Cooked ears of corn (maize, specifically sweet corn).

(idiomatic) A brief answer or opinion. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see answer, on, a, postcard.

recently; just now / barely; by only a small margin

(intransitive, idiomatic) To go about something slowly and carefully or at one's own pace. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To take more time to do something than is considered acceptable.

(politics) Publicly reiterating and supporting the official party policy; conforming to the party’s agreed policies.

(figuratively) To be killed, usually in a gruesome manner. / (literally) To suffer decapitation.

(idiomatic, informal) (usually after the name of a place or thing), to a greater degree, exaggerating the characteristics of the previously named object.

Language or other descriptive system which restricts that which can be described to that which can be.

(slang, Canada, US) To work exceptionally hard.

(idiomatic) Extremely quiet, for example, as during a lull in a normally bustling place or scene, or at a sudden dramatic or tense moment.