grains

grain[ ɡreins ]

• n.
  • a small hard particle

    "a grain of sand"

  • foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

    同义词：food graincereal

  • a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat

    同义词：metric grain

  • 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
  • 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
  • dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

    同义词：caryopsis

  • 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.
  • thoroughly work in

    "His hands were grained with dirt"

    同义词：ingrain

  • paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
  • form into grains

    同义词：granulate

  • become granular

    同义词：granulate