bran
nounverbnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈbɹæn//
The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
noun
- 1
The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
Etymology
From Middle English bran, branne, bren, from Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, foul”) (compare Welsh braen (“stench”), Irish bréan (“rancid”), Walloon brin (“excrement”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (compare Latin fragrāre (“to smell strongly”), Dutch brak (“hound”)).
verb
- 1
To clean (metal) using a branner.
noun
- 1
The European carrion crow.
Etymology
From a Celtic source; compare Welsh brân and Cornish bran.
Forms
- plural
- brans
- past tense
- branned
- past participle
- branned
- present participle
- branning
- third person singular
- brans
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