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
count one's chickens before they're hatched
to assume that something will be successful before it is certain
"Don`t count your chickens before they`re hatched. You are spending your money before you have a job."