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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cured in CommonParlance
- definition freed from illness or injury
- definition (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
- definition (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
- definition (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
- definition (used especially of meat) cured in brine
- definition (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process
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curet in CommonParlance
- definition a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
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curettage in CommonParlance
- definition surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
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curette in CommonParlance
- definition a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
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curettement in CommonParlance
- definition surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
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curfew in CommonParlance
- definition the time that the curfew signal is sounded
- definition a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions
- definition an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited
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curie in CommonParlance
- definition a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
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curing in CommonParlance
- definition the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
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curio in CommonParlance
- definition something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting
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curiosa in CommonParlance
- definition books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica)
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curiosity in CommonParlance
- definition a state in which you want to learn more about something
- definition something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting
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curious in CommonParlance
- definition beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- definition eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
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curiously in CommonParlance
- definition in a manner differing from the usual or expected
- definition with curiosity
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curiousness in CommonParlance
- definition a state of active curiosity
- definition the quality of being alien or not native
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curium in CommonParlance
- definition a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei
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curl in CommonParlance
- definition a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- definition lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl
- definition form a curl, curve, or kink
- definition shape one's body into a curl
- definition wind around something in coils or loops
- definition twist or roll into coils or ringlets
- definition play the Scottish game of curling
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curl paper in CommonParlance
- definition a piece of soft paper on which a lock of hair is rolled up for curling.
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curl up in CommonParlance
- definition shape one's body into a curl
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curled in CommonParlance
- definition (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl
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curled leaf pondweed in CommonParlance
- definition European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California
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curler in CommonParlance
- definition a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
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curlew in CommonParlance
- definition large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
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curlew sandpiper in CommonParlance
- definition Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew
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curlicue in CommonParlance
- definition a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- definition a short twisting line
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curliness in CommonParlance
- definition (of hair) a tendency to curl