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Meaning of grain
noun
- The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley. Example: We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.
- Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
- A single seed of grass food crops. Example: a grain of wheat
- The crops from which grain is harvested. Example: The fields were planted with grain.
- A linear texture of a material or surface. Example: Cut along the grain of the wood.
verb
- To feed grain to.
- To make granular; to form into grains.
- To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
- To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
- (tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
noun
- A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
- A tine, prong, or fork.
- (founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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