grain
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- noun
- /ɡreɪn/
:
grano
- They didn't have grain to plant for the next harvest.
- whole grains
- grain of wheat
- grain of corn
I'm now working at hauling and scooping grain on a combine crew.
- I'm now working at hauling and scooping grain on a combine crew.
- There's rats and mice that love grains, big rats.
- They're in pseudo grains like quinoa or buckwheat.
- And grains, by grains I don't mean refined grains, I mean unrefined grains.
- Rice, wheat, corn and then other grains also OK.
- They didn't have grain to plant for the next harvest.
- Different kinds of grain, rye, corn, buckwheat.
- They cultivated grain, but they were more cattle raisers.
- Get rid of all the grains, wheat, rice, oats, corn.
- It's rice and beans and grains and things like that.
- We have Demeter, who is the goddess of grain and agriculture generally.
- Now phytic acid is found mostly in grain products or grains, beans, nuts and seeds.
- Sparrows were suspected of eating too much grain and were killed off.
Examples
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Beyond the barn was a small rusted-tin grain elevator that sagged to the left.
Fiction book (1992) -
Moreover, China's need for grain has a direct and growing impact on U.S. farmers' interests.
Academic text (1999) -
So all the grain was grown out here.
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Why are we going from shipping hundreds of tons of grain here, to...
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They must be more in need of this grain than we could have known.
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Thus far, the countries importing much of their grain have been smaller ones.
Academic text (2008) -
They were producing milk and cheese and grain as well as meat.
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These are all grains that are drought tolerant.
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I'm now working at hauling and scooping grain on a combine crew.
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He bought a bag of grain to make bread for his family.
Synonyms
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Edible part inside a seed, grain, or nut
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A grass grown for the grains you can eat, like wheat or rice
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A small dry seed from plants like wheat or rice that people eat
A dry grain from grasses whose seed skin is stuck to the outer shell, like wheat or corn
Idioms
- Informal
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To do something very different from what most people expect or usually do
Compounds
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A grain that still has all its natural parts, like the outer layer and soft inside
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Pure alcohol made by heating fermented grain, used in medicine, as a solvent or fuel additive
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The lines and patterns you see on the surface of wood that its long thin parts make
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A tall plant grown for small edible seeds used for food or animal feed
A small moth whose larvae eat stored grains like wheat or corn and damage them
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A unit of weight that equals 50 milligrams or 1/4 carat used for pearls and diamonds
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A machine that removes dirt and small stones from grain before storage or sale
A small plant from northwestern North America with green and purple bell-shaped flowers
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A hard red wheat grown in Russia and Germany used mostly to feed farm animals
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Etymology
Grain comes from the Latin granum, meaning 'seed', and it was used for edible seeds such as wheat or rice. That's why grain still means a cereal seed used for food.