grain

[ɡreɪn]

Definition:
1. The small hard seeds of food plants such as wheat , rice, etc.; a single seed of such a plant.
2. A small hard particle.
3. Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses.
4. A very small amount.

Use 'grain' in a sentence:

1. If we don't unload it soon, the grain will start rotting in the silos.
2. They dismounted, tied up their horses and gave them the grain they had brought.
3. There isn't a grain of truth in those rumours.
4. There's more than a grain of truth in that.
5. There was about 300 million tons of grain in the fields at the start of the harvest.
6. Scientists used to believe that people tamed cats to catch mice and protect the grain.
7. Good weather leading to good grain harvests should win the country relief from food shortages.
8. The peasants store up the grain against famine.
9. The soup was a mash of grain and vegetables.
10. It is about the size of a grain of rice and is called the stirrup.
11. The fine grain ran through my baskets.
12. Every single grain is the result of toil.
13. The Kuban produces an eighth of Russia's grain, meat, and milk.
14. This donkey can carry two sacks of grain.
15. What is the per mu yield of grain here?
16. Privatisation goes against the grain of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry.
17. For example, farmers brought a bag of grain in exchange for a ticket.
18. Brush the paint generously over the wood in the direction of the grain.
19. She paused as she pounded the maize grains.
20. Corn is America's most important grain.
21. We must strengthen the regulation and control of grain markets.
22. He must store a large quantity of grain instead of consuming all his grain immediately.
23. The barn was heaped with grain.
24. Surplus grain is being sold for export.
25. Every family in our village has grain to spare.
26. When the next termite finds that grain, they drop theirs too.
27. The refining process removes the bran and germ from the grain.
28. Unable to buy grain or grow their own, hungry people take to the streets.
29. In the output of grain, China is second to none.
30. Average grain output per mu has reached 1300 jin.
31. The firemen unwrapped their hoses and began dousing the scorched grain silos.
32. From these ports the grain is freighted down to Addis Ababa.
33. Store grains and cereals in a cool, dry place.
34. The six food groups include grain products, vegetables, fruits, milk and milk products, meats and meat alternates, and a miscellaneous group.
35. They do not have the capacity to mill the grain.
36. They go to the site of the change and drop a grain of soil.
37. When the war started, they thought they were sitting pretty, because they had all that extra grain.
38. The Kuban produces an eighth of Russia's grain, meat and milk.
39. This army unit produces all its own food grain.
40. Finding the suspect is like searching the beach for a particular grain of sand.
41. The grain was still sown, cut and threshed as it was a hundred years ago.
42. Grain output shot up.
43. The grain was sown in drill.
44. Strong both in industry and agriculture, Ukraine produces much of the grain for the nation.
45. Our village has a grain reserve sufficient for three years.
46. Unrefined carbohydrates include brown rice and other grains.
47. There is not a grain of truth in what she says.
48. Any shortage could push up grain prices.
49. There were about 300 million tons of grain in the fields at the start of the harvest.
50. Atoms within the fluid interact with the minerals that form the grains.
51. The grain just rotted and all they could use it for was animal feed.
52. The grain is liable to mildew when the humidity in the barn is too high.