1. A method for mapping word senses across lexical resources, comprising method operations of: selecting a target term from a first lexical resource; identifying a restricted range of possible matches to the target term from a second lexical resource; calculating a semantic distance between one of the possible matches to the target term; ranking the possible matches to the target term according to relevance; and associating the target term from the first lexical resource with one of the possible matches having a lowest semantic distance from the target term, wherein at least one method operation is executed through a processor.