corn — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.

   Uso

   • uso nel Commonwealth
   • non numerabile
   • usually

   Sinonimi

   cerealgrain

   Esempi

   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.

   Altri esempi (3)

   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.

2. Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.

   Uso

   • Australia
   • Canada
   • New-Zealand
   • uso statunitense
   • non numerabile
   • usually

   Sinonimi

   Indian corn

   Termini più generali

   grain

   Esempi

   The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn, was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it.

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

3. A single seed of a food crop, especially a cereal grass crop.

   Uso

   • non numerabile
   • usually

   Sinonimi

   grain

   Esempi

   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.

4. A small, hard particle.

   Uso

   • non numerabile
   • usually

   Esempi

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

   corns of powder

5. A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.

   Uso

   • non numerabile
   • usually

   Sinonimi

   corn snow

6. Bullets, ammunition, and charge and discharge of firearms.

   Uso

   • Jamaica
   • Multicultural-London-English
   • gergo
   • non numerabile
   • usually

   Esempi

   R.I.P Scumpy ah you did say Popcaan And if a boy diss we clap corn.

   Altri esempi (1)

   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

7. Money.

   Uso

   • Jamaica
   • gergo
   • non numerabile
   • usually

   Esempi

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

Verbo

1. To granulate; to form (a substance) into grains.

   Uso

   • Canada
   • uso statunitense
   • transitivo

   Esempi

   to corn gunpowder

2. To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef.

   Uso

   • Canada
   • uso statunitense
   • transitivo

3. To provide (an animal) with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.

   Uso

   • Canada
   • uso statunitense
   • transitivo

   Esempi

   Corn the horses.

4. To render intoxicated.

   Uso

   • obsoleto
   • transitivo

   Esempi

   ale strong enough to corn one

5. To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn).

   Uso

   • Jamaica
   • Multicultural-London-English
   • gergo
   • transitivo

   Esempi

   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?

Sostantivo

1. A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Sinonimi

   clavus

   Esempi

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

2. An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.

   Uso

   • transitivo

3. Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.

   Uso

   • transitivo

Sostantivo

1. Something (e.g., acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.

   Uso

   • Canada
   • uso statunitense
   • transitivo
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

Sostantivo

1. pornography; porn

   Uso

   • Internet
   • euphemistic
   • transitivo
   • non numerabile

Sostantivo

1. 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

   Sinonimi

   maizeIndian cornZea mays

   Termini più generali

   cerealcereal grass

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

   Termini più generali

   kernel

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

   Sinonimi

   edible corn

   Termini più generali

   grainfood graincereal

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

   Sinonimi

   clavus

   Termini più generali

   callositycallus

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

   Termini più generali

   cerealcereal grass

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

   Sinonimi

   corn whiskeycorn whisky

   Termini più generali

   whiskeywhisky

7. something sentimental or trite

   Termini più generali

   mawkishnesssentimentalitydrippinessmushinesssoupinesssloppiness

   Esempi

   that movie was pure corn

Verbo

1. feed (cattle) with corn

   Termini più generali

   feedgive

2. preserve with large-grained rock salt

   Termini più generali

   preservekeep

   Esempi

   corned beef