grain in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
grain in Sindhi سنڌي
grain in Tamil தமிழ்
grain in Telugu తెలుగు
grain in English
- grain⇄adj. grainless.
- grain⇄adj. grainlike.
- grain⇄expr. go against the (or one's) grain, to be contrary to one's inclination, desire, or feeling.
Ex. Laziness went against his grain. The use of detention rooms also seems to go against the grain for most headmasters (Manchester Guardian Weekly). - grain⇄expr. grains, an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
Ex. For this purpose we procured a pair of grains, with a long staff like a harpoon (Richard Henry Dana, Jr.). - grain⇄expr. grains, refuse grain left after brewing or distilling.
Ex. grains in the cask. - grain⇄expr. in grain,
a. dyed with the red dye obtained from kermes or cochineal.
Ex. How the red roses flush up in her cheeks ... like crimson ... in grain (Edmund Spenser).
b. dyed in any fast color; dyed in the fiber or thoroughly.grain⇄expr. with a grain of salt. See under salt.grain⇄grain (1), noun, verb.grain⇄grain (2), noun.
(Dialect.)
1. a bough or branch.
2. one of the prongs of a fork.grain⇄noun grainer.grain⇄noun 1. a seed or seedlike fruit of wheat, corn, oats, rye, and similar cereal grasses. In botanical usage a grain is not a seed but a fruit.
(SYN) kernel.
2. the seeds or seedlike fruits of such plants in the mass.
Ex. to grind graingrain⇄v.i. to form grains; crystallize into grains, as sugar does.grain⇄v.t. 1. to paint to look like the grain of some solid, such as wood or marble.
2. to form into grains; granulate.
Ex. to grain sugar.
3. to remove the hair from (a skin or skins).
4. to soften and raise the grain of (leather).