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grain [grains] (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) noun [UK: ɡreɪn] [US: ˈɡreɪn] | granonoun |
grain [grains] (linear texture of material or surface) noun [UK: ɡreɪn] [US: ˈɡreɪn] | vetanoun |
grain [grains] (the crops from which grain is harvested) noun [UK: ɡreɪn] [US: ˈɡreɪn] | cerealnoun |
grained (Having a grain or grains) adjective [UK: ɡreɪnd] [US: ˈɡreɪnd] | granadoadjective |
grains of paradise (spice) noun | granos de Guineanoun granos de paraisonoun malaguetanoun pimienta de Guineanoun pimienta meleguetanoun |
against the grain (contrary to what is expected) preposition [UK: ə.ˈɡenst ðə ɡreɪn] [US: ə.ˈɡenst ðə ˈɡreɪn] | a contracorrientepreposition contramanopreposition |
ancient grain (cereal or pseudocereal minimally changed by breeding) noun | grano ancestralenoun |
go against the grain (to defy convention) verb | |
ingrained (fixed, established) adjective [UK: ˌɪn.ˈɡreɪnd] [US: ˌɪn.ˈɡreɪnd] | arraigadoadjective enraizadoadjective |
migraine [migraines] (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) noun [UK: ˈmiː.ɡreɪn] [US: ˈmaɪ.ˌɡren] | jaquecanoun migrañanoun |
there's a grain of truth in every joke (people convey truth in jokes) phrase [UK: ðeəz ə ɡreɪn əv truːθ ɪn ˈev.ri dʒəʊk] [US: ˈðerz ə ˈɡreɪn əv ˈtruːθ ɪn ˈev.ri dʒoʊk] | |
wholegrain (cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran) noun [UK: ˈhəʊl.ɡreɪn] [US: ˈhoʊl.ɡreɪn] | integralnoun |
with a grain of salt (with common sense and skepticism) adverb [UK: wɪð ə ɡreɪn əv sɔːlt] [US: wɪθ ə ˈɡreɪn əv ˈsɒlt] | coger con pinzasadverb con un grano de saladverb creer la mitadadverb tomar con pinzasadverb tomar con reservasadverb |