corn

corn¹ (kôrn)

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.

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.

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.

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

corn ¹

Noun

1. a cereal plant such as wheat, oats, or barley

2. the grain of such plants

3. US, Canad, Austral & NZ maize

4. Slang something unoriginal or oversentimental [Old English]

corn ²

Noun

a painful hardening of the skin around a central point in the foot, caused by pressure [Latin cornu horn]

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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 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"