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A relatively small granular particle of a substance A grain of sand A grain of sugar |
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Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses |
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The side of leather from which the hair has been removed |
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A weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat |
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1/60 dram Equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams |
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1/7000 pound Equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams |
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Dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn |
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A cereal grass Wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas |
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The smallest possible unit of anything There was a grain of truth in what he said He does not have a grain of sense |
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The direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric Saw the board across the grain |
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The physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) Breadfruit has the same texture as bread Sand of a fine grain Fish with a delicate flavor and texture A stone of coarse grain |
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Thoroughly work in His hands were grained with dirt |
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Paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood |
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Form into grains |
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Become granular |
| noun | atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck |
| noun | food grain, cereal, foodstuff, food product
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| noun | metric grain, metric weight unit, weight unit
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| noun | troy unit, apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight
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| noun | avoirdupois unit
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| noun | caryopsis, seed |
| noun | texture |
| verb | ingrain, penetrate, perforate |
| verb | paint |
| verb | granulate, shape, form |
| verb | granulate, change shape, change form, deform |