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    [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]  | "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]  | "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 ;

    [Noun phrase]  | "grains of paradise" 


    1: the pungent seeds of a West African plant (Aframomum melegueta) of the ginger family that are used as a spice


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun phrase]  | "grain of salt" 


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


    Origin: 1647 ;

    [Noun]  | "grains" 


    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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    [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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     [ "grains" ]

    1: The term for really small balls (testicles). Very small relating to grains of sand.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude you now that Austin kid. Yeah he has some major f*****g Grains. 

     [ "grains" ]

    1: The desired food of a North Korean zombie.

      * e.g.,  ... All the North Korean zombie kept saying was "grains, Grains, GRAINS!" 

     [ "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 

     [ "Grain" ]

    1: Similar to ratchet. There are a few variations of the definition. Being of bare sustenance/degraded status.

      * e.g.,  ... "I gotta make some dough so I can get off the grain" "You a grainy looking fool" "You failed the test? Damn boy you bout grainy as hell." 


     [ "Grain" ]

    2: Minimal comfort level.


     [ "Grain" ]

    3: Food stamps.


     [ "Grain" ]

    4: Having little to no swag. Being that dough = money, grain therefore is less than money, as it is less than dough. Taking this concept, grain thus becomes a term describing all that is lame and uncool. Also derived from low quality cinema showing a picture quality described as "grainy"

     [ "grain" ]

    1: the wood trim in a car

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

     [ "Grain" ]

    1: Shortened version of grain alcohol. Usually mixed with gatorade because of it's strong bite. Often popular in prison because of its cheap, easy process that yields a strong product. Also known as White Lightning.

      * e.g.,  ...  I was invited to the Grain Party but I couldn't make it because I couldn't find a designated driver. That grain had me out of my mind. 

     [ "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?" 

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