GRAIN


Meaning of GRAIN in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

go against the grain (= are not what I would normally choose to do )

I often have to make decisions that go against the grain .

grains of rice

a few grains of rice

the grain of the wood (= the natural lines in it )

The oil enhances the natural grain of the wood.

the grain/potato/corn etc harvest

This year's grain harvest is expected to be well over 85 million tons.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

coarse

By convention the geologist plots coarse grains to the left of the abscissa and fine to the right.

Blend a little cooking juice with two tablespoons each black treacle and tomato purée and one tablespoon of coarse grain mustard.

fine

The slower the speed, the finer the grain and the greater the resolving power of these films.

The more rapid the cooling, the finer the grain size and the poorer the crystallinity.

Sand Particle-shaped quartz, often mixed with fine grains of calcareous origin in Champagne.

Lean of good quality is of the proper color for its kind, firm, and fine of grain .

individual

In addition to studies using the modal composition of a sediment, other provenance determinations can be made from individual quartz grains .

large

Faster films need larger grains of silver to form an image in less light.

Normally, larger grains mean thicker layers of emulsion and coarser images.

long

Easy-cook rice is par-boiled to remove the surface starch that causes the problems when cooking other long grain rices.

Short grain or pudding rice is almost round and slightly sweeter than long grain rices.

There are many thousands of varieties of rice, but they are divided into two main groups - long and short grain .

mineral

They weld together mineral grains of radically different compositions and properties, rendering most techniques of mineral separation and enrichment ineffectual.

natural

It demands considerable skills to achieve the delicate balance required between the painted finish and the natural grain of the timber.

The grass diet of buffalo is supplemented with natural grains and sun-cured hay.

small

He examined small grains on the surface of water through a microscope.

But soon they came peeking out again, and resumed their flickering little rushes as they investigated small grains of food matter.

Chicago had to be supplied by a mass of smaller stations where grain and stock were loaded.

The smallest ilmenite grains , which have the highest concentration of hydrogen, are the hardest to liberate from other minerals.

Guy had obviously carried a small bag of grain in his pack and had left some with the animal.

Achieving efficient liberation of the smallest grains requires crushing them to a very small particle size.

A 50t / hour cleaner removes all the small grains from milling and malting samples.

They are small grains with a little wing attached on each side, which helps them spread by the wind.

whole

Whole food Try eating sunflower seeds instead of using the oil, whole pineapple instead of juice, whole grains rather than flower.

How might whole grains help? Whole grains are higher in fiber than processed grains, making them harder to digest.

Use a whole grain or enriched product.

Cut down on carbohydrates somewhat, and choose mostly whole grain breads and cereals to prevent constipation due to inactivity.

■ NOUN

elevator

The roar of the grain elevators and the slap of timbers rent the sunlit air.

There used to be a grain elevator , but it closed.

Two associated pneumatic grain elevators with a combined discharge rate of 400 tons per hour were completed soon after.

Most of the commingled corn is stored in grain elevators , said John Wichtrich, general manager for Aventis CropScience.

food

In 1986, 1942 million tonnes of food grains were produced to feed a world population of nearly 5 billion.

What women wanted was distinctive: food grain , education for their children, and dignity.

Soldiers reached Saidpur district late last week and have since distributed hundreds of tonnes of paraffin, shelter and food grains .

Some economists feel deep disquiet at the use of food grains to produce motor spirit.

A bird pecking at food grains could have known without learning what food looks like, or it could have learnt it.

harvest

The world grain harvest during 1992 is expected to be the lowest for five years at 686 pounds per person.

The Soviet Union had a near-record grain harvest of 236m tonnes.

On Nov. 1 it was officially announced that the grain harvest had amounted to a record 240 million tonnes.

The grain harvest reached a record 407,900,000 tonnes, 600,000 tonnes over the previous all-time high of 1984.

pollen

It takes more than a strip at the edge of a field to stop pollen grains from spreading round the countryside.

price

With grain prices kept at an artificially high price thereafter, the further impoverishment of those already poor was the inevitable result.

On Monday, soybean and grain prices were battered in part because of forecasts calling for improved conditions.

High grain prices encouraged the pace in the later eighteenth century.

Record grain prices have already forced cutbacks in chicken production, producing a 16 percent increase in broiler prices at wholesale.

With grain prices heading even further downwards more savings have to made-but from where?

The latter could have a global impact, pushing up grain prices substantially.

It was in these areas that the depressed level of grain prices caused most hardship.

He did nothing to check the huge hikes in grain prices .

production

Despite unfavourable weather, grain production had remained stable at around 21,700,000 tonnes, and 1,000,000 tonnes of rice had been exported.

Among the successes were a measure of economic progress, particularly in agriculture and especially in terms of grain production .

Summer grain production this year has fallen by nearly 10 %, according to the ministry of agriculture.

As communication networks have improved in the last three decades, there has been a shift away from cattle ranching to grain production .

This irrigation system supports large-scale grain production as well as a dense rurally based population.

The reform aimed to test consumer reaction to higher prices, and to stimulate farmers' enthusiasm for grain production .

quartz

In addition to studies using the modal composition of a sediment, other provenance determinations can be made from individual quartz grains .

This phenomenon has been utilized for dating sedimentary deposits of quartz grains .

