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    [Noun]  | "grain" | \ ˈgrān \


    1: a single small hard seed

    2: a seed or fruit of a cereal grass : caryopsis

    3: the seeds or fruits of various food plants including the cereal grasses and in commercial and statutory usage other plants (such as the soybean)

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, partly from Anglo-French grain cereal grain, from Latin granum; partly from Anglo-French graine see:d, kermes, from Latin grana, plural of granum{mat|corn|};

    [Noun]  | "grain alcohol" 


    1: ethanol

    Origin: 1883 ;

    [Noun]  | "grain bowl" 


    1: a dish typically consisting of an individual portion of a cooked grain (such as rice, quinoa, or farro) served in a bowl with accompaniments such as vegetables, beans, meat or fish, and sauce

    Origin: 2000 ;

    [Noun]  | "grain elevator" 


    1: a building for elevating, storing, discharging, and sometimes processing grain

    Origin: 1852 ;

    [Noun]  | "grain sorghum" 


    1: any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain

    Origin: 1920 ;

    [Noun]  | "pollen grain" 


    1: one of the granular microspores that occur in pollen and give rise to the male gametophyte of a seed plant

    Origin: 1835 ;

    [Verb]  | "grain" 


    1: ingrain

    2: to form into grains : granulate

    3: to paint in imitation of the grain of wood or stone

    Origin: 1530 ;

    [Noun phrase]  | "grain of salt" 


    1: a skeptical attitude—used in the phrase take (something) with a grain/pinch of salt

    Origin: 1647 ;

    [Geographical name]  | "Grain Coast" | \ ˈgrān \


    1: region of Liberia on the Gulf of Guinea

    [Adjective]  | "edge-grain" | \ ˈej-ˌgrān \


    1: quartersawn

    Origin: 1906 ;

    [Noun]  | "grain" 


    1: a very small piece;


      * e.g., " ... just give me a grain of information about what to expect on the program "



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    2: one's characteristic attitude or mood;


      * e.g., " ... cheating, even on my income taxes, goes against my grain "



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    [Phrase]  | "with a grain of salt" 


    1: with distrust;


      * e.g., " ... You have to take people's advice with a grain of salt, since what's right for some may not be right for others. "




     [ "grain" ]

    1: the wood trim in a car

      * e.g.,  ... "wood grain on the dash" 

     [ "grain" ]

    1: Pattern (morphology) of streets, buildings and other features within an urban area (Cf. grain in wood). Concept of importance to urban designers, town planners and landscape architects.

      * e.g.,  ... When we extend this town it will be important to reflect the existing urban grain. 

     [ "grain" ]

    1: It's another word for money or cash

      * e.g.,  ... "let's take a beer?" 

     [ "grain" ]

    1: EliteEdge: its like against everything, is what it means

      * e.g.,  ... aTg - against The grain 

     [ "grain" ]

    1: Slang term for marijuanna

      * e.g.,  ... Yo, you got any of that dank grain? 

     [ "grain" ]

    1: Slang originating from southern Iowa meaning to jump someone with one or more accomplices and then kicking or smushing your foot onto their mouth/teeth as hard as possible as the other person(s) holds them down.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Bro, did you hear about Jack and Haley graining Josh yesterday? 

     [ "grain" ]

    1: A tremendous amount.

      * e.g.,  ... There are a grain of people over there. 

     [ "grain" ]

    2: Short for grip on the grain

     [ "grained" ]

    1: A term commonly used in the IT industry to describe an outage of a service being caused by the substandard work of a sysadmin.

      * e.g.,  ... *Multiple services light up the monitoring board* "OH FFS who grained it" 

     [ "Grain" ]

    1: A girl with mainly stand out features like ginger hair or bright blue eyes. She is obsessed with boys and will do anything to get with them. She is also known for skipping through friendship groups, and will regurarly annoy her friends. However, anyone who is friends with her will be paid attention to as she cares for her friends. She is also irish and annoyingly intelligent. She might show off a bit about something she thinks she's amazing at (when she's really not) - like sport.

      * e.g.,  ... Grainne's not even that good at it! 

     [ "graine" ]

    1: graine: French canadian slang term for penis.

      * e.g.,  ... Mets-y la graine dans le cul, 90 degré pas de crachat 

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