grain en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ɡɹeɪn/
Etymology
From Middle English greyn, grayn, grein, from Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Doublet of corn, gram, granum, and grao.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops, especially wheat, maize, rye, barley, and rice.
We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.
Near-synonym: corn (broad sense, maize and others)
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(uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
Near-synonym: corn (broad sense, maize and others)
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(countable) A single seed of a food crop, especially a cereal grass crop.
grains of oat
a grain of wheat
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(countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.
A grain, which in England is generally given to horſes, but which in Scotland ſupports the people.
1755 April 15, Samuel Johnson, “Oats”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (L–Z), London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; […], →OCLC, column 1:The fields were planted with grain.
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(uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.
Cut along the grain of the wood.
He doesn't like to shave against the grain.
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(countable) A single particle of a substance.
a grain of sand
a grain of salt
- (countable, uncountable) Any of various small units of mass originally notionally based on grain's weight, variously standardized at different places and times, including ▸ The English grain of ¹⁄₅₇₆₀ troy pound or ¹⁄₇₀₀₀ pound avoirdupois, now exactly 64.79891 mg.
- (countable, uncountable) Any of various small units of mass originally notionally based on grain's weight, variously standardized at different places and times, including ▸ The metric, carat, or pearl grain of ¹⁄₄ carat used for measuring precious stones and pearls, now exactly 50 mg.
- (countable, historical, uncountable) Any of various small units of mass originally notionally based on grain's weight, variously standardized at different places and times, including ▸ The French grain of ¹⁄₉₂₁₆ livre, equivalent to 53.11 mg at metricization and equal to exactly 54.25 mg from 1812–1839 as part of the mesures usuelles.
- (countable, historical) Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width, variously standardized at different places and times.
- (countable, historical) The carat grain of ¹⁄₄ carat as a measure of gold purity, creating a 96-point scale between 0% and 100% purity.
- (countable, qualifier:materials, uncountable) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.
- (countable, uncountable) The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine.
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(countable, uncountable) A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.
all in a robe of darkest grain
1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], →OCLC:[…] doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped their silks in colours of less value, then give them the last tincture of crimson in grain.
a. 1825, Quoted by Coleridge, preface to Aids to Reflection
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(countable, uncountable) The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
The grain of the leather is also sometimes damaged by the filling , by the taking off the hair , and by the river work.
1773, Royal Dublin Society, The Art of Tanning and of Currying Leather:
- (countable, in-plural, uncountable) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum.
- (countable, uncountable) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.
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(countable, uncountable) Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
brothers […] not united in grain
a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC:
- (countable, uncountable) Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.
- (countable, uncountable) A tiny fragment of a digital audio recording, used in granular synthesis to create new sounds or textures.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grains | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Molucca grains · grainless · felt grain · grainage · grain physa · grain moon · intragrain · grain entrapment · grain boundary · grain engulfment · silver grain · grain whiskey · grainline · grain itch · micrograin · grain thrips · snow grains · puffed grain · subgrain · grain corn · soft-grain · grainstone · grain size · whole grain · kefir grain · feed grain · grain refiner · fine-grain · grainfield · grains of paradise · grain yard · supergrain · ancient grain · there's a grain of truth in every joke · intergrain · grain of truth · troy grain · grain of salt · pollen grain · with a grain of salt · silver-grain · grain elevator · against the grain · grain weevil · nongrain · multigrain · feedgrain · pseudograin · woodgrain · nanograin · wholegrain · grainygrip grain · argyrophilic grain disease · grainland · Angoumois grain moth · brewers' spent grains · seed grain · grainfall · long-grain · foodgrain · short-grain · end grain · whole-grain · grainy · grainlike · guinea grains · grainflow · grain of paradise · go against the grain · overgrain · grain whisky · grain popping · winnow grain from chaff · grain beetle · distillers' grains · grainish · grip grain
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
rye · barley · oat · maize · sorghum · wheat · rice · millet
Relateds
granular · fine-grained · grenade · grain alcohol · coarse-grained · mill · granularity · grain spirit · garnet · grain car · field · granary · cereal · grosgrain · scythe · granulation · combine · grain neutral spirit · granulate · grains of paradise · neutral grain spirit · guinea grains
Synonyms
cereal · grain · corn · draff · troy grain · corn · corn
Translations (335)
tg дон (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · sq drithë (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · mn ширхэг (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · be жы́та (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · gl gran (linear texture of material or surface) · sv gryn (single seed of grain) · kk дән (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · mi kakano (linear texture of material or surface) · be крупі́нка (single particle of a substance) · tt ашлык (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · eu garau (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · yi גרײַפּל (single seed of grain) · txb tāno (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ru зёрнышко (single particle of a substance) · ru грануля́ция (linear texture of material or surface) · uk зерни́нка (single particle of a substance) · cs zrní (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · cmn 粒 (single particle of a substance) · la frūmentum (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · fi mäski (remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation) · gd gràine (single seed of grain) · fi vilja (crops from which grain is harvested) · lt grūdai (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · fi rakeisuus (visual texture in processed photographic film) · ba бөртөк (single particle of a substance) · pl gran (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · mn будаа (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ja 粒 (single seed of grain) · th ธัญ (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · uz don (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ang corn (single seed of grain) · gl gran (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · lt javai (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · uk зере́нце (single particle of a substance) · te గింజ (single seed of grain) · eo grajno (single particle of a substance) · uk зерня́ (single particle of a substance) · de Körnchen (single