GRAIN

Definition:

1. [noun] a small hard particle; "a grain of sand"
   
   
2. [noun] foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
   Synonyms: food cereal
   
   
3. [noun] used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
   Synonyms: metric
   
   
4. [noun] 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
   
   
5. [noun] 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
   
   
6. [noun] dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
   Synonyms: caryopsis
   
   
7. [noun] the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain"
   
   
8. [verb] thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"
   Synonyms: in
   
   
9. [verb] paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
   
   
10. [verb] form into grains
    Synonyms: granulate
    
    
11. [verb] become granular
    Synonyms: granulate
    
    

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Related Words:

• granule
• corn, edible corn
• grist
• groats
• millet
• barley, barleycorn
• buckwheat
• wheat, wheat berry
• oat
• rice
• wild rice, Indian rice
• malt
• amaranth
• barleycorn
• wheat berry
• kernel
• rye
• wood grain, woodgrain
• graining, woodgraining