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bran
1[ bran ]
noun
- the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
verb (used with object)
- to soak or boil in bran water, as in the tanning of hides.
Bran
2[ bran ]
noun
- Welsh Legend. a king of Britain and the brother of Manawydan and Branwen: his head was buried at London as a magical defense against invasion. He was sometimes regarded as a sea god or Christian saint.
- a male given name, form of Brandon.
bran
/ bræn /
noun
- husks of cereal grain separated from the flour by sifting
- food prepared from these husks
Other Words From
- branner noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of bran1
Word History and Origins
Origin of bran1
Example Sentences
This isn’t necessarily a bad thing — bran is full of fiber, protein and other nutrients.
In some trials, the elephant snorted up volumes of water, which in some cases had bran mixed in.
Hulled barley, which has the tough covering removed but not the bran layer underneath, is a lot like freekeh or farro in that it’ll cook up into separate grains.
When you make whole-wheat flour, you mill the entire grain, including the bran.
When the raven-man promises Bran that he will “fly,” does he mean the boy is about to morph into mutant bird as well?
Meanwhile, Bran Co. are moving north to the Wall, driven by one of Bran's visions.
Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) may be one such person, given the level of rapport he has with his direwolf, Summer.
Three-Eyed Raven: A recurring motif in the dreams of Bran Stark that seems to point him towards an as-yet-undetermined path.
Since the events of the show began, the only Starks remaining at Winterfell are Bran and Rickon.
Bran or horse-dung inside was a good thing as a stop-gap, though it added not to the strength of the boiler.
There was another choke in her voice as she smoothed Judy's old brown dress, and brushed a bit of bran from her face.
Then sweep it all off, and go over them with a flannel dipped in a mixture of bran and finely powdered whiting.
The Scarecrow's head was a gunnysack filled with bran, on which the eyes, nose and mouth had been painted.
Fenceviewer the Third, direct descendant of Fenceviewer the First, has acquired the bran habit.
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