grain (gr n)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. Idioms: To form grains. 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 gr num; see g  -no- in Indo-European roots.]grain  er n. |
grain [greɪn]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the small hard seedlike fruit of a grass, esp a cereal plant
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a mass of such fruits, esp when gathered for food
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the plants, collectively, from which such fruits are harvested
4. a small hard particle a grain of sand
5. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture)
a. the general direction or arrangement of the fibrous elements in paper or wood to saw across the grain
b. the pattern or texture of wood resulting from such an arrangement the attractive grain of the table
6. the relative size of the particles of a substance sugar of fine grain
7. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science)
a. the granular texture of a rock, mineral, etc.
b. the appearance of a rock, mineral, etc., determined by the size and arrangement of its constituents
8. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning)
a. the outer (hair-side) layer of a hide or skin from which the hair or wool has been removed
b. the pattern on the outer surface of such a hide or skin
9. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a surface artificially imitating the grain of wood, leather, stone, etc.; graining
10. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) the smallest unit of weight in the avoirdupois, Troy, and apothecaries' systems, based on the average weight of a grain of wheat: in the avoirdupois system it equals 1/7000 of a pound, and in the Troy and apothecaries' systems it equals 1/5760 of a pound. 1 grain is equal to 0.0648 gram Abbreviation gr
11. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) Also called metric grain a metric unit of weight used for pearls or diamonds, equal to 50 milligrams or one quarter of a carat
12. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) the threads or direction of threads in a woven fabric
13. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog any of a large number of particles in a photographic emulsion, the size of which limit the extent to which an image can be enlarged without serious loss of definition
14. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) Television a granular effect in a television picture caused by electrical noise
15. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Jewellery) cleavage lines in crystalline material, parallel to growth planes
16. (Chemistry) Chem any of a large number of small crystals forming a polycrystalline solid, each having a regular array of atoms that differs in orientation from that of the surrounding crystallites
17. (Cookery) a state of crystallization to boil syrup to the grain
18. a very small amount a grain of truth
19. natural disposition, inclination, or character (esp in the phrase go against the grain)
20. (Astronautics) Astronautics a homogenous mass of solid propellant in a form designed to give the required combustion characteristics for a particular rocket
21. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) (not in technical usage) kermes or a red dye made from this insect
22. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) Dyeing an obsolete word for colour
with a grain or pinch of salt without wholly believing: sceptically
vb (mainly tr)
1. (also intr) to form grains or cause to form into grains; granulate; crystallize
2. to give a granular or roughened appearance or texture to
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) to paint, stain, etc., in imitation of the grain of wood or leather
4. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning)
a. to remove the hair or wool from (a hide or skin) before tanning
b. to raise the grain pattern on (leather)
[from Old French, from Latin grānum]
grainer n
grainless 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
| Noun | 1. |  grain - a relatively small granular particle of a substance; "a grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar"granule - a tiny grain |
| 2. |  grain - foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grassesfood 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 | |
| 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. |  grain - dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian cornamaranth - 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 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 | |
| Verb | 1. | grain - thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt" |
| 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 |
grain
Translations
grain [greɪn] N
1. (= single particle of wheat, sand etc) → grano m
3. (fig) [of sense, truth] → pizca f
there's not a grain of truth in it → en eso no hay ni pizca de verdad
with a grain of salt → con reservas
there's not a grain of truth in it → en eso no hay ni pizca de verdad
with a grain of salt → con reservas
4. [of wood] → fibra f, hebra f; [of stone] → veta f, vena f; [of leather] → flor f; [of cloth] → granilla f (Phot) → grano m
against the grain → a contrapelo
to saw with the grain → aserrar a hebra
it goes against the grain → no me pasa, no me entra
against the grain → a contrapelo
to saw with the grain → aserrar a hebra
it goes against the grain → no me pasa, no me entra
5. (Pharm) → grano m
grain [ˈgreɪn] n
(= cereals) → céréales fpl
(US) (= corn) → blé m
[wood] → fibre f
it goes against the grain → cela va à l'encontre de sa (or ma ) nature
grain elevator n (US) → silo m à céréales
it goes against the grain → cela va à l'encontre de sa (or ma ) nature
grain elevator n (US) → silo m à céréales
grain
grain:
n
(of corn, salt, sand etc) → Korn nt; (fig, of sense, malice) → Spur f; (of truth) → Körnchen nt; (of hope) → Funke m; that’s a grain of comfort → das ist wenigstens ein kleiner Trost
(of leather) → Narben m; (of cloth) → Strich m; (of meat) → Faser f; (of wood, marble) → Maserung f; (of stone) → Korn nt, → Gefüge nt; (Phot) → Korn nt; it goes against the (Brit) or my (US) grain (fig) → es geht einem gegen den Strich
(= weight) → Gran nt
grain:
grain alcohol
n → Äthylalkohol m
grain elevator
n → Getreideheber m
grain [greɪn] n
grain [greɪn] n
b. (single seed, of wheat, rice) → chicco, granello; (particle, of sand, salt, sense) → grano, granello
there's not a grain of truth in what you say → non c'è un briciolo di verità in quello che dici
there's not a grain of truth in what you say → non c'è un briciolo di verità in quello che dici
c. (of wood, marble) → venatura; (of leather, also) (Phot) → grana
it goes against the grain (fig) → va contro la mia (or la sua ) natura
it goes against the grain (fig) → va contro la mia (or la sua ) natura
grain [greɪn] n
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 낟알, 알곡 grūdas grauds bijirin graankorrel korn ziarno grão grăunte, bob зёрнышко zrno zrno zrno sädeskorn เมล็ดธัญพืช buğday 穀粒 зернина غلے کا دانہ یا پودا thóc; gạo 谷粒
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, 곡식 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 谷类
3 a very small, hard particle a grain of sand. korrel ذَرَّه частица zrnko korn das Korn κόκκος grano tera هر چیز ریز؛ ذره hyvä grain גַרגִיר तंतु रचना zrnce szem(cse) butir ögn, arða granello 微粒 아주 조금 grūdelis, kruopelė (sāls, smilšu) graudiņš butir-butir korreltje korn ziarnko grão granulă крупинка, песчинка zrnko zrnce zrno korn เม็ดเล็ก ๆ tane, kırıntı 顆粒 крупинка سخت ذرہ hạt; hột 细粒
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 puun syyn suunta fil מַעֲרַך סִיבִים तन्तुरचना smjer zrnate (vlaknaste) građe szélirány serat (æða)mynstur filo, venatura きめ (종이, 목재, 석재, 무두질한 가죽 등의) 조직, 결 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) 纹理
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 一点儿
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 ir en contra de los principios/deseos/sentimientos de alguien vastukarva olema بر خلاف طینت کسی بودن olla vastoin luontoa 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...的意思 бути не до душі خواہشوں یا مزاج کے خلاف جانا trái ngược 格格不入的
grain → حبة zrno korn Samenkorn κόκκος grano jyvä grain zrno grano 穀粒 곡물 graan frø ziarno grão зерно korn เมล็ดพืช tahıl tanesi hạt ngũ cốc 谷物
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