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grain

/ɡɹeɪn/ noun

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In Latin: frūmentum Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about grain at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A relatively small granular particle of a substance.
    a grain of sand
  2. Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses.
  3. The side of leather from which the hair has been removed.

verb

  1. Thoroughly work in.
    His hands were grained with dirt
  2. Paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood.
  3. Form into grains.

Origin

From Middle English greyn, grayn, grein, from Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Doublet of corn, gram, granum, and grao.

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