seed of grain) · sw nafaka (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · eo grano (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · es cereal (crops from which grain is harvested) · de Maserung (linear texture of material or surface) · ur اناج (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · mk житарки (crops from which grain is harvested) · am ሸካራነት (linear texture of material or surface) · es grano (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · sh žȉto (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · cs zrnko (single particle of a substance) · mi tōpata (single particle of a substance) · ca gra (single particle of a substance) · uz gʻalla (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · lv grauds (single seed of grain) · sv gran (unit of length notionally based on a grain's width) · ltg gryudi (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · tr habbe (single seed of grain) · grc κόκκος (single seed of grain) · mk жи́то (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · no korn (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · mk зрно (single seed of grain) · el κόκκος (single particle of a substance) · cu жито (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · sv gran (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · et tera (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · gd gràine (single particle of a substance) · el σιτηρά (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · cy ŷd (crops from which grain is harvested) · ru зерно́ (single seed of grain) · pl mazerunek (linear texture of material or surface) · be зерне́ (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · gl gran (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · rup grãn (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · mn үр (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ru части́ца (single particle of a substance) · ca cereal (crops from which grain is harvested) · uk дрі́бка (single particle of a substance) · fi jyvänen (single particle of a substance) · pt grão (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · es yule (single seed of grain) · om mindhaan (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · th เมล็ด (single seed of grain) · fa غلات (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · lld blava (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · fi syyt (linear texture of material or surface) · sv väv (linear texture of material or surface) · az dən (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ro grăunte (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · sh зр̏но (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · de Getreide (crops from which grain is harvested) · he בָּר (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ja 木目 (linear texture of material or surface) · cs zrno (single seed of grain) · alt аш (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · is korn (single seed of grain) · bg зърно (single seed of grain) · he מרגב (linear texture of material or surface) · ba ярма (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ca gra (single seed of grain) · th เมล็ด (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ti እኽሊ (single seed of grain) · fa خرمن (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · pl ziarno (single seed of grain) · nl koren (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · he גַּרְגִּיר (single particle of a substance) · cu зрьно (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · uk збі́жжя (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · tg ғалла (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · zza xerman (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · tl grano (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · gl gran (crops from which grain is harvested) · grc σῖτος (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · zu inhlamvu (single particle of a substance) · tk digir (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ru зерно́ (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · az taxıl (crops from which grain is harvested) · sk zrno (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · pt granularidade (linear texture of material or surface) · sv spannmål (crops from which grain is harvested) · be драбі́нка (single particle of a substance) · fi jyvät (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ka მარცვალი (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ush کُلئی (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · sa धान्य (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · fi vilja (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · bg зърнистост (linear texture of material or surface) · uk зе́рня (single particle of a substance) · be ка́ліўца (single particle of a substance) · sw nafaka (single seed of grain) · akk 𒊺 (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · jv wiji (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · it grano, granello (single particle of a substance) · bg текстура (linear texture of material or surface) · sv korn (single seed of grain) · th เกรน (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · fa دانه (single seed of grain) · cmn 顆粒 /颗粒 (single seed of grain) · ru жи́то (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · pl zboże (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · sa कण (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · cmn 穀類 /谷类 (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · pt grão (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · ja 粒 (single particle of a substance) · mi pata (single seed of grain) · ht grenn (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · yi קערל (single seed of grain) · nl graan (crops from which grain is harvested) · ru крупи́ца (single particle of a substance) · fr grain (single particle of a substance) · az dən (single seed of grain) · is korn (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · cs obilí (crops from which grain is harvested) · kum ашлыкъ (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · fi graani (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · cmn 穀物 /谷物 (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · mk зрно (single particle of a substance) · ca veta (linear texture of material or surface) · nl korrel (single particle of a substance) · es pipo (single seed of grain) · kum урлукъ (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · kix vêi (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · de Korn (single seed of grain) · sa कण (single particle of a substance) · lv labība (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · sv sädeskorn (single seed of grain) · sga grán (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · km គ្រាប់ (single seed of grain) · cy gronyn (single seed of grain) · uk части́нка (single particle of a substance) · ngc mbuma (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · hi अनाज (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · hu gabona (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · uk крупи́нка (single particle of a substance) · tr tahıl (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · es grano (single particle of a substance) · pl ziarno (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · bg гран (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · ms butir (single particle of a substance) · my အဆန် (single seed of grain) · lt grūdas (single seed of grain) · lv graudi (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ms biji (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · bn শস্য (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · yi קערנדל (single seed of grain) · eu ale (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · gd gràn (crops from which grain is harvested) · cs zrnko (single seed of grain) · nl grein (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · gl grao (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · fi jyvä (single seed of grain) · es grano (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · ja 種 (single seed of grain) · sv gryn (single particle of a substance) · mr धान्य (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · gl grao (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · tl butil (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · sl zrno (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · be зярня́тка (single particle of a substance) · az dənə (single seed of grain) · nl korrel (materials: region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction) · ro cereală (crops from which grain is harvested) · hi अन्न (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · el υφή (linear texture of material or surface) · got 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · cs zrno (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · txb ysāre (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · pt grão (single seed of grain) · ca gra (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · de Korn (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ti እኽሊ (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · eo grajno (single seed of grain) · es grano (single seed of grain) · th เม็ด (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · he גַּרְגִּיר (single seed of grain) · de Gran (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · pt cereal (crops from which grain is harvested) · vi hạt (single seed of grain) · sid gide (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ar تَجْزِيع (linear texture of material or surface) · ar حَبَة (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · tk galla (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · hy հատիկ (single particle of a substance) · cs zrnitost (linear texture of material or surface) · cy ŷd (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · fi martiopuoli (hair side of a piece of leather) · ltg maize (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · fi kide (materials: region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction) · grc ἀκτή (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · pl ziarenko (single particle of a substance) · my အဆန် (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ru зла́ки (crops from which grain is harvested) · ja 穀物 (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · sv stråsäd (crops from which grain is harvested) · ce буьртиг (single seed of grain) · dlm grun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · kk астық (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · uk зе́рнятко (single particle of a substance) · oc gran (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · sv säd (crops from which grain is harvested) · uk жи́то (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ky дан (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · sw kilo (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · bg зърно́ (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · vi hột (single seed of grain) · tk däne (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · pt grão (single particle of a substance) · hi धान्य (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · cs grán (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · tt бөртек (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · fi kokenilli (reddish dye made from the coccus insect) · ru зерновы́е (crops from which grain is harvested) · km គ្រាប់ (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · it seme (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · kum бюртюк (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · grc κόκκος (single particle of a substance) · pt grão (unit of length notionally based on a grain's width) · ga snáithe (linear texture of material or surface) · nl nerf (linear texture of material or surface) · ba ашлыҡ (crops from which grain is harvested) · de Grän (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · sh zȑno (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · fi jyvä (single particle of a substance) · ro bob (single seed of grain) · he חספוס (linear texture of material or surface) · eo greno (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ln mbuma (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · gl gran (single seed of grain) · he דָּגָן (crops from which grain is harvested) · ca gra (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ba бөртөк (single seed of grain) · nl graan (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · et teravili (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · kix vēipèm (single seed of grain) · be збо́жжа (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · lo ເມັດ (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · fi jyvät (seeds from any food crop) · pt glóbulo (single particle of a substance) · eo ero (single particle of a substance) · ar حُبُوب (crops from which grain is harvested) · el δημητριακά (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · cy grawn (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ru зерни́стость (linear texture of material or surface) · ba иген (crops from which grain is harvested) · ru зёрнышко (single seed of grain) · pl ziarnko (single particle of a substance) · be ка́ліва (single particle of a substance) · mk дрвни влакна (linear texture of material or surface) · zu inhlamvu (single seed of grain) · lo ເມັດ (single seed of grain) · ja 穀類 (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · sv spannmål (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · zu izinhlamvu (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · bg зрънце (single seed of grain) · sv säd (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ga grán (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ang corn (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · bg зърнени храни (crops from which grain is harvested) · de Getreide (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · my အစေ့ (single seed of grain) · zza ğele (diq) (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · uk зерно́ (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · hu szemer (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · gl gran (single particle of a substance) · fa خواب (linear texture of material or surface) · de Körnchen (single particle of a substance) · egy sSr-Z1-U9:Z2ss (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ar تَعْرِيق (linear texture of material or surface) · ur دانہ (single seed of grain) · pox zaitü (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · eu bihi (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · be часці́ца (single particle of a substance) · la grānum (single seed of grain) · os нӕмыг (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · hy հացահատիկ (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · fi luonne (temper; natural disposition; inclination) · bg частица (single particle of a substance) · sv korn (single particle of a substance) · ko 곡물 (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · da korn (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · vi ngũ cốc (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · zu imbewu (single seed of grain) · sl žito (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · hy հատիկ (single seed of grain) · nds Koorn (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · cmn 糧食 /粮食 (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · ru гран (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight) · fr grain (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · fr grain (linear texture of material or surface) · nl graankorrel (single seed of grain) · ltg gryuds (single seed of grain) · gd gràn (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · fr grain (single seed of grain) · ru крупи́нка (single particle of a substance) · sh жи̏то (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) · es veta (linear texture of material or surface) · el σπυρί (single seed of grain) · ruq grǫn (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)