Meaning of corn | Babel Free

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1. Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
   Commonwealth, uncountable, usually
2. A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
   transitive
3. Something (e.g., acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
   Canada, US, transitive, uncountable
4. A surname.
5. pornography; porn
   Internet, euphemistic, transitive, uncountable
6. Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
   Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, uncountable, usually
7. To form hard particles; become grainy: "After the snow melts all day, it corns up at night for fine conditions" (Hatfield MA Valley Advocate).
8. An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.
   transitive
9. A town in Oklahoma.
10. A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
    uncountable, usually
11. A horny thickening of the skin, usually on or near a toe, resulting from pressure or friction. Also called clavus.
    clavus
12. Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.
    transitive
13. A small, hard particle.
    uncountable, usually
14. a horny growth of tissue with a tender core, formed over a bone, esp. on the toes, as a result of pressure or friction.
15. A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
    uncountable, usually
16. a combining form meaning “having a horn,” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: longicorn.
17. Bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms.
    Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English, slang, uncountable, usually
18. Cornwall.
19. Money.
    Jamaica, slang, uncountable, usually
20. an ear of corn (maize) that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable. groenmielie عَرانيس الذُّرَة المَشوِيّه царевичен кочан espiga de milho kukuřičný klas der Maiskolben majskolbe κώνος καλαμποκιού mazorca de maíz maisitõlvik خوشۀ ذرت maissintähkä épi de maïs קֶלָח תִירָס मकई के पेड़ का ऊपरी हिस्सा klip kukuruza csöves kukorica jagung sayur pannocchia di granturco 調理した軸つきとうもろこし 옥수수 kukurūzų burbuolė vārīta kukurūzas vālīte jagung sayur suikermaïs maiskolbe gotowana kolba kukurydzy د میخک خوشه coc...
21. salted beef (usually cooked and canned). soutbeesvleis لَحْـم بَقَـر مُعَلَّب осолено месо carne enlatada hovězí v konzervě das Büchsenfleisch sprængt oksekød; saltet oksekød κορνμπίφ cezina konservitud veiseliha گوشت گاو نمک زده suolaliha corned-beef בָּשַר כָּבוּש नमक लगाकर रखा हुआ गोश्त konzervirana govedina besózott marhahús(konzerv) daging kornet léttsaltað nautakjöt carne di manzo conservata コンビーフ 소고기 소금절이 sūdyta jautiena sālīta liellopu gaļa daging kornet corned beef sprengt oksekjøtt ...
    usually
22. crushed pieces of corn eaten with milk (and sugar), usually for breakfast. a bowl of cornflakes; a box of cornflakes. graanvlokkies رقائِق الذُّره корнфлейкс flocos de milho kukuřičné lupínky die Cornflakes cornflakes νιφάδες καλαμποκιού, κορν φλέικς copos de maíz maisihelbed کورن فلکس؛ برشتوک maissihiutaleet corn flakes קוֹרנפלֵקס कॉन फ्लेक pahuljice od kukuruza kukoricapehely roti jagung cornflakes, fiocchi di granturco コーンフレーク（主に朝食用 콘플레이크 kukurūzų dribsniai kukurūzas pārslas emping jagung ...
    usually
23. finely ground (especially maize) flour. mielieblom دَقيق الذُّرة النَّشَوي царевично брашно farinha de milho kukuřičná moučka/škrob das (Mais-)Mehl majsstivelse; maizena αλεύρι από άνθος αραβοσίτου, κορνφλάουρ harina de maíz, maicena maisijahu آرد ذرت maissitärkkelys farine de maïs קוֹרנפלוֹר मकई का आटा škrobno brašno kukoricaliszt tepung jagung maíshveiti farina di granturco とうもろこしの粉 옥수수 가루 kukurūzų miltai kukurūzas milti tepung jagung maïzenamaismelmąka kukurydziana دجوارو اووړه يا جوارى fa...
    especially
24. a blue-flowered plant. koringblom نَبات القَنطَريون العَنْبَري метличина centáurea chrpa die Kornblume kornblomst φυτό με μπλε άνθη aciano rukkilill گل گندم ruiskukka bleuet חֲמָנִיָה नीलकुपी različak búzavirág kembang jagung garðakornblóm fiordaliso やぐるまぎく 수레국화 rugiagėlė rudzupuķe kembang jagung korenbloemkornblomstchaber دغنمو ګل centáurea albă­strea василёк nevädza plavica različak blåklint ดอกไม้ชนิดหนึ่งมีสีฟ้า peygamber çiçeği 矢車菊 волошка نيل‍ے پ‍ھ‍ولوں والا ایک پودا cây xạ cúc lam 矢车菊

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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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The least corn of sand is not so small to the whole earth, as man is to the heaven:[…]”

“corns of powder”

“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”

“You know dem have wedge while we have corn. Say Cockney say be first, my son! We just say Gwan!”

“Welcome Gentlemen, / Ladies that haue their toes / Vnplagu’d with Cornes, will walke about with you:[…]”

“He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn, the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never amuse anybody who wasn't there.”

“There were lots of jokes on the show and they were pure corn, but the audience didn't mind.”

“The bulk of this humor was pure corn, but as hillbilly material it was meant to be that way.”

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