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.
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brush-tailed phalanger in CommonParlance
- definition bushy-tailed phalanger
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brush-tailed porcupine in CommonParlance
- definition porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail
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brushed in CommonParlance
- definition touched lightly in passing; grazed against
- definition (of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush
- definition (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing
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brushing in CommonParlance
- definition the act of brushing your teeth
- definition the act of brushing your hair
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brushing machine in CommonParlance
- definition a textile machine that is used in the finishing process to improve the appearance of fabric.
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brushlike in CommonParlance
- definition resembling a brush
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brushup in CommonParlance
- definition practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
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brushwood in CommonParlance
- definition the wood from bushes or small branches
- definition a dense growth of bushes
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brushwork in CommonParlance
- definition an artist's distinctive technique of applying paint with a brush
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brushy in CommonParlance
- definition covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets
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brusk in CommonParlance
- definition marked by rude or peremptory shortness
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brusque in CommonParlance
- definition marked by rude or peremptory shortness
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brusquely in CommonParlance
- definition in a blunt direct manner
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brusqueness in CommonParlance
- definition an abrupt discourteous manner
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brussels sprout in CommonParlance
- definition plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages
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brussels sprouts in CommonParlance
- definition the small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant
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brut in CommonParlance
- definition (of champagne) extremely dry
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brutal in CommonParlance
- definition (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- definition punishingly harsh
- definition resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
- definition disagreeably direct and precise
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brutalisation in CommonParlance
- definition the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner
- definition the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously
- definition an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
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brutalise in CommonParlance
- definition treat brutally
- definition make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
- definition become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
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brutality in CommonParlance
- definition the trait of extreme cruelty
- definition a brutal barbarous savage act
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brutalization in CommonParlance
- definition the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner
- definition the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously
- definition an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
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brutalize in CommonParlance
- definition treat brutally
- definition make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
- definition become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
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brutally in CommonParlance
- definition in a vicious manner
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brute in CommonParlance
- definition resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
- definition a cruelly rapacious person
- definition a living organism characterized by voluntary movement