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.
Child contexts
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Terms in this context
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crony in CommonParlance
- definition a close friend who accompanies their buddies in their activities
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cronyism in CommonParlance
- definition favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)
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croo monkey in CommonParlance
- definition monkey of southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines
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crook in CommonParlance
- definition someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- definition a circular segment of a curve
- definition a long staff with one end being hook shaped
- definition bend or cause to bend
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crookback in CommonParlance
- definition characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
- definition a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
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crookbacked in CommonParlance
- definition characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
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crooked in CommonParlance
- definition having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
- definition not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
- definition irregular in shape or outline
- definition having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
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crooked-stemmed aster in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of aster (Symphyotrichum prenanthoides)
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crookedly in CommonParlance
- definition in a crooked lopsided manner
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crookedness in CommonParlance
- definition a tortuous and twisted shape or position
- definition having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
- definition the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
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crookneck in CommonParlance
- definition yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin
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crookneck squash in CommonParlance
- definition yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin
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croon in CommonParlance
- definition sing softly
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crooner in CommonParlance
- definition a singer of popular ballads
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crooning in CommonParlance
- definition singing in a soft low tone
- definition the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner
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crop in CommonParlance
- definition the yield from plants in a single growing season
- definition a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
- definition a collection of people or things appearing together
- definition the output of something in a season
- definition the stock or handle of a whip
- definition a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
- definition cut short
- definition prepare for crops
- definition yield crops
- definition let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
- definition feed as in a meadow or pasture
- definition cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
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crop failure in CommonParlance
- definition the failure of crops to produce a marketable surplus
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crop out in CommonParlance
- definition appear at the surface
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crop up in CommonParlance
- definition appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly
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crop-dusting in CommonParlance
- definition the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)
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cropped in CommonParlance
- definition (of land or soil) used for growing crops
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cropper in CommonParlance
- definition small farmers and tenants
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croquet in CommonParlance
- definition a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg
- definition drive away by hitting with one's ball
- definition play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops
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croquet ball in CommonParlance
- definition a wooden ball used in playing croquet
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croquet equipment in CommonParlance
- definition sports equipment used in playing croquet