ALL meanings of grains
grains
G g - noun grains Plural form of grain. 1
- noun grains a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet. 1
- noun grains the gathered seed of food plants, especially of cereal plants. 1
- noun grains such plants collectively. 1
- noun grains any small, hard particle, as of sand, gold, pepper, or gunpowder. 1
- noun grains the smallest unit of weight in most systems, originally determined by the weight of a plump grain of wheat. In the U.S. and British systems, as in avoirdupois, troy, and apothecaries' weights, the grain is identical. In an avoirdupois ounce there are 437.5 grains; in the troy and apothecaries' ounces there are 480 grains (one grain equals 0.0648 gram). 1
- noun grains the smallest possible amount of anything: a grain of truth. 1
- noun grains the arrangement or direction of fibers in wood, or the pattern resulting from this. 1
- noun grains the direction in which the fibers of a piece of dressed wood, as a board, rise to the surface: You should work with or across the grain, but never against. 1
- noun grains the side of leather from which the hair has been removed. 1
- noun grains a stamped pattern that imitates the natural grain of leather: used either on leather to simulate a different type of natural leather, or on coated cloth. 1
- noun grains Textiles. the fibers or yarn in a piece of fabric as differentiated from the fabric itself. the direction of threads in a woven fabric in relation to the selvage. 1
- noun grains the lamination or cleavage of stone, coal, etc. 1
- noun grains Metallurgy. any of the individual crystalline particles forming a metal. 1
- noun grains Jewelry. a unit of weight equal to 50 milligrams or ¼ carat, used for pearls and sometimes for diamonds. 1
- noun grains the size of constituent particles of any substance; texture: sugar of fine grain. 1
- noun grains a granular texture or appearance: a stone of coarse grain. 1
- noun grains a state of crystallization: boiled to the grain. 1
- noun grains temper or natural character: two brothers of similar grain. 1
- noun grains Rocketry. a unit of solid propellant. 1
- noun grains Obsolete. color or hue. 1
- verb with object grains to form into grains; granulate. 1
- verb with object grains to give a granular appearance to. 1
- verb with object grains to paint in imitation of the grain of wood, stone, etc.: metal doors grained to resemble oak. 1
- verb with object grains to feed grain to (an animal). 1
- verb with object grains Tanning. to remove the hair from (skins). to soften and raise the grain of (leather). 1
- idioms grains against the / one's grain, in opposition to one's temper, inclination, or character: Haggling always went against her grain. 1
- idioms grains with a grain of salt. salt1 (def 24). 1
- noun grains plural of grain. 0
- noun grains Pigeons' dung used in tanning. See grainer. 0