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grain

/ grain /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
"saw the board across the grain"
Type of:
texture
Kinds of:
wood grain woodgrain graining woodgraining
verb Sense 2
paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
Type of:
paint
Derived:
graining woodgraining
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 3
used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
Type of:
metric weight unit weight unit
Has parts:
decigram dg
noun Sense 4
1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
Type of:
troy unit apothecaries' unit apothecaries' weight
Has parts:
pennyweight scruple
noun Sense 5
1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
Type of:
avoirdupois unit
Has parts:
dram
noun Sense 6
dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
Type of:
seed
Kinds of:
amaranth barleycorn wheat berry kernel rye
noun Sense 7
a small hard particle
"a grain of sand"
Type of:
atom molecule particle
Kinds of:
granule
Derived:
granulate
noun Sense 8
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
Type of:
foodstuff food product
Kinds of:
corn edible corn grist groats millet
verb Sense 9
become granular
Type of:
change shape change form deform
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 10
form into grains
Type of:
shape form
Derived:
granulation
Causes:
granulate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 11
thoroughly work in
"His hands were grained with dirt"
Type of:
penetrate perforate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
46
Times Searched
3
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texture wood grain woodgrain graining woodgraining paint metric weight unit weight unit troy unit apothecaries' unit apothecaries' weight avoirdupois unit