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Definitions of grain
  1. noun
    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"

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  2. verb
    thoroughly work in
    "His hands were grained with dirt"

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  3. verb
    form into grains

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  4. verb
    become granular

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  5. noun
    a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat

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  6. noun
    dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

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  7. noun
    foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

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  8. noun
    1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
  9. noun
    1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
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  10. noun
    a cereal grass
    "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas"
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  11. noun
    a relatively small granular particle of a substance
    "a grain of sand" "a grain of sugar"
  12. verb
    paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
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  13. noun
    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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  14. noun
    the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
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  15. noun
    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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