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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blatantly in CommonParlance
- definition in a blatant manner
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blate in CommonParlance
- definition disposed to avoid notice
- definition cry plaintively
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blather in CommonParlance
- definition foolish gibberish
- definition to talk foolishly
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blatherskite in CommonParlance
- definition foolish gibberish
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blaxploitation in CommonParlance
- definition the exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies)
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blaze in CommonParlance
- definition a strong flame that burns brightly
- definition a cause of difficulty and suffering
- definition noisy and unrestrained mischief
- definition a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
- definition a light-colored marking
- definition shine brightly and intensively
- definition shoot rapidly and repeatedly
- definition burn brightly and intensely
- definition move rapidly and as if blazing
- definition indicate by marking trees with blazes
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blaze away in CommonParlance
- definition perform (an acting passage) brilliantly and rapidly
- definition shoot rapidly and repeatedly
- definition speak with fire and passion
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blaze out in CommonParlance
- definition move rapidly and as if blazing
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blaze up in CommonParlance
- definition burn brightly
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blazer in CommonParlance
- definition lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school
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blazing in CommonParlance
- definition shining intensely
- definition without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
- definition a strong flame that burns brightly
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blazing star in CommonParlance
- definition biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning
- definition any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
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blazon in CommonParlance
- definition the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
- definition decorate with heraldic arms
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blazon out in CommonParlance
- definition proclaim or announce in public
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blazonry in CommonParlance
- definition the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
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bleach in CommonParlance
- definition the whiteness that results from removing the color from something
- definition an agent that makes things white or colorless
- definition the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
- definition cause to become white or lighter in color
- definition make whiter or lighter
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bleach liquor in CommonParlance
- definition a solution containing bleaching agents that is used to bleach textiles or paper pulp
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bleach out in CommonParlance
- definition cause to become white or lighter in color
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bleached in CommonParlance
- definition having lost freshness or brilliance of color
- definition (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
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bleacher in CommonParlance
- definition a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)
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bleachers in CommonParlance
- definition (used in the plural) an outdoor grandstand without a roof; patrons are exposed to the sun as linens are when they are bleached
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bleaching agent in CommonParlance
- definition an agent that makes things white or colorless
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bleaching clay in CommonParlance
- definition an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils
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bleaching earth in CommonParlance
- definition an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils
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bleaching powder in CommonParlance
- definition a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect