Kern

What do we mean by kern?

The portion of a typeface that projects beyond the body or shank of a character. noun

To provide (type) with a kern. transitive verb

To adjust space between (characters) in typeset text. transitive verb

A medieval Scottish or Irish foot soldier. noun

A loutish person. noun

To form corns or grains; take the form of corns or grains; granulate; harden, as corn in ripening; set, as fruit or grain.

To granulate, as salt by evaporation.

To sow with corn.

To cause to granulate, as salt by evaporation.

In type-founding, to form with a kern or projection, as-a type or letter.

A corn; grain; kernel. noun

In printing, that part of a type which projects beyond the body or shank, as in the Roman letters f and j as formerly made and some italic letters. noun

The last handful or sheaf of grain cut down at the close of the harvest. Also called kern-cut. noun

A harvest-home. noun

A dialectal form of quern. noun

A dialectal (unassibi-lated) form of churn.

In the ancient militia of Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland, a light-armed foot-soldier of the lowest and poorest grade, armed with a dart or skean: opposed to gallowglass, a heavy-armed soldier. The word is sometimes used in a collective sense. noun

Hence —2. An Irish churl or boor; by extension, any ignoble person; a drudge; a bumpkin. noun

In English law, an idle person or vagabond. noun

A churn. noun

A corn; grain; kernel.

The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest.

The harvest home.

Words that are spelled similarly to kern:
kern.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word kern:
mojave, joaquin, gershwin, songbook, delano, slough, salamander, trout, isabella, ventura, elevation, raceway, rodgers, taft, canyon, oscar, vista, fresno, california, jerome, sierra, bolton, rainbow, county, mercer, counties, fork, irving, nevada, feet, porter, unincorporated, river, riverside, valley, oil, plateau, luis, hart, glen, broadway, wilderness, freeway, railroad, earthquake, boat, desert, lyrics, cole, otto, basin, pianist, transit, golden, lake, san, barbara, endemic, santa, mountains, southwest, preserve, musical, located, kings, creek, northeast.

Words that rhyme with kern:
burn, turn, concern, fern, learn, discern, return, stern, taciturn, churn, spurn, erne, adjourn, earn, yearn, urn, sunburn, overturn, bern, in turn, downturn, heartburn, upturn, cern, dern, durn, sterne, sauterne, hern, berne, verne, vern, unconcern, carriage return, minturn, skeleton fork fern, kirn, hairy lip fern, chern, herne, point of no return, laverne, byrne, in return, ahern, tax return, washburn, hurn, earthly concern, hearn, brittle fern, zurn, thurn, ribbon fern, scented fern, tea urn, about turn, stirn, ahearn, lady fern, royal fern, cogburn, good turn, rope burn, basket fern, hearne, stem turn, day return, worldly concern, boston fern, business concern, flowering fern, cockburn, butter churn, floating fern, tree fern, american parsley fern, bladder fern, fearn, income tax return, joint return, ostrich fern, amended return, banking concern, nebraska fern, sweet fern, coffee fern, evergreen wood fern, king fern, redfern, without concern, cinnamon fern, information return, male fern, mountain parsley fern, brittle bladder fern, coffee urn, leather fern, potato fern, whisk fern.

Adjectives that are often used to describe kern:
friant, irish, upper, young, old, late, gluttonous, bottom, vet, inyo, dutch, wily, turanian, crafty, wood, ordinary, compare, rough, welsbach, rugheaded, rugged, fluffy, lower, bakersfield, album, necked, unaugmented, leftward, guerquin, haired, former, central, consolidated, union, german, tulare, lengthy, wodehouse, eastern, angeles, wild.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective kern:
foxworth, point, baby, canal, county, method, river, isberner, extractors, limerick, hammerstein, plasma, ulmer, kaweah, lyrics, pairs, icterus, canals, points, system, knights, antelope, water, simirenko, relation, bontke, hansen, context, extractor, divide, wodehouse, plasmakombination, area, harbach, babies, dates, lines, dunlap, moment, bolton, van, fig, interview, correspondence, supper, limits.

Consonant match to kern:
keen, can, con, cone, ken, kin, cane, coin, khan, cain, coon, kane, quean, conn, koine, kain, kean, qin, cannes, kan, caine, koon, cohn, coyne, caen, kuhn, kahn, kun, keane, keene, caan, kon, kirn, cann, kann, cayne, kyne, coan, kaine, koen, cahn, kenn, kuhne, kohn, kinn, kanne, coone, kayne, kinne, kuehn, kearn, kuehne, koehn, koehne, keehn, kehn, kehne, kiehn, kiehne, kiene, kihn, kohne, koone.

Words that sound like kern:
kern, kearn, curn, kirn, kurn, krn, kerne, crme, crm, krm, gurn, gern, girn, grn, gerne, cry, crie, hcry, kraj, kuen, can, crew, crown, corn, con, crow, crane, cray, cur, croon, cree, crone, crea, craw, cre, careen, cun, cran, corinne, curr, cairn, cron, conn, cra, crue, cru, crain, carn, crowe, cro, chron, corne, cannes, crewe, curran, cann, crean, cri, crae, chor, caren, caree, crine, coro, craine, crw, caan, crin, creen, crohn, corine, caen, cahn, chr, carone, croe, ccan, canne, croan, conne, chro, curnow, curragh, cqn, cren, chre, crr, carene, conn., achorn, curra, crh, courie, craie, crre, chra, crei, creux, con-, acrn.