sense_list:
(cryptography) An attack that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess passwords or decryption keys.


lexentry: eng/didgeridoo__Noun__1
written_rep: didgeridoo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: didgeridoo | didjeridu | didgeridù | didjeridoo
sense_list:
A musical instrument, endemic to the Top End of Australia, consisting of a long hollowed-out log which, when blown into, produces a low, deep mesmerising drone with sweeping rhythms.


lexentry: eng/die__Noun__2
written_rep: die
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dado | conio | matrice | plinto
sense_list:
An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.


lexentry: eng/die__Verb__1
written_rep: die
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: morire
sense_list:
(intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic) To be mortified or shocked by a situation. | To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct. | To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc. | (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.


lexentry: eng/diehard__Adjective__1
written_rep: diehard
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: determinato
sense_list:
Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.


lexentry: eng/dieldrin__Noun__1
written_rep: dieldrin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dieldrina
sense_list:
(organic compound) A cyclodiene insecticide, related to aldrin, that is a persistent organic pollutant.


lexentry: eng/dielectric__Noun__1
written_rep: dielectric
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dielettrico
sense_list:
(metamaterial) An electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, i.e. its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field.


lexentry: eng/diencephalon__Noun__1
written_rep: diencephalon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diencefalo
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The region of the human brain, specifically the human forebrain, that includes the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus, the prethalamus or subthalamus, and the pretectum.


lexentry: eng/diesel__Noun__1
written_rep: diesel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gasolio | diesel
sense_list:
A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed.


lexentry: eng/diesel_engine__Noun__1
written_rep: diesel engine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: motore Diesel
sense_list:
(mechanical engineering) a piston engine that operates using the Diesel cycle, with fuel being sprayed into the hot, high-pressure air in the combustion chamber at the end of the compression stroke


lexentry: eng/diet__Noun__1
written_rep: diet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dieta
sense_list:
The food and beverage a person or animal consumes. | (countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health. | (by extension) Any habitual intake or consumption.


lexentry: eng/diet__Noun__2
written_rep: diet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dieta
sense_list:
(usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.


lexentry: eng/dietary_fibre__Noun__1
written_rep: dietary fibre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fibra alimentare
sense_list:
Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract.


lexentry: eng/dietary_supplement__Noun__1
written_rep: dietary supplement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: integratore alimentare
sense_list:
(medicine) Any substance, such as a vitamin or mineral, taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients that would otherwise be missing in a person's diet.


lexentry: eng/diethyl_ether__Noun__1
written_rep: diethyl ether
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etere dietilico
sense_list:
(organic compound) A clear, colorless, highly flammable liquid with a low boiling point and chemical formula CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3. Used as a solvent and in the past as a general anesthetic.


lexentry: eng/diffeomorphism__Noun__1
written_rep: diffeomorphism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diffeomorfismo
sense_list:
(mathematics) A differentiable homeomorphism (with differentiable inverse) between differentiable manifolds.


lexentry: eng/difference__Noun__1
written_rep: difference
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: differenza
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality of being different. | (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else. | (countable) A disagreement or argument. | (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.


lexentry: eng/differentiable__Adjective__1
written_rep: differentiable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: derivabile
sense_list:
(calculus, not comparable) Having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.


lexentry: eng/differentiable__Adjective__1
written_rep: differentiable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: differenziabile
sense_list:
(comparable, of multiple items) able to be differentiated; distinguishable, as for example by differing appearance or measurable characteristics.


lexentry: eng/differentiable_manifold__Noun__1
written_rep: differentiable manifold
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: varietà differenziabile
sense_list:
(differential geometry) A manifold that is locally similar enough to a Euclidean space (ℝn) to allow one to do calculus;(more formally) a manifold that can be equipped with a differentiable structure (an atlas of ℝn-compatible charts).


