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rye 1

 (rī)
n.
1. A cereal grass (Secale cereale) of cool climates, widely cultivated for its grain.
2. The grain of this plant, ground into flour or used in making whiskey and for livestock feed.
3. Rye bread.
4. Whiskey made from the grains of this plant.
[Middle English, from Old English ryge.]

rye 2

 (rī)
n.
A Romani man.
[Romani rai, from Sanskrit rājā, king; see raja.]
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rye

(raɪ)
n
1. (Plants) a tall hardy widely cultivated annual grass, Secale cereale, having soft bluish-green leaves, bristly flower spikes, and light brown grain. See also wild rye
2. (Plants) the grain of this grass, used in making flour and whiskey, and as a livestock food
3. (Brewing) Also called: rye whiskey whiskey distilled from rye. US whiskey must by law contain not less than 51 per cent rye
4. (Cookery) US short for ryebread
[Old English ryge; related to Old Norse rugr, Old French rogga, Old Saxon roggo]

rye

(raɪ)
n
dialect a gentleman
[from Romany rai, from Sanskrit rājan king; see rajah]

Rye

(raɪ)
n
(Placename) a resort in SE England, in East Sussex: one of the Cinque Ports. Pop: 4195 (2001)
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rye1

(raɪ)

n.
1. a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale.
2. the seeds or grain of this plant, used for making flour and whiskey, and as a livestock feed.
3. rye bread.
4. Also called rye′ whis′key.
a. a straight whiskey distilled from a mash containing 51 percent or more rye grain.
b. Northeastern U.S. and Canada. a blended whiskey.
[before 900; Old English ryge, akin to Old High German rokko, Old Russian rŭžĭ, Lithuanian rugỹs]

rye2

(raɪ)

n.
a Gypsy man.
[1850–55; < Romany rai]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rye - the seed of the cereal grassrye - the seed of the cereal grass  
Secale cereale, rye - hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
caryopsis, grain - dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
2.rye - hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
Secale cereale
genus Secale, Secale - cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye
cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
rye - the seed of the cereal grass
3.rye - whiskey distilled from rye or rye and maltrye - whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt
rye whiskey, rye whisky
whiskey, whisky - a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
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Translations
žito
rug
sekalo
rukis
ruis
raž
rozs
rúgur
ライ麦
호밀
ruginė duonarugys
ražžito
rž
råg
ธัญพืชคล้ายข้าวสาลี
lúa mạch đen

rye

[raɪ]
A. N (= grain, grass) → centeno m
B. CPD rye bread N → pan m de centeno
rye (whisky) N → whisky m de centeno
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rye

n (= grain) → Roggen m; (US inf) → Roggenwhisky m, → Rye(whisky) m; (= bread) → Roggenbrot nt

rye

:
rye bread
n → Roggenbrot nt
rye whisk(e)y
n → Roggen- or Ryewhisky m
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rye

[raɪ] n → segale f (Am) (whisky) → whisky m inv di segale
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

rye

(rai) noun
a kind of cereal.
rye bread
a kind of bread made with flour made from rye.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

rye

→ جاوْدار žito rug Roggen σίκαλη centeno ruis seigle raž segale ライ麦 호밀 rogge rug żyto centeio рожь råg ธัญพืชคล้ายข้าวสาลี çavdar lúa mạch đen 裸麦
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

rye

n. centeno.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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It was, for nearly two years after this, rye and Indian meal without yeast, potatoes, rice, a very little salt pork, molasses, and salt; and my drink, water.
Bread I at first made of pure Indian meal and salt, genuine hoe-cakes, which I baked before my fire out of doors on a shingle or the end of a stick of timber sawed off in building my house; but it was wont to get smoked and to have a piny flavor, I tried flour also; but have at last found a mixture of rye and Indian meal most convenient and agreeable.
Every New Englander might easily raise all his own breadstuffs in this land of rye and Indian corn, and not depend on distant and fluctuating markets for them.
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Bourbon or rye, or cunningly aged blends, constituted the pre- midday drinking.
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`My old folks,' said Tiny Soderball, `have put in twenty acres of rye. They get it ground at the mill, and it makes nice bread.
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"They'll raise tobacco, corn, and rye, And drive, and thieve, and cheat, and lie, And lay up treasures in the sky, By making switch and cowskin fly, In hope of heavenly union.
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Bells rang, the stewards rushed forward, and- like rye shaken together in a shovel- the guests who had been scattered about in different rooms came together and crowded in the large drawing room by the door of the ballroom.
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When the products of Scotland were all exhausted except the rye bread the old man unwound me from the table leg and played me outside like a fisherman plays a salmon.
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