Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun corn

7 senses of corn

Sense 1
corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays -- (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)
       => cereal, cereal grass -- (grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet)

Sense 2
corn -- (the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal)
       => kernel -- (a single whole grain of a cereal; "a kernel of corn")

Sense 3
corn, edible corn -- (ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food)
       => grain, food grain, cereal -- (foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses)

Sense 4
corn, clavus -- (a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes)
       => callosity, callus -- (an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot))

Sense 5
corn -- ((Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland))
       => cereal, cereal grass -- (grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet)

Sense 6
corn whiskey, corn whisky, corn -- (whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn)
       => whiskey, whisky -- (a liquor made from fermented mash of grain)

Sense 7
corn -- (something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn")
       => mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness -- (falsely emotional in a maudlin way)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb corn

2 senses of corn

Sense 1
corn -- (feed (cattle) with corn)
       => feed, give -- (give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat")

Sense 2
corn -- (preserve with salt; "corned beef")
       => preserve, keep -- (prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh")