corn vs discharge

corn

noun
  • bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms 

  • (countable) inflammatory disease of horse hoof, at the caudal part of the sole. 

  • A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions. 

  • (countable) skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle. 

  • money. 

  • A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands. 

  • Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region. 

  • A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop. 

  • Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays. 

  • Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion. 

  • A small, hard particle. 

verb
  • to preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef 

  • to granulate; to form a substance into grains 

  • to render intoxicated 

  • to provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed 

  • to shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn). 

discharge

noun
  • The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm. 

  • The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second). 

  • The process of flowing out. 

  • Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology. 

  • The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance. 

  • The act of expelling or letting go. 

  • The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital. 

  • The act of releasing an accumulated charge. 

  • The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service. 

  • The process of unloading something. 

verb
  • To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling). 

  • To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to. 

  • To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss. 

  • To release (an accumulated charge). 

  • To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty. 

  • To let fly, as a missile; to shoot. 

  • To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear. 

  • To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument. 

  • To unload a ship or another means of transport. 

  • To give forth; to emit or send out. 

  • To release (an inpatient) from hospital. 

  • To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled. 

  • To set aside; to annul; to dismiss. 

  • To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process. 

  • To release (a member of the armed forces) from service. 

  • To accomplish or complete, as an obligation. 

  • To expel or let go. 

  • To let fly; to give expression to; to utter. 

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