lexentry: eng/differential_geometry__Noun__1
written_rep: differential geometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: geometria differenziale
sense_list:
(geometry, analysis) The study of geometry, especially geometric structures on differentiable manifolds, using techniques from calculus, linear algebra and multilinear algebra.


lexentry: eng/differentiate__Verb__1
written_rep: differentiate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: differenziare
sense_list:
(mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables. | To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.


lexentry: eng/differentiation__Noun__1
written_rep: differentiation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: differenziazione
sense_list:
The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else. | (mathematics, calculus) The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.


lexentry: eng/difficult__Adjective__1
written_rep: difficult
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: difficile
sense_list:
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort. | (often, _, of a, person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.


lexentry: eng/diffraction__Noun__1
written_rep: diffraction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: diffrazione
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e.g. a slit), followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference.


lexentry: eng/dig__Noun__1
written_rep: dig
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scavi
sense_list:
An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.


lexentry: eng/dig__Verb__1
written_rep: dig
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scavare
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.


lexentry: eng/dig_in_one's_heels__Verb__1
written_rep: dig in one's heels
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impuntarsi | puntare i piedi
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To act in a determined manner by firmly maintaining one's beliefs, demands, situation, etc. in the face of opposition.


lexentry: eng/digest__Verb__1
written_rep: digest
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: digerire
sense_list:
(transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.


lexentry: eng/digester__Noun__1
written_rep: digester
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gamella
sense_list:
A strong closed vessel in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them.


lexentry: eng/digestion__Noun__1
written_rep: digestion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: digestione
sense_list:
The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body. | The result of this process.


lexentry: eng/digestive_biscuit__Noun__1
written_rep: digestive biscuit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biscotto digestive | biscotto digestivo | biscotto semidolce
sense_list:
(British, Ireland) A semisweet biscuit; sometimes dunked in tea, or crushed as the base of a cheesecake


lexentry: eng/digestive_tract__Noun__1
written_rep: digestive tract
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: apparato digerente
sense_list:
System of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste.


lexentry: eng/digital__Adjective__1
written_rep: digital
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: digitale | discreto
sense_list:
Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.


lexentry: eng/digital_camera__Noun__1
written_rep: digital camera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotocamera digitale | macchina fotografica digitale
sense_list:
An electronic, often battery-powered device for recording and storing photographs in digital format, especially on a flash card.


lexentry: eng/digital_divide__Noun__1
written_rep: digital divide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: digital divide
sense_list:
(information technology, sociology, neologism) The gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies (and the computer literacy to use them) and those without it.


lexentry: eng/digital_television__Noun__1
written_rep: digital television
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: televisione digitale
sense_list:
(uncountable) The broadcasting and receiving of television services via digital (rather than analog) signals, either broadcast, or via cable or satellite.


lexentry: eng/digital_watermark__Noun__1
written_rep: digital watermark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filigrana
sense_list:
(computing) Auxiliary data embedded in a datafile for subsequent identification and verification of the file.


lexentry: eng/digitalis__Noun__1
written_rep: digitalis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: digitale
sense_list:
Any plant of the genus Digitalis (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea).


lexentry: eng/digitigrade__Adjective__1
written_rep: digitigrade
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: digitigrado
sense_list:
(zoology) Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised.


lexentry: eng/digitigrade__Noun__1
written_rep: digitigrade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: digitigrado
sense_list:
(zoology, chiefly, in the plural) A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.


lexentry: eng/digitize__Verb__1
written_rep: digitize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: digitalizzare
sense_list:
(transitive, computing) To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits.


lexentry: eng/digits__Noun__2
written_rep: digits
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero
sense_list:
(US, _, slang, dated) Synonym of telephone number; especially, the one that belongs to a potential dating partner.


lexentry: eng/diglossia__Noun__1
written_rep: diglossia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diglossia
sense_list:
(linguistics, sociology) The coexistence in a given population of two closely related native languages or dialects, one of which is regarded as more prestigious than the other; the similar coexistence of two unrelated languages. [from 1959]


lexentry: eng/digoxin__Noun__1
written_rep: digoxin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: digossina
sense_list:
(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A poisonous compound present in the foxglove (Digitalis lanata) and other plants. It is a steroid glycoside and is used in small doses as a cardiac stimulant.


