corn

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 Valley Advocate).

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[Middle English, grain, from Old English; see g-no- in Indo-European roots.]

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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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[Middle English corne, from Old French, horn, from Latin corn; see ker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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corn¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Brit

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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the usual US, Canadian, Austral., and NZ name for maize See also sweet corn [1] popcorn [1]

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture)

a.  the plants producing these kinds of grain considered as a growing crop spring corn

b.  (in combination) a cornfield

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / 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)

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to feed (animals) with corn, esp oats

2. (Cookery)

a.  to preserve in brine

b.  to salt

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to plant corn on

[Old English corn; related to Old Norse, Old High German corn, Gothic kaúrn, Latin grānum, Sanskrit jīrná fragile]

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corn²

n

1. (Medicine / Pathology) a hardening or thickening of the skin around a central point in the foot, caused by pressure or friction

tread on (someone's) corns Brit informal to offend or hurt (someone) by touching on a sensitive subject or encroaching on his privileges

[from Old French corne horn, from Latin cornū]

Thesaurus

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 Indian corn, maize, Zea mays edible corn, corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food corn cob, corncob - the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn 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 genus Zea, Zea - corn 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 capitulum, spike, ear - fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
	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 edible corn 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 food grain, grain, cereal - foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses 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 clavus callosity, callus - an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
	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 corn whiskey, corn whisky bootleg, corn liquor, moonshine - whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash whiskey, whisky - a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
	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 feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
	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" preserve, keep - prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"

Translations

corn¹ [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

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corn² [kɔːn]

A. N (Med) → callo m
to tread on sb's corns (Brit) → herir las sensibilidades de algn

B. CPD corn plaster N → emplasto m or parche m para callos

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corn [ˈkɔː^rn] n

(British) (= wheat) → blé m

(US) (= maize) → maïs m corn on the cob

(on foot) → cor m
cornbread [ˈkɔː^rnbrɛd] n (US) → pain m de maïs
corn cob corncob [ˈkɔː^rnkɒb] n → épi m de maïs

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corn:

cornball

n (US inf)

n → Gefühlsdusel m (inf)

adj → gefühlsduselig (inf), → kitschig, schmalzig

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

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corn:

corn exchange

n → Getreidebörse f

corn-fed

adj → mit Getreide gefüttert

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

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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

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corn¹

n

no pl (Brit: = cereal) → Getreide nt, → Korn nt

(= seed of corn) → Korn nt

no pl (esp US: = maize) → Mais m ? cob

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corn²

n (on foot) → Hühnerauge nt; corn plaster → Hühneraugenpflaster nt; to tread on somebody’s corns (fig) → jdm auf die Hühneraugen treten

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corn³

n (inf: = sentiment etc) → Kitsch m, → sentimentales Zeug

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corn¹ [kɔːn] n (Brit) (wheat) → grano, frumento (Am) (maize) → granturco, mais m

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corn¹ [kɔːn] n (Brit) (wheat) → grano, frumento (Am) (maize) → granturco, mais m

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corn² [kɔːn] n (on foot) → callo

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corn² [kɔːn] n (on foot) → callo

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corn¹

n corn [koːn]

1 the seeds of cereal plants, especially (in Britain) wheat, or (in North America) maize. mielies حُبوب зрънце zrní korn; majs das Korn δημητριακά cereales (maíz, trigo, avena) viljaterad, nisu, mais دانۀ غلات vilja, vehnä, maissi, jyvät grain תְבוּאָה मकई का दाना pšenica, žito gabonaszem (brit: búza, amerikai: kukorica) jagung korn; maís grano 小麦, とうもろこし 곡물 grūdai, kukurūzai kukurūza bijirin koren, maa as korn; hvete; mais ziarno grão grâu; porumb зерновые pšenica; kukurica zrno kukuruz säd, spannmål, vete, majs เมล็ดข้าวหรือข้าวโพด mısır 穀物的種子，尤指(英)小麥；(北美)玉米 зерно; збіжжя ، مکی، مکئى، اناج کا دان‍ہ، غل‍ہ hạt ngũ cốc ［英］谷物；［北美］玉米

2 (Americangrain) the plants themselves a field of corn. graan ذُرَة صَفراء житно растение obilí korn das Getreide, der Mais σιτηρά cereales teravili ذرت vilja maïs תִירָס अनाज, अनाज की रोटी kukuruz gabona pohon jagung maískorn grano, mais 穀物 곡초 javai, kukurūzai kukurūza ladang gandum koren korn(plante) zboże пшеница pšenica; kukurica koruza žitarice säd ข้าวโพด buğday 玉米株 пшениця; кукурудза مكئى كا پودا ngô 玉米植株

corn on the cob

an ear of corn (maize) that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable. groenmielie عَرانيس الذُّرَة المَشوِيّه царевичен кочан kukuřičný klas majskolbe der Maiskolben κώνος καλαμποκιού mazorca de maíz maisitõlvik خوشۀ ذرت épi de maïs קֶלָח תִירָס मकई के पेड़ का ऊपरी हिस्सा klip kukuruza csöves kukorica jagung sayur pannocchia di granturco 調理した軸つきとうもろこし 옥수수 kukurūzų burbuolė vārīta kukurūzas vālīte jagung sayur suikermaïs maiskolbe gotowana kolba kukurydzy cocean (de porumb) початок кукурузы kukuričný šúlok kuhan koruzni storž klip kukuruza kokta majskolvar ซังข้าวโพดที่นำมาประกอบอาหาร (koçan) mısır 玉米穗 варений качан кукурудзи مكى lõi ngô （煮食的）玉米，玉米棒子

