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noun

1. The seeds or fruits of various food plants including the cereal grasses and in commercial and statutory usage other plants (such as the soybean)
2. Plants producing grain
3. A minute portion or particle
4. The least amount possible

   "a grain of truth"

5. Kermes or a scarlet dye made from it
6. Cochineal or a brilliant scarlet dye made from it
7. A fast dye
8. Color, tint
9. A granulated surface or appearance
10. The outer or hair side of a skin or hide
11. A unit of weight based on the weight of a grain of wheat taken as an average of the weight of grains from the middle of the ear see Weights and Measures Table
12. The stratification of the wood fibers in a piece of wood
13. A texture due to constituent particles or fibers

    "the grain of a rock"

14. The direction of threads in cloth
15. Tactile quality
16. Natural disposition temper

    "lying goes against my grain"

17. A basic or characteristic quality
18. A prevalent ideology or convention

    "teaching against the grain"

verb

1. Ingrain
2. To form into grains} {sx
3. To paint in imitation of the grain of wood or stone
4. To feed with grain
5. To become granular granulate

noun

1. Ethanol

noun

1. A dish typically consisting of an individual portion of a cooked grain (such as rice, quinoa, or farro) served in a bowl with accompaniments such as vegetables, beans, meat or fish, and sauce

   "Like many cooks I know, I don't always follow recipes for grain bowls at home. Instead, I tend to use up what I have in the fridge and pantry, mixing and matching, figuring out how to make odds and ends delicious."

noun

1. A building for elevating, storing, discharging, and sometimes processing grain

noun phrase

1. A skeptical attitude

noun

1. Any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain compare sorgo

geographical name

1. Region of Liberia on the Gulf of Guinea

adjective

1. Quartersawn

noun

1. One of the granular microspores that occur in pollen and give rise to the male gametophyte of a seed plant