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"sand of a fine grain" "a stone of coarse grain"nounthe physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
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"His hands were grained with dirt"verbthoroughly work in
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verbform into grains
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nouna weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
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noundry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
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nounfoodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
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noun1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligramspart of:
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noun1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligramstype of:part of:
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"wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas"nouna cereal grasstype of:
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"a grain of sand" "a grain of sugar"nouna relatively small granular particle of a substance
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verbpaint (a surface) to make it look like stone or woodtype of:
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"saw the board across the grain"nounthe direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabrictype of:
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nounthe side of leather from which the hair has been removedtype of:
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"there was a grain of truth in what he said" "he does not have a grain of sense"nounthe smallest possible unit of anythingtype of:
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