'Grain' definitions:

Definition of 'grain'

(from WordNet)
noun
A relatively small granular particle of a substance; "a grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar"
noun
Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses [syn: grain, food grain, cereal]
noun
The side of leather from which the hair has been removed
noun
A weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat [syn: grain, metric grain]
noun
1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
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1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
noun
Dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn [syn: grain, caryopsis]
noun
A cereal grass; "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas"
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The smallest possible unit of anything; "there was a grain of truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense"
noun
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"
noun
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" [syn: texture, grain]
verb
Thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt" [syn: ingrain, grain]
verb
Paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
verb
Form into grains [syn: granulate, grain]
verb
Become granular [syn: granulate, grain]

Definition of 'Grain'

From: GCIDE
  • Grain \Grain\, v. & n. See Groan. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Grain'

From: GCIDE
  • Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner, n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively. [1913 Webster]
  • Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped their silks in colors of less value, then give' them the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by Coleridge, preface to Aids to Reflection. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant from his course of growth. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4. [1913 Webster]
  • 12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward. [1913 Webster]
  • 13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • He cheweth grain and licorice, To smellen sweet. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Against the grain, against or across the direction of the fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes; unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty. --Swift. --Saintsbury.
  • A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a small allowance.
  • Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the grain into sheaves.
  • Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.
  • Grain leather. (a) Dressed horse hides. (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side for women's shoes, etc.
  • Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.
  • Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.
  • Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.
  • grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with charcoal.
  • Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain, by eating out the interior.
  • Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain moth}, above.
  • In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate; genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.
  • To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material. See under Dye. [1913 Webster]
  • The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.
  • To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to; to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Grain'

From: GCIDE
  • Grain \Grain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grained (gr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Graining.]
  • 1. To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Grain'

From: GCIDE
  • Grain \Grain\, v. i. [F. grainer, grener. See Grain, n.]
  • 1. To yield fruit. [Obs.] --Gower. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Grain'

From: GCIDE
  • Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [See Groin a part of the body.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. [Obs.] --G. Douglas. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A tine, prong, or fork. Specifically: (a) One the branches of a valley or of a river. (b) pl. An iron fish spear or harpoon, having four or more barbed points. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A blade of a sword, knife, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'grain'

From: Easton
  • Grain used, in Amos 9:9, of a small stone or kernel; in Matt. 13:31, of an individual seed of mustard; in John 12:24, 1 Cor. 15:37, of wheat. The Hebrews sowed only wheat, barley, and spelt; rye and oats are not mentioned in Scripture.

Synonyms of 'grain'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Grain'