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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181. It demands considerable skills to achieve the delicate balance required between the painted finish and the natural grain of the timber.
182. This can be extremely useful for overviews of a thin section, grain shape and size determinations and for fabric analysis.
183. Collective deliberation on the basis of choices served up by the official machine go against Mrs Thatcher's personal grain.
184. It went against the grain to have to tell others how to behave.
185. However, it goes against the grain to have to say this, as it is our land after all.
186. He sat and stared at the desk in front of him, the creamy whorls in the wood, the tanned grain.
187. More teeth give a cleaner cut, and are better for cutting across the grain if a really smooth finish is required.
188. These two true incidents have in their implications a strange grain of truth.
189. There were rumours of anger among the grain farmers, who were being given IOUs instead of cash for their crops.
190. However it goes against the grain to tell them anything.
191. The harder parts gave a much more satisfactory finish with clean shiny cutter marks even in the interlocking grain.
192. Some colours and wood grain effects are beginning to find their way on to the market, although most are still white.
193. It is an agricultural area, growing roots and grain, with milling facilities on the modern industrial estate.
194. Gradually it was found more profitable to cultivate vines and olives rather than grain.
195. It is made by gluing together three or more veneers, or thin sheets of wood, with the grain directions crossed.
196. There used to be a grain elevator, but it closed.
197. If you drop any rice you'll have to pick up every single grain.
198. But that could cause another problem: If enough farmers pile into grain, it might cause an oversupply and depress prices.
199. Peel the ginger, slice thinly with the grain, and cut the slices lengthwise into thin shreds.
200. If grain is fed to a horse it is essential to add a calcium supplement.
201. We've lost acres and acres of woodland to fast grain farming.
202. Domesticated grain contains less crude protein than its wild counterpart,[http://sentencedict.com/grain.html] and a higher percentage of carbohydrate.
203. The machine can remove detritus and dust from grain.
204. Sorghum is an important food grain in southern Africa.
205. The grain is already in the granary.
206. Feed Grains: corn, grain sorghum, barley, and oats.
207. Corn, wheat and sorghum are feed grain.
208. This army unit produces all its own food grain.
209. The granary is bursting with grain.
210. State - owned city grain shop as commissariat commercialization.