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
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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crossbred in CommonParlance
- definition bred from parents of different varieties or species
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crossbreed in CommonParlance
- definition (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
- definition breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
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crossbreeding in CommonParlance
- definition (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- definition reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
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crosscheck in CommonParlance
- definition an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources
- definition an illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick)
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crosscurrent in CommonParlance
- definition a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
- definition actions counter to the main group activity
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crosscut in CommonParlance
- definition a diagonal path
- definition a route shorter than the usual one
- definition cut using a diagonal line
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crosscut handsaw in CommonParlance
- definition handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis)
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crosscut saw in CommonParlance
- definition handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis)
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crosse in CommonParlance
- definition a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse
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crossed in CommonParlance
- definition placed crosswise
- definition (of a check) marked for deposit only as indicated by having two lines drawn across it
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crossed eye in CommonParlance
- definition strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose
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crossfire in CommonParlance
- definition a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions
- definition fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross
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crosshairs in CommonParlance
- definition a center of interest
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crosshatch in CommonParlance
- definition shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
- definition shade with multiple crossing lines
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crosshatched in CommonParlance
- definition shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines
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crosshead in CommonParlance
- definition a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
- definition metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth
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crossheading in CommonParlance
- definition a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
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crossing in CommonParlance
- definition traveling across
- definition a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
- definition a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- definition a junction where one street or road crosses another
- definition a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- definition (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- definition a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
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crossing guard in CommonParlance
- definition someone who helps people (especially children) at a traffic crossing
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crossing over in CommonParlance
- definition the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
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crossjack in CommonParlance
- definition the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast
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crossly in CommonParlance
- definition in an ill-natured manner
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crossness in CommonParlance
- definition an irritable petulant feeling
- definition a disposition to be ill-tempered
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crossopterygian in CommonParlance
- definition any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form
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crossover in CommonParlance
- definition the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
- definition a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
- definition the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience
- definition a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other