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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beaver in CommonParlance
- definition the soft brown fur of the beaver
- definition a full beard
- definition a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
- definition a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
- definition a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
- definition large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
- definition work hard on something
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beaver away in CommonParlance
- definition work hard on something
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beaver board in CommonParlance
- definition a light wallboard made of compressed wood pulp
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beaver fur in CommonParlance
- definition the soft brown fur of the beaver
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beaver rat in CommonParlance
- definition amphibious rat of Australia and New Guinea
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bebop in CommonParlance
- definition an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
- definition dance the bebop
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becalm in CommonParlance
- definition make steady
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becalmed in CommonParlance
- definition rendered motionless for lack of wind
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bechamel in CommonParlance
- definition milk thickened with a butter and flour roux
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bechamel sauce in CommonParlance
- definition milk thickened with a butter and flour roux
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bechance in CommonParlance
- definition become of; happen to
- definition happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
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becharm in CommonParlance
- definition control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft
- definition attract; cause to be enamored
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beck in CommonParlance
- definition a beckoning gesture
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becket in CommonParlance
- definition (nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship
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becket bend in CommonParlance
- definition a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
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beckon in CommonParlance
- definition signal with the hands or nod
- definition appear inviting
- definition summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
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becloud in CommonParlance
- definition make less visible or unclear
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become in CommonParlance
- definition enter or assume a certain state or condition
- definition undergo a change or development
- definition come into existence
- definition enhance the appearance of
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become flat in CommonParlance
- definition lose sparkle or bouquet
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becoming in CommonParlance
- definition according with custom or propriety
- definition displaying or setting off to best advantage
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becomingly in CommonParlance
- definition in a becoming manner
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becomingness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being becoming
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bed in CommonParlance
- definition a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
- definition a plot of ground in which plants are growing
- definition a depression forming the ground under a body of water
- definition (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
- definition a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
- definition single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
- definition the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
- definition a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
- definition furnish with a bed
- definition place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
- definition put to bed
- definition have sexual intercourse with
- definition prepare for sleep
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bed and breakfast in CommonParlance
- definition an overnight boardinghouse with breakfast
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bed bug in CommonParlance
- definition bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood