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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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The meaning of GRAIN is a single small hard seed. How to use grain in a sentence.
grain noun (PHOTOGRAPH) [ C or U ] the pattern of extremely small spots of black and white or colour, that form a photographic or film image, or one of these small spots: fine /coarse-grain film. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Definition of grain noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define grain. grain synonyms, grain pronunciation, grain translation, English dictionary definition of grain. n. 1. a. A small, dry, one-seeded fruit of a cereal grass, having the fruit and the seed walls united: a single grain of wheat; gleaned the grains from the...
Grain is a cereal crop, especially wheat or corn, that has been harvested and is used for food or in trade. ...a bag of grain. ...the best grains. Synonyms: cereal, corn More Synonyms of grain. 3. countable noun. A grain of something such as sand or salt is a tiny hard piece of it. ...a grain of sand. [ + of]
Grain is the texture on piece of wood, which often forms long patterns that show the direction in which the tree grew. You may have heard someone say "there's a grain of truth to that" when referring to an outrageous story that has a tiny bit of truth to it. A grain can also be a speck or a particle — the tiniest bit of something.
Grain definition: a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.. See examples of GRAIN used in a sentence.
a very small amount of a quality: There isn't a grain of truth in her story. the grain. the natural direction and pattern of lines which you can see in wood or material: to cut something along/against the grain.
noun. /ɡreɪn/ [uncountable, countable] the small hard seeds of food plants such as wheat, rice, etc.; a single seed of such a plant America's grain exports a few grains of rice see whole-grain. Definitions on the go. Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
A grain is a small, hard, dry fruit – with or without an attached hull layer – harvested for human or animal consumption. A grain crop is a grain-producing plant. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and legumes.
