Meaning of 'grain' (Webster Dictionary)
- Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
- A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.
- A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
- The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of
man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used
collectively.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
- The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
- The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that
side.
- The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation;
hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
- A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the
common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
- To yield fruit.
- To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result
of crystallization; to granulate.
- A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
- A tine, prong, or fork.
- One the branches of a valley or of a river.
- An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed
points.
- A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
- A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.
- See Groan.
- To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
- To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
- To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the
grain of (leather, etc.).
Meaning of 'grain' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- a relatively small granular particle of a substance
Example in sentence:- a grain of sand;
- a grain of sugar
Meaning (2):
- the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
Example in sentence:- a stone of coarse grain;
- breadfruit has the same texture as bread;
- fish with a delicate flavor and texture;
- sand of a fine grain
Meaning (3):
- the smallest possible unit of anything
Example in sentence:- he does not have a grain of sense;
- there was a grain of truth in what he said
Meaning (4):
- the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
Example in sentence:- saw the board across the grain
Meaning (5):
- a cereal grass
Example in sentence:- wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas
Meaning (6):
- thoroughly work in
Example in sentence:- His hands were grained with dirt
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