| NOUN | object | grain | a relatively small granular particle of a substance |
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| food | grain, food grain, cereal | foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses | |
| substance | grain | the side of leather from which the hair has been removed | |
| quantity | grain, metric grain | a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds | |
| quantity | grain | 1/60 dram | |
| quantity | grain | 1/7000 pound | |
| plant | grain, caryopsis | dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses | |
| plant | grain | a cereal grass | |
| attribute | grain | the smallest possible unit of anything | |
| attribute | grain | the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone / stone or in a woven fabric | |
| attribute | grain, texture | the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | |
| VERB | contact | grain, ingrain | thoroughly work in |
| contact | grain | paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood | |
| change | grain, granulate | form into grains | |
| change | grain, granulate | become granular |
| Sounds | grey'n | |
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| Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 127 rhymes with eyn... | |
| Meaning | A relatively small granular particle of a substance. | |
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| Narrower | granule | A tiny grain |
| Broader | atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck | (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything |
| Spanish | grano | |
| Catalan | gra | |
| Adjectives | grainy, granular | composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency |
| Verbs | grain | form into grains |
| grain | become granular | |
| grain | paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood | |
| Meaning | foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses. | |
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| Synonyms | food grain, cereal | |
| Narrower | barley, barleycorn | A grain of barley |
| buckwheat | grain ground into flour | |
| 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 | |
| malt | A cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water | |
| millet | small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica | |
| 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 | |
| wheat, wheat berry | grains of common wheat | |
| wild rice, Indian rice | grains of aquatic grass of North America | |
| Broader | foodstuff, food product | A substance that can be used or prepared for use as food |
| Spanish | cereales, cereal | |
| Catalan | cereal | |
| Meaning | The side of leather from which the hair has been removed. | |
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| Broader | leather | An animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning |
| Meaning | A weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat. | |
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| Synonym | metric grain | |
| Part of | decigram, dg | 1/10 gram |
| Parts | milligram, mg | One thousandth (1/1,000) gram |
| Broader | metric weight unit, weight unit | A decimal unit of weight based on the gram |
| Spanish | grano | |
| Catalan | gra | |
| Meaning | 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams. | |
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| Part of | pennyweight | A unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains |
| scruple | A unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains | |
| Broader | apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight | Any weight unit used in pharmacy |
| troy unit | Any of the unit of the troy system of weights | |
| Spanish | grano | |
| Catalan | gra | |
| Meaning | 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams. | |
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| Part of | dram | 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams |
| Broader | avoirdupois unit | Any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights |
| Spanish | grano | |
| Catalan | gra | |
| Meaning | dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn. | |
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| Synonym | caryopsis | |
| Narrower | amaranth | seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America |
| barleycorn | A grain of barley | |
| kernel | A single whole grain of a cereal | |
| rye | The seed of the cereal grass | |
| wheat berry | A grain of wheat | |
| Broader | seed | A small hard fruit |
| Spanish | cariópside, grano | |
| Catalan | cariòpside, cariopsi, gra | |
| Adjectives | cereal | made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it |
| Meaning | A cereal grass. | |
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| Example | "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas" | |
| Broader | cereal, cereal grass | grass whose starchy grains are used as food |
| Spanish | grano | |
| Meaning | The smallest possible unit of anything. | |
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| Broader | smallness, littleness | The property of having a relatively small size |
| Meaning | The direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone / stone or in a woven fabric. | |
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| Example | "saw the board across the grain" | |
| Narrower | graining, woodgraining | A texture like that of wood |
| wood grain, woodgrain, woodiness | texture produced by the fibers in wood | |
| Broader | texture | The characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality |
| Verbs | grain | paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood |
| Meaning | The physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance). | |
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| Synonym | texture | |
| Broader | constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up | The way in which someone or something is composed |
| Meaning | Thoroughly work in. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "His hands were grained with dirt" | |
| Synonym | ingrain | |
| Broader | penetrate, perforate | Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance |
| Spanish | arraigar, entarugar, incrustar | |
| Meaning | paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | paint | apply paint to |
| Spanish | granular | |
| Nouns | grain | the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone / stone or in a woven fabric |
| grain | a relatively small granular particle of a substance | |
| graining | a texture like that of wood | |
| Meaning | form into grains. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | granulate | |
| Cause to | granulate, grain | Become granular |
| Broader | form | assume a form or shape |
| Spanish | granular | |
| Catalan | granular | |
| Nouns | grain | a relatively small granular particle of a substance |
| Meaning | Become granular. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | granulate | |
| Caused by | granulate, grain | form into grains |
| Broader | change shape, change form, deform | assume a different shape or form |
| Spanish | granular | |
| Catalan | granular-se | |
| Nouns | grain | a relatively small granular particle of a substance |
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