| 1. | corn 1 (def. 1). |
| 2. | any primitive corn with variegated kernels, often used for decorative purposes. |
| 3. | any coarse variety of corn grown for fodder. |
[kawrn] 
| 1. | Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears. |
| 2. | the grain, seeds, or kernels of this plant, used for human food or for fodder. |
| 3. | the ears of this plant. |
| 4. | the edible seed of certain other cereal plants, esp. wheat in England and oats in Scotland. |
| 5. | the plants themselves. |
| 6. | sweet corn. |
| 7. | corn whiskey. |
| 8. | Skiing. corn snow. |
| 9. | Informal. old-fashioned, trite, or mawkishly sentimental material, as a joke, a story, or music. |
| 10. | to preserve and season with salt in grains. |
| 11. | to preserve and season with brine. |
| 12. | to granulate, as gunpowder. |
| 13. | to plant (land) with corn. |
| 14. | to feed with corn. |
| corn 1 (kôrn) n.
v. tr.
To form hard particles; become grainy: "After the snow melts all day, it corns up at night for fine conditions" (Hatfield Valley Advocate). [Middle English, grain, from Old English; see g  ə-no- in Indo-European roots.] |
| Indian corn n. See corn1. |
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corn 2 (kôrn)
n.
A small conical callosity caused by pressure over a bony prominence, usually on a toe. Also called clavus, heloma.