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Meaning of grain

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  grain
      n 1: a relatively small granular particle of a substance; "a
           grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar"
      2: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
         [syn: {grain}, {food grain}, {cereal}]
      3: the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
      4: a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
         [syn: {grain}, {metric grain}]
      5: 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
      6: 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
      7: dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g.
         wheat, barley, Indian corn [syn: {grain}, {caryopsis}]
      8: a cereal grass; "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas"
      9: the smallest possible unit of anything; "there was a grain of
         truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense"
      10: 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"
      11: 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" [syn: {texture},
          {grain}]
      v 1: thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"
           [syn: {ingrain}, {grain}]
      2: paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
      3: form into grains [syn: {granulate}, {grain}]
      4: become granular [syn: {granulate}, {grain}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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