CommonParlance
Seed
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.
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browning in CommonParlance
- definition cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill
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brownish in CommonParlance
- definition of a color similar to that of wood or earth
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brownish yellow in CommonParlance
- definition a yellow color of low lightness with a brownish tinge
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brownish-black in CommonParlance
- definition of black tinged with brown
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brownish-gray in CommonParlance
- definition of grey tinged with brown
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brownish-green in CommonParlance
- definition of green tinged with brown
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brownish-grey in CommonParlance
- definition of grey tinged with brown
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brownish-orange in CommonParlance
- definition of a light brownish color
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brownish-purple in CommonParlance
- definition of dark purple tinted with brown
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brownish-red in CommonParlance
- definition of dark brownish to purplish red
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brownish-speckled in CommonParlance
- definition having brown speckles
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brownish-striped in CommonParlance
- definition having brown stripes
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brownish-yellow in CommonParlance
- definition of a medium to dark brownish yellow color
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brownness in CommonParlance
- definition an orange of low brightness and saturation
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brownout in CommonParlance
- definition darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
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brownstone in CommonParlance
- definition a reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings
- definition a row house built of brownstone; reddish brown in color
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browntail in CommonParlance
- definition small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees
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browse in CommonParlance
- definition vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat
- definition reading superficially or at random
- definition the act of feeding by continual nibbling
- definition shop around; not necessarily buying
- definition feed as in a meadow or pasture
- definition look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
- definition eat lightly, try different dishes
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browser in CommonParlance
- definition a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular
- definition a program used to view HTML documents
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browsing in CommonParlance
- definition reading superficially or at random
- definition the act of feeding by continual nibbling
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brucellosis in CommonParlance
- definition infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache
- definition an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
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brucine in CommonParlance
- definition a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica
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bruin in CommonParlance
- definition a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic ‘Reynard the Fox’
- definition large ferocious bear of Eurasia
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bruise in CommonParlance
- definition an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
- definition injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
- definition hurt the feelings of
- definition break up into small pieces for food preparation
- definition damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
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bruiser in CommonParlance
- definition a large and strong and heavyset man