corn

noun (corn; uncountable; a corncob, ears of corn)

«corn» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

In the USA, Canada and Australia, corn is a tall plant with yellow seeds on a cob, also called maize or sweetcorn. tree →
In the UK and Ireland, corn can mean any grain crop such as wheat, barley or oats. tree →
A corn is a small hard painful patch of skin on the foot. tree →

In the lessons

In science and geography lessons, corn is a crop farmers grow, used for food, animal feed and popcorn. In everyday life: corn on the cob, cornflakes, popcorn, cornflour. In history, corn was a key food of Native American peoples. Phrases: «corn on the cob», «field of corn», «sweetcorn», «popcorn».

Examples

We ate corn on the cob with butter at the barbecue. tree →
The farmer grows corn and beans. tree →
Popcorn is made from a special kind of corn. tree →
In the story, the children hid in the tall corn. tree →
Corn grows in rows in big fields. tree →
Cornflakes are made from corn. tree →
Her new shoes gave her a corn on her toe. tree →
"Who sowed this sort of corn?" tree →

Note

Usually uncountable: «some corn», not «a corn» (except the foot sense). The meaning depends on the country: in Britain «corn» can mean wheat; «sweetcorn» or «maize» is the yellow one. In maths, it appears in counting and sharing problems (cobs, rows, kilograms of corn).

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah and in British English, it means grain in general, such as wheat or barley, not maize.

Interpretation. Grain was the basic food of life, and Egypt's stored grain saved Joseph's family. The law protects the working ox, which may eat as it treads the grain.

Examples

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt. (Torah GEN.42.3, JPS 1917) tree →
And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence. (Torah GEN.42.26, JPS 1917) tree →
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. (Torah DEU.25.4, JPS 1917) tree →
Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maids. (Prophets ZEC.9.17, JPS 1917) tree →
And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, have lent them money and corn. (Writings NEH.5.10, JPS 1917) tree →
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than when their corn and their wine increase. (Writings PSA.4.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Early Modern English

Meaning

The seeds of grain plants, used as food for people and animals. tree →

Then and now

In the USA corn means maize. In these sentences it means grain in general, such as wheat, and the sentences use that old sense.

Examples

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt. (Torah GEN.42.3, JPS 1917) tree →
"Who sowed this sort of corn?" (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →
And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence. (Torah GEN.42.26, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: grain, wheat.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «corn» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«corn» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «corn» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«corn» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «corn» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«corn» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.

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