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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abrachia in CommonParlance
- definition the condition of having no arms
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abradant in CommonParlance
- definition a substance that abrades or wears down
- definition a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing
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abrade in CommonParlance
- definition wear away
- definition rub hard or scrub
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abrader in CommonParlance
- definition a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing
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abrading stone in CommonParlance
- definition a primitive stone artifact (usually made of sandstone) used as an abrader
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abranchial in CommonParlance
- definition having no gills
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abranchiate in CommonParlance
- definition having no gills
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abranchious in CommonParlance
- definition having no gills
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abrase in CommonParlance
- definition wear away
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abrasion in CommonParlance
- definition an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- definition erosion by friction
- definition the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
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abrasive in CommonParlance
- definition causing abrasion
- definition sharply disagreeable; rigorous
- definition a substance that abrades or wears down
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abrasive material in CommonParlance
- definition a substance that abrades or wears down
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abrasiveness in CommonParlance
- definition the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
- definition the quality of being sharply disagreeable
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abreact in CommonParlance
- definition discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization
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abreaction in CommonParlance
- definition (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
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abreast in CommonParlance
- definition being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
- definition alongside each other, facing in the same direction
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abridge in CommonParlance
- definition reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- definition lessen, diminish, or curtail
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abridged in CommonParlance
- definition (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting
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abridgement in CommonParlance
- definition a shortened version of a written work
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abridger in CommonParlance
- definition one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work
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abridgment in CommonParlance
- definition a shortened version of a written work
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abroach in CommonParlance
- definition of a cask or barrel
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abroad in CommonParlance
- definition in a foreign country
- definition to or in a foreign country
- definition far away from home or one's usual surroundings
- definition in a place across an ocean
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abrocome in CommonParlance
- definition ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes
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abrogate in CommonParlance
- definition revoke formally