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Grain

noun

1.

A relatively small granular particle of a substance. "A grain of sugar"

2.

Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses. Synonyms: cereal, food grain.

3.

The side of leather from which the hair has been removed.

4.

A weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat. Synonym: metric grain.

5.

1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams.

6.

1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams.

7.

Dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn. Synonym: caryopsis.

8.

A cereal grass.

9.

The smallest possible unit of anything. "He does not have a grain of sense"

10.

The direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric.

11.

The physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance). Synonym: texture. "Sand of a fine grain" , "Fish with a delicate flavor and texture" , "A stone of coarse grain"

verb

1.

Thoroughly work in. Synonym: ingrain.

2.

Paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood.

3.

Form into grains. Synonym: granulate.

4.

Become granular. Synonym: granulate.

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"Grain" Quotes from Famous Books

... the cry of agony—the pallid face of a hungry child finds a quick response to its mute appeal; but when we know that hundreds are rendered homeless every day, and countless thousands are killed and wounded, men and boys mowed down like a field of grain, and with as little compunction, we grow a little bit numb to human misery. What does it matter if there is a family north of the track living on soda biscuits and turnips? War hardens us to ...

— In Times Like These • Nellie L. McClung

... a man of the world, his parents had made him too happy, he had received too much adulation in society, to be possessed of noble sentiments. The grain of gold dropped by his mother into his heart was beaten thin in the smithy of Parisian society; he had spread it superficially, and it was worn away by the friction of life. Charles was only twenty-one years old. At that age the freshness of youth seems inseparable from ...

— Eugenie Grandet • Honore de Balzac

... coffee, Geddie read the column of print. Following a listed statement of Mr. Tolliver's real estate and bonds, came a description of the yacht's furnishings, and then the grain of news no bigger than a mustard seed. Mr. Tolliver, with a party of favoured guests, would sail the next day on a six weeks' cruise along the Central American and South American coasts and among the Bahama Islands. Among the guests were Mrs. ...

— Cabbages and Kings • O. Henry

... other side of Bolton there are grassy foothills, well watered—a big stretch of country very much like that about Crawfordsville. Already there are orchards there, considerable small farming, grain-raising and hay. Swinnerton planned to build a town out there in the heart of that fertile country where there are now a number of settlements and to have the P. C. & W. run a seventy-five-mile spur out that way. The management naturally will not stand for ...

— Under Handicap - A Novel • Jackson Gregory

... universal. The whole country is becoming protectionist. All young men, even in Hamburg and Bremen, believe in protection as "the thing." The Prussian landlord, whose soul was steeped in free trade so long as Prussia was a grain-exporting country, cherishes protectionist convictions now that she must largely import cereals. The bureaucrat who had never sworn by other economic lawgivers than Adam Smith and his followers, now accepts ...

— Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 • Various

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