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| 1. | [ noun ] a small hard particle | |
| Examples: | "a grain of sand" |
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| Related terms: | atom granule | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (food) cereal grain suitable as food for human beings | |
| Synonyms: | cereal food_grain | |
| Related terms: | foodstuff rice barley corn wheat millet groats oat malt wild_rice buckwheat grist | |
| 3. | [ verb ] become granular | |
| Synonyms: | granulate | |
| Related terms: | change_shape | |
| 4. | [ noun ] 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams | |
| Related terms: | avoirdupois_unit dram | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (botany) dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn | |
| Synonyms: | caryopsis | |
| Related terms: | seed barleycorn kernel rye wheat_berry amaranth | |
| 6. | [ noun ] used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat | |
| Synonyms: | metric_grain | |
| Related terms: | metric_weight_unit decigram milligram | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (pharmacology) 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams | |
| Related terms: | apothecaries'_unit troy_unit pennyweight scruple | |
| 8. | [ verb ] form into grains | |
| Synonyms: | granulate | |
| Related terms: | shape granulate | |
| 9. | [ verb ] paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood | |
| Related terms: | paint | |
| 10. | [ verb ] thoroughly work in | |
| Synonyms: | ingrain | |
| Examples: | "His hands were grained with dirt" |
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| Related terms: | penetrate | |
| 11. | [ noun ] (fine art) the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric | |
| Examples: | : "saw the board across the grain" |
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| Related terms: | texture graining woodgrain | |
| Similar spelling: |
grainy grin groin groan Grein grim Greaney gran Gruen grown Groen grimy Grimm grime Grahn grama green Grana Grunow Greeno granny greene groyne Graney grannie gramma Grahan |
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