GRAIN
Scrabble letter values: G2R1A1I1N1 = 6
Definition
- verb thoroughly work in. — synonyms: ingrain
- verb paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood.
- verb form into grains. — synonyms: granulate
- verb become granular. — synonyms: granulate
- noun a relatively small granular particle of a substance.
- noun foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses. — synonyms: food_grain, cereal
- noun the side of leather from which the hair has been removed.
- noun a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat. — synonyms: metric_grain
- noun 1/60 dram.
- noun 1/7000 pound.
- noun dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn. — synonyms: caryopsis
- noun a cereal grass.
- noun the smallest possible unit of anything.
- noun the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric.
- noun the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance). — synonyms: texture
Examples
- “His hands were grained with dirt”
- “a grain of sand”
- “a grain of sugar”