grain
noun
1. a relatively small granular particle of a substance
- a grain of sand
- a grain of sugar
Definition categories: object, atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle, speck
2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
Similar word(s): cereal
Definition categories: food, foodstuff
3. the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
Definition categories: substance, leather
4. a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
Definition categories: quantity
5. 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
Definition categories: quantity
6. 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
Definition categories: quantity
7. dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
Similar word(s): caryopsis
Definition categories: plant, seed
8. a cereal grass
- wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas
Definition categories: plant, cereal
9. the smallest possible unit of anything
- there was a grain of truth in what he said
- he does not have a grain of sense
Definition categories: attribute, littleness, smallness
10. 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
Definition categories: attribute, texture
11. the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
- sand of a fine grain
- a stone of coarse grain
Similar word(s): texture
Definition categories: attribute, composition, constitution, makeup
Sentences with grain as a noun:
- We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.
- a grain of wheat
- grains of oat
- The fields were planted with grain.
- Cut along the grain of the wood.
- a grain of salt
verb
1. thoroughly work in
- His hands were grained with dirt
Similar word(s): ingrain
Definition categories: contact, penetrate, perforate
2. paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
Definition categories: contact, paint
3. form into grains
Similar word(s): granulate
Definition categories: change, form
4. become granular
Similar word(s): granulate