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Definition of 'Grain'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) grain
a small, hard seed, esp. the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.

2.  grain
the gathered seed of food plants, esp. of cereal plants.

3.  grain
such plants collectively.

4.  grain
any small, hard particle, as of sand, gold, pepper, or gunpowder.

5.  grain
the smallest unit of weight in the U.S. and British systems, equal to 0.002285 ounce (0.0648 gram).

6.  grain
the smallest possible amount of anything:
a grain of truth.

7.  grain
the arrangement or direction of the fibers in wood, meat, etc., or the pattern resulting from this.

8.  grain
the side of leather from which the hair has been removed.

9.  grain
the pattern or markings on this side.

10.  grain
the direction of threads in a woven fabric.

11.  grain
the lamination or cleavage of stone, coal, etc.

12.  grain
any of the individual crystalline particles forming a metal.

13.  grain
¼ carat, used for pearls and sometimes diamonds.

14.  grain
the size of constituent particles of any substance; texture.

15.  grain
a granular texture or appearance:
a stone of coarse grain.

16.  grain
a state of crystallization:
boiled to the grain.

17.  grain
temper or natural character:
two brothers of similar grain.

18. (v.t.) grain
to form into grains; granulate.

19.  grain
to give a granular appearance to.

20.  grain
to paint in imitation of the grain of wood, stone, etc.

21.  grain
to feed grain to (an animal).

22.  grain
to remove the hair from (skins).

23.  grain
to soften and raise the grain of (leather).

Etymology: (1850–55)

Definition of 'Grain'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) grain
a relatively small granular particle of a substance
"a grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar"

2. (noun) grain, food grain, cereal
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

3. (noun) grain
the side of leather from which the hair has been removed

4. (noun) grain, metric grain
a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat

5. (noun) grain
1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams

6. (noun) grain
1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams

7. (noun) grain, caryopsis
dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

8. (noun) grain
a cereal grass
"wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas"

9. (noun) grain
the smallest possible unit of anything
"there was a grain of truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense"

10. (noun) grain
the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
"saw the board across the grain"

11. (verb) texture, grain
the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
"breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain"

12. (verb) ingrain, grain
thoroughly work in
"His hands were grained with dirt"

13. (verb) grain
paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

14. (verb) granulate, grain
form into grains

15. (verb) granulate, grain
become granular

Definition of 'Grain'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) grain
plants with seeds such as wheat, corn, etc., or a seed from these
a grain of wheat/rice/corn; organic grain

2.  grain
a small piece of a substance
grains of sand/salt

3.  grain
the direction of the lines in a piece of wood, material, etc.
the grain of the oak

4.  grain
go against the grain
to do the opposite of what is normally done
a politician who is not afraid to go against the grain

Definition of 'Grain'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Grain
temper; natural disposition; inclination

2. (adj) Grain
a sort of spice, the grain of paradise

3. (noun) Grain
a single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food

4. (noun) Grain
the fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively

5. (noun) Grain
any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc

6. (noun) Grain
the unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.

7. (noun) Grain
a reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple

8. (noun) Grain
the composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain

9. (noun) Grain
the direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc

10. (noun) Grain
the fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material

11. (noun) Grain
the hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side

12. (noun) Grain
the remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff

13. (noun) Grain
a rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4

14. (noun) Grain
to yield fruit

15. (noun) Grain
to form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate

16. (noun) Grain
a branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant

17. (noun) Grain
a tine, prong, or fork

18. (noun) Grain
one the branches of a valley or of a river

19. (noun) Grain
an iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points

20. (noun) Grain
a blade of a sword, knife, etc

21. (noun) Grain
a thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core

22. Grain
see Groan

23. (verb) Grain
to paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc

24. (verb) Grain
to form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains

25. (verb) Grain
to take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.)

Translation of 'Grain'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a seed of wheat, oats etc.
Afrikaans: graan	Arabic: بِذْرَه ، حَبَّه	Bulgarian: зърно
Brazilian: grão	Czech: zrno	German: das Korn
Danish: korn	Greek: κόκκος, σπυρί	Spanish: grano
Estonian: viljatera	Farsi: دانه	Finnish: jyvä
French: grain	Hebrew: גַרעִין תְּבוּאָה	Hindi: बीज
Croatian: zrno	Hungarian: szem	Indonesian: biji
Icelandic: korn	Italian: grano, chicco	Japanese: 穀粒
Korean: 낟알, 알곡	Lithuanian: grūdas	Latvian: grauds
Malay: bijirin	Dutch: graankorrel	Norwegian: korn
Polish: ziarno	Persian: دانه	Pashto: غله، دانه، حب
Portuguese: grão	Romanian: grăunte, bob	Russian: зёрнышко
Slovak: zrno	Slovenian: zrno	Serbian: zrno
Swedish: sädeskorn	Thai: เมล็ดธัญพืช	Turkish: buğday
Taiwanese: 穀粒	Ukrainian: зернина	Urdu: غلے کا دانہ یا پودا
Vietnamese: thóc; gạo	Chinese: 谷粒
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