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grain
Found in thesaurus: molecule, mote, speck, foodstuff, weight unit, apothecaries' weight, avoirdupois unit, texture, penetrate, form, deform
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grain
n.
cereal; seed; granule; plants producing grain; particle; small portion of; texture, weave
v.
manufacture grains; crumble into granules; paint in imitation of a grain (such as wood grain)
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GRAIN
GRAIN (initially the International Coalition for Development Action or ICDA) is a small international non-profit organisation that works to support small farmers and social movements in their struggles for community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems.
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Grain
Grains are small, hard, dry seeds, with or without attached hulls or fruit layers, harvested for human or animal consumption. Agronomists also call the plants producing such seeds "grain crops". The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals such as wheat and rye, and legumes such as beans and soybeans. Ubiquity of grain as a food source encouraged use of the term to describe other particles with volume or mass similar to an individual seed.
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grain
Noun
1. a small hard particle; "a grain of sand"
(hypernym) atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck
(hyponym) granule
2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
(synonym) food grain, cereal
(hypernym) foodstuff, food product
(hyponym) corn, edible corn
3. used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
(synonym) metric grain
(hypernym) metric weight unit, weight unit
(part-holonym) decigram, dg
(part-meronym) milligram, mg
4. 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
(hypernym) troy unit
(part-holonym) pennyweight
5. 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
(hypernym) avoirdupois unit
(part-holonym) dram
6. dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
(synonym) caryopsis
(hypernym) seed
(hyponym) amaranth
7. the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain"
(hypernym) texture
(hyponym) wood grain, woodgrain
Verb
1. thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"
(synonym) ingrain
(hypernym) penetrate, perforate
2. paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
(hypernym) paint
3. form into grains
(synonym) granulate
(hypernym) shape, form
(cause) granulate
4. become granular
(synonym) granulate
(hypernym) change shape, change form, deform
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grain
nm.
grain, cereal, kernel, corn; particle, mite, mote; mouthful, ounce; shred, whit
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grain
n.
zrní; zrnko; zvrásnění; rýhování
