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grain
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grain  (grn)
n.
1.
a. A small, dry, one-seeded fruit of a cereal grass, having the fruit and the seed walls united: a single grain of wheat; gleaned the grains from the ground one at a time. Also called caryopsis.
b. The fruits of cereal grasses especially after having been harvested, considered as a group: The grain was stored in a silo.
2.
a. A cereal grass: Wheat is a grain grown in Kansas.
b. Cereal grasses considered as a group: Grain is grown along the river.
3.
a. A relatively small discrete particulate or crystalline mass: a grain of sand.
b. A small amount or the smallest amount possible: hasn't a grain of sense.
4. Aerospace A mass of solid propellant.
5. Abbr. gr. A unit of weight in the U.S. Customary System, an avoirdupois unit equal to 0.002285 ounce (0.065 gram). See Table at measurement.
6. The arrangement, direction, or pattern of the fibrous tissue in wood.
7.
a. The side of a hide or piece of leather from which the hair or fur has been removed.
b. The pattern or markings on this side of leather.
8. The pattern produced, as in stone, by the arrangement of particulate constituents.
9. The relative size of the particles composing a substance or pattern: a coarse grain.
10. A painted, stamped, or printed design that imitates the pattern found in wood, leather, or stone.
11. The direction or texture of fibers in a woven fabric.
12. A state of fine crystallization.
13.
a. Basic temperament or nature; disposition.
b. An essential quality or characteristic.
14. Archaic Color; tint.
v. grained, grain·ing, grains
v.tr.
1. To cause to form into grains; granulate.
2. To paint, stamp, or print with a design imitating the grain of wood, leather, or stone.
3. To give a granular or rough texture to.
4. To remove the hair or fur from (hides) in preparation for tanning.
v.intr.
To form grains.
Idioms:
against the grain
Contrary to custom, one's inclination, or good sense.
with a grain of salt
With reservations; skeptically: Take that advice with a grain of salt.

[Middle English, from Old French graine, from Latin grnum; see g-no- in Indo-European roots.]

grainer n.

grain
Noun
1. the small hard seedlike fruit of a cereal plant
2. a mass of such fruits gathered for food
3. cereal plants in general
4. a small hard particle: a grain of salt
5. a very small amount: a grain of compassion
6.
a. the arrangement of the fibres, layers, or particles in wood, leather, or stone
b. the pattern or texture resulting from this
7. go against the grain to be contrary to one's natural inclinations [Latin granum]
grainy adj

grain  (grn)
1. See caryopsis.
2. A small particle of something, such as salt, pollen, or sand.
3. A unit of weight in the US Customary System, equal to 2/1000 of an ounce (0.07 gram). See Table at measurement.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.graingrain - a relatively small granular particle of a substance; "a grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar"
granule - a tiny grain
corpuscle, mote, particle, speck, molecule, atom - (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
2.graingrain - foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
edible corn, corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
grist - grain intended to be or that has been ground
groats - the hulled and crushed grain of various cereals
millet - small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica
barley, barleycorn - a grain of barley
buckwheat - grain ground into flour
wheat, wheat berry - grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
oat - seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats')
rice - grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
Indian rice, wild rice - grains of aquatic grass of North America
malt - a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling
3.grain - the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
4.grain - a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
metric weight unit, weight unit - a decimal unit of weight based on the gram
mg, milligram - one thousandth (1/1,000) gram
decigram, dg - 1/10 gram
5.grain - 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
troy unit - any of the unit of the troy system of weights
apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight - any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces
scruple - a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
pennyweight - a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
6.grain - 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
avoirdupois unit - any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
dram - 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams
7.graingrain - dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
amaranth - seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America
barleycorn - a grain of barley
wheat berry - a grain of wheat
kernel - a single whole grain of a cereal; "a kernel of corn"
rye - the seed of the cereal grass
seed - a small hard fruit
8.grain - a cereal grass; "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas"
cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
9.grain - the smallest possible unit of anything; "there was a grain of truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense"
littleness, smallness - the property of having a relatively small size
10.grain - 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"
texture - the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality
wood grain, woodgrain, woodiness - texture produced by the fibers in wood
graining, woodgraining - a texture like that of wood
11.grain - 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"
physical composition, composition, make-up, makeup, constitution - the way in which someone or something is composed
Verb1.grain - thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"
penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"
2.grain - paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
paint - apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms yellow"
3.grain - form into grains
form - assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads"
4.grain - become granular
change form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or form

grain
noun 1. seed, kernel, grist
noun 2. cereal, corn
Translations
grain [greɪn] n (= single particle) → grano;
(no pl) (= cereals); cereales mpl;
(US) (= corn); trigo;
(in wood) → veta

grain [greɪn] n (= single piece) → grain m;
(no pl) (= cereals); céréales fpl;
(US) (= corn); blé m [of wood]; fibre f;
it goes against the grain → cela va à l'encontre de sa (or ma etc) nature