lexentry: eng/digress__Verb__1
written_rep: digress
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: divagare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.


lexentry: eng/digression__Noun__1
written_rep: digression
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: digressione
sense_list:
(generally, _, uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.


lexentry: eng/dik-dik__Noun__1
written_rep: dik-dik
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dik dik | madoqua
sense_list:
A small antelope of the genus Madoqua, native to southern and eastern Africa, having an elongated snout, a brown or grey/gray coat with a white belly, and an upright tuft on the crown.


lexentry: eng/diktat__Noun__1
written_rep: diktat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comando
sense_list:
a harsh penalty or settlement imposed upon a defeated party by the victor | a dogmatic decree or command, especially issued by one who rules without popular consent


lexentry: eng/dilatory__Adjective__1
written_rep: dilatory
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dilatorio
sense_list:
Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.


lexentry: eng/dilemma__Noun__1
written_rep: dilemma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dilemma
sense_list:
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable. | A difficult circumstance or problem. | (logic) A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".


lexentry: eng/dilettante__Noun__1
written_rep: dilettante
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dilettante
sense_list:
An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.


lexentry: eng/dilettantism__Noun__1
written_rep: dilettantism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dilettantismo
sense_list:
The act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur or "dabbler", sometimes in the arts. Also the act of enjoying the arts, being a connoisseur.


lexentry: eng/diligence__Noun__1
written_rep: diligence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: commissione
sense_list:
(historical) A four-wheeled public stage-coach, widely used in France before the general establishment of the railways.


lexentry: eng/dilithium__Noun__1
written_rep: dilithium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dilitio
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) The diatomic molecule Li2 found in the gas phase. | (scifi) A fictional crystalline mineral in the Star Trek franchise, described as an essential component of anti-matter energy generation systems.


lexentry: eng/dill__Noun__1
written_rep: dill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aneto
sense_list:
Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.


lexentry: eng/dilophosaur__Noun__1
written_rep: dilophosaur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dilofosauro
sense_list:
(paleontology) Any theropod of the genus Dilophosaurus, which are falsely claimed to spit posion due to the Jurassic Park series.


lexentry: eng/diluent__Noun__1
written_rep: diluent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: solvente
sense_list:
(analytical chemistry) A solvent or other liquid preparation used to dilute a sample prior to testing.


lexentry: eng/dimension__Noun__1
written_rep: dimension
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dimensione
sense_list:
A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth. | (geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates. | (linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.


lexentry: eng/dimensional__Adjective__1
written_rep: dimensional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dimensionale
sense_list:
(mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".


lexentry: eng/dimensional_analysis__Noun__1
written_rep: dimensional analysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: analisi dimensionale
sense_list:
(mathematics, physics) The study of the dimensions of physical quantities; used to obtain information about large complex systems, and as a means of checking mathematical and physics equations.


lexentry: eng/dimensionality__Noun__1
written_rep: dimensionality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dimensionalità
sense_list:
The state or characteristic of possessing dimensions. | (chiefly, _, mathematics, and, computing) The number of dimensions something has.


lexentry: eng/dimer__Noun__1
written_rep: dimer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dimero
sense_list:
(chemistry) A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.


lexentry: eng/diminish__Verb__1
written_rep: diminish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: diminuire | ridurre
sense_list:
(transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).


lexentry: eng/diminutive__Adjective__1
written_rep: diminutive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: diminutivo
sense_list:
(obsolete) Serving to diminish. | (grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.


lexentry: eng/dimorphism__Noun__1
written_rep: dimorphism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dimorfismo
sense_list:
(biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part. | (biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual.


lexentry: eng/dimple__Noun__1
written_rep: dimple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fossetta
sense_list:
Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.


