[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

grain \grain\, v.  n.
   see groan. obs.
   1913 webster
see also:
groan. 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

grain \grain\ gr=an, n. f. grain, l. granum, grain, seed,
   small kernel, small particle. see corn, and cf. garner,
   n., garnet, gram the chick-pea, granule, kernel.
   1913 webster
   1. a single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
      plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
      1913 webster

   2. the fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
      of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
      themselves; -- used collectively.
      1913 webster

            storehouses crammed with grain.       --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. 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.
      1913 webster

            i . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. 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.
      1913 webster

   5. 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.
      1913 webster

            all in a robe of darkest grain.       --milton.
      1913 webster

            doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
            their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
            the last tincture of crimson in grain. --quoted by
                                                  coleridge,
                                                  preface to
                                                  aids to
                                                  reflection.
      1913 webster

   6. 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.
      1913 webster

            hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   7. the direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
      wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
      1913 webster

            knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
            infect the sound pine and divert his grain
            tortive and errant from his course of growth.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   8. the fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
      fibrous material.
      1913 webster

   9. the hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
      that side. --knight.
      1913 webster

   10. pl. the remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
       distillation; hence, any residuum. also called draff.
       1913 webster

   11. bot. a rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
       the common dock. see grained, a., 4.
       1913 webster

   12. temper; natural disposition; inclination. obs.
       1913 webster

             brothers . . . not united in grain.  --hayward.
       1913 webster

   13. a sort of spice, the grain of paradise. obs.
       1913 webster

             he cheweth grain and licorice,
             to smellen sweet.                    --chaucer.
       1913 webster

   against the grain, against or across the direction of the
      fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
      unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
      --swift. --saintsbury.

   a grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
      small allowance.

   grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
      grain into sheaves.

   grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.
      

   grain leather.
       a dressed horse hides.
       b goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
           for women's shoes, etc.

   grain moth zool., one of several small moths, of the
      family tineidae as tinea granella and butalis
      cerealella, whose larvae devour grain in storehouses.
      

   grain side leather, the side of a skin or hide from which
      the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

   grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

   grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
      charcoal.

   grain weevil zool., a small red weevil sitophilus
      granarius, which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
      by eating out the interior.

   grain worm zool., the larva of the grain moth. see grain
      moth, above.

   in grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
      genuine. "anguish in grain." --herbert.

   to dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
      coccus or kermes grain see grain, n., 5; hence, to dye
      firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
      see under dye.
      1913 webster

            the red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
            likce crimson dyed in grain.          --spenser.

   to go against the grain of a person, to be repugnant to;
      to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
      1913 webster
see also:
corn garner garnet gram granule kernel. 
gram. tyrian purple draff grained against the grain 
a grain of allowance grain binder grain colors grain leather grain moth 
tineidae tinea granella butalis cerealella grain side flesh side. 
grains of paradise grain tin grain weevil sitophilus granarius grain worm 
grain moth in grain to dye in grain grain dye. 
to go against the grain of 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

grain \grain\, v. t. imp.  p. p. grained gr=and; p. pr.
    vb. n. graining.
   1. to paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
      1913 webster

   2. to form powder, sugar, etc. into grains.
      1913 webster

   3. to take the hair off skins; to soften and raise the
      grain of leather, etc..
      1913 webster
see also:
grained graining. 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

grain \grain\, v. i. f. grainer, grener. see grain, n.
   1. to yield fruit. obs. --gower.
      1913 webster

   2. to form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the
      result of crystallization; to granulate.
      1913 webster
see also:
grain 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

grain \grain\ gr=an, n. see groin a part of the body.
   1913 webster
   1. a branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. obs.
      --g. douglas.
      1913 webster

   2. a tine, prong, or fork. specifically:
      a one the branches of a valley or of a river.
      b pl. an iron fish spear or harpoon, having four or more
          barbed points.
          1913 webster

   3. a blade of a sword, knife, etc.
      1913 webster

   4. founding a thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady
      a core.
      1913 webster
see also:
groin 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

grain
     n 1: a small hard particle; "a grain of sand"
     2: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
        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
see also:
food grain cereal metric grain caryopsis ingrain granulate 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

