CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
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covert in CommonParlance
- definition secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
- definition (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
- definition a flock of coots
- definition a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
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covert operation in CommonParlance
- definition an intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsor
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covertly in CommonParlance
- definition in a covert manner
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covertness in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being covert and hidden
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covet in CommonParlance
- definition wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)
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coveted in CommonParlance
- definition much wanted
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covetous in CommonParlance
- definition showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
- definition immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
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covetously in CommonParlance
- definition with jealousy; in an envious manner
- definition in a greedy manner
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covetousness in CommonParlance
- definition an envious eagerness to possess something
- definition extreme greed for material wealth
- definition reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
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covey in CommonParlance
- definition a small collection of people
- definition a small flock of grouse or partridge
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coville in CommonParlance
- definition desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers
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cow in CommonParlance
- definition female of domestic cattle:
- definition mature female of mammals of which the male is called ‘bull’
- definition a large unpleasant woman
- definition subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
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cow barn in CommonParlance
- definition a barn for cows
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cow brush in CommonParlance
- definition a stationary or rotating brush usually consisting of one horizontal and one vertical brush that cows use for scratching and grooming.
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cow chip in CommonParlance
- definition a piece of dried bovine dung
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cow cockle in CommonParlance
- definition European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort
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cow dung in CommonParlance
- definition a piece of dried bovine dung
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cow lily in CommonParlance
- definition common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water
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cow man in CommonParlance
- definition a man who raises (or tends) cattle
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cow manure in CommonParlance
- definition cow excreta used as fertilizer
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cow oak in CommonParlance
- definition medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats
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cow parsley in CommonParlance
- definition coarse erect biennial Old World herb introduced as a weed in eastern North America
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cow parsnip in CommonParlance
- definition tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers
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cow pasture in CommonParlance
- definition a pasture for cows
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cow pen in CommonParlance
- definition a pen for cattle