corned beef

salted beef (usually cooked and canned). soutbeesvleis لَحْـم بَقَـر مُعَلَّب осолено месо hovězí v konzervě sprængt oksekød; saltet oksekød das Büchsenfleisch κορνμπίφ cezina konservitud veiseliha گوشت گاو نمک زده suolaliha corned-beef בָּשַר כָּבוּש नमक लगाकर रखा हुआ गोश्त konzervirana govedina besózott marhahús(konzerv) daging kornet léttsaltað nautakjöt carne di manzo conservata コンビーフ 소고기 소금절이 sūdyta jautiena sālīta liellopu gaļa daging kornet corned beef sprengt oksekjøtt wołowina peklowana carne enlatada carne sărată de vită солонина hovädzie v konzerve konzervirana govedina usoljena govedina konserv-erat salt nötkött เนื้อหมัก konserve sığır eti 鹹牛肉(通常已煮熟並裝罐) консервована солонина گوشت كا اچار thịt bò muối 咸牛肉

n pl cornflakes

crushed pieces of corn eaten with milk (and sugar), usually for breakfast a bowl of cornflakes; a box of cornflakes. graanvlokkies رقائِق الذُّره корнфлейкс kukuřičné lupínky cornflakes die Cornflakes νιφάδες καλαμποκιού, κορν φλέικς copos de maíz maisihelbed کورن فلکس؛ برشتوک corn flakes קוֹרנפלֵקס कॉन फ्लेक pahuljice od kukuruza kukoricapehely roti jagung cornflakes, fiocchi di granturco コーンフレーク（主に朝食用 콘플레이크 kukurūzų dribsniai kukurūzas pārslas emping jagung cornflakes cornflakes płatki kukurydziane корнфлекс, кукурузные хлопья kukuričné lupienky koruzni kosmiči kukuruzne pahuljice cornflakes อาหารเช้าที่ทำจากข้าวโพดอบแห้งมักเสิร์ฟกับน mısır gevreği （早餐）玉米片 кукурудзяні пластівці مكى ك‍ے ٹ‍ک‍ڑے bánh bột ngô （早餐）玉米片

n cornflour

finely ground (especially maize) flour. mielieblom دَقيق الذُّرة النَّشَوي царевично брашно kukuřičná moučka/škrob majsstivelse; maizena das (Mais-)Mehl αλεύρι από άνθος αραβοσίτου, κορνφλάουρ harina de maíz, maicena maisijahu آرد ذرت maissijauho farine de maïs קוֹרנפלוֹר मकई का आटा škrobno brašno kukoricaliszt tepung jagung maíshveiti farina di granturco とうもろこしの粉 옥수수 가루 kukurūzų miltai kukurūzas milti tepung jagung maa azena maismel mąka kukurydziana farinha de milho făină de porumb кукурузная мука (kukuričná) múka koruzna moka kukuruzno brašno majsmjöl, majsena แป้งข้าวโพด mısır unu 玉米粉 кукурудзяне борошно ميده، چاول یا مکی كا آٹ‍ا bột ngô 玉米粉

n cornflower

a blue-flowered plant. koringblom نَبات القَنطَريون العَنْبَري метличина chrpa kornblomst die Kornblume φυτό με μπλε άνθη aciano rukkilill گل گندم ruiskaunokki bleuet חֲמָנִיָה नीलकुपी različak búzavirág kembang jagung garðakornblóm fiordaliso やぐるまぎく 수레국화 rugiagėlė rudzupuķe kembang jagung korenbloem kornblomst chaber centáurea albă­strea василёк nevädza plavica različak blåklint ดอกไม้ชนิดหนึ่งมีสีฟ้า peygamber çiçeği 矢車菊 волошка نيل‍ے پ‍ھ‍ولوں والا ایک پودا cây xạ cúc lam 矢车菊

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corn²

n corn [koːn]

a little bump of hard skin found on the foot I have a corn on my little toe. liddoring مِسْمار القَدَم، ثُؤْلول мазол kuří oko ligtorn das Hühnerauge κάλος callo konnasilm میخچه känsä cor יַבֶּלֶת ठेक rožnata koža, kurje oko tyúkszem kapalan, ketimumul líkþorn callo うおのめ 티눈 nuospauda varžacs belulang likdoorn liktorn odcisk calo bătătură мозоль kurie oko kurje oko žulj liktorn ตาปลา nasır 雞眼 мозоля گ‍ٹ‍ا، گوک‍ھ‍رو cục chai ở chân 鸡眼

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corn → ذُرَة kukuřice, obilí korn, majs Getreide, Mais καλαμπόκι, σιτηρά maíz maissi, vilja maïs kukuruz mais トウモロコシ, 穀草 곡식, 옥수수 koren, maïs korn, mais kukurydza milho зерно, кукуруза majs ข้าวโพด mısır cây ngũ cốc, ngô 玉米, 谷物