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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dead-men's-fingers in CommonParlance
- definition the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria
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dead-on in CommonParlance
- definition accurate and to the point
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deadbeat in CommonParlance
- definition someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
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deadbeat dad in CommonParlance
- definition a father who willfully defaults on his obligation to provide financial support for his offspring
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deadbolt in CommonParlance
- definition the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
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deadburned lime in CommonParlance
- definition An over-burned lime (also called overburned lime, or sometimes dead-burned lime and deadburned lime) is a lime that has been fired above 1,100° C, thus loosing its reactivity, which leads to poor or no bond strength.
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deaden in CommonParlance
- definition make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- definition cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
- definition make vapid or deprive of spirit
- definition lessen the momentum or velocity of
- definition become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- definition make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
- definition convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
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deadened in CommonParlance
- definition devoid of physical sensation; numb
- definition made or become less intense
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deadening in CommonParlance
- definition so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- definition the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
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deadeye in CommonParlance
- definition a dead shot
- definition (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud
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deadhead in CommonParlance
- definition a nonenterprising person who is not paying their way
- definition a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
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deadlift in CommonParlance
- definition a weight training exercise in which a loaded barbell is lifted off the ground to the hips, then lowered back to the ground
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deadlight in CommonParlance
- definition a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather
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deadline in CommonParlance
- definition the point in time at which something must be completed
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deadliness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being deadly
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deadlock in CommonParlance
- definition a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
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deadlocked in CommonParlance
- definition at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions
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deadly in CommonParlance
- definition causing or capable of causing death
- definition of an instrument of certain death
- definition extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
- definition involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
- definition exceedingly harmful
- definition (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
- definition as if dead
- definition (used as intensives) excessively
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deadly nightshade in CommonParlance
- definition perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine
- definition poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
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deadly sin in CommonParlance
- definition an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace
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deadness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
- definition the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity
- definition the inanimate property of something that has died
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deadpan in CommonParlance
- definition deliberately impassive in manner
- definition without betraying any feeling
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deadwood in CommonParlance
- definition a branch or a part of a tree that is dead
- definition someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded
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deaerate in CommonParlance
- definition remove air or gas from
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deaf in CommonParlance
- definition lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
- definition (usually followed by ‘to’) unwilling or refusing to pay heed
- definition people who have severe hearing impairments
- definition make or render deaf