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corn 1
(kôrn)n.
1.
a. Any of numerous cultivated forms of a widely grown, usually tall annual cereal grass (Zea mays) bearing grains or kernels on large ears.
b. The grains or kernels of this plant, used as food for humans and livestock or for the extraction of an edible oil or starch. Also called Indian corn, maize.
2. An ear of this plant.
3. Chiefly British Any of various cereal plants or grains, especially the principal crop cultivated in a particular region, such as wheat in England or oats in Scotland.
4.
a. A single grain of a cereal plant.
b. A seed or fruit of various other plants, such as a peppercorn.
5. Corn snow.
6. Informal Corn whiskey.
7. Slang Something considered trite, dated, melodramatic, or unduly sentimental.
v. corned, corn·ing, corns
v.tr.
1. To cause to form hard particles; granulate.
2.
a. To season and preserve with granulated salt.
b. To preserve (beef, for example) in brine.
3. To feed (animals) with corn or grain.
v.intr.
To form hard particles; become grainy: "After the snow melts all day, it corns up at night for fine conditions" (Hatfield MA Valley Advocate).
[Middle English, grain, from Old English; see gr̥ə-no- in Indo-European roots.]
Word History: Originally, the English word corn meant any rounded grain or seed whatsoever. In particular, it was used to refer to the kind of grain most often grown in a certain region. Thus in England, a cornfield is usually a field of wheat. The pretty blue cornflower is a Eurasian weed that originally plagued fields of wheat, not maize. In Scotland, on the other hand, corn can mean "oats," the grain that thrives best in Scotland's cool and damp climate. To modern North Americans, however, corn means maize—that is, the plant Zea mays and its seeds. When they first encountered Zea mays in the 16th century, the English borrowed the Spanish term for the grain, maíz, which is in turn a borrowing of Arawakan mahiz or mahís. Later, in the 17th century, another term for maize appears, Indian corn—the word Indian here meaning "native to the Americas." The American word corn in the specific meaning "maize" is simply a shortening of Indian corn.
corn 2
(kôrn)n.
A horny thickening of the skin, usually on or near a toe, resulting from pressure or friction. Also called clavus.
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corn
(kɔːn)n
1. (Agriculture)
a. any of various cereal plants, esp the predominant crop of a region, such as wheat in England and oats in Scotland and Ireland
b. the seeds of such plants, esp after harvesting
c. a single seed of such plants; a grain
2. (Plants)
a. a tall annual grass, Zea mays, cultivated for its yellow edible grains, which develop on a spike
3. (Agriculture)
a. the plants producing these kinds of grain considered as a growing crop: spring corn.
b. (in combination): a cornfield.
4. (Brewing) short for corn whisky
5. slang an idea, song, etc, regarded as banal or sentimental
6. archaic or dialect any hard particle or grain
vb (tr)
7. (Agriculture) to feed (animals) with corn, esp oats
8. (Cookery)
a. to preserve in brine
b. to salt
9. (Agriculture) to plant corn on
[Old English corn; related to Old Norse, Old High German corn, Gothic kaúrn, Latin grānum, Sanskrit jīrná fragile]
corn
(kɔːn)n
1. (Pathology) a hardening or thickening of the skin around a central point in the foot, caused by pressure or friction
2. tread on someone's corns informal Brit to offend or hurt someone by touching on a sensitive subject or encroaching on his privileges
[C15: from Old French corne horn, from Latin cornū]
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corn1
(kɔrn)n.
1. Also called Indian corn ;esp. technical and Brit., maize.
a. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the kernels on large ears.
b. the kernels of this plant, used for human food or for fodder.
c. the ears of this plant.
2.
a. the edible seed of certain other cereal plants, esp. wheat in England and oats in Scotland.
b. the plants themselves.
3. sweet corn.
5. Informal. old-fashioned, trite, or mawkishly sentimental material, as a story or music.
v.t. 6. to preserve and season with brine or with salt in grains.
7. to granulate, as gunpowder.
8. to feed with corn.
[before 900; Middle English, Old English, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse korn, Gothic kaurn; akin to Latin grānum grain, Russian zernó]
corn2
(kɔrn)n.
a horny growth of tissue with a tender core, formed over a bone, esp. on the toes, as a result of pressure or friction.
[1375–1425; late Middle English corne < Anglo-French, Middle French < Latin cornū horn, hence a horny hardening of the cuticle]
-corn
a combining form meaning “having a horn,” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: longicorn.
[< Latin -cornis, adj. derivative of cornū horn]
Corn.
Cornwall.
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corn
In American English, corn is a long rounded vegetable covered in small yellow seeds. The seeds themselves are also called corn.
Serve with grilled corn or french fries.
In British English, this vegetable is usually called sweetcorn.
We had fish with peas and sweetcorn.
In British English, corn refers to any type of cereal plant growing in a particular area, for example wheat, barley, or maize.
We drove past fields of corn.
Speakers of American English use grain for this meaning.
Grain harvests were delayed.
