CommonParlance
Seed
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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crash helmet in CommonParlance
- definition a padded helmet worn by people riding bicycles or motorcycles; protects the head in case of accidents
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crash land in CommonParlance
- definition make an emergency landing
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crash landing in CommonParlance
- definition an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft)
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crash program in CommonParlance
- definition a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency)
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crash programme in CommonParlance
- definition a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency)
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crash-dive in CommonParlance
- definition descend steeply and rapidly
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crasher in CommonParlance
- definition someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying
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crashing in CommonParlance
- definition informal intensifiers
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crass in CommonParlance
- definition (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
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crassitude in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being crass — devoid of refinement
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crassness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being crass — devoid of refinement
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crate in CommonParlance
- definition a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- definition the quantity contained in a crate
- definition put into a crate; as for protection
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crateful in CommonParlance
- definition the quantity contained in a crate
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crater in CommonParlance
- definition a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
- definition a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
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craton in CommonParlance
- definition the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian
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craunch in CommonParlance
- definition press or grind with a crushing noise
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cravat in CommonParlance
- definition neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front
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crave in CommonParlance
- definition have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- definition plead or ask for earnestly
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craved in CommonParlance
- definition wanted intensely
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craven in CommonParlance
- definition lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
- definition an abject coward
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cravenness in CommonParlance
- definition meanspirited cowardice
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craving in CommonParlance
- definition an intense desire for some particular thing
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craw in CommonParlance
- definition a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
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crawdad in CommonParlance
- definition tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
- definition small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
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crawdaddy in CommonParlance
- definition small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster