grain
noun
[ ɡreɪn ]
• wheat or any other cultivated cereal used as food.
Similar:
cereal,
cereal crops,
• a single fruit or seed of a cereal.
• "a few grains of corn"
• the smallest unit of weight in the troy and avoirdupois systems, equal to 1/5760 of a pound troy and 1/7000 of a pound avoirdupois (approximately 0.0648 gram).
• the longitudinal arrangement or pattern of fibres in wood, paper, etc.
• "he scored along the grain of the table with the knife"
Similar:
texture,
intertexture,
surface,
finish,
feel,
weave,
nap,
fibre,
fabric,
pattern,
• a person's character or natural tendency.
• kermes or cochineal, or dye made from either of these.
grain
verb
• give a rough surface or texture to.
• "her fingers were grained with chalk dust"
• paint (something, especially furniture or interior surfaces) in imitation of the grain of wood or marble.
• "what is the use of having natural wood when you can grain it like that?"
• remove hair from (a hide).
• feed (a horse) on grain.
Origin:
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘seed, grain of corn’): from Old French grain, from Latin granum .
