corn

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

2. 2noun

   A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.

3. 3noun

   The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.

4. 4noun

   The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing.

5. 5noun

   A small, hard particle; a grain.

6. 6transitive verb

   To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.

7. 7transitive verb

   To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.

8. 8transitive verb

   To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.

9. 9transitive verb

   To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.

10. 10noun

    something sentimental or trite

    "that movie was pure corn"

11. 11noun

    ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food

12. 12noun

    whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn

13. 13noun

    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

    Synonyms

    maize
14. 14noun

    (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)

15. 15noun

    the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal

16. 16noun

    a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

    Synonyms

    clavus
17. 17verb

    preserve with salt

    "corned beef"

18. 18verb

    feed (cattle) with corn