Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eat one's seed corn

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables
eat one's seed -corn
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To consume what is meant for investment instead.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

eats one's seed corn (present, singular) eating one's seed corn (participle, present) ate one's seed corn (past) eaten one's seed corn (participle, past) eat the seed corn (alternative)

Questions

What does eat one's seed corn mean?
To consume what is meant for investment instead.

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