Synonym: bit, character, disposition, fiber, finish, nature, particle, plant, seed, speck, temper, tendency, texture. Similar words: grains, grained, migraine, rain, drain, rainy, brain, train. Meaning: [greɪn] 
n. 1. a small hard particle 2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses 3. a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat 4. 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams 5. 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams 6. dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn 7. the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric. v. 1. thoroughly work in 2. paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood 3. form into grains 4. become granular.
n. 1. a small hard particle 2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses 3. a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat 4. 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams 5. 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams 6. dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn 7. the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric. v. 1. thoroughly work in 2. paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood 3. form into grains 4. become granular. 
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61. There wasn't a grain of truth in what he said.
62. You should take what he says with a grain of salt.
63. To take an obvious example, if there is a good harvest the price of grain will fall.
64. I often have to make decisions that go against the grain .
65. The grain has swon.
66. Anyone with a grain of common sense would have known what to do.
67. A tornado destroyed grain crops across much of the Midwest.
68. A surplus of corn has helped depress the grain market/grain prices.
69. The grain production steamed.
70. The United States tried to dispose of its grain surpluses.
71. Mary is always honest and it went against the grain to tell lies.
72. These days it goes against the grain to show respect for authority.
73. If he had a grain of sensitivity he wouldn't have asked her about her divorce.
74. There may have been a grain of truth in what he said.
75. The barn of the used-to-be-poor farmer is now heaped with grain.
76. The country's entire grain harvest has been hit by drought.
77. Underhand work of that sort is against the grain with me.
78. By the end of a year the little seed and grain shop had developed its trade considerably.
79. Their total grain output still exceeded that of the previous year.
80. The grain just rotted and all they could use it for was animal feed.
81. It sours the land to plant the same grain in the same land for many years.
82. Higher grain prices are putting a crunch on cattle feeders.
83. We have brought in a good grain harvest for three years on end.
84. Wood stains provide good protection but tend to mask the natural grain of the wood.
85. The story was so silly it wouldn't have fooled anyone with a grain of sense.
86. From these ports the grain is freighted down to Addis Ababa.
87. It goes against the grain for him to be rude to a friend.
88. If we don't unload it soon,[sentencedict.com][sentence dictionary] the grain will start rotting in the silos.
89. The government could not afford to pay for all the grain that it had requisitioned from farmers.
90. Brush the paint generously over the wood in the direction of the grain.