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Meaning of "awn" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AWN

Old English agen ear of grain; related to Old Norse ögn chaff, Gothic ahana, Old High German agana, Greek akōn javelin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AWN

awn  [ɔːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Awn is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of awn in the English dictionary

The definition of awn in the dictionary is any of the bristles growing from the spikelets of certain grasses, including cereals.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AWN

awkward
awkwardish
awkwardly
awkwardness
awl
awlbird
awless
awlwort
awmrie
awmry
awned
awner
awning
awninged
awnless
awny
awoke
awoken
AWOL
awork

WORDS THAT END LIKE AWN

breakdown
Bridgetown
brown
crown
dawn
down
downtown
drawn
grown
known
lawn
on one´s own
out-of-town
own
Provincetown
shown
takedown
town
unknown
well-known

Synonyms and antonyms of awn in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «awn» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AWN

Find out the translation of awn to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of awn from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «awn» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

awn
570 millions of speakers

English

awn
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अन्न की बाल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

awn
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শূক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

barbelure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Awn
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Granne
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

까끄라기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Awn
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngọn bông lúa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தூரிகை முடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Awn
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kılçık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

barba
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

AWN
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ость
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mustață
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άγανο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

baard
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

awn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

AWN
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of awn

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AWN»

The term «awn» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.113 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AWN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «awn» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «awn» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about awn

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AWN»

Discover the use of awn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to awn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Collected Letters of A.W.N. Pugin: 1830-1842
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin Margaret Belcher. the way for my residence and I cannot afford to Lose the interest of so much money. I find it quite impossible to get the window at Macclesfied executed under £15o.12 I have got a contract ...
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Margaret Belcher, 2001
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A World History of Architecture
THE GOTHIC REVIVAL A.W.N. PUGIN Romanticism acquired a more serious tone with the widespread emergence of the ecclesiastical Gothic Revival. In England the leading Gothic Revivalist was Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ...
Marian Moffett, Michael W. Fazio, Lawrence Wodehouse, 2003
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A Manual of the Flowering Plants of California
Awn arising from between the teeth of a bifid apex, flattened, twisted ; inflores cence a simple panicle or reduced to a raceme or even to a single spike- let 36. Danthonia. Awn dorsal, not flattened ; lemma often bifid at apex. Spikelets large, the ...
Willis Linn Jepson, 1975
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The Middle East and North Africa 2004
Awn. In February 1989 there was a major confrontation between the LF and Lebanese army brigades (both Christian and Muslim) loyal to Gen. Awn. While neither side achieved a decisive victory, the authority of the Lebanese army ( which had ...
Taylor & Francis Group, 2003
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The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California
S. nevadensis 24' Callus 0.811.2 mm, lemma l.712.5 X palea, palea tip hairs gen < 1 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZS. occidentalis 25. Distal awn segment gen densely hairy, 51 0.311 mm diam, internodes glabrous, glumes gen 1 purple .
Bruce G. Baldwin, Douglas H. Goldman, 2012
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The History of al-Tabari Volume XL: Index
Abfi 'Awn ('Abd al—Malik b. Yazid) XXV11175, 107, 109, 110, 131, 132, 161, 162, 172, 173, 174, 195, 197, 198, 204, 208;XXV1111134-35 Abfi 'Awn (Aba Shurahbil b. Abi 'Awn) X1X111; XX1112; XXIX148— 49, 171, 180, 187, 256-57; ...
Ṭabarī, Alex V. Popovkin, 2007
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The History of al-Tabari Volume XL: Index
A130 Awn (Abd al—Malik b. Yazid) XXV11175, 107, 109, 110, 131, 132, 161, 162, 172, 173, 174, 195, 197, 198, 204, 208;XXV1111134—35 Abfi Awn (Aba Shurahbil b. Abi Awn) X1X111; XX1112; XX1X148— 49, 171, 180, 187, 256—57;  ...
‎2012
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Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of Dormancy and ...
Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination Carol C. Baskin, Jerry M. Baskin. Hairs Callus FIGURE 9.3 Dispersal unit of Themeda triandra, showing the sharply pointed callus, tufts of hairs, and hygroscopic awn.
Carol C. Baskin, Jerry M. Baskin, 2001
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Genes in the Field: On-farm Conservation of Crop Diversity
... purple purple purple purple Appendages hood — — — awn awn awn awn awn long long long long awn short short — — awn rough rough rough rough awn smooth — — — awn diverging diverging diverging — awn converging converging ...
Stephen B. Brush, 2000
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Ubuntu Linux Bible: Featuring Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
By default, AWN displays only icons for running applications. Two of the nicest features of AWN are the capability to install applets that perform specific functions and the ability to install new themes to customize the appearance of the dock ...
William von Hagen, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term awn is used in the context of the following news items.
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Panasonic to mass produce Alien style robot exoskeleton suit to …
The Assist Suit AWN-03 costs ¥1m (£5,222, $8,158) and offers a maximum of 15kg-force. Designed to be worn by human adults weighing ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
2
General Communication Inc (GNCMA) Discloses Form 4 Insider …
General Communication Inc (GNCMA) Discloses Insider Transaction. G Wilson Hughes , EVP / AWN CEO of General Communication Inc sold ... «OTC Outlook, Jul 15»
3
Inside Deal: Wilson Hughes Unloaded 27493 Shares of General …
Wilson Hughes, the EVP / AWN CEO of General Communication, Inc. (NASDAQ:GNCMA) 17.31 0.00 % made trade for 27,493 shares with an ... «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
4
Tidnish, NS, woman fights off raccoon while treading water to save dog
awn Simmonds and her pet dog Star have some battle scars and memoires after a Canada Day fight between the two and raccoon that thought ... «Sackville Tribune Post, Jul 15»
5
Panasonic to sell robot suits starting in September
The Assist Suit AWN-03 is strapped around a user's shoulder, waist and thigh. The battery can power the 6 kg suit for six hours. Embedded ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
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Crossword solutions: Friday, July 3
Down: 1 Batch, 2 Awn, 3 Drinker, 4 Ageing, 5 Imbue, 6 New Jersey, 7 Quintet, 11 Alexander, 13 Seventy, 15 All over, 16 Assize, 18 Dandy, ... «The Dominion Post, Jul 15»
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BLUE JACKETS: CBJ Jettison Five, Add Saad, Campbell
The Edmonton Oilers have signed defenseman Andrej Sekera (AWN'-dray seh-KEHR'-ah) and center Mark Letestu (luh-TEHS'-too). Sekera's ... «ABC6OnYourSide.com, Jul 15»
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Production target lifted
Mr Silcock, who is a shareholder of AWN, is hoping to sell his wool bales to the Merino Snug market, highly successful Merino and possum ... «Stock & Land, Jun 15»
9
Large Outflow of Money Witnessed in General Communication, Inc.
On a different note, The Company has disclosed insider buying and selling activities to the Securities Exchange, The Officer (EVP / AWN CEO), ... «Money Flow Index, Jun 15»
10
AWN charity wool auction raises $13500 for Royal Flying Doctor …
RFDS Fund Raising Events co-ordinator Rosemary Ferrari with AWN managing director John Colley with the wool auction cheque. «Sheep Central, Jun 15»

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