Definizione monolingua

grain

grain (third-person singular simple present grains, present participle graining, simple past and past participle grained)

1. To feed grain to.
2. To make granular; to form into grains.
3. To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
4. (tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
5. (tanning) To soften leather.

grain (countable and uncountable; plural grains)

1. (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

   We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.

2. (countable) A single seed of grain.

   a grain of wheat

3. (countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.

   The fields were planted with grain.

4. (uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.

   Cut along the grain of the wood.

5. (countable) A single particle of a substance.

   a grain of sand

   a grain of salt

6. (countable) A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams. A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 carat or 50 milligrams. The old French grain was 1/9216 livre or 53.11 milligrams, and in the mesures usuelles permitted from 1812 to 1839, with the livre redefined as 500 grams, it was 54.25 milligrams.
7. (countable) A former unit of gold purity, also known as carat grain, equal to ¹?₄ ""carat"" (karat).
8. (materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.

Definizione dizionario grain

grano

	grana
	Visible particles in a photographic image, often considered undesireable.

	cereale
	Edible, starchy seeds of the grass family (Graminae) usable as food by man and his livestock.

cereali

chicco

frumento

germe

granella

granello

granulo

nocciolo

pizzico

seme

Altri significati:

To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.

single particle of a substance

(countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.

linear texture of material or surface

(skin) texture

(tanning) To soften leather.

(countable) A single seed of grain.

(materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.

(uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.

(uncountable) A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams. A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 carat or 50 milligrams. The old French grain was 1/9216 livre or 53.11 milligrams, and in the '''mesures usuelles''' permitted from 1812 to 1839, with the livre redefined as 500 grams, it was 54.25 milligrams.

To feed grain to.

(countable) A single particle of a substance.

(wood’s) grain

single seed of grain

unit of weight

(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops

(a) grain

To make granular; to form into grains.

to feed grain to

materials: region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction

(tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.

grain (of wood)

the crops from which grain is harvested