Grain ɡreɪn Small Rice Natural Wood Noun Bre

• america’s grain exports
• a few grains of rice
• a grain of salt/sand/sugar
• there isn't a grain of truth in those rumours.

grain

1. the small hard seeds of food plants such as wheat, rice, etc.; a single seed of such a plant
• America’s grain exports
• a few grains of rice
2. a small hard piece of particular substances
• a grain of salt/sand/sugar
3. a very small amount
• synonym iota
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• There isn't a grain of truth in those rumours.
• If he had a grain of sensitivity he wouldn't have asked her about her divorce.
4. a small unit of weight, equal to 0.00143 of a pound or 0.0648 of a gram, used for example for weighing medicines
• The analysis showed a few grains of arsenic in the solution.
5. the natural direction of lines in wood, cloth, etc. or of layers of rock; the pattern of lines that you can see
• to cut a piece of wood along/across the grain
6. how rough or smooth a surface feels
• wood of coarse/fine grain
7. to be or do something different from what is normal or natural
• It really goes against the grain to have to work on a Sunday.

Extra Examples

• The journal reports that eating whole grains protects against diabetes.
• This wood has a beautiful natural grain.
• Grain production has been falling in recent years.
• I got a grain of sand caught in my eye.
• She sprinkled a few more grains of rice into the pan.
• The government intends to import only five per cent of the country’s grain.
• The peasants had ceased to sow grain.
• There were just a few grains of corn left.
• a grain of rice/wheat/salt/sugar/sand

Word Origin

• Middle English (originally in the sense ‘seed, grain of corn’): from Old French grain, from Latin granum.