Thesaurus: corn

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1. n. A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.
2. n. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.
3. n. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
4. n. 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. n. A small, hard particle; a grain.
6. 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.
7. v. t. To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.
8. v. t. To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.
9. v. t. To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.
10. n. 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
11. n. the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
12. n. ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food