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grain

noun
/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.

  1. derived from *ǵr̥h₂nóm✻ — “grain”
  2. derived from grānum — “seed”
  3. derived from grain
  4. inherited from greyn

Definitions

  1. The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg

    The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

    • We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.

  2. Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.

  3. A single seed of grass food crops.

    • a grain of wheat
    • grains of oat
  4. ›+ 31 more definitions

    1. The crops from which grain is harvested.

      • The fields were planted with grain.
      • A grain, which in England is generally given to horſes, but which in Scotland ſupports the people.

    2. A linear texture of a material or surface.

      • Cut along the grain of the wood.
      • He doesn't like to shave against the grain.

    3. A single particle of a substance.

      • a grain of sand
      • a grain of salt

    4. Any of various small units of mass originally notionally based on grain's weight,…

      Any of various small units of mass originally notionally based on grain's weight, variously standardized at different places and times, including

    5. Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width,…

      Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width, variously standardized at different places and times.

    6. The carat grain of ¹⁄₄ carat as a measure of gold purity, creating a 96-point scale…

      The carat grain of ¹⁄₄ carat as a measure of gold purity, creating a 96-point scale between 0% and 100% purity.

    7. A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.

    8. The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine.

    9. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes

      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
      • […] 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.

    10. 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.

    11. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation

      The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum.

    12. A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.

    13. Temper

      Temper; natural disposition; inclination.

      • brothers […] not united in grain

    14. Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a…

      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.

    15. To feed grain to.

      • He said that no man loved his horses, unless his own hands grained them. Every Christmas he gave them brimming measures.

    16. To make granular

      To make granular; to form into grains.

    17. To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization

      To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.

    18. To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.

    19. To remove the hair or fat from a skin.

    20. To soften leather.

    21. To yield fruit.

    22. A branch of a tree

      A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant; an offshoot.

    23. A tine, prong, or fork.

    24. A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.

    25. A branch or arm of a stream, inlet, or sea.

    26. A fork in a river valley or ravine.

    27. The branch of a family

      The branch of a family; clan.

    28. The groin

      The groin; crotch.

    29. The fangs of a tooth.

    30. A village in Isle of Grain parish, Isle of Grain, Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid…

      A village in Isle of Grain parish, Isle of Grain, Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8876).

    31. A surname.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at grain. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01grain02grass03ground04soil05unconsolidated06unconsolidate07deconsolidate08split

A definitional loop anchored at grain. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at grain

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA