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grain > 11 senses
NOUN	1	grain	A small hard particle
	2	grain, food grain, cereal	Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
	3	grain, metric grain	A weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
	4	grain	1/60 dram
	5	grain	1/7000 pound
	6	grain, caryopsis	Dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
	7	grain	The direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
VERB	1	grain, ingrain	Thoroughly work in
	2	grain	Paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
	3	grain, granulate	Form into grains
	4	grain, granulate	Become granular

grain > pronunciation
Sounds	grey'n
Rhymes	abstain, again, airplane, and 116 more rhymes in eyn...

grain > noun 1, object
Meaning	A small hard particle.
Examples	"a grain of sand"
Broader	atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck
Narrower	granule
Adjectives	grainy, granular; grainy, granular
Verbs	grain; grain; grain

grain > noun 2, food
Meaning	Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses.
Synonyms	food grain, cereal
Broader	foodstuff, food product
Narrower	corn, edible corn; grist; groats; millet; barley, barleycorn; buckwheat; wheat, wheat berry; oat; rice; wild rice, Indian rice; malt

grain > noun 3, quantity
Meaning	A weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat.
Synonyms	metric grain
Part of	decigram, dg
Parts	milligram, mg
Broader	metric weight unit, weight unit

grain > noun 4, quantity
Meaning	1/60 dram. Equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams.
Part of	scruple; pennyweight
Broader	troy unit; apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight

grain > noun 5, quantity
Meaning	1/7000 pound. Equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams.
Part of	dram
Broader	avoirdupois unit

grain > noun 6, plant
Meaning	Dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn.
Synonyms	caryopsis
Broader	seed
Narrower	amaranth; barleycorn; wheat berry; kernel; rye
Adjectives	cereal

grain > noun 7, attribute
Meaning	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"
Broader	texture
Narrower	wood grain, woodgrain, woodiness; graining, woodgraining
Verbs	grain

grain > verb 1, contact
Meaning	Thoroughly work in.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Examples	"His hands were grained with dirt"
Synonyms	ingrain
Broader	penetrate, perforate

grain > verb 2, contact
Meaning	Paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Broader	paint
Nouns	graining; grain; grain

grain > verb 3, change
Meaning	Form into grains.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	granulate
Cause to	granulate, grain
Broader	form
Nouns	grain

grain > verb 4, change
Meaning	Become granular.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	granulate
Caused by	granulate, grain
Broader	change shape, change form, deform
Nouns	grain

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