rye

rye ¹  (r)

n.

1. A cereal grass (Secale cereale) widely cultivated for its grain.

2. The grain of this plant, used in making flour and whiskey and for livestock feed.

3. Whiskey made from the grains of this plant.

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[Middle English, from Old English ryge.]

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rye ²  (r)

n.

A Gypsy man.

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[Romany rai, from Sanskrit rj, king; see rajah.]

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Rye [raɪ]

n

(Placename) a resort in SE England, in East Sussex: one of the Cinque Ports. Pop.: 3708 (1991)

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rye¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tall hardy widely cultivated annual grass, Secale cereale, having soft bluish-green leaves, bristly flower spikes, and light brown grain See also wild rye

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the grain of this grass, used in making flour and whiskey, and as a livestock food

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Also called rye whiskey whiskey distilled from rye. US whiskey must by law contain not less than 51 per cent rye

4. (Cookery) US short for rye bread

[Old English ryge; related to Old Norse rugr, Old French rogga, Old Saxon roggo]

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rye²

n

Gypsy dialect a gentleman

[from Romany rai, from Sanskrit rājan king; see rajah]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rye - the seed of the cereal grass         Secale cereale, rye - hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement caryopsis, grain - dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
	2.	rye - hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement Secale cereale genus Secale, Secale - cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet rye - the seed of the cereal grass
	3.	rye - whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt rye whiskey, rye whisky whiskey, whisky - a liquor made from fermented mash of grain

Translations

rye [raɪ]

A. N (= grain, grass) → centeno m

B. CPD rye bread N → pan m de centeno
rye (whisky) N → whisky m de centeno

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rye

n (= grain) → Roggen m; (US inf) → Roggenwhisky m, → Rye(whisky) m; (= bread) → Roggenbrot nt

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rye:

rye bread

n → Roggenbrot nt

rye whisk(e)y

n → Roggen- or Ryewhisky m

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rye [raɪ] n → segale f (Am) (whisky) → whisky m inv di segale

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rye [raɪ] n → segale f (Am) (whisky) → whisky m inv di segale

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rye

n rye [rai]

a kind of cereal. rog جاوْدار ръж žito rug der Roggen σίκαλη centeno rukis گنم ساه ruis seigle שִׁיפוֹן राई, घास, धान्य, मदिरा raž rozs gandum hitam rúgur segale ライ麦 호밀 rugys rudzi rai rogge rug żyto centeio secară рожь žito; raž rž raž råg ธัญพืชคล้ายข้าวสาลี ใช้ทำอาหารและเลี้ยงสัตว์ çavdar 黑麥 жито رءی lúa mạch đen 黑麦

rye bread

a kind of bread made with flour made from rye. rogbrood خُبْز الجاوْدار ръжен хляб žitný chléb rugbrød das Roggenbrot ψωμί σίκαλης pan de centeno rukkileib نان چاودار ruisleipä pain de seigle לֶחֶם שִׁיפוֹן राई की रोटी raženi kruh rozskenyér roti gandum hitam rúgbrauð pane di segale ライ麦パン 흑빵 ruginė duona rudzu maize roti rai roggebrood rugbrød chleb żytni pão de centeio pâine de secară ржаной хлеб ražný chlieb ržen kruh ražani hleb rågbröd ขนมปังข้าวไรย์ çavdar ekmeği 黑麥麵包 житній хліб رءی کے آٹے سے بناءی گءی روٹی bánh mỳ đen 黑面包

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rye → نبات الجاودار žito rug Roggen σίκαλη centeno ruis seigle raž segale ライ麦 호밀 rogge rug żyto centeio рожь råg ธัญพืชคล้ายข้าวสาลี çavdar lúa mạch đen 裸麦