English Explanatory Dictionary

bran

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
verb
  1. To clean (metal) using a branner.
noun
  1. The European carrion crow.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹæn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bran.wav

Word forms

bran brans branning branned

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”)).

Derived words

bolt to the bran branflake branlike branmeal bran-new branny bran pie bran tub debran raisin bran
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