grain
n 1: a small hard particle; "a grain of sand"
2: cereal grain suitable as food for human beings [syn: {food
grain}, {cereal}]
3: used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat [syn: {metric
grain}]
4: 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
5: 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
6: dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g.
wheat, barley, Indian corn [syn: {caryopsis}]
7: the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather
or stone or in a woven fabric: "saw the board across the
grain"
v 1: thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt" [syn:
{ingrain}]
2: paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
3: form into grains [syn: {granulate}]
4: become granular [syn: {granulate}]