corn
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old, mature”).
Cognate with Dutch koren, German Low German Koorn, German Korn, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish korn; see also Albanian grurë, Russian зерно́ (zernó), Czech zrno, Latin grānum and Lithuanian žirnis. Doublet of grain, gram, granum, and grao.
The sense maize (Zea mays) is an ellipsis of Indian corn that developed in 18th century North America.
Inflected forms:
form: corns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: corns
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: corning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: corned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: corned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
uncountable
usually
examples: And hee ſaid, Beholde, I haue heard that there is corne in Egypt: get you downe thither and buy for vs from thence, that we may liue, and not die.
Among the divinities that dwelt on Mount Olympus, none was more friendly to the husbandman than Demeter, goddess of corn.
Moreover, however much the individual manufacturer might give the rein to his old lust for gain, the spokesmen and political leaders of the manufacturing class ordered a change of front and of speech towards the workpeople. They had entered upon the contest for the repeal of the Corn Laws, and needed the workers to help them to victory. They promised, therefore, not only a double-sized loaf of bread, but the enactment of the Ten Hours' Bill in the Free Trade millenium.
[T]here exists arguments in favour of regarding one of the eatable varieties of "leaven," Machmetzeth, as the beer of the Hebrews. The mention of beer by the Egyptians is frequent; under the name of Hek, two intoxicating beverages are included. The components of these beers, individually, are not known: one was made from corn, the other was a medicated or sweetened beer, due to the addition of honey, or system of brewing.
I found that we had nearly a hundred bushels of corn, including wheat, maize, and barley, to add to our store.
gloss: Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
Canada
New-Zealand
US
uncountable
usually
examples: The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn, was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it.
Corn was the staff of life for many Indian people before contact, and it became the staff of life for many European colonists. Corn was higher in nutrition than most other grain crops. John Lawson, who travelled in South Carolina and into the interior Indian country in 1701, was one of the many colonists who sang the praises of corn.
gloss: A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.
Verely, verely, I ſay vnto you, Except a corne of wheat fall into the ground, and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
gloss: A small, hard particle.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The least corn of sand is not so small to the whole earth, as man is to the heaven:[…]
corns of powder
gloss: A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Bullets, ammunition, and charge and discharge of firearms.
pos: noun
tags: Jamaica
Multicultural-London-English
slang
uncountable
usually
examples: R.I.P Scumpy ah you did say Popcaan
And if a boy diss we clap corn.
We got spinners and dotties
We got .40s and MACs
We got nuff live corn
[…] See the four-door pausing
Skengs out, everyone runnin
But the corn just slapped and floored em
50 shots in that mop
gloss: Money.
pos: noun
tags: Jamaica
slang
uncountable
usually
examples: You know dem have wedge while we have corn. Say Cockney say be first, my son! We just say Gwan!
gloss: To granulate; to form (a substance) into grains.
pos: verb
tags: Canada
US
transitive
examples: to corn gunpowder
gloss: To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef.
pos: verb
tags: Canada
US
transitive
gloss: To provide (an animal) with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
pos: verb
tags: Canada
US
transitive
examples: Corn the horses.
gloss: To render intoxicated.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: ale strong enough to corn one
gloss: To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn).
pos: verb
tags: Jamaica
Multicultural-London-English
slang
transitive
examples: Anywhere, anytime, I'll get him, if he's in love; I'll corn his wedding
He backed his wetter, I backed my wetter but who really held that wetting?
Related words: barley
cereal
grain
maize
oats
rye
wheat
Derived words: acknowledge the corn
Asian corn borer
baby corn
barleycorn
blue corn
breadcorn
broom corn
broomcorn
calico corn
California corn flakes
candy corn
can of corn
carry corn
cord grass
cornbind
cornbird
corn blotch leafminer
corn borer
corn bunting
corncake
corn cheese
corn chip
corn circle
corncob
corn-cob
corn cockle
corncockle
corn cracker
corn-cracker
corncrake
corn-crake
corn crake
corn crib
corn crusher
corncutter
corn-dodger
corn dog
corn doll
corn dolly
corn earworm
corn exchange
corn-factor
cornfed
corn-fed
cornfest
cornfield
corn-flag
corn flake
cornflake
corn flakes
cornfloor
cornflour
cornflower
corn fly
corn gallon
Corngate
corn-hog ratio
cornhole
corn house
cornhusk
cornhusker
cornhusking
cornify
cornish
corn juice
cornkister
cornlage
cornland
corn law
cornless
cornlike
corn liquor
cornloft
corn marigold
cornmarket
cornmeal
cornmill
corn-miller
corn mint
cornmonger
corn moon
corn moth
corn mother
corn mummy
corn nut
corn oil
corn on the cob
corn oyster
corn parsley
corn-pit
corn planthopper
corn planting moon
corn plaster
cornplate
corn-pone
corn pone
cornpone
corn poppy
corn pudding
corn rice
corn roast
corn roaster
corn rocket
corn rye bread
cornsack
corn salad
cornsheller
cornshuck
cornshucking
corn silk
cornsilk
corn smut
corn snake
corn snow
corn squeezing
cornstalk
corn starch
cornstarch
cornstick
cornstone
corn sugar
corn sweat
corn syrup
corn thistle
corn truffle
corn whiskey
cornworm
cream corn
creamed corn
cute as corn
dent corn
earn one's corn
eat one's seed corn
eat the seed corn
eggcorn
European corn borer
field corn
flint corn
flour corn
frankencorn
grain corn
green corn
grind the corn
Guinea corn
high-fructose corn syrup
high fructose corn syrup
hog-corn ratio
jackass corn
kaffir corn
kafir corn
kernel corn
kettle corn
multicorn
negro corn
off-corn
peppercorn
pib-corn
pod corn
pole corn
popcorn
popped corn
pudding corn
puffcorn
quadricorn
reindeer corn
sandcorn
sea corn
seed corn
seedcorn
shoepeg corn
skillet corn bread
sour corn
squirrel corn
sugar corn
sweet corn
sweetcorn
Turkey corn
turkey corn
wardcorn
waxy corn
what does that have to do with the price of corn
whitecorn
white corn
cornball
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