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Past participle: corned
Gerund: corning
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Noun | 1. | corn - 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 edible corn, corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food corn stalk, cornstalk - the stalk of a corn plant cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet field corn - corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata - a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating popcorn, Zea mays everta - corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat |
2. | corn - the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal corn oil - oil from the germs of corn grains kernel - a single whole grain of a cereal; "a kernel of corn" | |
3. | corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food green corn, sweet corn - corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft hominy - hulled corn with the bran and germ removed popcorn - small kernels of corn exploded by heat corn, Indian corn, maize, Zea mays - 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 green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata - a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating | |
4. | corn - a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes | |
5. | corn - (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland) cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet | |
6. | corn - whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn | |
7. | corn - something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn" sentimentality, drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness - falsely emotional in a maudlin way | |
Verb | 1. | corn - feed (cattle) with corn |
2. | corn - preserve with salt; "corned beef" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
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Translations
mielies
царевица
blat de morodacsamorescpanís
kukuřiceobilízrníkuří oko
majskornligtorn
maizo
mais
maissivehnäviljaliikavarvas
kukuruzžitarica
kukorica
korn; maíslíkòornmaískorn
トウモロコシ玉蜀黍穀物穀草
옥수수곡식
graudigraudskukurūzalabībavaržacs
kukurydzakukurydza zwyczajna
kurie oko
koruzakoruza na storžužito
kukuruzкукуруз
majs
muhindi
ข้าวโพด
кукурудза
bắpcây ngũ cốcngô
corn
1 [kɔːn]A. N
1. (Brit) (= wheat) → trigo m; (gen term) → cereales mpl (US) (= maize) → maíz m; (= individual grains) → granos mpl
2. (= sentimentality) → sentimentalismo m, sensiblería f
B. CPD corn bread N (US) → pan m de maíz
corn on the cob N → mazorca f de maíz, choclo m (Andes, S. Cone), elote m (Mex)
corn exchange N → bolsa f de granos
corn meal N (US) → harina f de maíz
corn oil N → aceite m de maíz
corn poppy N → amapola f
corn on the cob N → mazorca f de maíz, choclo m (Andes, S. Cone), elote m (Mex)
corn exchange N → bolsa f de granos
corn meal N (US) → harina f de maíz
corn oil N → aceite m de maíz
corn poppy N → amapola f
corn
2 [kɔːn]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
corn
:Corn Belt
n (Geog) → Getreidegürtel m
corn bread
n (US) → Maisbrot nt
corn bunting
n (Orn) → Grauammer f
corn chandler
n → Kornhändler m
corncob
n → Maiskolben m
corn-coloured
adj → strohfarben, strohgelb
corncrake
n (Orn) → Wachtelkönig m
corncrib
n (US) → Maisspeicher m
corn dodger
n (US) → Maisfladen m
corn dog
n (US Cook) mit Maismehl paniertes Bratwürstchen
corn
:corn exchange
n → Getreidebörse f
cornfield
n (Brit) → Korn- or Weizenfeld nt; (US) → Maisfeld nt
cornflakes
pl → Cornflakes pl
cornflour
n (Brit) → Stärkemehl nt
cornflower
n
→ Kornblume f
(= colour) → Kornblumenblau nt
adj (also cornflower blue) → kornblumenblau
corn
:cornmeal
n (US) → Maismehl nt
corn oil
n → (Mais)keimöl nt
corn plaster
n → Hühneraugenpflaster nt
corn pone
n (US) = corn bread
corn poppy
n → Klatschmohn m, → Mohnblume f
corn shock
n → (Getreide)garbe f
cornstarch
n (US) → Stärkemehl nt
corn syrup
n (US) → (Mais)sirup m
corn
1n
(= seed of corn) → Korn nt
corn
2n (on foot) → Hühnerauge nt; corn plaster → Hühneraugenpflaster nt; to tread on somebody’s corns (fig) → jdm auf die Hühneraugen treten
corn
3Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
corn
1 [kɔːn] n (Brit) (wheat) → grano, frumento (Am) (maize) → granturco, mais mcorn
2 [kɔːn] n (on foot) → calloCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
corn1
(koːn) noun1. the seeds of cereal plants, especially (in Britain) wheat, or (in North America) maize.
2. (American grain) the plants themselves. a field of corn.
corn on the cob an ear of corn (maize) that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
corned beef salted beef (usually cooked and canned).
ˈcornflakes noun plural crushed pieces of corn eaten with milk (and sugar), usually for breakfast. a bowl of cornflakes; a box of cornflakes.
ˈcornflour noun finely ground (especially maize) flour.
ˈcornflower noun a blue-flowered plant.
corn2
(koːn) noun a little bump of hard skin found on the foot. I have a corn on my little toe.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
corn
→ ذُرَة, ذَرَّةٌ kukuřice, obilí korn, majs Getreide, Mais καλαμπόκι, σιτηρά grano, maíz maissi, vilja maïs kukuruz, žitarica mais トウモロコシ, 穀草 곡식, 옥수수 koren, maïs korn, mais kukurydza milho зерновые культуры, кукуруза majs ข้าวโพด mısır cây ngũ cốc, ngô 玉米, 谷物Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
corn
n. callo, callosidad; [grain] maíz.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
corn
n maíz m; (foot lesion) callo (del pie)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.