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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breaking away in CommonParlance
- definition the act of breaking away or withdrawing from
- definition departing hastily
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breaking ball in CommonParlance
- definition a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
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breaking off in CommonParlance
- definition an instance of sudden interruption
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breaking point in CommonParlance
- definition (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial
- definition the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks
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breaking wind in CommonParlance
- definition a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
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breakneck in CommonParlance
- definition moving at very high speed
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breakout in CommonParlance
- definition an escape from jail
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breakstone in CommonParlance
- definition any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga
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breakthrough in CommonParlance
- definition a productive insight
- definition making an important discovery
- definition a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense
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breakup in CommonParlance
- definition the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)
- definition coming apart
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breakwater in CommonParlance
- definition a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
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bream in CommonParlance
- definition flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
- definition flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
- definition any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
- definition any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis
- definition clean (a ship's bottom) with heat
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breast in CommonParlance
- definition the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
- definition either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- definition meat carved from the breast of a fowl
- definition the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest
- definition meet at breast level
- definition reach the summit (of a mountain)
- definition confront bodily
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breast cancer in CommonParlance
- definition cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US
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breast drill in CommonParlance
- definition a portable drill with a plate that is pressed against the chest to force the drill point into the work
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breast feeding in CommonParlance
- definition nourishing at the breast
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breast implant in CommonParlance
- definition an implant for cosmetic purposes to replace a breast that has been surgically removed
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breast of lamb in CommonParlance
- definition a cut of lamb including the breastbone and attached muscles dressed as meat
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breast of veal in CommonParlance
- definition usually stuffed and roasted
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breast pocket in CommonParlance
- definition a pocket inside of a man's coat
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breast-deep in CommonParlance
- definition up to the breast
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breast-fed in CommonParlance
- definition (of an infant) fed milk from the mother's breast
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breast-high in CommonParlance
- definition up to the breast
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breastbone in CommonParlance
- definition the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
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breasted in CommonParlance
- definition having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds