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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bolshevize in CommonParlance
- definition make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles
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bolshie in CommonParlance
- definition emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
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bolshy in CommonParlance
- definition obstreperous
- definition emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
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bolster in CommonParlance
- definition a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
- definition support and strengthen
- definition prop up with a pillow or bolster
- definition add padding to
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bolster up in CommonParlance
- definition support and strengthen
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bolt in CommonParlance
- definition a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- definition a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- definition the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- definition the act of moving with great haste
- definition a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- definition a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- definition a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- definition in a rigid manner
- definition directly
- definition move or jump suddenly
- definition secure or lock with a bolt
- definition swallow hastily
- definition run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- definition leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- definition eat hastily without proper chewing
- definition make or roll into bolts
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bolt cutter in CommonParlance
- definition an implement for cutting bolts
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bolt down in CommonParlance
- definition drink down entirely
- definition eat a large amount of food quickly
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bolt of lightning in CommonParlance
- definition a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
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bolt out in CommonParlance
- definition leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
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bolt thrower in CommonParlance
- definition ancient missile weapon that throws bolts or stones
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bolt-hole in CommonParlance
- definition a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den
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bolti in CommonParlance
- definition important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor
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bolus in CommonParlance
- definition a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
- definition a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
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bolus hook in CommonParlance
- definition an instrument in a Jacquard loom that raises or lowers the harness, which carries and guides the warp thread so that the weft will either lie above or below it, which in turn creates the pattern.
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bomb in CommonParlance
- definition an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- definition strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
- definition an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- definition throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- definition fail to get a passing grade
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bomb blast in CommonParlance
- definition the explosion of a bomb
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bomb calorimeter in CommonParlance
- definition strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
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bomb out in CommonParlance
- definition make somebody homeless by destroying their houses with bombs
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bomb rack in CommonParlance
- definition a device on an aircraft for carrying bombs
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bomb shelter in CommonParlance
- definition a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids
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bomb site in CommonParlance
- definition an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs
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bomb up in CommonParlance
- definition load an aircraft with bombs
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bombard in CommonParlance
- definition a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
- definition cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
- definition throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- definition address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
- definition direct high energy particles or radiation against
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bombardier in CommonParlance
- definition a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
- definition the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target