grain
1. a relatively small granular particle of a substance (Freq. 2)
- a grain of sand
- a grain of sugar
• Derivationally related forms:
grainy, granular
• Hypernyms:
atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck
• Hyponyms:
granule
2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
food grain, cereal
• Derivationally related forms:
cereal (for: cereal)
• Hypernyms:
foodstuff, food product
• Hyponyms:
corn, edible corn, grist, groats, millet,
barley, barleycorn, buckwheat, wheat, wheat berry, oat,
rice, wild rice, Indian rice, malt
3. the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
• Hypernyms:
leather
4. a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
• Syn:
metric grain
• Hypernyms:
metric weight unit, weight unit
• Part Holonyms:
decigram, dg
• Part Meronyms:
milligram, mg
5. 1/60 dram;
equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
• Hypernyms:
troy unit, apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight
• Part Holonyms:
pennyweight, scruple
6. 1/7000 pound;
equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
• Hypernyms:
avoirdupois unit
• Part Holonyms:
dram
7. dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
• Syn:
caryopsis
• Hypernyms:
seed
• Hyponyms:
amaranth, barleycorn, wheat berry, kernel, rye
8. a cereal grass
- wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas
• Hypernyms:
cereal, cereal grass
9. the smallest possible unit of anything
- there was a grain of truth in what he said
- he does not have a grain of sense
• Hypernyms:
smallness, littleness
10. 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
• Hypernyms:
texture
• Hyponyms:
wood grain, woodgrain, woodiness, graining, woodgraining
11. 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
• Syn:
texture
• Hypernyms:
constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up
1. thoroughly work in
- His hands were grained with dirt
• Syn:
ingrain
• Hypernyms:
penetrate, perforate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
• Derivationally related forms:
graining
• Hypernyms:
paint
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. form into grains
• Syn:
granulate
• Derivationally related forms:
granulation (for: granulate)
• Hypernyms:
form
• Cause:
granulate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. become granular
• Syn:
granulate
• Hypernyms:
change shape, change form, deform
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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