| Meaning | Explication | As a source | As a target | Taxon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <berry> | 1 | 2 | Plants | Show all shifts | |
| <beverage, drink> | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| <bird> | 10 | 3 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| <blood-sucking insect> | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| <body part> | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| <building> | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| babble-tube | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| baby | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| baby chicken | young rooster or hen | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| back (body part) | 16 | 7 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| back of the axe head | 1 | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| back of the head | 2 | 2 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| back vowels (linguistics) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| backdrop (visual) | 1 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| backside | back side of anything, the part opposite its front | 1 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| backwards | 2 | Space | Show all shifts | ||
| bad | 11 | 23 | Evaluation | Show all shifts | |
| bad (ethically) | 3 | 10 | Evaluation | Show all shifts | |
| bad luck | 1 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | ||
| bad person | Human being | Show all shifts | |||
| bad weather | 2 | 2 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | |
| bad-smelling, stinking | Taste | Show all shifts | |||
| badger (Meles) | 6 | 4 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| bagpipes | musical wind instrument, possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| balance weight on scale | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bald | 6 | 3 | Other physical | Show all shifts | |
| bald spot | 1 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | ||
| bald-coot (Fulica atra) | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| bamboo | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bamboo sprout | None | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| banana flower | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bank, shore | 1 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| barbel | 4 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| barberry | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bare (feet) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bareback | without a saddle | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| bark (of a tree) | 3 | 1 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | |
| barley | 3 | Plants | Show all shifts | ||
| barrel | round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads | 4 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| barrel (of a gun) | metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged | 4 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| barren (of animals) | 1 | Other physical | Show all shifts | ||
| barrier | structure that bars passage | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| base (geometry) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| base for beheading | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | ||
| basin (vessel) | Body parts | Show all shifts | |||
| basis | 5 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | ||
| basket | 4 | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| bass, low-pitched voice | 5 | Sound | Show all shifts | ||
| bast shoe | traditional footwear of forest areas of Northern Europe, formerly worn by poorer members of the Finnic peoples, Balts, and East Slavs | 1 | Plants | Show all shifts | |
| bast, the layer under the bark | (botany) phloem, a vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot; fibre made from the phloem of certain plants and used for matting and cord | 1 | 1 | Natural objects | Show all shifts |
| bastard | 2 | 8 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| bat | any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous | 1 | 8 | Animals | Show all shifts |
| bath | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bathroom | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| battering-ram | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | ||
| battery | device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| battle | 1 | 3 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | |
| bead | 4 | 2 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| beak | 9 | 6 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| beam | 1 | 2 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| bean | 1 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| bear (Ursus) | 20 | 25 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| bear garlic | Allium ursinum | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| beard | 12 | 1 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| bearded man | 2 | Human being | Show all shifts | ||
| bearded vulture | bird Gypaetus barbatus | 1 | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| bearing (mechanical device) | mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction | 4 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| beautiful | 12 | 18 | Evaluation | Show all shifts | |
| beautiful girl | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| beaver (Castor fiber) | 1 | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| because of | 4 | Grammatical markers | Show all shifts | ||
| bed | 5 | 3 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| bed canopy | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bed-clothes | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bedbug (Cimex lectularius) | 3 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| bedding (padding) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bedpan | a shallow vessel used by a bedridden person for urination or defecation | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| bedsheet | 1 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| bee | 6 | 2 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| bee swarm | 2 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| beech | 3 | 3 | Plants | Show all shifts | |
| beehive | 2 | 4 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| beer | alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| beet (Beta vulgaris) | 1 | 1 | Plants | Show all shifts | |
| beetle | 5 | 2 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| before | 1 | 3 | Time | Show all shifts | |
| beggartick | plant Bidens sp. | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| beginning | 2 | 6 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | |
| behaviour | 1 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | ||
| behind | 3 | 6 | Space | Show all shifts | |
| belemnite | 19 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| believer | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bell | 7 | 2 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| belladonna | Atropa belladonna, a toxic perennial herbaceous plant | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| bellflower (Campanula) | 2 | Plants | Show all shifts | ||
| bellows | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| belly | 13 | 5 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| beloribitsa | Stenodus leucichthys, a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. In the strict sense its natural distribution is restricted to the Caspian Sea basin | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| beloved | 2 | 5 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| below, down, bottom part | None | 2 | Space | Show all shifts | |
| belt | 2 | 2 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| beluga sturgeon | Huso huso, a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| bench | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bend (of a river) | 1 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | ||
| benediction | short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| benefit | 4 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | ||
| berry | 6 | 2 | Plants | Show all shifts | |
| best | 6 | Non-physical | Show all shifts | ||
| best part of something | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| betel | an evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| betrothal, engagement | 1 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | ||
| better | N/a | Show all shifts | |||
| bewitched | (of a person) subject to an act of witchcraft | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| big | 24 | 11 | Size | Show all shifts | |
| Big Dipper (Ursa Major) | bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the seven stars Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid | 13 | Plants | Show all shifts | |
| bile, gall | 3 | 4 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| billion | a thousand million: 1 000 000 000 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| biotite | dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of potassium, magnesium and iron | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| birch | 9 | 2 | Plants | Show all shifts | |
| birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) | 11 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bird | 15 | 6 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| bird cherry tree | 3 | 1 | Plants | Show all shifts | |
| bird Nectarinia gutturalis | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| bird's foot | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| birthmark | 1 | 2 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | |
| biscuit, cookie | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bishop | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bishop (chess) | 10 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bison | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bit (part of horse harness) | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | ||
| bitch | female of a canine animal | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| Bitis arietans | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bitter | 17 | 6 | Taste | Show all shifts | |
| bitterling | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| bittern (Botaurus) | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| bivalve mollusk | None | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| black | 31 | 7 | Light and Colour | Show all shifts | |
| black cloud | 5 | 1 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | |
| black grouse | bird Lyrurus tetrix (syn. Tetrao tetrix) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| black grouse (Lyrurus) | 1 | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| black poplar | Populus nigra, a species of cottonwood poplar, native to Europe, southwest and central Asia, and northwest Africa | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| black radish | None | 1 | 3 | Plants | Show all shifts |
| blackberry | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| blackcurrant | Ribes nigrum, a deciduous shrub in the family Grossulariaceae grown for its edible berries | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| blacksmith | 1 | 1 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| blackthorn | 1 | Plants | Show all shifts | ||
| blade | 2 | 7 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| blank | free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| blanket | heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| blind | 10 | 1 | Other physical | Show all shifts | |
| blind alley | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| blister | small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease or infection | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| blizzard | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| blond person | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| blonde | having a light colour of hair | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| blood | vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the hear | 15 | 2 | Natural objects | Show all shifts |
| blood vessel | component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood | 7 | 2 | Body parts | Show all shifts |
| bloodletting | archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| blue | 13 | 3 | Light and Colour | Show all shifts | |
| blueberry | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| blueflag (Iris) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| blunt | 4 | 3 | Tactile quality | Show all shifts | |
| board, plank | 8 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | ||
| boat | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| body | 10 | 5 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| body of water | significant accumulation of water, covering the Earth, such as a river, lake or a bay | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| body part | any part of an animal organism, such as an organ, limb or extremity | 3 | 3 | Body parts | Show all shifts |
| bog-rosemary | Andromeda, plant | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| Boletus edulis | edible mushroom Boletus edulis | 35 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| Boletus luteus | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bone | 15 | 4 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| bone marrow | None | 4 | 2 | Body parts | Show all shifts |
| bonefire | N/a | Show all shifts | |||
| book (n.) | 2 | 2 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| book spine | narrow, bound edge of a book that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's and publisher's name | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| boredom | 1 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | ||
| boring | 1 | 5 | Non-physical | Show all shifts | |
| boss | 4 | 18 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| bothering | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bottle | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | ||
| bottom | 5 | 3 | Space | Show all shifts | |
| bottom of a dress | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| boundary (of land plots) | dividing line between two ploughed fields | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| bouquet | bunch of cut flowers | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| bourrache (Borago) | 1 | Plants | Show all shifts | ||
| bow (weapon) | 11 | 2 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| bow, fiddlestick | rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments. | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| bow-legged | having a bowlegs | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| bow-string | 5 | 2 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| bowel | 1 | Body parts | Show all shifts | ||
| bowels, intestine | 9 | 2 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| box, container | 6 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | ||
| boy | 7 | 2 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| bracelet | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| braggart, boaster | someone who constantly brags or boasts | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| braid (of hair) | weave of three or more strands of hair | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| brain (cerebrum) | 8 | 1 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| bran | 2 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | ||
| branch (of a river) | 10 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | ||
| branch, twig | 12 | 6 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | |
| brand, stamp | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | ||
| brass | metallic alloy of copper and zinc | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| brave | 14 | 14 | Non-physical | Show all shifts | |
| brave person | 1 | 5 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| bread | 4 | 4 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| bread roll | miniature round loaf of bread | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| breakfast | 1 | 4 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | |
| bream (Abramis) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| breast | A woman's breast. | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| breaststroke | swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's | 1 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | |
| breathing | 13 | 1 | Physiology | Show all shifts | |
| breed | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bribe | 4 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | ||
| brick (n.) | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | ||
| bride | 8 | 6 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| bridegroom | 2 | 5 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| bridge | 6 | 2 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| bridge (of musical imstrument) | device that supports the strings on a stringed musical instrument | 11 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| brief | 1 | Time | Show all shifts | ||
| brilliant, glaring | 7 | Light and Colour | Show all shifts | ||
| broken | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bronze | naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper in combination with tin | 4 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| brood, hatch | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| broom | 3 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | ||
| broth | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| brothel | 1 | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| brother | 7 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| brother-in-law | 1 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| brown | 2 | 5 | Light and Colour | Show all shifts | |
| brown meagre | fish Sciaena umbra | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| bruise | 2 | Physiology | Show all shifts | ||
| brush | implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair | 1 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| brushwood | 1 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | ||
| bucket | Typically a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone or square, with an open top and a flat bottom, attached to a semicircular carrying handle called the bail (Wikipedia) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| buckthorn (Frangula) | 3 | Plants | Show all shifts | ||
| buckwheat | 4 | Plants | Show all shifts | ||
| bud (of a flower) | 2 | 3 | Plants | Show all shifts | |
| bud (on a twig) | 3 | 4 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | |
| Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bug (Heteroptera) | 3 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| buka | test | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bulb (of plant) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bull | 21 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| bullet | 1 | 6 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| bullhead | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| bully | 1 | 6 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| bumblebee | 3 | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| burbot | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| burdock | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| burial | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| burn (physical injury) | physical injury caused by heat or caustic chemicals | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| burner | element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking | 2 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| burrow (of animal) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| burstwort (herniaria) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| bush, shrub | 2 | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| busy | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| but, however | 2 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | ||
| butcher | person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| butt of a log | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| butt of the rifle | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| butter | 2 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| butterfly | 8 | 4 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| butterfly fish | fish of the family Chaetodontidae | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| butterfly stroke | swimming stroke in which the body is prone, the arms are moved in simultaneous circles, and the feet are kicked up and down | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| buttock | 10 | 11 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| button (on a dress) | 4 | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| buttonquail | bird Turnix sp. | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| by heart | 5 | Abstract relations | Show all shifts | ||
| byte | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts |