grain
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 grain
A relatively small granular particle of a substance.
Roget 820:
affections,
affect;
character,
qualities,
disposition,
nature,
spirit,
tone;
temper,
temperament;
diathesis†,
idiosyncrasy;
cast of mind,
cast of soul,
habit of mind,
habit of soul,
frame of mind,
frame of soul;
predilection,
turn,
natural turn of mind;
bent,
bias,
predisposition,
proneness,
proclivity,
propensity,
propenseness†,
propension†,
propendency†;
vein,
humor,
mood,
grain,
mettle;
sympathy
etc.
(love)
897.
soul,
heart,
breast,
bosom,
inner man;
heart's core,
heart's strings,
heart's blood;
heart of hearts,
bottom of one's heart,
penetralia mentis [Lat.];
secret and inmost recesses of the heart,
cockles of one's heart;
inmost heart,
inmost soul;
backbone.
passion,
pervading spirit;
ruling passion,
master passion;
furore†;
fullness of the heart,
heyday of the blood,
flesh and blood,
flow of soul.
energy,
fervor,
fire,
force.
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Roget 5:
intrinsicality†,
inbeing†,
inherence,
inhesion†;
subjectiveness;
ego;
egohood†;
essence,
noumenon;
essentialness†
etc.
adj.;
essential part,
quintessence,
incarnation,
quiddity,
gist,
pith,
marrow,
core,
sap,
lifeblood,
backbone,
heart,
soul;
important part
etc.
(importance)
642.
principle,
nature,
constitution,
character,
type,
quality,
crasis†,
diathesis†.
habit;
temper,
temperament;
spirit,
humor,
grain;
disposition.
endowment,
capacity;
capability
etc.
(power)
157.
moods,
declensions,
features,
aspects;
peculiarities
etc.
(speciality)
79;
idiosyncrasy,
oddity;
idiocrasy
etc.
(tendency)
176;
diagnostics.
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Roget 319:
gravity,
gravitation;
weight;
heaviness
etc.
adj.;
specific gravity;
pondorosity†,
pressure,
load;
burden,
burthen†;
ballast,
counterpoise;
lump of,
mass of,
weight of.
lead,
millstone,
mountain,
Ossa on Pelion.
weighing,
ponderation†,
trutination†;
weights;
avoirdupois weight,
troy weight,
apothecaries' weight;
grain,
scruple,
drachma†,
ounce,
pound,
lb,
arroba†,
load,
stone,
hundredweight,
cwt,
ton,
long ton,
metric ton,
quintal,
carat,
pennyweight,
tod†.
[metric weights]
gram,
centigram,
milligram,
microgram,
kilogram;
nanogram,
picogram,
femtogram,
attogram.
[Weighing Instrument]
balance,
scale,
scales,
steelyard,
beam,
weighbridge†;
spring balance,
piezoelectric balance,
analytical balance,
two-pan balance,
one-pan balance;
postal scale,
baby scale.
[Science of gravity]
statics.
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Roget 330:
powderiness†
[State of powder.],
pulverulence†;
sandiness
etc.
adj.;
efflorescence;
friability.
powder,
dust,
sand,
shingle;
sawdust;
grit;
meal,
bran,
flour,
farina,
rice,
paddy,
spore,
sporule†;
crumb,
seed,
grain;
particle
etc.
(smallness)
32;
limature†,
filings,
debris,
detritus,
tailings,
talus slope,
scobs†,
magistery†,
fine powder;
flocculi [Lat.].
smoke;
cloud of dust,
cloud of sand,
cloud of smoke;
puff of smoke,
volume of smoke;
sand storm,
dust storm.
[Reduction to powder]
pulverization,
comminution†,
attenuation,
granulation,
disintegration,
subaction†,
contusion,
trituration [Chem],
levigation†,
abrasion,
detrition,
multure†;
limitation;
tripsis†;
filing
etc.
v..
[Instruments for pulverization]
mill,
arrastra†,
gristmill,
grater,
rasp,
file,
mortar and pestle,
nutmeg grater,
teeth,
grinder,
grindstone,
kern†,
quern†,
koniology†.
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Roget 176:
tendency;
aptness,
aptitude;
proneness,
proclivity,
bent,
turn,
tone,
bias,
set,
leaning to,
predisposition,
inclination,
propensity,
susceptibility;
conatus [Lat.],
nisus [Lat.];
liability
etc.
177;
quality,
nature,
temperament;
idiocrasy†,
idiosyncrasy;
cast,
vein,
grain;
humor,
mood;
drift
etc.
(direction)
278;
conduciveness,
conducement†;
applicability
etc.
(utility)
644;
subservience
etc.
(instrumentality)
631.
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Roget 32:
smallness
etc.
adj.;
littleness
etc.
(small size)
193;
tenuity;
paucity;
fewness
etc.
