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- Dictionarygrain/ɡreɪn/
noun
- 1. wheat or any other cultivated cereal used as food. Similar
- 2. a single fruit or seed of a cereal: "a few grains of corn" Similar
verb
- 1. give a rough surface or texture to: "her fingers were grained with chalk dust"
- 2. paint (something, especially furniture or interior surfaces) in imitation of the grain of wood or marble: "what is the use of having natural wood when you can grain it like that?"
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GRAIN definition: 1. a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice or wheat: 2. a very…. Learn more.
1. a (1) obsolete : a single small hard seed. (2) : a seed or fruit of a cereal grass : caryopsis. b. : the seeds or fruits of various food plants including the cereal grasses and in commercial and statutory usage other plants (such as the soybean) c. : plants producing grain. 2. a (1) : a small hard particle or crystal. (2)
Grain definition: a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.. See examples of GRAIN used in a sentence.
grain. (grān) n. 1. a. A small, dry, one-seeded fruit of a cereal grass, having the fruit and the seed walls united: a single grain of wheat; gleaned the grains from the ground one at a time. Also called caryopsis. b. The fruits of cereal grasses especially after having been harvested, considered as a group: The grain was stored in a silo. 2. a.
the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) “sand of a fine grain ” “a stone of coarse grain ” synonyms: texture. see more.
Definition of grain noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
GRAIN definition: 1. a seed or seeds from types of grass that are eaten as food: 2. a very small piece of something…. Learn more.
Grain Definition. grān. grained, graining, grains. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Noun. Verb. Idiom. Filter. noun. grains. A small, hard seed or seedlike fruit, esp. that of any cereal plant, as wheat, rice, corn, rye, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Cereal seeds in general. Webster's New World.
A grain is a small, hard, dry fruit – with or without an attached hull layer – harvested for human or animal consumption. A grain crop is a grain-producing plant. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and legumes.
grain meaning, definition, what is grain: the seeds of crops such as corn, wheat, ...: Learn more.
