Dictionary Entry
kern
kern is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 13 senses
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- 1noun
A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt.
- 2noun
Any kind of boor or low-lived person.
- 3noun
An idler; a vagabond.
- 4noun
A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.
- 5transitive verb
To form with a kern. See 2d Kern.
- 6noun
A churn.
- 7noun
A hand mill. See Quern.
- 8intransitive verb
To harden, as corn in ripening.
- 9intransitive verb
To take the form of kernels; to granulate.
- 10noun
the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body
- 11noun
United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)
- 12verb
remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters)
- 13verb
furnish with a kern
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