grain has definitions from the fields of fine art,food,botany,pharmacology
1
[ noun ] a small hard particle

Examples

"a grain of sand"

Used in print

(Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)

The rice was n't dosed with opium , indeed it had no taste at_all , not a grain of salt .

Related terms

atom granule

2
[ noun ] (food) cereal grain suitable as food for human beings

Synonyms

cereal food_grain

Used in print

(Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)

Horse smell was very strong , and he could hear the crunch of grain being ground between strong jaws .

3
[ verb ] become granular

Synonyms

granulate

Related terms

change_shape

4
[ noun ] 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams

Related terms

avoirdupois_unit dram

5
[ noun ] (botany) dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

Synonyms

caryopsis

6
[ noun ] used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat

Synonyms

metric_grain

7
[ noun ] (pharmacology) 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
8
[ verb ] form into grains

Synonyms

granulate

Related terms

shape granulate

9
[ verb ] paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

Related terms

paint

10
[ verb ] thoroughly work in

Synonyms

ingrain

Examples

"His hands were grained with dirt"

Related terms

penetrate

11
[ noun ] (fine art) the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric

Examples

: "saw the board across the grain"

Related terms

texture graining woodgrain

*