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Noun grain has 7 senses

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
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
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
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
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
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
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

ingrain, grain - thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"
--₁ is one way to penetrate, perforate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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
granulate, grain - form into grains
--₃ is one way to shape, form

Derived form: noun grain₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
granulate, grain - become granular
--₄ is one way to change shape, change form, deform

Derived form: noun grain₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s