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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blind trust in CommonParlance
- definition a trust that enables a person to avoid possible conflict of interest by transferring assets to a fiduciary; the person establishing the trust gives up the right to information about the assets
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blinded in CommonParlance
- definition deprived of sight
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blinder in CommonParlance
- definition blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
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blindfold in CommonParlance
- definition wearing a blindfold
- definition a cloth used to cover the eyes
- definition cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent them from seeing
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blindfolded in CommonParlance
- definition wearing a blindfold
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blinding in CommonParlance
- definition shining intensely
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blindly in CommonParlance
- definition without seeing or looking
- definition without preparation or reflection; without a rational basis
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blindman's bluff in CommonParlance
- definition a children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other players
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blindman's buff in CommonParlance
- definition a children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other players
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blindness in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being blind or lacking sight
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blindside in CommonParlance
- definition catch unawares, especially with harmful consequences
- definition attack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed
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blindstitch machine in CommonParlance
- definition a sewing machine for joining two pieces of fabric so that the stitch thread is invisible, or nearly invisible.
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blindstitch sewing machine in CommonParlance
- definition a sewing machine for joining two pieces of fabric so that the stitch thread is invisible, or nearly invisible.
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blindworm in CommonParlance
- definition small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
- definition any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions
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bling in CommonParlance
- definition flashy, ostentatious jewelry
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bling bling in CommonParlance
- definition flashy, ostentatious jewelry
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blini in CommonParlance
- definition Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream
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blink in CommonParlance
- definition a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
- definition briefly shut the eyes
- definition keep back by blinking
- definition gleam or glow intermittently
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blink away in CommonParlance
- definition keep back by blinking
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blink of an eye in CommonParlance
- definition a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
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blinker in CommonParlance
- definition a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages
- definition a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn
- definition blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
- definition put blinders on (a horse)
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blinking in CommonParlance
- definition closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly
- definition informal intensifiers
- definition a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
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blinking chickweed in CommonParlance
- definition small Indian lettuce of northern regions
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blinks in CommonParlance
- definition small Indian lettuce of northern regions
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blintz in CommonParlance
- definition (Judaism) thin pancake folded around a filling and fried or baked