grain
/ɡɹeɪn/ verb C2- To feed grain to.
- To make granular; to form into grains.
- To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
- To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
- To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
- To soften leather.
- To yield fruit.
He/she/it grains · Past grained · Past participle grained · -ing form graining
Verb forms
- Base form
- grain
- He/she/it
- grains
- Past
- grained
- Past participle
- grained
- -ing form
- graining
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Caderousse, then, was, as usual, at his place of observation before the door, his eyes glancing listlessly from a piece of closely shaven grass—on which some fowls were industriously, though fruitlessly, endeavoring to turn up some grain or insect suited to their palate—to the deserted road, which led away to the north and south, when he was aroused by the shrill voice of his wife, and grumbling to himself as he went, he mounted to her chamber, first taking care, however, to set the entrance door wide open, as an invitation to any chance traveller who might be passing.
THE ANTS were spending a fine winter’s day drying grain collected in the summertime.
“There is no occasion to move yet, my son,” she replied; “the man who only sends to his friends to help him with his harvest is not really in earnest.” The owner of the field came again a few days later and saw the wheat shedding the grain from excess of ripeness.
One carried panniers filled with money, the other sacks weighted with grain.
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