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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brainless in CommonParlance
- definition not using intelligence
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brainpan in CommonParlance
- definition the part of the skull that encloses the brain
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brainpower in CommonParlance
- definition mental ability
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brainsick in CommonParlance
- definition affected with madness or insanity
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brainstem in CommonParlance
- definition the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus
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brainstorm in CommonParlance
- definition the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
- definition try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it
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brainstorming in CommonParlance
- definition a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions
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brainwash in CommonParlance
- definition persuade completely, often through coercion
- definition submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly
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brainwashed in CommonParlance
- definition subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones
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brainwashing in CommonParlance
- definition forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs
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brainwave in CommonParlance
- definition (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
- definition the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
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brainworker in CommonParlance
- definition someone whose profession involves using their head to solve problems
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brainy in CommonParlance
- definition having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
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braise in CommonParlance
- definition cook in liquid
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braised in CommonParlance
- definition cooked by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container
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braising in CommonParlance
- definition cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture
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brake in CommonParlance
- definition a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
- definition any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
- definition large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
- definition an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
- definition anything that slows or hinders a process
- definition stop travelling by applying a brake
- definition cause to stop by applying the brakes
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brake band in CommonParlance
- definition a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation
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brake cylinder in CommonParlance
- definition a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston
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brake disk in CommonParlance
- definition a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads
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brake drum in CommonParlance
- definition a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
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brake failure in CommonParlance
- definition brakes fail to stop a vehicle
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brake light in CommonParlance
- definition a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop
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brake lining in CommonParlance
- definition the lining on the brake shoes that comes in contact with the brake drum
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brake pad in CommonParlance
- definition one of the pads that apply friction to both sides of the brake disk