Corn

[kɔːn] or [kɔrn]

Definition

(noun.) something sentimental or trite; 'that movie was pure corn'.

(noun.) ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food.

(noun.) tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times.

(noun.) (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland).

(noun.) the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal.

(noun.) a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes.

(verb.) preserve with salt; 'corned beef'.

(verb.) feed (cattle) with corn.

Editor: Paula--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

(n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.

(n.) The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.

(n.) The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing.

(n.) A small, hard particle; a grain.

(v. t.) To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.

(v. t.) To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.

(v. t.) To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.

(v. t.) To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.

Editor: Noreen

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Cereal grain.[2]. Maize, Indian corn.[3]. Horny excrescence.

v. a. [1]. Salt moderately, sprinkle with salt.[2]. Intoxicate, fuddle, muddle, inebriate, make drunk, make tipsy.

Typed by Carlyle

Definition

n. a grain or kernel: seeds that grow in ears as wheat rye &c.: grain of all kinds.—v.t. to form into grains; to sprinkle with salt in grains: to salt.—ns. Corn′-ball (U.S.) a ball of popped corn sweetened with white of egg; Corn′-brand′y spirits made from grain; Corn′-bee′tle a small beetle the larva of which is very destructive to grain; Corn′brash a member of the Lower Oolites (see Oolite); Corn′-cake (U.S.) a cake made of Indian-corn meal; Corn′-chand′ler a dealer in corn; Corn′-cob the elongated woody receptacle constituting the ear of maize; Corn′-cock′le a tall beautiful weed with large purple flowers common in corn-fields; Corn′-crake one of the true rails with characteristic cry frequenting corn-fields.—adj. Corned granulated; salted.—ns. Corn′-exchange′ a mart where grain is sampled and sold; Corn′-fac′tor a wholesale dealer in corn; Corn′-field a field in which corn is growing; Corn′-flag the popular name of plants of genus Gladiolus; Corn′-flour the name applied to the finely-ground flour of maize or Indian corn; Corn′-flow′er a well-known composite weed of corn-fields having a beautiful deep azure flower; Corn′-fly Corn′-moth insects very destructive to corn; Corn′ing-house a place where corn is granulated; Corn′-land ground suitable for growing corn; Corn′-law a law made for the restriction and regulation of the trade in corn: esp. in pl. (in England) laws that restricted the importation of corn by imposing a duty repealed in 1846; Corn′-loft a granary; Corn′-mar′igold a chrysanthemum common in corn-fields; Corn′-mē′ter an official measurer of corn; Corn′-mill a mill for grinding corn; Corn′-pars′ley a European grain-field flower (Petroselinum segetum); Corn′-pipe a pipe made by slitting the joint of a green stalk of corn; Corn′-popp′y the common red poppy a troublesome weed growing in corn-fields; Corn′-rent a fluctuating rent paid in corn not money; Corn′-rig (Scot.) a ridge in a corn-field; Corn′-sal′ad a genus of humble annual weeds found in corn-fields of which some are used as spring salads; Corn′stone a kind of mottled limestone often concretionary usually occurring in those systems which are largely composed of reddish sandstones; Corn′-van a machine for winnowing corn; Corn′-weev′il a small insect very destructive to stored grain.—adj. Corn′y like corn produced from corn: (slang) tipsy.—Corn-cob pipe a tobacco-pipe with the bowl made of the cob of Indian corn.—Corn in Egypt an expression signifying abundance in reference to Gen. xlii. 2.

n. a small hard growth chiefly on the toe or foot resulting from an increase of thickness of the cuticle caused by excessive pressure or friction on the part.—adj. Cor′neous horny.—n. Corn′-plas′ter a remedial plaster applied to a corn.—adj. Corn′y of or pertaining to corns: horny.—Tread on one's corns to injure one's feelings.

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