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grain

 
Noun grain has 7 senses
  1. grain - a small hard particle; "a grain of sand"
    --1 is a kind of
    atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck
    --1 has particulars: granule
    Derived forms: verb grain2, verb grain4, verb grain3
  2. grain, food grain, cereal - foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
    --2 is a kind of foodstuff, food product
    --2 has particulars:
     corn, edible corn; grist; groats; millet; barley, barleycorn; buckwheat; wheat, wheat berry; oat; rice; wild rice, Indian rice; malt
  3. grain, metric grain - used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
    --3 is a kind of metric weight unit, weight unit
    --3 is a part of decigram, dg
    --3 has parts: milligram, mg
  4. grain - 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
    --4 is a kind of
    troy unit; apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight
    --4 is a part of pennyweight; scruple
  5. grain - 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
    --5 is a kind of
    avoirdupois unit
    --5 is a part of dram
  6. grain, caryopsis - dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
    --6 is a kind of seed
    --6 has particulars: amaranth; barleycorn; wheat berry; kernel; rye
  7. grain - the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain"
    --7 is a kind of
    texture
    --7 has particulars: wood grain, woodgrain; graining, woodgraining
    Derived form: verb grain2
Verb grain has 4 senses
  1. ingrain, grain - thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"
    --1 is one way to penetrate, perforate
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  2. grain - paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
    --2 is one way to
    paint
    Derived forms: noun grain1, noun grain7, noun graining1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. granulate, grain - form into grains
    --3 is one way to shape, form
    Derived form: noun grain1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. granulate, grain - become granular
    --4 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
    Derived form: noun grain1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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