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- Dictionarygrain/ɡreɪn/
noun
- 1. wheat or any other cultivated cereal used as food. Similar
- 2. a single fruit or seed of a cereal: "a few grains of corn" Similar
verb
- 1. give a rough surface or texture to: "her fingers were grained with chalk dust"
- 2. paint (something, especially furniture or interior surfaces) in imitation of the grain of wood or marble: "what is the use of having natural wood when you can grain it like that?"
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