(small number)
103;
meanness,
insignificance
(unimportance)
643;
mediocrity,
moderation.
small quantity,
modicum,
trace,
hint,
minimum;
vanishing point;
material point,
atom,
particle,
molecule,
corpuscle,
point,
speck,
dot,
mote,
jot,
iota,
ace;
minutiae,
details;
look,
thought,
idea,
soupcon,
dab,
dight†,
whit,
tittle,
shade,
shadow;
spark,
scintilla,
gleam;
touch,
cast;
grain,
scruple,
granule,
globule,
minim,
sup,
sip,
sop,
spice,
drop,
droplet,
sprinkling,
dash,
morceau†,
screed,
smack,
tinge,
tincture;
inch,
patch,
scantling,
tatter,
cantlet†,
flitter,
gobbet†,
mite,
bit,
morsel,
crumb,
seed,
fritter,
shive†;
snip,
snippet;
snick†,
snack,
snatch,
slip,
scrag†;
chip,
chipping;
shiver,
sliver,
driblet,
clipping,
paring,
shaving,
hair.
nutshell;
thimbleful,
spoonful,
handful,
capful,
mouthful;
fragment;
fraction
etc.
(part)
51;
drop in the ocean.
animalcule
etc.
193.
trifle
etc.
(unimportant thing)
643;
mere nothing,
next to nothing;
hardly anything;
just enough to swear by;
the shadow of a shade.
finiteness,
finite quantity.
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Nederlands: graan
Pools: ziarenko, ziarnko, ziarno
2 grain
Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses.
synoniemen: cereal, food grain.
Nederlands: graanproduct, graan
Pools: zboże
3 grain
The side of leather from which the hair has been removed.
Pools: liczko, lico
4 grain
A weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat.
synoniem: metric grain.
Nederlands: graankorrel
5 grain
1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams.
6 grain
1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams.
Pools: gr, gran
7 grain
Dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn.
synoniem: caryopsis.
Nederlands: graan, koren
Pools: ziarniak, ziarno
8 grain
A cereal grass.
Pools: słój przyrostu wtórnego, słój, słój roczny
9 grain
The smallest possible unit of anything.
Pools: ziarno, ziarenko, ziarnko
10 grain
The direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric.
Nederlands: grein, korrelstructuur
11 grain
The physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance):
— Sand of a fine grain.
— A stone of coarse grain.
synoniem: texture.
Roget 256:
roughness
etc.
adj.;
tooth,
grain,
texture,
ripple;
asperity,
rugosity†,
salebrosity†,
corrugation,
nodosity†;
arborescence†
etc.
242;
pilosity†.
brush,
hair,
beard,
shag,
mane,
whisker,
moustache,
imperial,
tress,
lock,
curl,
ringlet;
fimbriae,
pili,
cilia,
villi;
lovelock;
beaucatcher†;
curl paper;
goatee;
papillote,
scalp lock.
plumage,
plumosity†;
plume,
panache,
crest;
feather,
tuft,
fringe,
toupee.
wool,
velvet,
plush,
nap,
pile,
floss,
fur,
down;
byssus†,
moss,
bur;
fluff.
knot
(convolution)
248.
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Roget 329:
structure
(form)
240,
organization,
anatomy,
frame,
mold,
fabric,
construction;
framework,
carcass,
architecture;
stratification,
cleavage.
substance,
stuff,
compages†,
parenchyma [Biol.];
constitution,
staple,
organism.
[Science of structures]
organography†,
osteology,
myology,
splanchnology†,
neurology,
angiography†,
adeology†;
angiography†,
adenography†.
texture,
surface texture;
intertexture†,
contexture†;
tissue,
grain,
web,
surface;
warp and woof,
warp and weft;
tooth,
nap
etc.
(roughness)
256;
flatness
(smoothness)
255;
fineness of grain;
coarseness of grain,
dry goods.
silk,
satin;
muslin,
burlap.
[Science of textures]
histology.
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Nederlands: textuur
Pools: faktura
werkwoord
1 grain
Thoroughly work in:
— His hands were grained with dirt.
synoniem: ingrain.
Roget 428:
color,
dye,
tinge,
stain,
tint,
tinct†,
paint,
wash,
ingrain,
grain,
illuminate,
emblazon,
bedizen,
imbue;
paint
etc.
(fine art)
556.
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Roget 847:
ornament,
embellish,
enrich,
decorate,
adorn,
bead,
beautify,
adonize†.
smarten,
furbish,
polish,
gild,
varnish,
whitewash,
enamel,
japan,
lacquer,
paint,
grain.
garnish,
trim,
dizen†,
bedizen,
prink†,
prank;
trick out,
fig out;
deck,
bedeck,
dight†,
bedight†,
array;
begawd†,
titivate†;
dress,
dress up;
spangle,
bespangle,
powder;
embroider,
work;
chase,
emboss,
fret,
emblazon;
illuminate;
illustrate.
become
etc.
(accord with)
23.
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2 grain
Paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood.
3 grain
4 grain
Become granular.
synoniem: granulate.
Nederlands: korrelen, verkorrelen
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