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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clodhopper in CommonParlance
- definition a thick and heavy shoe
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clofibrate in CommonParlance
- definition a drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum; used to treat some cardiovascular diseases
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clog in CommonParlance
- definition footwear usually with wooden soles
- definition any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
- definition a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
- definition become or cause to become obstructed
- definition dance a clog dance
- definition impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
- definition impede with a clog or as if with a clog
- definition coalesce or unite in a mass
- definition fill to excess so that function is impaired
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clog dance in CommonParlance
- definition a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
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clog dancer in CommonParlance
- definition someone who does clog dancing
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clog dancing in CommonParlance
- definition a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
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clog up in CommonParlance
- definition become or cause to become obstructed
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clogged in CommonParlance
- definition thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots)
- definition stopped up; clogged up
- definition loaded with something that hinders motion
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clogging in CommonParlance
- definition preventing movement
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cloggy in CommonParlance
- definition (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
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cloisonne in CommonParlance
- definition (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired
- definition enamelware in which colored areas are separated by thin metal strips
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cloister in CommonParlance
- definition residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- definition a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
- definition surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- definition surround with a cloister
- definition seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
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cloistered in CommonParlance
- definition of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
- definition providing privacy or seclusion
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cloistral in CommonParlance
- definition of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
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clomiphene in CommonParlance
- definition a fertility drug (trade name Clomid) that is used to stimulate ovulation and that has been associated with multiple births
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clomiphene citrate in CommonParlance
- definition a fertility drug (trade name Clomid) that is used to stimulate ovulation and that has been associated with multiple births
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clomipramine in CommonParlance
- definition a tricyclic antidepressant drug
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clomp in CommonParlance
- definition walk clumsily
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clon in CommonParlance
- definition a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction
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clonal in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to a clone
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clone in CommonParlance
- definition a person who is almost identical to another
- definition a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction
- definition an unauthorized copy or imitation
- definition make multiple identical copies of
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clonic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation
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clonidine in CommonParlance
- definition an antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches
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cloning in CommonParlance
- definition a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell)
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clonus in CommonParlance
- definition convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations