corn - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'corn' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Corn

[ n.]

- A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.
- A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.
- The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
- 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.
- A small, hard particle; a grain.

2 . Corn

[ v. t.]

- 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.
- To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.
- To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.
- To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.

Meaning of 'corn' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . corn

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- something sentimental or trite

Example in sentence:

that movie was pure corn

2 . corn

[ v]

Meaning (2):
- preserve with salt

Example in sentence:

corned beef;
people used to salt meats on ships

Nearby Words:

cor cor- cor/niculate cora coracle coracoid corage coral coral fish coral-rag

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