n.
1.a small hard particle
2.foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
3.used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
4.1/60 dram
5.1/7000 pound
6.dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
7.the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric grain v.
1.thoroughly work in
2.paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
3.form into grains
4.become granular
Idiom of the Day
pot calling the kettle black
a person who is criticizing someone else may be as guilty as the person who he or she criticizes
It was like the pot calling the kettle black when the woman who is always late for work criticized her coworker for also being late.
