Refine this word faster
Rye
Definitions
- 1 A small town and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ9220).
- 2 A hamlet in Odiham parish, Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7750).
- 3 A river in North Yorkshire, England, that flows through Ryedale to join the Derwent.
- 4 A commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona.
Show 10 more definitions
- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Cleveland County, Arkansas.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A small statutory town in Pueblo County, Colorado.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Adair County, Missouri.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; A coastal suburban city in Westchester County, New York.
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; A large town in Westchester County, New York.
- 13 A coastal suburb in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
- 14 A surname.
- 15 A nickname of the given name Ryan.
- 1 A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder. countable, uncountable
"They bought a sack of rye and a sack of wheat with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking."
- 2 whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt wordnet
- 3 The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. countable, uncountable
"This field will be planted to rye next spring."
- 4 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 wordnet
- 5 Ellipsis of rye bread. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
"Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?"
Show 6 more definitions
- 6 the seed of the cereal grass wordnet
- 7 Ellipsis of rye whiskey, whiskey made mainly or wholly from rye grain. Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
"He likes any whiskey, but his favorite is rye."
- 8 A drink (serving) of rye whiskey. Canada, US, countable
"I'll have a rye, neat, please."
- 9 Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself) broadly, countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable
- 10 Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium. broadly, countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable
- 11 A disease of hawks. countable, uncountable
"And if it [vndeꝛ the peꝛch] be grene ſhe engenderith the Ry. The condicion of this euell is this, it wil ariſe in the hede and make the hede to ſwell, ⁊ the iyen all glaymous, and dyrke, and bot it haue helpe: it will downe in to the legges, and maake the legges to rancle, and if it goo fro the legges in to the hede a gayne, thi hawke is bot looſt."
Etymology
From Middle English rye, rie, from Old English ryġe, from Proto-West Germanic *rugi, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz. Germanic cognates include Dutch and West Frisian rogge, Low German Rogg, German Roggen, Rocken, Old Norse rugr (Danish rug, Swedish råg); non-Germanic cognates include Russian рожь (rožʹ) and Latvian rudzi.
* As an English surname, variant of Rea. * Also as an English surname, from the noun rye. * As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads whose name derive from Old Norse rjóðr (“forest clearing”); see the verb ryðja (“to clear”). * As a Danish surname, from the town Ry in Skanderbord. * The town in England is perhaps derived from Old English riþ (“river, stream”) whence also rith; compare ree.
See also for "rye"
Next best steps
Mini challenge
Want a quick game? Try Word Finder.