grain
- grain
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I. noun
Etymology: Middle English, partly from Anglo-French grain cereal grain, from Latin granum; partly from Anglo-French graine seed, kermes, from Latin grana, plural of granum — more at corn
Date: 14th century
1.
a.
(1) obsolete a single small hard seed
(2) a seed or fruit of a cereal grass ; caryopsis
b. the seeds or fruits of various food plants including the cereal grasses and in commercial and statutory usage other plants (as the soybean)
c. plants producing grain
2.
a.
(1) a small hard particle or crystal
(2) any of the particles produced in a photographic material by its development; also the size of such grains in the aggregate
(3) an individual crystal in a metal
b. a minute portion or particle
c. the least amount possible <
a grain of truth
>
3.
a. kermes or a scarlet dye made from it
b. cochineal or a brilliant scarlet dye made from it
c. a fast dye
d. archaic color, tint
4.
a. a granulated surface or appearance
b. the outer or hair side of a skin or hide
5. a unit of weight based on the weight of a grain of wheat taken as an average of the weight of grains from the middle of the ear — see weight table
6.
a. the stratification of the wood fibers in a piece of wood
b. a texture due to constituent particles or fibers <the grain of a rock
>
c. the direction of threads in cloth
7. tactile quality
8.
a. natural disposition ; temper <lying goes against my grain
>
b. a basic or characteristic quality
c. a prevalent ideology or convention <teaching against the grain
>
• grained adjective
• grainless adjective
II. verb
Date: 1530
transitive verb
1. ingrain
2. to form into grains ; granulate
3. to paint in imitation of the grain of wood or stone
4. to feed with grain
intransitive verb
to become granular ; granulate
• grainer noun
New Collegiate Dictionary.
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