grain

grain has 40 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• v. & n.. See Groan.
• n.. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
• n.. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively.
• n.. Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.
• n.. The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.
• n.. 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.
• n.. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
• n.. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
• n.. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.
• n.. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
• n.. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
• n.. A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.