grain

  • 41grain — [[t]gre͟ɪn[/t]] ♦♦♦ grains 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A grain of wheat, rice, or other cereal crop is a seed from it. ...a grain of wheat. ...rice grains. 2) N MASS Grain is a cereal crop, especially wheat or corn, that has been harvested and is… …

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  • 42grain — n. food plants 1) to grow grain 2) to store grain texture 3) a fine; rough; smooth grain 4) against the grain; with the grain misc. 5) to take smt. with a grain of salt ( to be skeptical about smt. ) * * * [greɪn] rough smooth grain with the grai …

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  • 43grain — [[t]greɪn[/t]] n. 1) a small, hard seed, esp. the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet 2) the gathered seed of food plants, esp. of cereal plants 3) such plants collectively 4) any small, hard particle, as of sand …

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  • 44grain — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, partly from Anglo French grain cereal grain, from Latin granum; partly from Anglo French graine seed, kermes, from Latin grana, plural of granum more at corn Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) obsolete a single small… …

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  • 45Grain — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « grain », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Sommaire …

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  • 46grain */*/ — UK [ɡreɪn] / US noun Word forms grain : singular grain plural grains 1) [uncountable] the seeds from crops such as wheat, rice, or barley that are used for food bags of mixed grain a) [uncountable] food crops such as wheat, rice, or barley golden …

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  • 47grain — noun 1 seeds of wheat, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ large, small ▪ whole ▪ The journal reports that eating whole grains protects against diabetes. ▪ cereal, rice …

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  • 48grain — 01. China s [grain] exports were down slightly this past year due to poor weather. 02. We looked at a [grain] of salt under the microscope. 03. These old photos are too [grainy] for me to be able to identify the people in them. 04. It is much… …

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  • 49grain — (gr)    1. a traditional unit of weight. The grain, equal to 1/480 troy ounce (see also pound2), or exactly 64.798 91 milligrams, was the legal foundation of traditional English weight systems, with various pounds being defined as a specified… …

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  • 50Grain — Der Ausdruck Grain (engl. »Korn«) bezeichnet: eine alte, englische Gewichtseinheit, gebräuchlich etwa für Munition; siehe Gran (Einheit) ein Souterrain auf Orkney; siehe Grain (Souterrain) einen 5−20 ms kurzen Klang; siehe Grain (Musik) die… …

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