343 moby thesaurus words for "grain":
   abrade, ace, acorn, aftergrass, animus, apply paint, aptitude,
   atom, atomize, bamboo, barley, beat, bedaub, bedizen, begild, bent,
   berry, besmear, bias, bird seed, bit, blood, body-build, bran,
   brand, bray, break up, breccia, brecciate, breed, brush on paint,
   calcimine, cane, cast, cat food, cereal, cereal plant, character,
   characteristic, characteristics, chicken feed, chop, clan, coarsen,
   coat, color, come to dust, comminute, complexion, composition,
   constituents, constitution, contriturate, corn, cover, crasis,
   crumb, crumble, crumble into dust, crumble to dust, crush, dab,
   daub, debris, deep-dye, denomination, description, designation,
   detritus, dharma, diathesis, dip, disintegrate, disposition,
   distemper, dog food, dole, dot, double-dye, dram, dribble, driblet,
   drop, droplet, dwarf, dye, eatage, eccentricity, effloresce,
   emblazon, enamel, engild, ensilage, ethos, face, fall to dust,
   fall to pieces, farinaceous plant, farthing, fast-dye, feather,
   feed, feel, fiber, finish, flaxseed, fleck, flour, flyspeck,
   fodder, fog, forage, forage grass, form, fragment, frame, fresco,
   fruit, genius, genre, genus, gild, glaze, gloss, gnat, gobbet,
   graminaceous plant, granular texture, granulate, granule, granulet,
   granulize, grass, grate, gravel, grind, grind to powder, grist,
   grit, groat, habit, hair, handful, hay, hayseed, hint, hue, humor,
   humors, idiosyncrasy, ilk, illuminate, imbue, inclination,
   indentation, individualism, ingrain, iota, japan, jot, kernel,
   kidney, kin, kind, knub, label, lacquer, lawn grass, lay on color,
   leaning, levigate, line, linseed, little, little bit, lot, lota,
   make, makeup, manner, mark, mash, meal, mental set, mettle,
   microbe, microorganism, midge, mill, mind, mind-set, minim,
   minimum, minutia, minutiae, mite, modicum, mold, molecule, morsel,
   mote, nap, nature, nub, number, nut, nutshell, oats,
   ornamental grass, ounce, paint, parget, particle, pasturage,
   pasture, pattern, pebble, persuasion, pestle, pet food, phylum,
   physique, pigment, pile, pinch, pinhead, pinpoint, pip, pit,
   pittance, pock, point, pound, powder, predilection, predisposition,
   preference, prime, proclivity, propensity, property, protuberance,
   provender, pulverize, quality, race, reduce to powder, reed,
   roughen, sand, scintilla, scrap, scratch, scratch feed, scrunch,
   scruple, seed, set, shade, shadow, shag, shape, shard, shellac,
   shingle, shred, silage, slant, slop on paint, slops, smash, smear,
   smidgen, smidgin, smitch, smooth, snip, snippet, somatotype, sort,
   soupcon, species, speck, spirit, spoonful, spot, squash, stain,
   stamp, stipple, stone, strain, straw, streak, stripe, structure,
   style, suchness, suggestion, surface, surface texture, swill,
   system, taste, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, texture,
   the like of, the likes of, thimbleful, tinct, tincture, tinge,
   tint, tiny bit, tittle, tone, tooth, trace, tribe, trifling amount,
   triturate, trivia, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, undercoat,
   vanishing point, variety, varnish, vein, wale, warp, wash, way,
   weave, wheat, whit, whitewash, woof

[8] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

grain
     
        a pictorial query language.
     
        "pictorial information systems", s.k.  chang et al eds,
        springer 1980.
     
        1995-01-23
     
     
see also:
query language 

[9] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

grain
     
        granularity
     
     
see also:
granularity 

[10] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

grain
   used, in amos 9:9, of a small stone or kernel; in matt. 13:31,
   of an individual seed of mustard; in john 12:24, 1 cor. 15:37,
   of wheat. the hebrews sowed only wheat, barley, and spelt; rye
   and oats are not mentioned in scripture.
   

[11] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

grain, weight. the twenty-fourth part of a pennyweight. 
     2. for scientific purposes the grain only is used, and sets of weights 
are constructed in decimal progression, from 10,000 grains downward to one 
hundredth of a grain. 

[12] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

grain, corn. it signifies wheat, rye, barley, or other corn sown in the 
ground in pennsylvania, a tenant for a certain term is entitled to the way-
going crop. 5 inn. 289, 258; 2 binn. 487; 2 serg.  rawle, 14. 

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