grain
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Is grain a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.Examples: "We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter."uncountable
2. (uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.uncountable
3. (countable) A single seed of grass food crops.Examples: "a grain of wheat"; "grains of oat"countable
4. (countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.Examples: "The fields were planted with grain."; "A grain, which in England is generally given to horſes, but which in Scotland ſupports the people."countableuncountable
5. (uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.Examples: "Cut along the grain of the wood."; "He doesn't like to shave against the grain."uncountable
6. (countable) A single particle of a substance.Examples: "a grain of sand"; "a grain of salt"countable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To feed grain to.Examples: "He said that no man loved his horses, unless his own hands grained them. Every Christmas he gave them brimming measures."transitive
2. (transitive) To make granular; to form into grains.transitive
3. (intransitive) To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.intransitive
4. (tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
5. (tanning) To soften leather.
noun (English)
1. (founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.
2. (dialectal) A branch or arm of a stream, inlet, or sea.dialectal
3. (dialectal) A fork in a river valley or ravine.dialectal
4. (dialectal) The branch of a family; clan.dialectal
5. (dialectal, anatomy) The groin; crotch.dialectal
6. (dialectal, anatomy) The fangs of a tooth.dialectal
Definition source: Wiktionary