lexentry: eng/dinar__Noun__1
written_rep: dinar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dinaro
sense_list:
The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.


lexentry: eng/diner__Noun__1
written_rep: diner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ristoro | vagone ristorante
sense_list:
(US) A typically small restaurant, usually modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other, and often decorated in 50s and 60s pop culture themes and playing popular music from those decades.


lexentry: eng/ding__Verb__1
written_rep: ding
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: infliggere una multa
sense_list:
(transitive, colloquial) To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.


lexentry: eng/dinghy__Noun__1
written_rep: dinghy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: battello | battello pneumatico | pedalò
sense_list:
(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.


lexentry: eng/dingo__Verb__1
written_rep: dingo
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dingo
sense_list:
(Australia, informal, transitive, intransitive) To renege on an agreement or situation. | (Australia, informal, transitive, intransitive) To let down another individual.


lexentry: eng/dining_room__Noun__1
written_rep: dining room
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sala da pranzo
sense_list:
A room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten. Some restaurants provide private dining rooms for hire, away from the main public eating areas.


lexentry: eng/dinitrogen_tetroxide__Noun__1
written_rep: dinitrogen tetroxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tetrossido di diazoto
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen, N2O4, that exists in equilibrium with nitrogen dioxide NO2; it is a powerful oxidizing agent and is used in rocket propellants.


lexentry: eng/dinitrogen_trioxide__Noun__1
written_rep: dinitrogen trioxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: triossido di diazoto
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen N2O3, a pale blue liquid that reacts with water to form nitrous acid.


lexentry: eng/dinitrophenylhydrazine__Noun__1
written_rep: dinitrophenylhydrazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dinitrofenilidrazina
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of six isomeric aromatic azines, but especially 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine that is used as a reagent in the analysis of aldehydes and ketones


lexentry: eng/dinosaur__Noun__1
written_rep: dinosaur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: dinosauro
sense_list:
(proscribed) Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago. | (figuratively, colloquial) Something or someone that is very old or old-fashioned, or is not willing to change and adapt.


lexentry: eng/diode__Noun__1
written_rep: diode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diodo
sense_list:
(electronics) An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.


lexentry: eng/dioecious__Adjective__1
written_rep: dioecious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dioico
sense_list:
(botany) Having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants (of the same species) rather than different parts of the same plant.


lexentry: eng/diopside__Noun__1
written_rep: diopside
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diopside
sense_list:
(mineral) A monoclinic pyroxene mineral, a magnesium calcium silicate with the chemical formula CaMgSi2O6, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks.


lexentry: eng/diopter__Noun__1
written_rep: diopter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diottria
sense_list:
A unit of measure of the power of a lens or mirror, equal to the reciprocal of its focal length in meters. Myopia is diagnosed and measured in diopters.


lexentry: eng/diorama__Noun__1
written_rep: diorama
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diorama
sense_list:
A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e.g. in a museum where stuffed animals are presented against a painted landscape.


lexentry: eng/diorite__Noun__1
written_rep: diorite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diorite
sense_list:
(rock) A grey intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase feldspar, biotite, hornblende and/or pyroxene.


lexentry: eng/dioxin__Noun__1
written_rep: dioxin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: diossina
sense_list:
(countable, organic compound) Any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides.


lexentry: eng/dip__Verb__1
written_rep: dip
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: intingere | immergere | inzuppare
sense_list:
(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.


lexentry: eng/dipeptide__Noun__1
written_rep: dipeptide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dipeptide
sense_list:
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) An organic compound formed from two amino acids joined by a peptide bond.


lexentry: eng/diphenol__Noun__1
written_rep: diphenol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: difenolo
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any compound that has two phenol groups; especially the isomeric benzenediols (catechol, resorcinol and hydroquinone).


