Lexical databases that are used for interlinearizing texts and for building a dictionary can contain multiple data fields for definitions and glosses. Enter a single gloss field .
Definitions represent a serious attempt to characterize the meaning of the lexeme in a precise way.
Enter a definition field . These can both be included in the definition field or the connotative information can be entered in an encyclopedic information field . For more information, read section 2.3 in Making Dictionaries .