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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bloated in CommonParlance
- definition abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
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bloater in CommonParlance
- definition large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked
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blob in CommonParlance
- definition an indistinct shapeless form
- definition make a spot or mark onto
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bloc in CommonParlance
- definition a group of countries in special alliance
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block in CommonParlance
- definition a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- definition a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- definition a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- definition a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- definition housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- definition (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- definition an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
- definition a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- definition a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- definition an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- definition a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- definition the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- definition render unsuitable for passage
- definition hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- definition stop from happening or developing
- definition interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- definition run on a block system
- definition interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- definition shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- definition stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- definition obstruct
- definition block passage through
- definition support, secure, or raise with a block
- definition impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- definition be unable to remember
- definition shape by using a block
- definition shape into a block or blocks
- definition prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
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block anaesthesia in CommonParlance
- definition anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve
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block and tackle in CommonParlance
- definition pulley blocks with associated rope or cable
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block anesthesia in CommonParlance
- definition anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve
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block capital in CommonParlance
- definition a plain hand-drawn letter
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block diagram in CommonParlance
- definition a diagram showing the interconnections between the components of system (especially an electronic system)
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block grant in CommonParlance
- definition a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs
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block heel in CommonParlance
- definition A type of wide heel that is usually square; comes in various heights.
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block letter in CommonParlance
- definition a plain hand-drawn letter
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block off in CommonParlance
- definition obstruct access to
- definition render unsuitable for passage
- definition block off the passage through
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block out in CommonParlance
- definition plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general
- definition prevent from entering
- definition shield from light
- definition indicate roughly
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block plane in CommonParlance
- definition a small plane used on end grains of wood
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block up in CommonParlance
- definition render unsuitable for passage
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block vote in CommonParlance
- definition a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents
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blockade in CommonParlance
- definition a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- definition prevents access or progress
- definition hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- definition render unsuitable for passage
- definition obstruct access to
- definition impose a blockade on
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blockade-runner in CommonParlance
- definition a ship that runs through or around a naval blockade
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blockaded in CommonParlance
- definition preventing entry or exit or a course of action
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blockading in CommonParlance
- definition blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors
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blockage in CommonParlance
- definition the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction
- definition an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- definition the act of blocking
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blockbuster in CommonParlance
- definition a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block)
- definition an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
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blocked in CommonParlance
- definition closed to traffic
- definition completely obstructed or closed off