drapir-ar:(tr.) to drape: to cover
with drapery, hang in folds. — DEFIR
drash-ar:(tr.) to thresh, thrash
(grain); -ilo, -mashino: flail; thresher.
— De
drastik-a:(med. and fig.) drastic.
— DEFIRS
dren-ar:(tr.) to drain (a field, a
wound, etc.); -tubo: drainage pipe. —
DEFIRS
dres-ar:(tr.) to train, break in
(animals). V. exp.: On dresas l'animali por igar
li exekutar ula determinita (ofte ne naturala) movi, sive por
servar la homo (ex. kavalkado), sive por facar irga prodaji. Omna
domestika animalo esas edukata da sua mastro; ma
ne omni esas dresita. Me povas edukar chasokundo
(t.e. hundo de chasala raso) sen ule dresar lu (por la chaso o
por irga altra agado); VI—383. — DFR
driad-o:(myth.) dryad, wood-nymph.
— DEFIS
drift-ar:(intr., nav.) to drift. Def.:
Esar pulsata da vento o mar-fluo exter sua voyo; II—75.
— DE
dril-o:(tech.) drill-handle, holder;
(cf. borilo, trepano). Def.: La instrumento qua
portas e movas la borilo (en metalo). — DER
drink-ar:(tr.) to drink; -eyo, -erio: bar,
public house; -o-pekunio: drink-money, tip; -kansono:
drinking song; -o-fum-eyo: tap-room (lit. drink and smoke
place); ne- -ebla: undrinkable. — DE
drog-o: drug; -erio: druggist's establ.; -izar:
to physic, give a d. to (ulu, su). — DEFIS
drol-a: droll, funny, humorous. — DEF
dromedar-o:(zool.) dromedary. — DEFIRS
dron-ar:(tr.) to drown; (of ships) to
founder, go to the bottom; -ito: a d.ed person. Def.:
Mortigar ulu, su per asfixio en liquido. V. exp.: La navisti ne dronesis,
nam la navo ne dronesis, ma nur sinkis til la bordo; (cf.
II—16). — E
dront-o:(orni.) dodo, dronte (Didus ineptus).
— DFS
druget-o:(fabric) drugget. — DEF
druid-o: druid. — DEFIRS
drup-o:(bot.) drupe. — EFIS
druz-o:(min.) druse. — DEFS
du: two; -o: a couple, pair, dyad; -ima, -imo:
half (N.B. but «half» in composition is translated by mi-
as, mi-horo, mi-cirklo); -im-igar: to divide in
half; -opla, -oplo: double; -opl-igar: to double,
to duplicate; -foye: two times, twice; -ala: dual; -alo:
dual; number in gram.; -al-ismo: dualism; dek-e-du:
twelve; duadek e tri: twenty-three; dekeduo: a
dozen; duadeko: a score; duacent-e-un: two hundred
and one; duacent-e-okadek-e-sis: 286; dek-e-duamil:
12,000; du-ople kin esas dek: twice five is ten; du-ima
litro: half a liter; du-ime aquo, du-ime vino: half
water, half wine; du-ime fola: half foolish; ye duima
voyo: (at) half way, midway; dividar du-ime (kun ulu)
to go halves; la soldati marchis duope: the soldiers
marched by twos; omna duesma dio: every second day, every
other day; la du: both (adjectively); due: both
(adverbially); li du iris a la staciono: they both went to
the station; ni du konkordis: we were both agreed; omna
du esis ebria: both men were drunk; du-masta navo:
two-masted ship; plu kam du-ime: more than half; il
arivis ye du kloki: he arrived at two o'clock; dumanua:
two-handed; du-part-igo: bipartition; du-partis-ana,
-ala: bipartisan; du-senc-a: double meaning;
equivocal; -ajo: equivocation; du-yar-ala: biennial
(cf. mi-yarala). DEFIRS
dub-ar:(intr.) to doubt; waver in opinion,
hesitate to believe; -ala, -anta: dubative; -ema,
-inda, -ebla: doubtful, dubious, ambiguous, questionable; -anto,
-emo: doubter; -em-eso: distrustfulness; sen- -e:
without doubt, undoubtedly. Ex.: Me ne dubas, ke il venos. Dubar
pri ulo. Solvar dubo. — EFIS
duel-ar:(intr.) to fight a duel (kun, kontre
ulu). — DEFIRS
duen-o: duenna, chaperon. — DEFS
duet-o:(mus.) duet, duo. — DEFIRS
duk-(ul)o: duke (de); -ino: duchess; -ala:
ducal; -eso: (rank, dignity) dukedom; -io: duchy.
— EFIS
dukat-o:(coin) ducat. — DEFIRS
dukt-ar:(tr.) to lead, conduct, bring along (ulu,
ulo). V. exp.: vid. guidar. — eFIS
duktil-a: ductile. — DEFIS
dulkamar-o:(bot.) woody night-shade, bitter-sweet
(Solanum dulcamara). — DEFIS