ALL meanings of kern
kern
K k - noun kern Jerome (David) 1885–1945, U.S. composer. 1
- noun kern a river in E California, in the Sierra Nevada, flowing S and SW to San Joaquin Valley. 155 miles (249 km) long. 1
- verb with object kern to cause to granulate, especially to granulate salt. 1
- verb with object kern to cover with crystalline grains of salt; salt (meat). 1
- verb without object kern (of a tree or plant) to produce or form kernels, hard grain, or seed. 1
- noun kern Adjust the spacing between (letters or characters) in a piece of text to be printed. 1
- noun kern Alternative form of quern. 0
- noun kern A churn. 0
- verb kern (typography, chiefly proportional font printing) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters (characters or glyphs); to perform such adjustments to a portion of text, according to preset rules. 0
- noun kern the part of the character on a piece of printer's type that projects beyond the body 0
- verb kern to furnish (a typeface) with a kern 0
- noun kern a lightly armed foot soldier 0
- noun kern a troop of such soldiers 0
- noun kern a loutish peasant 0
- noun kern the central area of a wall, column, etc, through which all compressive forces pass 0
- noun kern Jerome (David). 1885–1945, US composer of musical comedies, most notably Show Boat (1927) 0
- noun kern Jerome (David)1885-1945; U.S. composer 0
- noun kern that part of the face of a printed character which projects beyond the body 0
- verb transitive kern to put a kern on (a printed character) 0
- noun kern a medieval Irish or Scottish foot soldier armed with light weapons 0
- noun kern an Irish peasant 0
- noun kern (obsolete or dialect) A corn; grain; kernel. 0
- noun kern (obsolete or dialect) The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest. 0
- noun kern (obsolete or dialect) The harvest home. 0
- noun kern (hot metal printing, typography) any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter. 0
- noun kern (archaic or historical) A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt. 0
- noun kern (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A boor; a low person. 0
- noun kern (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (Britain, law) An idler; a vagabond. 0