rye

1. (n) A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder. 2. (n) The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. 3. (n) (US, Canada, countable) A drink (serving) of rye whiskey. 4. (n) (loosely, sometimes proscribed) Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium. 5. (n) (loosely, sometimes proscribed) Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself) 6. (n) A disease of hawks. 7. (n) A small town and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ9220). 8. (n) A hamlet in Odiham parish, Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7750). 9. (n) A river in North Yorkshire, England, that flows through Ryedale to join the Derwent. 10. (n) A commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. 11. (n) A number of places in the United States: 12. (n) An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona. 13. (n) A census-designated place in Cleveland County, Arkansas. 14. (n) A small statutory town in Pueblo County, Colorado. 15. (n) An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida. 16. (n) A ghost town in Adair County, Missouri. 17. (n) A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. 18. (n) A coastal suburban city in Westchester County, New York. 19. (n) A large town in Westchester County, New York. 20. (n) A coastal suburb in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. 21. (n) A surname. 22. (n) A nickname of the given name Ryan. 23. (n) (uncountable, countable) Ellipsis of rye bread. [A bread made partly or entirely with rye flour, which may be wholemeal (wholegrain) flour or not.] 24. (n) (US, Canada, uncountable, countable) Ellipsis of rye whiskey, whiskey made mainly or wholly from rye grain.