grain
noun
/ɡɹeɪn/
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- (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
- (countable) A single seed of grass food crops.
- (uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.
- (countable) A single particle of a substance.
- (countable) Any of various small units of mass originally notionally based on grain's weight, variously standardized at different places and times, including
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grain
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grain
verb
/ɡɹeɪn/
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- (transitive) To make granular; to form into grains.
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grainer,
grener
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- (tanning) To soften leather.
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tanner
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grained
adjective
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- Having a grain or grains.
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granuleux
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