1. any of numerous cultivated forms of a widely grown, usually tall annual cereal grass (zea mays) bearing grains or kernels on large ears.
2. the grains or kernels of this plant, used as food for humans and livestock or for the extraction of an edible oil or starch. also called indian corn, maize.
3. an ear of this plant.
4. chiefly british any of various cereal plants or grains, especially the principal crop cultivated in a particular region, such as wheat in england or oats in scotland.
5. A single grain of a cereal plant.
6. A seed or fruit of various other plants, such as a peppercorn.
7. corn snow.
8. informal corn whiskey.
9. slang something considered trite, dated, melodramatic, or unduly sentimental.
10. to cause to form hard particles; granulate.
11. to season and preserve with granulated salt.
12. to preserve (beef, for example) in brine.
13. to feed (animals) with corn or grain.
14. to form hard particles; become grainy: "after the snow melts all day, it corns up at night for fine conditions” ( Hatfield valley advocate).
15. A horny thickening of the skin, usually on or near a toe, resulting from pressure or friction. also called clavus.

1. A cereal plant grown for its grain, specifically the main such plant grown in a given region, such as oats in parts of scotland and ireland, wheat or barley in england and wales, and maize or sweetcorn in the americas.
2. A type of grain of the species zea mays, maize
3. A grain or seed, especially of cereal crops.
4. to granulate; to form a substance into grains.
5. to preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
6. to provide with corn (typically maize) for feed.
7. A callus on the foot.

1. A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. it is usually painful and troublesome.
2. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.
3. the various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
4. a tall cereal plant (zea mays) bearing its seeds as large kernels in multiple rows on the surface of a hard cylindrical ear, the core of which (the cob) is not edible; -- also called indian corn and, in technical literature, maize. there are several kinds; as, yellow corn, which grows chiefly in the northern states, and is yellow when ripe; white corn or southern corn, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; sweet corn, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the north, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; pop corn, any small variety, used for popping. corn seeds may be cooked while on the ear and eaten directly, or may be stripped from the ear and cooked subsequently. the term indian corn is often used to refer to a primitive type of corn having kernels of varied color borne on the same cob; it is used for decoration, especially in the fall.
5. 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.
6. A small, hard particle; a grain.
7. 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.
8. to form into small grains; to granulate.
9. to feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats.
10. to render intoxicated.

1. to preserve and season with salt in grains; lay down in brine, as meat: as, to corn beef or pork.
2. to granulate; form into small grains.
3. to feed with oats, as a horse.
4. to plant with corn.
5. to render intoxicated; make drunk, as with whisky.
6. to beg corn of farmers on st. Thomas's day, december 21st.
7. to form corns or seeds in the ear or pod; kern: said of cereals or pulse.
8. A single seed of certain plants, especially of cereal plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.
9. the seeds of cereal plants in general, in bulk or quantity; grain: as, corn is dear or scarce.
10. the plants which produce corn when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds after reaping and before threshing: as, a field of corn; a sheaf or a shock of corn; a load of corn. the plants or stalks are included in the term corn until the seed is separated from the ears.
11. A small hard particle; a grain.
12. A thickening or callosity of the epidermis, usually with a central core or nucleus, caused by undue pressure or friction, as by boots, shoes, or implements of occupation. corns are most common on the feet.
13. any horny excrescence.
14. same as corn-starch, 2.
15. A term applied to flour made from rice or other grain.
16. A recent product which consists of the finely ground grain of indian corn exclusive of the chit or germ. it is finer than corn meal, and being nearly free from oil is of better keeping quality; but it has lost the corn flavor and lacks gluten, and hence must be used in mixture with strong wheat flour.
17. A brand of corn-feed made up mostly of the hulls and germs of maize-kernels.
18. an abbreviation of cornish and of cornwall.

1. feed (cattle) with corn
2. the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
3. something sentimental or trite
4. ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
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)
6. a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
7. preserve with salt
8. whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
9. 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