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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bog rosemary in CommonParlance
- definition wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States
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bog soil in CommonParlance
- definition poorly drained soils on top of peat and under marsh or swamp vegetation
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bog spavin in CommonParlance
- definition spavin caused by collection of fluids
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bog star in CommonParlance
- definition plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green
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bog whortleberry in CommonParlance
- definition an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves
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bogbean in CommonParlance
- definition perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface
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bogey in CommonParlance
- definition a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil
- definition (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole
- definition an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
- definition to shoot in one stroke over par
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bogeyman in CommonParlance
- definition an imaginary monster used to frighten children
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bogginess in CommonParlance
- definition The state or quality of being too wet and muddy to be easily walked on.
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boggle in CommonParlance
- definition startle with amazement or fear
- definition hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear
- definition overcome with amazement
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boggy in CommonParlance
- definition (of soil) soft and watery
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bogie in CommonParlance
- definition a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil
- definition an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
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bogmat in CommonParlance
- definition having narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds; North America
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bogus in CommonParlance
- definition fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
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bogy in CommonParlance
- definition an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
- definition a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil
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bohemia in CommonParlance
- definition a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style
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bohemian in CommonParlance
- definition unconventional in especially appearance and behavior
- definition a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life
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bohemianism in CommonParlance
- definition conduct characteristic of a bohemian
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bohrium in CommonParlance
- definition a transuranic element with atomic number 107
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boil in CommonParlance
- definition a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
- definition the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
- definition come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
- definition immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
- definition bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
- definition be agitated
- definition be in an agitated emotional state
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boil down in CommonParlance
- definition be the essential element
- definition be cooked until very little liquid is left
- definition cook until very little liquid is left
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boil over in CommonParlance
- definition overflow or cause to overflow while boiling
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boil smut in CommonParlance
- definition a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass
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boiled in CommonParlance
- definition cooked in hot water
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boiled dinner in CommonParlance
- definition corned beef simmered with onions and cabbage and usually other vegetables