Synonyms of grains

Noun

1. grain, atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck

usage: a relatively small granular particle of a substance; "a grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar"

2. grain, food grain, cereal, foodstuff, food product

usage: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

3. grain, leather

usage: the side of leather from which the hair has been removed

4. grain, metric grain, metric weight unit, weight unit

usage: a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat

5. grain, troy unit, apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight

usage: 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams

6. grain, avoirdupois unit

usage: 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams

7. grain, caryopsis, seed

usage: dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

8. grain, cereal, cereal grass

usage: a cereal grass; "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas"

9. grain, smallness, littleness

usage: the smallest possible unit of anything; "there was a grain of truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense"

10. grain, texture

usage: the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain"

11. texture, grain, constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up

usage: the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain"

Verb

1. ingrain, grain, penetrate, perforate

usage: thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"

2. grain, paint

usage: paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

3. granulate, grain, form

usage: form into grains

4. granulate, grain, change shape, change form, deform

usage: become granular

Definition and meaning of grains (Dictionary)