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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blubber out in CommonParlance
- definition utter while crying
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blubberer in CommonParlance
- definition someone who sniffles and weeps with loud sobs
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blubbery in CommonParlance
- definition swollen with fat
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blucher in CommonParlance
- definition a high shoe with laces over the tongue
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bludgeon in CommonParlance
- definition a club used as a weapon
- definition overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club
- definition strike with a club or a bludgeon
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bludgeoner in CommonParlance
- definition an assailant who uses a bludgeon
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bludger in CommonParlance
- definition a slightly deflated dodge ball that is batted at by beaters
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blue in CommonParlance
- definition of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
- definition used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
- definition filled with melancholy and despondency
- definition characterized by profanity or cursing
- definition suggestive of sexual impropriety
- definition belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- definition morally rigorous and strict
- definition causing dejection
- definition blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
- definition blue clothing
- definition any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
- definition the sky as viewed during daylight
- definition used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- definition the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
- definition any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
- definition turn blue
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blue African lily in CommonParlance
- definition African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
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blue air in CommonParlance
- definition the sky as viewed during daylight
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blue angel in CommonParlance
- definition the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
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blue ash in CommonParlance
- definition ash of central and southern United States with bluish-green foliage and hard brown wood
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blue baby in CommonParlance
- definition an infant born with a bluish color; usually has a defective heart
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blue blood in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the aristocracy
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blue book in CommonParlance
- definition a report published by the British government; bound in blue
- definition a register of persons who are socially prominent
- definition a blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations
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blue bugle in CommonParlance
- definition upright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers; southern Europe
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blue bull in CommonParlance
- definition large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns
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blue cardinal flower in CommonParlance
- definition tall erect and very leafy perennial herb of eastern North America having dense spikes of blue flowers
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blue cat in CommonParlance
- definition a large catfish of the Mississippi valley
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blue catfish in CommonParlance
- definition a large catfish of the Mississippi valley
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blue channel cat in CommonParlance
- definition a large catfish of the Mississippi valley
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blue channel catfish in CommonParlance
- definition a large catfish of the Mississippi valley
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blue cheese in CommonParlance
- definition cheese containing a blue mold
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blue cheese dressing in CommonParlance
- definition vinaigrette containing crumbled Roquefort or blue cheese
- definition creamy dressing containing crumbled blue cheese
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blue chip in CommonParlance
- definition a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield
- definition a blue poker chip with the highest value