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  • 91grain — n. & v. n. 1 a fruit or seed of a cereal. 2 a (collect.) wheat or any allied grass used as food, corn. b (collect.) their fruit. c any particular species of corn. 3 a a small hard particle of salt, sand, etc. b a discrete particle or crystal, usu …

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  • 92grain */*/ — UK [ɡreɪn] / US noun Word forms grain : singular grain plural grains 1) [uncountable] the seeds from crops such as wheat, rice, or barley that are used for food bags of mixed grain a) [uncountable] food crops such as wheat, rice, or barley golden …

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  • 93grain — noun 1》 wheat or other cultivated cereal used as food.     ↘a single seed or fruit of a cereal. 2》 a small, hard particle of a substance such as sand.     ↘a discrete particle or crystal in a metal, igneous rock, etc. 3》 the smallest unit of… …

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  • 96grain — [greɪn] noun 1) [C/U] a seed, or the seeds from plants such as wheat, rice, or BARLEY that are used for food 2) [U] plants that are used for food such as wheat, rice, or BARLEY 3) [C] a very small individual piece of a substance such as sand,… …

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  • 97grain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fruit, cereal, seed, grist, kernel; texture, temper, tendency; mite, speck, bit (see littleness). II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Seeds of domesticated grasses] Syn. cereal, cereals, corn (British), small… …

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  • 98grain — See: AGAINST THE GRAIN, TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT …

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