Synonyms for grain

Noun

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

usage: a small hard particle; "a grain of sand"

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

usage: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

3. grain, metric grain, metric weight unit, weight unit

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

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

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

5. grain, avoirdupois unit

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

6. grain, caryopsis, seed

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

7. grain, texture

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

usage: form into grains

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

usage: become granular