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rye

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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.

[Middle English, from Old English ryge.]

rye 2  (r)
n.
A Gypsy man.

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

rye
Noun
1. a tall grasslike cereal grown for its light brown grain
2. the grain of this plant
3. Also called: (rye whiskey) whisky distilled from rye
4. US short for rye bread [Old English ryge]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ryerye - 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
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.ryerye - whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt
whiskey, whisky - a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
Translations
rye [raɪ] ncenteno

rye [raɪ] nseigle m

rye [raɪ] n (cereal) → Roggen m

rye [raɪ] nsegale f

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 raž råg ธัญพืชคล้ายข้าวสาลี ใช้ทำอาหารและเลี้ยงสัตว์ çavdar 黑麥 жито رءی lúa mạch đen
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 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 黑麵包 житній хліб رءی کے آٹے سے بناءی گءی روٹی bánh mỳ đen


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It was, for nearly two years after this, rye and Indian meal without yeast, potatoes, rice, a very little salt pork, molasses, and salt; and my drink, water.
He ordered the best hay with plenty of oats, crushed beans, and bran, with vetches, or rye grass, as the man might think needful.
Most gipsies are merely tenth-rate provincial companies, travelling with and villainously travestying Borrow's great pieces of "Lavengro" and "Romany Rye.
 
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