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English noun: grain | |||
| 1. | grain (object) a relatively small granular particle of a substance | ||
| Samples | A grain of sand. A grain of sugar. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle, speck | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | granule | ||
| 2. | grain (food) foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses | ||
| Synonyms | cereal, food grain | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | food product, foodstuff | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barley, barleycorn, buckwheat, corn, edible corn, grist, groats, Indian rice, malt, millet, oat, rice, wheat, wheat berry, wild rice | ||
| 3. | grain (substance) the side of leather from which the hair has been removed | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | leather | ||
| 4. | grain (quantity) a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat | ||
| Synonyms | metric grain | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | metric weight unit, weight unit | ||
| Part holonym | mg, milligram | ||
| Part meronym | decigram, dg | ||
| 5. | grain (quantity) 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight, troy unit | ||
| Part meronym | pennyweight, scruple | ||
| 6. | grain (quantity) 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | avoirdupois unit | ||
| Part meronym | dram | ||
| 7. | grain (plant) dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn | ||
| Synonyms | caryopsis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | seed | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amaranth, barleycorn, kernel, rye, wheat berry | ||
| 8. | grain (plant) a cereal grass | ||
| Samples | Wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cereal, cereal grass | ||
| 9. | grain (attribute) the smallest possible unit of anything | ||
| Samples | There was a grain of truth in what he said. He does not have a grain of sense. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | littleness, smallness | ||
| 10. | grain (attribute) the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric | ||
| Samples | Saw the board across the grain. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | texture | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | graining, wood grain, woodgrain, woodgraining, woodiness | ||
| 11. | grain (attribute) the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | ||
| Samples | Breadfruit has the same texture as bread. Sand of a fine grain. Fish with a delicate flavor and texture. A stone of coarse grain. | ||
| Synonyms | texture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | composition, constitution, make-up, makeup, physical composition | ||
English verb: grain | |||
| 1. | grain (contact) thoroughly work in | ||
| Samples | His hands were grained with dirt. | ||
| Synonyms | ingrain | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | penetrate, perforate | ||
| 2. | grain (contact) paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | paint | ||
| 3. | grain (change) form into grains | ||
| Synonyms | granulate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | form | ||
| Cause | grain, granulate | ||
| 4. | grain (change) become granular | ||
| Synonyms | granulate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change form, change shape, deform | ||
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