grain

Noun
  1. A relatively small granular particle of a substance (synset 109313683)
    "a grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar"
    is a type of: atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle, speck - (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
    subtypes: granule - a tiny grain
  2. Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses (synset 107818393)
    is a type of: food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
    subtypes:
    • corn, edible corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
    • grist - grain intended to be or that has been ground
    • groats - the hulled and crushed grain of various cereals
    • millet - small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica
    • barley, barleycorn - a grain of barley
    • buckwheat - grain ground into flour
    • wheat, wheat berry - grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
    • oat - seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats')
    • rice - grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
    • indian rice, wild rice - grains of aquatic grass of North America
    • malt - a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling
    same as: cereal, food grain
  3. The side of leather from which the hair has been removed (synset 114784518)
    is a type of: leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
  4. A weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat (synset 113745414)
    is a type of: metric weight unit, weight unit - a decimal unit of weight based on the gram
    has: mg, milligram - one thousandth (1/1,000) gram
    is a part of: decigram, dg - 1/10 gram
    same as: metric grain
  5. 1/60 dram;
    Equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams (synset 113743998)
    is a type of:
    is a part of:
    • scruple - a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
    • pennyweight - a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
  6. 1/7000 pound;
    Equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams (synset 113741788)
    is a type of: avoirdupois unit - any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
    is a part of: dram - 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams
  7. Dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn (synset 112177336)
    is a type of: seed - a small hard fruit
    subtypes:
    • amaranth - seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America
    • barleycorn - a grain of barley
    • wheat berry - a grain of wheat
    • kernel - a single whole grain of a cereal
    • rye - the seed of the cereal grass
    same as: caryopsis
  8. A cereal grass (synset 112161902)
    "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas"
    is a type of: cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
  9. The smallest possible unit of anything (synset 105114622)
    "there was a grain of truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense"
    is a type of: littleness, smallness - the property of having a relatively small size
  10. The direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric (synset 104957890)
    "saw the board across the grain"
    is a type of: texture - the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality
    subtypes:
  11. The physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) (synset 104941397)
    "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain"
    is a type of: composition, constitution, make-up, makeup, physical composition - the way in which someone or something is composed
    same as: texture
Verb
  1. Thoroughly work in (synset 201533686)
    "His hands were grained with dirt"
    is a type of: penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
    same as: ingrain
  2. Paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood (synset 201365708)
    is a type of: paint - apply paint to; coat with paint
  3. Form into grains (synset 200143989)
    causes: grain, granulate - become granular
    is a type of: form - assume a form or shape
    same as: granulate
  4. Become granular (synset 200141344)
    is a type of: change form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or form
    same as: granulate

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