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Words with a similar base: food_grain, grain, ingrain, metric_grain

'grain'

[grain.n.01] as in: a relatively small granular particle of a substance

Examples:
a grain of sand
a grain of sugar

'grain'

[grain.n.02] as in: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

'grain'

[grain.n.03] as in: the side of leather from which the hair has been removed

'grain'

[grain.n.04] as in: a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat

'grain'

[grain.n.05] as in: 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799

milligrams

'grain'

[grain.n.06] as in: 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799

milligrams

'grain'

[grain.n.07] as in: dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g.

wheat, barley, Indian corn

'grain'

[grain.n.08] as in: a cereal grass

Examples:
wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas

'grain'

[grain.n.09] as in: the smallest possible unit of anything

Examples:
there was a grain of truth in what he said
he does not have a grain of sense

'grain'

[grain.n.10] as in: the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric

Examples:
saw the board across the grain

'grain'

[texture.n.05] as in: the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)

Examples:
breadfruit has the same texture as bread
sand of a fine grain
fish with a delicate flavor and texture
a stone of coarse grain

'grain'

[ingrain.v.01] as in: thoroughly work in

Examples:
His hands were grained with dirt

'grain'

[grain.v.02] as in: paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

'grain'

[granulate.v.01] as in: form into grains

'grain'

[granulate.v.02] as in: become granular

Origins

					grain (English)
└── grain (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    └── granum (Latin)