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grain



I - noun
1. a relatively small granular particle of a substance (Freq. 2)
- a grain of sand
- a grain of sugar
Derivationally related forms:
grainy, granular
Hypernyms:
atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck
Hyponyms:
granule
2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses (Freq. 1)
Syn:
food grain, cereal
Derivationally related forms:
cereal (for: cereal)
Hypernyms:
foodstuff, food product
Hyponyms:
corn, edible corn, grist, groats, millet,
barley, barleycorn, buckwheat, wheat, wheat berry, oat,
rice, wild rice, Indian rice, malt
3. the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
Hypernyms:
leather
4. a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
Syn:
metric grain
Hypernyms:
metric weight unit, weight unit
Part Holonyms:
decigram, dg
Part Meronyms:
milligram, mg
5. 1/60 dram;
equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
Hypernyms:
troy unit, apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight
Part Holonyms:
pennyweight, scruple
6. 1/7000 pound;
equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
Hypernyms:
avoirdupois unit
Part Holonyms:
dram
7. dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
Syn:
caryopsis
Hypernyms:
seed
Hyponyms:
amaranth, barleycorn, wheat berry, kernel, rye
8. a cereal grass
- wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas
Hypernyms:
cereal, cereal grass
9. the smallest possible unit of anything
- there was a grain of truth in what he said
- he does not have a grain of sense
Hypernyms:
smallness, littleness
10. 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
Hypernyms:
texture
Hyponyms:
wood grain, woodgrain, woodiness, graining, woodgraining
11. 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
Hypernyms:
constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up

II - verb
1. thoroughly work in
- His hands were grained with dirt
Syn:
ingrain
Hypernyms:
penetrate, perforate
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
Derivationally related forms:
graining
Hypernyms:
paint
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. form into grains
Syn:
granulate
Derivationally related forms:
granulation (for: granulate)
Hypernyms:
form
Cause:
granulate
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. become granular
Syn:
granulate
Hypernyms:
change shape, change form, deform
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

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