lexentry: eng/diphosphatase__Noun__1
written_rep: diphosphatase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: difosfatasi
sense_list:
(enzyme, especially in combination) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of the diphosphate of a specific nucleotide or other biochemical compound


lexentry: eng/diphtheria__Noun__1
written_rep: diphtheria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: difterite
sense_list:
(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.


lexentry: eng/diphthong__Noun__1
written_rep: diphthong
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dittongo
sense_list:
(phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.


lexentry: eng/diphthongisation__Noun__1
written_rep: diphthongisation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dittongazione
sense_list:
The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong).


lexentry: eng/diplodocus__Noun__1
written_rep: diplodocus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diplodocus
sense_list:
Any of several herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Diplodocus, known as fossils from the late Jurassic in North America.


lexentry: eng/diploid__Adjective__1
written_rep: diploid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diploide
sense_list:
(genetics) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.


lexentry: eng/diploma__Noun__1
written_rep: diploma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diploma
sense_list:
A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.


lexentry: eng/diplomacy__Noun__1
written_rep: diplomacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diplomazia
sense_list:
The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals. | Tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility.


lexentry: eng/diplomat__Noun__1
written_rep: diplomat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diplomatico | diplomatica
sense_list:
A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations


lexentry: eng/diplomatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: diplomatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diplomatico
sense_list:
Concerning the relationships between the governments of countries. | Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments.


lexentry: eng/diplopia__Noun__1
written_rep: diplopia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diplopia
sense_list:
(pathology) An ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images for a single object; double vision.


lexentry: eng/dipole__Noun__1
written_rep: dipole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dipolo
sense_list:
(physics) Any object (such as a magnet, polar molecule or antenna) that is oppositely charged at two points (or poles). | (chemistry) Any molecule or radical that has delocalised positive and negative charges.


lexentry: eng/dipped_headlight__Noun__1
written_rep: dipped headlight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anabbaglianti
sense_list:
The main light on a motor vehicle, with the beam in a lower angle position, to enable oncoming traffic to see.


lexentry: eng/dipper__Noun__1
written_rep: dipper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: merlo acquaiolo
sense_list:
Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.


lexentry: eng/dipstick__Noun__1
written_rep: dipstick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: asta di livello | astina
sense_list:
A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.


lexentry: eng/dire__Adjective__1
written_rep: dire
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: catastrofico | terribile | tragico | tremendo
sense_list:
Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing. | Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.


lexentry: eng/direct_action__Noun__1
written_rep: direct action
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: azione diretta
sense_list:
A form of political activism in which participants act directly, ignoring established political procedures. It may take the form of strikes, workplace occupations, sabotage, sit-ins, squatting, revolutionary/guerrilla warfare, demonstrations, vandalism or graffiti.


lexentry: eng/direct_case__Noun__1
written_rep: direct case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caso retto
sense_list:
(grammar) A noun case which covers the nominative and possibly other cases such as vocative and/or accusative (the precise definition depends on the case system in question; the term is used especially in simple systems with two or three cases)


lexentry: eng/direct_current__Noun__1
written_rep: direct current
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corrente continua
sense_list:
(physics) An electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time.


lexentry: eng/direct_debit__Noun__1
written_rep: direct debit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: addebito
sense_list:
a single order to allow a commercial, or similar entity to charge directly to one's bank for a regular payment.


lexentry: eng/direct_product__Noun__1
written_rep: direct product
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prodotto diretto
sense_list:
(set theory) The set of all possible tuples whose elements are elements of given, separately specified, sets.


lexentry: eng/direct_verb__Noun__1
written_rep: direct verb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verbo finito
sense_list:
(grammar) A verb that agrees in person and number with the subject of a clause, by conjugation. Conjugation is a form of inflection.


lexentry: eng/directed_graph__Noun__1
written_rep: directed graph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: digrafo | grafo diretto | grafo orientato
sense_list:
(graph theory) A graph in which the edges are ordered pairs, so that, if the edge (a, b) is in the graph, the edge (b, a) need not be in the graph and is distinct from (a, b) if it is.


