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grain
What does grain mean?
grain (noun): a single particle of a substance.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce grain?
/ɡɹeɪn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does grain come from?
From Middle English greyn, grayn, grein, from Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to grain
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “grain” mean?
the result or outcome of a cause
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a single particle of a substance
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a particular instance of selling
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a journey; an excursion or jaunt
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