Sekirov Dictionary

grain

/ɡɹeɪn/

noun33

  1. dry hard food that comes from the top of farm plants such as rice, and is often made into bread
  2. Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
  3. A single seed of a food crop, especially a cereal grass crop.
  4. A single particle of a substance.
  5. A tiny fragment of a digital audio recording, used in granular synthesis to create new sounds or textures.
  6. A linear texture of a material or surface.
  7. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
  8. The crops from which grain is harvested.
  9. Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.
  10. Any of various small units of mass originally notionally based on grain's weight, variously standardized at different places and times.
  11. The English grain of ¹⁄₅₇₆₀ troy pound or ¹⁄₇₀₀₀ pound avoirdupois, now exactly 64.79891 mg.
  12. The metric, carat, or pearl grain of ¹⁄₄ carat used for measuring precious stones and pearls, now exactly 50 mg.
  13. (historical) The French grain of ¹⁄₉₂₁₆ livre, equivalent to 53.11 mg at metricization and equal to exactly 54.25 mg from 1812–1839 as part of the mesures usuelles.
  14. Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
  15. A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.
  16. [in the plural] The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum.
  17. The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine.
  18. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.
  19. (historical) Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width, variously standardized at different places and times.
  20. (historical) The carat grain of ¹⁄₄ carat as a measure of gold purity, creating a 96-point scale between 0% and 100% purity.
  21. A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant; an offshoot.
  22. A tine, prong, or fork.
  23. One of the branches of a valley or river.
  24. An arm of a cross.
  25. (dialect) A branch or arm of a stream, inlet, or sea.
  26. (dialect) A fork in a river valley or ravine.
  27. (dialect) The fangs of a tooth.
  28. A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.
  29. A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.
  30. A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
  31. An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.
  32. (dialect) The branch of a family; clan.
  33. (dialect) The groin; crotch.

verb7

  1. To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
  2. To make granular; to form into grains.
  3. To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
  4. To feed grain to.
  5. To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
  6. To soften leather.
  7. To yield fruit.
forms

grained · graining · grains

Phrases with grain

This dictionary works without the internet: on your phone · in Chrome