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Meaning:
Noun:
- countable|uncountable The crops from which grain is harvested.
- countable A single particle of a substance.
- 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.
- uncountable The harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
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Verb:
- tanning To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
- tanning To soften leather.
- To feed grain to.
- To make granular; to form into grains.
- To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
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