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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bearded wheatgrass in CommonParlance
- definition a wheatgrass with straight terminal awns on the flowering glumes
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beardedness in CommonParlance
- definition The quality of having a beard.
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beardless in CommonParlance
- definition having no beard
- definition lacking hair on the face
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beardless iris in CommonParlance
- definition any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls)
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beardown in CommonParlance
- definition with full strength
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bearer in CommonParlance
- definition someone whose employment involves carrying something
- definition a messenger who bears or presents
- definition one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
- definition the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to them or to whoever holds it
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bearer bond in CommonParlance
- definition a bond issued with detachable coupons that must be presented to the issuer for interest payments
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bearer share in CommonParlance
- definition a stock that contains no ownership information and whose physical bearer is presumed to be the owner.
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bearer stock in CommonParlance
- definition a stock that contains no ownership information and whose physical bearer is presumed to be the owner.
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bearing in CommonParlance
- definition (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain
- definition relevant relation or interconnection
- definition the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
- definition dignified manner or conduct
- definition characteristic way of bearing one's body
- definition heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- definition a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily
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bearing brass in CommonParlance
- definition a brass bushing or a lining for a bearing
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bearing false witness in CommonParlance
- definition criminal offense of making false statements under oath
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bearing metal in CommonParlance
- definition an alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings
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bearing rein in CommonParlance
- definition a rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position
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bearing wall in CommonParlance
- definition any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building
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bearish in CommonParlance
- definition expecting prices to fall
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bearnaise in CommonParlance
- definition a sauce like hollandaise but made with white wine and tarragon and shallots instead of lemon juice
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bearskin in CommonParlance
- definition the pelt of a bear
- definition tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions
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bearwood in CommonParlance
- definition shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
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beast in CommonParlance
- definition a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- definition a cruelly rapacious person
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beast of burden in CommonParlance
- definition an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work
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beastliness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being deliberately mean
- definition unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather
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beastly in CommonParlance
- definition (informal) very unpleasant
- definition resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
- definition in a beastly manner
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beat in CommonParlance
- definition very tired
- definition a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- definition the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- definition the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- definition a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- definition a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- definition the sound of stroke or blow
- definition (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- definition a regular rate of repetition
- definition a stroke or blow
- definition the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- definition come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- definition give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- definition hit repeatedly
- definition move rhythmically
- definition shape by beating
- definition make a rhythmic sound
- definition glare or strike with great intensity
- definition move with a thrashing motion
- definition sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- definition stir vigorously
- definition strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- definition be superior
- definition avoid paying
- definition make a sound like a clock or a timer
- definition move with a flapping motion
- definition indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- definition move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- definition make by pounding or trampling
- definition produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- definition strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- definition beat through cleverness and wit
- definition be a mystery or bewildering to
- definition wear out completely
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beat a retreat in CommonParlance
- definition depart hastily