A summary of quartz grain features is given in Fig. 5.11 and photomicrographs in Fig. 5.12.

Minerals giving very low intensity emission, such as quartz grains , required many minutes or even hours of exposure with fast films.

Sandstone, for example, can hold very large volumes of groundwater because spaces are formed between the rock's rounded quartz grains .

rice

She worked with domestic chicks, feeding on rice grains .

Then, without a word, he picked up the plate and tossed a stream of rice grains into the air.

The pearls were fat rice grains you wanted to bite.

The chicks pecked the conspicuous rice grains , which proves that they were eager to eat rice.

An army of beggars and lepers had turned out, each crouched behind a cloth heaped with rice grains and coins.

He's wearing a garland of marigolds and carrying a bowl of yellow rice grains .

The supplements are sprayed on to the surface of the rice grains .

However, riboflavin is bright yellow, so the treated rice grains could clearly be seen in the final mix.

sand

This new species lives below the surface of the rock in the interstices of its sand grains .

Do we mean something like one sand grain every square metre of sea-floor per minute, per day, per year?

In a turbulent flow of air near the surface local upward currents may lift a sand grain .

The turbulence in the water film around the sand grains caused by your footfalls triggers the fluorescence.

Specimens from unconsolidated gravels are not difficult to clean, any adherent sand grains being easily removed using a stout pin.

size

Materials whose grain size distributions fall within the limits specified for zone 3 fine aggregates are well suited for certain tasks.

The main criterion for subdivision of the detrital rocks is grain size , given as the diameter of the grain in millimeters.

Perfect log-normal grain size distributions plot as straight lines on the probability paper.

In any case, he shook it through a sieve to fix its grain size and added just enough water.

Sand that's measured to ensure the right grain size for maximum strength and exceptional beauty.

Figure 3-17 shows graphically the division of igneous rocks according to their mineral content and their grain size .

In computing values for cumulative distributions it is normal to consider values in terms of the percentage coarser than a given grain size .

The more rapid the cooling, the finer the grain size and the poorer the crystallinity.

trade

The grain trade in the Borders region is very important not just for the region itself.

This facilitated not only internal grain trade but also export.

Everywhere measures to free the grain trade aroused the deepest suspicion and hostility.

Latest export statistics show Britain's grain trade with foreign competitors drastically reduced - while imports are rising.

wood

He materialised through the wood grain opposite a junk box in York Crown Court.

Some colours and wood grain effects are beginning to find their way on to the market, although most are still white.

Table mats will protect the surface but also allow you to enjoy the natural beauty of the wood grain .

When satisfied, look along the whole length and ensure that the wood grain does not run off the true length.

The impression of the wood grain is often preserved on the metal components where they came into contact.

■ VERB

buy

If she insists on buying grains and pulses rather than ready-cooked dishes, she will pay ludicrously high prices for them.

He was a grain buyer and bought grain for some years in Scobey, Montana.

cut

Strictly speaking all fabrics should be cut on the straight grain .

The rasps are useful for preliminary shaping prior to fine-finishing, and will cut across the grain of timber without tearing it.

Remove and cut with the grain into neat t / s-inch-thick slices.

feed

She worked with domestic chicks, feeding on rice grains .

The animals would have to be fed on grain , which human beings themselves prefer to eat.

Rats in their thousands fed on the grain in the Government stores while the people went hungry.

go

However it goes against the grain to tell them anything.

Granted, that goes against the grain .

Firstly, because it goes against its grain: women always have to find their own way to where they're going.

This linguistic hierarchy went against my grain .

Once again, Silverton goes against the grain by making her meringue smooth and flat instead of fluffy and high.

It went against the grain to have to tell others how to behave.

However, it goes against the grain to have to say this, as it is our land after all.

Greg Dively is one woodworker who really goes against the grain .

produce

The farmers sweated to make sure that each grain of the planted rice produced many grains more.

run

For those raised in the prudery of puritanism or the celibacy-conscious preoccupations of Catholicism this ran against the grain .

He was also showing a distaste for outdoor pursuits that ran against the grain of their family life.

It had reinforced her awareness of time racing by, running like grains of sand through your fingers.

sell

Mr Hemsley is also free to sell grain at any time if prices are attractive enough between now and March 1998.

Under the old farming programme, Washington used to actually take ownership of the wheat and sell the grain from Government stocks.

In 1917 a mere fifty-three households had been able to sell off excess grain .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

take sth with a pinch/grain of salt

But since he never even notices that Howard is himself Howard takes this with a pinch of salt .

I try to take everything with a grain of salt .

We took her to a psychic reader about a month ago-we take that with a grain of salt .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

A few grains of the tablet are left at the bottom of the glass.

fields of grain

five-grain cereal

If you drop any rice you'll have to pick up every single grain .

You always end up with grains of sand in your food when you eat at the beach.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Figure 3-17 shows graphically the division of igneous rocks according to their mineral content and their grain size.

It went against the grain to have to tell others how to behave.

Sand that's measured to ensure the right grain size for maximum strength and exceptional beauty.

The strip of mahogany has the grain running lengthwise.

These two true incidents have in their implications a strange grain of truth.

This can be extremely useful for overviews of a thin section, grain shape and size determinations and for fabric analysis.

Thus it may be seen that the only grains actually suspended in the air are the very fine ones.

What color are the grains of sand?

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