grain [greɪn] nKorn nt;
(no pl) (cereals) → Getreide nt;
(US) (corn) → Getreide nt, Korn;
(of wood) → Maserung f;
it goes against the grain (fig) → es geht einem gegen den Strich

grain [greɪn] n (no pl) (= cereals); cereali mpl;
(US) (= corn); grano; [of sand] → granello; [of wood] → venatura;
it goes against the grain (fig) → va contro la mia (or la sua etc) natura

grain
n grain [grein]
1 a seed of wheat, oats etc. graan بِذْرَه ، حَبَّه зърно zrno korn das Korn κόκκος, σπυρί grano viljatera دانه jyvä grain גַרעִין תְּבוּאָה बीज zrno szem biji korn grano, chicco 穀粒 곡식알 grūdas grauds bijirin graankorrel korn ziarno grão gră­unte, bob зёрнышко zrno zrno zrno sädeskorn เมล็ดธัญพืช buğday 谷粒 зернина غلے کا دانہ یا پودا thóc; gạo
2 corn in general Grain is ground into flour. graan حُبوب жито zrní korn das Korn δημητριακά cereal vili غلات vilja blé גַרעִין अनाज, अन्न žito gabona biji-bijian korn grano 穀物 곡물 grūdai labība; graudi biji-bijian graan, koren korn zboże cereais grâu зерно zrno, obilie žito kukuruz korn, gryn พืชประเภทข้าว tahıl 穀類 зерно مکئی ngũ cốc
3 a very small, hard particle a grain of sand. korrel ذَرَّه частица zrnko korn das Korn κόκκος grano tera هر چیز ریز؛ ذره jyvänen grain גַרגִיר तंतु रचना zrnce szem(cse) butir ögn, arða granello 微粒 알갱이 grūdelis, kruopelė (sāls, smilšu) graudiņš butir-butir korreltje korn ziarnko grão granulă крупинка, песчинка zrnko zrnce zrno korn เม็ดเล็ก ๆ tane, kırıntı 細粒 крупинка سخت ذرہ hạt; hột
4 the way in which the lines of fibre run in wood, leather etc. draad, grein إتجاه الألياف влакнест строеж vlákno; léta; žilkování åre die Faser, die Maserung νερά, γραμμές ξύλου veta, fibra toim, maare جهت لایه ها و نقش و نگار syy fil מַעֲרַך סִיבִים तन्तुरचना smjer zrnate (vlaknaste) građe szélirány serat (æða)mynstur filo, venatura きめ rievės, skaidulos šķiedra; dzīsla ira draad; nerf årring (mønster) faktura veio nervură волокно vlákno; rok(y); žilkovanie porazdelitev vlaken v materialu god ådring ลายไม้ dammar, su 紋理 волокно, нитка جلد، لکڑی یا پتھر وغیرہ کی مخصوص بناوٹ thớ (gỗ)
5 a very small amount There isn't a grain of truth in that story. sweempie waarheid ذَرَّة من зръннце zrnko gran die Spur ίχνος, πολύ μικρή ποσότητα pizca, ápice kübeke ذره hitunen grain קוּרטוֹב, שֶׁמֶץ कण zrnce egy szemernyi sedikit agnarögn, sannleikskorn grano ほんの少し 극소량 kruopelytė, trupučiukas kripata sekelumit greintje, zier smule, grann źdźbło, szczypta pingo dram крупица zrnko trohica trun gnutta, uns จำนวนน้อย nebze, zerre 一點兒 крупинка بہت تھوڑی مقدار một chút
go against the grain
to be against a person's wishes, feelings etc It goes against the grain for me to tell lies. dit stuit teen die bors يسير ضد رَغْبَتِه أو ميله капка být proti mysli stride imod ens natur das Wesen είναι αντίθετο στη φύση μου en contra de los ir principios/deseos/sentimientos de alguien vastukarva olema بر خلاف طینت کسی بودن sotia luontoa vastaan à l'encontre de לִהיוֹת מְנוּגָד לְטִבעוֹ किसी की इच्छा या भावना इत्योदि के विपरीत जाना ne poštivati želje kedve ellenére berlawanan dengan sifat fara gegn straumnum (essere contro la propria inclinazione) 性分に合わない 기질에 맞지 않다 prieštarauti prigimčiai būt pretdabīgi bertentangan dengan (iemand) tegen de borst stuiten, (iemand) tegenstaan by en imot być przeciwnym czyjejś naturze ser contra o feitio de a fi împotriva dorinţei cuiva быть не по нутру byť proti mysli upirati se (komu) raditi protiv volje strida mot ngns natur, bjuda ngn emot ต่อต้านความรู้สึก huyuna/yaradılışına aykırı olmak; isteklerine aykırı olmak 違背...的意願 бути не до душі خواہشوں یا مزاج کے خلاف جانا trái ngược


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