Lithuanian–English dictionary

vamzdis

A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

vamzdynas

A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.

vamzdžiadančiai

The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [from late 18th c.]

vandens kelias

A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.

vandentakis

A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.

vandenynas

(countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.

Vankuveris

A seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada.

vapalioti

(ambitransitive) To speak incessantly and in an inconsequential or childish manner; to babble.

vapsva

Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.

vardãžodis

(grammar) A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives. (Depending on the language, it may comprise nouns, adjectives, possibly numerals, pronouns, and participles.)

vardiklis

(arithmetic) The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (such as 2 in ½).

vargonai

(musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.

variantas

Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

variklis

A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.]

varlė

Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

varmas

A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

varna

Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

varnalėša

Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.

varnėnas

A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.

varpa

(countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.

varputė

(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.]

varškės sūris

A soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow's milk, originating from and eaten throughout central, northern, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries.

Varšuva

The capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.

vartai

A doorlike structure outside a house.

vartininkas

(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.

vartininkė

(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.

vartotas

(of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.

vartoti

(transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.

vartotojas

(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

varveklis

A drooping, tapering shape of ice.

varyti

(transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.

varžas

(electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.

varžovas

A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

varžybos

(countable) A contest for a prize or award.

varžyti

(transitive) To restrict or limit.

vasara

One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.

vasaris

The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.

vąšelis

A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.

Vašingtonas

A placename:

vatas

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

Vatikanas

A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy.

vatnikas

(countable) A timid, shy person who is easily led by others.

vau

An expression of amazement, awe, or admiration.

vaza

An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

vazektomija

(surgery) The surgical incision of all or part of the vas deferens as a means of male sterilization.

važiuõklė

A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.

važiuoti

(ambitransitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger. [from 9th c., transitive usage from 19th c.]

važiuoti vienračiu

To travel or move around by unicycle.

Vė

In Norse mythology, one of two brothers of Odin.

vėdarėlis

Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.

vedęs

In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.

vėdinti

(transitive) To let fresh air into (a room or a building), to ventilate.

vedlys

Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.

vėdrynas

Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.

vėduoklė

A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.

vegetaras

A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products. [from 1839]

vegetarė

A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products. [from 1839]

veidmainys

Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. [from early 13th c.]

veidrodis

A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.

veikėja

(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.

veikėjas

(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.

veiksmažodis

(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.

veiksnys

(grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.

veislė

(type theory) The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.

veja

(uncountable) A lawn.

vejapjovė

A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.

vėjas

(transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.

vėjelis

A light, gentle wind.

vėjuotas

Accompanied by wind.

vektorius

(mathematics, physics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

vėl

Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. [from 16thc.]

vėlai

After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.

vėlavimas

The state of being late.

vėlavimasis

The state of being late.

vėliavos stiebas

A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.

Velingtonas

(card games) In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.

velionis

(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)

velnias

(sometimes, vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.

Velsas

One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.

veltinys

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.

vėlus

Near the end of a period of time.

Velykos

A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8.

vėlyvas

Near the end of a period of time.

vėmalai

The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.

vemti

(colloquial, ambitransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.

vena

(anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.

Venecija

A metropolitan city of Veneto, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Venice.

Venesuela

A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.

vengras

A person from the former Kingdom of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of that person's ethnicity.

vengrė

A person from the former Kingdom of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of that person's ethnicity.

Vengrija

A country in Central Europe. Capital and largest city: Budapest.

vengriškas

Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.

vengrų

Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.

ventiliatorius

An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.

vėplys

A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.

Verakrusas

A city in Veracruz, Mexico.

veranda

(architectural element) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.

verbavimas

The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.

verbuoti

To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.

verdenė

(astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.

verdiktas

(law) A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.

vérgas

A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

Vergilijus

Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.

vėrinys

(jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.

verkimas

A shedding of tears; the act of crying.

verkšlenti

(intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine (compare whinge) or as if with a whine.

verksmas

A shedding of tears; the act of crying.

verksnys

(slang, derogatory) Someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters.

verkti

(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep. Especially in anger or sadness

vermišeliai

Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.

vermutas

A dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks.

Verònika

A en given name.

verpalai

(uncountable) A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.

verpstukas

(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.

Versalis

A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.

veršiena

The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.

versija

A specific form or variation of something.

veršiukas

A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

verslas

(uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.

verslininkas

A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

verslininkė

A woman involved in business.

versmė

(astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.

versti

(transitive) To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.

vertėjas

(music, theater) A performer who presents a piece of art in a distinct style, particularly so as to make older works relevant to their audience.

vertikalė

(chess) One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).

vertikalus

Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.

vertimas

(translation studies) The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).

vertingas

Having a great value.

vertinti

(transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.

veržti

(transitive) To make tighter.

vėsa

(uncountable) A condition of low temperature.

vesternas

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

vesti

To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.

vestuvės

A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.

veterinãras

A medical doctor who treats non-human animals.

veterinãrė

A medical doctor who treats non-human animals.

vėžiagyviai

Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice, traditionally excluding hexapods.

vežimas

A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.

vežimėlis

(US, Canada, Australia) A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children.

vėžlys

Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly, North America) or the order Testudines (chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India) , whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.

Vezuvijus

A volcanic mountain located on the Gulf of Naples in Italy.

Vėžys

(zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.

video kasetė

(dated) VHS.

viduje

Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.

vidunaktis

Twelve o'clock at night exactly.

vidurdienis

(now, rare) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

vidurnaktis

Twelve o'clock at night exactly.

vidurys

(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).

vidža lentelė

(uncountable) The use of such a board to attempt to communicate with spirits.

viela

A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.